THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE GOVERNING 7 % SENIOR NOTES DUE 2020 OF ARCH COAL, INC.
Exhibit 4.13
THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE GOVERNING
7 ¼% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2020
OF ARCH COAL, INC.
This THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this Supplemental Indenture), dated as of June 24, 2011, among International Coal Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, ICG, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Bronco Mining Company, Inc., a West Virginia corporation, CoalQuest Development LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Hawthorne Coal Company, Inc., a West Virginia corporation, Hunter Ridge Coal Company, a Delaware corporation, Hunter Ridge Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Hunter Ridge, Inc., a Delaware corporation, ICG ADDCAR Systems, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ICG Beckley, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ICG East Kentucky, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ICG Eastern, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ICG Eastern Land, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ICG Hazard, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ICG Hazard Land, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ICG Illinois, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ICG, Inc., a Delaware corporation, ICG Knott County, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ICG Natural Resources, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ICG Tygart Valley, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Juliana Mining Company, Inc., a West Virginia corporation, King Knob Coal Co., Inc., a West Virginia corporation, Marine Coal Sales Company, a Delaware corporation, Melrose Coal Company, Inc., a West Virginia corporation, Patriot Mining Company, Inc., a West Virginia corporation, Powell Mountain Energy, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Simba Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Upshur Property, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Vindex Energy Corporation, a West Virginia corporation, White Wolf Energy, Inc., a Virginia corporation, and Wolf Run Mining Company, a New Jersey corporation (each, a Guaranteeing Subsidiary and collectively, the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries), Arch Coal, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), the other Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to below) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the Trustee).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, each Guaranteeing Subsidiary is a subsidiary of the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore entered into an Indenture, dated August 9, 2010 (as heretofore supplemented, the Indenture), between the Company and the Trustee, the related First Supplemental Indenture, dated August 9, 2010 (the First Supplemental Indenture), among the Company, certain Guarantors and the Trustee, providing for the issuance of 7 ¼% Senior Notes due 2020 (the Notes) and the related Second Supplemental Indenture, dated December 16, 2010, among the Company, certain Guarantors and the Trustee; and
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that the Company shall cause any Person which becomes obligated to Guarantee the Notes, pursuant to the terms of Section 4.13 of the First Supplemental Indenture, to execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Person shall Guarantee the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Indenture in accordance with Article Ten of the First Supplemental Indenture with the same effect and to the same extent as if such Person had been named in the Indenture as a Guarantor; and
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, each Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide a Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture including, but not limited to, Article Ten of the First Supplemental Indenture. From and after the date hereof, each Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor for all purposes under the Indenture and the Notes.
3. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No past, present or future member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of a Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company, such Guaranteeing Subsidiary, or any other Guarantor, under the Notes, any Guarantee, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes or any Guarantee by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes and the Guarantee.
4. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
5. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
6. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
7. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by each Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.
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| ARCH COAL, INC. | |
| as Issuer | |
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| By: | /s/ John T. Drexler |
| Name: | John T. Drexler |
| Title: | Senior Vice President and |
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| Chief Financial Officer |
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| ALLEGHENY LAND COMPANY | |
| ARCH COAL SALES COMPANY, INC. | |
| ARCH COAL TERMINAL, INC. | |
| ARCH COAL WEST, LLC | |
| ARCH DEVELOPMENT, LLC | |
| ARCH ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC | |
| ARCH RECLAMATION SERVICES, INC. | |
| ARK LAND COMPANY | |
| ARK LAND KH, INC. | |
| ARK LAND LT, INC. | |
| ARK LAND WR, INC. | |
| ASHLAND TERMINAL, INC. | |
| BRONCO MINING COMPANY, INC. | |
| CATENARY COAL HOLDINGS, INC. | |
| COAL-MAC, INC. | |
| COALQUEST DEVELOPMENT LLC | |
| CUMBERLAND RIVER COAL COMPANY | |
| HAWTHORNE COAL COMPANY, INC. | |
| HUNTER RIDGE, INC. | |
| HUNTER RIDGE COAL COMPANY | |
| HUNTER RIDGE HOLDINGS, INC. | |
| ICG, INC. | |
| ICG, LLC | |
| ICG ADDCAR SYSTEMS, LLC | |
| ICG BECKLEY, LLC | |
| ICG EAST KENTUCKY, LLC | |
| ICG EASTERN, LLC | |
| ICG EASTERN LAND, LLC | |
| ICG HAZARD, LLC | |
| ICG HAZARD LAND, LLC | |
| ICG ILLINOIS, LLC | |
| ICG KNOTT COUNTY, LLC | |
| ICG NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC | |
| ICG TYGART VALLEY, LLC | |
| INTERNATIONAL COAL GROUP, INC. | |
| JULIANA MINING COMPANY, INC. | |
| KING KNOB COAL CO., INC. | |
| each as a Guarantor | |
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| By: | /s/ John T Drexler |
| Name: | John T. Drexler |
| Title: | Vice President |
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| LONE MOUNTAIN PROCESSING, INC. | |
| MARINE COAL SALES COMPANY | |
| MELROSE COAL COMPANY, INC. | |
| MINGO LOGAN COAL COMPANY | |
| MOUNTAIN GEM LAND, INC. | |
| MOUNTAIN MINING, INC. | |
| MOUNTAINEER LAND COMPANY | |
| OTTER CREEK COAL, LLC | |
| PATRIOT MINING COMPANY, INC. | |
| POWELL MOUNTAIN ENERGY, LLC | |
| PRAIRIE HOLDINGS, INC. | |
| SIMBA GROUP, INC. | |
| UPSHUR PROPERTY, INC. | |
| VINDEX ENERGY CORPORATION | |
| WESTERN ENERGY RESOURCES, INC. | |
| WHITE WOLF ENERGY, INC. | |
| WOLF RUN MINING COMPANY | |
| each as a Guarantor | |
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| By: | /s/ John T. Drexler |
| Name: | John T. Drexler |
| Title: | Vice President |
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| U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | |
| as Trustee | |
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| By: | /s/ Rebekah A. Foltz |
| Name: | Rebekah A. Foltz |
| Title: | Vice President |
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