Holding(s) in Company

UK Coal PLC
30 November 2007


TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares


                                                              UK Coal Plc

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of         Ord 1p
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:


2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
                                                              Yes

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights


An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition
of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights


Other (please specify):______________
                                                     Artemis Investment Management Ltd

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification
obligation:
                                                     Artemis Income Fund

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from    Artemis UK Growth
3):
                                                     BBC Pension Trust

                                                     L&G (Barclays) Income 1

                                                     L&G (Barclays) Income 2

                                                     First UK Bus

                                                     HSBC UK Equity Income

                                                     Institutional UK Growth

                                                     Institutional Equity Income

                                                     P&O Pension Scheme


                                                     27th November 2007

5. Date of transaction (and date on which the
threshold is crossed or reached if different):
                                                     29th November 2007

6. Date on which issuer notified:
                                                     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    8,493,087    8,493,087    8,568,386    8,568,386               5.45%


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

8,568,386                                            5.45%


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



Proxy Voting:


10. Name of proxy holder:


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


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




13. Additional information:


                                                       Richard Cole


15. Contact telephone name:                            01302 751751






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