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ST. LOUIS, May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today announced that all 11 directors were re-elected for one-year terms at the company's 2010 annual meeting of shareholders.

Re-elected directors are:

• Gregory H. Boyce, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Peabody Energy;
• William A. Coley, former Chief Executive Officer and Director of British Energy Group plc;
• William E. James, co-founder and Managing General Partner of RockPort Capital Partners LLC;
• Robert B. Karn III, former Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen Financial and Consulting in St. Louis;
• M. Frances Keeth, former Executive Vice President of Royal Dutch Shell, plc;  
• Henry E. Lentz, Managing Director of Lazard Freres & Co. LLC;
• Robert A. Malone, former Chairman and President of BP America Inc.;
• William C. Rusnack, former President and Chief Executive Officer of Premcor Inc.;
• John F. Turner, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs;
• Sandra A. Van Trease, Group President of BJC Healthcare; and
• Alan H. Washkowitz, former Managing Director of Lehman Brothers Inc.

Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) is the world's largest private-sector coal company and a global leader in clean coal solutions.  With 2010 sales of 246 million tons and nearly $7 billion in revenues, Peabody fuels 10 percent of U.S. power and 2 percent of worldwide electricity.

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SOURCE Peabody Energy