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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF ATLAS RESOURCES, INC.
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Exhibit 3(a)
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
688825
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 in-corporate the
incorporators of and 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
Common-wealth, 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.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Filed this 9th day of July1979.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of State
/s/ Ethel D.
Allen, D.O.
Secretary of the
Commonwealth
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Articles of Incorporation-- COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Domestic Business Corporation DEPARTMENT OF STATE
CORPORATION BUREAU
In compliance with the requirements of section 204 of the
Business Cor-poration Law, act of May 5, 1933 (P.L. 364) (15
P. S. .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.
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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 of July , 1979.
_________________________(SEAL)
/s/ Ira S. Pimm, Jr
______________________(SEAL)
RECEIVED `79 JUL 9 AM 9:09 DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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, 1993 (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 law-
ful act concerning any or all lawful business for which cor-
porations 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 incor-
porator is:
Name Address Number and
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 Corpora-
tion Law, approved the 5th day of May, Anno Domini one thou-
sand 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 organ-
ized 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 corpora-
tion, 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, re-
quirements 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
SEAL OF THE STATE OF of Harrisburg, this 9th day of
PENNSYLVANIA July, in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and
seventy-nine and of the Common-
wealth the two hundred and
fourth.
ETHEL D. ALLEN, D.O.
Secretary of the Commonwealth