Westmoreland Coal Company announced that it has expanded the size of its Board of Directors from 8 to 9 directors following the 2016 Annual Meeting and announced several changes to its Board of Directors designed to bring additional industry expertise and shareholder representation. Richard Klingaman, current Chairman of the Board, will retire from the Westmoreland Board when his current term expires at the Annual Meeting. Mr. Klingaman has served on the Board since 2006.

Replacing Mr. Klingaman and filling the additional director position created through the expansion of the Board, Robert Flexon and Robert Tinstman have been nominated by the Board of Directors to stand for election as part of Westmoreland's slate of director nominees at the Annual Meeting. Mr. Flexon, Chief Executive Officer of Dynegy Inc., leads a dynamic and growing power generation company that currently runs 26,000 megawatts of power generation capacity. Mr. Tinstman, retired CEO of Morrison Knudsen, a former NYSE-traded global civil engineering and construction company, brings extensive operational and executive experience in the mining and construction industry to the Board.