form8-k20090701.htm
UNITED
STATES
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): July 2, 2009 (July 1,
2009)
MASSEY
ENERGY COMPANY
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State
of Incorporation)
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1-7775
(Commission
File Number)
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95-0740960
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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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, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report
date)
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(17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.03. Amendments
to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
The Board
of Directors approved an amendment to the Massey Energy Company's Bylaws,
effective July 1, 2009, to modify the language in Section 3.02 to decrease
the number of authorized board members from ten to nine as a result of the
retirement of a member from the Board of Directors on such date. The full text
of the Restated Bylaws, as amended as of July 1, 2009, is attached as Exhibit
3.1 to this report and is incorporated by reference into this
Item 5.03.
Item
9.01. Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
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Description of Exhibit
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3.1
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Restated
Bylaws, as amended as of July 1, 2009.
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SIGNATURE
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.
Date:
July 2, 2009
MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY
/s/ Richard R.
Grinnan
By: Richard R. Grinnan
Its: Vice President and
Corporate Secretary
Exhibit
Index
Exhibit
3.1 Restated
Bylaws, as amended as of July 1, 2009.