Registration No. 333-        

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2013

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

ARCH COAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

ARCH COAL, INC. EMPLOYEE THRIFT PLAN

(Full title of the plan)

 

Robert G. Jones

Senior Vice President—Law, General Counsel and Secretary

Arch Coal, Inc.

One CityPlace Drive, Ste. 300

St. Louis, Missouri  63141

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(314) 994-2700

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copies of all communications to:

 

Jeffrey W. Acre, Esq.

K&L Gates LLP

K&L Gates Center

210 Sixth Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  15222

(412) 355-6500

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of each class of securities to be registered		Amount to be Registered(1)		Proposed maximum offering price per share			Proposed maximum aggregate offering price			Amount of registration fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share		3,000,000	(2)	$	4.90	(3)	$	14,700,000		$	2,006

(1)                         This Registration Statement also registers additional securities to be offered or issued upon adjustments or changes made to registered securities by reason of any stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions as permitted by Rule 416(a) and Rule 416(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

(2)                         In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.

 

(3)                         Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act.  The fee is calculated on the basis of the average of the high and low prices for the Registrant’s Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on August 26, 2013.

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

Pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8, this filing relates to the registration of additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement filed on this form relating to a benefit plan is effective.  The contents of the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-32777) filed on August 4, 1997 are hereby incorporated by reference, except as amended by the items included below.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

 

The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:

 

1.                                      The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012;

 

2.                                      The Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31 and June 30, 2013;

 

3.                                      The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed February 26, 2013, April 30, July 2, August 12, August 19 and August 27, 2013; and

 

4.                                      The description of the Registrant’s Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement filed by the Registrant under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement, but prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered by this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Registrant is not incorporating by reference any information furnished (but not filed) under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K.  Each document incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such document with the Commission until the information contained therein is superseded or updated by any subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement or by any document that constitutes part of the prospectus relating to the Registrant’s Omnibus Incentive Plan, each meeting the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

 

ITEM 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

 

Jon S. Ploetz, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Arch Coal, Inc., has rendered an opinion as to the validity of the shares of common stock being registered hereby.  Mr. Ploetz is paid a salary by us and is a participant in various employee benefit plans offered to our employees generally.

 

ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS.

 

The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement:

 

4.1                               Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Arch Coal, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 5, 2006).

 

4.2                               Arch Coal, Inc. Bylaws, as amended effective as of December 5, 2008 (incorporated herein by reference to

 

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Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 10, 2008).

 

5.1                               Opinion of counsel (filed herewith).

 

23.1                        Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm (filed herewith).

 

23.2                        Consent of counsel (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

 

24.1                        Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on this 28th day of August, 2013.

 

 

	ARCH COAL, INC.
	By:	/s/ John W. Eaves
		John W. Eaves
		President and Chief Executive Officer

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person, whose signature appears below, constitutes and appoints John W. Eaves, John T. Drexler and Robert G. Jones, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated have signed this Registration Statement below.

 

Signature		Capacity		Date
/s/ John W. Eaves		President and Chief Executive Officer,		August 28, 2013
John W. Eaves		Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ John T. Drexler		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial		August 28, 2013
John T. Drexler		Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ John W. Lorson		Vice President and Chief Accounting		August 28, 2013
John W. Lorson		Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Steven F. Leer		Chairman of the Board of Directors		August 28, 2013
Steven F. Leer
/s/ David D. Freudenthal		Director		August 28, 2013
David D. Freudenthal

 

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Signature		Capacity		Date
/s/ Patricia F. Godley		Director		August 28, 2013
Patricia F. Godley
/s/ Paul T. Hanrahan		Director		August 28, 2013
Paul T. Hanrahan
/s/ Douglas H. Hunt		Director		August 28, 2013
Douglas H. Hunt
/s/ J. Thomas Jones		Director		August 28, 2013
J. Thomas Jones
/s/ George C. Morris III		Director		August 28, 2013
George C. Morris III
/s/ Theodore D. Sands		Director		August 28, 2013
Theodore D. Sands
/s/ Wesley M. Taylor		Director		August 28, 2013
Wesley M. Taylor
/s/ Peter I. Wold		Director		August 28, 2013
Peter I. Wold

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
4.1		Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Arch Coal, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 5, 2006).
4.2		Arch Coal, Inc. Bylaws, as amended effective as of December 5, 2008 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 10, 2008).
5.1		Opinion of counsel (filed herewith).
23.1		Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm (filed herewith).
23.2		Consent of counsel (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1		Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).

 

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