UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTJames River Coal CO • May 20th, 2005 • 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 II hereto (the “Underwriters”), and certain shareholders of the Company (the “Selling Shareholders”) named in Schedule I hereto severally propose to sell to the several Underwriters, an aggregate of 3,500,0000 shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Firm Shares”), of which 1,500,000 shares are to be issued and sold by the Company and 2,000,000 shares are to be sold by the Selling Shareholders, each Selling Shareholder selling the amount set forth opposite such Selling Shareholder’s name in Schedule I hereto.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTJames River Coal CO • May 20th, 2005 • 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”) $150,000,000 principal amount of its [ ]% Senior Notes due 2012 (the “Securities”) to be issued pursuant to the provisions of an Indenture dated as of May 31, 2005 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, Bell County Coal Corporation, Bledsoe Coal Corporation, Blue Diamond Coal Corporation, Leeco, Inc., McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corporation, Triad Mining, Inc. and Triad Underground Mining, LLC (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).
