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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On March 24, 2020, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Arch Coal, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed John T. Drexler as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and Matthew C. Giljum as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, each effective on April 30, 2020.
Mr. Drexler, age 50, has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2008. Mr. Drexler previously served as the Company’s Vice President-Finance and Accounting and Director of Planning and Forecasting, as well as several other positions within the Company’s finance and accounting department.
Mr. Giljum, age 48, has served as the Company’s Vice President of Finance since 2009 and added the Treasurer position in 2015. Prior to those roles, he served in several other positions within the Company’s finance and accounting department.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On March 24, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the new positions for Messrs. Drexler and Giljum. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
The information contained in Item 7.01 and the exhibit attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits |
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Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated March 24, 2020 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL) |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: March 24, 2020 | Arch Coal, Inc. | |
| By: | /s/ Robert G. Jones | |
| Robert G. Jones | ||
| Senior Vice President – Law, General Counsel and Secretary | ||