Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9024Y

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

06 January 2020

 

06 January 2020

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 10 December 2019.

Date of purchase	06 January 2020
Number of common shares purchased	144,721
Highest price paid per common share	210.0 pence
Lowest price paid per common shares	204.0 pence
Volume weighted average price per common share	207.0 pence

Notification of total voting rights in accordance with the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules provision 5.6.1R.

Following the repurchase of the shares set out above, the Company's issued share capital consists of 218,576,126 common shares plus 10,853,440 common shares held in Treasury.

The above figure of 218,576,126 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in Gulf Keystone under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. 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 common 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
3,841	210.00	08:43:23	London Stock Exchange
302	210.00	08:43:43	London Stock Exchange
1,000	210.00	08:43:43	London Stock Exchange
294	210.00	08:43:43	London Stock Exchange
302	210.00	08:43:43	London Stock Exchange
2,000	210.00	08:43:43	London Stock Exchange
294	210.00	08:43:43	London Stock Exchange
1,000	210.00	08:43:43	London Stock Exchange
2,000	210.00	08:43:43	London Stock Exchange
470	210.00	08:43:43	London Stock Exchange
530	210.00	08:43:43	London Stock Exchange
1,000	210.00	08:43:43	London Stock Exchange
1,000	209.50	08:46:40	London Stock Exchange
2,596	209.50	08:46:40	London Stock Exchange
1,000	209.50	08:46:40	London Stock Exchange
1,000	209.50	08:46:40	London Stock Exchange
981	209.50	09:08:00	London Stock Exchange
219	209.50	09:08:00	London Stock Exchange
294	209.50	09:08:00	London Stock Exchange
83	209.50	09:08:00	London Stock Exchange
2,019	209.50	09:08:00	London Stock Exchange
302	209.50	09:08:00	London Stock Exchange
294	209.50	09:08:00	London Stock Exchange
302	209.50	09:08:00	London Stock Exchange
208	209.50	09:08:00	London Stock Exchange
294	209.50	09:08:00	London Stock Exchange
895	209.00	09:10:19	London Stock Exchange
2,105	209.00	09:10:19	London Stock Exchange
340	209.00	09:10:20	London Stock Exchange
2,660	209.00	09:10:20	London Stock Exchange
294	209.00	09:12:08	London Stock Exchange
302	209.00	09:12:08	London Stock Exchange
302	209.00	09:12:08	London Stock Exchange
195	209.00	09:12:08	London Stock Exchange
302	209.00	09:12:08	London Stock Exchange
644	209.00	09:12:08	London Stock Exchange
1,500	209.00	09:12:08	London Stock Exchange
644	209.00	09:12:08	London Stock Exchange
1,073	209.00	09:12:08	London Stock Exchange
643	209.00	09:12:08	London Stock Exchange
2,442	209.00	09:12:08	London Stock Exchange
875	209.00	09:12:08	London Stock Exchange
3,814	208.00	09:55:18	London Stock Exchange
381	208.00	09:55:18	London Stock Exchange
393	208.00	09:55:18	London Stock Exchange
1,000	208.00	09:55:18	London Stock Exchange
1,000	208.00	09:55:18	London Stock Exchange
393	208.00	09:55:18	London Stock Exchange
424	208.00	09:55:18	London Stock Exchange
150	208.00	09:55:18	London Stock Exchange
1,000	208.00	09:57:00	London Stock Exchange
3,699	208.00	10:00:40	London Stock Exchange
115	208.00	10:00:40	London Stock Exchange
1,000	208.00	10:00:40	London Stock Exchange
393	208.00	10:00:40	London Stock Exchange
381	208.00	10:00:40	London Stock Exchange
381	208.00	10:00:40	London Stock Exchange
291	208.00	10:00:40	London Stock Exchange
2,814	208.00	10:00:40	London Stock Exchange
205	208.00	10:00:40	London Stock Exchange
1,500	208.00	10:00:40	London Stock Exchange
1,500	208.00	10:00:40	London Stock Exchange
1,500	208.00	10:00:40	London Stock Exchange
1,500	208.00	10:00:40	London Stock Exchange
1,166	208.00	10:00:40	London Stock Exchange
14,855	206.50	10:19:32	London Stock Exchange
2,000	206.50	10:37:32	London Stock Exchange
4,278	206.50	11:05:38	London Stock Exchange
4,848	206.50	12:05:42	London Stock Exchange
415	206.50	12:10:36	London Stock Exchange
404	206.50	12:10:36	London Stock Exchange
4,036	206.50	12:10:36	London Stock Exchange
404	206.50	12:10:36	London Stock Exchange
405	206.50	12:10:36	London Stock Exchange
3,942	206.50	12:10:36	London Stock Exchange
94	206.50	12:10:36	London Stock Exchange
3,252	206.50	12:10:36	London Stock Exchange
430	206.50	12:10:36	London Stock Exchange
1,000	206.50	12:10:36	London Stock Exchange
399	206.50	12:10:36	London Stock Exchange
38	206.50	12:14:36	London Stock Exchange
2,100	206.50	12:20:28	London Stock Exchange
888	206.50	12:20:28	London Stock Exchange
888	206.50	12:20:28	London Stock Exchange
888	206.50	12:20:28	London Stock Exchange
417	206.50	12:20:28	London Stock Exchange
312	204.00	13:11:35	London Stock Exchange
542	204.00	13:11:35	London Stock Exchange
180	204.00	13:11:35	London Stock Exchange
542	204.00	13:11:35	London Stock Exchange
246	204.00	13:11:35	London Stock Exchange
5,422	204.00	13:11:35	London Stock Exchange
3,753	204.00	13:11:35	London Stock Exchange
2,043	204.00	13:11:35	London Stock Exchange
5,000	204.00	13:19:33	London Stock Exchange
1,522	204.00	13:19:45	London Stock Exchange
438	204.00	13:19:45	London Stock Exchange
415	204.50	13:48:11	London Stock Exchange
415	204.50	13:48:11	London Stock Exchange
202	204.50	13:48:11	London Stock Exchange
404	204.50	13:48:11	London Stock Exchange
404	204.50	13:48:11	London Stock Exchange
404	204.50	13:48:11	London Stock Exchange
404	204.50	13:48:11	London Stock Exchange
404	204.50	13:48:11	London Stock Exchange
284	204.50	13:48:11	London Stock Exchange
4,036	204.50	13:48:11	London Stock Exchange
2,103	204.50	13:48:11	London Stock Exchange
404	204.50	13:48:11	London Stock Exchange
415	204.50	13:48:11	London Stock Exchange
404	204.50	13:48:11	London Stock Exchange
359	204.50	13:48:11	London Stock Exchange
349	204.50	13:48:11	London Stock Exchange
3,493	204.50	13:48:11	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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