Holding(s) in Company

UK Coal PLC
18 December 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):
                                                     14/12/07

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the
threshold is crossed or reached if different):
                                                     17/12/07

6. Date on which issuer notified:
                                                     Below 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   shares        voting       shares                                rights
use ISIN code               rights

                                                      Direct        Indirect   Direct      Indirect


GB0007190720 7,874,700      7,874,700    7,849,302    0             7,849,302  0.000%  
 4.995%


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
7,849,302                                            4.995%


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


                                              Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 35822          30,000
                                              Williams & Glyn (Isle of Man) Nominees A/c 301780        125,000
                                              Ltd
                                              Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 3449          820,000
                                              Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 02891       3,602,102
                                              Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 11121          22,000
                                              Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 10479           5,200
                                              Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 07196          35,000
                                              Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 18667         115,000
                                              Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 10469         175,000
                                              Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 10496         790,000
                                              Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 10493         380,000
                                              Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 10495       1,715,000
                                              Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 31348          35,000




14 Contact name:                                   Richard Cole


15. Contact telephone name:                        01302 751751






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