Holding(s) in Company

UK Coal PLC
14 November 2007


TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares




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


2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
                                                                   Yes

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
                                                                   No

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition
of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
                                                                   No

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
                                                                   No

Other (please specify):______________
                                                     Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification
obligation:
                                                     See additional information under13.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from
3):
                                                     12/11/07

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the
threshold is crossed or reached if different):
                                                     13/11/07

6. Date on which issuer notified:
                                                     Above 5%

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


8: Notified Details

A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of   Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
shares          triggering transaction
                Number of     Number of   Number of    Number of voting rights  Percentage of voting
If possible use shares        voting      shares                                rights
ISIN code                     rights

                                                       Direct        Indirect   Direct      Indirect


GB0007190720    N/A           N/A         7,874,700    0             7,874,700  0.000%      5.012%


B: Financial Instruments


Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial    Expiration date      Exercise/ conversion No. of voting rights  Percentage of voting
instrument                                period/date          that may be acquired  rights
                                                               (if the instrument
                                                               exercised/converted)


Total (A+B)


Number of voting rights                              Percentage of voting rights

7,874,700                                            5.012%



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

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., which controls the voting rights of

Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Ltd, which controls the voting rights of

Threadneedle Asset Management Ltd, Threadneedle International Ltd and Threadneedle Pensions Ltd.


Proxy Voting:


10. Name of proxy holder:                            N/A


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


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold    N/A
voting rights:




13. Additional information:                  Registered Owner


                                             Chase Nominees Ltd                          A/c 41407        100,000
                                             Littledown Nominees Ltd                     A/c 31348         35,000
                                             Littledown Nominees Ltd                     A/c 10495      1,715,000
                                             Littledown Nominees Ltd                     A/c 10492        380,000
                                             Littledown Nominees Ltd                     A/c 10496        790,000
                                             Littledown Nominees Ltd                     A/c 10469        175,000
                                             Littledown Nominees Ltd                     A/c 18667        115,000
                                             Littledown Nominees Ltd                     A/c 7196          35,000
                                             Littledown Nominees Ltd                     A/c 10479          5,200
                                             Littledown Nominees Ltd                     A/c 11121         22,000
                                             Littledown Nominees Ltd                     A/c 35822         30,000
                                             Littledown Nominees Ltd                     A/c 2891       3,527,500
                                             Littledown Nominees Ltd                     A/c 3449         820,000
                                             William & Glyns (Isle of Man) Nominees Ltd  A/c 301780       125,000




14 Contact name:                                 Richard Cole


15. Contact telephone name:                      01302 751751






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