TIDMGKP

RNS Number : 8420F

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

11 March 2020

11 March 2020

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (LSE: GKP)

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

Transaction in Own Shares

Gulf Keystone Petroleum, a leading independent operator and producer in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, announces that it has made the following redemptions pursuant to the share buyback programme (the "Buyback Programme") announced on 10 December 2019.

 
 Date of purchase                            1 1 March 2020 
 Number of common shares purchased           29 2,308 
 Highest price paid per common share         103.60 pence 
 Lowest price paid per common shares         99.10 pence 
 Volume weighted average price per common    101.81 pence 
  share 
 

As announced on 10 December 2019, the Company will use existing cash resources to make market purchases of common shares for a maximum consideration of $25 million. The initial amount of $15 million of the programme has been completed. Further to the announcement on 21 January 2020, purchases of the final amount of $10 million has commenced. Under the programme, the Company has purchased 10,339,628 common shares for a total value of $24.36 million to date.

Notification of total voting rights in accordance with the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules provision 5.6.1R.

Following the repurchase of the shares set out above the Company's issued share capital consists of 210,943,118 common shares plus 18,486,448 common shares held in Treasury.

The above figure of 210,943,118 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in Gulf Keystone under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. The Company will make further announcements in due course following the completion of any further purchases pursuant to the Programme.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 details of the purchase of its own common shares by the Company, which were all executed through the Company's broker, Canaccord Genuity Limited, are set out below:

Individual transactions:

 
 Number of shares   Transaction price    Time of transaction   Trading venue 
     purchased       (pence per share) 
                                                               London Stock 
      2,189                99.1               08:12:07            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
      2,811                99.1               08:12:30            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
       981                 99.2               08:19:21            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
      4,019                99.2               08:19:41            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
      3,021                99.2               08:19:41            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
      2,129                99.2               08:19:45            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
      3,557               101.0               08:26:25            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
       241                101.0               08:26:25            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
       349                101.0               08:26:25            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
        88                101.0               08:26:25            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
       127                101.0               08:26:25            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
      2,389               101.0               08:27:26            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
       742                103.6               08:55:44            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
      4,258               103.6               08:55:44            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      4,658               103.6               08:55:44            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
       167                103.6               08:55:44            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
       175                103.6               08:59:48            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
       718                103.6               08:59:48            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
       718                103.6               08:59:48            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
      1,663               103.6               08:59:48            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
       658                102.8               09:06:19            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
      1,683               102.8               09:06:19            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      3,200               102.8               09:06:19            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
       952                102.8               09:06:19            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      2,232               102.8               09:06:19            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      1,015               102.8               09:06:31            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
       260                102.8               09:12:09            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
      1,027               102.2               09:19:18            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      3,973               102.2               09:19:18            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      5,395               102.2               09:19:18            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      5,000               102.2               09:19:18            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
        83                102.2               09:19:18            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      1,468               102.2               09:19:18            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      3,532               102.2               09:21:30            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
       686                102.2               09:21:30            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
      1,382               102.2               09:21:30            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      1,386               102.2               09:21:30            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      1,068               102.2               09:21:30            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      1,253               102.2               10:24:26            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      1,192               102.2               10:24:26            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      2,555               102.2               10:28:50            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
       453                102.2               10:28:50            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
     100,000              102.4               10:31:10            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
       142                101.0               11:25:28            Exchange 
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                                                               London Stock 
      3,956               101.0               11:29:02            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
       196                101.0               11:29:02            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
       706                101.0               11:29:02            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
        70                101.0               11:29:02            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      5,000               101.0               11:29:02            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      3,446               101.0               11:29:02            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      1,554               101.0               11:29:02            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      1,698               101.0               11:29:02            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
       369                101.0               11:29:02            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      2,933               101.0               11:29:02            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      4,930               101.0               11:29:02            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                               London Stock 
      91,855              101.4               12:41:32            Exchange 
                   -------------------  --------------------  -------------- 
 

Enquiries:

 
 
 Celicourt Communications:    + 44(0) 20 8434 2754 
 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. 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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