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FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
/ / Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
(Print or Type Response)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Shanks Robert W.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
CityPlace One, Suite 300
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(Street)
St. Louis, MO 63141
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(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Arch Coal, Inc. (ACI)
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
March 1998
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
/ / Director
/ / 10% Owner
/ X / Officer (Give Title) Vice President - Operations
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/ / Other (Specify)
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
/ X / Form filed by One Reporting Person
/ / Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of
(Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Form: Indirect
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Benefici- Direct (D) Beneficial
(Instr. 8) ally Owned or In- Ownership
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(Month/ Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Month (Instr. 4)
Day/ (Instr. 3
Year) and 4)
Common Stock 3/26/98 P 250 A 27.5625 250 I By trust (1)
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1. Title of 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date 7. Title and
Derivative sion or action action Derivative Exercisable Amount of
Security Exercise Date Code Securities and Under-
(Instr. 3) Price of (Month/ (Instr. 8) Acquired (A) Expiration lying
Deriva- Day/ or Disposed Date Securities
tive Year) of (D)(Instr. (Month/Day/ (Instr. 3
Security 3, 4 and 5) Year) and 4)
Date Expir- Amount or
Exer- ation Number of
Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares
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Table II (continued)
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8. Price of 9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Derivative Derivative Form of Indirect
Security Securities Derivative Beneficial
(Instr. 5) Benefic- Security: Ownership
ially Direct (D) (Instr. 4)
Owned at or Indirect
End of Month (I)(Instr. 4)
(Instr. 4)
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(1) These shares are held by the Robert W. Shanks Revocable Living Trust. The
reporting person is the beneficiary of the trust and the reporting person's
spouse is trustee of the trust.
Explanation of Responses:
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a
currently valid OMB Number.
/s/ Miriam Rogers Singer April 8, 1998
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
on behalf of Robert W. Shanks
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