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 Expires: December 31, 2014 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CRAFT JOSEPH W III (Last) (First) (Middle) 1717 S. BOULDER AVENUE SUITE 600 (Street) TULSA OK 74119 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. [ AHGP ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President and Chief Executive
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/01/2011
	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								20,641,168	I	By Alliance Resource GP, LLC (1) (2)
Common Unit								5,193,759 (3)	D
Common Unit	04/01/2011		S		2,750,000	D	$52.18	18,428,074	I	Through members of 13d group (4)
Common units								523,122	I	Alliance Resource Management, III (5)

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. Joseph W. Craft III ("Craft") indirectly holds 20,641,168 Common Units of AHGP through Alliance Resources Holdings, Inc. ("ARH II"), of which he is sole director and sole shareholder. ARH II holds all of the outstanding shares of Alliance Resource Holdings, Inc. ("ARH"). ARH, in turn, holds all of the outstanding membership interests of Alliance Resources GP, LLC (the "SGP"). Prior to June 13, 2006, Craft was the majority, but not sole, shareholder of ARH II. On June 13, 2006, Craft and ARH II entered into a stock purchase and stock redemption transaction with the other shareholders of ARH II which, after giving effect thereto, resulted in Craft becoming the sole shareholder of ARH II. In a prior Form 4 filing, Craft reported his interest in the 20,641,168 Common Units of AHGP held by the SGP, but disclaimed beneficial ownership in such Common Units except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. (Continued in footnote (2).

2. Craft, as sole shareholder of ARH II, no longer disclaims beneficial interest with respect to any of the 20,641,168 AHGP Common Units held by the SGP.

3. Held through the JWC Rev Trust, which Mr. Craft is trustee.

4. Craft indirectly holds 18,428,074 AHGP common units held by certain current and former members of management of ARLP orther than Mr. Craft with whom he may be deemed to comprise a group under Rule 13d-5(b) of the Exchange Act. Craft disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities.

5. Craft indirectly holds 523,122 Common Units of AHGP through Alliance Management Holdings III, LLC ("AMH III"), which acquired 600,000 Common Units of AHGP in connection with the AMH Liquidation and the AMH II Liquidation. Craft is the sole director of AMH III and owns 42.43% of the membership interests in AMH III. Craft disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interests therein.

Remarks:

	Joseph W. Craft by Mindy Kerber, pursuant to power of attorney dated July 27, 2006	04/04/2011
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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