UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): March 11, 2014
SUNCOKE ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-35243 | 90-0640593 | ||
| (State of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 1011 Warrenville Road, Suite 600 | ||||
| Lisle, Illinois | 60532 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (630) 824-1000
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On March 11, 2014, SunCoke Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that, as a part of a multi-year plan to contribute the Company’s domestic cokemaking business to SunCoke Energy Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”), the Company’s Board of Directors approved the initial contribution to the Partnership of a 33% interest in each of the Haverhill and Middletown cokemaking operations located in Ohio. The Company is the Partnership’s sponsor, and owns the general partnership interest as well as a 56% limited partnership interest and all of the incentive distribution rights in the Partnership. The Company also announced that it intends to pursue a sale of its coal mining business, as part of its evaluation of strategic alternatives for that business. A copy of the press release containing these announcements is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Also on March 11, 2014, officers of the Company presented at an investor day conference hosted jointly by the Company and the Partnership, and held in New York City. A copy of the slide presentation is attached as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference. These slides were made available on the Company’s website at www.SunCoke.com, simultaneously with the presentation.
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K being furnished pursuant to Items 7.01 and 9.01 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and is not incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release dated March 11, 2014 | |
| 99.2 | March 11, 2014 – Joint Investor Day Conference presentation slides. | |
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements contained in the exhibits to this report that state the Company’s or its management’s expectations or predictions of the future are forward–looking statements. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward–looking statements. Factors that could affect those results include those mentioned in the documents that the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| SUNCOKE ENERGY, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Mark E. Newman | |
| Mark E. Newman | ||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
Date: March 11, 2014
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press release dated March 11, 2014 | |
| 99.2 | March 11, 2014 – Joint Investor Day Conference presentation slides. | |
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