CONSOL ENERGY INC. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 9

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EX-4.11 2 dex411.htm SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO.9 Supplemental Indenture No.9

Exhibit 4.11

CONSOL ENERGY INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 9

$250,000,000

7.875% Notes due 2012

THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 9, dated as of September 6, 2007 (this “Supplemental Indenture No. 9”), by and among CONSOL ENERGY INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors listed on Schedule I hereto and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, a New York trust company, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture dated as of March 7, 2002 (the “Indenture”), a Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of March 7, 2002, a Supplemental Indenture No. 2 dated as of September 30, 2003, a Supplemental Indenture No. 3 dated as of April 15, 2005, a Supplemental Indenture No. 4 dated as of August 8, 2005, a Supplemental Indenture No. 5 dated as of October 21, 2005, a Supplemental Indenture No. 6 dated as of August 2, 2006, Supplemental Indenture No. 7 dated as of March 12, 2007, and a Supplemental Indenture No. 8 dated as of May 7, 2007 (such Supplemental Indentures, collectively, the “Supplemental Indentures”) providing for the issuance of the 7.875% Notes due 2012 in the aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000;

WHEREAS, Article IX of the Indenture provides for various matters with respect to any series of Securities issued under the Indenture to be established in an indenture supplemental to the Indenture;

WHEREAS, on August 28, 2007, certain subsidiaries of the Company, being AMVEST Canada, Incorporated, AMVEST Coal & Rail, L.L.C., AMVEST Coal Sales, Inc., AMVEST Corporation, AMVEST Gas Resources, Inc., AMVEST Mineral Services, Inc., AMVEST Minerals Company, L.L.C., AMVEST Nova Scotia, Inc., AMVEST Oil & Gas, Inc., AMVEST West Virginia Coal, L.L.C., Braxton-Clay Land & Mineral, Inc., Fola Coal Company, L.L.C., Glamorgan Coal Company, L.L.C., Little Eagle Coal Company, L.L.C., Nicholas-Clay Land & Mineral, Inc., Peters Creek Mineral Services, Inc., TEAGLE Company, L.L.C., TECPART Corporation, Terry Eagle Coal Company, L.L.C., Terry Eagle Limited Partnership, Vaughan Railroad Company (the “Subsidiaries”), entered into a Guarantor Joinder and Assumption Agreement pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2007, by and among the Company and a group of commercial lenders (collectively the “Credit Agreement”) under which the Subsidiaries will guarantee Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture);

 


WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 4.07 of the Indenture, upon the guarantee of indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, the Subsidiaries would become a Guarantor Subsidiaries within the meaning of that term in the Indenture and are required to deliver a Subsidiaries Guarantee;

WHEREAS, Section 9.01(a)(11) of the Indenture provides that the Company, the Guarantor Subsidiaries and the Trustee may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture to allow any Guarantor Subsidiaries to execute a supplemental indenture in respect of a Subsidiaries Guarantee;

WHEREAS, all the conditions and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture No. 9, when duly executed and delivered, a valid and binding agreement in accordance with its terms and for the purposes herein expressed, have been performed and fulfilled.

NOW THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 9 WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises, the Company, the Guarantor Subsidiaries and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders of the Securities of such series as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

RELATION TO INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

SECTION 1.1 Relation to Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture No. 9 constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.

SECTION 1.2 Rules of Construction. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture No. 9:

(a) capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings specified in the Indenture;

(b) all references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture No. 9;

(c) the terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Supplemental Indenture No. 9; and

(d) in the event of a conflict with the definition of terms in the Indenture, the definitions in this Supplemental Indenture No. 9 shall control.

 


ARTICLE TWO

GUARANTOR SUBSIDIARIES

SECTION 2.1 Subsidiaries Guarantees. Effective as of the date hereof, each of the Subsidiaries hereby fully and unconditionally Guarantee the Company’s Obligations under the Indenture and under any Securities of any Series issued under the Indenture in accordance with Article XI of the Indenture.

SECTION 2.2 Guarantor Subsidiaries and Guarantors. Effective as of the date hereof, (i) the Guarantor Subsidiaries listed on Schedule I of the Indenture shall be as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto and (ii) the “Guarantors” as defined in the Supplemental Indentures shall mean those subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule I attached hereto.

 


ARTICLE THREE

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 3.1 Ratification. The Indenture, as supplemented and amended by the Supplemental Indentures and this Supplemental Indenture No. 9, is in all respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed.

SECTION 3.2 Trustee Not Liable for Recitals. The recitals contained herein are made by the Company and the Guarantors, and the Trustee assumes no liability for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture No. 9.

SECTION 3.3 Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture No. 9 may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

SECTION 3.4 Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 9 SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE.

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[Supplemental Indenture No. 9 Signature Page – Page 1 of 7]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture No. 9 to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

CONSOL ENERGY INC.
By:   /s/ John M. Reilly
  Name:   John M. Reilly
  Title:   Vice President and Treasurer


[Supplemental Indenture No. 9 Signature Page – Page 2 of 7]

 

GUARANTOR SUBSIDIARIES and

GUARANTORS:

CNX LAND RESOURCES INC.

CNX MARINE TERMINALS INC.

CONRHEIN COAL COMPANY

CONSOL ENERGY SALES COMPANY

CONSOL OF CANADA INC.

CONSOL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LLC

CONSOL OF KENTUCKY INC.

CONSOL OF OHIO LLC

CONSOL OF WV LLC

CONSOL OF WYOMING LLC

CONSOL PENNSYLVANIA COAL COMPANY LLC

J.A.R. BARGE LINES, LCC

LEATHERWOOD, INC.

MON RIVER TOWING, INC.

RESERVE COAL PROPERTIES COMPANY

ROCHESTER & PITTSBURGH COAL COMPANY

WOLFPEN KNOB DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

AMVEST COAL & RAIL, L.L.C.

AMVEST COAL SALES, INC.

AMVEST CORPORATION

AMVEST GAS RESOURCES, INC.

AMVEST MINERAL SERVICES, INC.

AMVEST MINERALS COMPANY, L.L.C.

AMVEST NOVA SCOTIA, INC.

AMVEST OIL & GAS, INC.

GLAMORGAN COAL COMPANY, L.L.C.

PETERS CREEK MINERAL SERVICES, INC.

TERRY EAGLE COAL COMPANY, L.L.C.

VAUGHAN RAILROAD COMPANY

By:  

/s/ John M. Reilly

John M. Reilly, Treasurer of each Guarantor

Subsidiary listed above on behalf of each such Guarantor Subsidiary

 


[Supplemental Indenture No. 9 Signature Page – Page 3 of 7]

 

CENTRAL OHIO COAL COMPANY

CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANY

EIGHTY-FOUR MINING COMPANY

HELVETIA COAL COMPANY

ISLAND CREEK COAL COMPANY

KEYSTONE COAL MINING CORPORATION

LAUREL RUN MINING COMPANY

McELROY COAL COMPANY

SOUTHERN OHIO COAL COMPANY

TWIN RIVERS TOWING COMPANY

WINDSOR COAL COMPANY

By:  

/s/ Daniel S. Cangilla

Daniel S. Cangilla, Treasurer of each Guarantor Subsidiary listed above on behalf of each such Guarantor Subsidiary


[Supplemental Indenture No. 9 Signature Page – Page 4 of 7]

 

AMVEST WEST VIRGINIA COAL, L.L.C.
By:   /s/ J. Keith Bartley
Name:     J. Keith Bartley
Title:     Vice President – Administration, Secretary
& Treasurer

BRAXTON-CLAY LAND & MINERAL, INC.

LITTLE EAGLE COAL COMPANY, L.L.C.

NICHOLAS-CLAY LAND & MINERAL, INC.

TEAGLE COMPANY, L.L.C.

TECPART CORPORATION

By:   /s/ J. Keith Bartley
Name:     J. Keith Bartley
Title:     Treasurer
FOLA COAL COMPANY, L.L.C.
By:   /s/ J. Keith Bartley
Name:     J. Keith Bartley
Title:     Treasurer
TERRY EAGLE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By:   TEAGLE Company and TECPART Corporation, as General Partners
By:   /s/ J. Keith Bartley
Name:     J. Keith Bartley
Title:     Treasurer
CONSOL DOCKS INC.
By:   /s/ James C. Grech
Name:     James C. Grech
Title:     President


[Supplemental Indenture No. 9 Signature Page – Page 5 of 7]

 

CONSOL FINANCIAL INC.
By:   /s/ Lorraine L. Ritter
Name:     Lorraine L. Ritter
Title:     Vice President and Secretary
MTB INC.
By:   /s/ Lloyd C. Price
Name:     Lloyd C. Price
Title:     Vice President
TERRA FIRMA COMPANY
By:   /s/ Lloyd C. Price
Name:     Lloyd C. Price
Title:     Vice President


[Supplemental Indenture No. 9 Signature Page – Page 6 of 7]

 

CNX GAS CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Stephen W. Johnson
Name:     Stephen W. Johnson
Title:    

Executive Vice President

and General Counsel

CNX GAS COMPANY LLC
By:   /s/ Stephen W. Johnson
Name:     Stephen W. Johnson
Title:     President
CARDINAL STATES GATHERING COMPANY
By:   CNX Gas Company LLC, as Partnership Manager
By:   /s/ Stephen W. Johnson
Name:     Stephen W. Johnson
Title:     President


[Supplemental Indenture No. 9 Signature Page – Page 7 of 7]

 

 

TRUSTEE:

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, as Trustee

By:   /s/ Warren Goshine
Name:     Warren Goshine
Title:     Vice President


SCHEDULE I

GUARANTOR SUBSIDIARIES AND GUARANTORS:

AMVEST Canada, Incorporated

(Canadian Corporation, Nova Scotia)

AMVEST Coal & Rail, L.L.C.

(Virginia Limited Liability Company)

AMVEST Coal Sales, Inc.

(Virginia Corporation)

AMVEST Corporation

(Virginia Corporation)

AMVEST Gas Resources, Inc.

(Virginia Corporation)

AMVEST Mineral Services, Inc.

(Virginia Corporation)

AMVEST Minerals Company, L.L.C.

(Virginia Limited Liability Company)

AMVEST Nova Scotia, Inc.

(Virginia Corporation)

AMVEST Oil & Gas, Inc.

(Virginia Corporation)

AMVEST West Virginia Coal, L.L.C.

(West Virginia Limited Liability Company)

Braxton-Clay Land & Mineral, Inc.

(West Virginia Corporation)

Cardinal States Gathering Company

(Virginia general partnership)

Central Ohio Coal Company

(Ohio corporation)

CNX Gas Corporation

(Delaware corporation)

CNX Gas Company LLC

(Virginia limited liability company)

CNX Land Resources Inc.

(Delaware corporation)

CNX Marine Terminals Inc.

(Delaware corporation)

Conrhein Coal Company

(Pennsylvania general partnership)

Consol Docks Inc.

(Delaware corporation)


CONSOL Financial Inc.

(Delaware corporation)

CONSOL of Canada Inc.

(Delaware corporation)

CONSOL of Central Pennsylvania LLC

(Pennsylvania limited liability company)

CONSOL of Kentucky Inc.

(Delaware corporation)

CONSOL of Ohio LLC

(Ohio limited liability company)

CONSOL of WV LLC

(West Virginia limited liability company)

CONSOL of Wyoming LLC

(Delaware limited liability company)

CONSOL Pennsylvania Coal Company LLC

(Delaware limited liability company)

CONSOL Energy Sales Company

(Delaware corporation)

CONSOLIDATION COAL COMPANY

(Delaware corporation)

Eighty-Four Mining Company

(Pennsylvania corporation)

Fola Coal Company, L.L.C.

(West Virginia Limited Liability Company)

Glamorgan Coal Company, L.L.C.

(Virginia Limited Liability Company)

Helvetia Coal Company

(Pennsylvania corporation)

ISLAND CREEK COAL COMPANY

(Delaware corporation)

J.A.R. Barge Lines, LLC

(Pennsylvania limited liability company)

Keystone Coal Mining Corporation

(Pennsylvania corporation)

Laurel Run Mining Company

(Virginia corporation)

Leatherwood, Inc.

(Pennsylvania corporation)

Little Eagle Coal Company, L.L.C.

(West Virginia Limited Liability Company)

 


McELROY COAL COMPANY

(Delaware corporation)

Mon River Towing, Inc.

(Pennsylvania corporation)

MTB Inc.

(Delaware corporation)

Nicholas-Clay Land & Mineral, Inc.

(Virginia Corporation)

Peters Creek Mineral Services, Inc.

(Virginia Corporation)

RESERVE COAL PROPERTIES COMPANY

(Delaware corporation)

Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company

(Pennsylvania corporation)

SOUTHERN OHIO COAL COMPANY

(West Virginia corporation)

TEAGLE Company, L.L.C.

(Virginia Limited Liability Company)

TECPART Corporation

(Virginia Corporation)

Terra Firma Company

(West Virginia corporation)

Terry Eagle Coal Company, L.L.C.

(West Virginia Limited Liability Company)

Terry Eagle Limited Partnership

(West Virginia Limited Partnership)

TWIN RIVERS TOWING COMPANY

(Delaware corporation)

Vaughan Railroad Company

(West Virginia Corporation)

Windsor Coal Company

(West Virginia corporation)

WOLFPEN KNOB DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

(Virginia corporation)