<PAGE>
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )
Filed by the Registrant [X]
Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [_]
Check the appropriate box:
[_] Preliminary Proxy Statement
[_] Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule
14a-6(e)(2))
[_] Definitive Proxy Statement
[X] Definitive Additional Materials
[_] Soliciting Material Pursuant to Section 240.14a-11(c) or Section
240.14a-12
ASHLAND COAL, INC.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
Payment of filing fee (Check the appropriate box):
[_] No fee required.
[_] Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and
0-11.
(1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction
applies:
(2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction
applies:
(3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction
computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the
amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how
it was determined):
(4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction
(5) Total fee paid: $__________
[X] Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.
[_] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange
Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting
fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration
statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
(1) Amount Previously Paid:
(2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:__________
(3) Filing Party:__________________________________________
(4) Date Filed:____________________________________________
<PAGE>
ASHLAND COAL, INC.
P.O. Box 6300
Huntington, West Virginia 25771-6300
June 17, 1997
To Participants in the Ashland Coal, Inc. Employee Thrift Plan (the "Ashland
Coal Plan") and the Coal-Mac Savings and Retirement Plan (the "Coal-Mac Plan"):
You have previously received a card to use to instruct your plan's trustee
how to vote the shares of Ashland Coal common stock held by you in your plan.
Unfortunately, participants in the Ashland Coal Plan received cards intended for
participants in the Coal-Mac Plan, and participants in the Coal-Mac Plan
received cards intended for participants in the Ashland Coal Plan.
Enclosed is a new card for you to give instructions to the plan trustee to
vote the shares of Ashland Coal Common Stock held by you in your plan. If you
have already signed and returned the card previously sent to you, the
instructions given by you will be honored as to the shares held by you in your
plan. If you desire to change your instructions, please use the enclosed card
and return envelope to do so. If you have not voted, you are urged to do so.
If you have any questions, please call the Human Resources Department at
(304) 526-3546.
Sincerely,
/s/ Roy F. Layman
Roy F. Layman
Administrative Vice President
and Secretary
