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Peabody Energy announced today that it has replaced its previous $3 billion shelf registration statement with an automatic shelf registration on Form S-3 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The replaced registration statement benefits from new SEC rules available to well-known seasoned issuers, which streamline and accelerate the company's access to capital markets.

Peabody Energy is the world's largest private-sector coal company, with 2005 sales of 240 million tons and $4.6 billion in revenues. Its coal products fuel approximately 10 percent of all U.S. and 3 percent of worldwide electricity.

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SOURCE: Peabody Energy