UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  April 28, 2014

Walter Energy, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

3000 Riverchase Galleria, Suite 1700

Birmingham, Alabama 35244

(205) 745-2000

 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal
executive offices)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed from last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 8.01              Other Events.

On April 28, 2014, Walter Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that shares of its common stock will be voluntarily delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) at the close of markets on May 7, 2014 pursuant to the Company’s application for voluntary delisting, which has received approval from the TSX.  The Company’s shares are currently traded, and will continue to be traded, on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WLT.”  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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