8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) February 24, 2006 (February 20, 2006)

MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-7775	95-0740960
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File No. )	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

4 North 4th Street, Richmond, Virginia	23219
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant^’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 788-1800

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Base Salaries

On February 20, 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Massey Energy Company (the “Registrant”) conducted its annual review of base salaries. The Compensation Committee approved base salaries, effective March 1, 2006, for the executive officers named in the 2005 Proxy Statement, other than Don L. Blankenship, the Registrant’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, in the amounts indicated below.

Name	Title	Base Salary Amount
Baxter F. Phillips, Jr.	Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer	$	550,000
H. Drexel Short, Jr.	Senior Vice President, Group Operations	$	310,500
J. Christopher Adkins	Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer	$	285,000
Thomas J. Dostart	Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	$	207,000

Mr. Blankenship’s base salary for 2006 was previously set in accordance with the terms of that certain Letter Agreement dated December 20, 2005 and filed by the Registrant in a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 22, 2005.

Amendment to the Massey Energy 1999 Executive Performance Incentive Plan

On February 21, 2006, the Board of Directors adopted an amendment to the Massey Energy 1999 Executive Performance Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective November 30, 2000 (the “1999 Plan”), to provide holders of restricted stock with both dividend and voting rights, in accordance with Section 14 of the 1999 Plan.

The following new Section 7.5 was added to the 1999 Plan:

Sec. 7.5. RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDER. Upon the issuance of a Restricted Stock Award, the Participant shall have the right of a stockholder with respect to such Restricted Stock, including the right to vote the shares and receive all dividends and other distributions paid or made with respect thereto.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

On February 21, 2006, the Board of Directors duly appointed Gen. Robert H. Foglesong (ret.) as a Class III director to serve until the Annual Meeting of the Registrant’s shareholders in 2008. He has been named to the Governance and Nominating Committee and the Safety, Environmental and Public Policy Committee of the Board of Directors. General Foglesong, 60, retired from the U.S. Air Force on February 1, 2006. From August 2003 until his recent departure from the military, General Foglesong served as Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe; Commander, Allied Air Component Command Ramstein; and Air Component Commander, U.S. European Command, Ramstein AB, Germany. Beginning in January 2005, General Foglesong was additionally appointed Director, Multinational Joint Air Power Competence Center, Kalkar, Germany. Between November 2001 and August 2003, he served as Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. Prior to this assignment and beginning in August 2000, he served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. General Foglesong has been widely published and highly decorated over an illustrious career of over 30 years in the U.S. Air Force. Currently, General Foglesong is the President and Executive Director of the Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on identifying and supporting the next generation of leaders in Appalachia. The Registrant’s press release dated February 21, 2006 is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On February 21, 2006, the Board of Directors approved two amendments to the Registrant’s Bylaws. The first amendment to the Bylaws modified the language in Section 3.02 to increase the number of authorized board members from eight to nine. The second amendment to the Bylaws modified Section 3.05 to change the mandatory age of retirement for directors appointed or elected after January 1, 2006, to the end of the calendar year in which the member reaches the age of 74. The amendment further provides that at the Board may approve one exemption at any time for Directors who joined the Board after such date. The full text of the Restated Bylaws, as amended as of February 21, 2006, is attached as Exhibit 3.i to this report and is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On February 21, 2006, the Board of Directors approved the ability of officers and directors of the Registrant to enter into pre-arranged stock trading plans to purchase or sell common stock of the Registrant or to exercise stock options of the Registrant in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. A 10b5-1 plan allows officers and directors who are not in possession of material non-public information to trade in the a company’s securities, permitting such individuals, for example, with the opportunity to gradually diversify their investment portfolios by adopting a plan that appoints a third-party to sell stock over an extended period of time. At this time, no officer or director has entered into such a plan.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Description of Exhibit
3.i	Restated Bylaws, as amended as of February 21, 2006.
99.1	Press release dated February 21, 2006 issued by the Registrant entitled “Massey Energy Declares Quarterly Dividend and Appoints New Director.”

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SIGNATURES

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.

	MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY
Date: February 24, 2006	By:	/s/ Jeffrey M. Jarosinski
	Name:	Jeffrey M. Jarosinski
	Title:	Vice President, Finance and
		Chief Compliance Officer

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Exhibit Index

3.i	Restated Bylaws, as amended as of February 21, 2006.
99.1	Press release dated February 21, 2006 issued by the Registrant entitled “Massey Energy Declares Quarterly Dividend and Appoints New Director.”

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EX-3.(I)

Exhibit 3(i)

RESTATED BYLAWS

(as amended as of February 21, 2006)

OF

MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY

(a Delaware corporation)

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.01 Registered Office. The registered office of MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) in the State of Delaware shall be at 9 East Loockerman Street, City of Dover, County of Kent, and the name of the registered agent at that address shall be National Registered Agents, Inc.

Section 1.02 Principal Office. The principal office for the transaction of the business of the Corporation shall be at Four North Fourth Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. The Board of Directors (hereinafter called the “Board”) is hereby granted full power and authority to change said principal office from one location to another.

Section 1.03 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have an office or offices at such other place or places, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 2.01 Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of such other proper business as may come before such meetings may be held at such time, date and place as the Board shall determine by resolution.

Section 2.02 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Board, or by a committee of the Board which has been duly designated by the Board and whose powers and authority, as provided in a resolution of the Board or in the Bylaws, include the power to call such meeting, but such special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons; provided, however, that if and to the extent that any special meetings of stockholders may be called by any other person or persons specified in any provisions of the Certificate of

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Incorporation or any amendment thereto or any certificate filed under Section 151(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (or its successor statute as in effect from time to time hereafter), then such special meeting may also be called by the person or persons, in the manner, at the times and for the purposes so specified.

Section 2.03 Place of Meetings. All meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such places, within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be designated by the person or persons calling the respective meeting and specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

Section 2.04 Notice of Stockholder Business. At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (b) by any stockholder of the Corporation who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.04. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal office of the Corporation, not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 40 days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to stockholders, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made. A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (a) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (b) the name and address, as they appear on the books of the Corporation, of the stockholder proposing such business, (c) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder, and (d) any material interest of the stockholder in such business. Notwithstanding anything in the Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.04. The Chairman of an annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.04, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

Section 2.05 Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise required by law, notice of each meeting of the stockholders, whether annual or special, shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting by delivering a typewritten or printed notice thereof to him or her personally, or by depositing such notice in the United States mail, in a postage prepaid envelope, directed to him or her at his or her post office address furnished by him or her to the Secretary of the Corporation

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for such purpose or, if he or she shall not have furnished to the Secretary his or her address for such purposes, then at his or her post office address last known to the Secretary, or by transmitting a notice thereof to him or her at such address by telegraph, cable or wireless. Except as otherwise expressly required by law, no publication of any notice of a meeting of the stockholders shall be required. Every notice of a meeting of the stockholders shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, shall also state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall not be required to be given to any stockholder who shall have waived such notice and such notice shall be deemed waived by any stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy, except a stockholder who shall attend such meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Except as otherwise expressly required by law, notice of any adjourned meeting of the stockholders need not be given if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.

Section 2.06 Quorum. Except in the case of any meeting for the election of directors summarily ordered as provided by law, the holders of record of a majority in voting interest of the shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to be voted thereat, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation or any adjournment thereof. In the absence of a quorum at any meeting or any adjournment thereof, a majority in voting interest of the stockholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat or, in the absence therefrom of all the stockholders, any officer entitled to preside at, or to act as secretary of, such meeting may adjourn such meeting from time to time. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

Section 2.07 Voting.

(a) Each stockholder shall, at each meeting of the stockholders, be entitled to vote in person or by proxy each share or fractional share of the stock of the Corporation having voting rights on the matter in question and which shall have been held by him or her and registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation:

(i) on the date fixed pursuant to Section 6.05 of the Bylaws as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting, or

(ii) if no such record date shall have been so fixed, then (a) at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice of the meeting shall be given or (b) if notice of the meeting shall be waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which meeting shall be held.

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(b) Shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors in such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes. Persons holding stock of the Corporation in a fiduciary capacity shall be entitled to vote such stock. Persons whose stock is pledged shall be entitled to vote, unless in the transfer by the pledgor on the books of the Corporation he or she shall have expressly empowered the pledgee to vote thereon, in which case only the pledgee, or his or her proxy, may represent such stock and vote thereon. Stock having voting power standing of record in the names of two or more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entirety or otherwise, or with respect to which two or more persons have the same fiduciary relationship, shall be voted in accordance with the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

(c) Any such voting rights may be exercised by the stockholder entitled thereto in person or by his or her proxy appointed by an instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized and delivered to the secretary of the meeting; provided, however, that no proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date unless said proxy shall provide for a longer period. The attendance at any meeting of a stockholder who may theretofore have given a proxy shall not have the effect of revoking the same unless he or she shall in writing so notify the secretary of the meeting prior to the voting of the proxy. At any meeting of the stockholders all matters, except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, in the Bylaws or by law, shall be decided by the vote of a majority in voting interest of the stockholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereat and thereon, a quorum being present. The vote at any meeting of the stockholders on any question need not be by ballot, unless so directed by the chairman of the meeting. On a vote by ballot each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting, or by his or her proxy, if there be such proxy, and it shall state the number of shares voted.

Section 2.08 List of Stockholders. The Secretary of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the entire duration thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

Section 2.09 Judges. If at any meeting of the stockholders a vote by written ballot shall be taken on any question, the chairman of such meeting may appoint a judge or judges to act with respect to such vote. Each judge so appointed shall first subscribe an oath faithfully to

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execute the duties of a judge at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. Such judges shall decide upon the qualification of the voters and shall report the number of shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on such question, shall conduct and accept the votes, and, when the voting is completed shall ascertain and report the number of shares voted respectively for and against the question. Reports of the judges shall be in writing and subscribed and delivered by them to the Secretary of the Corporation. The judges need not be stockholders of the Corporation, and any officer of the Corporation may be a judge on any question other than a vote for or against a proposal in which he or she shall have a material interest.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.01 General Powers. The property, business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by the Board.

Section 3.02 Number. The authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall be nine and such authorized number shall not be changed except by a Bylaw or amendment thereof duly adopted by the stockholders in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation or by the Board amending this Section 3.02.

Section 3.03 Election of Directors. The directors shall be elected by the stockholders of the Corporation, and at each election the persons receiving the greatest number of votes, up to the number of directors then to be elected, shall be the persons then elected. The election of directors is subject to any provisions contained in the Certificate of Incorporation relating thereto, including any provisions for a classified board and for cumulative voting.

Section 3.04 Notice of Stockholder Nominees. Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Bylaws shall be eligible for election as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (b) by any stockholder of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 3.04. Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal office of the Corporation not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 40 days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to stockholders, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was

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mailed or such public disclosure was made. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including without limitation such person’s written consent to be named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected); and (b) as to the stockholder proposing such nomination (i) the name and address, as they appear on the books of the Corporation, of such stockholder, and (ii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by such stockholder. At the request of the Board of Directors any person nominated by the Board of Directors for election as a director shall furnish to the Secretary of the Corporation that information required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Bylaws. The Chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Bylaws, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.

Section 3.05 Mandatory Retirement. Each director of the Corporation serving at age 74 shall retire from the Board at the end of the calendar year in which his or her 74th birthday occurs, except for directors serving on the Board at January 1, 2006, and provided that the Board may approve one exemption at any time for directors who joined the Board after such date. For purposes of this Section, “end of the calendar year” shall include the period ending with the seventh day of January next following.

Section 3.06 Resignations. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board or to the Secretary of the Corporation. Any such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or, if the time be not specified, it shall take effect immediately upon its receipt; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 3.07 Vacancies. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any vacancy in the Board, whether because of death, resignation, disqualification, an increase in the number of directors, or any other cause, may be filled by vote of the majority of the remaining directors, although less than a quorum. Each director so chosen to fill a vacancy shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been elected and shall qualify or until he or she shall resign or shall have been removed.

Section 3.08 Place of Meeting, etc. The Board may hold any of its meetings at such place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board may from time to time by resolution designate or as shall be designated by the person or persons calling the meeting or in the notice or a waiver of notice of any such meeting. Directors may participate in any regular

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or special meeting of the Board by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment pursuant to which all persons participating in the meeting of the Board can hear each other, and such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 3.09 First Meeting. The Board shall meet as soon as practicable after each annual election of directors and notice of such first meeting shall not be required.

Section 3.10 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board may be held at such times as the Board shall from time to time by resolution determine. If any day fixed for a meeting shall be a legal holiday at the place where the meeting is to be held, then the meeting shall be held at the same hour and place on the next succeeding business day not a legal holiday. Except as provided by law, notice of regular meetings need not be given.

Section 3.11 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board or the President or by any two directors, to be held at the principal office of the Corporation, or at such other place or places, within or without the State of Delaware, as the person or persons calling the meeting may designate.

Notice of all special meetings of the Board shall be given to each director by two days’ service of the same by telegram, by letter, or personally. Such notice may be waived by any director and any meeting shall be a legal meeting without notice having been given if all the directors shall be present thereat or if those not present shall, either before or after the meeting, sign a written waiver of notice of, or a consent to, such meeting or shall after the meeting sign the approval of the minutes thereof. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or be made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

Section 3.12 Quorum and Manner of Acting. Except as otherwise provided in the Bylaws or by law, the presence of a majority of the authorized number of directors shall be required to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board, and all matters shall be decided at any such meeting, a quorum being present, by the affirmative votes of a majority of the directors present. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of directors present at any meeting may adjourn the same from time to time until a quorum shall be present. Notice of any adjourned meeting need not be given. The directors shall act only as a Board, and the individual directors shall have no power as such.

Section 3.13 Action by Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board or of such committee, as the case may be, and such written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or such committee.

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Section 3.14 Compensation. No stated salary need be paid directors, as such, for their services, but, by resolution of the Board, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board or an annual directors’ fee may be paid; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefore. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

Section 3.15 Committees. The Board may, by resolution passed by the Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. Except as otherwise provided in the Board resolution designating a committee, the presence of a majority of the authorized number of members of such committee shall be required to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of such committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have any power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of the dissolution, or amending the Bylaws of the Corporation; and unless the resolution of the Board expressly so provides, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock. Any such committee shall keep written minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board at the next regular meeting of the Board.

Section 3.16 Officers of the Board. The Board shall have a Chairman of the Board and may, at the discretion of the Board, have a Vice Chairman and other officers. The Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman shall be appointed from time to time by the Board, unless such positions are elected offices of the Corporation, currently filled, and shall have such powers and duties as shall be designated by the Board.

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

Section 4.01 Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers as may be appointed by the Board as the business of the Corporation may require. Officers shall have such powers and duties as are permitted or required by law or as may be specified by or in accordance with resolutions of the Board. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Unless

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the Board shall otherwise determine, the Chairman of the Board shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. In the absence of any contrary determination by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall, subject to the power and authority of the Board, have general supervision, direction and control of the officers, employees, business and affairs of the Corporation.

Section 4.02 Election and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board. The Board may at any time and from time to time elect such additional officers as the business of the Corporation may require. Each officer shall hold his or her office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

Section 4.03 Removal and Resignation. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by a majority of the directors at the time in office, at any regular or special meeting of the Board. Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice to the Board. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified in such notice or, in the absence of such specification, at the date of the receipt by the Board of such notice. Unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 4.04 Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for the regular appointment to such office.

ARTICLE V

CONTRACTS, CHECKS, DRAFTS, BANK ACCOUNTS, ETC.

Section 5.01 Execution of Contracts. The Board, except as in the Bylaws otherwise provided, may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances; and unless so authorized by the Board or by the Bylaws, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or in any amount.

Section 5.02 Checks, Drafts, etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidence of indebtedness, issued in the name of or payable to the Corporation, shall be signed or endorsed by such person or persons and in such manner as, from time to time, shall be determined by resolution of the Board. Each such person shall give such bond, if any, as the Board may require.

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Section 5.03 Deposit. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board may select, or as may be selected by any officer or officers, assistant or assistants, agent or agents, or attorney or attorneys of the Corporation to whom such power shall have been delegated by the Board. For the purpose of deposit and for the purpose of collection for the account of the Corporation, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Treasurer (or any other officer or officers, assistant or assistants, agent or agents, or attorney or attorneys of the Corporation who shall from time to time be determined by the Board) may endorse, assign and deliver checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of money which are payable to the order of the Corporation.

Section 5.04 General and Special Bank Accounts. The Board may from time to time authorize the opening and keeping of general and special bank accounts with such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board may select or as may be selected by any officer or officers, assistant or assistants, agent or agents, or attorney or attorneys of the Corporation to whom such power shall have been delegated by the Board. The Board may make such special rules and regulations with respect to such bank accounts, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Bylaws, as it may deem expedient.

ARTICLE VI

SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

Section 6.01 Certificates for Stock. Every owner of stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate or certificates, to be in such form as the Board shall prescribe, certifying the number and class of shares of the stock of the Corporation owned by him or her. The certificates representing shares of such stock shall be numbered in the order in which they shall be issued and shall be signed in the name of the Corporation by the President and by the Secretary. Any or all of the signatures on the certificates may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any such certificate shall thereafter have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as though the person who signed such certificate, or whose facsimile signature shall have been placed thereupon, were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. A record shall be kept of the respective names of the persons, firms or corporations owning the stock represented by such certificates, the number and class of shares represented by such certificates, respectively, and the respective dates thereof, and in case of cancellation the respective dates of cancellation. Every certificate surrendered to the Corporation for exchange or transfer shall be cancelled, and no new certificate or certificates shall be issued in exchange for any existing certificate until such existing certificate shall have been so cancelled, except in cases provided for in Section 6.04 of the Bylaws.

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Section 6.02 Transfers of Stock. Transfers of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary, or with a transfer clerk or a transfer agent appointed as provided in Section 6.03 of the Bylaws, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes thereon. The person in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof for all purposes as regards the Corporation. Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, such fact shall be stated expressly in the entry of transfer if, when the certificate or certificates shall be presented to the Corporation for transfer, both the transferor and the transferee request the Corporation to do so.

Section 6.03 Regulations. The Board may make such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the Bylaws, concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of the stock of the Corporation. It may appoint, or authorize any officer or officers to appoint, one or more transfer clerks or one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars, and may require all certificates for stock to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

Section 6.04 Lost, Stolen, Destroyed, And Mutilated Certificates. In any case of loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of any certificate of stock, another may be issued in its place upon proof of such loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation and upon the giving of a bond of indemnity to the Corporation in such form and in such sum as the Board may direct; provided, however, that a new certificate may be issued without requiring any bond when, in the judgment of the Board, it is proper so to do.

Section 6.05 Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. If, in any case involving the determination of stockholders for any purpose other than notice of or voting at a meeting of stockholders, the Board shall not fix such a record date, the record date for determining stockholders for such purpose shall be the close of business on the day on which the Board shall adopt the resolution relating thereto. A determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of such meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

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ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.01 Seal. The Board shall provide a corporate seal, which shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the name of the Corporation and words and figures showing that the Corporation was incorporated in the State of Delaware and the year of incorporation.

Section 7.02 Waiver of Notices. Whenever notice is required to be given by the Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, the person entitled to said notice may waive such notice in writing, either before or after the time stated therein, and such waiver shall be deemed equivalent to notice.

Section 7.03 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the 31st day of December of each year.

Section 7.04 Amendments. The Bylaws, or any of them, may be rescinded, altered, amended or repealed, and new Bylaws may be made, (i) by the Board, by vote of a majority of the number of directors then in office as directors, acting at any meeting of the Board, or (ii) by the vote of the holders of not less than 80% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of voting stock of the Corporation, at any annual meeting of stockholders, without previous notice, or at any special meeting of stockholders, provided that notice of such proposed amendment, modification, repeal or adoption is given in the notice of special meeting. Any Bylaws made or altered by the stockholders may be altered or repealed by the Board or may be altered or repealed by the stockholders.

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Katharine W. Kenny

Vice President, Investor Relations

(804) 788-1824

MASSEY ENERGY DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND

AND APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR

Richmond, Virginia, February 21, 2006 – Massey Energy Company (NYSE:MEE) today reported that its Board of Directors, at a regularly scheduled meeting, declared a quarterly dividend in the amount of $0.04 per share to be paid on April 11, 2006 to shareholders of record on March 28, 2006.

In addition, the Board announced the appointment of General Robert H. “Doc” Foglesong (ret.), to serve as a Class III director until the Annual Meeting of the Company’s shareholders in 2008. General Foglesong will serve as a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee and the newly renamed Safety, Environmental and Public Policy Committee.

General Foglesong, 60, retired from the U.S. Air Force on February 1, 2006. From August 2003 until his recent departure from the military, General Foglesong served as Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe; Commander, Allied Air Component Command Ramstein; and Air Component Commander, U.S. European Command, Ramstein AB, Germany. Beginning in January 2005, General Foglesong was additionally appointed Director, Multinational Joint Air Power Competence Center, Kalkar, Germany. Between November 2001 and August 2003, he served as Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. Prior to this assignment and beginning in August 2000, he served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. General Foglesong has been widely published and highly decorated over an illustrious career of over 30 years in the Air Forces. Currently, General Foglesong is the President and Executive Director of the Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on identifying and supporting the next generation of leaders in Appalachia.

“We are pleased that a man of General Foglesong’s stature and experience, with strong ties to West Virginia, has agreed to join Massey’s Board of Directors,” said Don L. Blankenship, Massey Chairman and CEO. Blankenship also noted that under General Foglesong’s leadership, the Air Forces in Europe achieved the highest recognition for their safety record, attained through the development of innovative safety initiatives. “His knowledge and expertise in the application of advanced safety technologies and enhancements will prove a valuable asset to Massey as we perform a comprehensive review of our

industry-leading safety program,” said Blankenship. “This comprehensive internal safety program already specifies additional roof support beyond that legally required, equipment built exclusively for Massey with unique safety features, better miner training and safety enhanced miner apparel,” said Blankenship.

General Foglesong attended West Virginia University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering in 1968, his Master of Science degree in chemical engineering in 1969 and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in chemical in 1971. He graduated from the National War College at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C. in 1989. A West Virginia native, General Foglesong resides in Charleston, West Virginia.

Massey Energy Company, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, with operations in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia, is the fourth largest coal company in the United States based on produced coal revenue.

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