4,500,000 Shares JAMES RIVER COAL COMPANY COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • December 3rd, 2007 • James River Coal CO • Bituminous coal & lignite surface mining • New York
James River Coal Company, a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), an aggregate of 4,500,000 shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Firm Shares”). The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters not more than an additional 675,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Additional Shares”), if and to the extent that you, as Representatives, shall have determined to exercise, on behalf of the Underwriters, the right to purchase such shares of common stock granted to the Underwriters in Section 3 hereof. The Firm Shares and the Additional Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Shares.” The shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the issuance and sale contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as the “Com
