Holding(s) in Company

Ascent Resources PLC
28 February 2007



TR-1 notification of major interests in shares



1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:



ASCENT RESOURCES PLC



2. Reason for the notification



An event changing the breakdown of voting rights



3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:



FMR Corp



4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):



N/A



5.Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached
if different):



20 February 2007



6. Date on which issuer notified:



23 February 2007



7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:



N/A



8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of      Situation previous to    Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares             the Triggering
                   transaction
 if possible using Number of   Number of    Number of    Number of voting       % of voting rights
the ISIN CODE      Shares      Voting       shares       rights
                               Rights       Direct       Direct    Indirect     Direct       Indirect
GB00B132NW22       10,763,100  10,763,100                          10,763,100                4.06%



B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial    Expiration date Exercise/ Conversion      Number of voting rights    % of voting
instrument                           Period/ Date              that may be acquired if    rights
                                                               the instrument is
                                                               exercised/ converted.
      N/A            N/A                        N/A            N/A                        N/A



Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                              % of voting rights
10,763,100                                           4.06%



9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:



N/A



Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the Proxy holder:



FMR Corp



11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:



N/A



12. Date on which proxy holder cease to hold voting rights:



N/A



13. Additional information:



Prior to the implementation of the EU Transparency Directive, the interests in
shares of FMR Corp and Fidelity International Limited had been aggregated for
the purposes of shareholder reporting.  According to the new DTR rules the
indirect holdings of FMR Corp and Fidelity International Limited are now
reported separately.  Fidelity International Limited has no holdings in this
Company.



14. Contact name:



Jeremy Eng



15. Contact telephone number:



020 7251 4905


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