In the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division

Leeds District Registry No 1186 of 2014

UK COAL SURFACE MINES LIMITED

In Administration

Registered office: Benson House, 33 Wellington Street, Leeds

Principal trading address: Harworth Park Blyth Road, Harworth, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN11 8DB

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Rule 2.95 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 that the Joint Administrators intend to declare First and Final dividend to unsecured creditors creditors of the company within 2 months of the last date for proving on 26 August 2016.

Creditors who have not already done so, must send details in writing of any claim against the company by 26 August 2016, to Benson House, 33 Wellington Street, Leeds. If so requested, creditors should provide such further details or produce such documentation or other evidence as may appear to the Joint Administrators to be necessary. A creditor who has not proved his debt before the last date for proving is not entitled to disturb, by reason that he had not participated in it, any dividend subsequently declared.

Office Holder Details: David James Kelly (IP number 9612) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 101 Barbirolli Square, Lower Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3PW, Robert Jonathan Hunt (IP number 8597) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 7 More London Riverside, London SE1 2RT and Matthew Boyd Callaghan (IP number 14630) of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1 Embankment Place, London WC2N 6RH. Date of Appointment: 14 November 2014. Further information about this case is available from Ruth Turner at the offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP at ruth.e.turner@uk.pwc.co.uk.

David James Kelly , Robert Jonathan Hunt and Matthew Boyd Callaghan , Joint Administrators