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| <NonNumbericText> <div> <table style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr><td valign="top" width="4%" align="left"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"><b>1.</b></font></td> <td valign="top" align="left"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"><b>ORGANIZATION AND PRESENTATION </b></font></td></tr></table> <p style="margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2"><i>Significant Relationships Referenced in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements </i></font></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 6px;"> </p> <table style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr><td width="5%"><font class="_mt" size="1"> </font></td> <td valign="top" width="2%" align="left"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">•</font></td> <td valign="top" width="1%"><font class="_mt" size="1"> </font></td> <td valign="top" align="left"> <p align="left"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">References to "we," "us," "our" or "ARLP Partnership" mean the business and operations of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., the parent company, as well as its consolidated subsidiaries. </font></p></td></tr></table> <p style="margin-top: 0px; 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AHGP owns directly and indirectly 100% of the members' interest of MGP, the incentive distribution rights ("IDR") in ARLP and 15,544,169 common units of ARLP. </font></p> <p style="margin-top: 12px; text-indent: 4%; margin-bottom: 0px;"><font style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="_mt" size="2">The Delaware limited partnership, limited liability companies and corporation that comprise our subsidiaries are as follows: Intermediate Partnership, Alliance Coal, Alliance Design Group, LLC, ("Alliance Design"), Alliance Land, LLC, Alliance Properties, LLC, Alliance Resource Properties, LLC, ("Alliance Resource Properties") and its wholly owned subsidiary, ARP Sebree, LLC, Alliance Service, Inc. 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