UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): January 11, 2013
Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its chapter)
| Delaware | 1-35317 | 45-3591625 | ||
| (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: 800-251-0171
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On January 11, 2013, Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) entered into an amendment (the “Fourth Amendment”) to its senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) to revise provisions regarding automatic reduction to the borrowing base if the Partnership issues senior unsecured notes. Pursuant to the Fourth Amendment, the borrowing base will be automatically reduced by an amount equal to:
| • | with respect to an aggregate stated principal amount of senior unsecured notes up to $300,000,000 issued on or prior to March 31, 2013, the product of 0.15 multiplied by the stated principal amount of such senior notes (without regard to any initial issue discount); and |
| • | with respect to all other issuances of senior notes, the product of 0.25 multiplied by the stated principal amount of such senior notes (without regard to any initial issue discount). |
This summary of the Fourth Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits |
| 10.1 | Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 11, 2013 |
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: January 11, 2013 | ATLAS RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P. | |||||
| By: | Atlas Resource Partners GP, LLC, its general partner | |||||
| By: | /s/ Sean P. McGrath | |||||
| Name: | Sean P. McGrath | |||||
| Its: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit |
Description | |
| 10.1 | Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 11, 2013 | |
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