Holding(s) in Company

UK Coal PLC
24 April 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):       23/04/08
                                                     

6. Date on which issuer notified:                    24/04/08
                                                     

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




     8: Notified Details
     A: Voting rights attached to shares


     Class/type Situation previous to the Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
     of shares  triggering transaction
                Number of     Number of   Number of    Number of voting rights Percentage of voting
     If         shares        voting      shares                               rights
     possible                 rights
     use ISIN
     code                                              Direct       Indirect   Direct         Indirect


GB0007190720                              8,022,541   0             8,022,541    0.000%      5.106%


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
8,022,541                                            5.106%


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


                                           Williams & Glyn (Isle of Man) Nominees A/c 301780        125,000
                                           Ltd
                                           Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 3449          615,000
                                           Littledown Nominees Ltd                A/c 02891       5,095,341
                                           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


For notes on how to complete form TR-1
please see the FSA website.



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