Director/PDMR Shareholding

UK Coal PLC
07 March 2006


                          UK COAL PLC (the 'Company')


                                        
    Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial
                     responsibilities and Connected Persons



                        Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP)


To comply with Disclosure Rule 3.1.4, we advise that on 6 March 2006,
conditional awards were made under the LTIP rules to Garold Spindler (Chief
Executive) and Christopher Mawe (Finance Director) of 168,683 and 93,333
ordinary shares respectively. The number of shares stated is the maximum
available to Messrs Spindler and Mawe on satisfaction of the performance target
in full, subject to the addition of further shares representing the notional
re-investment of dividends.


The earliest date on which Messrs Spindler and Mawe would be able to become
beneficially entitled to the shares comprised in the awards is 6 March 2009,
which is the third anniversary of the date on which the awards were granted.






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