Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • June 22nd, 2009 • Patriot Coal CORP • Bituminous coal & lignite mining • New York
Patriot Coal Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the “Company”), proposes to sell (such sale, the “Offering”) to the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as representatives, the number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, including associated Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock purchase rights (the “Common Stock”), of the Company set forth in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwritten Securities”). The Company also proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to the number of additional shares of Common Stock set forth in Schedule I hereto to cover over allotments, if any (the “Option Securities”; the Option Securities, together with the Underwritten Securities, being hereinafter called the “Securities”).
