Registration No. 333-30563
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8-A
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1933
ARCH COAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 43-0921172
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
CityPlace One, Suite 300, St. Louis, Missouri 63141
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
ASHLAND COAL, INC. EMPLOYEE THRIFT PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
JEFFRY N. QUINN
ARCH COAL, INC.
SUITE 300, CITYPLACE ONE
ST. LOUIS, MO 63141
(314) 994-2720
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service of process)
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On July 1, 1997, 100,000 shares of Arch Coal, Inc.'s (the "Registrant") common
stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock") were registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on Form S-8, No. 333-30563 ("the
Ashland Coal, Inc. Employee Thrift Plan Registration Statement") for issuance in
connection with and pursuant to the terms of the Ashland Coal, Inc. Employee
Thrift Plan (the "Plan"). The contents of the Ashland Coal, Inc. Employee Thrift
Plan Registration Statement are hereby incorporated herein by reference to the
extent not replaced hereby.
On January 1, 1998, the Plan was merged into the Arch Coal, Inc. Employee Thrift
Plan (No. 333-32777). Sixty-six thousand two hundred forty eight (66,248) shares
of registered Common Stock remained unissued at the time the Plan was merged.
Pursuant to an undertaking in Item 9(a)(3) of the Ashland Coal, Inc. Employee
Thrift Plan Registration Statement, 66,248 shares of the Registrant's Common
Stock, are hereby deregistered as well as any corresponding interests that have
not been issued under the Plan.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the County of St. Louis, State of
Missouri, as of March 16, 1998.
ARCH COAL, INC.
By:/s/ Jeffry N. Quinn
Jeffry N. Quinn
Senior Vice President - Law
and Human Resources, General
Counsel and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective
Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the undersigned
persons in the capacities stated as of the 16th day of March, 1998.
CAPACITY
/s/Steven F. Leer President, Chief Executive
Steven F. Leer Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Patrick A. Kriegshauser Senior Vice President,
Patrick A. Kriegshauser Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/s James P. Pye Controller
James P. Pye (Principal Accounting Officer)
James R. Boyd Director
Robert A. Charpie Director
Paul W. Chellgren Director
Thomas L. Feazell Director By: /s/ Jeffry N. Quinn
Juan Antonio Ferrando Director
John R. Hall Director Jeffry N. Quinn
Robert L. Hintz Director As Attorney-in-Fact
Douglas H. Hunt Director
Steven F. Leer Director
Thomas Marshall Director
James L. Parker Director
J. Marvin Quin Director
Ronald Eugene Samples Director
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THE PLAN. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the
undersigned Plan Administrator in the City of Huntington, State of West
Virginia, as of the 16th day of March, 1998.
ASHLAND COAL, INC.
EMPLOYEE THRIFT PLAN
By: /s/ Teresa A. Daniel
Teresa A. Daniel
Plan Administrator