Form 8-K UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D. C. 20549 PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 6, 1997 --------------- WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) DELAWARE 0-752 23-1128670 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction (Commission File (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Number Identification No.) 2 North Cascade Avenue, 14th Floor Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 719-442-2600 ------------ Item 3. Bankruptcy or Receivership On December 23, 1996, the registrant and four of its subsidiaries filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Colorado. Jurisdiction was assumed by that court on the date of filing. No receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer has been appointed in the proceedings, Case Nos. 96-26092 through 96-26096, and the registrant and the four subsidiaries are operating as a debtors-in-possession. This report supplements the registrant's report filed on Form 8-K on December 23, 1996. SIGNATURE 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, thereunto duly authorized. WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY Date: January 6, 1997 By:/s/ Robert J. Jaeger ----------------------------- Robert J. Jaeger Senior Vice President-Finance Treasurer and Controller