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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): March 30, 2023

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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	BTU	New York Stock Exchange

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.

On March 30, 2023, Peabody Energy Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release regarding an incident at the Company’s Shoal Creek Mine.

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 No.			Description of Exhibit
99.1			Press Release, dated March 30, 2023.
104			Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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

March 30, 2023			By: /s/ Scott T. Jarboe
			Name: Scott T. Jarboe
			Title: Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary

Exhibit 99.1

PEABODY UPDATE REGARDING SHOAL CREEK MINE

ST. LOUIS, March 30, 2023 Peabody (NYSE: BTU) today provided an update following

yesterday’s fire at Shoal Creek Mine near Birmingham, Alabama. Peabody is continuing to work

with the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) on a reentry plan. Gas monitoring of

exhaust air is showing acceptable air quality and atmospheric conditions within the mine.

Shoal Creek is in a ramp-up period throughout 2023 and expecting delivery of a new longwall

kit during the second half of the year. As a result, Peabody does not expect the current incident

to have a material impact on the Company’s 2023 financial results.

Shoal Creek has approximately 419 employees and is a production-stage underground longwall

metallurgical coal mine located 35 miles west of Birmingham, Alabama, USA. The mine extracts

coal from the Mary Lee and Blue Creek coal seams at depths of 1,000 to 1,300 feet. The Shoal

Creek Mine produced approximately 800,000 tons of coal in 2022.

Peabody is a leading producer of metallurgical and thermal coal. The health and safety of our

people is our first value.

Media Enquiries:

Mary Compton
314-342-3489
[email protected]

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the securities

laws. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to

historical or current facts. They often include words or variation of words such as "expects,"

"anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "projects," "forecasts,"

"targets," "would," "will," "should," "goal," "could" or "may" or other similar expressions.

Forward-looking statements provide management's current expectations or predictions of

future conditions, events, or results. All statements that address operating performance, events,

or developments that may occur in the future are forward-looking statements, including

statements regarding the potential impacts of the incident at the Shoal Creek Mine, including

impacts on the operations at the mine or on Peabody's overall operations. All forward-looking

statements speak only as of the date they are made and reflect Peabody's good faith beliefs,

assumptions, and expectations, but they are not guarantees of future performance or events.

Furthermore, Peabody disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking

statement, except as required by law. By their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to

risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested

by the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are

not limited to, a variety of economic, competitive, and regulatory factors, many of which are

beyond Peabody's control, including the that are described in Peabody's Annual Report on Form

10-K for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2022, and other factors that Peabody may describe from

time to time in other filings with the SEC. You may get such filings for free at Peabody's website

at www.peabodyenergy.com. You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify

all such factors and, consequently, you should not consider any such list to be a complete set of

all potential risks or uncertainties.

SOURCE Peabody