Rule 2.10 Announcement

UK Coal PLC 23 August 2005 23rd August 2005 UK Coal plc (or 'the company') Rule 2.10 Announcement - Relevant Securities in Issue In accordance with rule 2.10 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, the company confirms that it has 148,508,167 Ordinary Shares of 1 pence each in issue and is admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange under the UK ISIN code GB0007190720. ENDS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange