Notice of Special General Meeting

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20 July 2016

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (LSE: GKP)

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

Notice of Special General Meeting

Further to the Company's announcement of 14 July 2016 regarding the proposed Balance Sheet Restructuring Transaction, a Special General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company ("SGM") will be held to approve the following resolution:

That the authorised share capital of the Company be increased by US$219,105,237 from US$73,000,000 by the creation of 21,910,523,665 new Common Shares, ranking pari passu in all respects as one class of shares with the existing Common Shares.

The SGM will take place at the Mövenpick Hotel, 20 Route de Pré-Bois, CH-1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland at 3pm CET on Friday 5 August 2016.

Details of the proposed Resolution are set out in full in the SGM Notice and Circular available on the Company's website at www.gulfkeystone.com.

The SGM Notice and Circular are being posted to shareholders today.

Enquiries:

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. These statements are made by the Company's 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 uncertainties, including both economic and business factors, underlying such forward-looking information. 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.