Exercise of Warrants

RNS Number : 8009O

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

25 September 2013

 



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25 September 2013

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP)

("Gulf Keystone" or "the Company")

Exercise of Warrants

Further to the announcement on 16 September 2013 Gulf Keystone has been notified by Mirabaud Securities LLP ("the Warrant Holder") of the exercise of the balance of a Warrant, which was issued in lieu of a cash payment for placing fees in respect of the October 2010 fund raising, which entitles the Warrant Holder to subscribe for the remaining 500,000 new common shares of US$0.01 each ("Warrant Shares") granted pursuant to the Placing Agreement dated 15 October 2010 at a price of 140p raising £700,000.

The Company has now received payment of £700,000 and has applied for admission of the Warrant Shares to trading on AIM ("Admission").  It is expected that Admission will become effective and that dealings in the Warrant Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 30 September 2013.  The total number of common shares in issue, following issue of the Warrant Shares, and the total number of voting rights, will be 888,683,057.

The above figure of 888,683,057 common shares may be used by shareholders in the Company 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.

Enquiries:

Gulf Keystone Petroleum	[phone]
Ewen Ainsworth, Finance Director
Anastasia Vvedenskaya, Investor Relations
Strand Hanson Limited	[phone]
Stuart Faulkner / James Harris / Rory Murphy
Mirabaud Securities LLP	[phone]
Peter Krens
Bell Pottinger	[phone]
Mark Antelme / Henry Lerwill

or visit: http://www.gulfkeystone.com/ 

Notes to Editors:

§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on exploration in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum International (GKPI) holds Production Sharing Contracts for four exploration blocks in Kurdistan, including the Shaikan, Sheikh Adi, Ber Bahr and Akri-Bijeel blocks.

§ GKPI is the Operator of the Shaikan Block, which is a major commercial discovery, with a working interest of 75% and is partnered with Kalegran Ltd. (a 100% subsidiary of MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas plc.) and Texas Keystone Inc., which have working interests of 20% and 5% respectively.  Texas Keystone Inc. holds its interest in trust for Gulf Keystone, pending transfer of its interest to the Company.

§ Gulf Keystone is moving into the large-scale phased development of the Shaikan field targeting 150,000 barrels of oil per day of production within three years, following the approval of the Shaikan Field Development Plan, announced on 26 June 2013.

Disclaimer

Not for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States or jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom and Bermuda where to do so would constitute a contravention of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction.  This announcement (and the information contained herein) does not contain or constitute an offer of securities for sale, or solicitation of an offer to purchase securities, in the United States or jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom and Bermuda where to do so would constitute a contravention of the relevant laws of such jurisdiction.  The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States unless the securities are registered under the Securities Act, or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available.  No public offering of the securities will be made in the United States.

 

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