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Issuer:     PEABODY ENERGY CORP (BTU)
CIK:        0001064728
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001064728-23-000143
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 1.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Peabody Energy to acquire Wards Well tenements in Queensland for $136M upfront, plus contingent royalty up to $200M
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- Upfront purchase price of ~$136M; additional contingent royalty of up to $200M on first 120Mt of coal mined.
- Acquisition covers southern part of Stanmore's Wards Well tenements in Bowen Basin, Queensland.
- Subject to regulatory approvals (FIRB), financier approval, ministerial approval, and infrastructure access agreement.
- If conditions not satisfied within 12 months, alternate transaction via put/call option deed may proceed.
- Peabody subsidiary also to negotiate gas rights and infrastructure access agreements.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000143/0001064728-23-000143-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472823000143/btu-20231025.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001064728-23-000143

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