EX-4.4 5 a12-13979_1ex4d4.htm EX-4.4

Exhibit 4.4

 

EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE GOVERNING
8.750% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2016
OF ARCH COAL, INC.

 

This EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of July 31, 2012, among Arch Western Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Arch Western Bituminous Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Arch Western Finance, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Arch Western Resources, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Arch of Wyoming, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Canyon Fuel Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, Thunder Basin Coal Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, Triton Coal Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (each, a “Guaranteeing Subsidiary” and collectively, the “Guaranteeing Subsidiaries”), Arch Coal, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the other Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to below) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, EACH Guaranteeing Subsidiary is a subsidiary of the Company; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and certain Guarantors have heretofore entered into an Indenture, dated July 31, 2009 (as heretofore supplemented, the “Indenture”), among the Company, such Guarantors and the Trustee, providing for the issuance of 8.750% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Notes”), the related First Supplemental Indenture, dated February 8, 2010, among the Company, certain Guarantors and the Trustee, the related Second Supplemental Indenture, dated March 12, 2010, among the Company, certain Guarantors and the Trustee; the related Third Supplemental Indenture dated May 7, 2010, among the Company, certain Guarantors and the Trustee; the related Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated December 15, 2010, among the Company, certain Guarantors and the Trustee; the related Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated June 24, 2011, among the Company, certain Guarantors and the Trustee; the related Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated October 7, 2011, among the Company, certain Guarantors and the Trustee; and the related Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated July 2, 2012, among the Company, certain Guarantors and the Trustee; and

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that the Company shall cause any Person which becomes obligated to Guarantee the Notes, pursuant to the terms of Section 4.13 of the Indenture, to execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Person shall Guarantee the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Indenture in accordance with Article Ten of the Indenture with the same effect and to the same extent as if such Person had been named in the Indenture as a Guarantor; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, each Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

 

1.  CAPITALIZED TERMS.  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

2.  AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE.  Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide a Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture including, but not limited to, Article Ten thereof.  From and after the date hereof, each Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor for all purposes under the Indenture and the Notes.

 

3.  NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.  No past, present or future member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of any Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company, such Guaranteeing Subsidiary, or any other Guarantor, under the Notes, any Guarantee, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.  Each Holder of the Notes or any Guarantee by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes and the Guarantee.

 

4.  NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN.  THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

5.  COUNTERPARTS.  The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture.  Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

 

6.  EFFECT OF HEADINGS.  The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

7.  THE TRUSTEE.  The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by each Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

 

 

 

 

ARCH COAL, INC.

 

 

as Issuer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John T. Drexler

 

 

Name:

John T. Drexler

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

Signature Page to Eighth Supplemental Indenture

 



 

 

 

ALLEGHENY LAND COMPANY

 

 

ARCH COAL SALES COMPANY, INC.

 

 

ARCH COAL TERMINAL, INC.

 

 

ARCH COAL WEST, LLC

 

 

ARCH DEVELOPMENT, LLC

 

 

ARCH ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC

 

 

ARCH RECLAMATION SERVICES, INC.

 

 

ARCH WESTERN ACQUISITION CORPORATION

 

 

ARCH WESTERN ACQUISITION, LLC

 

 

ARCH WESTERN BITUMINOUS GROUP, LLC

 

 

ARCH WESTERN FINANCE, LLC

 

 

ARCH WESTERN RESOURCES, LLC

 

 

ARCH OF WYOMING, LLC

 

 

ARK LAND COMPANY

 

 

ARK LAND KH, INC.

 

 

ARK LAND LT, INC.

 

 

ARK LAND WR, INC.

 

 

ASHLAND TERMINAL, INC.

 

 

BRONCO MINING COMPANY, INC.

 

 

CANYON FUEL COMPANY, LLC

 

 

CATENARY COAL HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

COAL-MAC, INC.

 

 

COALQUEST DEVELOPMENT LLC

 

 

CUMBERLAND RIVER COAL COMPANY

 

 

HAWTHORNE COAL COMPANY, INC.

 

 

HUNTER RIDGE, INC.

 

 

HUNTER RIDGE COAL COMPANY

 

 

HUNTER RIDGE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

ICG, INC.

 

 

ICG, LLC

 

 

ICG ADDCAR SYSTEMS, LLC

 

 

ICG BECKLEY, LLC

 

 

ICG EAST KENTUCKY, LLC

 

 

ICG EASTERN, LLC

 

 

ICG EASTERN LAND, LLC

 

 

ICG HAZARD, LLC

 

 

ICG HAZARD LAND, LLC

 

 

each as a Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John T. Drexler

 

 

Name:

John T. Drexler

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

Signature Page to Eighth Supplemental Indenture

 



 

 

ICG ILLINOIS, LLC

 

ICG KNOTT COUNTY, LLC

 

ICG NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC

 

ICG TYGART VALLEY, LLC

 

INTERNATIONAL COAL GROUP, INC.

 

JULIANA MINING COMPANY, INC.

 

KING KNOB COAL CO., INC.

 

LONE MOUNTAIN PROCESSING, INC.

 

MARINE COAL SALES COMPANY

 

MELROSE COAL COMPANY, INC.

 

MINGO LOGAN COAL COMPANY

 

MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY, L.L.C.

 

MOUNTAIN GEM LAND, INC.

 

MOUNTAIN MINING, INC.

 

MOUNTAINEER LAND COMPANY

 

OTTER CREEK COAL, LLC

 

PATRIOT MINING COMPANY, INC.

 

POWELL MOUNTAIN ENERGY, LLC

 

PRAIRIE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

SHELBY RUN MINING COMPANY, LLC

 

SIMBA GROUP, INC.

 

THUNDER BASIN COAL COMPANY, L.L.C.

 

TRITON COAL COMPANY, LLC

 

UPSHUR PROPERTY, INC.

 

VINDEX ENERGY CORPORATION

 

WESTERN ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.

 

WHITE WOLF ENERGY, INC.

 

WOLF RUN MINING COMPANY

 

each as a Guarantor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John T. Drexler

 

Name:

John T. Drexler

 

Title:

Vice President

 

Signature Page to Eighth Supplemental Indenture

 



 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Rebekah A. Foltz

 

Name:

Rebekah A. Foltz

 

Title:

Vice President

 

Signature Page to Eighth Supplemental Indenture