Litigation Update

RNS Number : 8376A

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

04 April 2012

 



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4 April 2012

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP)

("Gulf Keystone" or "the Company")

Litigation Update

Further to the decision of the English Commercial Court in London, as detailed in the Company's announcement of 15 March 2012, a payment of £6,000,000 has been made into Court by Excalibur Ventures LLC ("Excalibur") as security for the costs of Gulf Keystone and two of its subsidiaries (the "Companies") of defending the legal action commenced by Excalibur in December 2010.

Excalibur has also made a payment of £3,500,000 into Court as security for the costs of Texas Keystone Inc.

In addition, further to the decision of the English Commercial Court to award costs of the hearing on 14 March 2012 to the Companies and Texas Keystone Inc., interim payments of £110,000 and £60,000 have been made by Excalibur to the Companies and Texas Keystone Inc. respectively.

As announced by the Company on 26 July 2011, October 2012 has been set as a date for trial in the English Commercial Court of all the claims asserted by Excalibur.

The Companies continue vigorously to dispute and contest the allegations and claims asserted by Excalibur.

The Board of Gulf Keystone will provide further updates in due course.

Enquiries:

Gulf Keystone Petroleum:	[phone]
Investor Relations and Communications
Strand Hanson Limited:	[phone]
Simon Raggett / Rory Murphy / James Harris
Mirabaud Securities LLP:	[phone]
Peter Krens
Pelham Bell Pottinger:	[phone]
Mark Antelme

or visit: www.gulfkeystone.com

Notes to Editors:

§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on exploration in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum International (GKPI) holds Production Sharing Contracts for fourexploration blocks in Kurdistan, including the Shaikan block.

§ Shaikan is a major discovery with independently audited gross oil-in-place volumes of between 8 billion barrels to 13.4 billion barrels.

§ The Company's shares have traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange since listing on 8^th September 2004.

§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited is registered in Hamilton, Bermuda with further offices in Erbil, Kurdistan (Iraq), Algiers, Algeria and London, UK.

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