Update on Search for Non-Executive Chairman
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11 June 2013
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP)
("Gulf Keystone" or "the Company")
Update on Search for Non-Executive Chairman
Gulf Keystone announces that it has engaged Odgers Berndtson, one of the UK's pre-eminent executive search firms, to assist in the search process for a Non-Executive Chairman and at least one other Independent Non-Executive Director, both to be appointed as soon as practicable.
The search process is being led by the Non-Executive Director Field Marshal the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank, Chair of the Nominations Committee.
Enquiries:
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Gulf Keystone Petroleum: |
+44 (0) 20 7514 1400 |
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Ewen Ainsworth, Finance Director |
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Anastasia Vvedenskaya, Investor Relations |
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Strand Hanson Limited |
+44 (0) 20 7409 3494 |
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Simon Raggett / Rory Murphy / James Harris |
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Mirabaud Securities LLP |
+44 (0) 20 7878 3362 |
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Peter Krens |
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Pelham Bell Pottinger |
+44 (0) 20 7861 3232 |
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Mark Antelme / Henry Lerwill |
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or visit: www.gulfkeystone.com
Notes to Editors:
§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (AIM: GKP) is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on exploration in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
§ The Company's shares have traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange since listing on 8 September 2004.
§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited is registered in Hamilton, Bermuda with further offices in Erbil, Kurdistan (Iraq), Algiers, Algeria and London, UK.
§ Gulf Keystone Petroleum International (GKPI) holds Production Sharing Contracts for fourexploration blocks in Kurdistan, including the Shaikan, Sheikh Adi, Ber Bahr and Akri-Bijeel blocks.
§ GKPI is the Operator of the Shaikan Block, which is a major commercial discovery, with a working interest of 75 per cent and is partnered with Kalegran Ltd. (a 100 per cent subsidiary of MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc.) and Texas Keystone Inc., which have working interests of 20 per cent and 5 per cent respectively. Texas Keystone Inc. holds its interest in trust for Gulf Keystone, pending transfer of its interest to the Company.
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