Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4833G

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

23 July 2019

 

23 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	23 July 2019
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased	143,800
Highest price paid per Ordinary Share	227.000 pence
Lowest price paid per Ordinary Shares	223.500 pence
Volume weighted average price per Ordinary Share	225.910 pence

Following the repurchase of the shares set out above, the Company's issued share capital consists of 229,429,566 Ordinary Shares. 1,472,792 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 227,956,774 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
2,500	227.00	15:09:37	London Stock Exchange
2,066	227.00	15:09:37	London Stock Exchange
6,200	227.00	15:09:37	London Stock Exchange
1,623	227.00	15:09:37	London Stock Exchange
993	227.00	15:09:37	London Stock Exchange
418	227.00	15:09:37	London Stock Exchange
1,828	226.50	15:33:40	London Stock Exchange
3,160	226.50	15:42:53	London Stock Exchange
513	226.50	15:42:53	London Stock Exchange
499	226.50	15:42:53	London Stock Exchange
82	226.50	15:42:53	London Stock Exchange
499	226.50	15:42:53	London Stock Exchange
513	226.50	15:42:53	London Stock Exchange
4,988	226.50	15:42:53	London Stock Exchange
3,021	226.50	15:42:53	London Stock Exchange
213	226.50	15:42:53	London Stock Exchange
1,491	226.50	15:42:53	London Stock Exchange
714	226.50	15:42:53	London Stock Exchange
561	226.50	15:42:53	London Stock Exchange
823	226.50	15:42:53	London Stock Exchange
1,384	226.50	15:42:53	London Stock Exchange
3,910	226.50	15:43:31	London Stock Exchange
706	226.50	15:43:31	London Stock Exchange
95	226.50	15:43:31	London Stock Exchange
2,500	226.00	12:30:13	London Stock Exchange
1,203	226.00	12:30:13	London Stock Exchange
81	226.00	12:30:13	London Stock Exchange
904	226.00	12:30:13	London Stock Exchange
176	226.00	12:30:13	London Stock Exchange
724	226.00	12:36:46	London Stock Exchange
2,500	226.00	15:45:18	London Stock Exchange
1,067	226.00	15:45:18	London Stock Exchange
2,784	226.00	15:45:18	London Stock Exchange
555	226.00	15:45:18	London Stock Exchange
541	226.00	15:45:18	London Stock Exchange
594	226.00	15:45:18	London Stock Exchange
555	226.00	15:45:35	London Stock Exchange
555	226.00	15:45:35	London Stock Exchange
541	226.00	15:45:35	London Stock Exchange
344	226.00	15:45:35	London Stock Exchange
541	226.00	15:45:35	London Stock Exchange
541	226.00	15:45:35	London Stock Exchange
2	226.00	15:45:35	London Stock Exchange
555	226.00	15:45:35	London Stock Exchange
5,404	226.00	15:45:35	London Stock Exchange
2,622	226.00	15:45:35	London Stock Exchange
541	226.00	15:45:35	London Stock Exchange
555	226.00	15:45:35	London Stock Exchange
42	226.00	15:45:35	London Stock Exchange
541	226.00	15:45:35	London Stock Exchange
171	226.00	15:45:35	London Stock Exchange
1,718	226.00	15:45:35	London Stock Exchange
94	226.00	15:45:35	London Stock Exchange
1,801	226.00	15:56:53	London Stock Exchange
684	226.00	15:56:53	London Stock Exchange
741	226.00	15:56:53	London Stock Exchange
427	226.00	16:02:49	London Stock Exchange
416	226.00	16:02:49	London Stock Exchange
416	226.00	16:02:49	London Stock Exchange
287	226.00	16:02:49	London Stock Exchange
416	226.00	16:02:49	London Stock Exchange
4,157	226.00	16:02:49	London Stock Exchange
1,403	226.00	16:02:49	London Stock Exchange
416	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
427	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
416	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
427	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
416	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
427	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
416	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
427	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
427	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
416	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
427	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
416	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
144	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
44	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
427	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
4,157	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
1,955	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
715	226.00	16:03:10	London Stock Exchange
677	225.50	10:50:09	London Stock Exchange
5,861	225.50	10:50:09	London Stock Exchange
177	225.50	10:50:09	London Stock Exchange
666	225.50	10:50:46	London Stock Exchange
599	225.50	11:45:51	London Stock Exchange
1,232	225.50	11:45:51	London Stock Exchange
500	225.50	13:16:24	London Stock Exchange
487	225.50	13:16:24	London Stock Exchange
500	225.50	13:16:24	London Stock Exchange
4,000	225.50	13:16:24	London Stock Exchange
487	225.50	13:16:24	London Stock Exchange
868	225.50	13:16:24	London Stock Exchange
1,498	225.50	13:16:24	London Stock Exchange
266	225.50	13:16:24	London Stock Exchange
225	225.50	13:16:24	London Stock Exchange
2,500	225.50	13:16:24	London Stock Exchange
1,500	225.50	13:16:24	London Stock Exchange
2,169	225.50	13:16:24	London Stock Exchange
541	225.50	15:45:09	London Stock Exchange
555	225.50	15:45:09	London Stock Exchange
541	225.50	15:45:09	London Stock Exchange
1,752	225.50	15:48:52	London Stock Exchange
7,902	225.00	16:35:15	London Stock Exchange
323	225.00	16:35:15	London Stock Exchange
15,672	225.00	16:35:15	London Stock Exchange
323	225.00	16:35:15	London Stock Exchange
780	225.00	16:35:15	London Stock Exchange
200	223.50	09:49:41	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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