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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;30, 2008
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>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 UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Westmoreland Coal Company</B>
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<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 of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>23-1128670</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>2</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>nd</b></SUP> <b>Floor, 2 North Cascade Avenue <BR>
Colorado Springs, Colorado</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>80903<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Westmoreland Coal Company<BR>
2007 Equity Incentive Plan<BR>
for Employees and Non-Employee Directors</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Morris W. Kegley<BR>
General Counsel and Assistant Secretary<BR>
2</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>nd</b></SUP> <b>Floor, 2 North Cascade Avenue<BR>
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name and Address of Agent For Service)<BR><br>
<B>(719)&nbsp;442-2600</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</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. (Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of Securities</TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $2.50
par value per share
(2)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">700,000 shares
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    <TD>In accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be
offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, or similar
transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Each share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock offered hereby will be accompanied by one
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high and low
prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the American Stock Exchange on April
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I<BR> INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II<BR> INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#005">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#006">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#007">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d56117exv5w1.htm">Opinion of Morris W. Kegley</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d56117exv23w2.htm">Consent of KPMG LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d56117exv23w3.htm">Consent of KPMG LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information required by Item&nbsp;1 is included in documents sent or given to participants in
the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The written statement required by Item&nbsp;2 is included in documents sent or given to participants in
the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections&nbsp;13(a),
14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and in
accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;). The following documents, which are on file with the
Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant&#146;s latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains
audited financial statements for the registrant&#146;s latest fiscal year for which such statements have
been filed.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end
of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a)&nbsp;above.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of the securities contained in the registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form
8-A filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
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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 pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14, and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby 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 the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 of
this registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Morris W. Kegley, Esq., the Registrant&#146;s General Counsel, has opined as to the legality of the
securities being offered by this registration statement. As of March&nbsp;31, 2008, Mr.&nbsp;Kegley owned
467 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows a corporation to eliminate the
personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached
his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct, or knowingly
violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of
Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Registrant&#146;s Restated
Certificate of Incorporation limits the liability of directors to the extent permitted by Delaware
law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation has the power
to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation and certain other persons
serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses
incurred in connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be made a
party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any
criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful;
provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no
indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating court
determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances. Section&nbsp;145 also permits
the Registrant to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee, or agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the Registrant&#146;s request as
a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person
in any such capacity, or arising out of such person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the Registrant
would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s bylaws obligate it to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, or proceeding,
either civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director, officer, or supervisor or manager of the Registrant or a constituent corporation absorbed
in a consolidation or merger, or while a director, officer, or supervisor or manager of the
Registrant is or was serving at the request of the Registrant or a constituent corporation absorbed
in a consolidation or merger, as a director, officer, or supervisor or manager of another
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, whether or not the
indemnified liability arises or arose from any threatened, pending, or completed action by or in
the right of the corporation to the extent that such person is not otherwise indemnified and to the
extent such indemnification is not prohibited by applicable law. The Registrant&#146;s bylaws also
obligate the Registrant to pay any such person&#146;s expenses in advance of the final disposition of
any such proceeding, if such person undertakes to repay any amount so advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Registrant&#146;s bylaws, its obligation to indemnify, including the duty to advance
expenses, is a contract between the Registrant and each person entitled to indemnification, and no
modification of the Registrant&#146;s bylaws may affect, to the detriment of any such person, the
Registrant&#146;s obligations in connection with a claim based on any act or failure to act occurring
before such modification.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s bylaws also permit the Registrant to purchase and maintain insurance, and the
Registrant has purchased insurance on behalf of its directors and officers.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Registrant&#146;s bylaws, the rights to indemnification and advance of expenses are not
exclusive of any other right to which an indemnified person may be entitled, and all such rights
shall inure to the benefit of the indemnified person and his or her heirs, executors, and
administrators.
</DIV>
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</DIV>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes that it has submitted the Plan and any amendment thereto to
the Internal Revenue Service (&#147;IRS&#148;) in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes
required by the IRS to qualify the Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><U><I>Item&nbsp;</I><I>512(a)</I><I> of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(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; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;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 Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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; margin-left: 2%">(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">2. <U><I>Item&nbsp;512(b) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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">3. <U><I>Item&nbsp;512(h) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K</I></U>. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act 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 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 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Colorado Springs, Colorado, on this 24<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of April,
2008.
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <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">WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY<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/ Kevin A. Paprzycki
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Kevin A. Paprzycki&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Financial Officer&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 AND SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Westmoreland Coal Company, hereby severally
constitute and appoint Kevin A. Paprzycki and Morris W. Kegley, and each of them singly, our true
and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our
names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and
any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such
things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable
Westmoreland Coal Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our
signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration
statement and any and all amendments thereto.
</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="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Keith E. Alessi
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;24, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Keith E. Alessi</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kevin A. Paprzycki
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;24, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Kevin A. Paprzycki</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas J. Coffey
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;24, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Thomas J. Coffey</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert E. Killen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;21, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert E. Killen</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard M. Klingaman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;24, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard M. Klingaman</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William M. Stern
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;24, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William M. Stern</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
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    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1(1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2(2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Correction to the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Registrant</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.3(3)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Registrant</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.4(4)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Registrant</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.4(5)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-Laws of the Registrant</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1(6)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Certificate representing the Common Stock of the Registrant</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2(7)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of February&nbsp;7,
2003, between the Registrant and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3(8)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Amendment to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated as
of May&nbsp;2, 2007 between Westmoreland Coal Company and Computershare
Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as EquiServe Trust Company,
N.A.)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4(9)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated as
of March&nbsp;4, 2008 between Westmoreland Coal Company and
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Morris W. Kegley, counsel to the Registrant</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Morris W. Kegley
(included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this
registration statement)</TD>
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    <TD>Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed
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    <TD>Previously filed as Exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October&nbsp;21,
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    <TD>Previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed
September&nbsp;7, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-11155) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>Previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed
September&nbsp;7, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-11155) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to the
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    <TD>Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to the
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incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to Amendment No.&nbsp;2
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Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2008
Registration No. 333-_______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Westmoreland Coal Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
23-1128670
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2
nd
Floor, 2 North Cascade Avenue
Colorado Springs, Colorado
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
80903
(
Zip Code)
Westmoreland Coal Company
2007 Equity Incentive Plan
for Employees and Non-Employee Directors
(Full Title of the Plan)
Morris W. Kegley
General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
2
nd
Floor, 2 North Cascade Avenue
Colorado Springs, Colorado 80903
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(719) 442-2600
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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 "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated
filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting
company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered(1)
Share
Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $2.50
par value per share
(2)
700,000 shares
$16.085 (3)
$11,259,500 (3)
$
442.50
(1)
In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may from time to time be
offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, or similar
transactions.
(2)
Each share of the Registrant's Common Stock offered hereby will be accompanied by one
Preferred Stock Purchase Right.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based upon the average of the high and low
prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the American Stock Exchange on April
24, 2008.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion of Morris W. Kegley
Consent of KPMG LLP
Consent of KPMG LLP
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
The information required by Item 1 is included in documents sent or given to participants in
the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The written statement required by Item 2 is included in documents sent or given to participants in
the plans covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a),
14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in
accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with the
Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
The registrant's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act or the latest prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains
audited financial statements for the registrant's latest fiscal year for which such statements have
been filed.
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end
of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a) above.
The description of the securities contained in the registrant's registration statement on Form
8-A filed under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered hereby 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 the filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for the purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained
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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 of
this registration statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Morris W. Kegley, Esq., the Registrant's General Counsel, has opined as to the legality of the
securities being offered by this registration statement. As of March 31, 2008, Mr. Kegley owned
467 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows a corporation to eliminate the
personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached
his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct, or knowingly
violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of
Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Registrant's Restated
Certificate of Incorporation limits the liability of directors to the extent permitted by Delaware
law.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation has the power
to indemnify a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation and certain other persons
serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses
incurred in connection with an action or proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be made a
party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any
criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful;
provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no
indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating court
determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances. Section 145 also permits
the Registrant to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director,
officer, employee, or agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the Registrant's request as
a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person
in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the Registrant
would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability.
The Registrant's bylaws obligate it to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, or proceeding,
either civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director, officer, or supervisor or manager of the Registrant or a constituent corporation absorbed
in a consolidation or merger, or while a director, officer, or supervisor or manager of the
Registrant is or was serving at the request of the Registrant or a constituent corporation absorbed
in a consolidation or merger, as a director, officer, or supervisor or manager of another
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corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, whether or not the
indemnified liability arises or arose from any threatened, pending, or completed action by or in
the right of the corporation to the extent that such person is not otherwise indemnified and to the
extent such indemnification is not prohibited by applicable law. The Registrant's bylaws also
obligate the Registrant to pay any such person's expenses in advance of the final disposition of
any such proceeding, if such person undertakes to repay any amount so advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant.
Under the Registrant's bylaws, its obligation to indemnify, including the duty to advance
expenses, is a contract between the Registrant and each person entitled to indemnification, and no
modification of the Registrant's bylaws may affect, to the detriment of any such person, the
Registrant's obligations in connection with a claim based on any act or failure to act occurring
before such modification.
The Registrant's bylaws also permit the Registrant to purchase and maintain insurance, and the
Registrant has purchased insurance on behalf of its directors and officers.
Under the Registrant's bylaws, the rights to indemnification and advance of expenses are not
exclusive of any other right to which an indemnified person may be entitled, and all such rights
shall inure to the benefit of the indemnified person and his or her heirs, executors, and
administrators.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
The Registrant hereby undertakes that it has submitted the Plan and any amendment thereto to
the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes
required by the IRS to qualify the Plan.
Item 9. Undertakings.
1.
Item
512(a)
of Regulation S-K
. 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;
(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; and
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(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 (i) and (ii) 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 Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
2.
Item 512(b) of Regulation S-K
. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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.
3.
Item 512(h) of Regulation S-K
. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act 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 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 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
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 Colorado Springs, Colorado, on this 24
th
day of April,
2008.
WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY
By:
/s/ Kevin A. Paprzycki
Kevin A. Paprzycki
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Westmoreland Coal Company, hereby severally
constitute and appoint Kevin A. Paprzycki and Morris W. Kegley, and each of them singly, our true
and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our
names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and
any and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such
things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable
Westmoreland Coal Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our
signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration
statement and any and all amendments thereto.
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.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Keith E. Alessi
President and Chief Executive Officer
April 24, 2008
Keith E. Alessi
/s/ Kevin A. Paprzycki
Chief Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer
April 24, 2008
Kevin A. Paprzycki
/s/ Thomas J. Coffey
Director
April 24, 2008
Thomas J. Coffey
/s/ Robert E. Killen
Director
April 21, 2008
Robert E. Killen
/s/ Richard M. Klingaman
Director
April 24, 2008
Richard M. Klingaman
/s/ William M. Stern
Director
April 24, 2008
William M. Stern
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Number
Description
3.1(1)
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
3.2(2)
Certificate of Correction to the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Registrant
3.3(3)
Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Registrant
3.4(4)
Certificate of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Registrant
3.4(5)
By-Laws of the Registrant
4.1(6)
Specimen Certificate representing the Common Stock of the Registrant
4.2(7)
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of February 7,
2003, between the Registrant and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A.
4.3(8)
First Amendment to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated as
of May 2, 2007 between Westmoreland Coal Company and Computershare
Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as EquiServe Trust Company,
N.A.)
4.4(9)
Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated as
of March 4, 2008 between Westmoreland Coal Company and
Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
5.1
Opinion of Morris W. Kegley, counsel to the Registrant
23.1
Consent of Morris W. Kegley
(included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.3
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.4
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
24.1
Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this
registration statement)
(1)
Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed
July 28, 2004 (Registration No. 333-117709) and incorporated herein by reference.
(2)
Previously filed as Exhibit to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 21,
2004 (File No. 001-11155) and incorporated herein by reference.
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(3)
Previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
September 7, 2007 (File No. 001-11155) and incorporated herein by reference.
(4)
Previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
September 7, 2007 (File No. 001-11155) and incorporated herein by reference.
(5)
Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 11, 2008 (File No. 001-11155) and
incorporated herein by reference.
(6)
Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-2 filed
December 4, 1985 (Registration No. 33-1950) and incorporated herein by reference.
(7)
Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 7, 2003 (File No. 001-11155) and
incorporated herein by reference.
(8)
Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to Amendment No. 2
to Form 8-A filed May 4, 2007 (SEC File No. 001-11155) and incorporated herein by reference.
(9)
Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an Exhibit to Amendment No. 3
to Form 8-A filed March 6, 2008 (SEC File No. 001-11155) and incorporated herein by reference.
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