Holding(s) in Company

UK Coal PLC
20 March 2008


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)
                                                                                        
                                                              
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                   Yes
                                                                                        

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):______________                         No
                                                     

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification
obligation:                                          Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and its group

                                                     

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from
3):                                                  See additional information under13.

                                                     

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the
threshold is crossed or reached if different):       18/03/08

                                                     

6. Date on which issuer notified:                    19/03/08
                                                     

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:      Below 5%


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 rights
If possible use   shares          voting rights shares
ISIN code

                                                                Direct         Indirect     Direct        Indirect

GB0007190720    7,884,302    7,884,302    7,687,541               0      7,687,541       0.000%       4.893%



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


7,687,541                                            4.893%




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

                                             William Glyn (Isle of Man)         A/c 301780                    125,000
                                             Nominees Ltd
                                             Littledown Nominees Ltd            A/c 3449                      615,000
                                             Littledown Nominees Ltd            A/c 02891                   4,760,341
                                             Littledown Nominees Ltd            A/c 35822                      30,000
                                             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 10493                     380,000
                                             Littledown Nominees Ltd            A/c 10495                   1,355,000
                                             Littledown Nominees Ltd            A/c 31348                      70,000

14 Contact name:                                Richard Cole


15. Contact telephone name:                     01302 751751



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