Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): March 24, 2020

Arch Coal, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		1-13105		43-0921172
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

CityPlace One
One CityPlace Drive, Suite 300
St. Louis, Missouri 63141
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (314) 994-2700

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading symbol		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $.01 par value		ARCH		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 24, 2020, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Arch Coal, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed John T. Drexler as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and Matthew C. Giljum as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, each effective on April 30, 2020.

Mr. Drexler, age 50, has served as the Company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2008. Mr. Drexler previously served as the Company’s Vice President-Finance and Accounting and Director of Planning and Forecasting, as well as several other positions within the Company’s finance and accounting department.

Mr. Giljum, age 48, has served as the Company’s Vice President of Finance since 2009 and added the Treasurer position in 2015. Prior to those roles, he served in several other positions within the Company’s finance and accounting department.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On March 24, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the new positions for Messrs. Drexler and Giljum. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

The information contained in Item 7.01 and the exhibit attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated March 24, 2020

104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL)

Signatures

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 hereunto duly authorized.