{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001714174-25-000060","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"BUR","cik":"0001714174","company_name":"Burford Capital Ltd","filed_at":"2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:04.562026+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-24T15:54:38.625651+00:00","sec_items":["8.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"positive","materiality_score":0.55,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.55,"confidence":"high","headline":"Burford authorizes $20M share buyback and buys back $57.2M of 6.125% 2025 bonds","bullets":["Board authorized up to $20M share repurchase to fund deferred compensation plan obligations; open market purchases under Rule 10b-18.","Repurchased $57.2M principal amount of 6.125% bonds due Aug 2025; purchased bonds will be cancelled.","Outstanding 2025 bonds reduced to $122.8M after cancellation; issuer may make further purchases.","Share repurchase limited to 21.86M shares under existing shareholder authority; program may be modified or terminated at any time."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001714174-25-000060","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001714174-25-000060.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001714174-25-000060.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001714174-25-000060.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1714174/000171417425000060/0001714174-25-000060-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1714174/000171417425000060/bur-20250317.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-24T15:54:38.625651+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}