Director/PDMR Shareholding

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ld
18 February 2008




Gulf Keystone Plc

18 February 2008
Director's Shareholding

Gulf Keystone plc (the 'Company') has informed on Friday 5th February that
at a board meeting held on Thursday 14th February options were granted under the
Company's Unapproved Share Option Plan to the directors who joined the Company
recently.

Details are as follows:

Mehdi Varzi Options to subscribe for ordinary 100,000 shares
Jeremy Asher Options to subscribe for ordinary 100,000 shares
Ewen Ainsworth Options to subscribe for ordinary 1,000,000 shares






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