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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-244653
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180809
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180810
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180809

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:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-16463
		FILM NUMBER:		181006756

	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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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August&nbsp;9, 2018 </B></P>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">342-3400</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933
(&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(&#167;240.12b-2</FONT> of this chapter). </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">August&nbsp;9, 2018 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PEABODY ANNOUNCES RECEIPT OF REQUISITE CONSENTS IN CONSENT SOLICITATIONS RELATING TO ITS 6.000% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2022 AND 6.375%
SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2025 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">ST. LOUIS,<B> </B>August&nbsp;9, 2018 &#150; Peabody (NYSE: BTU) (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;) today announced that,
according to information provided by Ipreo LLC, as Information and Tabulation Agent, the Company has received the Requisite Consents (as defined below) in its previously announced solicitations of consents (the &#147;<U>Consent
Solicitations</U>&#148;) to amend the indenture governing its 6.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 (CUSIP Nos. 70457L AA2 and U7049L AA6; ISIN No. USU7049LAA62) and 6.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 (CUSIP Nos. 70457L AB0 and U7049L AB4; ISIN No.
USU7049LAB46) (collectively, the &#147;<U>Notes</U>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Consent Solicitations are being made in accordance with the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in a Consent Solicitation Statement dated July&nbsp;30, 2018 (the &#147;<U>Consent Solicitation Statement</U>&#148;), to holders of record as of July&nbsp;30, 2018 (collectively, the &#147;<U>Holders</U>&#148;). The Consent
Solicitations will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August&nbsp;10, 2018 (the &#147;<U>Expiration Time</U>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The proposed amendments
(the &#147;<U>Proposed Amendments</U>&#148;) to the indenture governing the Notes (the &#147;<U>Indenture</U>&#148;) would (1)&nbsp;amend the &#147;Restricted Payments&#148; covenant contained in Section&nbsp;4.07 of the Indenture to permit an
additional category of permitted Restricted Payments at any time not to exceed the sum of (x) $650.0&nbsp;million, and (y) $150.0&nbsp;million per calendar year, commencing with calendar year 2019, with unused amounts in any calendar year carrying
forward to and available for Restricted Payments in any subsequent calendar year, and (2)&nbsp;amend the &#147;Corporate Existence&#148; covenant contained in Section&nbsp;4.13 of the Indenture to permit the Company&#146;s senior management to make
certain determinations regarding the maintenance of the corporate existence of the Company&#146;s Restricted Subsidiaries. Except for the foregoing, all the existing terms of the Notes will remain unchanged. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Holders who validly deliver and do not validly revoke consents prior to the Expiration Time will receive a consent fee of $10.00 in cash per $1,000.00
principal amount of 6.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 or $30.00 in cash per $1,000 principal amount of 6.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2025, subject to the receipt of the Requisite Consents described below. Holders of Notes that do not consent
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customary conditions described in the Consent Solicitation Statement. The Company is soliciting consents as a single proposal from Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes of each series. Accordingly,
adoption of the Proposed Amendments required the consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of each series outstanding, with the Notes of each series voting separately as a class (such consents, the
&#147;<U>Requisite Consents</U>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company informed the trustee for the Notes today that the Requisite Consents had been delivered, and not
revoked, with respect to approximately 60.14% of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the 6.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 and approximately 61.31% of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the 6.375% Senior Secured Notes due
2025. The receipt of the Requisite Consents makes all consents that have been validly delivered and not validly revoked prior to the Effective Time (as defined below), or that will be validly delivered prior to the Expiration Time, irrevocable.
Accordingly, on August&nbsp;9, 2018, the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee entered into a supplemental indenture with respect to the Indenture reflecting the Proposed Amendments (the &#147;<U>Supplemental
Indenture</U>&#148;). Although the Supplemental Indenture became effective upon its execution and delivery (the &#147;<U>Effective Time</U>&#148;), the Proposed Amendments shall become operative only after the applicable consent payments are paid.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has retained J.P. Morgan Securities LLC to act as Solicitation Agent in connection with the Consent Solicitations. Questions about the
Consent Solicitations may be directed to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at (866) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">834-4666</FONT> (toll free) or (212) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">834-3260</FONT> (collect). Requests for copies of the Consent
Solicitation Statement and related documents, and assistance relating to the procedures for delivering consents, may be obtained by contacting<B> </B>Ipreo LLC, the Information and Tabulation Agent, at (212)
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">849-3880</FONT> (banks and brokers) or (888) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">593-9546</FONT> (toll free). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This press
release is not an offer to purchase or sell securities, a solicitation of an offer to purchase or sell securities or a solicitation of consents, and no recommendation is made as to whether or not Holders of Notes should consent to the adoption of
the Proposed Amendments. The Consent Solicitations are not being made to Holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Peabody (NYSE: BTU) is the leading global pure-play coal company and a member of the Fortune 500, serving power and steel customers in more than 25 countries
on six continents.&nbsp;Peabody offers significant scale, high-quality assets, and diversity in geography and products.&nbsp;Peabody is guided by seven core values: safety, sustainability, leadership, customer focus, integrity, excellence and
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