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Exhibit 4.4


Exhibit A

to Form of Indenture



REGISTERED




No.

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $                     



[CUSIP
NO.             ]




PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION

[INTEREST PROVISION] Note due                     ,          




     [LEGEND IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FOLLOWING FORM: THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN
THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY
OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME
OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN
THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE
BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE
DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES.]



 









 





     PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, (the “Company” which term includes any
successor Person under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby
promises to pay



     [DEPOSITORY]



     [DEPOSITORY PAYMENT INFORMATION]



     [DESCRIPTION OF PRINCIPAL TERMS OF NOTE AS SET FORTH PURSUANT TO A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OR IN ONE OR MORE INDENTURES SUPPLEMENTAL]



     [IF THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE IS INVOKED, AND A DESCRIPTION OF PRINCIPAL TERMS OF THE
GUARANTIES, IF APPLICABLE]



     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.



     Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the Authentication Agent
by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid
or obligatory for any purpose.



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 



	 	 	 

	Attest:
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

Name:

	 	 
	Title:
	 	 






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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION



This is one of the Notes of the series referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.



CITIBANK, N.A.




As Authentication Agent on behalf of


WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY


As
Trustee


	 	 	 	 	 
	By:  	 	 
	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 
	 
	Dated: 


  	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 



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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]



PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION




                    % Note due                     ,           



[INTEREST PROVISION] Note due                     ,                     





     This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the
“Notes”), issued and to be issued as one series of debt securities of the Company under an
Indenture, dated as of                     ,                     , as amended and supplemented from time to time (the
"Indenture”), between Patriot Coal Corporation (the “Company”) and Wilmington Trust Company, as
Trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. In addition to the Notes, the Company is authorized to issue an
unlimited amount of debt securities in one or more series under the Indenture.



     [DESCRIPTION OF PRINCIPAL TERMS OF NOTE AND GUARANTIES, IF ANY, INCLUDING AND/OR IN ADDITION
TO THOSE SET FORTH ABOVE OR ON FACE OF NOTE]



     This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York.



     All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Indenture.



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FORM OF SCHEDULE TO GLOBAL NOTE



Initial Principal Amount

$[Insert Initial principal amount]




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Aggregate Principal
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Amount Remaining
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Amount of Principal	 	Amount of Principal	 	Following such
	 	 	 	 	Amount of Principal	 	Registration Number	 	Increased Upon	 	Increased	 	Purchase,
	 	 	 	 	Purchased,	 	of Certificated	 	Transfer and	 	(Decreased) Upon	 	Redemption,
	 	 	 	 	Redeemed, Exchanged	 	Note Transferred	 	Cancellation of	 	Transfer Between	 	Exchange or
	Date	 	or Cancelled	 	and Cancelled	 	Certificated Note	 	Global Notes	 	Cancellation





 









 






ASSIGNMENT




	 	 	 

	FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assigns(s) and
	transfer(s)

	unto 
	 	 
	 

	 




PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE



 





(Please Print or Type Name and Address

Including Postal Zip Code of Assignee)



 

the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints



 






 




to transfer said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.



Dated:                                         



Signature Guaranteed




	 	 	 

	Signature Guaranteed
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

NOTICE: Signature must be guaranteed

	 	 NOTICE:
The signature to this
assignment must correspond with the
name as written upon the face of the
within Note in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement or
any change whatever.