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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 28, 2019

PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware				1-16463		13-4004153
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)				(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

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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).

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Item 2.06. Material Impairments.

As previously disclosed, Peabody Energy Corporation's (the "Company") North Goonyella Mine in Queensland, Australia experienced a fire in a portion of the mine during September 2018. Mining operations have been suspended since September 2018. During the first quarter of 2019, the Company completed segmenting of the mine into multiple zones to facilitate a phased re-ventilation and re-entry of the mine. The Company commenced re-ventilation of the first zone of the mine during the second quarter of 2019 and subsequently re-entered the area in July 2019. Following these activities and a subsequent detailed assessment, the Company concluded on October 28, 2019 that, due to the time, cost and required regulatory approach to ventilate and re-enter the entire mine, certain zones will be bypassed in favor of others in order to access the remaining reserves. Based on this approach, longwall mining operations are not expected to resume for three or more years. Given the revision in its approach, the Company expects to record a provision of approximately $60 million, primarily related to unrecoverable longwall panel development, in the fourth quarter of 2019.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K 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 Peabody expects will occur in the future are forward-looking statements. They may include estimates of revenues, income, earnings per share, cost savings, capital expenditures, dividends, share repurchases, liquidity, capital structure, market share, industry volume, or other financial items, descriptions of management’s plans or objectives for future operations, or descriptions of assumptions underlying any of the above. 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 factors that are described in Peabody’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2018, 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.

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

October 29, 2019	By: /s/ Amy B. Schwetz
	Name: Amy B. Schwetz
	Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer