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The board of directors of Peabody Energy today declared a regular quarterly dividend on its common stock of $0.06 per share. The dividend is payable on Nov. 23, 2007, to holders of record on Nov. 1, 2007.

Peabody Energy is the world's largest private-sector coal company, with 2006 sales of 248 million tons of coal and $5.3 billion in revenues. Its coal products fuel approximately 10 percent of all U.S. electricity generation and more than 2 percent of worldwide electricity.

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