Ascent Resources PLC Result of GM (2372P)

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RNS Number : 2372P

Ascent Resources PLC

15 November 2016

15 November 2016

Ascent Resources plc

("Ascent", the "Group", or the "Company")

Result of General Meeting

and

Admission of Second Placing Shares

The Board of Ascent (AIM: AST) announces that all resolutions were duly passed at the General Meeting, held earlier today.

Settlement and admission to trading of the 87,151,027 Second Placing Shares is expected to occur at 8.00 a.m. on Wednesday, 16 November 2016, following which the Company will have 1,076,704,068 ordinary shares in issue. There are no shares held in treasury. The total voting rights in the Company will therefore be 1,076,704,068 and Shareholders may use this figure as the denominator by which they are required to notify their interest in, or change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Enquiries:

 
 Ascent Resources plc 
  Clive Carver, Chairman 
  Colin Hutchinson, CEO                     0207 251 4905 
 Stockdale Securities Limited, Nominated 
  Adviser and Broker 
  Richard Johnson 
  Andy Crossley 
  Ed Thomas                                 020 7601 6100 
 Northland Capital Partners Limited, 
  Broker 
  Tom Price 
  John Howes 
  Abigail Wayne                             020 3861 6625 
 IFC Advisory Ltd, Financial PR and 
  IR 
  Graham Herring 
  Tim Metcalfe 
  Heather Armstrong                         0203 053 8671 
 

Definitions in this announcement shall have the same meaning as in the Company's announcement of the Proposed Placing on 27 October 2016 unless otherwise stated.

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