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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