Form 8-K

 

 

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)     April 22, 2004    

 

 

MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware   1-7775   95-0740960
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File No.)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

 

4 North 4th Street, Richmond, Virginia   23219
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 788-1800

 

 

Item 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

 

  (c) Exhibits

 

  99.1 Press Release

 

 

Item 9.   Regulation FD Disclosure

 

 

Item 12.   Disclosure of Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K and the earnings press release attached hereto are being furnished by Massey Energy Company (the “Company”) pursuant to Item 9, “Regulation FD Disclosure” and Item 12, “Disclosure of Results of Operations and Financial Condition.”

 

On April 22, 2004, the Company issued a press release regarding its earnings for the first quarter ended March 31, 2004. A copy of this release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

In accordance with General Instruction B.6 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

 

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.

 

    MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY
April 22, 2004         
    By:    /s/    Thomas J. Dostart
        
   

Name:    Thomas J. Dostart

   

Title:      Vice President, General Counsel &

                Secretary