UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 21, 2016
ATLAS AMERICA SERIES 27-2006 L.P.
(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 000-52615 | 20-5242075 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction Of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
Park Place Corporate Center One
1000 Commerce Drive, Suite 400
Pittsburgh, PA 15275
(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (412) 489-0006
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors of Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers |
On September 21, 2016, the sole member of Atlas Resources, LLC, the managing general partner (the “Managing General Partner”) of Atlas America Series 27-2006 L.P. (the “Partnership”), expanded the board of directors of the Managing General Partner (the “Board”) from two to five directors. In addition to existing directors Freddie Kotek and Daniel Herz, Gary Lichtenstein, Chris Shebby and Jeffrey Slotterback were added as members of the Board. Messrs. Kotek, Herz and Slotterback are employees of an affiliate of the Managing General Partner and their term of service on the Board is until the appointment of a successor or death, resignation or removal. The other directors, Messrs. Lichtenstein and Shebby, are not employees of the Managing General Partner or any of its affiliates and were appointed to initial one-year terms, with annual compensation of $30,000.
Messrs. Lichtenstein and Shebby served on a special committee of the Board that approved the sale of all of the Partnership’s assets to the Managing General Partner pursuant to an Assignment and Bill of Sale, dated October 25, 2016, and the eventual liquidation of the Partnership.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: December 9, 2016 | ATLAS AMERICA SERIES 27-2006 L.P. By: Atlas Resources, LLC, its Managing General Partner | |||||
| By: | /s/ Jeffrey M. Slotterback | |||||
| Name: | Jeffrey M. Slotterback | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer of the Managing General Partner | |||||