MASSEY ENERGY CO
FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>EXHIBIT 10.4 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1997 RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As Amended and Restated Effective
May&nbsp;24, 2005 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Massey Energy Company 1997 Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors, as amended and restated effective
May&nbsp;24, 2005 (the &#147;Plan&#148;) was amended pursuant to Section&nbsp;7.1 of the Plan effective June&nbsp;27, 2006 as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The
following paragraph is added at the end of Section&nbsp;5.3 of the Plan: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of the Plan,
if an Awardee ceases to be a Non-Employee Director for any reason and is immediately thereupon or thereafter elected or appointed to serve as a Non-Employee Director, such Awardee&#146;s service on the Board as a Non-Employee Director for purposes
of this Plan shall be considered to continue without interruption. No forfeiture shall occur by reason of such cessation of service as a Non-Employee Director and resumption of status as a Non-Employee Director, and Awards under the Plan outstanding
at the time of such cessation and resumption shall otherwise continue to vest in accordance with their terms and the terms and provisions of the Plan during such continuing Board service. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As evidence of the adoption of this amendment to the Plan, Massey Energy Company has caused this document to be signed by its undersigned officer
effective this 27</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><SUP>th</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"> day of June 2006. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Richard R. Grinnan</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Richard R. Grinnan</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Its:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Vice President and Corporate Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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