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): April 26, 2016

 

ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

 

 

73-1564280

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

Commission
File No.: 0-26823

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

1717 South Boulder Avenue, Suite 400, 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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


 

ITEM 2.02           RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

 

On April 26, 2016, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) announced, via press release, its quarterly earnings and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2016.  A copy of the Partnership’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

 

The information furnished in this Item 2.02 including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent specifically referenced in any such filings.

 

ITEM 9.01           FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

(d)           Exhibits

 

99.1                        Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. press release dated as of April 26, 2016.

 

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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 hereunto 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: April 26, 2016

 

 

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