Oct 12 (Reuters) - Armstrong Energy Inc filed with U.S.
regulators on Wednesday to raise up to $69 million in an initial
public offering of common stock.The St. Louis, Missouri-based company told the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission in a preliminary prospectus
that FBR and Raymond James were underwriting the IPO.The company produces low chlorine, high sulfur thermal coal
from the Illinois Basin.The filing did not reveal how many shares the company
planned to sell or their expected price.The company intends to list its common stock on the Nasdaq
Global Market, but did not reveal the symbol under which it
intends to trade.Armstrong Energy expects to use proceeds from the IPO to
repay its loans and borrowings. It also intends to use some of
the proceeds to fund its capital expenditures relating to mining
operations.The amount of money a company says it plans to raise in its
first IPO filings is used to calculate registration fees. The
final size of the IPO could be different.
“People have always asked me how I got from the Bronx to Hollywood, so I thought it was time to tell how it all happened. I have had many lives (not in the Shirley MacLaine sense) and you will hear about them all … Just don’t expect any recipes … I don’t cook,” Marshall said in the statement.After playing Laverne De Fazio in the hit show “Laverne and Shirley,” which was co-created by her brother, producer and director Garry Marshall, the actress went on to direct such film hits as “Big,” “A League of Their Own,” and “Awakenings.”The memoir will discuss her humble roots growing up in the Bronx, New York, to her relationship with her brother Garry to her turn behind the camera and dealings with actors such as Robert De Niro and Tom Hanks. It will be published in print and e-book form in the fall of 2012.The decision by Marshall’s agent to sell the book to Amazon Publishing reflects the online retailer’s push to expand its operations and compete directly with other book publishers.
