AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among Atlas Energy Resources, LLC, Atlas America, Inc., Atlas Energy Management, Inc. and Merger Sub, as defined herein Dated as of April 27, 2009Agreement and Plan of Merger • April 28th, 2009 • Atlas Energy Resources, LLC • Crude petroleum & natural gas • Delaware
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of April 27, 2009 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among ATLAS ENERGY RESOURCES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ATN”), ATLAS AMERICA, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), ATLAS ENERGY MANAGEMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Atlas Energy Management”), and, from and after its accession to this Agreement in accordance with Section 2.1(b), the Delaware limited liability company to be formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”).
