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): November 27, 2012

 

 

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 8.01. Other Events

On November 27, 2012, the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York ordered the transfer of the bankruptcy cases of Patriot Coal Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries administered under the caption In re: Patriot Coal Corporation (Case No. 12-12900) to the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.


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: December 3, 2012

 

PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ John E. Lushefski

  John E. Lushefski
  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer