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| EX-14.1 - PENN VIRGINIA RESOURCE GP, LLC CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS - PVR PARTNERS, L. P. | d248523dex141.htm |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): October 27, 2011 (October 24, 2011)
Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware | 1-16735 | 23-3087517 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| Five Radnor Corporate Center, Suite 500 100 Matsonford Road, Radnor, Pennsylvania |
19087 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 975-8200
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.05 Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Wavier of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.
On October 24, 2011, the Board of Directors of Penn Virginia Resource GP, LLC (the “Company”), the general partner of Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”), approved the amendment and restatement of the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code”) to clarify the Partnership’s pre-clearance procedures for trading in Partnership securities and to modify the restricted periods in which designated pre-clearance individuals may not trade in the Partnership’s securities. In addition to the changes described above, the amended Code includes certain non-substantive changes to eliminate outdated provisions and to conform definitions and references. The foregoing summary is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Code, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 14.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and which is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.05. The Code, as amended and restated, is also posted on the Partnership’s website at www.pvrpartners.com under the For Investors section.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| 14.1 | Penn Virginia Resource GP, LLC Code of Business Conduct and Ethics |
SIGNATURE
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.
| PENN VIRGINIA RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P. | ||||
| By: | Penn Virginia Resource GP, LLC, | |||
| its General Partner | ||||
| By: | /s/ Bruce D. Davis, Jr. | |||
| BRUCE D. DAVIS, JR. | ||||
| Executive Vice President and General Counsel | ||||
Dated: October 27, 2011
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EXHIBIT INDEX
(d) Exhibits.
| 14.1 | Penn Virginia Resource GP, LLC Code of Business Conduct and Ethics | |
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