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<div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2004
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333<U>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Peabody Energy Corporation</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>701 Market Street<BR>
St. Louis, Missouri 63101-1826</B></DIV>
<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Peabody Energy Corporation 2004 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Jeffery L. Klinger, Esq.<BR>
Peabody Energy Corporation<BR>
701 Market Street<BR>
St. Louis, Missouri 63101-1826</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(314)&nbsp;342-3400</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copy to:



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>R. Randall Wang, Esq.<BR>
Bryan Cave LLP<BR>
211 North Broadway, Suite&nbsp;3600<BR>
St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2750<BR>
(314)&nbsp;259-2000</B>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $0.01 par value and
Preferred Share Purchase Rights<SUP>(3)</SUP>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">3,500,000</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(1)&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), also registered hereunder are an indeterminate
number of shares of Common Stock which may become issuable by reason of any
stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or any other similar
transaction affected with the receipt of consideration which results in an
increase in the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h) and Rule&nbsp;457(c). The Proposed Maximum Offering
Price Per Share and the Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price are computed
on the basis of the average of the high and low trading prices for the Common
Stock on July 26, 2004, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(3)&nbsp;Each share of Common Stock issued also represents one Preferred Share
Purchase Right. Preferred Share Purchase Rights cannot trade separately from
the underlying Common Stock and, therefore, do not carry a separate price or
necessitate an additional registration fee.

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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003"> Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004"> Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006"> Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007"> Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008"> Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="c86872exv5w1.htm">Opinion of Jeffery L. Klinger</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="c86872exv23w1.htm">Consent of Ernst & Young LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Peabody
Energy Corporation (&#147;Registrant&#148;) is filing this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to register 3,500,000 shares of common stock
for issuance pursuant to Registrant&#146;s 2004 Long-Term Equity Incentive
Plan (&#147;Plan&#148;), which Plan was approved by shareholders on
May&nbsp;6, 2004. Such shares are only authorized for issuance to eligible
participants under the Plan.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Items 1 and 2 of
Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants of the Peabody Energy
Corporation 2004 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan as specified in Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In accordance with the
instructions to Part&nbsp;I, those documents are not filed with the Commission as
part of this Registration Statement or a prospectus under Rule&nbsp;424 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2003 (File No.&nbsp;001-16463).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended March&nbsp;31, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;001-16463).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;10, 2004, March&nbsp;19, 2004, March&nbsp;25, 2004 and
June&nbsp;15, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;001-16463).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in the
Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form 8-A filed under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (File No.&nbsp;001-16463) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;2, 2001, including any further amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s preferred share purchase rights
contained in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement filed under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (File No.&nbsp;001-16463) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;24, 2002, including any further amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents (but this shall
not include any information that is merely furnished to the Securities and
Exchange Commission). Any statement contained in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jeffery L. Klinger, Vice President - Legal Services and Assistant
Secretary of the Company, has rendered an opinion as to the legality of the
Company&#146;s common stock being registered hereby. Mr.&nbsp;Klinger is paid a salary
and bonus by the Company, participates in certain of the Company&#146;s employee
benefit plans, and owns shares of common stock and options to acquire shares of
common stock.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that, among
other things, a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as
other employees and agents of the corporation against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection
with specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation, a &#147;derivative action&#148;), if they acted in good faith and in a
manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard
is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification
only extends to expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred in connection
with the defense or settlement of such actions, and the statute requires court
approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking
indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides
that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a
corporation&#146;s by-laws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement
or otherwise.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Sixth of the Registrant&#146;s third amended and restated certificate
of incorporation and Article&nbsp;IV of the Registrant&#146;s amended and restated
by-laws requires indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware
law. The Registrant has also obtained officers&#146; and directors&#146; liability
insurance which insures against liabilities that officers and directors of the
Registrant, in such capacities, may incur. The Registrant&#146;s third amended and
restated certificate of incorporation requires the advancement of expenses
incurred by officers or directors in relation to any action, suit or
proceeding.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a
corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of
the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director,
except for liability (i)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derives an
improper personal benefit, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or that
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under
Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (certain illegal
distributions) or (iv)&nbsp;for any breach of a director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the
company or its stockholders. Article&nbsp;Sixth of the Registrant&#146;s third amended
and restated certificate of incorporation includes such a provision.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with the Registrant&#146;s existing indemnification procedures
and policies and the rights provided for by its third amended and restated
certificate of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws, the Registrant
has executed indemnification agreements with its directors and certain senior
executive officers.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to those agreements, to the fullest extent permitted by the laws
of the State of Delaware, the Registrant has agreed to indemnify those persons
against any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact
that the indemnified person is or was or has agreed to serve at the request of
the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or
while serving as a director or officer of the Registrant, is or was


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Registrant as a
director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes of the
indemnification agreements, includes a trustee, partner, manager or a position
of similar capacity) of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged
to have been taken or omitted in such capacity. The indemnification provided
by these agreements is from and against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the indemnified person or on his or her behalf in connection with
the action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, but shall only be
provided if the indemnified person acted in good faith and in a manner the
indemnified person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action, suit or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the indemnified person&#146;s conduct
was unlawful.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index filed herewith.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration
Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
if the registration statement is on Form&nbsp;S-3, Form&nbsp;S-8 or Form&nbsp;F-3, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on this 20th day of
July, 2004.

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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" COLSPAN="2"><B>PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By: </TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ IRL F. ENGELHARDT<hr size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">Irl F. Engelhardt</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Irl F. Engelhardt, Richard A
Navarre, Fredrick D. Palmer and Jeffery L. Klinger, or any of them, his or her
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including, without
limitation, post-effective amendments and documents in connection therewith) to
this Registration Statement with respect to the Peabody Energy Corporation 2004
Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power
and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection with this Registration Statement, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that either of said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD width="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ IRL F. ENGELHARDT</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><hr size="1" noshade></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Irl F. Engelhardt</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ RICHARD A. NAVARRE
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><hr size="1" noshade></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Financial Officer (Principal Financial and</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard A. Navarre</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"> Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>



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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ B. R. BROWN</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><hr size="1" noshade></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">B. R. Brown</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>



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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ WILLIAM
A. COLEY<HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William A. Coley</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ HENRY GIVENS, JR.<hr size="1" noshade></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Henry Givens, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ WILLIAM E. JAMES<hr size="1" noshade></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William E. James</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ ROBERT B. KARN III<hr size="1" noshade></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert B. Karn III</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ HENRY E. LENTZ<hr size="1" noshade></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Henry E. Lentz</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ WILLIAM C. RUSNACK<hr size="1" noshade></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William C. Rusnack</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JAMES R. SCHLESINGER<hr size="1" noshade></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James R. Schlesinger</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ BLANCHE M. TOUHILL<hr size="1" noshade></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Blanche M. Touhill</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ SANDRA VAN TREASE<hr size="1" noshade></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sandra Van Trease</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ ALAN H. WASHKOWITZ<hr size="1" noshade></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Alan H. Washkowitz</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="86%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Peabody
Energy Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of
the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-1 Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-55412).</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of Peabody Energy Corporation
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the Registrant&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30,
2002 filed on November&nbsp;14, 2002).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of July&nbsp;24, 2002, between the Company
and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (which includes
the form of Certificate of Designations of Series&nbsp;A Junior
Preferred Stock of the Company as Exhibit&nbsp;A, the form of Right
Certificate as Exhibit&nbsp;B and the Summary of Rights to Purchase
Preferred Shares as Exhibit&nbsp;C). (Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
8-A, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-16463, filed on July&nbsp;24, 2002 ).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designations of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock of the Company, filed with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware on July&nbsp;24, 2002. (Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;8-A, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-16463, filed on July&nbsp;24,
2002).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen of stock certificate representing the Registrant&#146;s common
stock, $.01 par value. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.13
of the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-1 Registration Statement No.
333-55412).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Jeffery L. Klinger.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Jeffery L. Klinger (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Peabody Energy Corporation 2004 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
(Incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Registrant&#146;s Proxy
Statement for the 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed on
April&nbsp;2, 2004).</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2004
Registration No. 333
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Peabody Energy Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
13-4004153
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
701 Market Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101-1826
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Peabody Energy Corporation 2004 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Jeffery L. Klinger, Esq.
Peabody Energy Corporation
701 Market Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101-1826
(Name and address of agent for service)
(314) 342-3400
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
R. Randall Wang, Esq.
Bryan Cave LLP
211 North Broadway, Suite 3600
St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2750
(314) 259-2000
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
Amount To Be
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount Of
To Be Registered
Registered
(1)
Offering Price Per Share
(2)
Aggregate Offering Price
(2)
Registration Fee
(2)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value and
Preferred Share Purchase Rights
(3)
3,500,000
$52.87
$185,045,000
$23,445.20
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a), also registered hereunder are an indeterminate
number of shares of Common Stock which may become issuable by reason of any
stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or any other similar
transaction affected with the receipt of consideration which results in an
increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in
accordance with Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c). The Proposed Maximum Offering
Price Per Share and the Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price are computed
on the basis of the average of the high and low trading prices for the Common
Stock on July 26, 2004, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
(3) Each share of Common Stock issued also represents one Preferred Share
Purchase Right. Preferred Share Purchase Rights cannot trade separately from
the underlying Common Stock and, therefore, do not carry a separate price or
necessitate an additional registration fee.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion of Jeffery L. Klinger
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Peabody
Energy Corporation ("Registrant") is filing this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to register 3,500,000 shares of common stock
for issuance pursuant to Registrant's 2004 Long-Term Equity Incentive
Plan ("Plan"), which Plan was approved by shareholders on
May 6, 2004. Such shares are only authorized for issuance to eligible
participants under the Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Items 1 and 2 of
Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants of the Peabody Energy
Corporation 2004 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan as specified in Rule 428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In accordance with the
instructions to Part I, those documents are not filed with the Commission as
part of this Registration Statement or a prospectus under Rule 424 of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2003 (File No. 001-16463).
(b) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended March 31, 2004 (File No. 001-16463).
(c) The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2004, March 19, 2004, March 25, 2004 and
June 15, 2004 (File No. 001-16463).
(d) The description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the
Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A filed under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (File No. 001-16463) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 2, 2001, including any further amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
(e) The description of the Registrant's preferred share purchase rights
contained in the Registrant's registration statement filed under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (File No. 001-16463) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July 24, 2002, including any further amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents (but this shall
not include any information that is merely furnished to the Securities and
Exchange Commission). Any statement contained in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Jeffery L. Klinger, Vice President - Legal Services and Assistant
Secretary of the Company, has rendered an opinion as to the legality of the
Company's common stock being registered hereby. Mr. Klinger is paid a salary
and bonus by the Company, participates in certain of the Company's employee
benefit plans, and owns shares of common stock and options to acquire shares of
common stock.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that, among
other things, a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as
other employees and agents of the corporation against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection
with specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation, a "derivative action"), if they acted in good faith and in a
manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard
is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification
only extends to expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection
with the defense or settlement of such actions, and the statute requires court
approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking
indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides
that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a
corporation's by-laws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement
or otherwise.
Article Sixth of the Registrant's third amended and restated certificate
of incorporation and Article IV of the Registrant's amended and restated
by-laws requires indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware
law. The Registrant has also obtained officers' and directors' liability
insurance which insures against liabilities that officers and directors of the
Registrant, in such capacities, may incur. The Registrant's third amended and
restated certificate of incorporation requires the advancement of expenses
incurred by officers or directors in relation to any action, suit or
proceeding.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a
corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of
the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duties as a director,
except for liability (i) for any transaction from which the director derives an
improper personal benefit, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under
Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (certain illegal
distributions) or (iv) for any breach of a director's duty of loyalty to the
company or its stockholders. Article Sixth of the Registrant's third amended
and restated certificate of incorporation includes such a provision.
In connection with the Registrant's existing indemnification procedures
and policies and the rights provided for by its third amended and restated
certificate of incorporation and amended and restated by-laws, the Registrant
has executed indemnification agreements with its directors and certain senior
executive officers.
Pursuant to those agreements, to the fullest extent permitted by the laws
of the State of Delaware, the Registrant has agreed to indemnify those persons
against any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact
that the indemnified person is or was or has agreed to serve at the request of
the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or
while serving as a director or officer of the Registrant, is or was
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serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Registrant as a
director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes of the
indemnification agreements, includes a trustee, partner, manager or a position
of similar capacity) of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged
to have been taken or omitted in such capacity. The indemnification provided
by these agreements is from and against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the indemnified person or on his or her behalf in connection with
the action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, but shall only be
provided if the indemnified person acted in good faith and in a manner the
indemnified person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action, suit or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the indemnified person's conduct
was unlawful.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index filed herewith.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on this 20th day of
July, 2004.
PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION
By:
/s/ IRL F. ENGELHARDT
Irl F. Engelhardt
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Irl F. Engelhardt, Richard A
Navarre, Fredrick D. Palmer and Jeffery L. Klinger, or any of them, his or her
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including, without
limitation, post-effective amendments and documents in connection therewith) to
this Registration Statement with respect to the Peabody Energy Corporation 2004
Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power
and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection with this Registration Statement, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that either of said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ IRL F. ENGELHARDT
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
July 20, 2004
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
Irl F. Engelhardt
/s/ RICHARD A. NAVARRE
Executive Vice President and Chief
July 20, 2004
Financial Officer (Principal Financial and
Richard A. Navarre
Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ B. R. BROWN
Director
July 20, 2004
B. R. Brown
/s/ WILLIAM
A. COLEY
Director
July 20, 2004
William A. Coley
/s/ HENRY GIVENS, JR.
Director
July 20, 2004
Henry Givens, Jr.
/s/ WILLIAM E. JAMES
Director
July 20, 2004
William E. James
/s/ ROBERT B. KARN III
Director
July 20, 2004
Robert B. Karn III
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ HENRY E. LENTZ
Director
July 20, 2004
Henry E. Lentz
/s/ WILLIAM C. RUSNACK
Director
July 20, 2004
William C. Rusnack
/s/ JAMES R. SCHLESINGER
Director
July 20, 2004
James R. Schlesinger
/s/ BLANCHE M. TOUHILL
Director
July 20, 2004
Blanche M. Touhill
/s/ SANDRA VAN TREASE
Director
July 20, 2004
Sandra Van Trease
/s/ ALAN H. WASHKOWITZ
Director
July 20, 2004
Alan H. Washkowitz
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4.1
Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Peabody
Energy Corporation (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of
the Registrant's Form S-1 Registration Statement No. 333-55412).
4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws of Peabody Energy Corporation
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
2002 filed on November 14, 2002).
4.3
Rights Agreement, dated as of July 24, 2002, between the Company
and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent (which includes
the form of Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior
Preferred Stock of the Company as Exhibit A, the form of Right
Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights to Purchase
Preferred Shares as Exhibit C). (Incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
8-A, Commission File No. 001-16463, filed on July 24, 2002 ).
4.4
Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock of the Company, filed with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware on July 24, 2002. (Incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement
on Form 8-A, Commission File No. 001-16463, filed on July 24,
2002).
4.5
Specimen of stock certificate representing the Registrant's common
stock, $.01 par value. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13
of the Registrant's Form S-1 Registration Statement No.
333-55412).
5.1
Opinion of Jeffery L. Klinger.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of Jeffery L. Klinger (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
99.1
Peabody Energy Corporation 2004 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan
(Incorporated by reference to Annex A to the Registrant's Proxy
Statement for the 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed on
April 2, 2004).