UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 14, 2002
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COMMISSION FILE NO.: 0-26823
ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE 73-1564280
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (IRS EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) 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)
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(c) EXHIBITS
99.3 Certification of Dale G. Wilkerson, Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer) of Alliance Resource Management
GP, LLC, the managing general partner of Alliance Resource
Partners, L.P., dated November 14, 2002, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350.
ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLSOURE
In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the following
information and the exhibits referenced therein shall not be deemed "filed" for
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor
shall it or they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
On November 15, 2002 Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (the
"Partnership") filed a Current Report on Form 8-K, among other things, to
disclose the certification of Dale G. Wilkerson pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the
"Certification"). The Partnership has recently discovered that a typographical
error exists in the Certification. The Certification stated that it was made in
connection with the Quarterly Report of the Partnership on Form 10-Q for the
period ended June 30, 2002. The correct period ended is September 30, 2002, not
June 30, 2002.
The purpose of this Form 8-K/A is to correct the typographical error in
the Certification and to disclose the Certification with the correct date as
Exhibit 99.3.
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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
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Joseph W. Craft III
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: December 23, 2002
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EXHIBIT INDEX
* 99.3 Certification of Dale G. Wilkerson, Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer) of Alliance Resource Management GP, LLC,
the managing general partner of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., dated
November 14, 2002, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
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* Filed herewith.