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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Schoch Alexander C   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PEABODY ENERGY CORP [BTU] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Exec VP & CLO (Last) (First) (Middle) 701 MARKET STREET 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 01/02/2015 (Street) ST. LOUIS, MO 63101 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 01/06/2015 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock (1) 01/02/2015   A(1)   24,023 (1) A $ 0 26,404 (1) (2) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Schoch Alexander C 701 MARKET STREET ST. LOUIS, MO 63101			Exec VP & CLO

Signatures

Alexander C. Schoch By: Bryan L. Sutter Attorney-in-Fact		04/02/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	See Remarks Section.
(2)	Includes 2,381 shares held by the reporting person in the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Remarks: This amendment is being filed solely to clarify that this award is of restricted stock units, rather than restricted stock as previously reported on a Form 4 filed on January 6, 2015.  The restricted stock units generally vest in whole on January 2, 2018; however, because the reporting person is expected to become retirement eligible during the three-year period following the grant date, on the first quarterly anniversary of the grant date following such time as the reporting person becomes retirement eligible: (1) a portion of the restricted stock units that would have vested by that time (had the restricted stock units been subject to vesting in substantially equal installments on each quarterly anniversary of the grant date during the period from the grant date through the third anniversary of the grant date) will then vest; and (2) the remaining restricted stock units will thereafter vest in substantially equal amounts on each quarterly anniversary of the grant date thereafter through the third anniversary of the grant date; all subject to any acceleration terms and conditions and the other terms of the restricted stock units award.  The amount of securities beneficially owned directly by the reporting person is shown as of the completion of all transactions on January 2, 2015.  This practice of awarding restricted stock units instead of restricted stock to recipients who are or will become retirement eligible during the equity vesting period is applicable to executives and non-executives.

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