Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0306N

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

19 September 2019

 

19 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	19 September 2019
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased	158,284 shares
Highest price paid per Ordinary Share	231.50 pence
Lowest price paid per Ordinary Shares	230.00 pence
Volume weighted average price per Ordinary Share	230.66 pence

Following the repurchase of the shares set out above, the Company's issued share capital consists of 229,429,566 Ordinary Shares. 6,507,617 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 222,921,949 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
743	230.00	08:49:42	London Stock Exchange
163	230.00	08:49:42	London Stock Exchange
3,805	230.00	08:49:42	London Stock Exchange
163	230.00	08:49:42	London Stock Exchange
484	230.00	08:49:42	London Stock Exchange
471	230.00	08:49:42	London Stock Exchange
471	230.00	08:49:42	London Stock Exchange
484	230.00	08:49:42	London Stock Exchange
261	230.00	08:49:42	London Stock Exchange
471	230.00	08:49:42	London Stock Exchange
2,200	230.00	08:49:47	London Stock Exchange
2,500	230.00	08:49:55	London Stock Exchange
11	230.00	08:49:55	London Stock Exchange
11	230.00	08:49:55	London Stock Exchange
484	230.00	08:49:55	London Stock Exchange
471	230.00	08:49:55	London Stock Exchange
241	230.00	08:49:55	London Stock Exchange
2,200	230.00	08:49:59	London Stock Exchange
870	230.00	08:50:04	London Stock Exchange
1,630	230.00	08:50:04	London Stock Exchange
1,189	230.00	08:50:04	London Stock Exchange
1,441	230.00	08:50:04	London Stock Exchange
3,522	230.00	08:50:04	London Stock Exchange
362	230.00	08:50:04	London Stock Exchange
352	230.00	08:50:04	London Stock Exchange
5,692	230.00	11:21:58	London Stock Exchange
93	230.00	11:21:58	London Stock Exchange
579	230.00	11:21:58	London Stock Exchange
594	230.00	11:21:58	London Stock Exchange
5,785	230.00	11:22:01	London Stock Exchange
2,098	230.00	11:22:01	London Stock Exchange
2,083	230.00	11:22:01	London Stock Exchange
5,000	230.50	11:59:01	London Stock Exchange
44	230.00	12:02:13	London Stock Exchange
72	230.00	12:02:13	London Stock Exchange
46	230.00	12:02:13	London Stock Exchange
1,420	230.00	12:02:13	London Stock Exchange
939	230.00	12:02:13	London Stock Exchange
31	230.00	12:02:13	London Stock Exchange
2,313	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
1,635	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
1,837	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
3,363	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
1,097	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
4,688	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
1,097	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
594	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
579	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
1,837	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
594	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
594	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
594	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
594	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
195	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
579	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
133	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
579	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
234	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
2,304	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
1,644	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
689	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
579	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
579	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
579	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
594	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
420	231.50	12:16:59	London Stock Exchange
490	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
490	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
490	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
490	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
490	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
490	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
267	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
4,902	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
2,715	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
504	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
504	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
504	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
504	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
504	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
504	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
195	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
504	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
490	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
4,902	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
28,215	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
846	231.00	13:50:10	London Stock Exchange
1,224	230.00	14:08:34	London Stock Exchange
2,522	230.00	14:17:29	London Stock Exchange
44	230.00	14:25:53	London Stock Exchange
769	230.00	14:42:01	London Stock Exchange
95	230.00	14:42:01	London Stock Exchange
456	230.00	14:42:01	London Stock Exchange
2,600	230.00	14:42:01	London Stock Exchange
469	230.00	14:42:01	London Stock Exchange
1,864	230.00	14:42:01	London Stock Exchange
95	230.00	14:42:01	London Stock Exchange
469	230.00	14:42:01	London Stock Exchange
359	230.00	14:42:01	London Stock Exchange
456	230.00	14:42:01	London Stock Exchange
456	230.00	14:42:01	London Stock Exchange
399	230.00	14:42:01	London Stock Exchange
121	230.00	14:51:47	London Stock Exchange
109	230.00	15:10:36	London Stock Exchange
44	230.00	15:14:27	London Stock Exchange
3,886	230.00	15:16:18	London Stock Exchange
4,335	230.50	15:42:23	London Stock Exchange
2,500	230.50	15:42:23	London Stock Exchange
120	230.50	15:42:23	London Stock Exchange
1,404	230.50	15:42:23	London Stock Exchange
997	230.50	15:42:23	London Stock Exchange
240	230.50	15:42:23	London Stock Exchange
2,050	230.50	15:42:23	London Stock Exchange
44	230.50	15:47:25	London Stock Exchange
130	230.50	15:51:32	London Stock Exchange
397	230.50	15:59:40	London Stock Exchange
8	230.50	16:05:45	London Stock Exchange
371	230.50	16:05:45	London Stock Exchange
109	230.50	16:12:41	London Stock Exchange
98	230.50	16:12:41	London Stock Exchange
44	230.50	16:12:57	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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