Shareholders can obtain a hard copy of the company’s audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2008, free of charge, upon request to: CONSOL Energy Inc. CNX Center 1000 CONSOL Energy Drive Canonsburg, PA 15317-6506 Dan Zajdel, Vice President - Investor Relations: (724) 485-4169

CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE:CNX) reported the following results for the year ended December 31, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005:

2008 2007 2006 2005 Revenue ($MM) $4,652.4 $3,762.2 $3,715.2 $3,810.4 Net Income ($MM) $442.5 $267.8 $408.9 $580.9 EPS (diluted) $2.40 $1.45 $2.20 $3.13 OCF ($MM) $1,029.5 $684.0 $664.5 $409.1 EBITDA ($MM) $1,075.2 $746.7 $827.2 $936.3 EBIT ($MM) $685.6 $422.0 $531.0 $664.5 CAPEX, excl. Acq. $1,061.7 $1,039.8 $690.5 $532.8 Coal Production (MM tons) 65.1 64.6 67.4 69.1 Gas Production (Bcf) 76.6 58.2 56.1 48.4

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