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Westmoreland Coal Company
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Frank E. Williams, Jr.
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WESTMORELAND COMMITTEE TO ENHANCE SHARE VALUE
2789-B Hartland Road
Falls Church, Virginia 22043
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Frank Williams
(703) 641-4612
Shellyn McCaffrey
(703) 739-9398
SHAREHOLDER GROUP TO CHALLENGE WESTMORELAND COAL MANAGEMENT
March 15, 1999 - The "Westmoreland Committee to Enhance Share
Value" today announced its formation for the purpose of
enhancing value for shareholders in Westmoreland Coal
Company (NYSE:WCX).
The Committee intends to nominate a slate of directors and to
solicit proxies towards its objective of replacing some of
Westmoreland Coal's current board.
Westmoreland Coal's annual meeting is tentatively set for May
11, 1999.
Currently, Westmoreland Coal has approximately 7.0 million
shares of common stock and 2.3 million depository shares outstanding.
On March 10, Westmoreland Coal Company announced a tender offer
to purchase up to 1,052,631 million depository shares at $19.00
per share.
Members of the Committee and their respective aggregate shares
(common stock and calculated common stock based on the
conversion of depository shares), beneficially owned, include
the following:
Frank E. Williams, Jr. 275,893
R. Bentley Offutt 199,400
Guy Orlando Dove, III 242,154
Nelson Obus, holding through:
Wynnefield Partners Small
Cap Value L.P. 346,290
Wynnefield Partners Small
Cap Value L.P. I. 245,791
Wynnefield Partners Small
Cap Value Offshore Fund Ltd. 146,800
For more details regarding the holdings of Committee members,
see Schedule 13D, filed March 9, 1999, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
