Ascent Resources Regulatory News (AST)

26 Jun 2007 13:09

Ascent Resources PLC26 June 2007 Ascent Resources plc / Epic: AST / Index: AIM / Sector: Oil and Gas 26th June 2006 Ascent Resources plc ("Ascent" or the "Company") Director/PDMR Shareholding The Company announces that John Kenny (Chairman) has exercised options over500,000 new ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares").Application has been made to the London Stock Exchange for these shares to beadmitted to trading on AIM, which is expected to take place on 29 June 2007. Subsequent to this, Mr Kenny holds a total of 600,000 Ordinary Shares,representing 0.2% of the issued share capital of the Company. The total number of Ordinary Shares in the Company in issue following theadditional listing will be 292,945,750. * * ENDS * * For further information visit www.ascentresources.co.uk or contact: Jeremy Eng Ascent Resources plc Tel: 020 7251 4905Hugo de Salis St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: 020 7242 4477 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange