ASHLAND INC
SC 13D/A, 1999-04-19
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                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                SCHEDULE 13D

                 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                             (AMENDMENT NO. 1)



                              Arch Coal, Inc.
                              (Name of Issuer)

                                Common Stock
                       (Title of class of Securities)

                                    039380100
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                             David L. Hausrath
                             Vice President and
                              General Counsel
                                Ashland Inc.
                        50 E. RiverCenter Boulevard
                                P.O. Box 391
                          Covington, KY 41012-0391
                               (606) 815-3333
               (Name, address and telephone number of person
             authorized to receive notices and communications)

                               March 15, 1999
          (Date of event which requires filing of this statement)


         If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on Schedule
13G to report the  acquisition  which is the subject of this  Schedule 13D,
and is filing this schedule  because of Rule  13d-1(b)(3) or (4), check the
following box ____.


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CUSIP No.  043906 10 6                      13D

1.       NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS       Ashland Inc.
         I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS
                  61-0122250

2        CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP     (a)  [  ]
                  N/A                                         (b)  [  ]

3        SEC USE ONLY

4        SOURCE OF FUNDS   00       (See Item 3)

5        CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 
         ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)     [  ]

6        CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
                  Kentucky

    NUMBER OF               7    SOLE VOTING POWER
     SHARES                          21,935,554
  BENEFICIALLY
    OWNED BY                8    SHARED VOTING POWER
      EACH                           0
   REPORTING
  PERSON WITH               9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                        21,935,554

                           10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                        0

11       AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
              21,935,554 shares of common stock

12       CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES 
         CERTAIN SHARES     [  ]

13       PERCENT OF CLASS  REPRESENTED  BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 
              56.8% of the shares of common stock

14       TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
                             CO

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                       Securities and Exchange Commission
                           Washington, D.C. 20549
                                Schedule 13D

Item 1.  Security and Issuer
     Ashland Inc.  ("Ashland")  currently owns 21,935,554  shares of common
stock ("common stock"), par value $.01 per share, of Arch Coal, Inc. ("Arch
Coal").
     Arch  Coal is a  Delaware  corporation  with its  principal  executive
offices located at City Place One, Suite 300, Creve Coeur, Missouri 63141.

Item 2.  Identity and Background
     (a), (b) and (c) Ashland is a Kentucky  corporation with its principal
executive  offices  located  at 50 E.  RiverCenter  Blvd.,  P. O.  Box 391,
Covington,  Kentucky  41012-0391.  Ashland is a  diversified  company  with
wholly owned operations in distribution,  speciality  chemicals,  motor oil
and car  care  products,  and  highway  construction.  Ashland  also  has a
38-percent  equity  interest  in  Marathon  Ashland  Petroleum  LLC  and  a
57-percent equity interest in Arch Coal.
     The executive  officers and  directors of Ashland and their  principal
occupations are shown on the attached  Schedule I. The business  address of
each  executive  officer is shown on Schedule I. Each  director's  business
address is Ashland Inc.,  c/o Office of the  Secretary,  50 E.  RiverCenter
Boulevard, P. O. Box 391, Covington, KY 41012-0391.
     (d-e)  During  the last five  years,  neither  Ashland  nor any of the
persons  listed in Schedule I hereto,  has been (i) convicted in a criminal
proceeding  (excluding traffic violations and similar misdemeanors) or (ii)
a party to a civil  proceeding  of a  judicial  or  administrative  body of
competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject
to a judgment,  decree or final order  enjoining  future  violations of, or
prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, Federal or state securities
laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
     (f) Each executive officer and director is a U.S. citizen.

Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
     Ashland  has its shares of Arch Coal  common  stock  enrolled  in Arch
Coal's Dividend  Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP").  Under the DRIP, the dividends
Ashland  receives  on its Arch  Coal  common  stock  are  used to  purchase
additional  shares of Arch  Coal  common  stock.  The  Trustee  of the DRIP
completed  purchases  of Arch Coal common  stock in the open market for the
March 15  dividend  on April 7,  1999.  Since the  Schedule  13D was filed,
Ashland has acquired  553,167  shares of Arch Coal common stock through the
DRIP.

Item 4.  Purpose of Transaction
     Ashland  acquired the additional Arch Coal common stock for investment
purposes.
     Ashland, as a shareholder of Arch Coal has no plans or proposals which
relate to or would result in: (a) except as noted below, the acquisition by
any person of additional  securities of Arch Coal,  or the  disposition  of
securities of Arch Coal; (b) an extraordinary  corporate transaction,  such
as a merger,  reorganization or liquidation,  involving Arch Coal or any of
its subsidiaries;  (c) a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of
Arch Coal or any of its  subsidiaries;  (d) any change in the present board
of directors or management  of Arch Coal,  including any plans or proposals
to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies
on the board;  (e) any  material  change in the present  capitalization  or
dividend  policy of Arch Coal; (f) any other material change in Arch Coal's
business or corporate structure; (g) changes in Arch Coal's charter, bylaws
or instruments  corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the
acquisition  of control of Arch Coal by any person;  (h) causing a class of
securities of Arch Coal to be delisted from a national  securities exchange
or to cease to be  authorized  to be  quoted in an  inter-dealer  quotation
system of a  registered  national  securities  association;  (i) a class of
equity  securities  of Arch  Coal  becoming  eligible  for  termination  of
registration  pursuant  to Section  12(g)(4)  of the Act; or (j) any action
similar  to any of  those  enumerated  above.  However,  Ashland  currently
anticipates  that it will  continue  to acquire  shares of Arch Coal common
stock through the Arch Coal DRIP.

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer

I.       Ashland
     (a) Ashland presently owns 21,935,554 shares of Arch Coal common stock
which  represents  approximately  56.8% of the total issued and outstanding
stock of Arch Coal.
     (b) Ashland has sole voting  power and the sole power to dispose or to
direct the disposition of its shares of Arch Coal common stock.
     (c) Ashland purchased 192,270 shares of Arch Coal common stock through
the Arch Coal DRIP within the last 60 days. Other than this transaction, no
other transaction in Arch Coal common stock was undertaken by Ashland. None
of the persons  listed in Item 2 has effected any  transaction  relating to
Arch Coal  common  stock  within the last 60 days  except as  disclosed  on
Schedule II.
     (d) Not applicable.
     (e) Not applicable.

II.      Executive Officers and Directors of Ashland

     The  beneficial  ownership of the common stock of Arch Coal of certain
executive  officers and directors of Ashland Inc. is listed on Schedule II.
If not listed on Schedule II, the  executive  officer or director  does not
beneficially own Arch Coal common stock.

Item 6.  Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect 
         to Securities of the Issuer
     None

Item 7.  Material to be Filed as Exhibits
     None

                                 SIGNATURE
     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true,  complete
and correct.

                                                  April 19, 1999
                                            ------------------------------

                                                      (Date)

                                             /s/  David L. Hausrath
                                            ------------------------------
                                            David L. Hausrath
                                            Vice President and General Counsel

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                                 Schedule I
                      DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
                                     OF
                                ASHLAND INC.
                PRINCIPAL OCCUPATIONS AND BUSINESS ADDRESSES


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    DIRECTORS                                                PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION*
- ------------------                    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                                   <C>
Samuel C. Butler                      Partner of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Attorneys, New York, New York

Frank C. Carlucci                     Chairman of the Board of The Carlyle Group, Washington, D.C.

Paul W. Chellgren                     Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Ashland Inc., Covington,
                                      Kentucky

Ernest H. Drew                        Former CEO of Westinghouse Industries and Technology Group

James B. Farley                       Retired Chairman and Current Trustee of Mutual of New York, New York

Ralph E. Gomory                       President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, New York, New York

Bernadine P. Healy                    Dean, College of Medicine and Public Health, and Professor of Medicine, The Ohio
                                      State University

Mannie L. Jackson                     Majority owner and Chairman of the Harlem Globetrotters, International

Patrick F. Noonan                     Chairman of the Board of The Conservation Fund, Arlington, Virginia

Jane C. Pfeiffer                      Management Consultant, Vero Beach, Florida

Michael D. Rose                       Director and member of Executive Committee of Promus Hotel Corporation, Memphis,
                                      Tennessee

William L. Rouse, Jr.                 Investments, Naples, Florida
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*  For business addresses, see Item 2.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS                      BUSINESS ADDRESS                        PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
- ---------------------                   -------------------------               -------------------------------------


<S>                                     <C>                                     <C>
Paul W. Chellgren                       P. O. Box 391                           Chairman of the Board 
                                        Covington, KY  41012                    and Chief Executive Officer

John A. Brothers                        P. O. Box 391                           Executive Vice President
                                        Covington, KY  41012                    and Group Operating Officer

James R. Boyd                           P. O. Box 391                           Senior Vice President
                                        Covington, KY  41012                    and Group Operating Officer

David J. D'Antoni                       P. O. Box 2219                          Senior Vice President
                                        Columbus, OH  43216                     and Group Operating
                                                                                Officer

J. Marvin Quin                          P. O. Box 391                           Senior Vice President
                                        Covington, KY  41012                    and Chief Financial Officer

Charles F. Potts                        APAC, Inc.                              Senior Vice President;
                                        3340 Peachtree Rd., NE                  President, APAC, Inc.
                                        Tower Place
                                        Atlanta, GA  30326

James J. O'Brien                        P. O. Box 1400                          Senior Vice President;
                                        Lexington, KY 40512                     President, The Valvoline
                                                                                Company

Kenneth L. Aulen                        P. O. Box 391                           Administrative Vice
                                        Ashland, KY  41114                      President; Controller

Philip W. Block                         P. O. Box 391                           Administrative Vice
                                        Covington, KY  41012                    President

J. Dan Lacy                             P. O. Box 391                           Vice President
                                        Covington, KY  41012

David L. Hausrath                       P. O. Box 391                           Vice President and
                                        Covington, KY  41012                    General Counsel

Richard P. Thomas                       P. O. Box 391                           Vice President and
                                        Covington, KY  41012                    Secretary

Peter M. Bokach                         P. O. Box 2219                          Vice President;
                                        Columbus, OH  43216                     President of Ashland
                                                                                Distribution Company

James A. Duquin                         P. O. Box 2219                          Vice President;
                                        Columbus, OH  43216                     President of Ashland
                                                                                Specialty Chemical Company

Lamar M. Chambers                       P. O. Box 391                           Auditor
                                        Covington, KY  41012

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                                SCHEDULE II


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                                                 Stock Transactions 
                                                  effected within
     Executive Officer of Ashland                   past 60 days                          Total Ownership
     ----------------------------                   ------------                          ---------------

<S>                                         <C>                                      <C>
    Paul W. Chellgren                       January 27, 1999                         8,000 - direct
                                            open market purchase of 3,000
                                            shares at $12.9375                       473 - direct - held in
                                                                                     the Arch Coal DRIP
                                            39 shares purchased with the
                                            March 15, 1999 dividend through
                                            the Arch Coal DRIP

    J. A. Fred Brothers                     29 shares purchased with the             3,000 - direct
                                            March 15, 1999 dividend through
                                            the Arch Coal DRIP                       310 - direct - held in
                                                                                     the Arch Coal DRIP


    J. Marvin Quin                          January 27, 1999                         1,500 - direct
                                            open market purchase
                                            of 1,000 shares at $12.875

    James R. Boyd                           February 12, 1999                        5,000 - direct
                                            open market purchase
                                            of 2,000 shares at $10.75

    Philip W. Block                         January 27, 1999                         400 - direct
                                            open market purchase
                                            of 200 shares at $13.00

                                            February 18, 1999
                                            open market purchase
                                            of 200 shares at $9.8125



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