Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3324G

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

22 July 2019

 

22 July 2019

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 "Programme") announced on 8 July 2019.

Date of purchase	22 July 2019
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased	143,200
Highest price paid per Ordinary Share	227.500 pence
Lowest price paid per Ordinary Shares	226.000 pence
Volume weighted average price per Ordinary Share	226.726 pence

Following the repurchase of the shares set out above, the Company's issued share capital consists of 229,429,566 Ordinary Shares. 1,328,992 Ordinary shares are held in Treasury. For reporting under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, Shareholders should exclude any shares held in Treasury and should use the figure of 228,100,574 Ordinary Shares (the issued voting share capital) when determining if they are required to notify their interest, or a change of their interest in the Company.

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 ordinary 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 purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading venue
2,556	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
471	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
69	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
471	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
484	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
1,175	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
241	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
484	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
230	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
241	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
484	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
484	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
907	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
484	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
471	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
1,244	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
471	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
3,224	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
471	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
471	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
1,483	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
471	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
1,060	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
1,853	227.50	14:07:23	London Stock Exchange
14,000	227.00	11:11:08	London Stock Exchange
5,896	227.00	15:46:55	London Stock Exchange
4,637	227.00	15:46:55	London Stock Exchange
313	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
313	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
304	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
313	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
304	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
313	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
304	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
313	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
304	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
313	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
304	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
313	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
304	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
313	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
93	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
304	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
304	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
304	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
227	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
313	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
148	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
156	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
148	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
3,041	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
4,772	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
148	227.00	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
313	227.00	16:01:32	London Stock Exchange
313	227.00	16:01:32	London Stock Exchange
304	227.00	16:01:32	London Stock Exchange
313	227.00	16:01:32	London Stock Exchange
304	227.00	16:01:32	London Stock Exchange
301	227.00	16:01:32	London Stock Exchange
127	227.00	16:01:32	London Stock Exchange
2,893	227.00	16:01:32	London Stock Exchange
846	227.00	16:01:32	London Stock Exchange
542	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
558	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
4,883	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
542	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
558	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
361	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
542	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
558	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
542	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
539	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
458	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
100	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
542	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
539	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
542	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
542	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
4,883	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
539	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
363	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
449	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
539	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
190	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
539	226.50	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
2,199	226.50	13:01:29	London Stock Exchange
365	226.50	13:01:29	London Stock Exchange
558	226.50	13:01:29	London Stock Exchange
558	226.50	13:01:29	London Stock Exchange
450	226.50	13:02:12	London Stock Exchange
504	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
490	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
504	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
490	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
504	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
504	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
504	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
490	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
360	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
490	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
490	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
490	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
490	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
266	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
463	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
504	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
4,902	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
5,753	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
4,902	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
99	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
232	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
2,045	226.50	14:58:04	London Stock Exchange
504	226.50	15:34:54	London Stock Exchange
490	226.50	15:34:54	London Stock Exchange
490	226.50	15:34:54	London Stock Exchange
195	226.50	15:34:54	London Stock Exchange
4,902	226.50	15:34:54	London Stock Exchange
2,690	226.50	15:34:54	London Stock Exchange
974	226.00	11:21:23	London Stock Exchange
46	226.00	11:58:35	London Stock Exchange
504	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
490	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
504	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
298	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
490	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
490	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
102	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
490	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
504	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
490	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
4,902	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
2,130	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
504	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
490	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
490	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
490	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
146	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
504	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock Exchange
4,902	226.00	14:22:47	London Stock 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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