secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     PEABODY ENERGY CORP (BTU)
CIK:        0001064728
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001064728-26-000027
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Peabody Energy holds 2026 annual meeting; shareholders approve incentive plan, chair's resignation rejected
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- Shareholders elected ten directors, approved 2026 Incentive Plan, and ratified Ernst & Young as auditor.
- Board Chair Bob Malone resigned effective 2027 annual meeting due to age 75; board rejected resignation, allowing him to serve one more year.
- Board approved amendments to Governance Guidelines creating Vice Chair role effective after 2027 annual meeting.
- All four proposals passed; broker non-votes of ~15.9M shares on director election, advisory vote, and incentive plan.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472826000027/0001064728-26-000027-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472826000027/btu-20260507.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001064728-26-000027

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