ST. LOUIS, May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Patriot Coal Corporation
(NYSE: PCX) announced the election of two members of its board of directors
at the company's annual meeting of stockholders held in St. Louis today.
Additionally, Ernst & Young was ratified as the company's independent
registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2008.
Elected directors include J. Joe Adorjan, chairman of Adven Capital and
a partner of Stonington Partners Inc., and Michael M. Scharf, Senior Vice
President & Chief Financial Officer of Bunge North America. Each of these
directors will serve three-year terms through 2011.
About Patriot Coal
Patriot Coal Corporation (the "Company") is a leading producer and
marketer of coal in the eastern United States, with ten Company-operated
mines and numerous contractor-operated mines in Appalachia and the Illinois
Basin. The Company ships to electric utilities, industrial users and
metallurgical coal customers, and controls approximately 1.3 billion tons
of proven and probable coal reserves. The Company's common stock trades on
the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PCX.
SOURCE Patriot Coal Corporation
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http://www.patriotcoal.com
CONTACT:
Janine Orf of Patriot Coal Corporation,
+1-314-275-3680
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