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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).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Boyd James R.
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(Last) (First) (Middle)
City Place 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 2000
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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)
/ X / Director
/ / 10% Owner
/ / Officer (Give Title)
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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 3/29/2000 J(1) V 8,962(2) A $7.1875 D
Common Stock 3/29/2000 J(1) V 1,689 A $7.1875 1,689 I
By Ashland
Inc. Thrift
Common Stock 3/31/2000 A 10,000 A $7.00 23,692 D Plan
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(1) Issued to Reporting Person as a result of a distribution of Issuer's stock
to Ashland Inc. shareholder.
(2) Includes 1,045 shares held jointly with the Reporting Person's spouse.
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 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
Common
Phantom Stock
Units 3/29/2000 J(1) V 4,984 (1) (1) Stock 4,984
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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)
$7.1875 4,984 D
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) The phantom stock units were received via Ashland Inc.'s 1995 Deferred
Compensation Plan as a result of a distribution of Issuer stock to Ashland Inc.
shareholders. The stock units are payble in cash or stock upon termination of
service.
/s/ Rosemary L. Klein April 10, 2000
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Rosemary L. Klein
Attorney in Fact
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned appoints the following individuals, with full power to
each of them to act alone, as its true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents
to execute and file on behalf of the undersigned all Forms 3, 4 and 5, and any
amendments thereto, that the undersigned may be required to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and any stock exchange or similar authority,
as a result of the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of
Arch Coal, Inc. The authority of the following individuals under this Power of
Attorney shall continue until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with regard to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions
in securities of Arch Coal, Inc., unless earlier revoked in writing. The
undersigned acknowledges that the following individuals are not assuming any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934.
The following officers of Arch Coal, Inc.:
Secretary of the Corporation
Assistant Secretary of the Corporation
General Counsel of the Corporation
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed this 10TH day of APRIL , 2000.
/s/ JAMES R. BOYD
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James R. Boyd
Signature
