Rule 2.10 Announcement

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

29 March 2016

Ascent Resources plc ("Ascent")

Rule 2.10 Announcement - Relevant Securities in Issue

In accordance with Rule 2.10 of the UK Takeover Code, Ascent (AIM: AST) confirms that as at the close of business on 24 March 2016 it had the following securities in issue:

· 157,306,900 ordinary shares of 0.2 pence each admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's AiM market. The International Securities Identification Number for Ascent's ordinary shares is GB00BZ16J374. The Company currently holds no ordinary shares in Treasury; and

· GBP £12,055,671.70 of convertible loan notes due in November 2016 which includes interest accrued up to January 2015 when the terms were varied and interest ceased to accrue (the "2016 Convertible Notes"). The 2016 Convertible Notes are convertible into ordinary shares in Ascent at 100 shares for every £1 Loan Note (1,205,567,170 Ordinary Shares). The International Securities Identification Number for the £5,829,664.08 loan notes originally issued in 2012 and 2013 is GB00B8J8B415 and for the £6,226,007.62 notes issued in 2014 and subsequently it is GB00BL3DL327.

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