8-K

PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION

January 31, 2025

/s/ Brian R. Cropper

Brian R. Cropper

VP Treasurer

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): January 28, 2025

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)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (314) 342-3400

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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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).

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. ☐

Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On January 28, 2025, Peabody Energy Corporation (the “Company”) amended its receivables purchase agreement (as previously amended, the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”) by entering into the Tenth Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement (the “RPA Amendment”), by and among P&L Receivables Company, LLC, the Company, the purchaser parties party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, as administrator, and the other parties party thereto. Pursuant to the RPA Amendment, among other things and subject to certain conditions, the facility termination date was extended from January 28, 2025 to January 18, 2028.

The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the RPA Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

10.1		Tenth Amendment to the Sixth Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 28, 2025, by and among P&L Receivables Company, LLC, Peabody Energy Corporation, all Committed Purchasers listed on the signature pages thereto, all Purchaser Agents listed on the signature pages thereto, all LC Participants listed on the signature pages thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrator and as LC Bank and PNC Capital Markets LLC, as Structuring Agent.

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