James River Coal Company Commences Concurrent Offerings of $125M Convertible Senior Notes and $250M Senior Notes

James River Coal Company JRCC announced today that it intends to concurrently offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $125 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2018 and $250 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2019 to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. James River also intends to grant to the initial purchasers of the Convertible Notes an option to purchase up to an additional $18.75 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes solely to cover over-allotments, if any.