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): December 5, 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) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (314) 342-3400
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Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure |
Certain members of Peabody Energy Corporations (the Company) senior management team meet from time to time with analysts and investors. The materials used in connection with a meeting that will be held on December 5, 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 Companys other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, as amended on July 10, 2017 and August 14, 2017, and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended June 30, 2017 and September 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 Companys 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 | ||||||
December 5, 2017 | By: | /s/ A. Verona Dorch | ||||
Name: | A. Verona Dorch | |||||
Title: | Chief Legal Officer |
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