secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Burford Capital Ltd (BUR)
CIK:        0001714174
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001714174-26-000010
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Burford Capital President Aviva Will to step down, become Vice Chair
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- Effective March 11, 2026, Will ceases as President and becomes Vice Chair, no longer an executive officer.
- Two-year employment term with $1M annual base salary; one-time cash retention of $1,762,984.88 plus RSU grants.
- Severance if terminated without Cause: greater of continued salary or $1M plus 12 months COBRA; one-year non-compete and non-solicit.
- Existing RSUs and carry continue; 2025 vintage carry at same level as 2024.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1714174/000171417426000010/0001714174-26-000010-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1714174/000171417426000010/bur-20260303.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001714174-26-000010

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