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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;12, 2009</DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Patriot Coal Corporation</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
of incorporation or <BR>
organization)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20-5622045</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>12312 Olive Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;400<BR>
St. Louis, Missouri 63141</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Patriot Coal Corporation 401(k) Retirement Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Joseph W. Bean, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel &#038; Corporate Secretary<BR>
Patriot Coal Corporation<BR>
12312 Olive Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;400<BR>
St. Louis, Missouri 63141</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(314)&nbsp;275-3600</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copy to:<BR>
<B>R. Randall Wang, Esq.<BR>
Bryan Cave LLP<BR>
211 North Broadway, Suite&nbsp;3600<BR>
St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2750<BR>
Phone: (314)&nbsp;259-2000<BR>
Fax: (314)&nbsp;259-2020</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed maximum</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed maximum</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount of</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of securities</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount to be</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">offering price per</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">aggregate offering</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">registration</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">to be registered</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">registered<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)(2)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">share<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">price<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $0.01
par value, and
Preferred Share
Purchase
Rights<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(4)</SUP>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3,000,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.095</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">15,285,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">600.70</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(1)&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also
covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit
plans described herein.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(2)&nbsp;In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
includes an indeterminate number of additional shares as may be issuable as a result of a stock
split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the
Registrant
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(3)&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee in accordance with Rules
457(c) and 457(h)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 based on the average of the high and low sale
prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on February&nbsp;6, 2009, as reported by the New York Stock
Exchange.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(4)&nbsp;Each share of Common Stock issued, par value $0.01, also represents one Preferred Share
Purchase Right. Preferred Share Purchase Rights currently cannot trade separately from the
underlying Common Stock and, therefore, do not carry a separate price or necessitate an additional
registration fee.
</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY
NOTE</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Patriot
Coal Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148; or &#147;Company&#148;)
is filing this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 with respect
to making available for investment by participants under
Registrant&#146;s 401(k) Retirement Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;)
3,000,000&nbsp;shares of Patriot common stock, $0.01 par value (the
&#147;Common Stock&#148;), to be purchased in the open market. Such
shares are only authorized for issuance to eligible employees who
elect to invest in the Patriot Coal Corporation Stock Fund pursuant
to the terms of the Plan.</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), this
Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8. The documents
containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given
to eligible employees of the Patriot Coal Corporation 401(k) Retirement Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) as
specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424
promulgated under the Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by Patriot Coal Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148; or &#147;Company&#148;) with
the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2007, filed March&nbsp;14, 2008 (File No.&nbsp;001-33466);</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports filed on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly periods ended March&nbsp;31, 2008, June&nbsp;30, 2008 and September&nbsp;30, 2008
(File No.&nbsp;001-33466);</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K dated March&nbsp;7,
2008 and filed on March&nbsp;10, 2008; dated April&nbsp;2, 2008 and filed on April&nbsp;2,
2008; dated April&nbsp;2, 2008 and filed on April&nbsp;8, 2008; dated April&nbsp;7, 2008 and
filed on April&nbsp;8, 2008; dated May&nbsp;12, 2008 and filed on May&nbsp;12, 2008; dated May
8, 2008 and filed on May&nbsp;13, 2008; dated May&nbsp;20, 2008 and filed on May&nbsp;21,
2008; dated May&nbsp;21, 2008 and filed on May&nbsp;22, 2008; dated May&nbsp;19, 2008 and
filed on May&nbsp;23, 2008; dated May&nbsp;28, 2008 and filed on May&nbsp;28, 2008; dated May
28, 2008 and filed on May&nbsp;29, 2008; dated June&nbsp;10, 2008 and filed on June&nbsp;10,
2008; dated July&nbsp;23, 2008 and filed on July&nbsp;28, 2008 (including the historical
financial statements included in the Registrant&#146;s Form S-4/A (File No.
333-150897) filed on June&nbsp;18, 2008); dated December&nbsp;15, 2008 and filed on
December&nbsp;19, 2008; dated January&nbsp;30, 2009 and filed on February&nbsp;4, 2009; dated
February&nbsp;5, 2009 and filed on February&nbsp;6, 2009; and dated February&nbsp;6, 2009 and
filed on February&nbsp;10, 2009 (File No.&nbsp;001-33466); and</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iv)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock and Preferred
Share Purchase Rights contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
10, as amended, filed on October&nbsp;12, 2007, as updated by the Information
Statement filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K,
dated October&nbsp;23, 2007 and filed on October&nbsp;24, 2007, including any amendments
or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description (File No.
001-33466).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant or the Plan pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents (but
this shall not include any information that is merely furnished to the Commission). Any statement
contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The securities to be offered are registered under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act and,
accordingly, no description is provided hereunder.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Delaware law provides that, among other things, a corporation may indemnify directors and
officers as well as other employees and agents of the corporation against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified
actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than
actions by or in the right of the corporation, i.e. a &#147;derivative action&#148;), if they acted in good
faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative
actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred
in connection with the defense or settlement of such actions, and the statute requires court
approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been
found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other
indemnification that may be granted by a corporation&#146;s by-laws, disinterested director vote,
stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation and by-laws require indemnification to the fullest
extent permitted by Delaware law. The Company has also obtained directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability
insurance providing coverage to its officers and directors.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with the Company&#146;s indemnification procedures and policies and the rights
provided for by its certificate of incorporation and by-laws, the Company has entered into
indemnification agreements with each of its directors and certain officers. Pursuant to those
indemnification agreements, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, the Company has agreed
to indemnify those persons against any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that the
indemnified person is or was or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company, or while serving as a director or officer of the
Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes of the indemnification agreements, includes a
trustee, partner, manager or a position of similar capacity) of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged
to have been taken or omitted in such capacity. The indemnification provided by these agreements
is from and against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the indemnified person or on his or her behalf in
connection with the action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, but shall only be provided
if the indemnified person acted in good faith and in a manner the
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">indemnified person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company, and, with respect to any criminal action, suit or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe the indemnified person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. The Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation
and the indemnification agreements require the advancement of expenses incurred by officers and
directors in relation to any action, suit or proceeding.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Delaware law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a
director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders
for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director, except for liability (1)&nbsp;for any
transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit, (2)&nbsp;for acts or omissions
not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3)&nbsp;under
Section&nbsp;174 of Delaware law (certain illegal distributions), or (4)&nbsp;for any breach of a director&#146;s
duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders. The Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation
includes such a provision.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit&nbsp;Index to this
Registration Statement, which Index is incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Company hereby undertakes that it will submit, or has submitted, in a timely manner,
the Plan and any amendment thereto, to the Internal Revenue Service (the &#147;IRS&#148;) for purposes of
obtaining a determination letter that the Plan is qualified under Section&nbsp;401 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in
order to qualify the Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>The Registrant. </B>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the County of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on this
12th day of February, 2009.
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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">     /s/ Richard M. Whiting
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Richard M. Whiting&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer and Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Richard M. Whiting, Mark N. Schroeder and Joseph W. Bean, or any of them,
his or her attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or
all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments, documents and instruments
in connection therewith) to this Registration Statement with respect to the Patriot Coal
Corporation 401(k) Retirement Plan, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental regulatory authority), granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in connection with this Registration Statement, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that either of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard M. Whiting
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard M. Whiting</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 12, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Mark N. Schroeder
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark N. Schroeder</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 12, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Irl F. Engelhardt
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Irl. F. Engelhardt</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 12, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Joe Adorjan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 12, 2009</TD>
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ B.R. Brown
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
B.R. Brown</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 12, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John F. Erhard
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John F. Erhard</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 12, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Michael P. Johnson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael P. Johnson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 12, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John E. Lushefski
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John E. Lushefski</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 12, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Michael M. Scharf
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael M. Scharf</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 12, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robb E. Turner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robb E. Turner</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 12, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert O. Viets
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert O. Viets</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">February 12, 2009</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>The Plan. </B>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other
persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the County of St. Louis,
State of Missouri, on February&nbsp;12, 2009.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION 401(K) <BR>
RETIREMENT PLAN<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Joseph W. Bean
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Joseph W. Bean&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President, General
Counsel  &#038; Corporate Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="80%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K, filed on October&nbsp;25, 2007, File No.&nbsp;001-33466).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated By-Laws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 of the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed on
October&nbsp;25, 2007, File No.&nbsp;001-33466).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rights Agreement, dated October&nbsp;22, 2007, between the Registrant
and American Stock Transfer &#038; Trust Company (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K, filed on October&nbsp;25, 2007, File No.&nbsp;001-33466), as
amended by First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated April&nbsp;2,
2008 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the Registrant&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed on April&nbsp;8, 2008, File No.
001-33466).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Designations of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed on November&nbsp;6,
2007, File No.&nbsp;001-33466).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.2*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">23.3*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">24.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</DIV></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Patriot Coal Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or
organization)
20-5622045
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
12312 Olive Boulevard, Suite 400
St. Louis, Missouri 63141
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Patriot Coal Corporation 401(k) Retirement Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Joseph W. Bean, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Patriot Coal Corporation
12312 Olive Boulevard, Suite 400
St. Louis, Missouri 63141
(Name and address of agent for service)
(314) 275-3600
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
R. Randall Wang, Esq.
Bryan Cave LLP
211 North Broadway, Suite 3600
St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2750
Phone: (314) 259-2000
Fax: (314) 259-2020
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non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
registration
to be registered
registered
(1)(2)
share
(3)
price
(3)
fee
(3)
Common Stock, $0.01
par value, and
Preferred Share
Purchase
Rights
(4)
3,000,000
$
5.095
$
15,285,000
$
600.70
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also
covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit
plans described herein.
(2) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
includes an indeterminate number of additional shares as may be issuable as a result of a stock
split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the
Registrant
(3) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee in accordance with Rules
457(c) and 457(h)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933 based on the average of the high and low sale
prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on February 6, 2009, as reported by the New York Stock
Exchange.
(4) Each share of Common Stock issued, par value $0.01, also represents one Preferred Share
Purchase Right. Preferred Share Purchase Rights currently cannot trade separately from the
underlying Common Stock and, therefore, do not carry a separate price or necessitate an additional
registration fee.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
Patriot
Coal Corporation (the "Registrant" or "Company")
is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect
to making available for investment by participants under
Registrant's 401(k) Retirement Plan (the "Plan")
3,000,000 shares of Patriot common stock, $0.01 par value (the
"Common Stock"), to be purchased in the open market. Such
shares are only authorized for issuance to eligible employees who
elect to invest in the Patriot Coal Corporation Stock Fund pursuant
to the terms of the Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), this
Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents
containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given
to eligible employees of the Patriot Coal Corporation 401(k) Retirement Plan (the "Plan") as
specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). Such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424
promulgated under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by Patriot Coal Corporation (the "Registrant" or "Company") with
the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference:
(i)
The Registrant's Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2007, filed March 14, 2008 (File No. 001-33466);
(ii)
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports filed on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly periods ended March 31, 2008, June 30, 2008 and September 30, 2008
(File No. 001-33466);
(iii)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated March 7,
2008 and filed on March 10, 2008; dated April 2, 2008 and filed on April 2,
2008; dated April 2, 2008 and filed on April 8, 2008; dated April 7, 2008 and
filed on April 8, 2008; dated May 12, 2008 and filed on May 12, 2008; dated May
8, 2008 and filed on May 13, 2008; dated May 20, 2008 and filed on May 21,
2008; dated May 21, 2008 and filed on May 22, 2008; dated May 19, 2008 and
filed on May 23, 2008; dated May 28, 2008 and filed on May 28, 2008; dated May
28, 2008 and filed on May 29, 2008; dated June 10, 2008 and filed on June 10,
2008; dated July 23, 2008 and filed on July 28, 2008 (including the historical
financial statements included in the Registrant's Form S-4/A (File No.
333-150897) filed on June 18, 2008); dated December 15, 2008 and filed on
December 19, 2008; dated January 30, 2009 and filed on February 4, 2009; dated
February 5, 2009 and filed on February 6, 2009; and dated February 6, 2009 and
filed on February 10, 2009 (File No. 001-33466); and
(iv)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock and Preferred
Share Purchase Rights contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form
10, as amended, filed on October 12, 2007, as updated by the Information
Statement filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K,
dated October 23, 2007 and filed on October 24, 2007, including any amendments
or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description (File No.
001-33466).
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant or the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents (but
this shall not include any information that is merely furnished to the Commission). Any statement
contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part hereof.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
The securities to be offered are registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act and,
accordingly, no description is provided hereunder.
Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Delaware law provides that, among other things, a corporation may indemnify directors and
officers as well as other employees and agents of the corporation against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified
actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than
actions by or in the right of the corporation, i.e. a "derivative action"), if they acted in good
faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative
actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred
in connection with the defense or settlement of such actions, and the statute requires court
approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been
found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other
indemnification that may be granted by a corporation's by-laws, disinterested director vote,
stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.
The Company's certificate of incorporation and by-laws require indemnification to the fullest
extent permitted by Delaware law. The Company has also obtained directors' and officers' liability
insurance providing coverage to its officers and directors.
In connection with the Company's indemnification procedures and policies and the rights
provided for by its certificate of incorporation and by-laws, the Company has entered into
indemnification agreements with each of its directors and certain officers. Pursuant to those
indemnification agreements, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, the Company has agreed
to indemnify those persons against any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that the
indemnified person is or was or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Company, or while serving as a director or officer of the
Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes of the indemnification agreements, includes a
trustee, partner, manager or a position of similar capacity) of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged
to have been taken or omitted in such capacity. The indemnification provided by these agreements
is from and against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the indemnified person or on his or her behalf in
connection with the action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, but shall only be provided
if the indemnified person acted in good faith and in a manner the
indemnified person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company, and, with respect to any criminal action, suit or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe the indemnified person's conduct was unlawful. The Company's certificate of incorporation
and the indemnification agreements require the advancement of expenses incurred by officers and
directors in relation to any action, suit or proceeding.
Delaware law permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a
director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders
for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director, except for liability (1) for any
transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit, (2) for acts or omissions
not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) under
Section 174 of Delaware law (certain illegal distributions), or (4) for any breach of a director's
duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders. The Company's certificate of incorporation
includes such a provision.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
(a) The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index to this
Registration Statement, which Index is incorporated herein by reference.
(b) The Company hereby undertakes that it will submit, or has submitted, in a timely manner,
the Plan and any amendment thereto, to the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") for purposes of
obtaining a determination letter that the Plan is qualified under Section 401 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in
order to qualify the Plan.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the County of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on this
12th day of February, 2009.
PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Richard M. Whiting
Richard M. Whiting
Chief Executive Officer and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Richard M. Whiting, Mark N. Schroeder and Joseph W. Bean, or any of them,
his or her attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or
all amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments, documents and instruments
in connection therewith) to this Registration Statement with respect to the Patriot Coal
Corporation 401(k) Retirement Plan, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other
governmental regulatory authority), granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in connection with this Registration Statement, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that either of said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
/s/ Richard M. Whiting
Richard M. Whiting
Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
February 12, 2009
/s/ Mark N. Schroeder
Mark N. Schroeder
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
February 12, 2009
/s/ Irl F. Engelhardt
Irl. F. Engelhardt
Chairman of the Board and Director
February 12, 2009
J. Joe Adorjan
Director
February 12, 2009
/s/ B.R. Brown
B.R. Brown
Director
February 12, 2009
/s/ John F. Erhard
John F. Erhard
Director
February 12, 2009
/s/ Michael P. Johnson
Michael P. Johnson
Director
February 12, 2009
/s/ John E. Lushefski
John E. Lushefski
Director
February 12, 2009
/s/ Michael M. Scharf
Michael M. Scharf
Director
February 12, 2009
/s/ Robb E. Turner
Robb E. Turner
Director
February 12, 2009
/s/ Robert O. Viets
Robert O. Viets
Director
February 12, 2009
The Plan.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other
persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the County of St. Louis,
State of Missouri, on February 12, 2009.
PATRIOT COAL CORPORATION 401(K)
RETIREMENT PLAN
By:
/s/ Joseph W. Bean
Joseph W. Bean
Senior Vice President, General
Counsel  & Corporate Secretary
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K, filed on October 25, 2007, File No. 001-33466).
4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on
October 25, 2007, File No. 001-33466).
4.3
Rights Agreement, dated October 22, 2007, between the Registrant
and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K, filed on October 25, 2007, File No. 001-33466), as
amended by First Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated April 2,
2008 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 8, 2008, File No.
001-33466).
4.4
Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 6,
2007, File No. 001-33466).
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2*
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.3*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
*
Denotes filed or furnished herewith.