UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): November 9, 2016

 

Arch Coal, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 2.02                                           Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On November 9, 2016, Arch Coal, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release and supplementary materials announcing its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2016. A copy of the press release and the supplemental materials are furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively, to this report and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.01                                           Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

See the supplementary materials referred to in “Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition” above and furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this report.

 

The information in this Form 8-K under Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (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 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific referencing in such filing.

 

Item 9.01.                                        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit		Description
99.1		Press release, dated November 9, 2016.
99.2		Supplementary materials to press release, dated November 9, 2016.

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Date: November 9, 2016

 

	Arch Coal, Inc.
	By:	/s/ Robert G. Jones
		Name:	Robert G. Jones
		Title:	Senior Vice President — Law, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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