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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 5, 2006

PEABODY ENERGY ANNOUNCES PRICING OF $900 MILLION OF
7.375% 10-YEAR SENIOR NOTES AND 7.875% 20-YEAR SENIOR NOTES

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 5 - Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today announced the pricing of an offering of $650 million of 7.375% 10-year senior notes due 2016 and $250 million of 7.875% 20-year senior notes due 2026 under its shelf registration statement.

     “We’re pleased to complete this senior notes offering, which will help to fund the Excel Coal acquisition,” said Peabody Energy Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development Richard A. Navarre. “The terms of these offerings and ability to access the 20-year bond market, along with the recently completed $2.75 billion unsecured bank facility, reflect the investment community’s long-term confidence in Peabody.”

     The underwriters expect to deliver the notes on October 12, 2006. Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Lehman Brothers Inc. are serving as joint book-running managers for the senior notes offering.

     Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) is the world’s largest private-sector coal company, with 2005 sales of 240 million tons and $4.6 billion in revenues. Its coal products fuel approximately 10 percent of all U.S. electricity generation and 3 percent of worldwide electricity generation.

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