Exhibit 3(a)
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
ATLAS RESOURCES, INC.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of State
To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting:
Whereas, Under the provisions of the Business Corporation Law, approved the
5th day of May, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, P.L.
364, as amended, the Department of State is authorized and required to issue a
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
evidencing the incorporation of a business corporation organized under the terms
of that law, and
Whereas, The stipulations and conditions of that law have been fully
complied with by the persons desiring to incorporate as
ATLAS RESOURCES, INC.
Therefore, Know Ye, That subject to the Constitution of this Commonwealth
and under the authority of the Business Corporation Law, I do by these presents,
which I have caused to be sealed with the Great Seal of the Commonwealth,
create, erect, and incorporate the incorporators of and the subscribers to the
shares of the proposed corporation named above, their associates and successors,
and also those who may thereafter become subscribers or holders of the shares of
such corporation, into a body politic and corporate in deed and in law by the
name chosen hereinbefore specified, which shall exist perpetually and shall be
invested with and have and enjoy all the powers, privileges, and franchises
incident to a business corporation and be subject to all the duties,
requirements, and restrictions specified and enjoined in and by the Business
Corporation Law and all other applicable laws of this Commonwealth.
Given under my Hand and the Great Seal of the Commonwealth, at the City of
Harrisburg, this 9th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and seventy-nine and of the Commonwealth the two hundred
and fourth
/s/ Ethel D. Allen, D.O.
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Secretary of the Commonwealth
_SC8:8CL-204 (Rev. 8-72) -------------------------------
Filing Fee: $75 Filed this 9th day of July, 1979,
A18-7 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of State
Articles of /s/ Ethel D. Allen, D.O.
Incorporation-
Domestic Business Corporation Secretary of the Commonwealth
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
CORPORATION BUREAU
In compliance with the requirements of section 204 of the Business
Corporation Law, act of of May 5, 1933 (P.L. 364) (15 P.S. Section 1204) the
undersigned desiring to be incorporated as a business corporation, hereby
certifies (certify) that:
1. The Name of the corporation is ATLAS RESOURCES, INC.
2. The location and post office address of the initial registered office of
the corporation in this Commonwealth is: 311 Rouser Road, Coraopolis,
Pennsylvania 15108.
3. The corporation is incorporated under the Business Corporation Law of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the following purpose or purposes:
To engage in and do any lawful act concerning any or all lawful business
for which corporations may be incorporated under this act.
4. The term for which the corporation is to exist is perpetual.
5. The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have
authority to issue is: Five Hundred (500) shares of capital stock
without par value.
6. The name and post office address of each incorporator and the number and
class of shares subscribed by such incorporator(s) is(are):
Number and
Name Address Class of Shares
Ira S. Pimm, Jr. 2225 Land Title Building 1
Philadelphia, PA 19110
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the incorporator(s) has (have) signed and sealed these
Articles of Incorporation this 5th day July, 1979.
Ira S.Pimm, Jr.
_______________________________(SEAL) _______________________________(SEAL)
_______________________________(SEAL)
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
CORPORATION BUREAU
Articles of Incorporation
Domestic Business Corporation
In compliance with the requirements of section 204 of the Business
Corporation Law, act of May 5, 1933 (P.L. 364) (15 P.S. S1204) the undersigned,
desiring to be incorporated as a business corporation, hereby certifies that:
1. The name of the corporation is
ATLAS RESOURCES, INC.
2. The location and post office address of the initial registered office of
the corporation in this Commonwealth is: 311 Rouser Road, Coraopolis,
Pennsylvania 15108.
3. The corporation is incorporated under the Business Corporation Law of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the following purpose or purposes:
To engage in and do any lawful act concerning any or all lawful business
for which corporations may be incorporated under this act.
4. The term for which the corporation is to exist is perpetual.
5. The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have
authority to issue is: Five Hundred (500) shares of capital stock
without par value.
6. The name and post office address of each incorporator and the number and
class of shares subscribed by such incorporator is:
Number and
Name Address Class of Shares
Ira S. Pimm, Jr. 2225 Land Title Building 1
Philadelphia, PA 19110
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the incorporator has signed and sealed these Articles
of Incorporation this 5th day of July, 1979.
Ira S. Pimm, Jr.
_______________________________(SEAL)
Filed this 9th day of July, 1979.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of State
ETHEL D. ALLEN, D.O.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:
WHEREAS, Under the provisions of the Business Corporation Law, approved the
5th day of May, Anno Domini one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three, P.L.
364, as amended, the Department of State is authorized and required to issue a
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
evidencing the incorporation of a business corporation organized under the
terms of that law.
AND WHEREAS, The stipulations and conditions of that law have been fully
complied with by the persons desiring to incorporate as ATLAS RESOURCES, INC.
THEREFORE, KNOW YE, That subject to the Constitution of this Commonwealth
and under the authority of the Business Corporation Law, I do by these presents,
which I have caused to be sealed with the Great Seal of the Commonwealth,
create, erect, and incorporate the incorporators of and the subscribers to the
shares of the proposed corporation named above, their associates and successors,
and also those who may thereafter become subscribers or holders of the shares of
such corporation, into a body politic and corporate in deed and in law by the
name chosen hereinbefore specified, which shall exist perpetually and shall be
invested with and have and enjoy all the powers, privileges, and franchises
incident to a business corporation and be subject to all the duties,
requirements and restrictions specified and enjoined in and by the Business
Corporation Law and all other applicable laws of this Commonwealth.
GIVEN under my hand and the Great Seal
of the Commonwealth, at the City of
SEAL OF THE STATE Harrisburg, this 9th day of July,
OF PENNSYLVANIA in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and seventy-nine and of
the Commonwealth the two hundred and fourth.
ETHEL D. ALLEN, D.O.
Secretary of the Commonwealth