04/04/2025 08:00
Director / PDMR Shareholdings
INFORMATION REGLEMENTEE

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd (GKP)
Director / PDMR Shareholdings

04-Apr-2025 / 07:00 GMT/BST



 


 


4 April 2025


 


 


Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (LSE: GKP)


(“Gulf Keystone”, “GKP”, “the Group” or “the Company”)


 


Director / PDMR Shareholdings


 


 


Gulf Keystone announces the following transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities ("PDMR").


 


Long Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”)


 


Mr Jon Harris, Chief Executive Officer, and Mr Gabriel Papineau-Legris, Chief Financial Officer, exercised their vested nil-cost share options granted to them in 2022 under the 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"). Upon exercise, a proportion of their vested awards was sold to pay the tax liability arising upon exercise, while the remainder was retained.


 


Name


Position


Share Option Scheme


Vested awards exercised


Shares sold for tax


Shares retained


Average price per share of sale (£)


Date of sale


Jon Harris


CEO


2014 LTIP


362,441*


170,947


191,494


1.8977


2 April 2025


Gabriel Papineau-Legris


CFO


2014 LTIP


74,261


35,027


39,234


1.8977


2 April 2025


 


*On exercise, Mr Harris is entitled to an amount in shares equivalent to the dividends paid to shareholders during the vesting period on the vested shares (“the Dividend Equivalent”). The Dividend Equivalent amount equates to 107,785 common shares and is included in the total of 362,441. 


 


Deferred Bonus Plan (“DBP”)


 


On 1 April 2022, Mr Jon Harris was awarded 60,962 awards under the Deferred Bonus Plan (“DBP”), representing 30% of his 2022 bonus award. Under the rules of the DBP, the awards vested on 20 March 2025. In addition, Mr Harris is entitled to an amount equivalent to the dividends paid to shareholders during the vesting period on the vested shares (“the Dividend Equivalent”). This amounts to £62,697, transferred to Mr Harris in the form of shares.


 


All awarded shares were net settled by the Company, resulting in the number of shares being transferred to Mr Harris on 4 April 2025 being the post-tax amount.


 


Name


Position


Share Option Scheme


Vested awards


Net amount of shares post tax


Dividend


Equivalent amount (£)


Net amount of shares for Dividend Equivalent post tax


Date of transfer


 


Total number of shares transferred


Jon Harris


CEO


DBP


60,962


32,635


62,697


16,824


4 April 2025


49,459


 


 


Market purchases were made through the Company’s Employee Benefit Trust to satisfy all awarded LTIP and DBP shares.


 


Following the transactions, Mr Harris owns 351,724 common shares in the Company representing 0.16% of the issued share capital (“ISC”), while Mr Papineau-Legris owns 480,923 common shares in the Company representing 0.22% of the ISC.


 


 


Enquiries:


 


Gulf Keystone:


+44 (0) 20 7514 1400  


Aaron Clark, Head of Investor Relations


& Corporate Communications


 


aclark@gulfkeystone.com


FTI Consulting


+44 (0) 20 3727 1000


Ben Brewerton


Nick Hennis


GKP@fticonsulting.com


 


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


Jon Harris


2


Reason for the notification


a)


Position/status


Chief Executive 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 362,441 Nil-cost options pursuant to 2014 LTIP (2022 award)
  2. Sale of 170,947 shares to cover tax liability 

c)


Price(s) and volume(s)


Price(s)


Volume(s)


0p


189.77p


362,441


170,947


 


d)


Aggregated information


-


Aggregated volume


-


Price


-


Total


 


Price(s)


Volume(s)


Total


0p


189.77p


362,441


170,947


£0


£324,406.12


 


e)


Date of the transaction


2 April 2025


f)


Place of the transaction


London Stock Exchange


 


 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 Financial 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 74,261 Nil-cost options pursuant to 2014 LTIP (2022 award)
  2. Sale of 35,027 shares to cover tax liability 

c)


Price(s) and volume(s)


Price(s)


Volume(s)


0p


189.77p


74,261


35,027


 


d)


Aggregated information


-


Aggregated volume


-


Price


-


Total


 


Price(s)


Volume(s)


Total


0p


189.77p


74,261


35,027


£0


£66,470.74


 


e)


Date of the transaction


2 April 2025


f)


Place of the transaction


London Stock Exchange


 


 1


Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated


a)


Name


Jon Harris


2


Reason for the notification


a)


Position/status


Chief Executive 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


Transfer of vested awards under the Deferred Bonus Plan


 


c)


Price(s) and volume(s)


Price(s)


Volume(s)


0p


49,559


 


 


 


d)


Aggregated information


-


Aggregated volume


-


Price


 


Price(s)


Volume(s)


Total


0p


49,459


 


£0


 


 


e)


Date of the transaction


4 April 2025


f)


Place of the transaction


London Stock Exchange


 


 


 




Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by EQS Group.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.


ISIN: BMG4209G2077
Category Code: MSCM
TIDM: GKP
LEI Code: 213800QTAQOSSTNTPO15
Sequence No.: 381130
EQS News ID: 2111614

 
End of Announcement EQS News Service



















Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd (GKP)







Director / PDMR Shareholdings

04-Apr-2025 / 07:00 GMT/BST





 



 



4 April 2025



 



 



Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (LSE: GKP)



(“Gulf Keystone”, “GKP”, “the Group” or “the Company”)



 



Director / PDMR Shareholdings



 



 



Gulf Keystone announces the following transactions by persons discharging managerial responsibilities (\"PDMR\").



 



Long Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”)



 



Mr Jon Harris, Chief Executive Officer, and Mr Gabriel Papineau-Legris, Chief Financial Officer, exercised their vested nil-cost share options granted to them in 2022 under the 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan (\"LTIP\"). Upon exercise, a proportion of their vested awards was sold to pay the tax liability arising upon exercise, while the remainder was retained.



 




























Name



Position



Share Option Scheme



Vested awards exercised



Shares sold for tax



Shares retained



Average price per share of sale (£)



Date of sale



Jon Harris



CEO



2014 LTIP



362,441*



170,947



191,494



1.8977



2 April 2025



Gabriel Papineau-Legris



CFO



2014 LTIP



74,261



35,027



39,234



1.8977



2 April 2025


 



*On exercise, Mr Harris is entitled to an amount in shares equivalent to the dividends paid to shareholders during the vesting period on the vested shares (“the Dividend Equivalent”). The Dividend Equivalent amount equates to 107,785 common shares and is included in the total of 362,441. 



 



Deferred Bonus Plan (“DBP”)



 



On 1 April 2022, Mr Jon Harris was awarded 60,962 awards under the Deferred Bonus Plan (“DBP”), representing 30% of his 2022 bonus award. Under the rules of the DBP, the awards vested on 20 March 2025. In addition, Mr Harris is entitled to an amount equivalent to the dividends paid to shareholders during the vesting period on the vested shares (“the Dividend Equivalent”). This amounts to £62,697, transferred to Mr Harris in the form of shares.



 



All awarded shares were net settled by the Company, resulting in the number of shares being transferred to Mr Harris on 4 April 2025 being the post-tax amount.



 






















Name



Position



Share Option Scheme



Vested awards



Net amount of shares post tax



Dividend



Equivalent amount (£)



Net amount of shares for Dividend Equivalent post tax



Date of transfer



 



Total number of shares transferred



Jon Harris



CEO



DBP



60,962



32,635



62,697



16,824



4 April 2025



49,459


 



 



Market purchases were made through the Company’s Employee Benefit Trust to satisfy all awarded LTIP and DBP shares.



 



Following the transactions, Mr Harris owns 351,724 common shares in the Company representing 0.16% of the issued share capital (“ISC”), while Mr Papineau-Legris owns 480,923 common shares in the Company representing 0.22% of the ISC.



 



 



Enquiries:



 












Gulf Keystone:



+44 (0) 20 7514 1400  



Aaron Clark, Head of Investor Relations



& Corporate Communications



 



aclark@gulfkeystone.com



FTI Consulting



+44 (0) 20 3727 1000



Ben Brewerton



Nick Hennis



GKP@fticonsulting.com


 



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



Jon Harris



2



Reason for the notification



a)



Position/status



Chief Executive 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 362,441 Nil-cost options pursuant to 2014 LTIP (2022 award)

  2. Sale of 170,947 shares to cover tax liability 


c)



Price(s) and volume(s)








Price(s)



Volume(s)



0p



189.77p



362,441



170,947


 



d)



Aggregated information










-



Aggregated volume



-



Price



-



Total


 










Price(s)



Volume(s)



Total



0p



189.77p



362,441



170,947



£0



£324,406.12


 



e)



Date of the transaction



2 April 2025



f)



Place of the transaction



London Stock Exchange


 













































 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 Financial 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 74,261 Nil-cost options pursuant to 2014 LTIP (2022 award)

  2. Sale of 35,027 shares to cover tax liability 


c)



Price(s) and volume(s)








Price(s)



Volume(s)



0p



189.77p



74,261



35,027


 



d)



Aggregated information










-



Aggregated volume



-



Price



-



Total


 










Price(s)



Volume(s)



Total



0p



189.77p



74,261



35,027



£0



£66,470.74


 



e)



Date of the transaction



2 April 2025



f)



Place of the transaction



London Stock Exchange


 













































 1



Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated



a)



Name



Jon Harris



2



Reason for the notification



a)



Position/status



Chief Executive 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



Transfer of vested awards under the Deferred Bonus Plan



 



c)



Price(s) and volume(s)










Price(s)



Volume(s)



0p



49,559



 



 


 



d)



Aggregated information








-



Aggregated volume



-



Price


 










Price(s)



Volume(s)



Total



0p



49,459



 



£0


 



 



e)



Date of the transaction



4 April 2025



f)



Place of the transaction



London Stock Exchange


 



 



 














Dissemination of a Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by EQS Group.




The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
















ISIN: BMG4209G2077
Category Code: MSCM
TIDM: GKP
LEI Code: 213800QTAQOSSTNTPO15
Sequence No.: 381130
EQS News ID: 2111614





 
End of Announcement EQS News Service








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