Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9659M
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd
02 June 2010
 



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2 June 2010

 

 

 

 

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

("GKP", "Gulf Keystone" or "the Company")

 

 

Notification of Major Interest in Shares

 

 

Gulf Keystone was notified on 1 June 2010 that the Prudential plc group of companies, following an acquisition of shares in the Company, hold in aggregrate 40,613,000 common shares of $0.01, representing 6.04% of the Company's issued share capital.

 

Of the above 40,613,000 common shares of $0.01, 35,554,801 common shares of $0.01 are held by M&G Investment Funds 3 which is an Open Ended Investment Company (OEIC), and is not a Prudential group company.

 

This OEIC Fund is managed by M&G Investment Management Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) and attributed to Prudential plc on the basis of direct management control over the  OEIC fund's shares.

 

Enquiries:

 

Gulf Keystone Petroleum

+44 (0) 20 7514 1400

Todd Kozel, Executive Chairman


Ewen Ainsworth, Chief Financial Officer




Strand Hanson Limited

+44 (0)20 7409 3494

Simon Raggett / Rory Murphy / James Harris




Mirabaud Securities LLP

+44 (0)20  7878 3362

Peter Krens




Brunswick Group LLP

+44 (0) 20 7404 5959

Patrick Handley / Elizabeth Adams / Natalia Erikssen


 

or visit: www.gulfkeystone.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 document (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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