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the Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on May 9, 2019.

 

PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION

 

 

PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION

701 MARKET STREET

SAINT LOUIS, MO 63101-1830

 

 

 

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Meeting Information

 

 

Meeting Type:            Annual Meeting

 

 

For holders as of:       March 18, 2019

 

 

Date: May 9, 2019           Time: 9:00 AM CENTRAL TIME

 

  Location:   Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel
                     7730 Bonhomme Ave
                     Clayton, MO 63105
   

 

 

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       Voting Items   
 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following:

 

1.     Election of Directors

 

Nominees:

 

1a.   Bob Malone

 

1b.  Andrea E. Bertone

 

1c.   Nicholas J. Chirekos

 

1d.  Stephen E. Gorman

 

1e.   Glenn L. Kellow

 

1f.   Joe W. Laymon

 

1g.  Teresa S. Madden

 

1h.  Kenneth W. Moore

 

1i.   Michael W. Sutherlin

 

1j.   Shaun A. Usmar

 

 

 

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The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposal 2.

2.     Approve, on an advisory basis, our named executive officers’ compensation.

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposal 3.

3.     Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2019.

NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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