UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 18, 2017
PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 1-16463 | 13-4004153 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 701 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri | 63101-1826 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (ZIP Code) | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (314) 342-3400
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 18, 2017, Peabody Energy Corporation (the “Company”) amended its Credit Agreement (as previously amended, the “Credit Agreement”) by entering into Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement (the “Amendment”), by and among the Company, the subsidiaries of the Company party thereto as reaffirming parties, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent.
Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company, among other things, established additional incremental revolving credit commitments under its incremental revolving credit facility (the “Incremental Revolving Facility”) to increase the principal amount of the Incremental Revolving Facility by an aggregate principal amount of $80,000,000 (the “Additional Incremental Revolving Commitments”) resulting in total commitments under the Incremental Revolving Facility of $350,000,000. The terms and conditions that apply to the Additional Incremental Revolving Commitments are identical to the terms and conditions that apply to the Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments existing immediately prior to the Amendment.
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| 10.1 | Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement, by and among Peabody Energy Corporation, the subsidiaries of Peabody Energy Corporation party thereto as reaffirming parties, the lenders party thereto and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as administrative agent. | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| PEABODY ENERGY CORPORATION | ||||||
| December 19, 2017 | By: | /s/ A. Verona Dorch | ||||
| Name: | A. Verona Dorch | |||||
| Title: | Chief Legal Officer | |||||
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