# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001064728
**File Stem:** 0001064728-25-000141
**Filing Date:** 2025-11
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**Document Hash:** 96261a6a4a69abc33ef07ed8203ee5a7
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001064728-25-000141.hdr.sgml**: 20251120

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001064728-25-000141

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20251119

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20251120

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20251120

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** PEABODY ENERGY CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001064728
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** BITUMINOUS COAL & LIGNITE SURFACE MINING [1221]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 134004153
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-16463
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251503303

**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

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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): November 19, 2025**

**PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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| **Delaware** | **Delaware** | **Delaware** | **Delaware** | **1-16463** | | **13-4004153** |
| (State or other jurisdiction of<br>incorporation) | (State or other jurisdiction of<br>incorporation) | (State or other jurisdiction of<br>incorporation) | (State or other jurisdiction of<br>incorporation) | (Commission File Number) |  | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| **701 Market Street,** | **701 Market Street,** | **St. Louis,** | **Missouri** |  |  | **63101-1826** |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Address of principal executive offices) | (Address of principal executive offices) | (Address of principal executive offices) |  |  | (Zip Code) |
| Registrant's telephone number, including area code: | Registrant's telephone number, including area code: | Registrant's telephone number, including area code: | Registrant's telephone number, including area 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:

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| 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 |

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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. ☐

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**Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.**

On November 19, 2025, the Board of Directors (the "***Board***") of Peabody Energy Corporation (the "***Company***") appointed Georganne Hodges and Clayton Walker (the "***New Directors***") to serve as directors of the Company, effective immediately, with terms expiring at the Company's 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Ms. Hodges will serve as a member of the Board's Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Walker will serve as a member of the Board's Compensation Committee and Health, Safety, Security and Environmental Committee.

There are no arrangements or understandings between either of the New Directors and any other persons pursuant to which either of the New Directors were named a director of the Company. Neither of the New Directors has any family relationship with any of the Company's directors or executive officers or any persons nominated or chosen by the Company to be a director or executive officer. Neither of the New Directors has any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or proposed transaction required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Each of the New Directors will participate in the Company's non-employee director compensation program, which is described on pages 25 through 27 of the Company's proxy statement for its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the SEC on March 27, 2025. In connection with their appointment to the Board, each of the New Directors received a prorated grant of deferred stock units ("***DSUs***"), awarded on November 19, 2025. The number of DSUs granted to each of the New Directors was determined by dividing either $62,500 or $66,250 (depending on the director's allocation election under the terms of the deferred stock unit agreement) by the closing price per share for the Company's common stock on November 19, 2025 (rounding down to the nearest whole DSU). The DSUs granted to the New Directors generally vest monthly over a six-month period beginning on December 9, 2025. However, the underlying shares generally are not distributed until the earlier of (1) three years after the grant date and (2) the director's separation from service, subject to any deferral election under the terms of the deferred stock unit agreement. A copy of the form of deferred stock unit agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.58 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. In addition, the Company will enter into its standard director indemnification agreement with each of the New Directors.

A copy of the Company's press release regarding the foregoing is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

**Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.**

(d) Exhibits.

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| <u>Exhibit No.</u> | <u>Description of Exhibit</u> |
| 99.1 | <u>[Press Release of Peabody Energy Corporation dated November 20, 2025.](ex991pressrelease.htm)</u> |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |

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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.

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| | **PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION** |
| November 20, 2025 | *<u>By: /s/ Scott T. Jarboe</u>* |
|  | Name: Scott T. Jarboe |
|  | Title: Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary |
|  | Title: Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary |

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## Exhibit 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

![image.jpg](image.jpg)

***Media Release***

**<u>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</u>**

**Peabody Elects Georganne Hodges and Clayton Walker to Board of Directors**

ST. LOUIS, November 20, 2025 – Peabody (NYSE: BTU) today announced its Board of Directors has elected Georganne Hodges and Clayton Walker as members of the company's Board.

Ms. Hodges is an international board director and former energy chief financial officer with nearly 40 years of experience working across the energy industry value chain. Mr. Walker is a senior executive with more than 30 years' experience in operations and strategic development across complex mining projects with emphasis in North and South America, Australia and Japan.

"We welcome Ms. Hodges and Mr. Walker to Peabody as we refresh the skills and expertise of the board of directors with their six-plus decades of experience," said Peabody Chairman of the Board Bob Malone. "We are confident that their impressive backgrounds will bring valued and diverse perspectives in energy and mining to the Peabody board."

Ms. Hodges currently serves as an independent Director and Audit Committee member on the Board of PBF Energy; as an independent Director and Audit Committee Chair, Compensation Committee, and Nominating & Governance committee member for National Gas Services Group; as well as the Chairman of the Board for BWC Terminals. Prior to her retirement, she served as Executive Vice President of Motiva Enterprises, a Saudi Aramco company, where she led the Supply, Trading & Logistics business. She also held the position of Chief Financial Officer for Spark Energy, Inc, a publicly traded retail energy company, where she successfully completed the company's IPO in 2014. She began her career in public accounting and is a licensed CPA in Texas and a Certified Director of NACD. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting and Finance from the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University.

Mr. Walker recently retired as Chief Growth and Development Officer, Copper at Rio Tinto plc, where he was responsible for safety, operational performance and growth. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer for Rio Tinto's Copper product group, where he led global teams focused on growth and decarbonization through a world-class copper portfolio. His responsibilities included oversight of major operations and projects across the Americas, including Rio Tinto Kennecott in Utah and Resolution Copper in Arizona. Prior to joining Copper, he served as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of Iron Ore Company of Canada. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Utah and a Bachelor of Science, Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Utah.

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Ms. Hodges will serve as a member of the Board's Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Walker will serve as a member of the Board's Health, Safety, Security, and Environment Committee and Compensation Committee. With these additions, effective November 19, Peabody's board has 10 members.

*Peabody is a leading coal producer, providing essential products for the production of affordable, reliable energy and steel. Our commitment to sustainability underpins everything we do and shapes our strategy for the future. For further information, visit peabodyenergy.com.* 

**CONTACT:** 

Mary Compton

pr@peabodyenergy.com

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