In connection with the Emergence, all remaining officers of Westmoreland Resource Partners, LP resigned as of the Plan Effective Date. Also on the Plan Effective Date, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the Company appointed Mr. Gerald A. Tywoniuk, as the Acting Chief Executive Officer and the Acting Secretary of the Company. In such role, Mr. Tywoniuk will be the sole executive officer of the Company, effective as of the Plan Effective Date.

Also effective as of the Plan Effective Date, Mr. Tywoniuk will be appointed as the sole executive officer of certain of the Company's wholly owned subsidiaries. In connection with the foregoing appointments, Mr. Tywoniuk will, effective as of the Plan Effective Date, resign as a member of each of the Audit Committee and the Conflicts Committee of the Board.