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12 March 2009
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.
("Gulf Keystone" or "the Company")
Director Purchase of Shares
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited (AIM: GKP) today announces that it received notification on the 11th March 2009 that Jeremy Asher, a non-executive director of the Company, purchased 2,150,000 common shares in the Company (representing approximately 0.6% of the issued share capital) at an average price of 6.6873p per share, through Agile Energy Limited ("Agile Energy").
Agile Energy is a Channel Islands company owned by the Asher Family Trust, of which Jeremy Asher is the settler and lifetime beneficiary.
Following the purchase, Agile Energy has a beneficial interest in 8,825,000 Gulf Keystone shares, representing approximately 2.4% of the Company's issued share capital.
Enquiries
Gulf Keystone Petroleum: +44 (0) 20 7514 1400Todd Kozel, Executive Chairman
Ewen Ainsworth, Chief Financial Officer
RBC Capital Markets: +44 (0) 20 7653 4667
Sarah Wharry
Tristone Capital Limited: +44 (0) 20 7355 5800
Simon Ashby-Rudd
Majid Shafiq
Citigate Dewe Rogerson: +44 (0) 20 7638 9571 Martin Jackson
George Cazenove
or visit: www.gulfkeystone.com