Notice of Special General Meeting

RNS Number : 1060F

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

10 November 2015

 

Not for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part in or into the United States or any jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom and Bermuda where to do so would constitute a contravention of the relevant laws or regulations of such jurisdiction.  This announcement (and the information contained herein) does not contain or constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction where such offer, solicitation or sale would constitute a contravention of the relevant laws or regulations of such jurisdiction.

10 November 2015

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (LSE: GKP)

("Gulf Keystone" or "the Company")

Notice of Special General Meeting

Gulf Keystone Petroleum announces today that a special general meeting of the shareholders of the Company ("SGM") will be held on 8 December 2015 to approve proposed amendments to certain provisions of the Company's bye-laws ("Bye-laws").

The Bye-laws contain certain provisions that, among other things, (a) restrict the ability of the Company to appoint directors who are UK residents, (b) limit the ability for the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") to act, in meeting, in circumstances where a majority of the directors present at such meeting are UK residents and (c) require the chairman of the Board to not be resident in the UK.

The Board wishes to remove these restrictions in order to enable the Company to identify and appoint suitably qualified and experienced persons to the Board, regardless of whether they are UK residents or not, and to remove the restrictions on the ability of the Board to conduct meetings.

The Board therefore recommends amending the provisions of the Bye-laws to remove the UK resident restrictions, which requires the convening of a SGM and the Resolution being voted upon. 

Details of the proposed amendments are set out in full in the Notice of SGM and a copy of the proposed revised bye-laws can be obtained by visiting the website of the Company at www.gulfkeystone.com.  

The SGM will take place at Hotel Pullman Brussels Centre Midi, Place Victor Horta 1, 1060 Brussels, Belgium on 8 December 2015 at 12 noon (local time).

The Notice of the SGM is being posted to shareholders today.

Enquiries:

Gulf Keystone Petroleum:	[phone]
Anastasia Vvedenskaya, Head of Investor Relations	[phone]
Celicourt Communications:	[phone]
Mark Antelme Jimmy Lea

or visit: www.gulfkeystone.com

Notes to Editors:

·           Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (LSE: GKP) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

·           Gulf Keystone Petroleum International (GKPI) holds Production Sharing Contracts for four exploration blocks in Kurdistan, 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 MOL Kalegran Limited (a 100% subsidiary of MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas plc.) and Texas Keystone Inc., which have working interests of 20% and 5% respectively. 

·           Following the establishment of a regular payment cycle for all oil sales and arrears, Gulf Keystone plans to move into the large-scale phased development of the Shaikan field targeting 100,000 bopd of production capacity during Phase 1 of the Shaikan Field Development Plan.

Disclaimer

This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements.  These statements are made by the Company's 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 uncertainties, including both economic and business factors, underlying such forward-looking information.  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.

 

END

 

 

MSCFSMFWUFISEDF