Company Announcements

Director / PDMR Shareholdings

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 0096I
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.
11 April 2022
 

                                                                                                                 

11 April 2022

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited

 

 

Director/PDMR Shareholdings

 

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited ("GKP" or the "Company") announces that it was informed on 8 April 2022 that the following persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR") have exercised their vested nil-cost share options granted to them under the 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"). Upon exercise, a proportion of the vested award was sold to pay the tax liability arising upon exercise, while the remainder was retained.

 

 

Name

Position

Share Option Scheme

Options exercised

Shares sold for tax

Shares retained

Price per share of sale (£)

Date of sale

Shareholding post transaction

Shareholding percentage post transaction (%)

Gabriel Papineau-Legris

CCO

2014 LTIP

33,651

16,294

17,357

 

2.391671

08/04/22

17,357

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total - G. Papineau-Legris

117,357*

0.05

Alasdair Robinson

CLO

2014 LTIP

34,314

16,960

17,354

2.392656

08/04/22

17,354

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total - A. Robinson

59,871**

 

0.03

 

 

* 70,000 common shares owned through past incentive plans and 30,000 common shares owned through share purchases

** 42,517 common shares owned through past incentive plans

 

Total voting rights

At the close of business on 8 April 2022, Gulf Keystone had 214,431,117 common shares of $1.00 each in issue, none of which were held in Treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company was 214,431,117.

 

This follows the issue of 700,000 new common shares on 6th April 2022 to satisfy exercises under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan following the vesting of the 2019 award.

 

The figure of 214,431,117 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 UK Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

 

 

Enquiries: 

Gulf Keystone: 

+44 (0) 20 7514 1400    

Aaron Clark, Head of Investor Relations 

aclark@gulfkeystone.com 

 

 

Celicourt Communications: 

+44 (0) 20 8434 2754 

Mark Antelme 

Jimmy Lea 

GKP@Celicourt.uk 

 

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 

 

This notification is made in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation.

 

Notification and public disclosure of transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities and persons closely associated with them.

 

 

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated

 

a)

Name

Gabriel Papineau-Legris

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Commercial Officer

b)

Initial notification/Amendment

Initial notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited

b)

LEI

213800QTAQOSSTNTPO15

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 Identification code

Common shares of $1.00 each in Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited

 

ISIN: BMG4209G2077

b)

Nature of the transaction

1.   Exercise of 33,651 Nil-cost options pursuant to 2014 LTIP (2019 award)

2.   Sale of 16,294 shares to cover tax liability

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

0p

239.1671p

33,651

16,294

 

 

d)

Aggregated information

-

Aggregated volume

-

Price

-

Total

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)                     Total

0p

239.1671p

 33,651                         £0

     16,294                     £38,970

 

e)

Date of the transaction

08 April 2021

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

 

 

 

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

Alasdair Robinson

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

Chief Legal Officer

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial notification

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited

b)

LEI

213800QTAQOSSTNTPO15

4

 

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

 

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

Common shares of $1.00 each

 

ISIN: BMG4209G2077

b)

Nature of the transaction

1    Exercise of 34,314 Nil-cost options pursuant to 2014 LTIP (2019 award)

2    Sale of 16,960 shares to cover tax liability 

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

0p

239.2656p

34,314

16,960

 

 

d)

Aggregated information

-

Aggregated volume

-

Price

-

Total

 

Price(s)

Volume(s)                     Total

0p

239.2656p

 34,314                         £0

     16,960                     £40,579

 

e)

Date of the transaction

08 April 2022

f)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange

 

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