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Consulting Agreement

 Exhibit 10.35 
 CONSULTING AGREEMENT 
 In accordance with the terms of this Consulting Agreement (the
“Agreement”), Paul H. Vining (“Consultant”), agrees to provide the Services, as defined in paragraph 2 hereof, and Patriot Coal Corporation, (the “ Company”) agrees to accept and pay for those Services and Consultant
and Company each undertake certain other obligations, all as provided below. 
  

	 	1.	TERM. This Agreement shall be in effect from the period commencing September 25, 2010 and ending October 31, 2010. Either party may cancel this Agreement
at anytime upon 30 days written notice. 

  

	 	2.	SERVICES. Consultant shall provide management advisory services (“Services”) to the Company to ensure the successful transition of
Consultant’s former responsibilities as President and COO. Consultant shall report to, and take direction from, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. 

 

	 	3.	COMPENSATION. 

  

	 	a.	Consultant shall be compensated at a per diem rate of One Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety Three Dollars and Fifteen Cents ($1,693.15) payable in a lump sum payment of
$62,646.57 on the last day of the term of this Agreement. 

  

	 	b.	The Company shall reimburse Consultant for reasonable travel and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Consultant in traveling on Company business. Consultant shall
support invoices for travel and out-of-pocket expenses with receipts and other documentation reasonably required by the Company. Payments by the Company shall be made within thirty (30) days of receipt of expense documentation.

  

	 	c.	Consultant may exercise his option to continue to receive medical, dental and vision benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
(“COBRA”) at the same level of coverage Consultant obtained during his employment as an employee of the Company for a period of up to eighteen (18) months after the termination of this Agreement. The Company shall pay Consultant’s
cost of COBRA for the term of the Agreement. Consultant shall be responsible for Consultant’s cost of COBRA after the term of the Agreement. 

  

	 	4.	CONFIDENTIALITY AND INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT STATUS PROVISIONS. Consultant shall treat all information provided by the Company to Consultant on a strictly
confidential basis and shall not disclose any information provided to any person without the express permission of the Company. Any breach of this provision on the part of Consultant shall result in an immediate termination of this Agreement. The
parties agree that for purposes of this Agreement Consultant’s relationship with the Company shall be as an independent contractor and not as an employee. Consultant shall be solely responsible for the payments of any an all taxes, fees and
assessments, which may become due by reason of any payments made to Consultant by the Company, including, but not limited to, FICA and income taxes. 

  

	 	5.	OPERATIVE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall be construed under the laws of the State of Missouri and constitutes the entire understanding
between Consultant and the Company concerning the Services and the matters otherwise stated herein. This Agreement shall not be modified or amended except in writing by an instrument of equal formality hereto. Notice hereunder shall be sent to the
parties at the addresses stated for them below, or at such other address as may be specified in writing to the other party hereto. Consultant shall not assign in whole or in part any rights or obligations hereunder. 

Executed and agreed to the 24th day of September, 2010. 
  

					
	Paul H. Vining	 		 	Patriot Coal Corporation
			
	/s/ Paul H. Vining	 		 	/s/ Richard M. Whiting
	(STATE ADDRESS)	 		 	12312 Olive Blvd.
	P.O. Box 1303	 		 	St. Louis, MO 63141
	Middleburg, VA 20118First Amendment to the Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan

 Exhibit 10.46 
 FIRST AMENDMENT TO 
 THE PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION 

2007 LONG-TERM EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN 
 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors and stockholders of Patriot Coal Corporation (the “Company”) have adopted the Patriot Coal Corporation 2007 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (the
“Plan”); 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Plan, a total of 5.2 million shares of the common stock,
par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) have been reserved for issuance under the Plan, as adjusted for the 2-for-1 stock split effected August 11, 2008 in the form of a 100% stock dividend; 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to increase the number of shares issuable under the Plan to 11.7 million shares, including shares
previously issued thereunder, and to extend the period during which awards may be granted under the Plan; and 
 WHEREAS,
Section 9.2 of the Plan permits the Company to amend the Plan from time to time, subject only to certain limitations specified therein; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the following amendments and modifications are hereby made a part of the Plan subject to, and effective as of the date of, the approval of shareholders of the Plan as amended at the
Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 13, 2010: 
 1.   Section 3.1 of the Plan shall be, and hereby is,
amended to increase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable thereunder to 11.7 million, after giving effect to the August 11, 2008 stock split, and the first sentence of such section is thereby to read as follows:

 “Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1 (relating to adjustment for changes in capital stock), an aggregate
number of eleven million seven hundred thousand (11,700,000) shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be available for issuance under the Plan”. 
 2.   Section 9.1 of the Plan shall be, and hereby is, amended to increase the period during which awards may be made under the Plan, and accordingly shall read as follows: 

“Unless the Plan is discontinued earlier by the Board as provided herein, no Award shall be granted hereunder on or after
May 13, 2020.” 
 3.   In all other respects, the Plan, as amended, is hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in
full force and effect. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this First Amendment to the 2007 Long-Term Equity
Incentive Plan as of May 13, 2010. 
  

			
	PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	/s/ Joseph W. Bean
	 Name:  

Its:
	 	 Joseph W. Bean

Senior Vice President – Law & Administration,
 General Counsel and Corporate SecretaryFourth Amendment to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 Exhibit 10.59 
 FOURTH AMENDMENT TO THE 
 PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION 

EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN 
 WHEREAS, Patriot Coal Corporation (the “Company”) adopted the Patriot Coal Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”), as amended; 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Plan to clarify (i) the definition of “Change in Control” and (ii) the maximum
individual share limit for each employee per offering period; 
 WHEREAS, Section 7.1 of the Plan permits the Company to amend
the Plan from time to time, subject only to certain limitations specified therein; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended
as follows: 
 I. 
 Section 2.3(b) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: 
 “(b)
during any period of twelve consecutive months, individuals who were directors of the Board at the beginning of such period, together with any new director (other than (i) a director nominated by a Person who has entered into an agreement with the
Company to effect a transaction described in paragraph (a), (c) or (d), or (ii) a director nominated by any Person (i) who has announced or threatened a proxy contest or (ii) who publicly announces an intention to take or to consider taking actions
(including, but not limited to, an actual or threatened proxy contest) which if consummated would constitute a Change in Control) whose nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was endorsed by a vote of at least three-fourths (3/4)
of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so endorsed, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board;”

 II. 

Section 4.1(e) of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: 

“(e) No Employee shall be granted an Option to the extent the number of shares of Stock that may be purchased for such Employee
(when taken together with all other options exercisable by such Employee under any other stock purchase plan of the Company or a Subsidiary that is qualified under Code Section 423) in the aggregate during a calendar year exceeds twenty-five
thousands dollars ($25,000) in Fair Market Value of such shares of Stock determined on the Offering Date for the Offering Period with respect to which the purchase is to be made. In addition to any limits provided

 
hereunder, the maximum number of shares of Stock that may be purchased for any Employee during an Offering Period shall not exceed then thousand (10,000).” 

In all other respects, the Plan, as amended, is hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Fourth Amendment to the Plan as of January 1, 2010. 

 

			
	PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	/s/ Joseph W. BeanFifth Amendment to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 Exhibit 10.60 
 FIFTH AMENDMENT TO 
 THE PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION 

EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN 
 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors and stockholders of Patriot Coal Corporation (the “Company”) have adopted the Patriot Coal Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”);

 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 1.5 of the Plan as heretofore amended, as of the date hereof a total of 1.0 million
shares of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) have been reserved for issuance under the Plan; as adjusted for the 2-for-1 stock split effected August 11, 2008 in the form of a 100% stock
dividend; 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to increase the number of shares issuable under the Plan to 2.5 million shares,
including shares previously issued thereunder; and 
 WHEREAS, Section 7.1 of the Plan permits the Company to amend the
Plan from time to time, subject only to certain limitations specified therein; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the following amendment and
modification is hereby made a part of the Plan, subject to, and effective as of the date of, the approval of shareholders of the Plan as amended at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 13, 2010: 

1. Section 1.5(a) of the Plan shall be, and hereby is, amended to increase the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable thereunder to
2.5 million, after giving effect to the August 11, 2008 stock split, and thereby to read as follows: 
 “The Stock
subject to purchase under the Plan will be shares of the Company’s authorized but unissued shares, or previously issued shares of Stock reacquired and held by the Company, or shares acquired in the market. The aggregate number of shares of
Stock that may be purchased under the Plan shall not exceed two million five hundred thousand (2,500,000) shares. All shares of Stock purchased under the Plan will count against this limitation.” 

2. In all other respects, the Plan, as amended, is hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Fifth Amendment to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan as of May 13, 2010.

  

			
	PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Joseph W. Bean

	Name:	 	Joseph W. Bean
	Its:	 	 Senior Vice President – Law & Administration, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

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