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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-158931
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	RW
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170504
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170504

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PEABODY ENERGY CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001064728
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BITUMINOUS COAL & LIGNITE SURFACE MINING [1221]
		IRS NUMBER:				134004153
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		RW
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-208534
		FILM NUMBER:		17814991

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		701 MARKET ST
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63101-1826
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3143423400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		701 MARKET ST
		CITY:			ST LOUIS
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63101-1826

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	P&L COAL HOLDINGS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980623
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>PEABODY&nbsp;ENERGY&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B><BR> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL">Peabody Plaza</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL">701 Market Street</P> <P STYLE="margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL">St. Louis, MO 63101-1826</P>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom:1pt; margin-top:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL">314.342.3400</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:7pt; font-family:ARIAL"><B>A. Verona Dorch</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:7pt; font-family:ARIAL">Executive Vice President</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:7pt; font-family:ARIAL">Government Affairs&nbsp;&amp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:7pt; font-family:ARIAL">Chief Legal Officer</P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; margin-right:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">May&nbsp;4, 2017 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; margin-right:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>VIA EDGAR </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; margin-right:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities and Exchange Commission </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; margin-right:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation Finance </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; margin-right:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F. Street, N.E. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; margin-right:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; margin-right:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Re: Application for Withdrawal of Registration Statement on Form S-3 originally filed in December 2015 (Registration
No.&nbsp;333-208534) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; margin-right:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; margin-right:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Peabody Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), hereby requests that its
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-208534), originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on December&nbsp;14, 2015 (the &#147;Old Registration Statement&#148;), together with
all exhibits thereto, be withdrawn, with such withdrawal to be effective as of the date hereof pursuant to Rule&nbsp;477 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; margin-right:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company is requesting withdrawal of the Old Registration Statement because it no longer meets the
requirements for use of Form S-3, as a result of its previously disclosed bankruptcy proceedings from which it emerged on April&nbsp;3, 2017. The Company requests that the Commission consent to this application on the grounds that the withdrawal of
the Old Registration Statement is consistent with the public interest and the protection of investors, as contemplated by Rule 477(a) under the Securities Act. No securities were sold pursuant to the Old Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; margin-right:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Please note that this withdrawal request in no way relates to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-1</FONT> (Registration No.&nbsp;333-217242) filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;11, 2017. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; margin-right:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If you have any questions regarding the foregoing application for withdrawal, please telephone A. Verona
Dorch, Chief Legal Officer of the Company, at (314)&nbsp;342-3400 or Edward B. Winslow of Jones Day at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(312)&nbsp;782-3939.</FONT> </P>
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