Form 8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 19, 2004 (November 23, 2004)

 

 

MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware   1-7775   95-0740960

(State or other jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

   (Commission File No.)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

4 North 4th Street, Richmond, Virginia   23219
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 788-1800

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240. 13e-4(c))

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

 

On November 19, 2004, Massey Energy Company (the “Registrant”) announced it had promoted David W. Owings, to the position of Controller and principal accounting officer effective as of November 20, 2004. Mr. Owings, 31, joined the Registrant in September 2001 as Manager of Financial Reporting. Since October 1998 and prior to joining the Registrant, he worked in the Assurance & Advisory Business Services group for the public accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP as Senior Auditor and Manager. Mr. Owings received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame, in South Bend, Indiana and is a Certified Public Accountant.

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

   

MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY

Date: November 23, 2004

  

By:

  

/s/ Jeffrey M. Jarosinski

   

Name:

  

Jeffrey M. Jarosinski

   

Title:

  

VP, Finance & Chief Compliance Officer