Peabody Energy Re-Elects Directors at Annual Shareholders Meeting
ST. LOUIS, May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Peabody Energy
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
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.CONTACT:Beth Sutton(928) 699-8243
Peabody Energy
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