Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. Notification of Major Interest in Shares (6687O)

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RNS Number : 6687O

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

08 November 2016

 
 
 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i) 
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 1. Identity of the issuer or                                         GULF KEYSTONE PETROLEUM 
  the underlying issuer                                                                   LTD 
  of existing shares to which                                           Company Number: 31165 
  voting rights are 
  attached: (ii) 
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 2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate 
  box or boxes): 
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 An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                   X 
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 An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial 
  instruments which may result in the acquisition 
  of shares already issued to which voting rights 
  are attached 
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 An acquisition or disposal of instruments with 
  similar economic effect to qualifying financial 
  instruments 
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 An event changing the breakdown of voting rights 
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 Other (please 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                         1. Sothic Capital European 
  subject to the                                                         Opportunities Master 
  notification obligation:                                                       Fund Limited 
  (iii)                                                                     2. Gertjan Koomen 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s) 
  (if different from 3.):(iv) 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                                   14 OCTOBER 2016 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                                      20 OCTOBER 2016 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                                         Below 3% 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii) 
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 8. Notified details: 
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 A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix) 
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 Class/type     Situation previous                Resulting situation after the 
  of             to the triggering                 triggering transaction 
  shares         transaction 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
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                Number           Number           Number            Number of                       % of voting 
                of                of               of shares         voting                          rights (x) 
                Shares            Voting                             rights 
                                  Rights 
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                                                  Direct            Direct            Indirect      Direct        Indirect 
                                                                     (xi)              (xii) 
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 BMG4209G1087   0                0                3,215,949,413     3,215,949,413                   14.01% 
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 B: Qualifying Financial Instruments 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of            Expiration     Exercise/                          Number of voting                  % of voting 
 financial           date           Conversion                         rights that                       rights 
 instrument          (xiii)         Period (xiv)                       may be 
                                                                       acquired if 
                                                                       the 
                                                                       instrument 
                                                                       is 
                                                                       exercised/ 
                                                                       converted. 
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 C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect 
  to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi) 
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 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
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 Type of          Exercise       Expiration     Exercise/           Number of voting                  % of voting 
 financial         price         date           Conversion           rights instrument                 rights (xix, 
 instrument                      (xvii)         period               refers to                         xx) 
                                                (xviii) 
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                                                                                                      Nominal       Delta 
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 Total (A+B+C) 
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 Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights 
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 3,215,949,413                                      14.01% 
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 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the 
  voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively 
  held, if applicable: xxi 
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                                                             Certain shares are held by an investment fund for which 
                                                       Sothic Capital Management LLP is the discretionary investment 
                                                           manager, and certain shares are held by Mr Gertjan Koomen 
                                                                                           in his personal capacity. 
 
                                                                Sothic Capital Management (Cayman) Ltd is the parent 
                                                                undertaking of Sothic Capital Management LLP, and Mr 
                                                             Gertjan Koomen is the ultimate parent of Sothic Capital 
                                                              Management LLP through his ownership of Sothic Capital 
                                                                                            Management (Cayman) Ltd. 
 
                                                           Mr Koomen and Sothic Capital Management LLP are therefore 
                                                         making an aggregated disclosure of their combined holdings. 
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 Proxy Voting: 
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 10. Name of the proxy holder: 
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 11. Number of voting rights proxy 
  holder will cease 
  to hold: 
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 12. Date on which proxy holder will 
  cease to hold 
  voting rights: 
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  13. Additional information: 
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 14. Contact name:                                                                      Didier Martineau, CEO Sothic 
                                                                                                             Capital 
                                                                                                      Management LLP 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                                                      [phone] 
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