35-CERT 1 q403707414.htm RULE 24 - COAL COMPANY DIVIDENDS










   CEDAR COAL COMPANY
CENTRAL APPALACHIAN COAL COMPANY
SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN COAL COMPANY
(COLLECTIVELY, THE COAL SUBSIDIARIES)
ANNUAL REPORT PER REQUIREMENTS OF HOLDING COMPANY ACT
RELEASE NO. 24429 FILE NO. 70-7414
BY MONTH, FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2003

THE COAL SUBSIDIARIES
STATEMENT OF DECLARATION AND PAYMENT OF
DIVIDENDS OUT OF PAID-IN CAPITAL SURPLUS
BY MONTH, FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2003
(IN THOUSANDS)
 
Month
Dividends
Declared
and Paid
 Cedar
Coal
Company
 Central
Appalachian
Coal
Company
 Southern
Appalachian
Coal
Company
 Total
Coal
Subsidiaries
January   $-   $-   $-   $-  
February  -  -  -  - 
March  -  -  -  - 
April  -  -  -  - 
May  -  -  -  - 
June  -  -  -  - 
July  -  -  -  - 
August  -  -  -  - 
September  -  -  -  - 
October  -  -  -  - 
November  -  -  -  - 
December  -  -  -  - 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Current Year  $-  $-  $-  $- 
 
 
 
 
 
Cumulative Amount*  $20,956  $5,847  $18,193  $44,996 
 
 
 
 
 

Note: In 1987, the Securities and Exchange Commission authorized each of these Coal Subsidiaries to declare and pay dividends periodically to its parent out of paid-in capital until the amount of dividends in aggregate equaled $58.4 million, the aggregate paid-in capital of the companies as of April 30, 1987.

*Amount of dividends declared and paid to its parent out of paid- in capital since April 30, 1987.