This announcement replaces the TR1 notification that was published by the Company earlier today under RNS number 2483W. The Company has been notified by Henderson Group plc that the reason for the notification was solely as a result of the increase in total voting rights of the Company on 6 February 2017. The full corrected notification is set out below.
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi |
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer |
Ascent Resources plc |
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2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes): |
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights |
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached |
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments |
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights |
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Other (please specify): |
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the |
Henderson Group plc |
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) |
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5. Date of the transaction and date on |
6 February 2017 |
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6. Date on which issuer notified: |
7 February 2017 |
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |
Below 5% |
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8. Notified details: |
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A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix |
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Class/type of
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Situation previous |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Number of voting |
% of voting rights x |
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Direct |
Direct xi |
Indirect xii |
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Indirect |
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Ordinary |
108,118,091 |
108,118,091 |
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Below 5% |
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Below 5% |
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GB00BZ16J374 |
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Expiration |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting |
% of voting |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi |
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction |
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Type of financial |
Exercise price |
Expiration date xvii |
Exercise/ |
Number of voting rights instrument refers to
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% of voting rights xix, xx
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Nominal |
Delta |
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Total (A+B+C) |
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Number of voting rights |
Percentage of voting rights |
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Below 5% |
Below 5% |
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
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See Annex 1 below. |
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Proxy Voting: |
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10. Name of the proxy holder: |
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: |
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: |
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This disclosure has been calculated using total voting rights of 1,349,078,713.
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14. Contact name: |
Scott Dickenson |
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15. Contact telephone number: |
020 7818 4184 |
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