ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF ATLAS RESOURCES, INC.
Exhibit 3(a)
688825
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
Filed this 9th day of July 1979
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Department of State
/s/ Ethel D. Allen, D.O.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
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688825
Articles of COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Incorporation-- DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Domestic Business Corporation CORPORATION BUREAU
In compliance with the requirements of section 204 of the
Business Corporation Law, act 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 of July, 1979.
(SEAL) /s/ Ira S. Pimm, Jr. (SEAL)
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(SEAL)
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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.
Section 1204) 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:
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)
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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 Harrisburg, this 9th day of
SEAL OF THE STATE OF July, in the year of our Lord
PENNSYLVANIA 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