Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3801A

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

20 January 2020

 

20 January 2020

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 "Buyback Programme") announced on 10 December 2019.

Date of purchase	20 January 2020
Number of common shares purchased	47,057
Highest price paid per common share	198.0 pence
Lowest price paid per common shares	197.4 pence
Volume weighted average price per common share	197.9 pence

As announced on 10 December 2019, the Company will use existing cash resources to make market purchases of common shares for a maximum consideration of $25 million with the first stage of the programme being for an initial amount of $15 million. Under the programme, the Company has purchased 3,751,887 common shares for a total value of $10.08 million.

Notification of total voting rights in accordance with the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules provision 5.6.1R.

Following the repurchase of the shares set out above, the Company's issued share capital consists of 217,529,859 common shares plus 11,899,707 common shares held in Treasury.

The above figure of 217,529,859 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in Gulf Keystone under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. 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 common 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
101	198.0	09:43:19	London Stock Exchange
1,600	198.0	09:43:21	London Stock Exchange
340	198.0	09:43:25	London Stock Exchange
215	198.0	09:43:29	London Stock Exchange
335	198.0	09:43:29	London Stock Exchange
1,998	198.0	09:43:29	London Stock Exchange
88	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
404	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
404	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
404	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
404	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
106	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
415	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
404	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
404	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
404	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
404	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
404	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
391	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
106	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
415	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
404	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
415	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
761	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
761	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
3,489	198.0	09:51:30	London Stock Exchange
2,200	198.0	10:02:36	London Stock Exchange
1,755	198.0	10:09:09	London Stock Exchange
1,839	198.0	10:09:09	London Stock Exchange
415	198.0	10:09:09	London Stock Exchange
415	198.0	10:09:09	London Stock Exchange
404	198.0	10:09:09	London Stock Exchange
314	198.0	10:09:09	London Stock Exchange
167	198.0	10:09:09	London Stock Exchange
4,858	198.0	10:09:09	London Stock Exchange
237	198.0	10:09:09	London Stock Exchange
404	198.0	10:09:09	London Stock Exchange
404	198.0	10:09:09	London Stock Exchange
415	198.0	10:09:09	London Stock Exchange
682	198.0	10:09:09	London Stock Exchange
323	198.0	10:09:09	London Stock Exchange
1,648	197.4	15:38:19	London Stock Exchange
2,269	197.4	15:38:19	London Stock Exchange
195	197.4	15:38:19	London Stock Exchange
392	197.4	15:38:19	London Stock Exchange
392	197.4	15:38:19	London Stock Exchange
392	197.4	15:38:19	London Stock Exchange
392	197.4	15:38:19	London Stock Exchange
402	197.4	15:38:19	London Stock Exchange
402	197.4	15:38:19	London Stock Exchange
392	197.4	15:38:19	London Stock Exchange
1,013	198.0	16:19:57	London Stock Exchange
4,711	198.0	16:19:57	London Stock Exchange
231	198.0	16:19:57	London Stock Exchange
129	198.0	16:19:57	London Stock Exchange
2,149	198.0	16:22:28	London Stock Exchange
1,523	198.0	16:24:07	London Stock Exchange
17	198.0	16:25:23	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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