13G Filing: Contrarian Capital and Peabody Energy Corp (BTU)

13G

CUSIP No.

ITEM 1.

(a)

Name of Issuer: Peabody Energy Corporation

(b)

Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices: 701 Market Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63101.

ITEM 2.

(a)

Name of Person Filing: Contrarian Capital Management, L.L.C.

(b)

Address of Principal Business Office, or if None, Residence: 411 West Putnam Avenue, Suite 425, Greenwich, CT 06830

(c)

Citizenship: Contrarian Capital Management, L.L.C. was formed in Delaware

(d)

Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock, par value $0.01

(e)

CUSIP Number: 704551308 and 704551100

ITEM 3.

IF THIS STATEMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO SS.240.13d-1(b) OR 240.13d-2(b) OR (c), CHECK WHETHER THE PERSON FILING IS A:

(a)	☐	Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o).
(b)	☐	Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
(c)	☐	Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
(d)	☐	Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8).
(e)	☒	An investment adviser in accordance with ss.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
(f)	☐	An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with ss.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
(g)	☐	A parent holding company or control person in accordance with ss.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
(h)	☐	A savings associations as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);
(i)	☐	A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);
(j)	☐	Group, in accordance with ss.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).

ITEM 4.

OWNERSHIP.

Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.

(a)

Amount beneficially owned: 10,247,274

(b)

Percent of class: 9.35%

(c)

Number of shares as to which such person has:

(i)

Sole power to vote or to direct the vote of:

(ii)

Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 10,247,274

(iii)

Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:

(iv)

Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 10,247,274

INSTRUCTION. For computations regarding securities which represent a right to acquire an underlying security SEE ss.240.13d3(d)(1).

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