8-K 1 d457034d8k.htm FORM 8-K

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): September 29, 2017

PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware |  | 1-16463 |  | 13-4004153
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |  | (Commission File Number) |  | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
701 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri |  | 63101-1826
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |  | (ZIP Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (314) 342-3400

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:

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure

Certain members of Peabody Energy Corporation (the “Company”) senior management meet from time to time with analysts and investors. The materials that will be used in meetings with analysts and investors beginning October 2, 2017 are attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. These materials should be read together with the information included in the Company’s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, as amended, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2017.

The information set forth in and incorporated into this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. The filing of this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information herein that is required to be disclosed solely by reason of Regulation FD.

Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number |  | Description
99.1 |  | Investor Presentation

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number |  | Description
99.1 |  | Investor Presentation

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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.

|  |  |  | PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION
September 29, 2017 |  |  |  | By: |  | /s/ A. Verona Dorch
|  |  |  | Name: |  | A. Verona Dorch
|  |  |  | Title: |  | Chief Legal Officer

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