Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0981H

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

29 July 2019

 

29 July 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 "Programme") announced on 8 July 2019.

Date of purchase	29 July 2019
Number of Ordinary Shares purchased	135,300
Highest price paid per Ordinary Share	231.500 pence
Lowest price paid per Ordinary Shares	228.500 pence
Volume weighted average price per Ordinary Share	231.087 pence

Following the repurchase of the shares set out above, the Company's issued share capital consists of 229,429,566 Ordinary Shares. 1,766,404 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 227,527,862 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
9	231.50	12:02:19	London Stock Exchange
88	231.50	12:02:19	London Stock Exchange
484	231.50	12:29:43	London Stock Exchange
420	231.50	12:29:43	London Stock Exchange
2,500	231.50	12:29:43	London Stock Exchange
484	231.50	12:29:43	London Stock Exchange
498	231.50	12:29:43	London Stock Exchange
1,920	231.50	12:29:43	London Stock Exchange
484	231.50	12:29:43	London Stock Exchange
1,217	231.50	12:29:43	London Stock Exchange
4,410	231.50	12:39:52	London Stock Exchange
1,100	231.50	12:57:05	London Stock Exchange
312	231.50	12:57:05	London Stock Exchange
382	231.50	12:57:05	London Stock Exchange
416	231.50	13:54:53	London Stock Exchange
416	231.50	13:54:53	London Stock Exchange
416	231.50	13:54:53	London Stock Exchange
416	231.50	13:54:53	London Stock Exchange
416	231.50	13:54:53	London Stock Exchange
416	231.50	13:54:53	London Stock Exchange
416	231.50	13:54:53	London Stock Exchange
416	231.50	13:54:53	London Stock Exchange
416	231.50	13:54:53	London Stock Exchange
333	231.50	13:54:53	London Stock Exchange
4,157	231.50	13:54:53	London Stock Exchange
2,989	231.50	13:54:53	London Stock Exchange
204	231.50	13:54:53	London Stock Exchange
483	231.50	13:54:53	London Stock Exchange
1,500	231.50	13:54:53	London Stock Exchange
1,890	231.50	13:54:53	London Stock Exchange
290	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
299	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
290	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
299	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
1,614	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
299	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
299	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
299	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
299	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
299	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
290	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
299	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
290	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
290	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
111	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
299	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
1,386	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
299	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
299	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
179	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
299	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
2,785	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
199	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
111	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
83	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
179	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
47	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
85	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
835	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
314	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
111	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
290	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
228	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
442	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
215	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
1,801	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
1,199	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
812	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
1,399	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
537	231.50	15:32:13	London Stock Exchange
4,598	231.00	15:42:14	London Stock Exchange
484	231.00	15:42:14	London Stock Exchange
470	231.00	15:42:14	London Stock Exchange
470	231.00	15:42:14	London Stock Exchange
103	231.00	15:42:14	London Stock Exchange
484	231.00	15:42:14	London Stock Exchange
1,046	231.00	15:42:14	London Stock Exchange
507	231.00	15:42:14	London Stock Exchange
1,000	231.00	15:42:14	London Stock Exchange
4,181	231.00	16:13:59	London Stock Exchange
470	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
484	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
470	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
484	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
470	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
484	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
484	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
300	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
470	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
470	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
328	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
484	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
470	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
520	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
470	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
484	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
10,495	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
484	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
291	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
468	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
4,701	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
2,769	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
107	231.00	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
3,355	231.00	16:14:25	London Stock Exchange
20,000	231.00	16:14:25	London Stock Exchange
3,880	231.00	16:14:25	London Stock Exchange
293	231.00	16:14:25	London Stock Exchange
360	231.00	16:14:25	London Stock Exchange
63	231.00	16:14:25	London Stock Exchange
107	231.00	16:14:25	London Stock Exchange
758	231.00	16:14:25	London Stock Exchange
26	231.00	16:14:25	London Stock Exchange
3,291	231.00	16:14:25	London Stock Exchange
720	231.00	16:14:25	London Stock Exchange
864	231.00	16:14:25	London Stock Exchange
1,948	231.00	16:14:25	London Stock Exchange
966	231.00	16:14:25	London Stock Exchange
137	231.00	16:25:58	London Stock Exchange
1,953	231.00	16:27:33	London Stock Exchange
1,279	230.75	16:14:25	London Stock Exchange
4,840	228.50	08:26:03	London Stock Exchange
345	228.50	08:26:03	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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