Shareholding Notification

RNS Number : 0900C

Anglo Pacific Group PLC

27 August 2008

News Release

27th August 2008

Anglo Pacific Group PLC ('the Company')

Shareholding Notification

The Company has been informed on 26th August 2008 that, as at 25th August 2008, AXA S.A, and its group of companies, now hold an interest in 10,566,849 ordinary shares of 2p each in the Company. This holding represents approximately 9.90% of the voting rights of the Company's issued share capital.

These shares are represented by a beneficial interest of 515,026 shares (approximately 0.48% of the issued ordinary share capital) and a non-beneficial interest of 10,051,823 shares (approximately 9.42% of the issued ordinary share capital).

The identity of each registered holder of the shares to which this notice relates, so far as is known to AXA Investment Managers UK Limited, as at 25th August 2008, is as noted below:

Name of Company/Fund	Number of shares	% of issued share capital
AXA Rosenberg (beneficial)	125,366	0.11747
AXA UK Investment Co ICVC UK Smaller Companies Fund (non-beneficial)	157,230	0.14733
AXA Rosenberg (beneficial)	78,621	0.07367
AXA France (non-beneficial)	180,000	0.16867
AXA Rosenberg (non-beneficial)	2,176,978	2.03994
Sun Life Pensions Management Ltd (beneficial)	73,865	0.06922
Sun Life Unit Assurance Ltd FTSE All Share Tracker (beneficial)	18,653	0.01748
Sun Life Pensions Management FTSE All Share Tracker (beneficial)	108,465	0.10164
AXA Framlington (non-beneficial)	325,137	0.30467
AXA Framlington (non-beneficial)	4,750,000	4.45100
AXA Framlington (non-beneficial)	2,252,478	2.11069
Framlington onshore private clients (non-beneficial)	10,000	0.00937
AXA Sun Life With Profits Passive Fund (beneficial)	67,855	0.06358
AXA Sun Life With Profits Passive Fund (beneficial)	42,201	0.03954
AXA Framlington (non-beneficial)	200,000	0.18741
Total beneficial Total non-beneficial Total	515,026 10,051,823 10,566,849	0.48261 9.41908 9.90169