PEABODY ENERGY CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Mar 14, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: PEABODY ENERGY CORP (BTU)
CIK: 0001064728
Period of Report: 2012-03-12

Reporting Person: BOYCE GREGORY H (Director, Chairman and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-03-12	Common Stock	M	56248	$17.8541	Acquired	56640	Direct
2012-03-12	Common Stock	G	56248	$0.00	Disposed	392	Direct
2012-03-12	Common Stock	G	56248	$0.00	Acquired	267018	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-03-12	Option (Right to Buy)	$17.8541	M	56248	Disposed	2015-01-03	Common Stock (56248)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Includes 392 shares held by the reporting person in the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

F2: This transaction involved a gift of securities by the reporting person to a family trust.

F3: Not applicable.