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Peabody Energy’s ability to obtain bankruptcy court approval with respect to motions or other requests made to the bankruptcy court, including maintaining strategic control as debtor-in-possession, in connection with the chapter 11 cases of the Company and a majority of the Company’s wholly owned domestic subsidiaries, as well as one international subsidiary in Gibraltar (collectively, the “Debtors”) which are being jointly administered under the caption In re Peabody Energy Corporation, et al., Case No. 16-42529, in the United States Bankruptcy Court Court (the “Bankruptcy Court”) for the Eastern District of Missouri (the “Chapter 11 Cases”);

•	Peabody Energy’s ability to negotiate, develop, confirm and consummate the Debtors’ Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization filed with the Bankruptcy Court on January 27, 2017 (as amended, the “Plan”).

•	the effects of the Chapter 11 Cases on Peabody Energy’s operations, including customer, supplier, banking, insurance and other relationships and agreements;

•	bankruptcy court rulings in the Chapter 11 Cases as well as the outcome of all other pending litigation and the outcome of the Chapter 11 Cases in general;

•	the length of time that Peabody Energy will operate under Chapter 11 protection and the continued availability of operating capital during the pendency of the proceedings;

•	risks associated with third-party motions in the Chapter 11 Cases, which may interfere with Peabody Energy’s ability to confirm and consummate a plan of reorganization and restructuring generally;

•	increased advisory costs to execute a plan of reorganization;

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•	the impact of the New York Stock Exchange’s delisting of Peabody Energy’s common stock on the liquidity and market price of Peabody Energy’s common stock and on Peabody Energy’s ability to access the public capital markets;

•	the likelihood that Peabody Energy’s common stock will be canceled and extinguished upon confirmation of a proposed plan of reorganization with no payments made to the holders of Peabody Energy’s common stock;

•	the volatility of the trading price of Peabody Energy’s common stock and the absence of correlation between any increases in the trading price and Peabody Energy’s expectation that the common stock will be canceled and extinguished upon confirmation of a proposed plan of reorganization with no payments made to the holders of Peabody Energy’s common stock;

•	Peabody Energy’s ability to continue as a going concern including its ability to confirm a plan of reorganization that restructures Peabody Energy’s debt obligations to address liquidity issues and allows emergence from the Chapter 11 Cases

•	the risk that the Plan may not be accepted or confirmed, in which case there can be no assurance that the Chapter 11 Cases will continue rather than be converted to chapter 7 liquidation cases or that any alternative plan of reorganization would be on terms as favorable to holders of claims and interests as the terms of the Plan;

•	Peabody Energy’s ability to use cash collateral and the possibility that Peabody Energy may be required to post additional cash collateral to secure its obligations;

•	the effect of the Chapter 11 Cases on Peabody Energy’s relationships with third parties, regulatory authorities and employees;

•	the potential adverse effects of the Chapter 11 Cases on Peabody Energy’s liquidity, results of operations, or business prospects;

•	Peabody Energy’s ability to execute its business and restructuring plan;

•	increased administrative and legal costs related to the Chapter 11 Cases and other litigation and the inherent risks involved in a bankruptcy process;

•	the cost, availability and access to capital and financial markets, including the ability to secure new financing after emerging from the Chapter 11 Cases;

•	the risk that the Chapter 11 Cases will disrupt or impede Peabody Energy’s international operations, including its business operations in Australia;

•	competition in the energy markets and supply and demand for coal products, including the impact of alternative energy sources, such as natural gas and renewables;

•	global steel demand and the downstream impact on metallurgical coal prices, and lower demand for coal products by electric power generators;

•	Peabody Energy’s ability to successfully consummate planned divestitures, including the planned sale of all of its equity interests in Metropolitan Collieries Pty Ltd, the entity that owns the Metropolitan coal mine in New South Wales, Australia;

•	Peabody Energy’s ability to appropriately secure its requirements for reclamation, federal and state workers’ compensation, federal coal leases and other obligations related to its operations, including its ability to utilize self-bonding and/or successfully access the commercial surety bond market;

•	customer procurement practices and contract duration;

•	the impact of weather and natural disasters on demand, production and transportation;

•	reductions and/or deferrals of purchases by major customers and Peabody Energy’s ability to renew sales contracts;

•	credit and performance risks associated with customers, suppliers, contract miners, co-shippers, and trading, bank and other financial counterparties;

•	geologic, equipment, permitting, site access, operational risks and new technologies related to mining;

•	transportation availability, performance and costs;

•	availability, timing of delivery and costs of key supplies, capital equipment or commodities such as diesel fuel, steel, explosives and tires;

•	impact of take-or-pay arrangements for rail and port commitments for the delivery of coal;

•	successful implementation of business strategies, including, without limitation, the actions Peabody Energy is implementing to improve its organization;

•	negotiation of labor contracts, employee relations and workforce availability, including, without limitation, attracting and retaining key personnel;

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•	Peabody Energy’s ability to comply with financial and other restrictive covenants in various agreements, including the credit facility proposed in connection with the Plan;

•	changes in postretirement benefit and pension obligations and their related funding requirements;

•	replacement and development of coal reserves;

•	effects of changes in interest rates and currency exchange rates (primarily the Australian dollar);

•	effects of acquisitions or divestitures;

•	economic strength and political stability of countries in which Peabody Energy has operations or serves customers;

•	legislation, regulations and court decisions or other government actions, including, but not limited to, new environmental and mine safety requirements, changes in income tax regulations, sales-related royalties, or other regulatory taxes and changes in derivative laws and regulations;

•	Peabody Energy’s ability to obtain and renew permits necessary for its operations;

•	litigation or other dispute resolution, including, but not limited to, claims not yet asserted;

•	terrorist attacks or security threats, including, but not limited to, cybersecurity breaches;

•	impacts of pandemic illnesses; and

•	other risks and factors, including those described under the “Risk Factors” section and elsewhere in Peabody Energy’s most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings with the SEC, including its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2016 and June 30, 2016.

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