Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO

SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 16, 2005

 

ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  

Commission

File No.: 0-26823

  

73-1564280

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1717 South Boulder Avenue, Suite 600, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

(918) 295-7600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

 

On December 20, 2005, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) announced by press release the following: (1) its subsidiary, Alliance Coal, LLC, has entered into a new coal sales agreement, (2) estimated 2006 capital expenditures and (3) the Partnership confirmed its 2005 guidance ranges. A copy of the Partnership’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(d) Exhibits

 

99.1    Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. press release dated as of December 20, 2005.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.

 

By: Alliance Resource Management GP, LLC,
   its managing general partner

 

By:   /S/    JOSEPH W. CRAFT III        
   

Joseph W. Craft III

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: December 21, 2005

 

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