5 1 0001.txt FORM 5 SEC 1474 (7-96) PI-201373.01 ------------------------------ FORM 5 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ------------------------------ Check this box if no ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP longer subject to Section Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of 16. Form 4 or Form 5 the Public Utility obligations may continue. Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 See Instruction 1(b) Form 3 Holdings Reported Form 4 Transactions Reported ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Person* Arch Coal, Inc. (ACI) Issuer (Check all applicable) Perry, A. Michael ------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS Identification 4. Statement for X Director 10% Owner Number of Reporting Month/Year Officer (give title Other (specify Person if an December 31, 2000 below) below) CityPlace One, Suite 300 Entity (Voluntary) ------------------------------- (Street) 5. If Amendment, Date 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing of Original (Check Applicable Line) (Month/Year) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One St. Louis, Missouri 63141 Reporting Person ------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table 1 - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.Title of Security 2.Transaction 3.Trans- 4. Securities Acquired 5. Amount of Securities 6.Ownership 7. Nature of action (A) or Disposed of Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Indirect Code (D) At the end of Issuer's (D) or Beneficial Fiscal Year Indirect (I) Ownership (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4) Amount (A) or Price (D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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). FORM 4 (continued) TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.Title of 2. Conver- 3.Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number 6. Date Exercisable 7.Title and 8. Price of 9. Number of Derivative sion or action action of and Expiration Date Amount of Derivative Derivative Security Exercise Date Code Derivative (Month/Day/Year) Underlying Security Securities (Instr. 3) Price of (Month/ (Instr. Securities Securities (Inst. 5) Beneficially Derivative Day/ 8) Acquired (Instr. 3 Owned at Security Year) (A) or and 4) End of Disposed Year of (D) (Instr. 4) (Inst. 3, 4 and 5) Date Amount Exerc- Expiration or Number (A) (D) able Date Title Shares ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phantom Stock 1-for-1 (1) A 3,364 (2) (2) Common 3,364 Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of Responses: (1) Acquired on various dates in 2000 pursuant to Arch Coal, Inc's Director Compensation Plan. (2) Payable in cash upon termination of the Reporting Person's service on Arch Coal's Board. /S/Janet L. Horgan February 14, 2001 **By Janet L. Horgan, As Date 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). 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.