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    <submissionType>144</submissionType>
    <filerInfo>
      <filer>
        <filerCredentials>
          <!-- Field: Pseudo-Tag; ID: Name; Data: Elliott Investment Management L.P. -->
          <cik>0001791786</cik>
          <ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
        </filerCredentials>
      </filer>
      <liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>



    </filerInfo>
  </headerData>
  <formData>
    <issuerInfo>
      <issuerCik>0001064728</issuerCik>
      <issuerName>PEABODY ENERGY CORP</issuerName>
      <secFileNumber>001-16463</secFileNumber>
      <issuerAddress>
        <com:street1>701 Market Street</com:street1>
        <com:city>St. Louis</com:city>
        <com:stateOrCountry>MO</com:stateOrCountry>
        <com:zipCode>63101-1826</com:zipCode>
      </issuerAddress>
      <issuerContactPhone>314-342-3400</issuerContactPhone>
      <nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>Elliott Investment Management L.P. (1)</nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>
      <relationshipsToIssuer>
        <relationshipToIssuer>Shareholder</relationshipToIssuer>
      </relationshipsToIssuer>
    </issuerInfo>
    <securitiesInformation>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common stock, par value $1.00 per share</securitiesClassTitle>
      <brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
        <name>J.P. Morgan Securities LLC</name>
        <address>
          <com:street1>383 Madison Avenue</com:street1>
          <com:city>New York</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>NY</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>10179</com:zipCode>
        </address>
      </brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
      <noOfUnitsSold>5000000</noOfUnitsSold>
      <aggregateMarketValue>114550000.00</aggregateMarketValue>
      <noOfUnitsOutstanding>131100000</noOfUnitsOutstanding>
      <approxSaleDate>11/15/2023</approxSaleDate>
      <securitiesExchangeName>NYSE</securitiesExchangeName>
    </securitiesInformation>
    <securitiesToBeSold>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common stock, par value $1.00 per share</securitiesClassTitle>
      <acquiredDate>04/03/2017</acquiredDate>
      <natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>See Remark 2</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
      <nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
      <isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
      <amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>5000000</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
      <paymentDate>04/03/2017</paymentDate>
      <natureOfPayment>See Remark 2</natureOfPayment>
    </securitiesToBeSold>
    <nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>Y</nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>
    <remarks>(1) Elliott Investment Management L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, serves as the investment manager of Elliott Associates, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Elliott") and Elliott International, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited partnership ("Elliott International" and together with Elliott, the "Elliott Funds"), with respect to the shares of common stock held by the Elliott Funds and/or their respective subsidiaries which are covered by this Form 144. (2) Acquired in consideration for claims extinguished as part of the Issuer's emergence from bankruptcy.</remarks>
    <noticeSignature>
      <noticeDate>11/15/2023</noticeDate>
      <signature>Elliott Investment Management L.P., By: /s/ Elliot Greenberg, Vice President</signature>
    </noticeSignature>
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