0000899243-16-011114.txt : 20160106 0000899243-16-011114.hdr.sgml : 20160106 20160106152848 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000899243-16-011114 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160104 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160106 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160106 ISSUER: 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 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 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KARN ROBERT B III CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001200403 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16463 FILM NUMBER: 161326644 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: NATURAL RESOURCE PARTNERS LP STREET 2: 601 JEFFERSON ST STE 3600 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002 4 1 doc4.xml FORM 4 SUBMISSION X0306 4 2016-01-04 0 0001064728 PEABODY ENERGY CORP BTU 0001200403 KARN ROBERT B III 701 MARKET STREET ST. LOUIS MO 63101 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2016-01-04 4 A 0 4333 0.00 A 6122 D Common Stock 2612 I By Family Trusts Represent deferred stock units that vest pro rata over 12 months and are converted into common stock at a later date based upon the reporting person's election. On October 1, 2015, the common stock of Peabody Energy Corporation underwent a 1-for-15 reverse stock split. /s/ A. Verona Dorch, as Attorney in Fact for Robert B. Karn III 2016-01-06 EX-24 2 attachment1.htm EX-24 DOCUMENT

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                         FOR EXECUTING FORMS 3, 4 AND 5

        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of A. Verona Dorch, Scott A. Jarboe and Priscilla Duncan, signing
singly, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        (1)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5
with respect to Peabody Energy Corporation in accordance with Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

        (2)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any
such Form 3, 4 or 5 with respect to Peabody Energy Corporation and the timely
filing of such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and any other authority; and

        (3)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his or
her discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as such
attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 28th day of December, 2015.

                                        /s/ Robert B. Karn III
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                                        Robert B. Karn III