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Peabody Energy has announced the re-election of four members of its board of directors, for three-year terms expiring in 2008, at the company's annual meeting of stockholders held in St. Louis today.

Re-elected directors include B.R. "Bobby" Brown, former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of CONSOL Energy Inc.; Dr. Henry Givens Jr., President of Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis; Dr. James R. Schlesinger, Chairman of the Board of MITRE Corporation and former U.S. Secretary of Energy, U.S. Secretary of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency Director; and Sandra A. Van Trease, Group President of BJC Healthcare.

Peabody Energy is well positioned to fuel the future energy needs of America and the world. Peabody is the world's largest private-sector coal company, with 2004 sales of 227 million tons and $3.6 billion in revenues. Its coal products fuel more than 10 percent of all U.S. electricity and 3 percent of worldwide electricity. The company is serving global coal demand from electricity generators and steelmakers, and is growing to serve new global customers and emerging "Btu Conversion" markets.

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SOURCE: Peabody Energy