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): August 2, 2018

ATLAS AMERICA PUBLIC #9 LTD.

(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)




Pennsylvania	000-49776	25-1867510
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
Of Incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

c/o DGOC Partnership Holdings, LLC

1100 Corporate Drive

Birmingham, AL 35242

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (412) 489-0006

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

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Item 1.01	Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On August 2, 2018, Atlas America Public #9 LTD. (the “Partnership”) entered into an Assignment and Bill of Sale (the “Assignment”) with its managing general partner (the “Managing General Partner”), and Diversified Energy LLC (“Diversified Energy”). Diversified Energy is the manager and sole member of the Managing General Partner. Pursuant to the Assignment, the Partnership assigned all of its assets to Diversified Energy in exchange for Diversified Energy’s assumption of all of the Partnership’s liabilities. Furthermore, the Assignment provides that, promptly following the effective time of the Assignment, the Managing General Partner will cause the dissolution and winding up of the Partnership as promptly as practicable in accordance with the Partnership’s Amended and Restated Certificate and Agreement of Limited Partnership, as amended. Following the transactions pursuant to the Assignment, the Partnership has no assets or liabilities.

This summary of the Assignment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Assignment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.



Item 2.01	Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

The description of the Assignment and the transactions thereunder included under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein.



Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits




Exhibit Number		Description

10.1		Assignment and Bill of Sale, dated August 2, 2018, among Atlas America Public #9 LTD., DGOC Partnership Holdings, LLC and Diversified Energy LLC.

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.




Dated: August 2, 2018	ATLAS AMERICA PUBLIC #9 LTD. By: DGOC Partnership Holdings, LLC, its Managing General Partner

	By:	/s/ Robert R. Hutson, Jr.
		Name:	Robert R. Hutson, Jr.
		Title:	Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of the Managing General Partner

ATLAS AMERICA PUBLIC #9 LTD. 8-K