Edgar Filing: Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.

ATLAS RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P.

By: Atlas Energy Group, LLC, its general partner

Dated: July 15, 2016

/s/ Jeffrey M. Slotterback

Jeffrey M. Slotterback

Chief Financial Officer

Form 8-K

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): July 15, 2016

Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)


Delaware	001-35317	45-3591625
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
Of Incorporation)	File Number)	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: 800-251-0171

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01

Other Events.

In connection with its previously disclosed ongoing negotiations with its lenders and noteholders, Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. and its subsidiaries, Atlas Resource Partners Holdings, LLC and Atlas Resource Finance Corporation (together, the “Issuers”), have elected to utilize the 30 day grace period related to the $13.7 million interest payment on the Issuers’ 7.75% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”). As such, the Issuers are not making the July 15, 2016 interest payment at this time.

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.