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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q


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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013

or

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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                        to                       

Commission File Number 001-13711

WALTER ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  13-3429953
(I.R.S Employer
Identification No.)

3000 Riverchase Galleria, Suite 1700
Birmingham, Alabama

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

35244
(Zip Code)

(205) 745-2000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý    No o

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ý    No o

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ý   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a
smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company o

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o    No ý

        Number of shares of common stock outstanding as of October 31, 2013: 62,576,333

   


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WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

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Part I—Financial Information

       

Item 1.

 

Financial Statements

       

 

Walter Energy, Inc. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

    1  

 

Walter Energy, Inc. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)

    2  

 

Walter Energy, Inc. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Unaudited)

    3  

 

Walter Energy, Inc. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited)

    4  

 

Walter Energy, Inc. and Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

    5  

 

Walter Energy, Inc. and Subsidiaries Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

    6  

Item 2.

 

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

    40  

Item 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

    62  

Item 4.

 

Controls and Procedures

    62  

Part II—Other Information

       

Item 1.

 

Legal Proceedings

    63  

Item 1A.

 

Risk Factors

    63  

Item 2.

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

    63  

Item 4.

 

Mine Safety Disclosures

    63  

Item 6.

 

Exhibits

    64  

Signatures

    66  

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

        


WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)

(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE AMOUNTS)

 
  September 30,
2013
  December 31,
2012
 

ASSETS

             

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 293,134   $ 116,601  

Receivables, net

    305,354     256,967  

Inventories

    320,681     306,018  

Deferred income taxes

    58,073     58,526  

Prepaid expenses

    47,097     53,776  

Other current assets

    20,778     23,928  
           

Total current assets

    1,045,117     815,816  

Mineral interests, net of accumulated depletion of $232,065 and $179,595, respectively

    2,917,902     2,965,557  

Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $925,650 and $796,683, respectively

    1,628,441     1,732,131  

Deferred income taxes

    148,311     160,422  

Other long-term assets

    100,741     94,494  
           

  $ 5,840,512   $ 5,768,420  
           

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

             

Current debt

  $ 12,179   $ 18,793  

Accounts payable

    97,693     114,913  

Accrued expenses

    154,470     184,875  

Accumulated postretirement benefits obligation

    30,511     29,200  

Other current liabilities

    214,300     206,473  
           

Total current liabilities

    509,153     554,254  

Long-term debt

    2,770,381     2,397,372  

Accumulated postretirement benefits obligation

    641,337     633,264  

Deferred income taxes

    854,408     921,687  

Other long-term liabilities

    236,555     251,272  
           

Total liabilities

    5,011,834     4,757,849  
           

Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)

             

Stockholders' equity:

             

Common stock, $0.01 par value per share:

             

Authorized—200,000,000 shares, Issued—62,576,365 and 62,521,300 shares, respectively

    626     625  

Capital in excess of par value

    1,610,748     1,628,244  

Accumulated deficit

    (524,587 )   (347,448 )

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss):

             

Pension and other postretirement benefit plans, net of tax

    (252,066 )   (266,042 )

Foreign currency translation adjustment

    (3,741 )   (1,502 )

Unrealized loss on hedges, net of tax

    (2,302 )   (4,203 )

Unrealized investment gain, net of tax

        897  
           

Total stockholders' equity

    828,678     1,010,571  
           

  $ 5,840,512   $ 5,768,420  
           

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)

 
  For the three months
ended September 30,
  For the nine months
ended September 30,
 
 
  2013   2012   2013   2012  

Revenues:

                         

Sales

  $ 445,937   $ 612,510   $ 1,373,344   $ 1,908,413  

Miscellaneous income (loss)

    9,859     (536 )   15,291     12,698  
                   

    455,796     611,974     1,388,635     1,921,111  
                   

Costs and expenses:

                         

Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and depletion)

    395,311     448,765     1,183,861     1,366,383  

Depreciation and depletion

    82,986     82,560     232,496     223,512  

Selling, general and administrative

    21,873     32,486     79,676     104,578  

Postretirement benefits

    14,707     13,213     44,157     39,639  

Restructuring and asset impairment

        1,106,715     1,699     1,106,715  
                   

    514,877     1,683,739     1,541,889     2,840,827  
                   

Operating loss

    (59,081 )   (1,071,765 )   (153,254 )   (919,716 )

Interest expense

    (63,544 )   (30,545 )   (169,291 )   (89,716 )

Interest income

    15     113     809     731  

Other income (loss), net

    4,886     (943 )   4,277     (13,855 )
                   

Loss from continuing operations before income tax benefit

    (117,724 )   (1,103,140 )   (317,459 )   (1,022,556 )

Income tax benefit

    (17,000 )   (41,184 )   (132,799 )   (27,972 )
                   

Loss from continuing operations

    (100,724 )   (1,061,956 )   (184,660 )   (994,584 )

Income from discontinued operations

                5,180  
                   

Net loss

  $ (100,724 ) $ (1,061,956 ) $ (184,660 ) $ (989,404 )
                   

Basic income (loss) per share:

                         

Loss from continuing operations

  $ (1.61 ) $ (16.97 ) $ (2.95 ) $ (15.91 )

Income from discontinued operations          

                0.09  
                   

Net loss

  $ (1.61 ) $ (16.97 ) $ (2.95 ) $ (15.82 )
                   

Diluted income (loss) per share:

                         

Loss from continuing operations

  $ (1.61 ) $ (16.97 ) $ (2.95 ) $ (15.91 )

Income from discontinued operations          

                0.09  
                   

Net loss

  $ (1.61 ) $ (16.97 ) $ (2.95 ) $ (15.82 )
                   

Dividends per share

  $ 0.01   $ 0.125   $ 0.26   $ 0.375  
                   

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(UNAUDITED)

(IN THOUSANDS)

 
  For the three months
ended September 30,
  For the nine months
ended September 30,
 
 
  2013   2012   2013   2012  

Net loss

  $ (100,724 ) $ (1,061,956 ) $ (184,660 ) $ (989,404 )
                   

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

                         

Change in pension and postretirement benefit plans, (net of tax expense: $2,882 and $2,422 and $8,647 and $7,266 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively)

    4,659     3,898     13,976     11,693  

Change in unrealized gain (loss) on hedges, (net of tax expense (benefit)): $409 and $(339) and $1,076 and $(2,381) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively)

    653     (545 )   1,901     (3,815 )

Change in foreign currency translation adjustment

    14,847     3,132     (2,239 )   2,342  

Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments, net of tax

    (940 )   1,135     (897 )   766  
                   

Total other comprehensive income, net of tax

    19,219     7,620     12,741     10,986  
                   

Total comprehensive loss

  $ (81,505 ) $ (1,054,336 ) $ (171,919 ) $ (978,418 )
                   

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES
IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (UNAUDITED)

(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)

 
  Total   Common
Stock
  Capital in
Excess of
Par Value
  Accumulated
Deficit
  Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
 

Balance at December 31, 2012

  $ 1,010,571   $ 625   $ 1,628,244   $ (347,448 ) $ (270,850 )

Net loss

    (184,660 )           (184,660 )    

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

    12,741                 12,741  

Stock issued upon the exercise of stock options

    279     1     278          

Dividends paid, $0.26 per share

    (16,264 )       (24,078 )   7,814      

Stock based compensation

    7,022         7,022          

Tax effect from stock-based compensation arrangements

    (718 )       (718 )        

Other

    (293 )             (293 )    
                       

Balance at September 30, 2013

  $ 828,678   $ 626   $ 1,610,748   $ (524,587 ) $ (258,109 )
                       

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

(IN THOUSANDS)

 
  For the nine months
ended September 30,
 
 
  2013   2012  

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

             

Net loss

  $ (184,660 ) $ (989,404 )

Less income from discontinued operations

        (5,180 )
           

Loss from continuing operations

    (184,660 )   (994,584 )

Adjustments to reconcile loss from continuing operations to net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:

             

Depreciation and depletion

    232,496     223,512  

Deferred income tax benefit

    (68,426 )   (100,419 )

Impairment charges

        1,106,715  

Amortization of debt issuance costs

    25,392     12,763  

Other

    (4,422 )   28,259  

Decrease (increase) in current assets:

             

Receivables

    (48,631 )   79,310  

Inventories

    (7,274 )   (113,601 )

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

    4,801     (8,412 )

Increase (decrease) in current liabilities:

             

Accounts payable

    (1,397 )   91,349  

Accrued interest

    30,676     (1,300 )

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

    (22,581 )   9,414  
           

Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities

    (44,026 )   333,006  
           

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

             

Additions to property, plant and equipment

    (108,735 )   (331,340 )

Proceeds from sales of investments

    1,559     12,382  

Other

    663     1,076  
           

Cash flows used in investing activities

    (106,513 )   (317,882 )
           

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

             

Proceeds from issuance of debt

    897,412      

Borrowings under revolving credit agreement

    646,320     272,926  

Repayments on revolving credit agreement

    (646,320 )   (125,396 )

Retirements of debt

    (510,255 )   (128,450 )

Dividends paid

    (16,264 )   (23,432 )

Net consideration paid upon exercise of warrants

        (11,535 )

Debt issuance costs

    (42,128 )   (6,376 )

Other

    (732 )   178  
           

Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

    328,033     (22,085 )
           

Cash flows provided by (used in) continuing operations

    177,494     (6,961 )
           

CASH FLOWS FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

             

Cash flows provided by investing activities

        9,500  
           

Effect of foreign exchange rates on cash

    (961 )   (1,047 )
           

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

    176,533     1,492  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    116,601     128,430  
           

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $ 293,134   $ 129,922  
           

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 1—Basis of Presentation

        Walter Energy, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries (the "Company"), is a leading producer and exporter of metallurgical coal for the global steel industry from underground and surface mines with mineral reserves located in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The Company also extracts, processes, markets and/or possesses mineral reserves for thermal coal and anthracite coal, as well as produces metallurgical coke and coal bed methane gas.

        The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP") for interim financial information and with the instructions of Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2013. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and related notes as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012 included in the Company's Annual Report filed on Form 10-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The balance sheet at December 31, 2012 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 included in the Company's 2012 Annual Report filed on Form 10-K.

        During the first quarter of 2013, the Company determined that the cash dividend declared and paid in the fourth quarter of 2012 should have been reported as a reduction to the capital in excess of par value component of stockholders' equity rather than retained earnings as the Company was in an accumulated deficit position. The change of $7.8 million was included in the first quarter of 2013 results by reclassifying the amount from accumulated deficit to capital in excess of par value. Management has determined that the effect of this classification change was immaterial to prior reporting periods affected as the change had no effect on total stockholders' equity.

        During the first quarter of 2013, the Company began to classify certain administrative costs as cost of sales as opposed to selling, general and administrative costs as it determined that these costs are directly supportive of operations. If this classification of these costs had been retrospectively applied, selling, general and administrative expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 would have been $5.7 million and $19.1 million, respectively, less and cost of sales would have been increased by similar amounts. Prior period balances have not been restated as management has determined that the effect of this classification change was immaterial to prior reporting periods. The change in classification has no effect on net income.

        During the second quarter of 2013, the Company identified an immaterial cumulative error related to the mineral interest value of Western Coal Corp. The related correction resulted in an $8.4 million dollar reduction to depreciation and depletion expense in the second quarter of 2013. Prior period balances have not been restated as management has determined that the effect was not material to the current or prior reporting periods.

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WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 2—Restructuring and Asset Impairment

        In response to the current depressed price environment for thermal coal and geological challenges within the Company's North River mine, the Company announced plans to close the mine in 2013 approximately nine months earlier than the previously expected end of mine life of 2014. In connection with the accelerated closure, the Company renegotiated an unfavorably priced coal sales contract in the second quarter of 2013 to reduce the total tons committed for sale from this mine. The renegotiation allows the closure of this mine in the fourth quarter of 2013. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company recognized a gain of approximately $17.0 million due to the release of the related below market contract liability that was obtained through the acquisition of the North River mine. The $17.0 million benefit was partially offset by asset impairment charges of approximately $8.0 million, all related to the accelerated closure of the North River mine.

        The Company also incurred $10.7 million of costs related to the curtailment of the Willow Creek mine during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

Note 3—Inventories

        Inventories are summarized as follows (in thousands):

 
  September 30,
2013
  December 31,
2012
 

Coal

  $ 243,614   $ 228,910  

Raw materials and supplies

    77,067     77,108  
           

Total inventories

  $ 320,681   $ 306,018  
           

Note 4—Income Taxes

        The Company estimates its annual effective tax rate based on projected financial income for the full year at the end of each interim reporting period unless projected financial income for the full year is close to break-even, in which case the annual effective tax rate could distort the income tax provision for an interim period. When this happens, the Company calculates the interim income tax provision using actual year-to-date financial results for certain jurisdictions. This method results in an income tax provision based solely on the year-to-date financial taxable income or loss for those jurisdictions. In both cases, the tax effect of unusual or infrequently occurring items, including effects of changes in tax laws or rates, are reported in the interim period in which they occur.

        For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the income tax benefit was determined based on the annual effective tax rate method. The Company recognized an income tax benefit of $132.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared to an income tax benefit of $28.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase in the income tax benefit year-over-year was primarily attributable to an increase in pre-tax operating losses, excluding the 2012 non-deductible goodwill impairment charge, for the current period as compared to the prior year. The 2013 and 2012 income tax provisions reflect the benefits of the Canadian and U.K. Operations which are taxed at statutory rates lower than the U.S. rate and the effects of additional tax losses related to foreign financing activities. The income tax provisions for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 also reflect statutory depletion deductions from the Alabama mining operations.

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WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 4—Income Taxes (Continued)

        The current year provision for income taxes includes a benefit of $11.2 million attributable to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations on foreign deferred tax liabilities. Additionally, the income tax provision for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 includes a non-cash deferred income tax charge of $13.7 million to reflect the revaluation of our Canadian and U.K. Operations deferred tax liabilities as the result of changes to the statutory corporate tax rates in each jurisdiction and a non-cash deferred income tax charge of $10.3 million related to foreign financing activities.

Note 5—Debt

        Debt consisted of the following (in thousands):

 
  September 30,
2013
  December 31,
2012
  Weighted Average
Stated Interest
Rate At
September 30,
2013
  Final
Maturity

2011 term loan A ($406.6 million face value)

  $ 400,306   $ 756,974   5.74%   2016

2011 term loan B ($978.2 million face value)

    968,100     1,127,770   6.75%   2018

Revolving credit facility(1)

          N/A   2016

9.875% senior notes ($500.0 million face value)

    496,733     496,510   9.88%   2020

8.50% senior notes

    450,000       8.50%   2021

9.50% senior secured notes ($450.0 million face value)

    447,413       9.50%   2019

Other(2)

    20,008     34,911   Various   Various
                 

Total debt

    2,782,560     2,416,165        

Less: current debt(2)

    (12,179 )   (18,793 )      
                 

Total long-term debt

  $ 2,770,381   $ 2,397,372        
                 

(1)
As of September 30, 2013, the revolving credit facility interest rate was tied to LIBOR or CDOR, plus a credit spread ranging from 450 to 550 basis points and includes a commitment fee of 0.50% on the unused facility.

(2)
This balance includes capital lease obligations and an equipment financing agreement.

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WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 5—Debt (Continued)

        The Company's minimum debt repayment schedule, excluding interest, as of September 30, 2013 is as follows (in thousands):

 
  Payments Due  
 
  2013   2014   2015   2016   2017   Thereafter  

2011 term loan A

  $   $   $ 305,941   $ 100,625   $   $  

2011 term loan B

                        978,178  

9.875% senior notes

                        500,000  

8.50% senior notes

                        450,000  

9.50% senior secured notes

                        450,000  

Other debt

    4,899     10,090     4,929     90          
                           

  $ 4,899   $ 10,090   $ 310,870   $ 100,715   $   $ 2,378,178  
                           

9.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2019

        On September 27, 2013, the Company issued $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of 9.50% senior secured notes due October 15, 2019 (the "2019 Notes"). The 2019 Notes are guaranteed, jointly and severally, by each of our current and future wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries that from time to time guarantees any of our indebtedness or any indebtedness of any of our restricted subsidiaries. The 2019 Notes and related guarantees are secured on a first priority basis by substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and the guarantors. Interest on the 2019 Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on April 15, 2014.

        The Company used $245.7 million of the proceeds from the 2019 Notes to extinguish $250.0 million of Term Loan A debt through a Dutch Auction process. The gain on partial extinguishment of Term Loan A debt of $4.3 million is included in other income (loss) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Additionally, the Company expensed $5.2 million of previously capitalized debt issuance costs as a result of the early extinguishment of the Term Loan A debt. The write-off of debt issuance costs is included in interest expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        The terms of the 2019 Notes provide that at any time prior to October 15, 2016, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes with the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings, at a redemption price of 109.5% of the aggregate principal amount. The Company may redeem the 2019 Notes, in whole or in part, prior to October 15, 2016, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes plus a "make-whole" premium. The Company may redeem the 2019 Notes, in whole or in part at redemption prices equal to 107.125% for the twelve months commencing October 15, 2016, 102.375% for the twelve months commencing October 15, 2017 and 100% beginning on October 15, 2018. Upon the occurrence of a change of control, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the 2019 Notes, the Company will be required to offer to repurchase each holder's 2019 Notes at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount.

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Note 5—Debt (Continued)

    8.50% Senior Notes due 2021

        On March 27, 2013, the Company issued $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.50% senior notes due April 15, 2021 (the "2021 Notes"). The 2021 Notes are unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured basis, by each of our current and future wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries that from time to time guarantees any of our indebtedness or any indebtedness of our restricted subsidiaries. Interest on the 2021 Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on October 15, 2013.

        A portion of the proceeds from the 2021 Notes was used to repurchase $250.0 million of Term Loan A and B debt on a pro-rata basis. The Company expensed $6.0 million of previously capitalized debt issuance costs as a result of the early extinguishment of a portion of the Term Loan A and B debt. The write-off of debt issuance costs is included in interest expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        At any time prior to April 15, 2016, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2021 Notes with the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings, at a redemption price of 108.50% of the aggregate principal amount. The Company may redeem the 2021 Notes, in whole or in part, and prior to April 15, 2017, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2021 Notes plus a "make-whole" premium. The Company may redeem the 2021 Notes, in whole or in part at redemption prices equal to 104.25% for the twelve months commencing April 15, 2017, 102.125% for the twelve months commencing April 15, 2018 and 100% beginning on April 15, 2019. Upon the occurrence of a change of control, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the 2021 Notes, the Company will be required to offer to repurchase each holder's 2021 Notes at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount.

Credit Agreement Amendment

        On July 23, 2013, the Company entered into an amendment (the "Fifth Amendment") to the 2011 Credit Agreement dated as of April 1, 2011 (as amended), among the Company, the various lenders, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as administrative agent, and other agents named therein. The Fifth Amendment provides for, among other things (1) increased interest margins of 1.00% from their previous existing levels; (2) a less restrictive interest expense coverage ratio and suspension of compliance requirements until March 31, 2015; (3) a less restrictive senior secured leverage ratio and suspension of compliance requirements until June 30, 2014; (4) an additional minimum liquidity covenant of $225.0 million that applies at the end of each fiscal quarter through June 30, 2014 and at any time thereafter when the senior secured leverage ratio is greater than 5.50:1.00; (5) an additional capital expenditures covenant limiting capital expenditures to $175.0 million in 2013 and $200.0 million in 2014 with a potential that up to $20.0 million in unused 2013 capital spending may be carried forward and utilized to increase the 2014 capital spending limit up to $220.0 million; (6) additional flexibility for the Company to issue additional unsecured debt, subject to 100% of the net proceeds of any such incurrence of debt in excess of $250 million be used to repay term loans then outstanding under the Credit Agreement; and (7) a restriction on cash dividends allowed in any fiscal quarter when the secured leverage ratio exceeds 4.50:1.00.

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Note 6—Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

        The components of net periodic benefit cost are as follows (in thousands):

 
  Pension Benefits   Other Postretirement
Benefits
 
 
  For the three months
ended September 30,
  For the three months
ended September 30,
 
 
  2013   2012   2013   2012  

Components of net periodic benefit cost:

                         

Service cost

  $ 1,766   $ 1,498   $ 2,486   $ 2,018  

Interest cost

    3,070     3,129     7,200     7,253  

Expected return on plan assets

    (4,235 )   (4,031 )        

Amortization of prior service cost

    66     64     307     261  

Amortization of net actuarial loss

    2,434     2,313     4,714     3,681  
                   

Net periodic benefit cost

  $ 3,101   $ 2,973   $ 14,707   $ 13,213  
                   

 

 
  Pension Benefits   Other Postretirement
Benefits
 
 
  For the nine months
ended September 30,
  For the nine months
ended September 30,
 
 
  2013   2012   2013   2012  

Components of net periodic benefit cost:

                         

Service cost

  $ 5,298   $ 4,494   $ 7,458   $ 6,054  

Interest cost

    9,210     9,387     21,596     21,759  

Expected return on plan assets

    (12,705 )   (12,093 )        

Amortization of prior service cost

    198     192     921     783  

Amortization of net actuarial loss

    7,302     6,939     14,182     11,043  
                   

Net periodic benefit cost

  $ 9,303   $ 8,919   $ 44,157   $ 39,639  
                   

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NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 7—Net Loss Per Share

        A reconciliation of the basic and diluted net loss per share computations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):

 
  For the three months ended September 30,  
 
  2013   2012  
 
  Basic   Diluted   Basic   Diluted  

Numerator:

                         

Net loss

  $ (100,724 ) $ (100,724 ) $ (1,061,956 ) $ (1,061,956 )
                   

Denominator:

                         

Average number of common shares outstanding

    62,573     62,573     62,572     62,572  

Effect of dilutive securities:

                         

Stock awards(1)

                 
                   

    62,573     62,573     62,572     62,572  
                   

Net loss per share

  $ (1.61 ) $ (1.61 ) $ (16.97 ) $ (16.97 )

 

 
  For the nine months ended September 30,  
 
  2013   2012  
 
  Basic   Diluted   Basic   Diluted  

Numerator:

                         

Loss from continuing operations

  $ (184,660 ) $ (184,660 ) $ (994,584 ) $ (994,584 )
                   

Income from discontinued operations

  $   $   $ 5,180   $ 5,180  
                   

Denominator:

                         

Average number of common shares outstanding

    62,555     62,555     62,524     62,524  

Effect of dilutive securities:

                         

Stock awards(1)

                 
                   

    62,555     62,555     62,524     62,524  
                   

Loss from continuing operations

  $ (2.95 ) $ (2.95 ) $ (15.91 ) $ (15.91 )

Income from discontinued operations

            0.09     0.09  
                   

Net loss per share

  $ (2.95 ) $ (2.95 ) $ (15.82 ) $ (15.82 )
                   

(1)
Stock awards represent the weighted average number of shares of common stock issuable on the exercise of dilutive employee stock options and vesting of restricted stock units, less the number of shares of common stock which could have been purchased with the proceeds from the exercise of such stock awards. In periods of net loss, the number of shares used to calculate diluted earnings per share is the same as basic earnings per share; therefore, the effect of dilutive securities is zero for such periods. The weighted average number of stock options and non-vested shares outstanding for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 totaling 675,216 and 291,517, respectively, were excluded from the calculation above because their effect would have been anti-dilutive. Additionally, the weighted average number of stock options and non-vested shares outstanding for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 totaling 525,402 and 224,240, respectively, were excluded from the calculation above because their effect would have been anti-dilutive.

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NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 7—Net Loss Per Share (Continued)

        The tables below set forth stock options exercised and restricted stock units vested for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:

 
  For the three
months ended
September 30,
 
 
  2013   2012  

Stock options

        1,500  

Restricted stock units

    4,558     3,470  
           

Total

    4,558     4,970  
           

 

 
  For the nine
months ended
September 30,
 
 
  2013   2012  

Stock options

    24,831     20,759  

Restricted stock units

    30,234     32,085  
           

Total

    55,065     52,844  
           

Note 8—Commitments and Contingencies

Income Tax Litigation

        On December 27, 1989, the Company and most of its U.S. subsidiaries each filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the "Bankruptcy Proceedings") in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division (the "Bankruptcy Court"). The Company emerged from bankruptcy on March 17, 1995 (the "Effective Date") pursuant to the Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization dated as of December 9, 1994, as modified on March 1, 1995 (as so modified the "Consensual Plan"). Despite the confirmation and effectiveness of the Consensual Plan, the Bankruptcy Court continues to have jurisdiction over, among other things, the resolution of disputed prepetition claims against the Company and other matters that may arise in connection with or related to the Consensual Plan, including claims related to federal income taxes.

        In connection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Proceedings, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") filed a proof of claim in the Bankruptcy Court (the "Proof of Claim") for a substantial amount of taxes, interest and penalties with respect to fiscal years ended August 31, 1983 through May 31, 1994. The Company filed an adversary proceeding in the Bankruptcy Court disputing the Proof of Claim (the "Adversary Proceeding") and the various issues have been litigated in the Bankruptcy Court. An opinion was issued by the Bankruptcy Court in June 2010 as to the remaining disputed issues. The Bankruptcy Court instructed both parties to submit a final order addressing all issues that have been litigated for the tax years 1983 through 1995 in the Adversary Proceeding by late August 2010. At the request of both parties, the Bankruptcy Court granted an extension of time of 90 days from the initial submission date to submit the final order. Additional extensions of time to submit the proposed final order were granted in November 2010, February 2011, May 2011, September 2011, January 2013, and

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Note 8—Commitments and Contingencies (Continued)

May 2013. At the request of the Internal Revenue Service, in May 2013 the Bankruptcy Court granted an additional extension of time until November 14, 2013 to submit the final order.

        The amounts initially asserted by the Proof of Claim do not reflect the subsequent resolution of various issues through settlements or concessions by the parties. The Company believes that any financial exposure with respect to those issues that have not been resolved or settled in the Proof of Claim is limited to interest and possible penalties and the amount of tax assessed has been offset by tax reductions in future years. All of the issues in the Proof of Claim, which have not been settled or conceded, have been litigated before the Bankruptcy Court and are subject to appeal but only at the conclusion of the entire Adversary Proceeding.

        The IRS completed its audit of the Company's federal income tax returns for the years ended May 31, 2000 through December 31, 2005. The IRS issued 30-Day Letters to the Company in June 2010, proposing changes to tax for these tax years. The Company believes its tax filing positions have substantial merit and filed a formal protest with the IRS within the prescribed 30-day time limit for those issues which have not been previously settled or conceded. The IRS filed a rebuttal to the Company's formal protest and the case was assigned to the Appeals Division of the IRS. The Appeals Division convened a hearing on March 8, 2011 and heard arguments from both parties as to issues not settled or conceded for the 2000 through 2005 audit period. As of September 30, 2013, a final resolution has not been reached with the Appeals Division pertaining to these matters. The disputed issues in this audit period are similar to the issues remaining in the Proof of Claim.

        In the second quarter of 2012, the IRS completed its audit of the Company's federal income tax returns for the years 2006 through 2008 and proposed adjustments to tax for these periods. The IRS issued a 30-Day Letter with proposed adjustments and the Company responded to the IRS within the prescribed 30-day time limit. The proposed adjustments are similar to issues in the prior Proof of Claim and included a proposed adjustment to a worthless stock deduction reported in the Company's 2008 federal income tax return. In the third quarter of 2012, the Company received notification from the IRS that the audit of the 2006 through 2008 tax years had been reopened for further review. The IRS issued a revised IRS Appeals Transmittal Letter in April 2013 conceding the proposed adjustment to the worthless stock deduction. As of September 30, 2013, a final resolution has not been reached with the Appeals Division pertaining to the remaining disputed matters. The remaining disputed issues in this audit period are similar to the issues remaining in the Proof of Claim.

        The IRS is currently conducting an audit of the Company's income tax returns filed for 2009 and 2010. Since the examination is ongoing, any resulting tax deficiency or overpayment cannot be estimated at this time. During 2013, the statute of limitations for assessing additional income tax deficiencies will expire for certain tax years in several state tax jurisdictions. The expiration of the statute of limitations for these years is expected to have an immaterial impact on total uncertain income tax positions and net income.

        It is reasonably possible that the amount of unrecognized tax benefits will change in the next twelve months. The Company anticipates a final order will be issued by the Bankruptcy Court in 2013 settling the issues in the Proof of Claim. The final order by the Bankruptcy Court would permit a resolution of similar issues for the tax years currently in Appeals (2000-2008). As of September 30, 2013, the Company had $38 million of accruals for unrecognized tax benefits on the matters subject to

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Note 8—Commitments and Contingencies (Continued)

disposition. Due to the uncertainty related to the potential outcome of these matters, any possible changes in unrecognized tax benefits cannot be reasonably estimated.

        The Company believes that all of its current and prior tax filing positions have substantial merit and intends to vigorously defend any tax claims asserted. The Company believes that it has sufficient accruals to address any claims, including interest and penalties, and does not believe that any potential difference between the final settlements and the amounts accrued will have a material effect on the Company's financial position, but such potential difference could be material to results of operations in a future reporting period.

    Environmental Matters

        The Company is subject to a wide variety of laws and regulations concerning the protection of the environment, both with respect to the construction and operation of its plants, mines and other facilities and with respect to remediating environmental conditions that may exist at its own and other properties.

        The Company believes that it is in substantial compliance with federal, state, provincial and local environmental laws and regulations. The Company accrues for environmental expenses resulting from existing conditions that relate to past operations when the costs are probable and can be reasonably estimated.

    Walter Coke, Inc.

        Walter Coke entered into a decree order in 1989 ("the 1989 Order") relative to a Resource Conservation Recovery Act ("RCRA") compliance program mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"). A RCRA Facility Investigation ("RFI") Work Plan was prepared which proposed investigative tasks to assess the presence of contamination at the Walter Coke facility. In 2004, the EPA re-directed Walter Coke's RFI efforts toward completion of the Environmental Indicator ("EI") determinations for the Current Human Exposures, which were approved and finalized for Walter Coke's Birmingham facility in 2005. In 2008, as a follow-up to the EI determination, the EPA requested that Walter Coke perform additional soil sampling and testing in the neighborhoods surrounding its facility. The results of this sampling and testing were submitted to the EPA for review in 2009. In conjunction with the plan, Walter Coke agreed to remediate portions of 23 properties based on the 2009 sampling and that process was completed in 2012.

        In 2011, the EPA notified Walter Coke in the form of a General Notice Letter that it proposed that the offsite remediation project be classified and managed as a Superfund site under CERCLA, allowing other Potentially Responsible Parties (PRP's) to potentially be held responsible. Under CERCLA authority, the EPA proceeded directly with the offsite sampling work and deferred any further enforcement actions or decisions. In March 2013, the EPA released the North Birmingham Air Toxics Risk Assessment showing the air quality around Company facilities to be acceptable. In August 2013, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) released a report concerning past, present and future exposures to residential soils in North Birmingham and concluded that there is no public health hazard. In September 2013, EPA sent an "Offer to Conduct Work" letter to Walter Coke and four other PRP's notifying them that EPA had completed sampling at 1,100 residential

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Note 8—Commitments and Contingencies (Continued)

properties and that 400 properties exceeded Regional Removal Management Levels (RML's) and offered the PRP's an opportunity to cleanup 50 Phase I properties. The Company is currently evaluating the letter.

        A RCRA Section 3008(h) Administrative Order on Consent ("the 2012 Order") with the effective date of September 24, 2012 was signed by Walter Coke and the EPA. The 2012 Order declared that all of the approved investigation tasks of the RFI Work Plans required by the 1989 Order had been completed by Walter Coke and that the 1989 Order was terminated and no longer in effect. The objectives of the 2012 Order are to perform Corrective Measure Studies, implement remedies if necessary, and implement and maintain institutional controls if required at the Walter Coke facility.

        The Company has incurred costs to investigate the presence of contamination at the Walter Coke facility and to define remediation actions to address this environmental liability in accordance with the agreements reached with the EPA under the RFI and the residential soil sampling conducted by Walter Coke in the neighborhoods surrounding its facility. At September 30, 2013, the Company has an amount accrued that is probable and can be reasonably estimated for the costs to be incurred to identify and define remediation actions, as well as to perform certain remedial tasks which can be quantified. The amount of this accrual is not material to the Company's consolidated financial statements. While it is probable that the Company will incur additional future costs to remediate environmental liabilities at the Walter Coke facility, the amount of such additional costs cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. Although no assurances can be given that the Company will not be required in the future to make material expenditures relating to the Walter Coke site or other sites, management does not believe at this time that the cleanup costs, if any, associated with these sites will have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements, but such cleanup costs could be material to the Company's results of operations in a future reporting period.

        In 2011, the Company and Walter Coke were named in a suit filed by Louise Moore (Louise Moore v. Walter Energy, Inc. and Walter Coke, Inc., Case No. 2:11-CV-01391) in the federal District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. This is a putative civil class action alleging state law tort claims arising from the alleged presence on properties of substances, including arsenic, BaP, and other hazardous substances, allegedly as a result of current and/or historic operations in the area conducted by the defendants and/or their predecessors. Subsequently, the plaintiff filed an amended complaint eliminating Walter Energy as a defendant and amending the claims alleged against Walter Coke to relate to Walter Coke's alleged conduct for the period commencing after March 2, 1995. Thereafter, Walter Coke filed a Motion to Dismiss the amended complaint. On September 28, 2012, the Court issued a memorandum opinion and order granting in part and denying in part the motion. In partially granting Walter Coke's motion, the Court held that the plaintiff's claim for injunctive relief was not valid and that class action-related claims must be dismissed (with leave to re-plead) due to an improperly defined class. In partially ruling for the plaintiff, the Court held that at the pleading stage the plaintiff's claims could not be dismissed on rule of repose grounds or due to insufficient pleading. The plaintiff filed an amended complaint on October 29, 2012. On November 19, 2012, Walter Coke filed an answer and motion for partial dismissal of plaintiff's second amended complaint. The Court held a hearing on Walter Coke's motion for partial dismissal of the second amended complaint on January 10, 2013. On September 30, 2013, the Court issued a memorandum opinion and order denying the motion. On November 1, 2013 a joint motion to stay proceedings was filed with the Court. The Company believes that there is no merit to the claims alleged in this action and intends to vigorously defend this matter.

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Note 8—Commitments and Contingencies (Continued)

Willow Creek

        On March 5, 2013, a complaint was received from British Columbia's Environmental Crown Counsel seeking a monetary penalty of $100,000 CAD for alleged violations of the Federal Fisheries Act associated with an April 2011 release of sediment and debris into Willow Creek from the forest service road leading to the Willow Creek mine. As of September 30, 2013, the Company has incurred some costs in taking corrective actions in response to the 2011 release and is continuing to cooperate with regulatory authorities. The Company intends to negotiate with the authorities in pursuit of a mutually agreeable settlement.

Securities Class Actions and Shareholder Derivative Actions

        On January 26, 2012 and March 15, 2012, putative class actions were filed against Walter Energy, Inc. and some of its current and former senior executive officers in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (Rush v. Walter Energy, Inc., et al.). The three executive officers named in the complaints are: Keith Calder, Walter's former CEO; Walter Scheller, the Company's current CEO and a director; and Neil Winkelmann, former President of Walter's Canadian and U.K. Operations (collectively the "Individual Defendants"). The complaints were filed by Peter Rush and Michael Carney, purported shareholders of Walter Energy who each sought to represent a class of Walter Energy shareholders who purchased common stock between April 20, 2011 and September 21, 2011.

        These complaints alleged that Walter Energy and the Individual Defendants made false and misleading statements regarding the Company's operations outlook for the second quarter of 2011. The complaints further alleged that the Company and the Individual Defendants knew that these statements were misleading and failed to disclose material facts that were necessary in order to make the statements not misleading. Plaintiffs claimed violations of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, and Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act. On May 30, 2012, the two actions were consolidated into In re Walter Energy, Inc. Securities Litigation. The court also appointed the Government of Bermuda Contributory and Public Service Superannuation Pension Plans as well as the Stephen C. Beaulieu Revocable Trust to be lead plaintiffs and approved lead plaintiffs' selection of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP and Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP as lead plaintiffs' counsel for the consolidated action. On August 20, 2012, Lead Plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended class action complaint in this action. The consolidated amended complaint names as an additional defendant Joseph Leonard, a current director and former interim CEO of Walter, in addition to the previously named defendants. Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss the amended complaint on October 4, 2012. On January 29, 2013, the court denied that motion without prejudice. Defendants answered the complaint on February 15, 2013 and on March 5, 2013. The parties are now in the process of discovery.

        Walter Energy and the other named defendants believe that there is no merit to the claims alleged and intend to vigorously defend these actions.

        On February 7, 2012, a shareholder derivative lawsuit was filed in the 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama (Israni v. Clark et al.). On February 10, 2012, a second shareholder derivative suit was filed in the same court (Himmel v. Scheller et al.), and on February 16, 2012 a third derivative suit was filed

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Note 8—Commitments and Contingencies (Continued)

(Walters v. Scheller et al.). All three complaints named as defendants the Company's then current Board of Directors, Keith Calder and Neil Winkelmann. The Company was named as a nominal defendant in each complaint. The three complaints alleged similar facts to those alleged in the Rush complaint. The complaints variously asserted state law claims for breaches of fiduciary duties for alleged failures to maintain internal controls and to properly manage the Company, unjust enrichment, waste of corporate assets, gross mismanagement and abuse of control. The three derivative actions sought, among other things, recovery for the Company for damages that the Company suffered as a result of alleged wrongful conduct. On April 11, 2012, the Court consolidated these shareholder derivative suits. Walter Energy thereafter entered into a stipulation with the lead plaintiffs in the consolidated derivative suit, pursuant to which all proceedings in the derivative action were stayed pending the filing of the consolidated amended complaint in the class action. On September 19, 2012, lead plaintiffs filed a consolidated shareholder derivative complaint. This action has been stayed pending the resolution of summary judgment motions in the putative securities class action. The derivative plaintiffs will have certain rights to participate in discovery taken in the federal securities action.

        On March 1, 2012, a shareholder derivative lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (Makohin v. Clark, et al.). On September 27, 2012 a second shareholder derivative lawsuit was filed in the same court (Sinerius v. Beatty, et al.). Both complaints name as defendants the Company's then current Board of Directors and Keith Calder. The Company is named as a nominal defendant in each complaint. These complaints, like the state court derivative claims, allege similar facts to those alleged in the Rush complaint. The Makohin complaint asserts state law claims for breaches of fiduciary duties and unjust enrichment, while the Sinerius complaint asserts these same claims as well as claims for abuse of control and gross mismanagement. Both actions seek, among other things, recovery for the Company for damages that the Company suffered as a result of alleged wrongful conduct and restitution from defendants of all profits, benefits and other compensation that they wrongfully obtained. Like the state court derivative action, both of these cases have been stayed pending resolution of summary judgment motions in the putative securities class action. The federal derivative plaintiffs will also have certain rights to participate in discovery taken in the federal securities action.

        Walter Energy and the other named defendants believe that there is no merit to the claims alleged in these shareholder derivative lawsuits and intend to vigorously defend these actions.

Miscellaneous Litigation

        The Company and its subsidiaries are parties to a number of other lawsuits arising in the ordinary course of their businesses. The Company records costs relating to these matters when a loss is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. The effect of the outcome of these matters on the Company's future results of operations cannot be predicted with certainty as any such effect depends on future results of operations and the amount and timing of the resolution of such matters. While the results of litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company believes that the final outcome of such other litigation will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

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NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 8—Commitments and Contingencies (Continued)

Commitments and Contingencies—Other

        In the opinion of management, accruals associated with contingencies incurred in the normal course of business are sufficient. Resolution of existing known contingencies is not expected to significantly affect the Company's financial position or results of operations.

Note 9—Derivative Financial Instruments

Interest Rate Swaps

        On June 27, 2011, the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement with a notional value of $450.0 million. The objective of the swap is to protect against the variability in expected future cash flows attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate related to interest payments required under the 2011 Credit Agreement. The interest rate on the debt is subject to change due to fluctuations in the benchmark interest rate of 3-month LIBOR. The structure of the hedge is a three year amortizing interest rate swap based on a 1.17% fixed rate with quarterly fixed rate and floating rate payment dates beginning on July 18, 2011. The hedge will be settled upon maturity and is being accounted for as a cash flow hedge. Changes in the fair value of the effective portion of the hedge that take place through the date of maturity are reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transactions affect earnings. The ineffective portion of the change in the fair value of derivatives is recognized directly in earnings included in other income (loss) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        On December 30, 2008, the Company entered into an interest rate hedge agreement with a notional value of $31.5 million. The objective of the hedge is to protect against the variability in expected future cash flows attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate related to 62 of the 64 monthly interest payments required under an equipment financing arrangement for a new longwall shield system entered into on October 21, 2008. The interest rate on the debt is subject to change due to fluctuations in the benchmark interest rate of 1-month LIBOR. The structure of the hedge is a 62 month amortizing interest rate swap based on a 1.84% fixed rate with monthly fixed rate and floating rate payment dates beginning on February 1, 2009. The hedge will be settled upon maturity and is being accounted for as a cash flow hedge. Changes in the fair value of the hedge that take place through the date of maturity are reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transactions affect earnings.

Interest Rate Cap

        On June 27, 2011, the Company entered into an interest rate cap agreement related to interest payments required under the 2011 Credit Agreement with a notional value of $255.0 million. The objective of the cap is to protect against the variability in expected future cash flows attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate above 2.00%. The interest rate on the debt is subject to change due to fluctuations in the benchmark interest rate of 3-month LIBOR. The structure of the hedge is a three year amortizing interest rate cap based on a strike price of 2.00% with quarterly fixed rate and floating rate payment dates beginning on July 7, 2011. The hedge will be settled upon maturity and is

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NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 9—Derivative Financial Instruments (Continued)

being accounted for as a cash flow hedge. Changes in the fair value of the hedge that take place through the date of maturity are reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transactions affect earnings.

Natural Gas Hedge

        Revenues derived from the sale of natural gas are subject to volatility based on changes in market prices. In order to reduce the risk associated with natural gas price volatility, on June 7, 2011 the Company entered into a one year swap contract to hedge 4.2 million MMBTUs of natural gas sales beginning in July 2011 and ending June 2012, at a price of $5.00 per MMBTU. The swap agreement hedged approximately 30% of anticipated natural gas sales from July 2011 through June 2012. The hedge was settled upon maturity and was accounted for as a cash flow hedge. The Company did not have any commodity hedges outstanding at September 30, 2013.

        The following table presents the fair values of the Company's derivative instruments as well as their classification within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands). See Note 11 for additional information related to the fair values of the Company's derivative instruments.

 
  September 30,
2013
  December 31,
2012
 

Asset derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments:

             

Interest rate cap(1)

  $ 2   $ 12  
           

Total asset derivatives

  $ 2   $ 12  
           

Liability derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments:

             

Interest rate swaps(2)

  $ 4,005   $ 6,615  
           

Total liability derivatives

  $ 4,005   $ 6,615  
           

(1)
$2 thousand and $8 thousand were included in other current assets within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, while $4 thousand was included in other long-term assets as of December 31, 2012.

(2)
$4.0 million and $4.1 million were included within other current liabilities within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, while $2.5 million was included within other long-term liabilities as of December 31, 2012.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 9—Derivative Financial Instruments (Continued)

        The following tables present the gains and losses from derivative instruments for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 and their location within the condensed consolidated financial statements (in thousands).

 
  Gain (loss), net of
tax, recognized in
accumulated other
comprehensive
income (loss)
  Gain, net of tax,
reclassified from
accumulated other
comprehensive
income (loss) to
earnings(1)(2)
  Loss, net of tax,
reclassified
from
accumulated
other
comprehensive
income (loss)
to earnings
(ineffective
portion)(3)
 
 
  Three months
ended
September 30,
  Three months
ended
September 30,
  Three months
ended
September 30,
 
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments
  2013   2012   2013   2012   2013   2012  

Interest rate swaps

  $ 1,057   $ 9   $ (636 ) $ (518 ) $ 235   $  

Interest rate cap

    (3 )   (36 )                
                           

Total

  $ 1,054   $ (27 ) $ (636 ) $ (518 ) $ 235   $  
                           

 

 
  Gain (loss), net of
tax, recognized in
accumulated other
comprehensive
income (loss)
  (Gain) loss, net of tax,
reclassified from
accumulated other
comprehensive
income (loss) to
earnings(1)(2)
  Loss, net of tax,
reclassified
from
accumulated
other
comprehensive
income (loss)
to earnings
(ineffective
portion)(3)
 
 
  Nine months
ended
September 30,
  Nine months
ended
September 30,
  Nine months
ended
September 30,
 
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedging
instruments
  2013   2012   2013   2012   2013   2012  

Natural gas hedges

  $   $ (5,798 ) $   $ 3,279   $   $  

Interest rate swaps

    3,538     502     (1,866 )   (1,543 )   235      

Interest rate cap

    (6 )   (255 )                
                           

Total

  $ 3,532   $ (5,551 ) $ (1,866 ) $ 1,736   $ 235   $  
                           

(1)
Natural gas hedge amounts are recorded within miscellaneous income in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(2)
Interest rate swap amounts are recorded within interest expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(3)
The ineffective portion of the interest rate swap is recorded within other income (loss) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 10—Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

        The following table presents the changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) by component for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, net of tax (in thousands).

 
  Pension and
other
postretirement
plans
  Unrealized
gain/(loss)
on hedges
  Foreign
currency
translation
adjustment
  Unrealized
gain on
investments
  Total  

Beginning balance as of December 31, 2012

  $ (266,042 ) $ (4,203 ) $ (1,502 ) $ 897   $ (270,850 )

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications

        3,532     (2,239 )   (44 )   1,249  

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

    13,976     (1,631 )   (1)   (853 )   11,492  
                       

Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss)

    13,976     1,901     (2,239 )   (897 )   12,741  
                       

Ending balance as of September 30, 2013

  $ (252,066 ) $ (2,302 ) $ (3,741 ) $   $ (258,109 )
                       

(1)
Foreign currency translation adjustments are reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) upon sale or substantially complete liquidation of an investment in a foreign entity.

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NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 10—Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Continued)

        The following table presents amounts reclassified out of each component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 (in thousands).

Details about Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income (Loss) Components
  Amount Reclassified
from Accumulated
Other Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
  Affected Line Item in the Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations

Gains and losses on cash flow hedges:

         

Interest rate swaps

  $ (3,018 ) Interest expense

Interest rate swaps (ineffective portion)

    378   Other loss
         

    (2,640 ) Total before tax

    1,009   Income tax expense
         

  $ (1,631 ) Net of tax
         

Amortization of pension and postretirement benefit plans:

         

Prior service cost

  $ 1,119   (a)

Net actuarial loss

    21,484   (a)
         

    22,603   Total before tax

    (8,627 ) Income tax benefit
         

  $ 13,976   Net of tax
         

Gains and losses on available-for-sale securities

 
$

(1,382

)

Other income

    529   Income tax expense
         

  $ (853 ) Net of tax
         

(a)
Amortization of pension benefit items is included in cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and depletion) and selling, general and administrative expense while amortization of postretirement benefit items is included in postretirement benefits within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Note 11—Fair Value of Financial Instruments

        Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A three level hierarchy has been established for valuing assets and liabilities based on how transparent (observable) the inputs are that are used to determine fair value, with the inputs considered most

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Note 11—Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Continued)

observable categorized as Level 1 and those that are the least observable categorized as Level 3. Hierarchy levels are defined as follows:

Level 1:   Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities;

Level 2:

 

Quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and

Level 3:

 

Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market data which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

        The following table presents information about the Company's assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques utilized to determine such values. For some assets, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. When this is the case, the asset is categorized based on the level of the most significant input to the fair value measurement. The Company's assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and considers factors specific to the assets being valued.

 
  September 30, 2013  
 
  Fair Value Measurements Using    
 
 
  Total Fair
Value
 
(in thousands)
  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3  

Assets:

                         

Interest rate cap

  $   $ 2   $   $ 2  
                   

Liabilities:

                         

Interest rate swaps

  $   $ 4,005   $   $ 4,005  
                   

 

 
  December 31, 2012  
 
  Fair Value Measurements Using    
 
 
  Total Fair
Value
 
(in thousands)
  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3  

Assets:

                         

Interest rate cap

  $   $ 12   $   $ 12  
                   

Liabilities:

                         

Interest rate swaps

  $   $ 6,615   $   $ 6,615  
                   

        Below is a summary of the Company's valuation techniques for Level 1 and Level 2 financial assets and liabilities:

        Interest rate cap—The fair value of the interest rate cap was determined using quoted dealer prices for similar contracts in active over-the-counter markets.

        Interest rate swaps—The fair value of interest rate swaps was determined using quoted dealer prices for similar contracts in active over-the-counter markets.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 11—Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Continued)

        The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value for which the fair value option was not elected:

        Cash and cash equivalents, receivables and accounts payable—The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheet approximate fair value.

        Debt—All of the Company's outstanding debt is carried at cost. There were no borrowings outstanding under the Revolver at September 30, 2013 or December 31, 2012. The estimated fair value of the Company's debt is based on observable market data (Level 2). The carrying amounts and fair values of the Company's debt are presented below (in thousands):

 
  September 30, 2013   December 31, 2012  
(in thousands)
  Carrying
Amount
  Fair Value   Carrying
Amount
  Fair Value  

2011 Term Loan A

  $ 400,306   $ 395,386   $ 756,974   $ 758,867  

2011 Term Loan B

  $ 968,100   $ 941,497   $ 1,127,770   $ 1,135,293  

9.875% Senior Notes

  $ 496,733   $ 435,000   $ 496,510   $ 500,000  

8.50% Senior Notes

  $ 450,000   $ 373,500   $   $  

9.50% Senior Secured Notes

  $ 447,413   $ 465,188   $   $  

Note 12—Segment Information

        The Company's reportable segments are strategic business units arranged geographically which have separate management teams. These reportable segments are U.S. Operations, Canadian and U.K. Operations, and Other. Both the U.S. Operations and Canadian and U.K. Operations reportable segments' primary business is that of mining, processing and exporting metallurgical coal for the steel industry. The Other segment primarily includes unallocated corporate expenses.

        The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company's Annual Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. The Company evaluates performance primarily based on operating income of the respective business segments.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 12—Segment Information (Continued)

        Summarized financial information of the Company's reportable segments is shown in the following tables (in thousands):

 
  For the three months ended
September 30,
  For the nine months ended
September 30,
 
 
  2013   2012   2013   2012  

Revenues:

                         

U.S. Operations

  $ 337,269   $ 483,615   $ 997,503   $ 1,402,526  

Canadian and U.K. Operations

    119,367     127,905     390,684     515,901  

Other

    (840 )   454     448     2,684  
                   

Total

  $ 455,796   $ 611,974   $ 1,388,635   $ 1,921,111  
                   

Segment operating income (loss):

                         

U.S. Operations

  $ (8,008 ) $ (22,228 ) $ 22,368   $ 191,998  

Canadian and U.K. Operations

    (48,022 )   (1,036,690 )   (163,135 )   (1,074,924 )

Other

    (3,051 )   (12,847 )   (12,487 )   (36,790 )
                   

Total operating loss

    (59,081 )   (1,071,765 )   (153,254 )   (919,716 )

Less interest expense, net

    (63,529 )   (30,432 )   (168,482 )   (88,985 )

Other income (loss), net

    4,886     (943 )   4,277     (13,855 )
                   

Loss from continuing operations before income tax benefit

    (117,724 )   (1,103,140 )   (317,459 )   (1,022,556 )

Income tax benefit

    (17,000 )   (41,184 )   (132,799 )   (27,972 )
                   

Loss from continuing operations

  $ (100,724 ) $ (1,061,956 ) $ (184,660 ) $ (994,584 )
                   

Impairment Charges:

                         

U.S. Operations

  $   $ 114,281   $   $ 114,281  

Canadian and U.K. Operations

        992,434         992,434  

Other

                 
                   

Total

  $   $ 1,106,715   $   $ 1,106,715  
                   

Depreciation and depletion:

                         

U.S. Operations

  $ 53,060   $ 44,789   $ 131,722   $ 130,635  

Canadian and U.K. Operations

    29,383     37,305     99,235     91,976  

Other

    543     466     1,539     901  
                   

Total

  $ 82,986   $ 82,560   $ 232,496   $ 223,512  
                   

Capital expenditures:

                         

U.S. Operations

  $ 24,741   $ 41,670   $ 90,945   $ 121,633  

Canadian and U.K. Operations

    2,867     43,419     16,412     205,776  

Other

    876     195     1,378     3,931  
                   

Total

  $ 28,484   $ 85,284   $ 108,735   $ 331,340  
                   

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 12—Segment Information (Continued)

 
  September 30, 2013   December 31, 2012  

Identifiable assets:

             

U.S. Operations

  $ 1,372,266   $ 1,603,745  

Canadian and U.K. Operations

    3,722,676     3,728,817  

Other

    745,570     435,858  
           

Total

  $ 5,840,512   $ 5,768,420  
           

Note 13—Supplemental Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information

        In accordance with the indentures governing the 9.875% senior notes due December 2020 and the 8.50% senior notes due April 2021 (collectively the "Senior Notes"), certain wholly-owned U.S. domestic restricted subsidiaries of the Company have fully and unconditionally guaranteed the Senior Notes on a joint and several basis. The following tables present unaudited condensed consolidating financial information for (i) the Company, (ii) the issuer of the senior notes, (iii) the guarantors under the senior notes, and (iv) the entities which are not guarantors of the senior notes:

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NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 13—Supplemental Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information (Continued)


WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
(in thousands)

 
  Parent
(Issuer)
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Total
Consolidated
 

ASSETS

                               

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 261,733   $   $ 31,401   $   $ 293,134  

Receivables, net

    120,361     109,229     75,764         305,354  

Intercompany receivables

        216,751     57,438     (274,189 )    

Intercompany loans receivable

    55,583     1,096,126         (1,151,709 )    

Inventories

        164,493     156,188         320,681  

Deferred income taxes

    39,876     17,687     510         58,073  

Prepaid expenses

    2,931     39,792     4,374         47,097  

Other current assets

    17,867     631     2,280         20,778  
                       

Total current assets

    498,351     1,644,709     327,955     (1,425,898 )   1,045,117  

Mineral interests, net

        7,687     2,910,215         2,917,902  

Property, plant and equipment, net

    6,753     759,471     862,217         1,628,441  

Deferred income taxes

    40,252     112,560     (4,501 )       148,311  

Investment in subsidiaries

    4,613,231             (4,613,231 )    

Other long-term assets

    74,318     10,331     16,092         100,741  
                       

  $ 5,232,905   $ 2,534,758   $ 4,111,978   $ (6,039,129 ) $ 5,840,512  
                       

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

                               

Current debt

  $   $ 3,945   $ 8,234   $   $ 12,179  

Accounts payable

    3,446     72,706     21,541         97,693  

Accrued expenses

    53,472     44,752     56,246         154,470  

Intercompany payables

    274,189             (274,189 )    

Intercompany loans payable

    1,096,126         55,583     (1,151,709 )    

Accumulated postretirement benefits obligation

    161     30,350             30,511  

Other current liabilities

    168,993     23,202     22,105         214,300  
                       

Total current liabilities

    1,596,387     174,955     163,709     (1,425,898 )   509,153  

Long-term debt

    2,762,553         7,828         2,770,381  

Accumulated postretirement benefits obligation

    400     640,937             641,337  

Deferred income taxes

            854,408         854,408  

Other long-term liabilities

    44,887     123,184     68,484         236,555  
                       

Total liabilities

    4,404,227     939,076     1,094,429     (1,425,898 )   5,011,834  

Stockholders' equity

    828,678     1,595,682     3,017,549     (4,613,231 )   828,678  
                       

  $ 5,232,905   $ 2,534,758   $ 4,111,978   $ (6,039,129 ) $ 5,840,512  
                       

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NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 13—Supplemental Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information (Continued)


WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)
DECEMBER 31, 2012
(in thousands)

 
  Parent
(Issuer)
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Total
Consolidated
 

ASSETS

                               

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 83,833   $ 61   $ 32,707   $   $ 116,601  

Receivables, net

    64,106     113,182     79,679         256,967  

Intercompany receivables

    721,293             (721,293 )    

Intercompany loans receivable

    118,079     1,074,879         (1,192,958 )    

Inventories

        131,893     174,125         306,018  

Deferred income taxes

    39,375     17,687     1,464         58,526  

Prepaid expenses

    1,869     45,327     6,580         53,776  

Other current assets

    17,559     1,109     5,260         23,928  
                       

Total current assets

    1,046,114     1,384,138     299,815     (1,914,251 )   815,816  

Mineral interests, net

        18,475     2,947,082         2,965,557  

Property, plant and equipment, net

    8,448     790,900     932,783         1,732,131  

Deferred income taxes

    52,363     112,560     (4,501 )       160,422  

Investment in subsidiaries

    3,530,094             (3,530,094 )    

Other long-term assets

    71,622     9,375     13,497         94,494  
                       

  $ 4,708,641   $ 2,315,448   $ 4,188,676   $ (5,444,345 ) $ 5,768,420  
                       

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

                               

Current debt

  $   $ 10,196   $ 8,597   $   $ 18,793  

Accounts payable

    5,128     78,260     31,525         114,913  

Accrued expenses

    27,197     83,155     74,523         184,875  

Intercompany payables

        567,360     153,933     (721,293 )    

Intercompany loans payable

    1,074,879         118,079     (1,192,958 )    

Accumulated postretirement benefits obligation

    131     29,069             29,200  

Other current liabilities

    157,044     24,389     25,040         206,473  
                       

Total current liabilities

    1,264,379     792,429     411,697     (1,914,251 )   554,254  

Long-term debt

    2,381,255     1,784     14,333         2,397,372  

Accumulated postretirement benefits obligation

    452     632,812             633,264  

Deferred income taxes

            921,687         921,687  

Other long-term liabilities

    51,984     128,593     70,695         251,272  
                       

Total liabilities

    3,698,070     1,555,618     1,418,412     (1,914,251 )   4,757,849  

Stockholders' equity

    1,010,571     759,830     2,770,264     (3,530,094 )   1,010,571  
                       

  $ 4,708,641   $ 2,315,448   $ 4,188,676   $ (5,444,345 ) $ 5,768,420  
                       

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 13—Supplemental Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information (Continued)

WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
(in thousands)

 
  Parent
(Issuer)
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Total
Consolidated
 

Revenues:

                               

Sales

  $   $ 302,328   $ 143,609   $   $ 445,937  

Miscellaneous income (loss)

    (932 )   5,669     5,122         9,859  
                       

    (932 )   307,997     148,731         455,796  
                       

Cost and expenses:

                               

Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and depletion)

        234,913     160,398         395,311  

Depreciation and depletion

    543     43,600     38,843         82,986  

Selling, general and administrative

    (3,730 )   13,854     11,749         21,873  

Postretirement benefits

    (54 )   14,761             14,707  

Restructuring and asset impairment

                     
                       

    (3,241 )   307,128     210,990         514,877  
                       

Operating income (loss)

    2,309     869     (62,259 )       (59,081 )

Interest expense

    (72,054 )       (2,408 )   10,918     (63,544 )

Interest income

    1,874     8,465     594     (10,918 )   15  

Other loss

    4,059     218     609         4,886  
                       

Income (loss) before income tax expense

    (63,812 )   9,552     (63,464 )       (117,724 )

Income tax expense (benefit)

    (715 )   1,368     (17,653 )       (17,000 )
                       

    (63,097 )   8,184     (45,811 )       (100,724 )

Equity in earnings (losses) of subsidiaries

    (37,627 )           37,627      
                       

Net income (loss)

  $ (100,724 ) $ 8,184   $ (45,811 ) $ 37,627   $ (100,724 )
                       

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 13—Supplemental Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information (Continued)

WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
(in thousands)

 
  Parent
(Issuer)
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Total
Consolidated
 

Revenues:

                               

Sales

  $   $ 441,518   $ 170,992   $   $ 612,510  

Miscellaneous income (loss)

    345     1,674     (2,555 )       (536 )
                       

    345     443,192     168,437         611,974  
                       

Cost and expenses:

                               

Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and depletion)

        283,138     165,627         448,765  

Depreciation and depletion

    466     35,576     46,518         82,560  

Selling, general and administrative

    6,026     17,885     8,575         32,486  

Postretirement benefits

    (112 )   13,325             13,213  

Restructuring and asset impairment

            1,106,715         1,106,715  
                       

    6,380     349,924     1,327,435         1,683,739  
                       

Operating income (loss)

    (6,035 )   93,268     (1,158,998 )       (1,071,765 )

Interest expense

    (35,618 )   (1,191 )   (2,484 )   8,748     (30,545 )

Interest income

    1,124     6,699     1,038     (8,748 )   113  

Other income (loss), net

    3,019         (3,962 )       (943 )
                       

Income (loss) before income tax expense

    (37,510 )   98,776     (1,164,406 )       (1,103,140 )

Income tax benefit

    (2,295 )   (1,632 )   (37,257 )       (41,184 )
                       

    (35,215 )   100,408     (1,127,149 )       (1,061,956 )

Equity in earnings (losses) of subsidiaries

    (1,026,741 )           1,026,741      
                       

Net income (loss)

  $ (1,061,956 ) $ 100,408   $ (1,127,149 ) $ 1,026,741   $ (1,061,956 )
                       

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 13—Supplemental Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information (Continued)

WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
(in thousands)

 
  Parent
(Issuer)
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Total
Consolidated
 

Revenues:

                               

Sales

  $   $ 916,338   $ 457,006   $   $ 1,373,344  

Miscellaneous income (loss)

    (159 )   8,638     6,812         15,291  
                       

    (159 )   924,976     463,818         1,388,635  
                       

Cost and expenses:

                               

Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and depletion)

        693,904     489,957         1,183,861  

Depreciation and depletion

    1,539     117,683     113,274         232,496  

Selling, general and administrative

    6,420     41,108     32,148         79,676  

Postretirement benefits

    (164 )   44,321             44,157  

Restructuring and asset impairment

        (8,947 )   10,646         1,699  
                       

    7,795     888,069     646,025         1,541,889  
                       

Operating income (loss)

    (7,954 )   36,907     (182,207 )       (153,254 )

Interest expense

    (190,227 )       (8,585 )   29,521     (169,291 )

Interest income

    5,419     21,748     3,163     (29,521 )   809  

Other income

    4,059     218             4,277  
                       

Income (loss) before income tax expense

    (188,703 )   58,873     (187,629 )       (317,459 )

Income tax expense (benefit)

    (49,490 )   6,505     (89,814 )       (132,799 )
                       

    (139,213 )   52,368     (97,815 )       (184,660 )

Equity in earnings (losses) of subsidiaries

    (45,447 )           45,447      
                       

Net income (loss)

  $ (184,660 ) $ 52,368   $ (97,815 ) $ 45,447   $ (184,660 )
                       

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 13—Supplemental Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information (Continued)

WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
(in thousands)

 
  Parent
(Issuer)
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Total
Consolidated
 

Revenues:

                               

Sales

  $   $ 1,290,567   $ 617,846   $   $ 1,908,413  

Miscellaneous income (loss)

    2,071     20,553     (9,926 )       12,698  
                       

    2,071     1,311,120     607,920         1,921,111  
                       

Cost and expenses:

                               

Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and depletion)

        801,320     565,063         1,366,383  

Depreciation and depletion

    901     105,308     117,303         223,512  

Selling, general and administrative

    14,594     55,011     34,973         104,578  

Postretirement benefits

    (337 )   39,976             39,639  

Restructuring and asset impairment

            1,106,715         1,106,715  
                       

    15,158     1,001,615     1,824,054         2,840,827  
                       

Operating income (loss)

    (13,087 )   309,505     (1,216,134 )       (919,716 )

Interest expense

    (111,043 )   (1,731 )   (4,443 )   27,501     (89,716 )

Interest income

    2,868     21,930     3,434     (27,501 )   731  

Other income (loss), net

    9,058         (22,913 )       (13,855 )
                       

Income (loss) before income tax expense

    (112,204 )   329,704     (1,240,056 )       (1,022,556 )

Income tax expense (benefit)

    (25,860 )   63,849     (65,961 )       (27,972 )
                       

Income (loss) from continuing operations

    (86,344 )   265,855     (1,174,095 )       (994,584 )

Income from discontinued operations

            5,180         5,180  

Equity in earnings (losses) of subsidiaries

    (903,060 )           903,060      
                       

Net income (loss)

  $ (989,404 ) $ 265,855   $ (1,168,915 ) $ 903,060   $ (989,404 )
                       

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 13—Supplemental Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information (Continued)

WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME (LOSS) (UNAUDITED)
THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
(in thousands)

 
  Parent
(Issuer)
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Total
Consolidated
 

Net income (loss)

  $ (100,724 ) $ 8,184   $ (45,811 ) $ 37,627   $ (100,724 )

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

                               

Change in pension and postretirement benefit plans, net of tax

    4,659     13,338         (13,338 )   4,659  

Change in unrealized gain on hedges, net of tax

    653     12         (12 )   653  

Change in foreign currency translation adjustment

    14,847         14,847     (14,847 )   14,847  

Change in unrealized loss on investments, net of tax

    (940 )       (940 )   940     (940 )
                       

Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

    19,219     13,350     13,907     (27,257 )   19,219  
                       

Total comprehensive income (loss)

  $ (81,505 ) $ 21,534   $ (31,904 ) $ 10,370   $ (81,505 )
                       

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 13—Supplemental Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information (Continued)

WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME (LOSS) (UNAUDITED)
THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
(in thousands)

 
  Parent
(Issuer)
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Total
Consolidated
 

Net income (loss)

  $ (1,061,956 ) $ 100,408   $ (1,127,149 ) $ 1,026,741   $ (1,061,956 )

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

                               

Change in pension and postretirement benefit plans, net of tax

    3,898                 3,898  

Change in unrealized gain (loss) on hedges, net of tax

    (545 )   23         (23 )   (545 )

Change in foreign currency translation adjustment

    3,132         3,132     (3,132 )   3,132  

Change in unrealized gain on investments, net of tax

    1,135         1,135     (1,135 )   1,135  
                       

Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

    7,620     23     4,267     (4,290 )   7,620  
                       

Total comprehensive income (loss)

  $ (1,054,336 ) $ 100,431   $ (1,122,882 ) $ 1,022,451   $ (1,054,336 )
                       

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 13—Supplemental Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information (Continued)

WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME (LOSS) (UNAUDITED)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
(in thousands)

 
  Parent
(Issuer)
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Total
Consolidated
 

Net income (loss)

  $ (184,660 ) $ 52,368   $ (97,815 ) $ 45,447   $ (184,660 )

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

                               

Change in pension and postretirement benefit plans, net of tax

    13,976     13,338         (13,338 )   13,976  

Change in unrealized gain on hedges, net of tax

    1,901     49         (49 )   1,901  

Change in foreign currency translation adjustment

    (2,239 )       (2,239 )   2,239     (2,239 )

Change in unrealized gain on investments, net of tax

    (897 )       (897 )   897     (897 )
                       

Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

    12,741     13,387     (3,136 )   (10,251 )   12,741  
                       

Total comprehensive income (loss)

  $ (171,919 ) $ 65,755   $ (100,951 ) $ 35,196   $ (171,919 )
                       

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 13—Supplemental Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information (Continued)

WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME (LOSS) (UNAUDITED)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
(in thousands)

 
  Parent
(Issuer)
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Total
Consolidated
 

Net income (loss)

  $ (989,404 ) $ 265,855   $ (1,168,915 ) $ 903,060   $ (989,404 )

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

                               

Change in pension and postretirement benefit plans, net of tax

    11,693     (50,756 )       50,756     11,693  

Change in unrealized gain (loss) on hedges, net of tax

    (3,815 )   72     (2,519 )   2,447     (3,815 )

Change in foreign currency translation adjustment

    2,342         2,342     (2,342 )   2,342  

Change in unrealized loss on investments, net of tax

    766         766     (766 )   766  
                       

Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

    10,986     (50,684 )   589     50,095     10,986  
                       

Total comprehensive income (loss)

  $ (978,418 ) $ 215,171   $ (1,168,326 ) $ 953,155   $ (978,418 )
                       

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 13—Supplemental Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information (Continued)

WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
(in thousands)

 
  Parent
(Issuer)
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Total
Consolidated
 

Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ (165,441 ) $ 163,367   $ (41,952 ) $   $ (44,026 )
                       

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

                               

Additions to property, plant and equipment

    (863 )   (84,623 )   (23,249 )       (108,735 )

Intercompany loans made

    (33,100 )           33,100      

Intercompany payments received

    30,500             (30,500 )    

Investments in subsidiaries

                     

Proceeds from sales of investments

            1,559         1,559  

Other

            663         663  
                       

Cash flows used in investing activities

    (3,463 )   (84,623 )   (21,027 )   2,600     (106,513 )
                       

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

                               

Proceeds from issuance of debt

    897,412                 897,412  

Borrowings under revolving credit agreement

            646,320         646,320  

Repayments on revolving credit agreement

            (646,320 )       (646,320 )

Retirements of debt

    (496,062 )   (14,193 )           (510,255 )

Dividends paid

    (16,264 )               (16,264 )

Debt issuance costs

    (42,128 )               (42,128 )

Advances from (to) consolidated entities

    4,729     (64,763 )   60,034          

Intercompany borrowings

            33,100     (33,100 )    

Intercompany payments made

            (30,500 )   30,500      

Investment from Parent

                     

Other

    (883 )   151             (732 )
                       

Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

    346,804     (78,805 )   62,634     (2,600 )   328,033  
                       

Effect of foreign exchange rates on cash

            (961 )       (961 )
                       

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    177,900     (61 )   (1,306 )       176,533  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    83,833     61     32,707         116,601  
                       

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $ 261,733   $   $ 31,401   $   $ 293,134  
                       

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Note 13—Supplemental Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information (Continued)


WALTER ENERGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SUPPLEMENTAL CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
(in thousands)

 
  Parent
(Issuer)
  Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
  Eliminations   Total
Consolidated
 

Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ (141,991 ) $ 360,669   $ 114,328   $   $ 333,006  
                       

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

                               

Additions to property, plant and equipment           

    (4,127 )   (108,002 )   (219,211 )       (331,340 )

Proceeds from sales of investments

            12,382         12,382  

Intercompany Notes Issued

    (58,102 )           58,102      

Other

        1,076             1,076  
                       

Cash flows used in investing activities

    (62,229 )   (106,926 )   (206,829 )   58,102     (317,882 )
                       

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

                               

Borrowings under revolving credit agreement

            272,926         272,926  

Repayments on revolving credit agreement

            (125,396 )       (125,396 )

Retirements of debt

    (100,000 )   (6,056 )   (22,394 )       (128,450 )

Dividends paid

    (23,432 )               (23,432 )

Net consideration paid upon exercise of warrants

    (11,535 )               (11,535 )

Debt Issuance Costs

    (6,376 )               (6,376 )

Advances from (to) consolidated entities

    357,707     (257,147 )   (100,560 )        

Intercompany borrowings

            58,102     (58,102 )    

Other

    176     2             178  
                       

Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

    216,540     (263,201 )   82,678     (58,102 )   (22,085 )
                       

Cash flows provided by (used in) continuing operations

    12,320     (9,458 )   (9,823 )       (6,961 )
                       

CASH FLOWS FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

        9,500             9,500  
                       

Effect of foreign exchange rates on cash

            (1,047 )       (1,047 )
                       

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    12,320     42     (10,870 )       1,492  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    99,086     79     29,265         128,430  
                       

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $ 111,406   $ 121   $ 18,395   $   $ 129,922  
                       

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ITEM 2.    MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

        The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report and our Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

        This report includes statements of our expectations, intentions, plans and beliefs that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and are intended to come within the safe harbor protection provided by those sections. These statements, which involve risks and uncertainties, relate to analyses and other information that are based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable and may also relate to our future prospects, developments and business strategies. We have used the words "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "predict," "project," "should" and similar terms and phrases, including references to assumptions, in this report to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made based on expectations and beliefs concerning future events affecting us and are subject to uncertainties and factors relating to our operations and business environment, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control, that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to:

    unfavorable economic, financial and business conditions;

    global economic crisis;

    market conditions beyond our control;

    prolonged decline in the price of coal;

    decline in global coal or steel demand;

    prolonged or dramatic shortages or difficulties in coal production;

    our customers' refusal to honor or renew contracts;

    our ability to collect payments from our customers;

    weather patterns and conditions affecting production;

    geological, equipment and other operational risks associated with mining;

    availability of adequate skilled employees and other labor relations matters;

    title defects preventing us from (or resulting in additional costs for) mining our mineral interests;

    availability of licenses, permits, and other authorizations may be subject to challenges;

    concentration of our mineral operations in a limited number of areas subjects us to risk;

    a significant reduction of, or loss of purchases by our largest customer;

    unavailability of cost-effective transportation for our coal;

    availability, performance and costs of railroad, barge, truck and other transportation;

    disruptions or delays at the port facilities used by the Company;

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    risks associated with our reclamation and mine closure obligations; including failure to obtain or renew surety bonds;

    inaccuracies in our estimates of coal reserves;

    estimates concerning economically recoverable coal reserves;

    significant cost increases and delays in the delivery of raw materials, mining equipment and purchased components;

    failure to meet project development and expansion targets;

    risks associated with operating in foreign jurisdictions;

    significant increase in competitive pressures and foreign currency fluctuations;

    new laws and regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that impact the demand for our coal reserves;

    greater than anticipated costs incurred for compliance with environmental liabilities or limitations on our ability to produce or sell coal;

    future regulations that may increase our costs or limit our ability to produce coal;

    risks related to our indebtedness and our ability to generate cash for our financial obligations;

    inability to access needed capital;

    events beyond our control may result in an event of default under one or more of our debt instruments;

    costs related to our post-retirement benefit obligations and workers' compensation obligations;

    downgrade in our credit rating;

    adverse rulings in current or future litigation;

    our ability to attract and retain key personnel;

    our ability to identify suitable acquisition candidates to promote growth;

    our ability to successfully integrate acquisitions;

    volatility in the price of our common stock;

    our ability to pay regular dividends to stockholders;

    our exposure to indemnification obligations; and

    other factors, including the other factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors," in our Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 and as updated by any subsequent Form 10-Qs or other documents that are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

        When considering forward-looking statements made by us in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q ("Form 10-Q"), or elsewhere, such statements speak only as of the date on which we make them. New risks and uncertainties arise from time to time, and it is impossible for us to predict these events or how they may affect us. We have no duty to, and do not intend to, update or revise the forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q after the date of this Form 10-Q, except as may be required by law. In light of these risks and uncertainties, keep in mind that any forward-looking statement made in this Form 10-Q or elsewhere might not occur.

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Overview

        Walter Energy, Inc. ("Walter") is a leading producer and exporter of metallurgical coal for the global steel industry from underground and surface mines with mineral reserves located in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. We also extract, process, market and/or possess mineral reserves of thermal coal and anthracite coal, as well as produce metallurgical coke and coal bed methane gas.

        We currently operate 11 active coal mines, a coke plant and a coal bed methane extraction operation located within Alabama, West Virginia, Northeast British Columbia in Canada and South Wales in the U.K. We operate our business through two principal business segments: U.S. Operations and Canadian and U.K. Operations. The U.S. Operations segment includes hard coking coal and thermal coal mines in both Alabama and West Virginia, a coke plant in Alabama, and coal bed methane extraction operations located in Alabama. The Canadian mining operations currently operate three metallurgical coal surface mines in Northeast British Columbia (the Wolverine Mine, the Brule Mine, and the Willow Creek). Although the Willow Creek mine is an active coal mine, we curtailed operations at this mine during the second quarter of 2013. The Willow Creek mine includes a processing plant and a load-out facility that serves our Brule mine and we are currently operating the active portions of the Willow Creek mine with Brule as a combined "Brazion Group". Our U.K. mining operation consists of an active underground mine located in South Wales. The active underground mine produces anthracite coal, which can be sold as a low-volatile PCI coal, and the curtailed surface mine operations produced thermal coal.

        Sales of metallurgical coal for the three months ended September 30, 2013 were 2.8 million metric tons and accounted for approximately 84% of our coal sales volume. Comparatively, sales of metallurgical coal were 2.6 million metric tons and accounted for approximately 74% of our coal sales volume for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The continued increase in metallurgical coal sales volume as a percentage of our total coal sales volume is consistent with our business strategy of increasing more profitable, high quality metallurgical coal production and sales.

        For the three months ended September 30, 2013, sales of thermal coal were 540 thousand metric tons and accounted for approximately 16% of our coal sales volume. Comparatively, sales of thermal coal were 937 thousand metric tons and accounted for approximately 26% of our coal sales volume for the three months ended September 30, 2012.

Industry Overview and Outlook

        The metallurgical coal market continues to be oversupplied primarily from mines in Australia. Australia continues to benefit from a weaker Australian dollar. Although the metallurgical coal market remains oversupplied, there are signs of improvement, as Europe and China's economic environments have all seemed to stabilize and improve over the past six months and supply rationalization has resulted in the closing of higher cost mines in the U.S. and abroad. As a result, the 2013 fourth quarter benchmark pricing has increased.

        The metallurgical coal market appears to have reached a floor in the third quarter of 2013 as the benchmark for high quality hard coking coal was approximately $145 per metric ton. During the third quarter, spot prices rebounded and surpassed the third quarter benchmark prices. This resulted in an improved benchmark price for the fourth quarter of $152 per metric ton for premium hard coking metallurgical coal and $120 per metric ton for low-volatile PCI coal. This represents an increase of $7 per metric ton for hard coking coal and $4 per metric ton for low-volatile PCI coal as compared with third quarter pricing.

        The current economic environment could indicate that the benchmark price of premium hard coking coal and low-volatile PCI coal will continue to improve as global demand continues to improve. China's demand for metallurgical coal has been strong and China is set to surpass Japan as the largest

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importer of hard coking coal. In Japan, the country has benefited from a weaker currency and economic growth that has increased steel production for automotive and construction products. In Korea, although steel production has decreased in 2013, demand for our low-vol PCI product remains strong. As previously mentioned, there are also positive signs in Europe as the World Steel Association projects growth in steel consumption next year of over 2%, reversing the decline of the past two years. According to the World Steel Association Short Range Outlook released in October 2013, steel demand in 2013 is now forecasted to grow 3.1%, led by forecasted growth of 6.0% in demand in China. Global crude steel production for the month of September 2013 increased 6.1% as compared with September 2012 due to an 11% increase in China and a 5.5% increase in Japan, partially offset by an 8.7% decrease in steel production in South Korea. Steel production for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 amounted to 1.2 billion tons or an increase of 2.7% compared with the prior year comparable period. The World Steel Association expects a continued recovery in global steel demand in 2014 with developed economies returning to positive growth, more than offsetting slower forecasted growth expected in China.

        We believe the improved benchmark price in the fourth quarter is sustainable and metallurgical coal prices should further improve in 2014 as long as there is continued strong demand in Asia and moderate improvements in other key markets. We also believe the long-term demand for metallurgical coal within all of our markets to be strong as industry projections indicate that global steelmaking will continue to require increasing amounts of high quality metallurgical coal. As such, we are focused on the long-term metallurgical coal market for the high-quality metallurgical coals we produce. Although we have responded to the short-term deterioration in market conditions by curtailing, and in some cases idling, higher-cost and lower-quality coal mines, we have the capability to increase our metallurgical coal production when the market rebounds to take advantage of potential opportunities in this highly volatile market.

        We expect our full year 2013 metallurgical coal production to be approximately 11.0 million metric tons. We also anticipate 2013 metallurgical coal sales to approximate production.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Summary Operating Results for the
Three Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

 
  For the three months ended September 30, 2013  
(in thousands)
  U.S.
Operations
  Canadian
and U.K.
Operations
  Other   Total  

Sales

  $ 332,522   $ 113,415   $   $ 445,937  

Miscellaneous income (loss)

    4,747     5,952     (840 )   9,859  
                   

Revenues

    337,269     119,367     (840 )   455,796  

Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and depletion)

    265,879     129,432         395,311  

Depreciation and depletion

    53,060     29,383     543     82,986  

Selling, general and administrative

    11,576     8,574     1,723     21,873  

Postretirement benefits

    14,762         (55 )   14,707  

Restructuring and asset impairment

                 
                   

Operating loss

  $ (8,008 ) $ (48,022 ) $ (3,051 )   (59,081 )
                     

Interest expense, net

                      (63,529 )

Other income, net

                      4,886  

Income tax benefit

                      17,000  
                         

Net loss

                    $ (100,724 )
                         

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  For the three months ended September 30, 2012  
(in thousands)
  U.S.
Operations
  Canadian
and U.K.
Operations
  Other   Total  

Sales

  $ 485,720   $ 126,790   $   $ 612,510  

Miscellaneous income (loss)

    (2,105 )   1,115     454     (536 )
                   

Revenues

    483,615     127,905     454     611,974  

Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and depletion)

    320,716     128,049         448,765  

Depreciation and depletion

    44,789     37,305     466     82,560  

Selling, general and administrative

    12,732     6,807     12,947     32,486  

Postretirement benefits

    13,325         (112 )   13,213  

Restructuring and asset impairment

    114,281     992,434         1,106,715  
                   

Operating loss

  $ (22,228 ) $ (1,036,690 ) $ (12,847 )   (1,071,765 )
                     

Interest expense, net

                      (30,432 )

Other loss, net

                      (943 )

Income tax benefit

                      41,184  
                         

Net loss

                    $ (1,061,956 )
                         

 

 
  Dollar variance for the three months ended
September 30, 2013 versus 2012
 
(in thousands)
  U.S.
Operations
  Canadian
and U.K.
Operations
  Other   Total  

Sales

  $ (153,198 ) $ (13,375 ) $   $ (166,573 )

Miscellaneous income (loss)

    6,852     4,837     (1,294 )   10,395  
                   

Revenues

    (146,346 )   (8,538 )   (1,294 )   (156,178 )

Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and depletion)

    (54,837 )   1,383         (53,454 )

Depreciation and depletion

    8,271     (7,922 )   77     426  

Selling, general and administrative

    (1,156 )   1,767     (11,224 )   (10,613 )

Postretirement benefits

    1,437         57     1,494  

Restructuring charges

    (114,281 )   (992,434 )       (1,106,715 )
                   

Operating income (loss)

  $ 14,220   $ 988,668   $ 9,796     1,012,684  
                     

Interest expense, net

                      (33,097 )

Other income (loss), net

                      5,829  

Income tax benefit

                      (24,184 )
                         

Net loss

                    $ 961,232  
                         

Summary of Third Quarter Consolidated Results of Operations

        Our net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2013 was $100.7 million, or $1.61 per diluted share, which compares to a loss of $1.1 billion, or $16.97 per diluted share for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The net loss was primarily due to a decrease compared to the prior quarter of approximately 31.1% in the average selling price of our metallurgical coal due to excess supply within the global market. The third quarter of 2012 net loss included a goodwill impairment charge of approximately $1.1 billion, primarily related to the effects of the weakened metallurgical coal market on future expected results and a pre-tax charge of $40.0 million associated with the abandonment of a natural gas exploration project. Earnings before interest expense, interest income, income taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization ("EBITDA") for the third quarter of 2013 increased

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$1.0 billion as compared with the third quarter of 2012 primarily due to the 2012 impairment charge previously mentioned. A reconciliation of net loss to EBITDA is presented in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section below.

        Revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2013 were $455.8 million, representing a decrease of $156.2 million from $612.0 million for the same period in 2012. The decrease in revenues was primarily due to a decrease in the average selling price of our metallurgical coal of $59.46 per metric ton, or approximately 31.1%, due to weaker worldwide sales prices for metallurgical coal. The decrease in average metallurgical coal selling price was partially offset by an increase of 201 thousand metric tons in metallurgical coal sales volume in the third quarter of 2013 as compared with the prior year comparable period.

        Cost of sales, exclusive of depreciation and depletion, for the three months ended September 30, 2013 decreased $53.5 million to $395.3 million as compared with $448.8 million in the third quarter of 2012 and was primarily the result of significant decreases in per metric ton cash cost of sales for our hard coking coal across all of our operations. The average cash cost of sales per metric ton of metallurgical coal sold decreased approximately 10.8% from $132.24 in the three months ended September 30, 2012 to $117.95 in the three months ended September 30, 2013. This was the result of a concerted effort throughout the year to lower costs across all operations and the substantial improvement reflects the results of our cost containment and restructuring initiatives.

        Selling, general and administrative expense for the three months ended September 30, 2013 decreased $10.6 million, or approximately 32.7% to $21.9 million, as compared with $32.5 million in the third quarter of 2012. The decrease was attributable to our cost containment initiatives as well as the reclassification of approximately $5.9 million of selling, general and administrative expenses to operations they support as discussed in Note 1 of the "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements."

        Interest expense, net for the three months ended September 30, 2013 increased $33.1 million to $63.5 million, as compared with $30.4 million in the third quarter of 2012. The increase was driven by an increase in long-term debt of $492.2 million combined with an increase in interest rates on our 2011 Credit Agreement, higher interest rates on our outstanding notes, and additional interest expense related to the increase in our debt. The current quarter interest expense also includes accelerated amortization of $5.2 million related to the extinguishment of $250 million of Term Loan A debt upon the September 2013 issuance of the $450.0 million 9.50% senior secured notes.

        The $5.8 million increase in other income for the three months ended September 30, 2013 as compared with the same period in 2012 was primarily attributable to a gain of $4.3 million realized upon the extinguishment of $250.0 million of our Term Loan A debt through a Dutch auction. The $0.9 million other loss for the three months ended September 30, 2012 was primarily attributable to the sale and re-measurement to fair value of certain equity investments.

        We recognized an income tax benefit of $17.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013, compared with an income tax benefit of $41.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012 as the Company incurred pretax operating losses for both periods. The decrease in the Company's income tax benefit was primarily due to a non-cash deferred income tax charge of $13.7 million to reflect the revaluation of our Canadian and U.K. Operations deferred tax liabilities as the result of changes to the statutory corporate tax rates in each jurisdiction and a non-cash deferred income tax charge of $10.3 million related to foreign financing activities. The 2013 and 2012 effective tax rates also reflect the benefit of our Canadian and U.K. operations which are taxed at statutory rates lower than the U.S. rate, and the effects of additional tax losses related to foreign financing activities. The effective tax rates also reflect statutory depletion deductions for the Alabama mining operations.

        The current and prior year period results also include the impact of factors discussed in the following segment analysis.

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Segment Analysis

    U.S. Operations

        Hard coking coal sales totaled 2.0 million metric tons for the three months ended September 30, 2013, representing an increase of 3.9% compared with 1.9 million metric tons for the same period in 2012. Our hard coking coal production totaled 2.1 million metric tons in the third quarter of 2013, representing an increase of 20.2% from the same period in the prior year due to increased production from our Alabama underground mines. The average selling price of hard coking coal in the third quarter of 2013 was $132.46 per metric ton, representing a 32.6% decrease from the average selling price of $196.41 per metric ton for the same period in 2012. The decrease in the average selling price of hard coking coal continues to reflect the pricing pressure being experienced in the metallurgical coal market. Our average cash cost of sales per metric ton of hard coking coal sold during the third quarter of 2013 was $105.26, a decrease of $13.65 from the average cash cost of sales per ton sold during the third quarter of 2012 of $118.91.

        Thermal coal sales totaled approximately 540 thousand metric tons for the three months ended September 30, 2013, representing a decrease of approximately 41.7% compared with approximately 927 thousand metric tons sold during the same period in 2012, primarily due to a period of difficult mining conditions at our North River mine in Alabama and the idling of a West Virginia thermal coal surface mine in September 2012 due to lower demand and pricing. Our average selling price of thermal coal for the third quarter of 2013 was $65.04 per metric ton, remaining relatively consistent with our average selling price of $67.00 per metric ton for the same period in 2012. Thermal coal production totaled approximately 620 thousand metric tons in the third quarter of 2013, representing a decrease of approximately 23% compared with approximately 805 thousand metric tons produced during the same period in 2012. The average cash cost of sales per metric ton of thermal coal sold during the third quarter of 2013 was $53.44 per metric ton compared with $55.27 per metric ton for the same period in 2012. In response to the continued price deterioration in coal markets, in the second quarter of 2013 we renegotiated an unfavorably priced coal supply agreement to allow the accelerated closure of the North River mine, currently anticipated for the fourth quarter of 2013.

        Statistics for U.S. Operations are presented in the following table:

 
  Three months ended
September 30,
 
 
  2013   2012(2)  

Tons of hard coking coal sold(1) (in thousands)

    1,953     1,880  

Tons of hard coking coal produced (in thousands)

    2,069     1,721  

Average hard coking coal selling price(1) (per metric ton)

  $ 132.46   $ 196.41  

Average hard coking coal cash cost of sales(1) (per metric ton)

  $ 105.26   $ 118.91  

Average hard coking coal cash cost of production (per metric ton)

  $ 63.12   $ 85.45  

Tons of thermal coal sold (in thousands)

   
540
   
927
 

Tons of thermal coal produced (in thousands)

    620     805  

Average thermal coal selling price (per metric ton)

  $ 65.04   $ 67.00  

Average thermal coal cash cost of sales (per metric ton)

  $ 53.44   $ 55.27  

Average thermal coal cash cost of production (per metric ton)

  $ 34.77   $ 57.21  

(1)
Includes sales of both produced and purchased coal.

(2)
Prior period balances have not been restated to reflect the reclassification of selling, general and administrative expenses to costs of sales as discussed in Note 1 of the "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements."

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        Our U.S. Operations segment reported revenues of $337.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013, representing a decrease of $146.3 million from the same period last year. The decrease in revenues during the third quarter of 2013 as compared with the third quarter of 2012 was primarily attributable to the decline in the average selling price of hard coking coal offset partially by an increase in hard coking coal sales volume.

        Cost of sales, exclusive of depreciation and depletion, of our U.S. Operations segment decreased $54.8 million to $265.9 million as compared with $320.7 million in the third quarter of 2012 primarily due to a $13.65 per metric ton decrease in the average cash cost of sales per ton of met coal sold partially offset by an increase in met coal tons sold of 73 thousand tons. The decrease was also due to a decrease of 387 thousand metric tons of thermal coal sales from the prior year comparable quarter combined with a slight decrease in the average cash cost of sales of thermal coal.

        Our U.S. Operations segment reported an operating loss of $8.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013, compared with an operating loss of $22.2 million in the same period in 2012. The decrease in operating loss was primarily due to a goodwill impairment charge of $74.3 million and an asset impairment charge for a capitalized shale natural gas exploratory project of $40.0 million recorded in 2012, partially offset by the effects of lower pricing for our metallurgical coal.

    Canadian and U.K. Operations

        Metallurgical coal sales for the three months ended September 30, 2013 consisted of 346 thousand metric tons of hard coking coal at an average selling price of $143.94 per metric ton and 525 thousand metric tons of low-volatile PCI coal at an average selling price of $121.76 per metric ton. Metallurgical coal sales in the third quarter of 2012 consisted of 303 thousand metric tons of hard coking coal at an average selling price of $204.82 per metric ton and 440 thousand metric tons of low-volatile PCI coal at an average selling price of $160.37 per metric ton. The declines in the average selling price of hard coking coal and low-volatile PCI coal reflect the global oversupply of metallurgical coal. The average cash cost of sales per metric ton of hard coking coal sold during the third quarter of 2013 was $179.79, representing an increase of $38.06 from the average cash cost of sales per ton of hard coking coal sold during the third quarter of 2012 of $141.73. The increase was primarily due to the Wolverine mine transitioning to the next mining area in the mine plan which resulted in lower volume and higher costs on a per metric ton basis. Mining conditions are expected to improve at this site as the mine moves into a lower stripping ratio mining phase during the fourth quarter of 2013. The average cash cost of sales per metric ton of low-volatile PCI coal sold during the third quarter of 2013 was $124.45 representing a 31.9% decrease from the average cash cost of sales per ton of low-volatile PCI coal sold during the third quarter of 2012 of $182.76 which primarily reflects our cost improvement initiatives, including the conversion of the Brule mine from a contractor-operated to owner-operated mine in the fourth quarter of 2012.

        Our Canadian and U.K. Operations segment produced a total of 234 thousand metric tons of hard coking coal and 470 thousand metric tons of low-volatile PCI in the third quarter of 2013. During the third quarter of 2012, the segment produced 641 thousand metric tons of hard coking coal and 963 thousand metric tons of low-volatile PCI. The significant decrease in production was primarily due to the Wolverine mine transitioning to the next mining area in the plan mentioned previously and the planned reductions related to our Willow Creek mine. The Willow Creek mine produced approximately 90 thousand metric tons of low- volatile hard coking coal and 198 thousand tons of low-volatile PCI in the third quarter of 2012 with very little production in the current quarter as mining operations were curtailed in the second quarter of 2013.

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        Statistics for Canadian and U.K. Operations are presented in the following table:

 
  Three months ended
September 30,
 
 
  2013   2012(1)  

Tons of hard coking coal sold (in thousands)

    346     303  

Tons of hard coking coal produced (in thousands)

    234     641  

Average hard coking coal selling price (per metric ton)

  $ 143.94   $ 204.82  

Average hard coking coal cash cost of sales (per metric ton)

  $ 179.79   $ 141.73  

Average hard coking coal cash cost of production (per metric ton)

  $ 184.59   $ 91.49  

Tons of low-volatile PCI coal sold (in thousands)

   
525
   
440
 

Tons of low-volatile PCI coal produced (in thousands)

    470     963  

Average low-volatile PCI coal selling price (per metric ton)

  $ 121.76   $ 160.37  

Average low-volatile PCI cash cost of sales (per metric ton)

  $ 124.45   $ 182.76  

Average low-volatile PCI cash cost of production (per metric ton)

  $ 87.75   $ 95.81  

(1)
Prior period balances have not been restated to reflect the reclassification of selling, general and administrative expenses to costs of sales as discussed in Note 1 of the "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements."

        Our Canadian and U.K. Operations segment reported revenues of $119.4 million for the third quarter of 2013, representing a decrease of $8.5 million from the same period last year. The decrease in revenues was attributable to a comparable decline of 29.7% and 24.1% in the average selling price of hard coking coal and low-volatile PCI coal, respectively. The declines were offset partially by a 43 thousand and 85 thousand metric ton increase in hard coking coal and low-volatile PCI coal sales volumes, respectively.

        Cost of sales, exclusive of depreciation and depletion, in our Canadian and U.K. Operations segment for the three months ended September 30, 2013 were relatively consistent as compared with the third quarter of 2012 as the increase in metallurgical coal tons sold of 128 thousand tons was offset by a $19.58 decrease in the average cash cost of sales per ton of metallurgical coal sold.

        Our Canadian and U.K. Operations segment reported an operating loss of $48.0 million in the three months ended September 30, 2013 as compared with an operating loss of $1.0 billion in the same period in 2012. The decrease in the operating loss was primarily due to the prior year period including a goodwill impairment charge of $992.4 million.

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Summary Operating Results for the
Nine months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

 
  For the nine months ended September 30, 2013  
(in thousands)
  U.S.
Operations
  Canadian
and U.K.
Operations
  Other   Total  

Sales

  $ 989,854   $ 383,425   $ 65   $ 1,373,344  

Miscellaneous income

    7,649     7,259     383     15,291  
                   

Revenues

    997,503     390,684     448     1,388,635  

Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and depletion)

    766,963     416,856     42     1,183,861  

Depreciation and depletion

    131,722     99,235     1,539     232,496  

Selling, general and administrative

    41,076     27,082     11,518     79,676  

Postretirement benefits

    44,321         (164 )   44,157  

Restructuring and asset impairment

    (8,947 )   10,646         1,699  
                   

Operating income (loss)

  $ 22,368   $ (163,135 ) $ (12,487 )   (153,254 )
                     

Interest expense, net

                      (168,482 )

Other income, net

                      4,277  

Income tax benefit

                      132,799  
                         

Loss from continuing operations

                    $ (184,660 )
                         

 

 
  For the nine months ended September 30, 2012  
(in thousands)
  U.S.
Operations
  Canadian
and U.K.
Operations
  Other   Total  

Sales

  $ 1,388,773   $ 519,335   $ 305   $ 1,908,413  

Miscellaneous income (loss)

    13,753     (3,434 )   2,379     12,698  
                   

Revenues

    1,402,526     515,901     2,684     1,921,111  

Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and depletion)

    888,121     477,708     554     1,366,383  

Depreciation and depletion

    130,635     91,976     901     223,512  

Selling, general and administrative

    37,515     28,707     38,356     104,578  

Postretirement benefits

    39,976     0     (337 )   39,639  

Restructuring and asset impairment

    114,281     992,434     0     1,106,715  
                   

Operating income (loss)

  $ 191,998   $ (1,074,924 ) $ (36,790 )   (919,716 )
                     

Interest expense, net

                      (88,985 )

Other loss, net

                      (13,855 )

Income tax benefit

                      27,972  
                         

Loss from continuing operations

                    $ (994,584 )
                         

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  Dollar variance for the nine months ended
September 30, 2013 versus 2012
 
(in thousands)
  U.S.
Operations
  Canadian
and U.K.
Operations
  Other   Total  

Sales

  $ (398,919 ) $ (135,910 ) $ (240 ) $ (535,069 )

Miscellaneous income (loss)

    (6,104 )   10,693     (1,996 )   2,593  
                   

Revenues

    (405,023 )   (125,217 )   (2,236 )   (532,476 )

Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and depletion)

    (121,158 )   (60,852 )   (512 )   (182,522 )

Depreciation and depletion

    1,087     7,259     638     8,984  

Selling, general and administrative

    3,561     (1,625 )   (26,838 )   (24,902 )

Postretirement benefits

    4,345         173     4,518  

Restructuring and asset impairment

    (123,228 )   (981,788 )       (1,105,016 )
                   

Operating income (loss)

  $ (169,630 ) $ 911,789   $ 24,303   $ 766,462  
                     

Interest expense, net

                      (79,497 )

Other income (loss), net

                      18,132  

Income tax benefit

                      104,827  
                         

Loss from continuing operations

                    $ 809,924  
                         

Summary of Year to Date Consolidated Results of Operations

        Our net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $184.7 million, or $2.95 per diluted share, which compares to a loss from continuing operations of $994.6 million, or $15.91 per diluted share for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. EBITDA for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 increased $785.3 million as compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2012 primarily due to a goodwill impairment charge of approximately $1.1 billion related to the effects of the weakened metallurgical coal market on future expected results and a pre-tax charge of $40.0 million associated with the abandonment of a natural gas exploration project recorded in 2012. A reconciliation of net income loss to EBITDA is presented in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section below.

        Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 were $1.4 billion, representing a decrease of $532.5 million from $1.9 billion in the same period in 2012. The decrease in revenues was primarily due to a decrease in the average selling price of metallurgical coal of $55.60, or approximately 27.8% per. The decrease was due to the global oversupply of metallurgical coal.

        Cost of sales, exclusive of depreciation and depletion, for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 decreased $182.5 million to $1.2 billion as compared with the same period in 2012. The average cash cost of sales per ton for all our metallurgical coal decreased approximately 11.0% from $134.45 per metric ton in the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to $119.71 per metric ton in the nine months ended September 30, 2013, primarily due to a concerted effort throughout the year to lower costs across all operations. The substantial decrease reflects the results of our cost containment and restructuring initiatives.

        Selling, general and administrative expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 decreased $24.9 million or approximately 23.8% to $79.7 million, as compared with $104.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The decrease was primarily due to our cost containment and restructuring initiatives. Additionally, the decrease was partially due to the reclassification of selling, general and administrative expenses to cost of sales of $17.4 million as discussed in Note 1 of the "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements" mostly offset by a 2013 increase in proxy contest expenses of approximately $13.3 million.

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        Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 increased $79.5 million to $168.5 million, as compared with $89.0 million in first nine months of 2012. The increase was primarily driven by an increase in long-term debt combined with an increase in interest rates on our 2011 Credit Agreement related to amendments and higher interest rates charged on our outstanding notes obtained in relation to the overall increase in debt. The current year interest expense also includes accelerated deferred financing cost amortization of $11.1 million related to the early extinguishment of debt as portions of the cash obtained through the debt offerings were paid against existing debt.

        The $18.1 million increase in other income for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared with the same period in 2012 was primarily attributable to prior year losses recognized on the sale and measurement to fair value of certain equity investments combined with a current year gain of $4.3 million realized upon the extinguishment of $250.0 million of our Term Loan A debt through a Dutch auction.

        We recognized an income tax benefit of $132.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 compared with an income tax benefit of $28.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase in the income tax benefit year-over-year was primarily attributable to an increase in pre-tax operating losses, excluding the 2012 non-deductible goodwill impairment charge, for the current period as compared with the prior year. The 2013 and 2012 income tax provisions reflect the benefits of our Canadian and U.K. Operations which are taxed at statutory rates lower than the U.S. rate and the effects of additional tax losses related to foreign financing activities. The income tax provisions for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 include the impact of statutory depletion deductions from the Alabama mining operations.

        The current year provision for income taxes includes a benefit of $11.2 million attributable to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations on foreign deferred tax liabilities. Additionally, the income tax provision for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, included a non-cash deferred income tax charge of $13.7 million to reflect the revaluation of our Canadian and U.K. Operations deferred tax liabilities as the result of changes to the statutory corporate tax rates in each jurisdiction and a non-cash deferred income tax charge of $10.3 million related to foreign financing activities.

        The current and prior year period results also include the impact of factors discussed in the following segment analysis.

Segment Analysis

    U.S. Operations

        Hard coking coal sales totaled 5.3 million and 5.2 million metric tons for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Our hard coking coal production totaled 5.9 million metric tons in the nine months ended September 30, 2013, representing an increase of 8.6% from the same period in the prior year due to increased production at our Alabama underground mines. The average selling price per metric ton of hard coking coal for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $147.09, representing a $55.85 per metric ton or a 27.5% decrease from the average selling price of $202.94 per metric ton for the same period in 2012. The decrease in the average selling price of hard coking coal continues to reflect the pricing pressure being experienced in the metallurgical coal market. The average cash cost of sales per metric ton of hard coking coal sold for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $105.44, representing a 6.2% decrease from the average cash cost of sales per ton sold in the prior year of $112.36 per metric ton.

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        Thermal coal sales totaled 1.3 million metric tons for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, representing a decrease of approximately 1.4 million metric tons or 52.4% compared with the 2.6 million metric tons sold during the same period in 2012. The decrease was primarily due to a period of difficult mining conditions at the North River mine in Alabama and the idling of a West Virginia thermal coal surface mine in June 2012 due to lower demand and pricing. The average selling price per metric ton of thermal coal for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $65.53 per metric ton, representing a 4.6% decrease from the average selling price of $68.67 per metric ton for the same period in 2012. The average cash cost of sales per ton of thermal coal sold during the nine months ended 2013 was $74.64 per metric ton compared with $65.84 per metric ton for the same period in 2012 as a result of difficult mining conditions at our North River mine. In response to the continued deterioration in coal markets, in the second quarter of 2013 we renegotiated an unfavorably priced coal supply agreement to allow the accelerated closure of the North River mine currently anticipated in the fourth quarter of 2013.

        Statistics for U.S. Operations are presented in the following table:

 
  Nine months ended
September 30,
 
 
  2013   2012(2)  

Tons of hard coking coal sold(1) (in thousands)

    5,279     5,199  

Tons of hard coking coal produced (in thousands)

    5,877     5,414  

Average hard coking coal selling price(1) (per metric ton)

  $ 147.09   $ 202.94  

Average hard coking coal cash cost of sales(1) (per metric ton)

  $ 105.44   $ 112.36  

Average hard coking coal cash cost of production (per metric ton)

  $ 69.35   $ 76.65  

Tons of thermal coal sold (in thousands)

   
1,228
   
2,580
 

Tons of thermal coal produced (in thousands)

    1,461     2,529  

Average thermal coal selling price (per metric ton)

  $ 65.53   $ 68.67  

Average thermal coal cash cost of sales (per metric ton)

  $ 74.64   $ 65.84  

Average thermal coal cash cost of production (per metric ton)

  $ 55.03   $ 57.68  

(1)
Includes sales of both produced and purchased coal.

(2)
Prior period balances have not been restated to reflect the reclassification of selling, general and administrative expenses to costs of sales as discussed in Note 1 of the "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements."

        Our U.S. Operations segment reported revenues of $997.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, representing a decrease of $405.0 million from the same period last year. The decrease in revenues during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared with the same period in 2012 was primarily attributable to a 27.5% decline in the average selling price of hard coking coal.

        Cost of sales, exclusive of depreciation and depletion, of our U.S. Operations segment decreased $121.1 million to $767.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared with $888.1 million in the third quarter of 2012 primarily due to lower thermal coal sales volume combined with our cost containment and restructuring efforts.

        Our U.S. Operations segment reported operating income of $22.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared with operating income of $192.0 million in the same period of 2012. Current year operating income for the U.S. Operations segment included a net gain recognized of approximately $9.1 million due to the settlement of a negotiated contract partially offset by related asset impairment charges; all related to the contract renegotiation and accelerated closure of the North

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River mine in Alabama. The decrease in operating income was primarily due to an approximate 28.9% decrease in revenues as a result of lower global metallurgical coal pricing. The prior year period also included a goodwill impairment charge of $74.3 million and a pre-tax impairment charge for a capitalized shale natural gas exploratory project of $40.0 million.

    Canadian and U.K. Operations

        Metallurgical coal sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 consisted of 1.4 million metric tons of hard coking coal at an average selling price of $147.92 per metric ton and 1.4 million metric tons of low-volatile PCI coal at an average selling price of $131.51 per metric ton. Metallurgical coal sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 consisted of 1.1 million metric tons of hard coking coal at an average selling price of $225.84 per metric ton and 1.5 million metric tons of low-volatile PCI coal at an average selling price of $170.88 per metric ton. The declines in the average selling price of hard coking coal and low-volatile PCI coal reflect the global oversupply of metallurgical coal. The average cash cost of sales per metric ton of hard coking coal sold during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $158.69 per metric ton, representing an increase of $15.00 per metric ton from the average cash cost of sales per ton of hard coking coal sold during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 of $143.69 per metric ton. The increase was primarily due to an increase in lower of cost or market charges recognized in the current year due primarily to the declines in sales prices combined with the Wolverine mine transitioning to the next mining area in the mine plan which resulted in lower volume and higher cost on a per metric ton. The average cash cost of sales per metric ton of low-volatile PCI coal sold during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $135.77 per metric ton representing a 33.4% decrease from the average cash cost of sales per ton of coal sold during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 of $203.99 per metric ton. This reduction reflects the impacts of the Company's cost containment and restructuring efforts including the conversion of the Brule mine from a contractor-operated to an owner-operated mine in the fourth quarter of 2012.

        Our Canadian and U.K. Operations segment produced a total of 1.2 million metric tons of hard coking coal and 1.4 million metric tons of low-volatile PCI in the nine months ended September 30, 2013. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, the segment produced 1.5 million metric tons of hard coking coal and 2.3 million metric tons of low-volatile PCI. The Willow Creek mine produced approximately 142 thousand metric tons of low-volatile hard coking coal and 329 thousand tons of low-volatile PCI in the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared with 47 thousand metric tons of low-volatile hard coking coal and 373 thousand tons of low-volatile PCI in the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

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        Statistics for Canadian and U.K. Operations are presented in the following table:

 
  Nine months ended
September 30,
 
 
  2013   2012(1)  

Tons of hard coking coal sold (in thousands)

    1,352     1,131  

Tons of hard coking coal produced (in thousands)

    1,181     1,516  

Average hard coking coal selling price (per metric ton)

  $ 147.92   $ 225.84  

Average hard coking coal cash cost of sales (per metric ton)

  $ 158.69   $ 143.69  

Average hard coking coal cash cost of production (per metric ton)

  $ 129.56   $ 102.25  

Tons of low-volatile PCI coal sold (in thousands)

   
1,410
   
1,502
 

Tons of low-volatile PCI coal produced (in thousands)

    1,421     2,270  

Average low-volatile PCI coal selling price (per metric ton)

  $ 131.51   $ 170.88  

Average low-volatile PCI cash cost of sales (per metric ton)

  $ 135.77   $ 203.99  

Average low-volatile PCI cash cost of production (per metric ton)

  $ 93.90   $ 138.76  

(1)
Prior period balances have not been restated to reflect the reclassification of selling, general and administrative expenses to costs of sales as discussed in Note 1 of the "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements."

        Our Canadian and U.K. Operations segment reported revenues of $390.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, representing a decrease of $125.2 million from the same period in 2012. The decrease in revenues during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was attributable to a decline of 34.5% and 23.0% in the average selling price of hard coking coal and low-volatile PCI coal, respectively.

        Cost of sales, exclusive of depreciation and depletion, in our Canadian and U.K. Operations segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 decreased $60.9 million to $416.9 million as compared with the same period in 2012. The decrease in cost of sales was primarily attributable to a significant improvement in cost of sales for low-volatile PCI which reflects improved operating performance due to our cost containment and restructuring efforts, inclusive of converting our Brule mine from contractor-operated to owner-operated.

        Our Canadian and U.K. Operations segment reported an operating loss of $163.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared to an operating loss of $1.1 billion for the same period in 2012. The decrease in the operating loss was primarily due to the prior year period including a goodwill impairment charge of $992.4 million.

FINANCIAL CONDITION

        Cash and cash equivalents increased by $176.5 million at September 30, 2013 compared with December 31, 2012, primarily due to net cash flows provided by financing activities of $328.0 million through the issuance of the 2021 Senior Notes in March 2013 and the 2019 Senior Secured Notes in September 2013. Cash flows provided by financing activities were partially offset by cash flows used in investing activities of $106.5 million, primarily from capital expenditures, and cash flows used in operating activities of $44.0 million.

        Net property, plant and equipment decreased by $103.7 million at September 30, 2013 as compared with December 31, 2012 primarily due to depreciation and depletion expense, partially offset by capital expenditures of $108.7 million.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Overview

        Our principal sources of short-term funding are our existing cash balances, any operating cash flows and the unused portion of our revolving credit facility. Our principal sources of long-term funding are our bank term loans entered into on April 1, 2011 and our senior notes issued in 2012 and 2013, as discussed below. Our available liquidity as of September 30, 2013 was $614.0 million, consisting of cash and cash equivalents of $293.1 million and $320.9 million available under the Company's $375 million revolving credit facility, net of outstanding letters of credit of $54.1 million. In recent quarters, we have entered into the financing transactions and amendments discussed below which have increased our interest expense. These transactions were completed to enhance liquidity, secure covenant relief and extend our debt maturities.

        As of September 30, 2013, the Revolver, term loan A and term loan B interest rates were tied to LIBOR or CDOR, plus a credit spread ranging from 450 to 550 basis points for the Revolver and term loan A debt and 575 basis points on the term loan B debt, adjusted quarterly based on the Company's total leverage ratio as defined by the amended 2011 Credit Agreement. The term loan B has a minimum LIBOR floor of 1.0%. The Revolver loans can be denominated in either U.S. dollars or Canadian dollars at our option. The commitment fee on the unused portion of the Revolver is 0.5% per year for all pricing levels.

        Borrowings at September 30, 2013 under the amended 2011 Credit Agreement consisted of a term loan A debt balance of $400.3 million with a weighted average interest rate of 5.74%, a term loan B debt balance of $968.1 million with a weighted average interest rate of 6.75% and no borrowings under the Revolver, with $54.1 million in outstanding stand-by letters of credit and $320.9 million of availability for future borrowings.

        Based on current forecasts and anticipated market conditions, we believe that funding provided by operating cash flows and available sources of liquidity are sufficient to meet substantially all of our operating needs, to make planned capital expenditures, to make all required interest and principal payments on indebtedness for the foreseeable future and to meet the minimum liquidity covenant of $225.0 million as required by the Fifth Amendment to the 2011 Credit Agreement. However, our operating cash flows and liquidity are significantly influenced by numerous factors including prices of coal, coal production levels, costs of raw materials, interest rates and the general economy.

9.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2019

        On September 27, 2013, the Company issued $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of 9.50% senior secured notes due October 15, 2019 (the "2019 Notes"). The 2019 Notes are guaranteed, jointly and severally, by each of our current and future wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries that from time to time guarantees any of our indebtedness or any indebtedness of any of our restricted subsidiaries. The 2019 Notes and related guarantees are secured on a first priority basis by substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and the guarantors. Interest on the 2019 Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on April 15, 2014.

        The Company used $245.7 million of the proceeds from the 2019 Notes to extinguish $250.0 million of Term Loan A debt through a Dutch Auction process. The gain of $4.3 million on partial extinguishment of Term Loan A debt is included in other income (loss) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Additionally, the Company expensed $5.2 million of previously capitalized debt issuance costs as a result of the early extinguishment of the Term Loan A debt. The write-off of debt issuance costs is included in interest expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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        The terms of the 2019 Notes provide that at any time prior to October 15, 2016, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes with the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings, at a redemption price of 109.5% of the aggregate principal amount. The Company may redeem the 2019 Notes, in whole or in part, prior to October 15, 2016, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes plus a "make-whole" premium. The Company may redeem the 2019 Notes, in whole or in part at redemption prices equal to 107.125% for the twelve months commencing October 15, 2016, 102.375% for the twelve months commencing October 15, 2017 and 100% beginning on October 15, 2018. Upon the occurrence of a change of control, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the 2019 Notes, the Company will be required to offer to repurchase each holder's 2019 Notes at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount.

8.50% Senior Notes due 2021

        On March 27, 2013, the Company issued $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.50% senior notes due April 15, 2021 (the "2021 Notes"). The 2021 Notes are unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured basis, by each of our current and future wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries that from time to time guarantees any of our indebtedness or ay indebtedness of our restricted subsidiaries. Interest on the 2021 Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on October 15, 2013.

        A portion of the proceeds from the 2021 Notes was used to repurchase $250.0 million of Term Loan A and B debt on a pro-rata basis. The Company expensed $6.0 million of previously capitalized debt issuance costs as a result of the early extinguishment of a portion of the Term Loan A and B debt. The write-off of debt issuance costs is included in interest expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

        At any time prior to April 15, 2016, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2021 Notes with the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings, at a redemption price of 108.50% of the aggregate principal amount. The Company may redeem the 2021 Notes, in whole or in part, and prior to April 15, 2017, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2021 Notes plus a "make-whole" premium. The Company may redeem the 2021 Notes, in whole or in part at redemption prices equal to 104.25% for the twelve months commencing April 15, 2017, 102.125% for the twelve months commencing April 15, 2018 and 100% beginning on April 15, 2019. Upon the occurrence of a change of control, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the 2021 Notes, the Company will be required to offer to repurchase each holder's 2021 Notes at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount.

9.875% Senior Notes due 2020

        On November 21, 2012, we issued $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 9.875% senior notes due December 15, 2020 (the "2020 Notes") at an initial price of 99.302% of their face amount. The 2020 Notes are unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured basis, by each of our current and future wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiaries that from time to time guarantees any of our indebtedness or any indebtedness of our restricted subsidiaries. Interest on the 2020 Notes accrues at the rate of 9.875% per year and is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15, beginning on June 15, 2013. At any time prior to December 15, 2015, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2020 Notes at a redemption price of 109.875% of the principal amount. We may redeem the 2020 Notes, in whole or in part, at any time prior to December 15, 2016, at a price equal to 100.000% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2020 Notes plus a "make-whole" premium. We may redeem the 2020 Notes, in whole or in part, at any time during the twelve months commencing December 15, 2016, at 104.938% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2020 Notes, at any time during the twelve months commencing December 15, 2017, at

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102.469% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2020 Notes, and at any time after December 15, 2018, at 100.000% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2020 Notes. Upon the occurrence of a change of control with respect to the 2020 Notes, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the 2020 Notes, the Company will be required to offer to repurchase each holder's 2020 Notes at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, to the date of purchase.

        As market conditions warrant, we may from time to time repurchase our debt securities in privately negotiated transactions, in open market purchases, by tender offer or otherwise.

2011 Credit Agreement

        On April 1, 2011, we entered into a $2.725 billion credit agreement (the "2011 Credit Agreement") to partially fund the acquisition of Western Coal and to pay off all outstanding loans under the 2005 Credit Agreement. The 2011 Credit Agreement consists of (1) a $950.0 million principal amortizing term loan A facility maturing in April 2016, at which time the remaining outstanding principal is due, (2) a $1.4 billion principal amortizing term loan B facility maturing in April 2018, at which time the remaining outstanding principal is due and (3) a $375.0 million multi-currency revolving credit facility ("Revolver") maturing in April 2016, at which time any remaining balance is due. The Revolver provides for operational needs and letters of credit. Our obligations under the 2011 Credit Agreement are secured by our domestic and foreign real, personal and intellectual property. The 2011 Credit Agreement contains customary events of default and covenants, including among other things, covenants that do not prevent but restrict us and our subsidiaries' ability to incur certain additional indebtedness, create or permit liens on assets, pay dividends and repurchase stock, engage in mergers or acquisitions, and make investments and loans. The 2011 Credit Agreement also includes certain financial covenants that must be maintained.

Credit Agreement Amendment

        On July 23, 2013, the Company entered into an amendment (the "Fifth Amendment") to the 2011 Credit Agreement dated as of April 1, 2011 (as amended), among the Company, the various lenders, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as administrative agent, and other agents named therein. The Fifth Amendment provides for, among other things (1) increased interest margins of 1.00% from their previous existing levels; (2) a less restrictive interest expense coverage ratio and suspension of compliance requirements until March 31, 2015; (3) a less restrictive senior secured leverage ratio and suspension of compliance requirements until June 30, 2014; (4) an additional minimum liquidity covenant of $225.0 million that applies at the end of each fiscal quarter through June 30, 2014 and at any time thereafter when the senior secured leverage ratio is greater than 5.50:1.00; (5) an additional capital expenditures covenant limiting capital expenditures to $175.0 million in 2013 and $200.0 million in 2014 with a potential that up to $20.0 million in unused 2013 capital spending may be carried forward and utilized to increase the 2014 capital spending limit up to $220.0 million; (6) additional flexibility for the Company to issue additional unsecured debt, subject to 100% of the net proceeds of any such incurrence of debt in excess of $250 million be used to repay term loans then outstanding under the Credit Agreement; and (7) a restriction on cash dividends allowed in any fiscal quarter when the secured leverage ratio exceeds 4.50:1.00.

Quarterly Dividend

        In connection with the Fifth Amendment to the 2011 Credit Agreement and in light of current market conditions, on July 23, 2013 the Company announced that its Board of Directors determined to reduce its regular quarterly dividend to $0.01 per share from the most recent quarterly dividend of $0.125 per share.

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Statements of Cash Flows

        Cash balances were $293.1 million and $116.6 million at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. The increase in cash during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 of $176.5 million primarily resulted from net cash provided by financing activities of $328.0 million. This was partially offset by cash used in operating activities of $44.0 million and cash used in investing activities of $106.5 million, which included capital expenditures of $108.7 million.

        The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, selected consolidated cash flow information (in thousands):

 
  Nine months ended
September 30,
 
 
  2013   2012  

Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ (44,026 ) $ 333,006  

Cash flows used in investing activities

    (106,513 )   (317,882 )

Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

    328,033     (22,085 )

Cash flows provided by discontinued operations

        9,500  

Effect of foreign exchange rates on cash

    (961 )   (1,047 )
           

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

  $ 176,533   $ 1,492  
           

        The decrease of $377.0 million in cash provided by operating activities was primarily attributable to a $296.8 million decrease in net loss from continuing operations as compared with the same period in 2012, excluding the impact of the impairment charges of $1.1 billion, resulting from the decline in the average selling price of metallurgical coal.

        The decrease in cash flows used in investing activities of $211.4 million was primarily attributable to a $222.6 million decrease in capital expenditures.

        The increase in cash flows provided by financing activities of $350.1 million was primarily attributable to $897.4 million of proceeds from the issuance of the 2021 Notes and the 2019 Notes partially offset by an increase in the retirement of existing debt of $381.8 million, a reduction in net borrowings under the revolving credit agreement of $147.5 million and an increase in debt issuance costs incurred $35.8 million.

Capital Expenditures

        Capital expenditures totaled $28.5 million and $108.7 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 compared with $85.3 million and $331.3 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively. We currently expect 2013 capital expenditures to total approximately $150.0 million.

EBITDA

        EBITDA from continuing operations is defined as earnings from continuing operations before interest expense, interest income, income taxes, and depreciation and depletion expense. EBITDA is defined as earnings before interest expense, interest income, income taxes, and depreciation and depletion expense. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA further adjusted to exclude restructuring charges (benefits), asset impairment, proxy contest expenses and other miscellaneous items, gain on early extinguishment of debt, and loss on ineffective portion of derivative instruments. Consolidated EBTIDA as defined under the amended 2011 Credit Agreement is EBITDA further adjusted to exclude certain non-cash items, non-recurring items, and other adjustments permitted in calculating covenant compliance under the Credit Agreement. Certain items that may adjust Consolidated EBITDA in the compliance calculation are: (a) gains and losses on non-ordinary course asset sales,

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disposals or abandonments; (b) non-cash impairment charges; (c) gains and losses from equity method investments; (d) any long-term incentive plan accruals or any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights to officers, directors and employees; (e) restructuring charges; (f) actuarial gains related to pension and other post-employment benefits; (g) gains and losses associated with the change in fair value of derivative instruments; (h) currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements; (i) after-tax gains or losses from discontinued operations; (j) franchise taxes; and (k) other non-cash expenses that do not represent an accrual or reserve for future cash expense.

        EBITDA from continuing operations, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Consolidated EBITDA are financial measures which are not calculated in conformity with GAAP and should be considered supplemental to, and not as a substitute or superior to financial measures calculated in conformity with GAAP. We believe that these non-GAAP measures provide additional insights into the performance of the Company, and they reflect how management analyzes Company performance and compares that performance against other companies. In addition, we believe that EBITDA from continuing operations, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Consolidated EBITDA are useful measures as some investors and analysts use EBITDA from continuing operations, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Consolidated EBITDA to compare us against other companies and to help analyze our ability to satisfy principal and interest obligations and capital expenditure needs. We believe that EBITDA from continuing operations, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Consolidated EBITDA present a useful measure of our ability to incur and service debt based on ongoing operations. EBITDA from continuing operations, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Consolidated EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other entities.

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        Reconciliation of loss from continuing operations to EBITDA from continuing operations, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Consolidated EBITDA (in thousands):

 
  For the three months
ended September 30,
  For the nine months
ended September 30,
 
 
  2013   2012   2013   2012  

Loss from continuing operations

  $ (100,724 ) $ (1,061,956 ) $ (184,660 ) $ (994,584 )

Interest expense

    63,544     30,545     169,291     89,716  

Interest income

    (15 )   (113 )   (809 )   (731 )

Income tax expense (benefit)

    (17,000 )   (41,184 )   (132,799 )   (27,972 )

Depreciation and depletion expense

    82,986     82,560     232,496     223,512  
                   

Earnings from continuing operations before interest, income taxes, and depreciation and depletion (EBITDA from continuing operations)

    28,791     (990,148 )   83,519     (710,059 )

Pretax income from discontinued operations

                8,282  
                   

Earnings before interest, income taxes, and depreciation and depletion (EBITDA)

    28,791     (990,148 )   83,519     (701,777 )

Restructuring and asset impairment

        1,106,715     1,699     1,106,715  

Gain on extinguishment of debt

    (4,293 )       (4,293 )    

Other items, including proxy contest expenses

    (3,415 )       8,852      

Loss on ineffective portion of derivative instruments

    235         235      
                   

Adjusted EBITDA

    21,318     116,567     90,012     404,938  

Non-cash charges(1)

    12,743     5,612     29,955     14,854  

Other adjustments(1)

    (4,460 )   (8,684 )   10,995     (6,608 )
                   

Consolidated EBITDA(1)

  $ 29,601   $ 113,495   $ 130,962   $ 413,184  
                   

(1)
Calculated in accordance with the amended 2011 Credit Agreement.

Analysis of Material Covenants

        We believe we were in compliance with all covenants under the amended 2011 Credit Agreement and the indentures governing our notes as of September 30, 2013. A breach of the covenants in the amended 2011 Credit Agreement or the indentures governing our notes; including the financial covenants under the amended 2011 Credit Agreement that measure ratios based on Consolidated EBITDA, as defined under the 2011 Credit Agreement, minimum liquidity covenants, limits to capital spending, or other restricted cash outflows; could result in a default under the amended 2011 Credit Agreement or the indentures governing our notes and the respective lenders and note holders could elect to declare all amounts borrowed due and payable upon such default. Any acceleration under either the amended 2011 Credit Agreement or one of the indentures governing our notes would also result in a default under the other indentures governing our notes. Additionally, under the amended 2011 Credit Agreement and the indentures governing our notes, our ability to engage in activities such as incurring additional indebtedness and paying dividends is also tied to ratios based on Consolidated EBITDA.

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        Actual covenant levels and required levels set forth in our amended 2011 Credit Agreement are:

 
  Actual
Covenant
Levels for the
Period Ended
September 30,
2013
  Required Covenant
Levels
 

Minimum Liquidity Requirement(1)

  $ 614.0   $ 225.0 million  

Capital Expenditures Covenant(2)

  $ 108.7   $ 175.0 million  

Minimum Consolidated EBITDA Interest Coverage Ratio

    N/A     N/A (3)

Maximum total senior secured debt less unrestricted cash to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio

    N/A     N/A (4)

(1)
The Fifth Amendment to the 2011 Credit Agreement contains a minimum liquidity covenant of $225.0 million that applies at the end of each fiscal quarter through June 30, 2014 and at any time thereafter when the senior secured leverage ratio is greater than 5.50:1.00.

(2)
The Fifth Amendment to the 2011 Credit Agreement contains a capital expenditure covenant limiting capital expenditures to $175.0 million in 2013 and $200.0 million in 2014 with a potential that up to $20.0 million in unused 2013 capital spending may be carried forward and utilized in the succeeding fiscal year increasing the 2014 capital spending limit up to $220.0 million.

(3)
The Fifth Amendment to the 2011 Credit Agreement suspended the interest coverage ratio covenant until March 31, 2015. The required minimum interest coverage ratio covenant shall be the following for each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ending: March 31, 2015—1.25x; June 30, 2015—1.5x; September 30, 2015—2.0x; December 31, 2015—2.0x; and March 31, 2016 and each fiscal quarter ending thereafter—2.5x.

(4)
The Fifth Amendment to the 2011 Credit Agreement suspended the senior secured leverage ratio covenant until June 30, 2014. The required maximum senior secured leverage ratio covenant shall be the following for each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters then ending: June 30, 2014—8.0x; September 30, 2014—7.5x; December 31, 2014—6.5x; March 31, 2015—5.5x; June 30, 2015—5.0x; September 30, 2015—4.5x; December 31, 2015 and each fiscal quarter ending thereafter—3.75x.

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ITEM 3.    QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

        We are exposed to certain market risks inherent in our operations. These risks generally arise from transactions entered into in the normal course of business. Our primary market risk exposures relate to interest rate risk, commodity price risk and foreign currency risks. We do not enter into derivatives or other financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.

        We have exposure to changes in interest rates under the 2011 Credit Agreement through our term loan A, term loan B and Revolver loans. As of September 30, 2013, the interest rates for the term loan A, term loan B and revolver loans are tied to LIBOR or CDOR, plus a credit spread ranging from 450 to 550 basis points for the revolver and term loan A and 575 basis points on the term loan B adjusted quarterly based on our total leverage ratio as defined by the 2011 Credit Agreement. As of September 30, 2013, our borrowings due under the 2011 Credit Agreement totaled $1.4 billion. As of September 30, 2013 a 100 basis point increase in interest rates would increase our quarterly interest expense by approximately $929 thousand while a 100 basis point decrease in interest rates would decrease our quarterly interest expense by approximately $57 thousand due to the LIBOR floor.

        Our objective in managing exposure to interest rate changes is to protect against the variability in expected future cash flows attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate related to interest payments required under the 2011 Credit Agreement. To achieve this objective, we manage a portion of our interest rate exposure through the use of interest rate swaps and an interest rate cap. To reduce our exposure to rising interest rates and the risk that changing interest rates could have on our operations, we entered into an interest rate swap agreement and an interest rate cap agreement during June 2011. The interest rate swap agreement has a notional value of $450.0 million and is based on a 1.17% fixed rate. The interest rate cap agreement has a notional value of $255.0 million and has a strike price of 2.00%.

ITEM 4.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Conclusion Regarding the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

        We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. Based on that evaluation, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2013 to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is (1) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms and (2) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act, during the three months ended September 30, 2013 that would materially affect, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings

        See Note 8 of the "Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements" in this Form 10-Q for a description of current legal proceedings, which is incorporated by reference in this Part II, Item 1.

        We and our subsidiaries are parties to a number of other lawsuits arising in the ordinary course of our businesses. We record costs relating to these matters when a loss is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. The effect of the outcome of these matters on our future results of operations cannot be predicted with certainty as any such effect depends on future results of operations and the amount and timing of the resolution of such matters. While the results of litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, we believe that the final outcome of such litigation will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial statements.

Item 1A.    Risk Factors

        Our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows can be impacted by a number of factors, any one of which could cause actual results to vary materially from recent results or from anticipated future results. In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in our Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Industry Overview and Outlook," which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. Other than as described in this report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in Part I, "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.

Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Purchase of Equity Securities by Us and Affiliated Purchasers

        The following table provides a summary of all repurchases by Walter Energy of its common stock during the three-month period ended September 30, 2013:

Period
  Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased(1)
  Average Price
Paid per Share
 

July 1, 2013 - July 31, 2013

      $  

August 1, 2013 - August 31, 2013

    70   $ 10.44  

September 1, 2013 - September 30, 2013

      $  
             

    70        
             

(1)
These shares were acquired to satisfy certain employees' tax withholding obligations associated with the lapse of restrictions on certain stock awards granted under the 2002 Long-Term Incentive Award Plan. Upon acquisition, these shares were retired.

Item 4.    Mine Safety Disclosures

        The information concerning mine safety violations and other regulatory matters is filed as Exhibit 95 to this quarterly report on Form 10-Q pursuant to the requirements of Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 104 of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.104).

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Item 6.    Exhibits

Exhibit
Number
   
  4.1   Indenture, dated as of September 27, 2013, by and among Walter Energy, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein and Union Bank, N.A., as trustee and collateral agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-13711) filed on September 30, 2013)
        
  4.2   Form of 9.500% senior secured note due 2019 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-13711) filed on September 30, 2013)
        
  10.1   First-Lien Notes Collateral Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2013, among Walter Energy, Inc., certain subsidiaries of Walter Energy, Inc. and Union Bank, N.A., as collateral agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-13711) filed on September 30, 2013)
        
  10.2   First-Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of September 27, 2013, among Walter Energy, Inc., the other grantors party thereto, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as Credit Agreement Collateral Agent and Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, Union Bank, N.A., as Initial Additional Collateral Agent and Initial Additional Authorized Representative for the Initial Additional First-Lien Secured Parties, and each additional Collateral Agent and Authorized Representative from time to time party thereto (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-13711) filed on September 30, 2013)
        
  10.3   Grant of Security Interests in United States Trademarks, dated September 27, 2013 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-13711) filed on September 30, 2013)
        
  10.4   Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2013, by and among Walter Energy, Inc., certain subsidiaries of Walter Energy, Inc., the lenders party thereto and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding,  Inc., as Administrative Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-13711) filed on July 23, 2013)
        
  31.1 * Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002—Chief Executive Officer
        
  31.2 * Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002—Chief Financial Officer
        
  32.1 * Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350—Chief Executive Officer
        
  32.2 * Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350—Chief Financial Officer
        
  95 * Mine Safety Disclosures Pursuant to Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 104 of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 299.104)
 
   

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Exhibit
Number
   
  101 * XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language)—The following materials from Walter Energy, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity, (v) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

*
Filed herewith.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

WALTER ENERGY, INC.    

/s/ WALTER J. SCHELLER, III

Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

Date: November 6, 2013

 

 

/s/ WILLIAM G. HARVEY

Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

Date: November 6, 2013

 

 

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