As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 1, 2011

Registration No. 333-118601

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-118600)

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-118601)

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware		95-0740960
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

4 North 4^th Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY

Massey Energy Company Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors

Massey Energy Company 1997 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

Vaughn R. Groves, Esq.

Executive Vice President, General Counsel

and Corporate Secretary

Massey Energy Company

c/o Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.

One Alpha Place

P.O. Box 2345

Abingdon, Virginia 24212

(276) 619-4410

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer		x		Accelerated filer		¨
Non-accelerated filer		¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Smaller reporting company		¨

 

 

 

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Post-Effective Amendment”), filed by Massey Energy Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), removes from registration all securities registered under the following registration statements (each a “Registration Statement,” and collectively the “Registration Statements”) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) (note that the numbers listed below do not take into account corporate actions, such as stock splits, taken in the interim):

 

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Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-118600), originally filed with the SEC on August 27, 2004, registering 69,720 shares of Common Stock in connection with the Massey Energy Company Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors.

 

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Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-118601), originally filed with the SEC on August 27, 2004, registering 126,156 shares of Common Stock in connection with the Massey Energy Company 1997 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors.

On June 1, 2011, Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (“Alpha”) completed its acquisition of the Company. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated January 28, 2011, among the Company and Alpha and Mountain Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Alpha (“Merger Sub”), the Company was merged with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”). The Company survived the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Alpha. A Certificate of Merger was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State and the Merger became effective on June 1, 2011 (the “Merger Date”).

As a result of the Merger, the Company has terminated all offerings of its securities pursuant to its existing registration statements, including the Registration Statements. Accordingly, the Company hereby removes from registration the Common Stock registered but unsold under the Registration Statements as of the Merger Date.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Abingdon, Commonwealth of Virginia, on the 1^st day of June, 2011.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendments No. 1 to the Registration Statements has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature				Title				Date
/s/ Kevin S. Crutchfield				Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director				June 1, 2011
Kevin S. Crutchfield
/s/ Frank J. Wood				Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)				June 1, 2011
Frank J. Wood