FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
                                                                                  
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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
                      

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Meintjes Charles F 		2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

PEABODY ENERGY CORP [ BTUUQ ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director                      _____ 10% Owner
__ X __ Officer (give title below)      _____ Other (specify below)
President - Australia
(Last)          (First)          (Middle)

701 MARKET STREET 		3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY)

8/11/2016
(Street)

ST. LOUIS, MO 63101
(City)        (State)        (Zip)
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

 
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Trans. Date 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 3. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8) 		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 		5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4) 		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock   8/11/2016     J (1)    624   D $0.00   9210   D    
Common Stock   8/11/2016     J (1)    789   D $0.00   8421   D    
Common Stock   8/11/2016     J (1)    155   D $0.00   9485   (2) D    

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 3) 		2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Trans. Date 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any 4. Trans. Code
(Instr. 8) 		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 3 and 4) 		8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5) 		9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)  On April 13, 2016, the Issuer filed voluntarily petitions under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the U.S. Code (the "Bankruptcy Code") in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Section 503(c) of the Bankruptcy Code places limitations on payments made to insiders; as such, the Reporting Person's prepetition restricted stock awards are prohibited from vesting while the Issuer is in bankruptcy and the Issuer has therefore cancelled such awards.
( 2)  Reflects three additional shares issued by the Issuer to the Reporting Person on December 11, 2015 in connection with the implementation of the Issuer's 1-for-15 reverse stock split which occurred on October 1, 2015. Reflects 1,256 shares which were previously held indirectly in a trust but which are now held directly by the Reporting Person. The amount of shares held by the Reporting Person no longer include 151 shares held indirectly through the Issuer's 401(k) plan. As of March 2016, the Issuer no longer offered its stock as an investment option under the Issuer's 401(k) plan.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address
Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Meintjes Charles F
701 MARKET STREET
ST. LOUIS, MO 63101

President - Australia

Signatures
/s/ Charles F. Meintjes By: Priscilla Duncan, Attorney-in-Fact 8/15/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date


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