Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6477H

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

01 August 2019

 

1 August 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	1 August 2019
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased	140,660
Highest price paid per Ordinary Share	235.000 pence
Lowest price paid per Ordinary Shares	233.500 pence
Volume weighted average price per Ordinary Share	233.931 pence

Following the repurchase of the shares set out above, the Company's issued share capital consists of 229,429,566 Ordinary Shares. 2,266,464 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 227,163,102 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
368	235.00	16:35:12	London Stock Exchange
3645	235.00	16:35:12	London Stock Exchange
1258	235.00	16:35:12	London Stock Exchange
1468	235.00	16:35:12	London Stock Exchange
2,244	235.00	16:35:12	London Stock Exchange
12	235.00	16:35:12	London Stock Exchange
316	235.00	16:35:12	London Stock Exchange
10,340	235.00	16:35:12	London Stock Exchange
219	235.00	16:35:12	London Stock Exchange
513	234.50	08:04:29	London Stock Exchange
499	234.50	08:04:29	London Stock Exchange
513	234.50	08:04:29	London Stock Exchange
513	234.50	08:04:29	London Stock Exchange
499	234.50	08:04:29	London Stock Exchange
4988	234.50	08:04:29	London Stock Exchange
55	234.50	08:04:29	London Stock Exchange
54	234.50	08:04:29	London Stock Exchange
4988	234.50	08:04:29	London Stock Exchange
445	234.50	08:04:29	London Stock Exchange
61	234.50	08:04:29	London Stock Exchange
54	234.50	08:04:29	London Stock Exchange
361	234.50	08:04:29	London Stock Exchange
548	234.50	08:04:29	London Stock Exchange
458	234.50	08:05:09	London Stock Exchange
499	234.50	08:05:09	London Stock Exchange
4,079	234.50	08:05:09	London Stock Exchange
458	234.50	08:05:09	London Stock Exchange
499	234.50	08:05:09	London Stock Exchange
499	234.50	08:05:09	London Stock Exchange
1,819	234.50	08:05:09	London Stock Exchange
1000	234.50	08:05:09	London Stock Exchange
1598	234.50	09:12:02	London Stock Exchange
930	234.50	15:35:27	London Stock Exchange
394	234.50	15:43:59	London Stock Exchange
405	234.50	15:43:59	London Stock Exchange
3940	234.50	15:43:59	London Stock Exchange
130	234.50	16:25:32	London Stock Exchange
81	233.50	10:19:27	London Stock Exchange
187	233.50	10:21:31	London Stock Exchange
686	233.50	10:21:31	London Stock Exchange
326	233.50	10:21:31	London Stock Exchange
499	233.50	10:21:31	London Stock Exchange
4221	233.50	10:21:31	London Stock Exchange
686	233.50	10:21:31	London Stock Exchange
1402	233.50	10:21:31	London Stock Exchange
3586	233.50	10:22:00	London Stock Exchange
891	233.50	10:49:39	London Stock Exchange
513	233.50	11:52:34	London Stock Exchange
82	233.50	11:52:34	London Stock Exchange
499	233.50	11:52:34	London Stock Exchange
81	233.50	11:52:34	London Stock Exchange
513	233.50	11:52:34	London Stock Exchange
499	233.50	11:52:34	London Stock Exchange
4097	233.50	11:52:34	London Stock Exchange
499	233.50	11:52:34	London Stock Exchange
1158	233.50	11:52:34	London Stock Exchange
499	233.50	11:52:34	London Stock Exchange
332	233.50	11:52:34	London Stock Exchange
59	233.50	11:52:34	London Stock Exchange
24	233.50	11:52:34	London Stock Exchange
258	233.50	11:52:34	London Stock Exchange
3322	233.50	11:52:34	London Stock Exchange
484	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
470	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
484	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
470	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
4,701	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
470	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
484	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
484	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
484	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
452	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
470	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
484	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
484	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
470	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
256	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
470	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
470	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
1,352	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
470	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
1352	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
336	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
1997	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
354	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
1154	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
1197	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
2350	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
1	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
2000	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
350	233.50	14:36:17	London Stock Exchange
1077	233.50	14:39:18	London Stock Exchange
20000	233.50	14:39:18	London Stock Exchange
3923	233.50	14:39:18	London Stock Exchange
682	233.50	14:39:38	London Stock Exchange
1368	233.50	14:41:26	London Stock Exchange
513	233.50	15:00:38	London Stock Exchange
499	233.50	15:00:38	London Stock Exchange
499	233.50	15:00:38	London Stock Exchange
3620	233.50	15:00:38	London Stock Exchange
513	233.50	15:00:38	London Stock Exchange
499	233.50	15:00:38	London Stock Exchange
591	233.50	15:00:38	London Stock Exchange
391	233.50	15:00:38	London Stock Exchange
4,000	233.50	15:00:38	London Stock Exchange
6	233.50	15:00:38	London Stock Exchange
982	233.50	15:00:38	London Stock Exchange
828	233.50	15:00:38	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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