NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 07/01/09 -- Levi & Korsinsky announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the Circuit Court of the State of Maryland challenging the proposed acquisition of Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. ("Foundation Coal" or the "Company") (NYSE: FCL). The complaint arises out of the announcement by Foundation Coal that it had entered into a definitive merger agreement with Alpha Coal Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR) ("Alpha Coal"). Under the terms of the merger agreement, Foundation Coal shareholders will receive shares in the post-merger entity valued at $32.73 per share. The complaint alleges that Foundation and its directors breached their fiduciary duties to Foundation's stockholders and that certain disclosures in the Registration Statement are misleading and/or incomplete.

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