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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001064728-25-000117"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BTU"
cik: "0001064728"
company_name: "PEABODY ENERGY CORP"
filed_at: "2025-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T15:08:05.877346+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Peabody appoints Malcolm J. Roberts as EVP and Chief Commercial Officer

## Summary
- Malcolm J. Roberts appointed EVP and Chief Commercial Officer, effective September 1, 2025.
- Base salary $515,000; STI target 95% of base; LTI target $1,000,000 (approx 195% of base).
- Roberts previously served as Chief Marketing Officer since May 2023; joined Peabody in 2021.
- Role based in Brisbane, Australia; reports to CEO Jim Grech; employment contract attached as Exhibit 10.1.
- Roberts required to comply with 2019 Executive Severance Plan but is not a formal plan participant.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001064728-25-000117
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BTU
- cik: 0001064728
- company_name: PEABODY ENERGY CORP
- filed_at: 2025-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472825000117/0001064728-25-000117-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472825000117/btu-20250807.htm

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