Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. unitholders will receive a cash distribution for the 2017 quarter of $0.51 per unit (an annualized rate of $2.04 per unit), payable on February 14, 2018 to all unitholders of record as of the close of trading on February 7, 2018. The announced distribution represents a 16.6% increase over the cash distribution declared of $0.4375 for the quarter ended December 31, 2016 (the "2016 Quarter") and a 1.0% increase over the cash distribution declared of $0.505 for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 (the "Sequential Quarter").