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Peabody Energy today announced that Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development Richard A. Navarre will present at the Bank of America 2006 Energy Conference in Key Biscayne, Fla., on Thursday, Nov. 16.

Investors can access a live audio webcast of the presentation at 10:10 a.m. EST at: http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/bas/energy06/id26104214.cfm . The slide presentation will also be posted on http://www.peabodyenergy.com/ .

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

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