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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 27, 2011

 

 

Patriot Coal Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33466   20-5622045

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

12312 Olive Boulevard, Suite 400

St. Louis, Missouri

  63141
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (314) 275-3600

Not Applicable

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 27, 2011, Patriot Coal Corporation (“Patriot”) issued a press release announcing that its signatory subsidiaries have signed new agreements with the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) effective July 1, 2011 and extending through 2016. The contracts are substantially the same as the National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement negotiated earlier this year by the Bituminous Coal Operators Association with the UMWA. A copy of Patriot’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Patriot is furnishing this 8-K pursuant to Item 7.01, “Regulation FD Disclosure.” The information contained in this Current Report (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibit relating to Item 7.01 shall be deemed to be furnished, and not filed:

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1*    Press Release of Patriot Coal Corporation dated September 27, 2011.

 

* Furnished herewith


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: September 27, 2011

 

PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Joseph W. Bean

  Joseph W. Bean
  Senior Vice President – Law and Administration, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1*    Press Release of Patriot Coal Corporation dated September 27, 2011.

 

* Furnished herewith