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Issuer:     PEABODY ENERGY CORP (BTU)
CIK:        0001064728
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001064728-25-000122
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.95
Item codes: 1.02, 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Peabody terminates $3.8B Anglo American coal acquisition over Moranbah North mine fire
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- Terminated purchase agreements with Anglo American due to material adverse change from March 31 ignition event at Moranbah North mine.
- No revised agreement reached; mine has no timeline to resume longwall production at forecasted 5.3M tons.
- Also terminated related sale of Dawson Mine to PT Bukit Makmur Mandiri Utama.
- Anglo estimates $45M/month holding costs at Moranbah North; acquisition had been scheduled to close April 2025.
- Peabody will return 65-100% of available free cash flow to shareholders via buybacks and pursue organic growth.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472825000122/0001064728-25-000122-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472825000122/btu-20250819.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001064728-25-000122

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