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Morgan Stanley Securities Limited07 April 2005 AMENDMENT FORM 8.1/8.3 Lodge with Company Announcements Office (which will publicise and copy to thePanel). Use separate form for each class of securities in which dealings havebeen made. Date of disclosure: 7 April 2005 DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1(a), 8.1(b)(I) AND 8.3 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERSAND MERGERS Date of dealing: 6 April 2005 Dealing in: UK Coal Plc(name of company) (1) Class of securities (eg ordinary shares):Ordinary Shares (2) Amount bought Amount sold Price per unit (£) 500,000 1.33 200,000 1.32 500,000 1.36 (3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled: 2,191,329 (and percentage of class): 1.48% (4) Party making disclosure: Morgan Stanley Securities Limited (5) EITHER (a) Name of purchaser/vendor (Note 1): Morgan Stanley Securities Limited OR (b) If dealing for discretionary client (s), name of fund management organisation: N/A (6) Reason for disclosure (Note 2) (a) associate of (i) offeror (Note 3) N/A (ii) offeree company N/A Specify which category or categories of associate (1-8 overleaf): N/A If category (8), explain: (b) Rule 8.3 (ie disclosure because of ownership orcontrol of 1% or more of the class of relevant securities dealt in) YES Signed, for an on behalf of the party named in (4) above ................................................. (Also print name of signatory): Eleanor Jenkins Telephone and extension number: 020 7677 2491 ------------------------- Note 1. Specify owner, not nominee or vehicle company. If relevant, alsoidentify controller of owner, eg where an owner normally acts on instructions ofa controller. Note 2. Disclosure might be made for more than one reason; if so, state allreasons. Note 3. Specify which offeror if there is more than one. Note 4. When an arrangement exists with any offeror, with the offereecompany or with an associate of any offeror or of the offeree company inrelation to relevant securities, details of such arrangement must be disclosed,as required by Note 6 on Rule 8 ...........................................................................................................................................................For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Code. If indoubt, contact the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, Tel. No: 0207-382 9026. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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