Westmoreland Declares Dividend on Preferred Stock

Westmoreland Coal Company (NasdaqGM:WLB) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend of $.53125 per depositary share payable on October 1, 2014 to holders of record as of September 20, 2014. Each depositary share represents one-quarter of a share of the Company’s Series A Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock.

About Westmoreland Coal Company

Westmoreland Coal Company is the oldest independent coal company in the United States. Our coal operations include sub-bituminous and lignite coal mining in the Western United States and Canada. Its power operations include ownership of the two-unit ROVA coal-fired power plant in North Carolina.