5 1 parker503.txt FORM 5 - 2003 ------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number: 3235-0362 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response.........1.0 ------------------------------ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 5 ANNUAL 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(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |_| Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). |_| Form 3 Holdings Reported |_| Form 4 Transactions Reported ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Parker James L. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) CityPlace One, Suite 300 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) St. Louis MO 63141 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Arch Coal, Inc. (ACI) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Year December 31, 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) |X| Director |_| 10% Owner | | Officer (give title below) |_| Other (specify below) ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (check applicable line) |X| Form filed by One Reporting Person |_| Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ________________________________________________________________________________ ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction 4(b)(v). FORM 5 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================

By: /s/ Janet L. Horgan February 14, 2003 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- Janet L. Horgan, Attorney-in-fact Date ** 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 provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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