FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

EXHIBIT 10.12

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FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of September 30, 2020, is entered into among ARCH RECEIVABLE COMPANY, LLC (the “Seller”), ARCH COAL SALES COMPANY, INC. (the “Servicer”), the various financial institutions party to the Agreement (as defined below) as Conduit Purchasers (the “Conduit Purchasers”), as Related Committed Purchasers (the “Related Committed Purchasers”), as LC Participants (the “LC Participants”), and as Purchaser Agents (the “Purchaser Agents”), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“PNC”), as Administrator (the “Administrator”) and as LC Bank (the “LC Bank”; together with the Conduit Purchasers, the Related Committed Purchasers and the LC Participants, the “Purchasers”).

RECITALS

1.The parties hereto are parties to the Third Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 5, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, the “Agreement”).

2.Concurrently herewith, the Seller, the Servicer, ACI, the Administrator, PNC Capital Markets LLC and PNC are entering into that certain Twelfth Amended and Restated Purchaser Group Fee Letter (the “PNC Fee Letter”), dated as of the date hereof.

3.Concurrently herewith, the Seller, the Servicer, ACI and Regions are entering into that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Purchaser Group Fee Letter (the “Regions Fee Letter”; together with the PNC Fee Letter, collectively, the “Fee Letters”), dated as of the date hereof.

4.The parties hereto desire to amend the Agreement as hereinafter set forth.

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

SECTION 1.Certain Defined Terms.  Capitalized terms that are used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

SECTION 2.Amendment to the Agreement.  The Agreement is hereby amended to incorporate the changes shown on the marked pages of the Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A.

SECTION 3.Representations and Warranties.  Each of the Seller and the Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Administrator, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers as follows:

(a)Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties made by such Person in the Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents are true and correct

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as of the date hereof (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations or warranties were true and correct as of such earlier date).

(b)Enforceability.  The execution and delivery by such Person of this Amendment, and the performance of each of its obligations under this Amendment and the Agreement, as amended hereby, are within each of its organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary action on its part.  This Amendment and the Agreement, as amended hereby, are such Person’s valid and legally binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.

(c)No Default. Both before and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event exists or shall exist.

SECTION 4.Effect of Amendment; Ratification.  All provisions of the Agreement, as expressly amended and modified by this Amendment, shall remain in full force and effect.  After this Amendment becomes effective, all references in the Agreement (or in any other Transaction Document) to “the Receivables Purchase Agreement”, “this Agreement”, “hereof”, “herein” or words of similar effect, in each case referring to the Agreement shall be deemed to be references to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment. This Amendment shall not be deemed, either expressly or impliedly, to waive, amend or supplement any provision of the Agreement other than as specifically set forth herein.  The Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

SECTION 5.Effectiveness.  This Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof, upon (I) receipt by the Administrator of duly executed counterparts of each of (a) this Amendment, (b) the PNC Fee Letter and (c) the Regions Fee Letter and (II) payment by Seller of all fees payable on the date hereof under (and in accordance with) the Fee Letters.

SECTION 6.Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

SECTION 7.Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York (including for such purposes Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York).

SECTION 8.Section Headings.  The various headings of this Amendment are included for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment, the Agreement or any provision hereof or thereof.

SECTION 9.Successors and Assigns.  This Amendment shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

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SECTION 10.Ratification.  After giving effect to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated by this Amendment, all of the provisions of the Performance Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect and the Performance Guarantor hereby ratifies and affirms the Performance Guaranty and acknowledges that the Performance Guaranty has continued and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

SECTION 11.Transaction Document.  For the avoidance of doubt, each party hereto agrees that this Amendment constitutes a Transaction Document.

SECTION 12.Severability.  Each provision of this Amendment shall be severable from every other provision of this Amendment for the purpose of determining the legal enforceability of any provision hereof, and the unenforceability of one or more provisions of this Amendment in one jurisdiction shall not have the effect of rendering such provision or provisions unenforceable in any other jurisdiction.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

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ARCH RECEIVABLE COMPANY, LLC,
as Seller

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By:/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx

Title: President

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ARCH COAL SALES COMPANY, INC.,
as Servicer

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By:/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx

Title: Vice President and Treasurer

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ARCH RESOURCES, INC.,
as Performance Guarantor

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By:/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx

Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Administrator

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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx

Title: Senior Vice President

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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as a Purchaser Agent

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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx

Title: Senior Vice President

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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as the LC Bank and as an LC Participant

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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx

Title: Senior Vice President

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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as a Related Committed Purchaser

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By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx

Title: Senior Vice President

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REGIONS BANK,
as a Purchaser Agent


By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director

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REGIONS BANK,
as a Related Committed Purchaser


By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director

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REGIONS BANK,
as an LC Participant


By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
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[EXHIBIT A]

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