GKP Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd

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Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

16 June 2017

16 June, 2017

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (LSE: GKP)

("Gulf Keystone", "GKP" or "the Company")

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Board of Gulf Keystone is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at the Company's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today at 12.30pm (local time) in Brussels, were duly passed by shareholders.

The results of the AGM are as follows:

 
 RESOLUTION              VOTES         %       VOTES        %       VOTES         % OF    VOTES 
                          FOR                   AGAINST              TOTAL         ISC     WITHHELD 
----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
 1. That Deloitte 
  LLP be re-appointed 
  as the Company's 
  auditor to 
  hold office 
  from the 
  close of 
  this meeting 
  until the 
  close of 
  the Company's 
  next annual 
  general meeting 
  and that 
  the board 
  of Directors 
  be authorised 
  to determine 
  the auditor's 
  remuneration.          132,908,076   96.98   4,142,133    3.02    137,050,209   59.74   19,251 
----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
 2. That Mr 
  Philip Dimmock, 
  be and is 
  hereby re-appointed 
  as a Director 
  in accordance 
  with the 
  Bye-laws.              136,836,345   99.84   224,726      0.16    137,061,071   59.74   8,550 
----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
 3. That Mr 
  Keith Lough, 
  be and is 
  hereby re-appointed 
  as a Director 
  in accordance 
  with the 
  Bye-laws.              108,095,538   78.87   28,965,533   21.13   137,061,071   59.74   8,550 
----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
 4. That Mr 
  Garrett Soden, 
  be and is 
  hereby re-appointed 
  as a Director 
  in accordance 
  with the 
  Bye-laws.              136,841,983   99.84   219,043      0.16    137,061,026   59.74   8,595 
----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
 5. That Mr 
  David Thomas, 
  be and is 
  hereby re-appointed 
  as a Director 
  in accordance 
  with the 
  Bye-laws.              136,844,605   99.84   216,466      0.16    137,061,071   59.74   8,550 
----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
 6. That Mr 
  Jón 
  Ferrier, 
  be and is 
  hereby re-appointed 
  as a Director 
  in accordance 
  with the 
  Bye-laws.              133,951,222   97.73   3,109,849    2.27    137,061,071   59.74   8,550 
----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
 7. That Mr 
  Sami Zouari, 
  be and is 
  hereby re-appointed 
  as a Director 
  in accordance 
  with the 
  Bye-laws.              133,960,695   97.73   3,108,331    2.27    137,069,026   59.74   595 
----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
 8. That the 
  Annual Report 
  on Remuneration 
  for Directors 
  as set out 
  in the Annual 
  Report for 
  the year 
  ended 31 
  December 
  2016 be and 
  is hereby 
  approved.              96,851,394    70.66   40,217,593   29.34   137,068,987   59.74   634 
----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
 9. That the 
  Bye-laws 
  be amended 
  pursuant 
  to Bye-law 
  166 as follows: 
  By deleting 
  Bye-law 109A.1 
  and 109A.2 
  and replacing 
  with: "109A.1 
  made in accordance 
  with a remuneration 
  policy for 
  Directors 
  to be prepared 
  by the Board 
  in accordance 
  with the 
  requirements 
  of the Large 
  and Medium-sized 
  Companies 
  and Groups 
  (Accounts 
  and Reports) 
  (Amendment) 
  Regulations 
  20013 of 
  the United 
  Kingdom (the 
  "2013 Regulations") 
  as amended 
  form time 
  to time; 
  and 109A.2 
  submitted 
  for approval 
  by the Shareholders 
  in accordance 
  with the 
  2013 Regulations."     136,836,063   99.84   217,055      0.16    137,053,118   59.74   8,684 
----------------------  ------------  ------  -----------  ------  ------------  ------  ---------- 
 

The information communicated in this announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.

Enquiries:

 
 Gulf Keystone Petroleum:     +44 (0) 20 7514 1400 
 Jón Ferrier, CEO 
 Sami Zouari, CFO 
 
 Celicourt Communications:    +44(0) 20 7520 9266 
 Mark Antelme 
  Jimmy Lea 
 

or visit: www.gulfkeystone.com

Notes to Editors:

-- Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (LSE: GKP) is a leading independent operator and producer in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the operator of the Shaikan field with current production capacity of 40,000 barrels of oil per day

   --           Further information on Gulf Keystone is available on its website www.gulfkeystone.com 

Disclaimer

This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements that are subject to the risks and uncertainties associated with the oil & gas exploration and production business. These statements are made by the Company and its Directors in good faith based on the information available to them up to the time of their approval of this announcement but such statements should be treated with caution due to inherent risks and uncertainties, including both economic and business factors and/or factors beyond the Company's control or within the Company's control where, for example, the Company decides on a change of plan or strategy. This announcement has been prepared solely to provide additional information to shareholders to assess the Group's strategies and the potential for those strategies to succeed. This announcement should not be relied on by any other party or for any other purpose.

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