UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 24, 2014
Walter Energy, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | | 001-13711 | | 13-3429953 |
(State or other jurisdiction of | | (Commission File Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
incorporation) | | | | |
3000 Riverchase Galleria, Suite 1700
Birmingham, Alabama 35244
(205) 745-2000
(Registrant’s address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed from last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On April 24, 2014, the Board of Directors of Walter Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), upon recommendation of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, granted a special award to Michael T. Madden, a named executive officer, of 77,398 restricted stock units under the Company’s 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan. Fifty percent (50%) of the award vests on the second anniversary of the date of grant, and the remaining fifty percent (50%) of the award vests on the third anniversary of the date of grant, subject, in each case, to continued employment through the applicable vesting date; provided that, upon certain terminations of employment, the award will fully vest or vest on a pro-rated basis, but, in each case, will not be settled until the regularly scheduled vesting date.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| WALTER ENERGY, INC. |
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Date: April 30, 2014 | By: | /s/ Earl H. Doppelt |
| | Earl H. Doppelt, Executive Vice President |
| | General Counsel and Secretary |
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