Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 8, 2011



 Exhibit 4.4 
 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS 
 Supplemental
Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as December 8, 2011 among Foresight Energy Services LLC (a “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of Foresight Energy LLC (or its permitted successor), a
Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), the Issuer, Foresight Energy Corporation (or its permitted successor), a Delaware corporation (the “Co-Issuer,” and, together with the Company, the
“Issuers”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”). 
 W I T N E S S E T H 
 WHEREAS, the Issuers have heretofore executed and delivered
to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of August 12, 2010, providing for the issuance of 9.625% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Notes”); 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a
supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuers’ Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Note
Guarantee”); 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and
deliver this Supplemental Indenture; and 
 WHEREAS, all acts and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture the
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuers and the Subsidiaries have been done. 
 NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as
follows: 
 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS 
 Section 1.01. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized
terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 
 ARTICLE II 

GUARANTEES 
 Section 2.01. The Guarantees. Subject to the provisions of this Article, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, jointly and severally, on an unsecured
basis, the full and punctual payment (whether at maturity, upon any redemption, by declaration or acceleration, or otherwise) of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, and all other amounts payable under the Notes, and the full and
punctual payment of all other 







 
amounts payable by the Issuers under the Indenture. Upon failure by the Issuers to pay punctually any such amount, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall forthwith on demand pay the amount not so paid
at the place and in the manner specified in the Indenture. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary further agrees to pay any and all expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Agent in enforcing or exercising any
rights under this Note Guarantee. 
 Section 2.02. Guarantee Unconditional. 

(a) The obligations of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereunder are direct, unsubordinated, unconditional and absolute and, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, shall not be released, discharged or otherwise affected by: 
 (1) any
extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, failure to enforce, waiver or release in respect of any obligation of the Issuers under the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or under the Notes, by operation of law or otherwise; 

(2) any rescission, waiver or, subject to Section 10.03 of the Indenture, any modification or amendment of or
supplement to, the Indenture or the Notes; 
 (3) the occurrence or notice of any default or event of default
under the Indenture or under any other agreement, 
 (4) any change in the corporate existence, structure or
ownership of an Issuer, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting an Issuer or their assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of an Issuer contained under the Indenture or under the
Notes; 
 (5) the existence of any claim, setoff or other rights which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary may have at
any time against an Issuer, the Trustee or any other Person, whether in connection with the Indenture or any unrelated transactions, provided that nothing herein prevents the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory
counterclaim; 
 (6) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against an Issuer for any reason of the
Indenture or any Note, or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by an Issuer of the principal of or interest on the Notes or any other amount payable by an Issuer under the Indenture; or 

(7) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by an Issuer, the Trustee or any other Person or any other
circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense to the Guaranteeing Subsidiary’s obligations hereunder. 

Section 2.03. Discharge; Reinstatement. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary’s obligations hereunder will remain in full force and
effect until the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuers under the Indenture have been paid in 

  
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full. If at any time any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note or any other amount payable by the Issuers under the Indenture is rescinded or must be otherwise
restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of an Issuer or otherwise, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary’s obligations hereunder with respect to such payment will be reinstated as though such payment had been due but not
made at such time. 
 Section 2.04. Waiver by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary irrevocably
waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest and any notice not provided for under the Indenture or herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person against an Issuer or any other Person. 

Section 2.05. Subrogation and Contribution. Upon making any payment with respect to any obligation of the Issuers under this
Article, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary will be subrogated to the rights of the payee against the Issuers with respect to such obligation, provided that the Guaranteeing Subsidiary may not enforce either any right of subrogation, or any right to
receive payment in the nature of contribution, or otherwise, from any other Guarantor (including the Guaranteeing Subsidiary), with respect to such payment so long as any amount payable by the Issuers hereunder or under the Notes remains unpaid.

 Section 2.06. Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by an Issuer
under the Indenture or the Notes is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of such Issuer, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of the Indenture are nonetheless payable by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary
hereunder forthwith on demand by the Trustee or the Holders. 
 Section 2.07. Limitation on Amount of Guarantee.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary
not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable fraudulent conveyance provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provision of state law. To effectuate that intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary under its Note Guarantee are limited to the maximum amount that would not render the Guaranteeing Subsidiary’s obligations subject to avoidance under
applicable fraudulent conveyance provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provision of state law. 

Section 2.08. Execution and Delivery of Guaranty. The execution by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary of this Supplemental Indenture
evidences the Note Guarantee of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, whether or not the person signing as an officer of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary still holds that office at the time of authentication of any Note. The delivery of any Note by the Trustee
after authentication constitutes due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture on behalf of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary. 

  
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 ARTICLE III 
 CONSOLIDATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR 
 Section 3.01. Guaranteeing
Subsidiary may Consolidate, etc. on Certain Terms. 
 (a) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall not (i) consolidate
with or merge with or into any Person, or (ii) sell, convey, transfer or dispose of all or substantially all of its assets, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, to any Person, unless: 

(i) the other Person is an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor or becomes a Guarantor concurrently
with the transaction; or 
 (ii) (1) either (x) the Guaranteeing Subsidiary is the continuing Person or
(y) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person expressly assumes by supplemental indenture (or other joinder agreement, as applicable) all of the obligations of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary under its Note Guarantee; and 

(2) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default has occurred and is continuing; or 

(iii) the transaction constitutes a sale or other disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary or the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary (in each case other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) otherwise permitted under the terms of the Indenture.

 (b) In case of any consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.01(d)
of the Indenture, and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of a Guarantee and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants
and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by such Guarantor, such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Guaranteeing Subsidiary with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guaranteeing Subsidiary. All the
Note Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under the Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture as though all of such Note Guarantees had
been issued at the date of the execution of the Indenture. 
 (c) Except as set forth in Article V of the Indenture, and
notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into an Issuer or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any
sale, conveyance, transfer or disposal of the property of a Guarantor or the Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to an Issuer, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary or another Guarantor. 

  
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 ARTICLE IV 
 RELEASES 
 Section 4.01. Releases. The Note Guarantee of the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be released and terminated upon: 
 (a) a sale or other disposition of Capital
Stock (including by way of consolidation or merger) of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary following which it is no longer a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company or the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary); 
 (b) the designation by the Company of the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, 
 (c) if the Note Guarantee was required pursuant to the
terms of Section 4.13 of the Indenture, the cessation of the circumstances requiring the Note Guarantee, 

(d) defeasance or discharge of the Notes, as provided in Article Eight of the Indenture, or 

(e) the release, other than the discharge through payment by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, of all other Guarantees by such
Restricted Subsidiary of Debt of the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary, 
 provided that any such event occurs in accordance
with all other applicable provisions under the Indenture, as amended from time to time. 
 ARTICLE V 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 Section 5.01. Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Issuer Exempt from Individual Liability. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the
Indenture or in this Note Guarantee, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, as such or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer or director, as such, of an Issuer or the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary, or of any successor, either directly or through an Issuer, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable
proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes. 

Section 5.02. Governing Law. The internal law of the State of New York shall govern and be used to construe this Supplemental
Indenture, the Indenture and the Notes, without giving effect to applicable principles of conflict of law to the extent that the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby. 

  
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 Section 5.03. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. 

Section 5.04. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof. 
 Section 5.05. The Trustee and Agent. Neither the Trustee nor the Paying Agent shall be responsible in any
manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity, sufficiency or adequacy of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Issuer.


  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed, all as of the date first above written. 
 Dated: December 8, 2011 

 

					
	Foresight Energy Services LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael J. Beyer

		 	Name:	 	Michael J. Beyer
		 	Title:	 	President
	
	Foresight Energy LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael J. Beyer

		 	Name:	 	Michael J. Beyer
		 	Title:	 	President
	
	Foresight Energy Corporation
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael J. Beyer

		 	Name:	 	Michael J. Beyer
		 	Title:	 	President
	
	 The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Craig A. Kaye

		 	Name:	 	Craig A. Kaye
		 	Title:	 	Vice President



  
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