GKP Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd

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RNS Number : 2039Z

Taconic Capital Advisors

30 August 2018

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited: Block sale of shares completed

Taconic Capital Advisors UK LLP ("Taconic") has sold 8,134,938 shares in Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited (LSE ticker: GKP) representing 3.55% of outstanding common shares at 274p per share in connection with the contemplated Placing announced on 29th August 2018.

Following the Placing, Taconic holds no shares in Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited.

Pareto Securities acted as bookrunner for the transaction.

For further information, please contact:

Pareto Securities AS,

+47 22 87 87 50

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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN HAVE NOT BEEN, AND WILL NOT BE, REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE 'SECURITIES ACT'), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THERE IS NO INTENTION TO REGISTER ANY SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC OFFERING OF SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE SECURITIES MAY NOT AND WILL NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN CANADA, JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA.

IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS DIRECTED ONLY AT, QUALIFIED INVESTORS (I) WHO ARE 'INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS' FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005, AS AMENDED (THE 'ORDER'), OR (II) PERSONS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A)-(D) ('HIGH NET WORTH COMPANIES, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS ETC') OF THE ORDER, ALL SUCH PERSONS TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS ('RELEVANT PERSONS'). UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD PERSONS WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS RELY OR ACT UPON THE CONTENTS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO, AND WILL BE ENGAGED ONLY WITH, RELEVANT PERSONS.

WITH RESPECT TO THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA WHICH HAVE IMPLEMENTED DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC AS AMENDED (TOGETHER WITH ANY APPLICABLE IMPLEMENTING MEASURES IN ANY MEMBER STATE, THE 'PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE') (EACH A 'RELEVANT MEMBER STATE'), NO ACTION HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN OR WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO MAKE AN OFFER TO THE PUBLIC OF THE SECURITIES REFERRED TO HEREIN REQUIRING THE PUBLICATION OF A PROSPECTUS IN ANY RELEVANT MEMBER STATE. AS A RESULT, THESE SECURITIES MAY ONLY BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN ANY RELEVANT MEMBER STATE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS ONLY ADDRESSED TO, AND DIRECTED AT, PERSONS IN RELEVANT MEMBER STATES WHO ARE 'QUALIFIED INVESTORS' WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2(1)(E) OF THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE ('QUALIFIED INVESTORS') OR PURSUANT TO OTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE.

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