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Gulfsands Petroleum plc

Company Name:Gulfsands Petroleum plc Minimum fundraise:£0.00* High Share Price Bid:£0.07

Business Sector:Oil & Gas Total Funds Bid to Date:- Low Share Price Bid:£0.02

Auction period:28 Feb 2025 - 03 Jul 2025 Indicative Share Price:0.00 Average Share Price Bid:£0.05**

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Gulfsands Petroleum plc

The next auction will close at 4pm on 3rd July 2025. An order book will appear once orders have been received.

In the auction that closed on 27th February 2025, 38,191 shares traded at 10 pence per share.

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Company info

Gulfsands Petroleum plc is an independent, public energy company, incorporated in the United Kingdom focused on growth in the Middle East and North Africa region.

www.gulfsands.com

Auction details

Gulfsands Petroleum plc was admitted to trading on Asset Match on 23 April 2018 at a price of 1.50 pence per share.

Auctions are held quarterly and close at 4pm on the second Thursday of the month (unless stated otherwise).

The tick size for this company is 0.25 pence per share.

Participants can send orders via their existing broker or directly to shareDeal active. Further details can be found by clicking on the "Auction instructions" section below.

Price history (last 10 auctions)

NB. Data from the 31st December 2019 auction is from a placing administered by Asset Match

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Price history (all auctions)

NB. Data from the 31st December 2019 auction is from a placing administered by Asset Match

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Key People

Michael Kroupeev Non-Executive Chairman

Mr Kroupeev has 28 years’ experience working within the exploration and production sector. After University in Moscow and MBA at London Business School, he began his career working for Dana Petroleum plc as a Director in 1994. In 1995, Mr Kroupeev founded Waterford Finance and Investment Limited (“Waterford”). Waterford is an oil and gas focused vehicle, specialising in the financing of oil, gas and other energy related projects. He has been directly involved in the capital raising for natural resource projects and in acquiring, restructuring, developing and divesting such assets. Waterford has a number of substantial shareholdings in oil and gas companies with operations in Europe, Africa, Australasia and Former Soviet Union countries, and is a substantial shareholder of Gulfsands. He was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Gulfsands in October 2016, and became Non-Executive Chairman in December 2020.

John Bell Managing Director

John Bell is a Chartered Engineer with over 30 years experience in the energy sector having worked at Vice President or Managing Director level at BP, Statoil AS and Suncor Energy (Syria). He has spent a large part of his career in the Middle East, as well as time in North Africa, FSU, the Americas, the UK North Sea, Scandinavia & the Caribbean. Mr Bell has a First Class Honours Degree in Engineering from Strathclyde University in Scotland and studied Executive Leadership at Haas Business School, University of Berkeley California. Previous public company directorships include Gulf Keystone Petroleum, Tethys Petroleum where he was Executive Chairman. He was appointed as a Non Executive Director of Gulfsands in 2014 and then appointed Managing Director in 2016. Mr Bell was appointed as an independent Non Executive Director of Aminex in November 2017.

Andrew Morris Finance Director

Mr Morris has extensive international business experience and advises and sits on the boards of companies, ranging from early stage resource companies to emerging technology companies. He was founder of Persistency Capital, where he acted as both investor in, and adviser to, companies across a broad range of sectors and geographies. Previous directorships include Madagascar Oil Limited, Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd, SouthWest Energy Ltd, Kriisa Research Inc. and Direct Petroleum Exploration Inc. as well as Blake Oil and Gas Limited and various related parties. Previously, Mr Morris served as a director of Ernst & Young, where he advised a broad range of organisations on enterprise risk management including corporate governance, management reporting, financial control, operational risk and process improvement. Mr Morris holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Mathematics from Bristol University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Mr Morris joined the Board of Gulfsands in April 2015 and became Finance Director in July 2016.

Joe Darby Senior Independent Non-Executive Director

Joe Darby, has over 40 years of experience in the energy sector, including eight years with Shell Petroleum before becoming managing director of Thomson North Sea Ltd and later the Chief Executive of LASMO plc. He has held non-executive roles at British Nuclear Fuels plc, Mowlem plc, Centurion Energy Inc and Alkane Energy plc. Mr Darby was previously chairman of Mowlem plc (2005) and Faroe Petroleum plc (2003). Mr Darby was appointed a Non-Executive Director of Gulfsands in November 2012 and was more recently a Non-Executive Director of Premier Oil and Bowleven Plc.

James Ede-Golightly Non-Executive Director

James Ede-Golightly joined Gulfsands as a Non-Executive Director in February 2025. Mr. Ede-Golightly is currently Chairman of Oxehealth Ltd, Oxeco Ltd and ORA Global Ltd. Among other directorships, he is also Non-Executive Director of Sarossa plc. He was a founder of ORA Capital Partners in 2006, having previously worked as an analyst at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and Commerzbank. Mr. Ede-Golightly is a CFA Charterholder and holds an M.A. degree in economics from Cambridge University. In 2012, he was awarded New Chartered Director of the Year by the Institute of Directors.

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Gulfsands Petroleum plc

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