UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Messey Robert J.
(Last) (First) (Middle)
CityPlace One, Suite 300
(Street)
St. Louis Missouri 63141
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/01/00
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticket or Trading Symbol
Arch Coal, Inc. (ACI)
5. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ X ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)
[ X ] Form filed by One Reporting Person
[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security 2. Amount of 3. Ownership Form: 4. Nature of
(Instr. 4) Securities Direct (D) or Indirect
Beneficially Owned Indirect (I) Beneficial
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 5) Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
<S> <C> <C>
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date
Employee Stock Option (Right to buy) (1) 12/01/10
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conversion 5. Ownership 6. Nature of
Underlying Derivative Security or Exercise Form of Indirect
(Instr. 4) Price of Derivative Beneficial
Derivative Security: Ownership
Security Direct (D) (Instr. 5)
Title Amount or Number Or Indirect
of Shares (I)
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 30,000 10.3125 D
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Explanation of Responses:
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** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a)
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
/s/ Janet L. Horgan December 11 , 2000
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
(by Janet L. Horgan, Assistant Secretary,
attorney-in-fact for Robert J. Messey)
(1) The option vests in three equal annual installments beginning December
1, 2001.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned appoints the following individuals, with full power to
each of them to act alone, as its true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents
to execute and file on behalf of the undersigned all Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any
amendments thereto, that the undersigned may be required to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and any stock exchange or similar authority,
as a result of the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of
Arch Coal, Inc. The authority of the following individuals under this Power of
Attorney shall continue until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with regard to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions
in securities of Arch Coal, Inc., unless earlier revoked in writing. The
undersigned acknowledges that the following individuals are not assuming any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
The following officers of Arch Coal, Inc.:
Secretary of the Corporation
Assistant Secretary of the Corporation
General Counsel of the Corporation
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 4th day of December, 2000.
/s/ Robert J. Messey
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Robert J. Messey
