0001209191-12-018378.txt : 20120314 0001209191-12-018378.hdr.sgml : 20120314 20120314184426 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001209191-12-018378 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120307 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120314 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120314 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Hagedorn Christopher J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001544566 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16463 FILM NUMBER: 12691550 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 701 MARKET STREET CITY: ST. LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63101 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 3 1 doc3.xml FORM 3 SUBMISSION X0204 3 2012-03-07 0 0001064728 PEABODY ENERGY CORP BTU 0001544566 Hagedorn Christopher J 701 MARKET STREET ST. LOUIS MO 63101 0 1 0 0 President-Asia & Coal Trading Common Stock 50986 D Includes 1,692 shares held by the reporting person in the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Christopher J. Hagedorn By: Kenneth L. Wagner Attorney-in-Fact 2012-03-14 EX-24.3_416370 2 poa.txt POA 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 Alexander C. Schoch, Kenneth L. Wagner, and Scott T. Jarboe, 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 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 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 8th day of March 2012. /s/ Christopher J. Hagedorn