Document:

EX-4.8

 Exhibit 4.8 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

First Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of September 19, 2013,
among Armstrong Logistics Services, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a Subsidiary of Armstrong Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Company,
and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”). 

W I T N E S S E T H 

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of
December 21, 2012, providing for the issuance of 11.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 (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 Company’s
Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Note Guarantee”); and 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture. 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,
the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, the Company, and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the benefit of each other and 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 a senior secured 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 Company under the Indenture. Upon failure by the Company to pay punctually any such amount, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall
forthwith 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 Company under the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or under the Notes, by operation of law or otherwise; 

(2) any rescission, waiver or, subject to Section 12.03 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 the
Company, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Company or their assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Company contained under the Indenture or under the Notes; 

(5) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights which the Guaranteeing
Subsidiary may have at any time against the Company, 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 the Company for any reason of the
Indenture or any Note, or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Company of the principal of or interest on the Notes or any other amount payable by the Company under the Indenture; or 

(7) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Company, 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 such 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 Company under the Indenture have been paid in 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 Company under the Indenture is rescinded or must be otherwise restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company 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 the Company or any other Person. 

  
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 Section 2.05. Subrogation and Contribution. Upon making any payment with respect to
any obligation of the Company under this Article, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary will be subrogated to the rights of the payee against the Company 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 any Guaranteeing Subsidiary), with respect to such payment so long as any amount payable by the Company 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 the Company under the Indenture or the Notes is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company, 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 such
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. 

ARTICLE III  

MISCELLANEOUS 

Section 3.01. Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Company 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 a Company or the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, or of any successor, either directly or through a Company, 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. 

  
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 Section 3.02. 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.

 Section 3.03. 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. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or portable document format (“PDF”) transmission shall constitute
effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be
deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. 
 Section 3.04. Effect of Headings. The Section headings
herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 
 Section 3.05. 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 Note Guarantee or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of
which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company. All of the provisions contained in the Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and duties of the Trustee shall be applicable in respect of
this Supplemental Indenture as fully and with like force and effect as though fully set forth in full herein. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed and attested, all as of the date first above written. 
 Dated: September 19, 2013 

 

			
	Armstrong Logistics Services, LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Martin D. Wilson

	Name:	 	Martin D. Wilson
	Title:	 	Authorized Person
	
	Armstrong Energy, Inc.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Martin D. Wilson

	Name:	 	Martin D. Wilson
	Title:	 	President
	
	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Richard H. Prokosch

	Name:	 	Richard H. Prokosch
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
 5EX-4.12

 Exhibit 4.12 

JOINDER NO. 1 TO SECURITY AGREEMENT 

Joinder No. 1 (this “Joinder”), dated as of September 19, 2013, to the Security Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2012 (as
amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), by and among each of the parties listed on the signature pages thereto and those additional entities that thereafter become parties
thereto (collectively, jointly and severally, “Grantors” and each, individually, a “Grantor”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the
“Trustee”) and as collateral agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Collateral Agent”). 

W I T N E S S E T H: 
 Armstrong
Energy, Inc. (the “Issuer”), the other Grantors party from time to time thereto (the “Guarantors”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the Collateral
Agent are parties to that certain Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Issuer has issued $200,000,000
of its 11.75% senior secured notes due 2019 (the “Initial Notes”) and may issue additional notes from time to time in accordance with the Indenture (the “Additional Notes” and, together with the Initial Notes, the
“Notes”); and 
 Initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Indenture; and 
 Grantors have entered into the Security Agreement in order to induce the Holders
of the Notes to make certain financial accommodations to Issuer; and 
 Pursuant to the Indenture and Section 26 of the Security Agreement,
certain Subsidiaries of the Issuer, must execute and deliver certain Note Collateral Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), including the Security Agreement, and the Joinder to the Security Agreement by the undersigned new Grantor
(the “New Grantor”) may be accomplished by the execution of this Joinder in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and 

The New Grantor (a) is a Subsidiary of Issuer and, as such, will benefit by virtue of the financial accommodations extended to Issuer by the Secured
Parties and (b) by becoming a Grantor will benefit from certain rights granted to the Grantors pursuant to the terms of the Note Documents; 
 NOW,
THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the New Grantor hereby agrees as follows: 

1. In accordance with Section 26 of the Security Agreement, the New Grantor, by its signature below, becomes a “Grantor” under the
Security Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a “Grantor” and the New Grantor hereby (a) agrees to all of the terms and provisions of the Security Agreement applicable to it as a
“Grantor” thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a “Grantor” thereunder are true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall

 
not be applicable to any representations and warranties that are already qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof) on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing,
the New Grantor does hereby unconditionally grant, assign, and pledge to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to secure the Secured Obligations, a continuing security interest in and to all of the New Grantor’s right, title
and interest in and to the Collateral. Schedule A, “Security Interest Data Summary”, and Schedule B, “Commercial Tort Claims”, attached hereto, supplement Schedule A and Schedule B, respectively, to the Security
Agreement and shall be deemed a part thereof for all purposes of the Security Agreement. Each reference to a “Grantor” in the Security Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Grantor. The Security Agreement is incorporated herein by
reference. The New Grantor authorizes Collateral Agent at any time and from time to time to file, transmit, or communicate, as applicable, financing statements and amendments thereto (i) describing the Collateral as “all personal property
of debtor” or “all assets of debtor” or words of similar effect, (ii) describing the Collateral as being of equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, or (iii) that contain any information required by part 5 of Article 9
of the UCC for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance. The New Grantor also hereby ratifies any and all financing statements or amendments previously filed by the Collateral Agent in any jurisdiction in connection with the Note Documents. 

2. The New Grantor represents and warrants to Collateral Agent and the Amended that this Joinder has been duly executed and delivered by the New Grantor and
constitutes its legal, valid, and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium, or other similar
laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity). 

3. This Joinder is a Senior Secured Note Document. This Joinder may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate
counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Joinder. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Joinder by telefacsimile
or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Joinder. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Joinder by telefacsimile or other electronic method of
transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Joinder but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Joinder. 

4. The Security Agreement, as supplemented hereby, shall remain in full force and effect. 

5. This Agreement, and the rights and duties of the parties hereto, shall be construed and determined in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New
York. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning of any provision hereof. 

6. Each Guarantor hereby submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any U.S. Federal or New York State court sitting in New York, New York for purposes of
all legal proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each 

  
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Grantor irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court and
any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. EACH GRANTOR AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Joinder to the Security Agreement to be
executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written. 
  

							
	NEW GRANTOR:	 		 	ARMSTRONG LOGISTICS SERVICES, LLC
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ J. Richard Gist

		 		 	Name:	 	 J. Richard Gist 

		 		 	Title:	 	Authorized Person
			
	COLLATERAL AGENT:	 		 	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Collateral Agent
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Richard H. Prokosch

		 		 	Name:	 	Richard H. Prokosch
		 		 	Title:	 	Vice President
			
	TRUSTEE:	 		 	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Trustee
				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Richard H. Prokosch

		 		 	Name:	 	Richard H. Prokosch
		 		 	Title:	 	Vice President

 SCHEDULE A 

to 
 SECURITY AGREEMENT

 Security Interest Data Summary 

1. The chief executive office of Armstrong Logistics Services, LLC (the “Debtor”) is located at: 407 Brown Road,
Madisonville, KY 42131. 
 2. The Debtor’s true and full name is as follows: Armstrong Logistics Services, LLC. The Debtor uses no
trade names or fictitious names. 
 3. The Debtor’s form of organization is as follows: limited liability company. 

4. The Debtor’s state of organization is as follows: Kentucky. 

5. The Debtor’s organization ID # (if any exists) is as follows: 0717537. 

6. All of the Debtor’s personal property which has not been delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
or the Credit Agreement is now, and will be at all future times, located at the Debtor’s chief executive office as described in Paragraph 1 above, except as specified below: 

Property that is located at the mining operations in Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Union County and/or Webster County, Kentucky, or at the
corporate office located at 7733 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 1625, St. Louis, Missouri 63105. 
 7. All of the Debtor’s books and records,
including those relating to accounts payable and accounts receivable, are kept at the Debtor’s chief executive office as described in Paragraph 1 above, except as specified below: 

Books and records that are located at the corporate office located at 7733 Forsyth Boulevard, Suite 1625, St. Louis, Missouri 63105. 

8. All of the Debtor’s real property is located in the following counties: 

Union County, Ohio County

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