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Peabody Energy Corporation
701 Market Street, St. Louis, MO 63101 * (314) 342-3400
Business Description The company is the largest private sector coal company in the world.
Offering
Information

Company has
gone public

Trading As  BTU (NYSE) Industry  Natural Resource (SIC 1222)
Type of Stock Offered  Common Shares Filing Date  2/12/2001
Domestic Shares Offered  12,000,000 Offer Date  5/21/2001
Foreign Shares Offered  3,000,000 Filing Range  $22.00 - $24.00
Company Shares  15,000,000 Offer Price  $28.00
Selling Shrhldrs Shares  0 Gross Spread  $1.580
Gross Proceeds  $420,000,000 Selling  $1.020
Expenses  - - Reallowance  $0.100
Post-IPO Shares  - - Employees  - -
Primary
Underwriting
Group
Underwriter NameParticipationUnderwriter Phone
Lehman Brothers Incorporated Lead Manager (212) 526-8100
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. Co-manager (314) 955-3039
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. Co-manager (212) 272-4850
Merrill Lynch & Co. Co-manager (212) 449-4600
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co-manager (212) 761-5900
UBS Warburg LLC Co-manager  
Income
Statement
and
Cash Flow
Summary
  Prior
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
  Full Year Audited Figures 9 Months Ending
Figures in U.S. millions except per share data     3/31/1998 3/31/1999 3/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/2000
Revenues   - - 2,218.022 2,347.490 2,710.500 2,052.189 1,984.693
Income from Oper.   - - 158.895 6.007 118.570 -22.569 -20.637
Net Income   - - 160.336 10.685 28.210 -30.678 -8.877
E.P.S   - - - - 4.800 -0.910 -0.840
Revenue Growth (%)      - - 5.84 15.464   -3.29
Net Income Growth (%)      - - -93.34 164.01   -
Oper. Profit Margin (%)    - - 7.16 0.26 4.37 - -
Net Profit Margin (%)    - - 7.23 0.46 1.04 - -
Cash Flow - Oper.     262.91 98.61 100.56
Cash Flow - Inv.     -185.38 -155.98 -31.73
Cash Flow - Fin.     -205.18 -42.44 -100.07
Balance Sheet
Summary
and
Financial
Ratios
Balance sheet as of: 3/31/2001 Financial Ratios
Total Assets    5,826.85 Current Assets    632.55 Current Ratio    0.88
Total Liab.    5,318.42 Current Liab.    720.59 Debt Ratio    91.27%
Total Equity    508.43 Working Cap.    -88.05 Debt to Equity Ratio    10.46
Cash    65.62    Return on Assets   0.48%
Use Of
Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to repay long term debt.
Legal Counsel
Registrar
Auditor
Issuer's Law Firm  Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett
Bank's Law Firm  Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Auditor  Ernst & Young
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Principal
Shareholders
Name of Shareholder% Owned
Before
% Owned
After
Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking Partners II L.P., LBI Group Inc. 87.10  
Co-Investment Partners, L.P. 10.40  
Note: represents ownership of 5% or more prior to the offering.

Last updated: 9/14/2001 2:48:04 PM
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