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): March 17, 2005
ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | Commission File No.: 0-26823 | 73-1564280 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(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)
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ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT
On March 17, 2005, Alliance Resource Operating Partners, L.P. (the “Intermediate Partnership”) entered into an agreement (“Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement”) to amend their Credit Agreement among the Intermediate Partnership and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as paying agent), Citicorp USA , Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as co-administrative agents) and lenders named therein.
Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement amends Section 5.04(d) of the agreement to increase the maximum capital expenditures from $50,600,000 and $50,200,000 for the years ending December 31, 2005 and 2006, respectively to $125,000,000 for each of the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2006. A copy of Amendment No. 1 is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
| (c) | Exhibits |
| 10.1 | Amendment No. 1 dated March 17, 2005 to the Credit Agreement dated as of August 22, 2003, among Alliance Resource Operating Partners, L.P., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as paying agent), Citicorp USA , Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as co-administrative agents) and lenders named therein. |
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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: March 22, 2005
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