UCL Universal Coal

RNS Number:1709C
United Clearing plc
28 April 2006

This announcement is to replace the United Clearing plc announcement released
on 27 April 2006 at 11.31am, under RNS number 0992C.

All percentages under the '% shareholding' column should read 0.6/0.3 rather 
than 0.006/0.003 as previously announced.

All details remain unchanged and full text appears below.


                      United Clearing Plc (the "Company")

                Exercise of Options and Directors' Shareholdings

United Clearing Plc, the provider of support services to the cellular industry,
announces that on 12 April 2006, pursuant to the exercise of options held by
each of the Directors, the Company issued new ordinary shares in the amounts set
out next to each Director's name in column 2 of the table below (the "Option
Shares"). Following this, each Director held that number of ordinary shares in
the Company, representing the percentages indicated in column 3 of the fully
diluted issued share capital of the Company. Previously, in accordance with the
terms of an irrevocable undertaking ("Irrevocable Undertaking") given by each
Director to Billing Services Group Limited ("BSG") in connection with the Offer
(as defined below), each Director had accepted the Offer in respect of all of
the then issued ordinary shares held in his/her name and such shares had been
acquired by BSG in consideration of the allotment and issue of shares in BSG.

Director                  Option Shares/Total shares held       % shareholding
Helena Sundberg                                   117,647                  0.6
Jay Bharvada                                      117,647                  0.6
Atul Devani                                       117,647                  0.6
Kirit Ruparelia                                   117,647                  0.6
Michael van Klink                                 116,993                  0.6
Peter Carpenter                                    61,412                  0.3

Immediately after the issue of the Option Shares, in accordance with the terms
of the Irrevocable Undertaking, each Director then immediately accepted the
Offer in respect of the Option Shares issued to him or her such that all of the
Option Shares have now been acquired by BSG in consideration of the allotment
and issue of shares in BSG.
Application has been made for the cancellation of admission of the Company's
shares with effect from the opening of business on 18 May. Accordingly no
application for admission to trading of the new ordinary shares the subject of
the options has been made.
In this announcement, the "Offer" means the recommended offer of 20 January 2006
made by Evolution Securities Limited on behalf of BSG for all of the Company's
issued and to be issued share capital on the terms and conditions of the Offer
document published on 20 January 2006.

For further information please contact:

United Clearing Plc
Atul Devani, CEO
020 7608 8000

Seymour Pierce Limited
Mark Percy
020 7107 8000



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