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Atlas Energy Resources, LLC Announces Senior Notes Offering

Posted on: Monday, 7 January 2008, 15:00 CST

Atlas Energy Resources, LLC (NYSE: ATN) ("Atlas Energy") announced today that it plans to offer $400 million of senior unsecured notes through a private placement, subject to market conditions. Atlas Energy intends to use the net proceeds of the proposed offering to repay outstanding indebtedness under its senior secured credit facility.

The notes will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or applicable state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws. Atlas Energy plans to offer and issue the notes only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to persons outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.

Atlas Energy Resources, LLC is an energy concern focused on the development and production of natural gas and, to a lesser extent, oil principally in the eastern United States. Atlas Energy sponsors and manages tax advantaged investment partnerships, in which it co-invests, to finance the exploration and development of its acreage in the Appalachian Basin and drills on its own account in the Antrim Shale of Michigan. For more information, visit Atlas Energy's website at www.atlasenergyresources.com or contact Investor Relations at bbegley@atlasamerica.com.

Atlas America, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATLS) owns an approximate 64% limited partner interest in Atlas Pipeline Holdings, L.P. (NYSE: AHD), which holds the general partner interest and 5.5 million limited partner units of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (NYSE: APL), and an approximate 48% Class B common unit interest and all of the Class A and management incentive interests in Atlas Energy Resources, LLC. For more information, please visit our website at www.atlasamerica.com, or contact Investor Relations at bbegley@atlasamerica.com.

Certain matters discussed within this press release are forward-looking statements. Although Atlas Energy Resources, LLC believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include the market for Atlas Energy's securities, financial performance, regulatory changes, changes in local or national economic conditions and other risks detailed from time to time in Atlas Energy's reports filed with the SEC, including quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, reports on Form 8-K and annual reports on Form 10-K. There is no assurance that Atlas Energy will sell the notes or on what terms.

 CONTACT: Brian J. Begley Vice President - Investor Relations Atlas Energy Resources, LLC 215/546-5005 215/553-8455 (fax)  

SOURCE: Atlas Energy Resources, LLC

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