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Peabody Energy acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Peabody Energy bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
southern part of Stanmore's Wards Well tenements (Wards Well area)
Word for word“The Company entered into a definitive agreement dated October 26, 2023, with Stanmore SMC Pty Ltd (Stanmore) to acquire the southern part of Stanmore’s Wards Well tenements (Wards Well area) which are adjacent to the Company’s Centurion Mine in Queensland, Australia.” 10-K for 2023
agreed acquisitionOctober 26, 2023—
Millennium Mine
Word for word“The Millennium Mine was sold for minimal cash consideration and the assumption of the majority of the mine’s reclamation liabilities.” 10-K for 2023
divestiture—minimal cash consideration and the assumption of the majority of the mine's reclamation liabilities
Anglo American plc metallurgical coal portfolio in Australia
Word for word“The Purchase Agreements contemplate an upfront cash payment of $ 2.05 billion, including a deposit of $ 75.0 million paid to Anglo upon execution of the Purchase Agreements, and fixed deferred cash payments totaling $ 725.0 million that will be payable in annual installments over a four-year period commencing on the first anniversary of the closing date of the acquisition, and additional contingent cash payments capped at $ 1.0 billion, comprised of (a) royalty payments contingent on the price of coal exceeding agreed-upon thresholds for each of the five years following the closing date of the acquisition and (b) payments contingent on the potential restart of the Grosvenor mine.” 10-K for 2024
agreed acquisition—upfront cash payment of $ 2.05 billion
Dawson Assets to Pt Bukit Makmur Mandiri Utama (BUMA)
Word for word“Following the prospective closing of the Anglo acquisition, the Company is contracted to sell the Dawson Assets to BUMA.” 10-K for 2024
agreed divestiture——
Wards Well tenements (southern part)
Word for word“The acquisition was completed for total consideration of $153.4 million, consisting of cash consideration of $134.4 million, cash transaction costs of $9.4 million and the non-cash settlement of existing receivables with the acquiree of $9.6 million.” 10-K for 2024
acquisition—total consideration of $153.4 million
southern part of the Wards Well tenements
Word for word“On April 16, 2024 the Company acquired the southern part of the Wards Well tenements (Wards Well) which are adjacent to the Company’s Centurion Mine in Queensland, Australia.” 10-K for 2025
acquisitionOn April 16, 2024—
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)
2018-12-31$387.4 million
2019-12-31$2.4 million
2020-12-31$0
2021-12-31$0

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Peabody Energy’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-19. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.