UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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) December 21, 2010
Cloud Peak Energy Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-34547 |
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26-3088162 |
(Commission File Number) |
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
505 S. Gillette Ave. |
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Gillette, WY |
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82716 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
(307) 687-6000
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.02 |
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
(b) On December 21, 2010, Mr. Preston Chiaro, a non-independent member of the Board of Directors (the Board) of Cloud Peak Energy Inc. (Cloud Peak Energy) and Group Executive, Technology & Innovation, of Rio Tinto, informed Cloud Peak Energy of his resignation from the Board in light of the recently completed secondary offering of Cloud Peak Energy common stock on behalf of selling shareholders Rio Tinto Energy America Inc. and its affiliate. That secondary offering, including the exercise in full of the underwriters over-allotment option, closed on December 21, 2010 and resulted in the divestment of 100 percent of Rio Tintos holdings in Cloud Peak Energy. Mr. Chiaros resignation will be effective on January 5, 2011.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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/s/ Amy J. Stefonick | |
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Name: |
Amy J. Stefonick |
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Corporate Secretary |
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Date: December 23, 2010 |
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