Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4279H

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

31 July 2019

 

31 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	31 July 2019
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased	134,100
Highest price paid per Ordinary Share	237.000 pence
Lowest price paid per Ordinary Shares	234.500 pence
Volume weighted average price per Ordinary Share	236.063 pence

Following the repurchase of the shares set out above, the Company's issued share capital consists of 229,429,566 Ordinary Shares. 2,125,804 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 227,303,762 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
1299	237.00	12:31:16	London Stock Exchange
4157	237.00	12:34:34	London Stock Exchange
427	237.00	12:34:34	London Stock Exchange
715	237.00	12:34:34	London Stock Exchange
416	237.00	12:34:34	London Stock Exchange
416	237.00	12:34:34	London Stock Exchange
416	237.00	12:34:34	London Stock Exchange
2,500	237.00	12:34:34	London Stock Exchange
3000	237.00	12:34:34	London Stock Exchange
959	237.00	12:34:34	London Stock Exchange
6,000	236.50	09:43:31	London Stock Exchange
1,247	236.50	09:43:31	London Stock Exchange
4753	236.50	09:43:38	London Stock Exchange
697	236.50	09:43:59	London Stock Exchange
290	236.00	09:18:14	London Stock Exchange
161	236.00	09:18:21	London Stock Exchange
123	236.00	09:19:55	London Stock Exchange
589	236.00	09:19:55	London Stock Exchange
5732	236.00	09:19:55	London Stock Exchange
2032	236.00	09:19:55	London Stock Exchange
589	236.00	09:19:55	London Stock Exchange
574	236.00	09:19:55	London Stock Exchange
478	236.00	09:19:55	London Stock Exchange
391	236.00	09:19:55	London Stock Exchange
574	236.00	09:19:55	London Stock Exchange
138	236.00	09:19:55	London Stock Exchange
1173	236.00	09:19:55	London Stock Exchange
527	236.00	09:19:55	London Stock Exchange
646	236.00	09:19:55	London Stock Exchange
1,722	236.00	09:19:55	London Stock Exchange
589	236.00	09:19:55	London Stock Exchange
574	236.00	09:19:55	London Stock Exchange
574	236.00	09:19:55	London Stock Exchange
2524	236.00	09:19:58	London Stock Exchange
1,018	236.00	13:26:04	London Stock Exchange
78	236.00	13:26:04	London Stock Exchange
14976	236.00	13:26:04	London Stock Exchange
192	236.00	13:26:04	London Stock Exchange
102	236.00	13:26:04	London Stock Exchange
1781	236.00	13:26:04	London Stock Exchange
1618	236.00	13:26:04	London Stock Exchange
177	236.00	13:26:04	London Stock Exchange
4496	236.00	13:26:04	London Stock Exchange
562	236.00	13:26:04	London Stock Exchange
855	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
832	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
8,313	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
855	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
4441	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
855	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
39	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
832	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
832	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
832	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
196	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
563	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
8313	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
1565	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
953	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
388	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
24	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
855	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
832	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
8313	236.00	13:52:15	London Stock Exchange
1931	236.00	13:52:16	London Stock Exchange
1,307	236.00	13:52:19	London Stock Exchange
2,200	236.00	13:52:21	London Stock Exchange
1881	236.00	13:52:28	London Stock Exchange
539	236.00	13:52:28	London Stock Exchange
554	236.00	13:52:28	London Stock Exchange
513	235.50	09:24:38	London Stock Exchange
499	235.50	09:24:38	London Stock Exchange
4988	235.50	09:24:38	London Stock Exchange
353	235.50	09:24:38	London Stock Exchange
146	235.50	09:24:38	London Stock Exchange
113	235.50	09:24:38	London Stock Exchange
691	235.50	09:24:38	London Stock Exchange
427	234.50	09:54:03	London Stock Exchange
416	234.50	09:54:03	London Stock Exchange
3,878	234.50	09:54:03	London Stock Exchange
416	234.50	09:54:03	London Stock Exchange
279	234.50	09:54:03	London Stock Exchange
279	234.50	09:54:03	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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