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): June 27, 2017

PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 722-6500

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

On June 27, 2017, Penn Virginia Corporation (the “Registrant”) entered into the Master Assignment, Agreement and Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement among Penn Virginia Holding Corp., a subsidiary of the Registrant, as borrower, the Registrant, as parent, the subsidiaries of the borrower party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (the “Amendment”). The Amendment amends the Credit Agreement dated as of September 12, 2016, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement dated as of March 13, 2017 and the Amendment described herein (as so amended, the “Credit Agreement”) to, among other things, increase the borrowing base from $128 million to $200 million pursuant to the scheduled semi-annual redetermination under the Credit Agreement. The next redetermination of the borrowing base is scheduled for October 2017.

A copy of the Amendment is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, is incorporated herein by reference and is hereby filed. The material terms of the Credit Agreement are described in the Current Report on Form 8-K previously filed with the Commission on September 15, 2016. The description of the Amendment in this Current Report on Form 8-K is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of such agreement.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 concerning the Amendment is incorporated herein by reference.

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.

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