Atlas Energy Group Enters Into Five Year Term Loan Agreement

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlas Energy Group, LLC ATLS ("Atlas Energy" or "ATLS") announces today that it has entered into an agreement for a new term loan facility maturing in August 2020.  The new facility will refinance Atlas Energy's existing term loan and will have an initial balance of $82.7 million at an interest rate of LIBOR (floor of 1%) plus 7%.

Atlas Energy Group, LLC ATLS is a limited liability company which owns the following interests: all of the general partner interest, incentive distribution rights and an approximate 25% limited partner interest in its upstream oil & gas subsidiary, Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.; a general partner interest, incentive distribution rights and limited partner interests in Atlas Growth Partners, L.P.; and a general partner interest in Lightfoot Capital Partners, an entity that invests directly in energy-related businesses and assets. For more information, please visit our website at www.atlasenergy.com, or contact Investor Relations at InvestorRelations@atlasenergy.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements.  ATLS cautions readers that any forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance.  Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about future financial and operating results, resource and production potential, planned expansions of capacity and other capital expenditures, distribution amounts, ATLS' plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical facts. Risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause actual results to materially differ from the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those associated with general economic and business conditions; ability to realize the benefits of its acquisitions; changes in commodity prices and hedge positions; changes in the costs and results of drilling operations; uncertainties about estimates of reserves and resource potential; inability to obtain capital needed for operations; ATLS' level of indebtedness; changes in government environmental policies and other environmental risks; the availability of drilling equipment and the timing of production; tax consequences of business transactions; and other risks, assumptions and uncertainties detailed from time to time in ATLS' reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and annual reports on Form 10-K. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof, and ATLS assumes no obligation to update such statements, except as may be required by applicable law.

Contact:             
Brian Begley
Vice President - Investor Relations
(877) 280-2857
(215) 405-2718 (fax)

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