Alliance Resource Partners LP announced that the board of directors of its managing general partner increased the cash distribution to unit holders for the fourth quarter of 2012 to $1.1075 per unit (an annualized rate of $4.43 per unit), payable on February 14, 2013 to all unit holders of record as of the close of trading on February 7, 2013. The announced distribution represents a 11.9% increase over the cash distribution of $0.99 per unit for the fourth quarter of 2011 and a 2.1% increase over the cash distribution of $1.085 per unit for the 2012 third quarter (the sequential quarter).