---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001064728-23-000133"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BTU"
cik: "0001064728"
company_name: "PEABODY ENERGY CORP"
filed_at: "2023-10-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T23:04:32.887097+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peabody appoints former Texas A&M president Dr. M. Katherine Banks to board

## Summary
- Dr. Banks appointed to Peabody board effective Oct. 16, 2023, term expiring at 2024 annual meeting.
- She received a prorated grant of DSUs valued at $58,333, vesting monthly over seven months.
- Board expands to ten members; Banks will serve on Audit and HSSE committees.
- Banks served as president of Texas A&M University and is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering.
- She also serves as an independent director of Halliburton Company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001064728-23-000133
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BTU
- cik: 0001064728
- company_name: PEABODY ENERGY CORP
- filed_at: 2023-10-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000133/0001064728-23-000133-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000133/btu-20231016.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001064728-23-000133
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001064728-23-000133.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001064728-23-000133.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dr. M. Katherine Banks was appointed as director at PEABODY ENERGY CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On October 16, 2023, Peabody Energy Corporation (the “ Company ”) issued a press release announcing the appointment of Dr. M. Katherine Banks to serve as a director of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000133/0001064728-23-000133-index.htm

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