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
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Whelan Timothy J (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) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Senior Vice President Sales
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/08/2019
	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	02/08/2019		M		39,256	A	(2)	62,482	D
Common unit	02/08/2019		F		11,760	D	$19.67(3)	50,722	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
Restricted unit	(2)	02/08/2019		M			39,256	02/08/2019	(1)	Common unit	39,256	(2)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Not applicable

2. On January 23, 2019, our Compensation Committee determined that the vesting requirements for the 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan grants had been satisfied. As a result restricted units were determined to be vested effective January 1, 2019 and subsequently issued on February 8, 2019 based upon an ARLP unit price of $19.67.

3. Upon vesting, restricted units are withheld by the Partnership for the payment of tax liability at the vesting price of $19.67.

Remarks:

	/s/ Timothy Whelan, by Kenneth Hemm, pursuant to power of attorney dated February 6, 2018	02/12/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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