Sec Form 4 Filing - Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. @ ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS LP - 2018-05-31

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS LP [ ARLP] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director X __ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 1717 SOUTH BOULDER AVENUE,, SUITE 400 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 05/31/2018 (Street) TULSA, OK74119 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Unit 05/31/2018 D 31,088,338 ( 1 ) D 0 ( 3 ) D Common Unit 05/31/2018 D 56,100,000 ( 1 ) D 0 ( 3 ) I See Foot Notes ( 1 ) ( 3 )

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. 1717 SOUTH BOULDER AVENUE, SUITE 400 TULSA, OK74119 X Signatures /s/ Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. by Kenneth Hemm pursuant to power of attorney dated August 1, 2017 06/04/2018 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. ("AHGP"), Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. ("ARLP") and MGP II, LLC ("MGP II"), among others, are parties to the Simplification Agreement, dated February 22, 2018 (the "Simplification Agreement"). Prior to the transactions contemplated by the Simplification Agreement, (i) AHGP directly owned 31,088,338 common units representing limited partner interests of ARLP (the "ARLP Common Units") and (ii) AHGP wholly owned MGP II and MGP II directly owned 56,100,000 ARLP Common Units. ( 2 )Pursuant to the Simplification Agreement, all common units representing limited partner interests in AHGP (the "AHGP Common Units") were canceled and converted into the right to receive all of the ARLP Common Units held by AHGP and its subsidiaries. Based on a formula calculated pursuant to the Simplification Agreement, the exchange ratio was 1.478181161 ARLP Common Units for each AHGP Common Unit. ( 3 )Pursuant to the Simplification Agreement, MGP II distributed (a) 99.999% of the 56,100,000 ARLP Common Units to AHGP and (b) 0.001% of the 56,100,000 ARLP Common Units to ARM GP Holdings, Inc. ("ARMH"), which ARMH then distributed to AHGP. Thereafter, the AHGP Common Units were canceled and converted into the right to receive all of the ARLP Common Units held by AHGP and its subsidiaries.

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