Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8622M

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

18 September 2019

 

18 September 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 "Buyback Programme") announced on 8 July and 2 September 2019.

Date of purchase	18 September 2019
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased	173,300 shares
Highest price paid per Ordinary Share	239.50 pence
Lowest price paid per Ordinary Shares	234.50 pence
Volume weighted average price per Ordinary Share	236.80 pence

Following the repurchase of the shares set out above, the Company's issued share capital consists of 229,429,566 Ordinary Shares. 6,349,333 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 223,080,233 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
2,919	238.50	08:21:13	London Stock Exchange
893	238.50	08:21:13	London Stock Exchange
893	238.50	08:21:13	London Stock Exchange
317	238.50	08:21:13	London Stock Exchange
381	238.50	08:21:13	London Stock Exchange
33	238.50	08:21:13	London Stock Exchange
32	238.50	08:21:13	London Stock Exchange
33	238.50	08:21:13	London Stock Exchange
359	238.50	08:21:13	London Stock Exchange
32	238.50	08:21:13	London Stock Exchange
349	238.50	08:21:13	London Stock Exchange
381	238.50	08:21:13	London Stock Exchange
349	238.50	08:21:13	London Stock Exchange
32	238.50	08:25:05	London Stock Exchange
83	238.50	08:28:04	London Stock Exchange
392	238.50	08:28:04	London Stock Exchange
189	238.50	08:28:04	London Stock Exchange
381	238.50	08:28:04	London Stock Exchange
295	238.50	08:28:04	London Stock Exchange
2,602	238.50	08:28:04	London Stock Exchange
283	238.50	08:28:04	London Stock Exchange
558	238.50	08:28:06	London Stock Exchange
42	238.50	08:30:41	London Stock Exchange
98	238.50	08:33:36	London Stock Exchange
2,432	238.50	08:45:57	London Stock Exchange
682	238.50	08:49:40	London Stock Exchange
1,207	238.50	08:49:40	London Stock Exchange
381	238.50	08:49:40	London Stock Exchange
109	238.50	08:49:40	London Stock Exchange
381	238.50	08:49:40	London Stock Exchange
381	238.50	08:49:40	London Stock Exchange
525	238.50	08:49:40	London Stock Exchange
1,799	238.50	08:50:30	London Stock Exchange
281	238.50	08:50:30	London Stock Exchange
977	238.50	08:51:26	London Stock Exchange
682	238.50	08:51:26	London Stock Exchange
392	238.50	08:51:26	London Stock Exchange
381	238.50	08:51:26	London Stock Exchange
199	238.50	08:51:26	London Stock Exchange
249	238.50	08:51:26	London Stock Exchange
2,016	238.50	08:51:26	London Stock Exchange
3,750	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
1,868	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
1,882	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
1,882	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
386	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
375	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
386	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
8	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
375	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
375	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
375	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
375	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
375	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
386	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
299	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
375	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
375	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
375	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
225	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
386	238.00	09:49:22	London Stock Exchange
4,511	239.50	10:54:13	London Stock Exchange
1,145	239.50	10:54:13	London Stock Exchange
4,511	239.50	10:54:13	London Stock Exchange
435	236.50	11:59:51	London Stock Exchange
6	236.50	12:02:14	London Stock Exchange
6	236.50	12:02:14	London Stock Exchange
70	236.50	12:02:14	London Stock Exchange
416	236.50	12:13:49	London Stock Exchange
4,213	237.50	13:53:03	London Stock Exchange
17,169	237.50	13:53:03	London Stock Exchange
390	237.50	13:53:03	London Stock Exchange
2,500	237.50	13:53:03	London Stock Exchange
918	237.50	13:53:03	London Stock Exchange
1,657	237.50	13:53:03	London Stock Exchange
1,302	237.50	13:53:03	London Stock Exchange
1,821	237.50	13:53:03	London Stock Exchange
894	237.50	13:53:03	London Stock Exchange
1,649	237.50	13:53:03	London Stock Exchange
14	237.50	13:53:03	London Stock Exchange
419	237.50	14:00:34	London Stock Exchange
500	237.50	14:00:34	London Stock Exchange
68	237.50	14:00:34	London Stock Exchange
3,800	237.50	14:00:50	London Stock Exchange
1,068	237.50	14:00:50	London Stock Exchange
3,701	237.50	14:00:50	London Stock Exchange
141	237.50	14:00:50	London Stock Exchange
500	237.50	14:00:50	London Stock Exchange
487	237.50	14:00:50	London Stock Exchange
500	237.50	14:00:50	London Stock Exchange
487	237.50	14:00:50	London Stock Exchange
487	237.50	14:00:50	London Stock Exchange
487	237.50	14:00:50	London Stock Exchange
487	237.50	14:00:50	London Stock Exchange
500	237.50	14:00:50	London Stock Exchange
1,500	237.50	14:00:50	London Stock Exchange
1,408	237.50	14:00:50	London Stock Exchange
2,572	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
2,084	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
1,063	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
580	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
67	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
2,084	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
1,222	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
862	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
318	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
310	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
318	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
160	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
310	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
156	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
478	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
466	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
466	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
464	235.50	14:13:35	London Stock Exchange
1,367	235.50	14:17:16	London Stock Exchange
2,055	235.50	14:20:51	London Stock Exchange
770	235.50	14:20:51	London Stock Exchange
466	235.50	14:20:51	London Stock Exchange
1,863	235.50	14:24:09	London Stock Exchange
49	235.50	14:24:09	London Stock Exchange
466	235.50	14:24:09	London Stock Exchange
246	235.50	14:24:09	London Stock Exchange
1,500	235.50	14:24:09	London Stock Exchange
319	235.50	14:24:09	London Stock Exchange
311	235.50	14:24:09	London Stock Exchange
1,608	235.50	14:24:09	London Stock Exchange
1,536	234.50	14:28:46	London Stock Exchange
3,332	234.50	14:30:12	London Stock Exchange
754	234.50	14:30:12	London Stock Exchange
754	234.50	14:30:12	London Stock Exchange
500	234.50	14:30:12	London Stock Exchange
487	234.50	14:30:12	London Stock Exchange
487	234.50	14:30:12	London Stock Exchange
487	234.50	14:30:12	London Stock Exchange
754	234.50	14:30:12	London Stock Exchange
500	234.50	14:30:48	London Stock Exchange
466	234.50	14:30:48	London Stock Exchange
1,347	234.50	14:32:54	London Stock Exchange
306	234.50	14:33:17	London Stock Exchange
7,334	234.50	14:36:47	London Stock Exchange
953	234.50	14:36:47	London Stock Exchange
4,177	235.50	14:38:23	London Stock Exchange
826	235.50	14:38:23	London Stock Exchange
1,294	235.50	14:38:41	London Stock Exchange
1,726	235.50	14:38:41	London Stock Exchange
1,546	235.50	14:38:41	London Stock Exchange
837	235.50	14:38:41	London Stock Exchange
734	235.50	14:38:41	London Stock Exchange
368	235.50	14:46:58	London Stock Exchange
2,844	235.50	14:46:58	London Stock Exchange
330	235.50	14:46:58	London Stock Exchange
321	235.50	14:46:58	London Stock Exchange
77	235.00	15:12:27	London Stock Exchange
620	235.00	15:12:27	London Stock Exchange
4,282	235.00	15:12:27	London Stock Exchange
484	235.00	15:12:27	London Stock Exchange
504	235.00	15:12:27	London Stock Exchange
413	235.00	15:12:27	London Stock Exchange
490	235.00	15:12:27	London Stock Exchange
504	235.00	15:12:27	London Stock Exchange
490	235.00	15:12:27	London Stock Exchange
1,500	235.00	15:12:27	London Stock Exchange
1,351	235.00	15:15:30	London Stock Exchange
1,853	235.00	15:20:48	London Stock Exchange
68	235.00	15:20:48	London Stock Exchange
337	235.00	15:20:48	London Stock Exchange
327	235.00	15:20:48	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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