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): ~~September~~August 2923, ~~2017~~2018

ATLAS RESOURCES PUBLIC #18-2009(B) L.P.

(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)


Delaware	333-150925-02	26-3223040
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
Of Incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

425 Houston Street, Suite 300

Fort Worth, TX 76102

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: ~~(412) 489~~ 800-~~0006~~251-0171

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

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Item 25.~~01.~~02 ~~Completion~~Departure of ~~Acquisition~~Directors orof ~~Disposition~~Certain Officers; Election of ~~Assets.~~Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On ~~May~~August 423, ~~2017~~2018, ~~certain~~Daniel ~~subsidiaries~~C. ofHerz ~~Titan~~resigned ~~Energy,~~from ~~LLC~~his ~~(“Titan”)~~positions ~~entered into a purchase and sale agreement (~~as ~~amended, the~~ ~~“Agreement”)~~Executive ~~with~~Vice ~~Diversified~~President ~~Energy, LLC (“Diversified”) to sell its conventional Appalachia~~ and ~~Marcellus~~Director ~~assets for an aggregate~~ of ~~$84.2 million.~~Atlas ~~On June 30~~Resources, ~~2017~~LLC, ~~Titan completed~~ the ~~sale~~managing ofgeneral apartner majority of the assets to be sold pursuant to the Agreement for cash proceeds of approximately $65.6 million. On September 29, 2017, Titan completed the sale of the remainder of the assets for additional cash proceeds of $11.4 million (the “~~Second~~Managing ~~Closing~~General Partner”). ~~The assets Titan sold to Diversified at the Second Closing included its indirect interests in certain~~ of ~~the assets of~~ Atlas Resources Public #18-2009 (B) L.P. (the “~~Company~~Partnership”), to pursue other business interests. ~~Under~~The ~~the~~resignation ~~Agreement,~~was ~~approximately~~not ~~$2.1 million~~the result of ~~the~~any ~~purchase~~dispute ~~price~~or ~~received~~disagreement bywith ~~Titan~~the ~~was~~Partnership ~~attributable~~or any matter related to the ~~assets~~Partnership’s ofoperations, ~~the~~policies, ~~Company~~practices, ~~transferred~~management toor ~~Diversified~~Board atof Directors of the Managing ~~Second~~General ~~Closing~~Partner (the “Board”).

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~~Item~~SIGNATURES ~~9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.~~

~~(b)~~Pursuant ~~Pro~~to ~~Forma~~the ~~Financial~~requirements ~~Information~~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.

The unaudited pro forma balance sheet of the Company as of June 30, 2017, and the related pro forma statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 are filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.


Dated: August 29, 2018	ATLAS RESOURCES PUBLIC #18-2009(B) L.P. By: Atlas Resources, LLC, its Managing General Partner

	By:	/s/ Jeffrey M. Slotterback
		Name:	Jeffrey M. Slotterback
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer of the Managing General Partner

(d) Exhibits

ExhibitNumber		Description
2.1		Purchase and Sale Agreement by and among certain subsidiaries of Titan Energy, LLC and Diversified Energy LLC, dated May 4, 2017.*
2.2		First Amendment to Purchase and Sale Agreement by and among certain subsidiaries of Titan Energy, LLC and Diversified Energy LLC, dated June 30, 2017.*
99.1		Unaudited pro forma financial information.

* The registrant has omitted certain immaterial schedules and exhibits to this exhibit pursuant to the provisions of Regulation S-K, Item 601(b)(2). The registrant will furnish a copy of any of the omitted schedules and exhibits to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

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.

ATLAS RESOURCES PUBLIC #18-2009(B) L.P. By: Atlas Resources, LLC, its Managing General Partner

Dated: October 3, 2017

/s/ Jeffrey M. Slotterback

Jeffrey M. Slotterback

Chief Financial Officer of theManaging General Partner

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