Burford Capital Ltd
For the period ended Jun 30, 2026. Filed Aug 6, 2026.
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Jun 30, 2026 · Filed Aug 6, 2026
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Fair value of capital provision assets and undrawn commitments
Valuation policy
See note 2 (Summary of significant accounting policies—Fair value of financial instruments) to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contained in this Form 10-Q for a description of our valuation policy for capital provision assets.
The table below sets forth the fair value of capital provision assets, comprised of deployed cost and unrealized gains/(losses), for the YPF-related assets and other assets as of the dates indicated.
| June 30, 2026 · December 31, 2025 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total · Total | ||||||
| Third-party · segments · Third-party · segments | ||||||
| ($ in thousands) | Consolidated | interests | (Burford-only) | Consolidated | interests | (Burford-only) |
| Capital provision assets | $3,184,677 | $(865,180) | $2,319,497 | $5,609,949 | $(1,697,755) | $3,912,194 |
| Deployed cost | 2,566,282 | (664,343) | 1,901,939 | 2,498,463 | (640,630) | 1,857,833 |
| Deployed cost on YPF-related assets | 201,609 | (75,986) | 125,623 | 193,564 | (75,987) | 117,577 |
| Deployed cost on non-YPF-related assets | 2,364,673 | (588,357) | 1,776,316 | 2,304,899 | (564,643) | 1,740,256 |
| Unrealized gains/(losses) | 618,395 | (200,837) | 417,558 | 3,111,486 | (1,057,125) | 2,054,361 |
| Unrealized gains/(losses) on YPF-related assets | (41,223) | 16,664 | (24,559) | 2,390,155 | (818,374) | 1,571,781 |
| Unrealized gains/(losses) on non-YPF-related assets | 659,618 | (217,501) | 442,117 | 721,331 | (238,751) | 482,580 |
On a consolidated basis, the aggregate fair value of our capital provision assets was $3.2 billion, the aggregate deployed cost was $2.6 billion and the aggregate unrealized gains were $0.6 billion, in each case, as of June 30, 2026. The increase of $67.8 million in deployed cost resulted from deployments during 2026, offset by the return of capital from realizations. See “—Unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2025—Revenues” above for additional information with respect to the change in unrealized gains, which was driven by this period’s fair value adjustment, net of previously recognized unrealized gains/(losses) transferred to realized gains/(losses).
Within total segments (Burford-only), the aggregate fair value of our capital provision assets was $2.3 billion, the aggregate deployed cost was $1.9 billion and the aggregate unrealized gains were $0.4 billion, in each case, as of June 30, 2026. The increase of $44.1 million in deployed cost resulted from deployments during 2026, offset by the return of capital from realizations. See “—Segments—Principal Finance segment—Gains from capital provision asset portfolio” for additional information with respect to the change in unrealized gains, which was driven by this period’s fair value adjustment, net of previously recognized unrealized gains/(losses) transferred to realized gains/(losses).
Fair value of YPF-related assets
The determination of the fair value of the YPF-related assets is based on the same methodology that we use to value all our other capital provision assets. On a consolidated basis, the fair value of the YPF-related assets (both Petersen and Eton Park combined) was $160.4 million as of June 30, 2026. During 2026, our cost basis increased $8.0 million to $201.6 million and the unrealized gains decreased $2.4 billion to an unrealized loss of $41.2 million. The increase in the cost basis was due to continued deployments, while the decrease in unrealized gains was driven by the impact of the YPF Judgment Reversal.
Within total segments (Burford-only), the fair value of the YPF-related assets (both Petersen and Eton Park combined) was $101.1 million as of June 30, 2026. During 2026, our cost basis increased $8.0 million to $125.6 million and the unrealized gains decreased $1.6 billion to an unrealized loss of $24.6 million. The increase in the cost basis was due to continued deployments, while the decrease in unrealized gains was driven by the impact of the YPF Judgment Reversal.
Given the much-reduced value of the YPF-related assets, we no longer intend to provide YPF-specific financial information unless the YPF-related assets again become individually financially significant, nor will we continue to provide financial information about our business on an ex-YPF basis other than as needed to understand historical financial information.
Undrawn commitments
Undrawn commitments are unfunded commitments, which are attributable to our capital provision asset portfolio and can be divided into two categories: definitive and discretionary.
Definitive commitments are those where we are contractually obligated to advance incremental capital and failure to do so would typically result in adverse contractual consequences (such as a dilution in our returns or the loss of our deployed capital in a case).
Discretionary commitments are those where we retain a considerable degree of discretion over whether to advance capital and generally would not suffer an adverse financial consequence from not doing so.
The table below sets forth the components of our total capital provision undrawn commitments as of the dates indicated.
| ($ in thousands) | June 30, 2026 | December 31, 2025 | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Definitive | $1,295,753 | $1,269,708 | $26,045 | 2% |
| Discretionary | 725,669 | 793,533 | (67,864) | (9)% |
| Legal risk (definitive) | 46,915 | 47,235 | (320) | (1)% |
| Total capital provision undrawn commitments | 2,068,337 | 2,110,476 | (42,139) | (2)% |
As of each of June 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, approximately 65% of our undrawn commitments related to definitive commitments and approximately 35% related to discretionary commitments.
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