0001193125-09-108698 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BETWEEN ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES, INC. AND FOUNDATION COAL HOLDINGS, INC. Dated as of May 11, 2009

Agreement and Plan of Merger • May 12th, 2009 • Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. • Bituminous coal & lignite surface mining • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  May 12th, 2009
• Company
  Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc.
• Industry
  Bituminous coal & lignite surface mining
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 11, 2009, by and between Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Alpha”) and Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Foundation”).