0000106455-18-000006.txt : 20180226 0000106455-18-000006.hdr.sgml : 20180226 20180226162209 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000106455-18-000006 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 15-15D PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180226 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180226 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20180226 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WESTMORELAND COAL Co CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000106455 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: BITUMINOUS COAL & LIGNITE SURFACE MINING [1221] IRS NUMBER: 231128670 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 15-15D SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-166393 FILM NUMBER: 18640811 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9540 SOUTH MAROON CIRCLE STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80112 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-922-6463 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9540 SOUTH MAROON CIRCLE STREET 2: SUITE 300 CITY: ENGLEWOOD STATE: CO ZIP: 80112 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WESTMORELAND COAL CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 15-15D 1 wcc-form15333x166393.htm 15-15D Document

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
  
FORM 15
 
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION
UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number: 333-166393
  
WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
9540 South Maroon Circle, Suite 300
Englewood, CO 80112
(303) 922-6463
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Plan Interests Under the
Westmoreland Coal Company and Subsidiaries Employees’ Savings Plan
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
Westmoreland Coal Company, Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share(1) 
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
 
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
 
Rule 12g-4(a)(l)
 
☐
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)
 
☐
Rule 12h-3(b)(l)(i)
 
☒
Rule 12h-3(b)(l)(ii)
 
☐
Rule 15d-6
 
☒
Rule 15d-22(b)
 
☐


Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: None.(2) 
 
(1)
Although the duty to file reports under Section 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), has been terminated with respect to the Westmoreland Coal Company and Subsidiaries Employees’ Savings Plan (the “Plan”), the duty of Westmoreland Coal Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) to file reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains with respect to the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share.
(2)
Effective as of December 28, 2017, the Company is no longer issuing securities pursuant to the Plan. Therefore, interests in the Plan no longer require registration. Accordingly, this Form 15 is being filed to suspend the Company’s duty to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including on Form 11-K.
 
 


 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Westmoreland Coal Company has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY
 
 
 
 
Date: February 26, 2018
 
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Jennifer S. Grafton
 
 
 
 
 
 
Name:
 
Jennifer S. Grafton
 
 
 
 
 
 
Title:
 
Chief Legal Officer, Chief Administrative Officer & Secretary