---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001064728-23-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BTU"
cik: "0001064728"
company_name: "PEABODY ENERGY CORP"
filed_at: "2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T19:43:29.197629+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.05
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peabody stockholders elect all nine directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify auditor

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected with majority support; broker non-votes ~33M shares.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed 76.5M for vs 5.1M against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as 2023 auditor passed with ~113.3M for, 2.1M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001064728-23-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BTU
- cik: 0001064728
- company_name: PEABODY ENERGY CORP
- filed_at: 2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.05
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.05
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000047/0001064728-23-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000047/btu-20230504.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001064728-23-000047.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  PEABODY ENERGY CORP shareholders approved Approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: 2. Approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 76,478,328 5,094,235 974,934 33,032,170
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000047/0001064728-23-000047-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PEABODY ENERGY CORP shareholders approved Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: 3. Ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 113,323,223 2,069,248 187,196 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000047/0001064728-23-000047-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  PEABODY ENERGY CORP shareholders approved Elect nine directors for a one-year term at the 2023-05-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-04
  source text: 1. Elect nine directors for a one-year term: Director For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Bob Malone 77,745,820 4,693,523 108,154 33,032,170 Samantha B. Algaze 77,945,585 4,529,567 72,345 33,032,170 Andrea E. Bertone 72,843,688 9,597,053 106,756 33,032,170 William H. Champion 78,162,945 4,275,451 109,101 33,032,170 Nicholas J. Chirekos 77,963,409 4,462,643 121,445 33,032,170 Stephen E. Gorman 68,334,900 14,091,644 120,953 33,032,170 James C. Grech 78,147,554 4,289,367 110,576 33,032,170 Joe W. Laymon 78,086,980 4,349,823 110,694 33,032,170 David J. Miller 78,196,636 4,278,664 72,197 33,032,170
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000047/0001064728-23-000047-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.