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RNS Number : 6677O

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                                              Sedol B019X62 
  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 
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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                                               Participation in placing               X 
  specify): 
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 3. Full name of person(s)                                    (1) Lansdowne Partners Austria 
  subject to the                                               GmbH 
  notification obligation:                                     (2) Lansdowne Partners Cyprus 
  (iii)                                                        Limited 
                                                               (3) Lansdowne Partners International 
                                                               Limited 
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 4. Full name of shareholder(s)                               Morgan Stanley Client Securities 
  (if different from 3.):iv                                    Nominees Limited 
                                                               Vidacos Nominees Ltd 
                                                               (Registered Shareholders) 
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 5. Date of the transaction                                   14/10/2016 
  and date on 
  which the threshold is 
  crossed or 
  reached: (v) 
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 6. Date on which issuer                                      18/10/2016 
  notified: 
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 7. Threshold(s) that is/are 
  crossed or 
  reached: (vi, vii)                                          5% 
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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 
--------------  --------------  --------------  -------------  -------------------------  ------------------- 
                                                 Direct         Direct     Indirect        Direct    Indirect 
                                                                (xi)        (xii) 
--------------    ------------   ------------   -------------  ---------  --------------  --------  --------- 
                                     Less 
           Ordinary                   than 
             Shares                    5%                                  2,256,330,353             9.83% 
                                --------------  -------------  ---------  --------------  --------  --------- 
                              BMG4209G1087 
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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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 2,256,330,353                                    9.83% 
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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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   Lansdowne Partners International Limited is the parent 
   undertaking of Lansdowne Partners Cyprus Limited. Lansdowne 
   Partners Cyprus Limited is the parent undertaking of 
   Lansdowne Partners Austria GmbH. 
 
 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:                                      Based on total share capital 
                                                                   of 22,942,956,605 
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 14. Contact name:                                                Ruari Paton 
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 15. Contact telephone number:                                    +44 020 7290 5500 
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