Ascent Resources Regulatory News (AST)

2 Jun 2009 08:52



The following replaces the announcement made on the 22 May 2009 at 18:11 under RNS Number: 7542S.

The full amended release appears below:

Ascent Resources plc ("Ascent" or the "Company")

Holdings in Company

Ascent was informed on 1 June 2009 by RAB Capital plc acting as a discretionary manager of RAB Energy Fund Limited ("RAB"), that on 20 May 2009 RAB held a total of 22,833,439 ordinary shares of 0.1p each in the Company registered in the name of Credit Suisse Client Nominees (UK) Limited, which represents 7.49% of the Company's issued ordinary share capital.