Item
8.01 Other Events
On July
1, 2008, Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release
announcing that the Company’s 2.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2015 (the
“Notes”) are now convertible at the option of the holders and will remain
convertible through September 30, 2008, the last trading day of the current
fiscal quarter, as provided in the indenture governing the Notes. The Notes
became convertible because the Company’s common stock exceeded the conversion
threshold price of $71.06 per share (130% of the applicable conversion price of
$54.66 per share) for at least twenty trading days within the thirty consecutive
trading days ending June 30, 2008. A copy of the press release issued on July 1,
2008 is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
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.
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Alpha
Natural Resources, Inc.
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July
2, 2008
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By:
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/s/ Vaughn R.
Groves
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Name:
Vaughn R. Groves
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Title:
Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
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Exhibit
Index
Exhibit
No. Description