Arch Coal, Inc. Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering
Arch Coal, Inc. Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering
October 22, 2004 at 1:08 AM EDT
ST. LOUIS (October 22, 2004) - Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI) announced today that its previously announced public offering of 6,250,000 shares of common stock has been priced to the public at $33.85 per share for net proceeds of $32.1571 per share to the Company after underwriters' discount and before expenses. Arch Coal has also granted to the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 937,500 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any, at the same per share price. The offering is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close on October 27, 2004. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated are serving as joint book-running managers for the offering.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay borrowings under its $350 million revolving credit facility incurred to finance its acquisition of Triton Coal Company, LLC and the first annual payment of $122.2 million under the Little Thunder federal coal lease, and for general corporate purposes, including the development of Mountain Laurel.
Copies of the prospectus relating to the public offering may be obtained from Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th St., Brooklyn, New York, NY 11220 or from Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Prospectus Department, 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sales of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
Arch Coal is the nation's second largest coal producer with subsidiary operations in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. Through these operations, Arch Coal provides the fuel for approximately 7% of the electricity generated in the United States.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay borrowings under its $350 million revolving credit facility incurred to finance its acquisition of Triton Coal Company, LLC and the first annual payment of $122.2 million under the Little Thunder federal coal lease, and for general corporate purposes, including the development of Mountain Laurel.
Copies of the prospectus relating to the public offering may be obtained from Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th St., Brooklyn, New York, NY 11220 or from Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Prospectus Department, 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sales of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
Arch Coal is the nation's second largest coal producer with subsidiary operations in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. Through these operations, Arch Coal provides the fuel for approximately 7% of the electricity generated in the United States.