PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION (Form: 8-K)  

 

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):   May 4, 2010

PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 1-16463 13-4004153
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
701 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri   63101
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (314) 342-3400

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Peabody Energy Corporation (“Peabody”) held its annual meeting of shareholders on May 4, 2010.

Ten directors were elected to serve for a one-year term expiring in 2011. A tabulation of the votes for these directors is set forth below:

                         
    For   Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
Gregory H. Boyce
   188,600,939   10,112,938   23,051,316
William A. Coley
   197,719,691   994,186   23,051,316
William E. James
   189,828,346   8,885,531   23,051,316
Robert B. Karn III
   197,474,338   1,239,539   23,051,316
M. Frances Keeth
   197,423,403   1,290,474   23,051,316
Henry E. Lentz
   187,393,335   11,320,542   23,051,316
Robert A. Malone
   197,694,912   1,018,965   23,051,316
William C. Rusnack
   197,718,983   994,894   23,051,316
John F. Turner
   196,478,611   2,235,266   23,051,316
Alan H. Washkowitz
   189,286,863   9,427,014   23,051,316

Sandra A. Van Trease will continue to serve out the remainder of her three-year term before standing for re-election in 2011.

     

Shareholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Peabody’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2010. The results of the vote are set forth below:

                                 
    For   Against   Abstentions   Broker Non-Votes
Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm
     220,253,104       1,157,824       354,265       —  

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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.

         
    PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION
          
May 7, 2010   By:   /s/ Kenneth L. Wagner
       
        Name: Kenneth L. Wagner
        Title: Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary