Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
C-Holdings, LLC
  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)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1717 SOUTH BOULDER AVENUE, SUITE 400
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/31/2018
(Street)

TULSA, OK 74119
4. If Amendment, Date 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
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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 (3) 0 (2) I See Footnote (2)

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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 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
C-Holdings, LLC
1717 SOUTH BOULDER AVENUE
SUITE 400
TULSA, OK 74119
  X   X    

Signatures

 /s/ C-Holdings, LLC by Kenneth Hemm, pursuant to power of attorney dated August 3, 2017   06/04/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* 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).
(1) Alliance GP, LLC ("AGP"), Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. ("AHGP"), MGP II, LLC ("MGP II") and Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. ("ARLP"), among others, are parties to the Simplification Agreement, dated February 22, 2018 (the "Simplification Agreement").
(2) C-Holdings, LLC ("C-Holdings") wholly owns AGP, and AHGP wholly owns MGP II. Prior to the completion of the transactions contemplated by the Simplification Agreement, (i) AGP was the general partner of AHGP, (ii) AHGP directly owned 31,088,338 common units representing limited partner interests of ARLP (the "ARLP Common Units"), and (iii) MGP II directly owned 56,100,000 ARLP Common Units. 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 ARMH, which ARMH then distributed to AHGP. Thereafter, the 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.
(3) Pursuant to the Simplification Agreement, all 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.

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