Form 8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 6, 1997
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WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 0-752 23-1128670
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Number Identification No.)
2 North Cascade Avenue, 14th Floor Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903
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(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number,
including area code: 719-442-2600
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Item 3. Bankruptcy or Receivership
On December 23, 1996, the registrant and four of its subsidiaries
filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code
in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado.
Jurisdiction was assumed by that court on the date of filing. No receiver,
fiscal agent or similar officer has been appointed in the proceedings, Case
Nos. 96-26092 through 96-26096, and the registrant and the four
subsidiaries are operating as a debtors-in-possession. This report
supplements the registrant's report filed on Form 8-K on December 23, 1996.
SIGNATURE
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.
WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY
Date: January 6, 1997 By:/s/ Robert J. Jaeger
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Robert J. Jaeger
Senior Vice President-Finance
Treasurer and Controller
