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9 July 2015
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (LSE: GKP)
("Gulf Keystone" or "the Company")
Results of 2015 Annual General Meeting
The Board of Gulf Keystone, the operator of the world class Shaikan field in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at the Company's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today at 12.00 noon (local time) in Paris, were duly passed by shareholders.
Resolutions 3, 4, and 5 relating to the re-appointment of Mr V U Kumar, Dr Joseph Stanislaw and Ms Maria Darby-Walker as Directors of the Company were not put to the meeting.
The results of the AGM are as follows:
Resolution
|
Votes for |
% |
Votes against |
% |
Total Votes cast |
Votes withheld |
1. To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as the Company's Auditor and for the Board to determine their remuneration
|
197,764,509 |
98.01 |
4,013,925 |
1.99 |
201,778,434 |
3,765,674 |
2. To re-appoint Mr Sami Zouari as a Director
|
201,176,093 |
99.70 |
614,340 |
0.30 |
201,790,433 |
3,753,675 |
6. To re-appoint Mr Andrew Simon as a Director
|
195,287,425 |
96.78 |
6,487,378 |
3.22 |
201,774,803 |
3,769,305 |
7. To re-appoint Mr Philip Dimmock as a Director
|
195,094,439 |
97.82 |
4,347,964 |
2.18 |
199,442,403 |
6,101,705 |
8. To approve the Annual Report on Remuneration for Director as set out in the Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2014
|
194,787,809 |
96.54 |
6,977,292 |
3.46 |
201,765,101 |
3,779,007 |
9. To approve the authorised share capital be increased to US$73,000,000 through the creation of 100,000,000 new common shares of $0.01 each as set out in the Notice of Meeting |
178,227,345 |
88.32 |
23,567,009 |
11.68 |
201,794,354 |
3,749,754 |
The total number of shares in issue at 9 July 2015 was 978,138,061.
The full text of the resolutions may be found in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting, copies of which are available on the Company's website http://www.gulfkeystone.com/.
Enquiries:
Gulf Keystone Petroleum: |
+44 (0) 20 7514 1400 |
Anastasia Vvedenskaya, Head of Investor Relations |
+44 (0) 20 7514 1411 |
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Celicourt Communications: |
+44 (0) 20 7520 9266 |
Mark Antelme Jimmy Lea |
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or visit: www.gulfkeystone.com
Notes to Editors:
· Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (LSE: GKP) is an independent oil and gas exploration with operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
· Gulf Keystone Petroleum International (GKPI) holds Production Sharing Contracts for four exploration blocks in Kurdistan, the Shaikan, Sheikh Adi, Ber Bahr and Akri-Bijeel blocks.
· GKPI is the operator of the Shaikan Block, which is a major commercial discovery, with a working interest of 75% and is partnered with MOL Kalegran Limited (a 100% subsidiary of MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas plc.) and Texas Keystone Inc., which have working interests of 20% and 5% respectively.
· Gulf Keystone plans to move into the large-scale phased development of the Shaikan field targeting 100,000 bopd of production capacity during Phase 1 of the Shaikan Field Development Plan.
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