SEC Form 4

FORM 4		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 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Alliance GP, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 1717 SOUTH BOULDER AVENUE SUITE 400 (Street) TULSA OK 74119 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS LP [ ARLP ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/31/2018
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	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		87,188,338(1)(2)	D	(4)	0(3)	D

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 (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	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 (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: 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

Explanation of Responses:

1. Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. ("AHGP"), Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. ("ARLP"), MGP II, LLC ("MGP II") and Alliance GP, LLC ("AGP"), among others, are parties to the Simplification Agreement, dated February 22, 2018 (the "Simplification Agreement").

2. Prior to the completion of the transactions contemplated by the Simplification Agreement, AGP was the general partner of AHGP. Because AHGP wholly owned MGP II and (i) AHGP directly owned 31,088,338 common units representing limited partner interests of ARLP (the "ARLP Common Units") and (ii) MGP II directly owned 56,100,000 ARLP Common Units, AGP reported pecuniary interest in 87,188,338 ARLP Common Units held by AHGP and MGP. AGP expressly disclaimed beneficial ownership of the ARLP Common Units held by AHGP and MGP II except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein.

3. Pursuant to the Simplification Agreement, AGP is no longer the general partner of AHGP.

4. 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.

	/s/ Alliance GP, LLC by Kenneth Hemm, pursuant to power of attorney dated August 1, 2017	06/04/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.