Document:

EX-10.1

 

Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

Third Amendment and Joinder Agreement

          This Third Amendment and Joinder Agreement, dated as of March 28, 2008 (this
“Amendment”), to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2005,
among, Alpha NR Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), Alpha
Natural Resources, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the
Lenders and Issuing Banks party thereto from time to time, and Citicorp North
America, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”)
and as collateral agent for the Lenders and Issuing Banks, as amended by that certain Amendment and
Consent, dated as of December 22, 2006 (the “First Amendment”), among Holdings, the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as further amended by that certain Second Amendment and
Consent, dated as of June 28, 2007 (the “Second Amendment”), among Holdings, the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent (as so amended and as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among ALPHA NATURAL
RESOURCES, INC., a Delaware corporation and the successor by merger to Holdings (“ANR”),
the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the New Revolving Facility Lenders (this
“Amendment”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein are used as defined in
the Credit Agreement.

W i t n e s s e t h:

          Whereas, pursuant to Section 2.21 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower has delivered
a facility increase notice to the Administrative Agent proposing New Revolving Facility Commitments
in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 (the “Facility Increase”); and;

          Whereas, the Borrower desires to make certain amendments to the Credit Agreement as
more fully described herein, solely for the purposes of implementing the terms and conditions of
the Facility Increase; and

          Whereas, pursuant to clause (f) of Section 9.08 (Waivers; Amendment) and clause (a)
of Section 2.21 (New Commitments) of the Credit Agreement, the consent of ANR, the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and each New Revolving Facility Lender providing the Facility Increase is
required to effect the amendments set forth herein; and

          Whereas, each New Revolving Facility Lender identified on the signature pages hereto
(and having a commitment as set forth on Schedule I hereto) and the Administrative Agent
agree, subject to the limitations and conditions set forth herein, to amend or otherwise modify the
Credit Agreement as set forth herein.

          Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and
obligations herein set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy and receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, and in reliance upon the representations, warranties and covenants
herein contained, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

          Section 1. Amendment.

 

 

     (a) Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the
following definitions in such Section 1.01 in the appropriate place to preserve the alphabetical
order of the definitions in such Section 1.01 (and, if applicable, the following definitions shall
replace in their entirety existing definitions for the corresponding terms in such Section 1.01):

     “Facility Increase” means that certain facility increase effective on the Third
Amendment Effective Date, providing for a Revolving Facility Commitment increase in an
aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000.”

     “Third Amendment” means that certain Third Amendment to this Agreement, dated as of
the Third Amendment Effective Date, among ANR, Inc., the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
and each New Revolving Facility Lender providing the New Revolving Facility Commitments
under the Facility Increase.

     “Third Amendment Effective Date” means the date on which the Third Amendment shall
have become effective in accordance with its terms.

     (b) Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
last two sentences of the definition of “Revolving Facility Commitment” in their entirety and
replacing them with the following:

     The initial amount of each Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment is (i) as
of the Closing Date, as set forth on Schedule 2.01 and (ii) as of the Third Amendment
Effective Date with respect to the Facility Increase, as set forth on Schedule I to the
Third Amendment, or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Revolving Facility
Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Facility Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount
of the Revolving Facility Commitments on the Third Amendment Effective Date is $375,000,000.

     Section 2. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date
(the “Effective Date”) on which each of the following conditions precedent shall have been
satisfied or duly waived:

     (a) Certain Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

          (i) counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed by each of ANR and the Borrower (in each
case, on behalf of itself and each other Loan Party), the Administrative Agent and each New
Revolving Facility Lender providing a New Revolving Facility Commitment with respect to the
Facility Increase;

          (ii) certified copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of each Loan Party approving
the consummation of the Facility Increase and the execution, delivery and performance of this
Amendment and the other Loan Documents delivered in connection herewith;

          (iii) a favorable opinion of counsel to the Loan Parties, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
addressing such matters relating to this Amendment as the Administrative Agent may

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reasonably request, including without limitation a no conflicts opinion with respect to
material contracts; and

          (iv) such additional documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.

     (b) Payment of Costs and Expenses. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have
received payment of all fees, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, all costs and
expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including, without limitation, the reasonable
fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent) in connection with this
Amendment, the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document due and payable on or before the
Effective Date, as required by Section 5 hereof and any separate fee letter dated on or about the
date hereof among the Administrative Agent and the Borrower).

     (c) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties contained in
Section 3 below shall be true and correct.

     Section 3. Representations and Warranties. Each of ANR and the Borrower, on behalf of
itself and each Loan Party, hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each
Lender, with respect to all Loan Parties, as follows:

     (a) After giving effect to this Amendment, each of the representations and warranties in the
Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on
and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such
representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date;

     (b) Each Loan Party has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Amendment, this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan
Party, and this Amendment is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles; and

     (c) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing.

     Section 4. Joinder of New Revolving Facility Lenders. On the Effective Date, each
person that is a New Revolving Facility Lender that executes this Amendment as a “Lender” shall
become a Revolving Facility Lender (to the extent that such New Revolving Facility Lender is not
already an existing Revolving Facility Lender under the Credit Agreement) for all purposes of the
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, having a New Revolving Facility Commitment, along
with each existing Revolving Facility Lender which is providing the Facility Increase, in the
amount respectively set forth adjacent to such Revolving Facility Lender’s name on Schedule
I hereto. On the Effective Date, each existing Revolving Facility Lender shall assign to each
of the New Revolving Facility Lenders (including both existing Revolving Facility Lenders and any
New Revolving Facility Lender which becomes a Revolving Facility Lender as aforesaid) providing a
commitment with respect to the Facility Increase, and each of the New Revolving Facility Lenders
(i) shall purchase from each of the existing Revolving Facility Lenders, at the principal amount
thereof, such interests in the outstanding Revolving Facility Loans and participations in Letters
of Credit and Swingline Loans outstanding on such Effective

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Date that will result in, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, such
Revolving Facility Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans being held by
existing Revolving Facility Lenders and New Revolving Facility Lenders ratably in accordance with
their Revolving Facility Commitments after giving effect to the addition of such New Revolving
Facility Commitments to the Revolving Facility Commitments, (ii) each New Revolving Facility
Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Facility Commitment and each Loan made
thereunder shall be deemed, for all purposes, a Revolving Facility Loan and have the same terms as
any existing Revolving Facility Loan and (iii) each New Revolving Facility Lender shall become a
Lender with respect to the Revolving Facility Commitments and all matters relating thereto. The
Borrower agrees to compensate any existing Revolving Facility Lender for any loss or expense of the
type described in Section 2.16 (Break Funding Payments) of the Credit Agreement incurred by such
Revolving Facility Lender as a result of the provisions of this Section 4.

     Section 5. Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Agents for their
costs and expenses in connection with this Amendment (and any other Loan Documents delivered in
connection herewith) as provided in Section 9.05(a) of the Credit Agreement.

     Section 6. Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents.

     (a) As of the Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein,” or words of like import, and each
reference in the other Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, by
means of words like “thereunder”, “thereof” and words of like import), shall mean and be a
reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby with respect to the certain requirements
outlined above, and this Amendment and the Credit Agreement shall be read together and construed as
a single instrument.

     (b) Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the terms and provisions of the Credit
Agreement and all other Loan Documents are and shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby
ratified and confirmed.

     (c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly
provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or any Issuer under the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document, or constitute a waiver or
amendment of any other provision of the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document except as and to the
extent expressly set forth herein.

     (d) Each of ANR, the Borrower and (by its acknowledgement hereof as set forth on the signature
pages hereto) each other Loan Party, hereby confirms that the guaranties, security interests and
liens granted pursuant to the Loan Documents continue to guarantee and secure the Obligations as
set forth in the Loan Documents (as amended hereby) and that such guaranties, security interests
and liens remain in full force and effect.

     Section 7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts
and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a facsimile copy of an executed signature page
hereof shall constitute receipt by the Administrative Agent of an executed counterpart of this
Amendment.

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     Section 8. Loan Document and Integration. This Amendment and the fee letter referred
to in Section 2(b) above is each a Loan Document, and together with the other Loan Documents,
incorporate all negotiations of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and
each is the final expression and agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof.

     Section 9. Governing Law. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the
parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of
the State of New York.

     Section 10. Headings. Section headings contained in this Amendment are included
herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any
other purposes.

     Section 11. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each Of The Parties Hereto Irrevocably Waives
Trial By Jury In Any Action Or Proceeding With Respect To This Amendment Or Any Other Loan
Document.

[Signature Pages Follow]

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          In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by
their respective officers and members thereunto duly authorized, as of the date indicated above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. 

as successor by merger to Holdings

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Vaughn Groves
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 
	 	Alpha Natural Resources, LLC

as Borrower

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Vaughn Groves
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Vaughn Groves 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 
	 	Citicorp North America, Inc.,

as Administrative Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Raymond G. Dunning
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Raymond G. Dunning 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

 

 

     For the purposes of Section 6(d) hereof, each other Loan Party set forth below hereby consents
to this Amendment and confirms that all guaranties, security interest and Liens granted by it, and
all its other obligations, pursuant to the Loan Documents (as amended by this Amendment) remain in
full force and effect.

ALPHA COAL SALES CO., LLC

(a/k/a Metcoal Sales; a/k/a Spectrum Laboratories)

ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES CAPITAL CORP.

ALPHA TERMINAL COMPANY, LLC

ESPERANZA COAL CO., LLC

DICKENSON-RUSSELL COAL COMPANY, LLC

DICKENSON-RUSSELL LAND AND RESERVES, LLC

MAXXIM REBUILD CO., LLC

MAXXUM CARBON RESOURCES, LLC

AMFIRE, LLC

AMFIRE HOLDINGS, INC.

ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES SERVICES, LLC

MAXXIM SHARED SERVICES, LLC

AMFIRE WV, L.P.

BROOKS RUN MINING COMPANY, LLC

KINGWOOD MINING COMPANY, LLC

AMFIRE MINING COMPANY, LLC

COBRA NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC

ENTERPRISE MINING COMPANY, LLC

ENTERPRISE LAND AND RESERVES, INC.

RIVERSIDE ENERGY COMPANY, LLC

SOLOMONS MINING COMPANY

BLACK DOG COAL CORP.

PARAMONT COAL COMPANY VIRGINIA, LLC

MCDOWELL-WYOMING COAL COMPANY, LLC

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                                         /s/ Vaughn Groves
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Vaughn Groves 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

 

 

     For the purposes of Section 6(d) hereof, each other Loan Party set forth below hereby consents
to this Amendment and confirms that all guaranties, security interest and Liens granted by it, and
all its other obligations, pursuant to the Loan Documents (as amended by this Amendment) remain in
full force and effect.

HERNDON PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC

KEPLER PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC

LITWAR PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC

PREMIUM ENERGY, LLC

BUCHANAN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC

CALLAWAY NATURAL RESOURCES, INC.

CALLAWAY LAND AND RESERVES, LLC

NICEWONDER CONTRACTING, INC.

TWIN STAR MINING, INC.

VIRGINIA ENERGY COMPANY, LLC

(a/k/a Alpha Virginia Energy Company, LLC)

PALLADIAN HOLDINGS, LLC

PALLADIAN LIME, LLC

WHITE FLAME ENERGY, INC.

POWERS SHOP, LLC

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                                         /s/ Vaughn Groves
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Vaughn Groves 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 
	 	ALPHA LAND AND RESERVES, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Vaughn Groves
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Vaughn Groves 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President and Manager 	 
	 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	[INSERT LENDER NAME]

as a Lender under the Credit Agreement

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

 

 

Schedule I

to

Third Amendment and Joinder Agreement

New Revolving Facility Commitments Pursuant to Facility Increase

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	New Revolving Facility
	New Revolving Facility Lender	 	Commitment
	 
	Citibank N.A.
	 	$	15,000,000.00	 
	UBS Loan Finance LLC
	 	$	15,000,000.00	 
	Wachovia Bank N.A.
	 	$	14,272,728.50	 
	Union Bank of California, N.A.
	 	$	14,272,728.50	 
	PNC Bank, National Association
	 	$	7,272,727.00	 
	Branch Banking & Trust Co.
	 	$	7,272,727.00	 
	National City Bank
	 	$	6,363,636.00	 
	Societe Generale
	 	$	6,363,636.00	 
	Bank of America
	 	$	4,000,000.00	 
	Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
	 	$	5,454,545.00	 
	Bank of Montreal
	 	$	4,727,272.00	 
	 
	TOTAL
	 	$	100,000,000.00EX-10.2

 

Exhibit 10.2

Execution Version

Fourth Amendment and Consent

          This Fourth Amendment and Consent, dated as of March 31, 2008 (this
“Amendment”), to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2005,
among, Alpha NR Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), Alpha
Natural Resources, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the
Lenders and Issuing Banks party thereto from time to time, and Citicorp North
America, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”)
and as collateral agent for the Lenders and Issuing Banks, as amended by that certain amendment and
consent, dated as of December 22, 2006 (the “First Amendment”), among Holdings, the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as further amended by that certain second amendment and
consent, dated as of June 28, 2007 (the “Second Amendment”), among Holdings, the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent, as further amended by that certain third amendment and joinder
agreement, dated as of March 28, 2008 (the “Third Amendment”), among ALPHA NATURAL
RESOURCES, INC., a Delaware corporation and the successor by merger to Holdings (“ANR”),
the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the New Revolving Facility Lenders party thereto (as so
amended and as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Credit Agreement”), among ANR, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (this
“Amendment”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein are used as defined in
the Credit Agreement

Witnesseth:

          Whereas, the Borrower and Holdings requested that the Administrative Agent and the
Required Lenders execute and deliver the Second Amendment for the purpose of, among other things,
permitting the merger of Holdings with and into ANR and the assumption by ANR of all of Holdings’
rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement (the “Merger”);

          Whereas, to permit ANR to be released from certain restrictions under the Credit
Agreement in connection with the conduct of its business as a public holding company of the
Borrower, the Borrower and ANR have requested that the Lenders and the Administrative Agent consent
to amend certain terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement;

          Whereas, the Lenders signatory to an acknowledgment and consent to amendment (an
“Acknowledgment and Consent to Amendment”) and the Administrative Agent have agreed to
consent to such amendment on the terms and subject to the conditions herein provided.

          Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and
obligations herein set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy and receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, and in reliance upon the representations, warranties and covenants
herein contained, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

     Section 1. Amendment.

 

 

     (a) As of the Effective Date (as defined below), the Administrative Agent, Borrower, ANR, and
each Lender signatory to an Acknowledgment and Consent to Amendment hereby agree that the Credit
Agreement shall be amended in its entirety to read as set forth in Exhibit B hereto.

     Section 2. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date
(the “Effective Date”) on which each of the following conditions precedent shall have been
satisfied or duly waived:

     (a) Certain Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

          (i) this Amendment, duly executed by each of the Borrower and ANR, on behalf of itself and
each other Loan Party, and the Administrative Agent;

          (ii) an Acknowledgment and Consent to Amendment, in the form set forth hereto as Exhibit A,
duly executed by each of the Required Lenders; and

          (iv) such additional documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require; and

     (b) Amendment Fee. The Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable
benefit of each Lender that has delivered to the Administrative Agent or its counsel prior to 5:00
pm (New York time) on March 31, 2008 an executed Acknowledgement and Consent in the form of Exhibit
A hereto, a fee of 0.15% of the aggregate principal amount of such consenting Lender’s outstanding
Loans and/or Commitments, as applicable; and

     (c) Payment of Costs and Expenses. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have
received payment of all fees, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, all costs and
expenses of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including, without limitation, the reasonable
fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent) in connection with this
Amendment, the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document, as required by Section 5 hereof.

     (d) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties contained in
Section 3 below shall be true and correct.

     Section 3. Representations and Warranties. Each of ANR and the Borrower, on behalf of
itself and each Loan Party, hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each
Lender, with respect to all Loan Parties, as follows:

     (a) After giving effect to this Amendment, each of the representations and warranties in the
Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on
and as of the date hereof as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent that any such
representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date;

     (b) Each Loan Party has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Amendment, this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan
Party, and this Amendment is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may

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be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles; and

     (c) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing.

     Section 4. Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Agents for their
costs and expenses in connection with this Amendment (and any other Loan Documents delivered in
connection herewith) as provided in Section 9.05(a) of the Credit Agreement.

     Section 5. Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents.

     (a) As of the Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein,” or words of like import, and each
reference in the other Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, by
means of words like “thereunder”, “thereof” and words of like import), shall mean and be a
reference to the Credit Agreement as amended and as waived hereby with respect to the certain
requirements outlined above, and this Amendment and the Credit Agreement shall be read together and
construed as a single instrument.

     (b) Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the terms and provisions of the Credit
Agreement and all other Loan Documents are and shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby
ratified and confirmed.

     (c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly
provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or any Issuer under the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document, or constitute a waiver or
amendment of any other provision of the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document (as amended hereby)
except as and to the extent expressly set forth herein.

     (d) Each of ANR, the Borrower and (by its acknowledgement hereof as set forth on the signature
pages hereto) each other Loan Party, hereby confirms that the guaranties, security interests and
liens granted pursuant to the Loan Documents continue to guarantee and secure the Obligations as
set forth in the Loan Documents and that such guaranties, security interests and liens remain in
full force and effect.

     Section 6. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts
and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a facsimile copy of an executed signature page
hereof shall constitute receipt by the Administrative Agents of an executed counterpart of this
Amendment.

     Section 7. Governing Law. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the
parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of
the State of New York.

     Section 8. Loan Document and Integration. This Amendment is a Loan Document, and
together with the other Loan Documents, incorporates all negotiations of the parties hereto with

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respect to the subject matter hereof and is the final expression and agreement of the parties
hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

     Section 9. Headings. Section headings contained in this Amendment are included herein
for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other
purposes.

     Section 10. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each Of The Parties Hereto Irrevocably Waives
Trial By Jury In Any Action Or Proceeding With Respect To This Amendment Or Any Other Loan
Document.

[Signature Pages Follow]

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     In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by
their respective officers and members thereunto duly authorized, as of the date indicated above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Alpha Natural
Resources, Inc.

   as successor by merger to Holdings

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Vaughn Groves 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 
	 	Alpha Natural Resources, LLC

   as Borrower

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Vaughn Groves 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 
	 	Citicorp North America, Inc.,

   as Administrative Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

[Signature Page — Fourth Amendment and Consent to Credit Agreement]

 

 

     For the purposes of Section 5(d) hereof, each other Loan Party set forth below hereby consents
to this Amendment and confirms that all guaranties, security interest and Liens granted by it, and
all its other obligations, pursuant to the Loan Documents (as amended hereby) remain in full force
and effect.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	ALPHA COAL SALES CO., LLC

     (a/k/a Metcoal Sales; a/k/a Spectrum Laboratories)

ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES CAPITAL CORP.

ALPHA TERMINAL COMPANY, LLC

ESPERANZA COAL CO., LLC

DICKENSON-RUSSELL COAL COMPANY, LLC

DICKENSON-RUSSELL LAND AND RESERVES, LLC

MAXXIM REBUILD CO., LLC

MAXXUM CARBON RESOURCES, LLC

AMFIRE, LLC

AMFIRE HOLDINGS, INC.

ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES SERVICES, LLC

MAXXIM SHARED SERVICES, LLC

AMFIRE WV, L.P.

BROOKS RUN MINING COMPANY, LLC

COBRA NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC

KINGWOOD MINING COMPANY, LLC

AMFIRE MINING COMPANY, LLC

ENTERPRISE MINING COMPANY, LLC

ENTERPRISE LAND AND RESERVES, INC.

RIVERSIDE ENERGY COMPANY, LLC

SOLOMONS MINING COMPANY

BLACK DOG COAL CORP.

PARAMONT COAL COMPANY VIRGINIA, LLC

MCDOWELL-WYOMING COAL COMPANY, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Vaughn Groves 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 

[Signature Page — Fourth Amendment and Consent to Credit Agreement]

 

 

	     For the purposes of Section 5(d) hereof, each other Loan Party set forth below hereby consents
to this Amendment and confirms that all guaranties, security interest and Liens granted by it, and
all its other obligations, pursuant to the Loan Documents (as amended hereby) remain in full force
and effect.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	HERNDON PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC

KEPLER PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC

LITWAR PROCESSING COMPANY, LLC

PREMIUM ENERGY, LLC

BUCHANAN ENERGY COMPANY, LLC

CALLAWAY NATURAL RESOURCES, INC.

CALLAWAY LAND AND RESERVES, LLC

NICEWONDER CONTRACTING, INC.

TWIN STAR MINING, INC.

VIRGINIA ENERGY COMPANY, LLC

(a/k/a Alpha Virginia Energy Company, LLC)

PALLADIAN HOLDINGS, LLC

PALLADIAN LIME, LLC

WHITE FLAME ENERGY, INC.

POWERS SHOP, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Vaughn Groves 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President 	 
	 
	 	ALPHA LAND AND RESERVES, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Vaughn Groves 	 
	 	 	Title:  	President and Manager 	 
	 

[Signature Page — Fourth Amendment and Consent to Credit Agreement]

 

 

Exhibit A

 

 

Acknowledgement And Consent to Amendment

	To: 	 	Citicorp North America, Inc., as Administrative Agent

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

	 
	 	 	Attention: Mason McGurrin

   
       
Re: Alpha Natural Resources, LLC

          Reference is made to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2005 (as the same may
be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), among Alpha NR Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Holdings.”), Alpha Natural Resources, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the “Borrower”), Lenders and Issuing Banks party thereto from time to
time, and Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
“Administrative Agent”) and as collateral agent for the Lenders and Issuing Banks.
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein are used as defined in the Credit Agreement as
amended.

          Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the successor by merger to
Holdings and the Borrower have requested that the Lenders consent to an amendment to the Credit
Agreement on the terms described in the Fourth Amendment and Consent (the “Amendment”), the
form of which is attached hereto.

          Pursuant to Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned Lender hereby consents to
the terms of the Amendment and authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver the
Amendment on its behalf.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Very truly yours,

 	 
	 	
 	 
	 	[Name of Lender] 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

Dated as of                     , 2008

[Acknowledgment to Fourth Amendment and Consent to Credit Agreement]

 

 

Exhibit B

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