Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. Result of Annual General Meeting (5951U)

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RNS Number : 5951U

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.

13 July 2018

13 July, 2018

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (LSE: GKP)

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

Result of Annual General Meeting

The Board of Gulf Keystone is pleased to announce that all the resolutions proposed at the Company's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today at 10am (local time) in Amsterdam, were duly passed by shareholders.

The results of the AGM are as follows:

 
 RESOLUTION                  VOTES FOR     %      VOTES AGAINST   %      VOTES TOTAL   % of         VOTES WITHHELD 
                                                                                        ISC VOTED 
 1. That Deloitte 
  LLP be re-appointed 
  as the Company's 
  auditor to hold 
  office from the 
  close of this 
  meeting until 
  the close of 
  the Company's 
  next annual general 
  meeting and that 
  the board of 
  Directors of 
  the Company be 
  authorised to 
  determine the 
  auditor's remuneration.    125,964,334   99.9   87,423          0.1    126,051,757   59.9         343 
                            ------------  -----  --------------  -----  ------------  -----------  --------------- 
 2. That Mr Jacobus 
  Huijskes, be 
  and is hereby 
  appointed as 
  a Director in 
  accordance with 
  the Bye-laws.              122,853,064   97.4   3,188,561       2.5    126,041,625   54.9         10,475 
                            ------------  -----  --------------  -----  ------------  -----------  --------------- 
 3. That Mr Garrett 
  Soden, be and 
  is hereby re-appointed 
  as a Director 
  in accordance 
  with the Bye-laws.         101,759,777   80.7   24,281,840      19.3   126,041,617   54.9         10,483 
                            ------------  -----  --------------  -----  ------------  -----------  --------------- 
 4. That Mr David 
  Thomas, be and 
  is hereby re-appointed 
  as a Director 
  in accordance 
  with the Bye-laws.         125,595,193   99.7   446,464         0.3    126,041,657   54.9         10,443 
                            ------------  -----  --------------  -----  ------------  -----------  --------------- 
 5. That Mr Jón 
  Ferrier, be and 
  is hereby re-appointed 
  as a Director 
  in accordance 
  with the Bye-laws.         123,311,970   97.8   2,729,687       2.2    126,041,657   54.9         10,443 
                            ------------  -----  --------------  -----  ------------  -----------  --------------- 
 6. That Mr Sami 
  Zouari, be and 
  is hereby re-appointed 
  as a Director 
  in accordance 
  with the Bye-laws.         93,995,802    74.6   32,045,855      25.4   126,041,657   54.9         10,443 
                            ------------  -----  --------------  -----  ------------  -----------  --------------- 
 7. That the Annual 
  Report on Remuneration 
  for Directors 
  as set out in 
  the Annual Report 
  for the year 
  ended 31 December 
  2017 be and is 
  hereby approved.           63,234,654    65.3   33,568,352      34.7   96,803,006    42.2         29,249,094 
                            ------------  -----  --------------  -----  ------------  -----------  --------------- 
 

The information communicated in this announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.

Enquiries:

 
 Gulf Keystone Petroleum:     [phone] 
 Jón Ferrier, CEO 
 Sami Zouari, CFO 
 
 Celicourt Communications:    [phone] 
 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 and the operator of the Shaikan field with current production capacity of 40,000 barrels of oil per day

   --      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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