Amended and Restated Credit Agreement



 Exhibit 10.2 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT 

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (the “Second Amendment”) is dated as of June 7,
2010, and is made by and among PVR FINCO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the GUARANTORS (individually a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”), the
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY HERETO (individually a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”), BANK OF AMERICA, NA, BNP PARIBAS AND WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, successor in interest by merger
to Wachovia Bank, National Association, each in its capacity as a documentation agent, BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE AND UNION BANK, N.A., each in its capacity as a senior managing agent,
and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “Agent”). PNC Capital Markets LLC and RBC Capital Markets are Joint Lead Arrangers, and PBC Capital Markets is Syndication Agent
under the Credit Agreement (defined below). 
 RECITALS: 

WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders and the Agent are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated
as of August 5, 2008, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2009, among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders and the Agent (as amended, the “Credit
Agreement”); unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement; 

WHEREAS, immediately prior to March 31, 2010, Penn Virginia Corporation, a Virginia corporation (“Penn Virginia
Corporation”), beneficially owned, through one or more of its Subsidiaries, 20,077,429 common units (collectively, the “Common Units”) representing limited partnership interests in Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P.
(“PVG”); 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to a Consent under Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
March 21, 2010 (the “Consent”), each of the Lenders and the Agent consented to the offer and sale (the “Previous Sale”) by Penn Virginia Corporation, through one or more of its Subsidiaries, of up to 13,384,952
of the Common Units on the terms and conditions set forth therein; 
 WHEREAS, Penn Virginia Corporation offered and sold an
aggregate of 11,250,000 Common Units in the Previous Sale and beneficially owns as of the date hereof, through one or more of its Subsidiaries, (i) 8,827,429 Common Units and (ii) 100% of the member interests of PVG GP, LLC, the sole
general partner of PVG (the “PVG General Partner”); 
 WHEREAS, PVG owns as of the date hereof
(i) 19,587,049 common units representing limited partnership interests in Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. (“Parent”) and (ii) 100% of 







 
the membership interests of Penn Virginia Resource GP, LLC, the sole general partner of Parent (the “General Partner”); 

WHEREAS, Penn Virginia Corporation, through one or more of its Subsidiaries, currently intends to (i) directly or indirectly
contribute 100% of its general partnership interests in the PVG General Partner to PVG (the “PVG General Partnership Contribution”) and (ii) offer and sell up to an aggregate of 8,827,429 Common Units remaining in one or more
underwritten offerings registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Common Unit Sale”); 

WHEREAS, Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement defines “Change of Control” to mean “any one or more of the following
events shall occur: (i) Penn Virginia Corporation shall fail to own, directly or indirectly, or fail to have full right to vote greater than 51% of, the general partnership interest of the General Partner, (ii) the Parent shall fail to
own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the member interests of the Borrower or (iii) a Parent Change of Control.”; 

WHEREAS, Section 8.1.12 of the Credit Agreement provides that a “Change of Control” shall constitute an Event of Default;

 WHEREAS, the PVG General Partnership Contribution would result in a “Change of Control” under the Credit Agreement,
resulting in a Potential Default or Event of Default and the Consent requires, prior to the Borrower making the PVG General Partnership Contribution or commencing the Common Unit Sale, that the Borrower enter into a consent or amendment of the
Credit Agreement permitting the PVG General Partnership Contribution and the Common Unit Sale; 
 WHEREAS, $300,000,000 of
unsecured Indebtedness has been issued in connection with note offering(s) pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.2.1(viii); 

WHEREAS, Borrower requests that the additional amount of unsecured Indebtedness that may be issued within the parameters of
Section 7.2.1(viii) be reset to $300,000,000; 
 WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Guarantors have requested that the Lenders
agree to amend the Credit Agreement in order to revise the definition of Change of Control, to increase the amount permitted under Section 7.2(viii) and to consent to the PVG General Partnership Contribution and the Common Unit Sale, all
pursuant to the terms and subject to the applicable conditions set forth herein, and the Required Lenders have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement and consent to the PVG General Partnership Contribution and Common Unit Sale as hereinafter provided.

 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and intending to be legally bound, and incorporating the above-defined
terms herein, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and
incorporated herein by reference. 
  

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 2. Amendment to Credit Agreement. 

(a) New Definition. The following new definitions are hereby inserted in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement in alphabetical
order: 
 “PVG shall mean Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. 

PVG General Partner shall mean PVG GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.” 

(b) Existing Definition. 

(i) The definition of Change of Control contained in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated as follows: 
 “Change of Control shall mean: 

(i) the Parent shall fail to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the member interests of the Borrower; 

(ii) Any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all
of the assets of the PVG General Partner, PVG, the General Partner or Parent to any Person other than Borrower or its Affiliates; 

(iii) Any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) other than
Borrower or its Affiliates becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of (A) equity securities of the PVG General Partner or the General Partner representing more than 50%
of the combined voting power of the PVG General Partner or the General Partner or (B) equity securities of PVG or the Parent representing more than 75% of the combined voting power of PVG or the Parent; or 

(iv) The equity security holders of PVG, the General Partner or the Parent approve the consummation of a merger or
consolidation of PVG, the General Partner or the Parent with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation (A) with Borrower or any other Subsidiary of PVG or the Parent or (B) which would result in the voting securities of PVG,
the General Partner or the Parent immediately outstanding prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) at least 75% of the combined voting power of the
voting securities of PVG, the General Partner or the Parent outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation.” 

(c) Amendment to Negative Covenant. Section 7.2.1(viii) of the of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
reference to “$300,000,000” contained therein and replacing it with “$600,000,000”. 
  

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 3. Consent to Permit General Partnership Contribution; PVR General Partnership
Contribution and Common Unit Sale. 
 (i) Notwithstanding the entry into and consummation of the PVG General
Partnership Contribution and the Common Unit Sale, each and every provision of the Credit Agreement and any other Loan Document that restricts or limits Penn Virginia Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates from entering into or
consummating, or would be violated by Penn Virginia Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates entering into or consummating, the PVG General Partnership Contribution or the Common Unit Sale, including without limitation, the provisions of
Section 8.1.12 (providing that a Change of Control shall constitute a Default), is hereby consented to and waived insofar as necessary to permit Penn Virginia Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to enter into and consummate the
PVG General Partnership Contribution and the Common Unit Sale. 
 4. Conditions to Effectiveness. The amendments and
consent contained in Sections 2 and 3 of this Second Amendment shall become effective upon satisfaction of each of the following conditions being satisfied to the satisfaction of the Agent: 

(a) Execution and Delivery of Second Amendment. The Borrower, the Guarantors, the Required Lenders and the Agent shall have
executed this Second Amendment, and all other documentation necessary for effectiveness of this Second Amendment shall have been executed and delivered all to the satisfaction of the Borrower, the Required Lenders and the Agent. 

(b) Organization, Authorization and Incumbency. There shall be delivered to the Agent for the benefit of each Lender a
certificate, dated the date hereof and signed by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party, certifying as appropriate as to: 

(i) all action taken by such party in connection with this Second Amendment and the other Loan Documents together with
resolutions of the General Partner on behalf of each of Loan Parties evidencing same; 
 (ii) the names of the
officer or officers authorized to sign this Second Amendment and the other documents executed and delivered in connection herewith and the true signatures of such officer or officers and specifying the Authorized Officers permitted to act on behalf
of the Loan Parties for purposes of the Loan Documents and the true signatures of such officers, on which the Agent and each Lender may conclusively rely; and 

(iii) copies of its organizational documents, including its certificate of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of limited
partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement, in each case as in effect on the date hereof, certified by the appropriate state official where such documents are filed in a state office together
with certificates from the appropriate state officials as to the continued existence and good standing of the Borrower in each state where organized or qualified to do business, provided, however, that the Loan Parties may, in lieu of delivering
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the foregoing organizational documents and good standing certificates, certify that the organizational documents and good standing certificates previously delivered by the Loan Parties to the
Agent remain in full force and effect and have not been modified, amended, or rescinded. 
 (c) Transaction
Documentation. The Borrower shall cause to be delivered to the Agent copies of documents that relate to the PVG General Partnership Contribution and such other documentation as the Agent may reasonably request, all of which shall be satisfactory
to the Agent. 
 (d) Material Adverse Change; Litigation. Each of the Loan Parties shall provide a certificate that
represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders that by its execution and delivery hereof to the Agent, after giving effect to this Second Amendment and the transactions contemplated herein: 

(i) no Material Adverse Change shall have occurred with respect to the Borrower or any of the Loan Parties since the
Closing Date of the Credit Agreement; and 
 (ii) there are no actions, suits, investigations, litigation or
governmental proceedings pending or, to the Loans Parties’ knowledge, threatened against any of the Loan Parties that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or relate to any of the transactions contemplated herein
or in the Consent. 
 (e) Officer’s Certificate. There shall be delivered to the Agent a certificate of the Loan
Parties, dated the date hereof and signed by the Chief Executive Officer, President, Vice President or Chief Financial Officer of each Loan Party, certifying that: (i) the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in Article 5 of
the Credit Agreement shall be true and accurate on and as of the date hereof with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date hereof (except representations and warranties which relate solely to
an earlier date or time, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of the specific dates or times referred to therein), (ii) the Loan Parties shall have performed and complied with all covenants and conditions of
the Credit Agreement and this Second Amendment and (iii) no Event of Default or Potential Default under the Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing or shall exist. 

(f) Consents and Approvals. No consent, approval, exemption, order or authorization of, or a registration or filing with, any
Official Body or any other Person is required by any Law or any agreement in connection with the execution, delivery and carrying out of this Second Amendment by any Loan Party other than such consents, approvals, exemptions, orders or
authorizations that have already been obtained. 
 (g) Fees. The Borrower shall have paid to the Agent any fees and
expenses due and payable to the Agent and the Lenders and the reasonable costs and expenses of the Agent including, without limitation, reasonable fees of the Agent’s counsel in connection with this Amendment. 

 

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 5. Miscellaneous. 

(a) Representations and Warranties. By its execution and delivery hereof to the Agent, each of the Loan Parties represents and
warrants to the Agent and the Lenders that such Loan Party has duly authorized, executed and delivered this Second Amendment. 

(b) Full Force and Effect. All provisions of the Credit Agreement remain in full force and effect on and after the date hereof
except as expressly amended hereby. The parties do not amend any provisions of the Credit Agreement except as expressly amended hereby. 

(c) Counterparts. This Second Amendment may be signed in counterparts (by facsimile transmission or otherwise) but all of such
counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
 (d) Incorporation into Credit Agreement. This
Second Amendment shall be incorporated into the Credit Agreement by this reference. All representations, warranties, Events of Default and covenants set forth herein shall be a part of the Credit Agreement as if originally contained therein.

 (e) Governing Law. This Second Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to its conflict of laws principles. 
 (f)
Payment of Fees and Expenses. The Borrower unconditionally agrees to pay and reimburse the Agent and save the Agent harmless against liability for the payment of all out-of-pocket costs, expenses and disbursements, including without
limitation, to the Agent for itself the reasonable costs and expenses of the Agent including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel incurred by the Agent in connection with the development, preparation, execution,
administration, interpretation or performance of this Second Amendment and all other documents or instruments to be delivered in connection herewith. 

(g) No Novation. Except as amended hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents
shall remain in full force and effect. Borrower, the Guarantors, each Lender, and the Agent acknowledge and agree that this Second Amendment is not intended to constitute, nor does it constitute, a novation, interruption, suspension of continuity,
satisfaction, discharge or termination of the obligations, loans, liabilities, or indebtedness under the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents. 

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SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT] 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their officers thereunto duly authorized, have executed this Second Amendment as of the day
and year first above written. 
  
  

					
	 BORROWER

	
	 PVR FINCO LLC

			
	By:	 	 /s/ William H. Shea, Jr. 
	 	(SEAL)
	Name:	 	William H. Shea, Jr.	 	
	Title:	 	President & Chief Executive Officer	 	









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GUARANTORS: 
  

							
	 PENN VIRGINIA OPERATING CO., LLC

CONNECT GAS GATHERING, LLC
 CONNECT
ENERGY SERVICES, LLC
 CONNECT GAS PIPELINE LLC

CONNECT NGL PIPELINE, LLC
 DULCET
ACQUISITION LLC
 FIELDCREST RESOURCES LLC

K RAIL LLC
 LOADOUT LLC

PVR CHEROKEE GAS PROCESSING LLC
 PVR
EAST TEXAS GAS PROCESSING, LLC
 PVR NORTH TEXAS GAS GATHERING, LLC

PVR GAS PIPELINE, LLC
 PVR GAS
PROCESSING LLC
 PVR HAMLIN I, LLC

PVR HAMLIN II, LLC
 PVR HAMLIN,
L.P.

		
	By:	 	 PVR Hamlin I, LLC,

its sole general partner

	
	 PVR HYDROCARBONS LLC

PVR MARCELLUS GAS GATHERING, LLC
 PVR
MIDSTREAM LLC
 PVR GAS RESOURCES, LLC

PVR NATURAL GAS GATHERING LLC
 PVR
LAVERNE GAS PROCESSING, LLC
 PVR OKLAHOMA NATURAL GAS GATHERING LLC

SUNCREST RESOURCES LLC
 TONEY FORK
LLC
 WISE LLC

			
	By:	 	 /s/ William H. Shea, Jr. 
	 	(SEAL)
	Name:	 	 William H. Shea, Jr.

	Title:	 	 Chief Executive Officer

	
	PENN VIRGINIA RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P.
		
	By:	 	 Penn Virginia Resource GP, LLC, its sole general partner

				
		 	By:	 	 /s/ William H. Shea, Jr. 
	 	(SEAL)
		 	Name:	 	William H. Shea, Jr.	 	
		 	Title:	 	Chief Executive Officer	 	


  







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	LENDERS
	
	 PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

individually and as Agent

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Richard C. Munsick

	Name:	 	Richard C. Munsick
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President









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	LENDERS:
	
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Adam H. Fey

	Name:	 	Adam H. Fey
	Title:	 	Vice President









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	BANK OF OKLAHOMA, N.A.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jason B. Webb

	Name:	 	Jason B. Webb
	Title:	 	Vice President


  







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	BARCLAYS BANK PLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Sam Yoo

	Name:	 	Sam Yoo
	Title:	 	Assistant Vice President









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	BMO CAPITAL MARKETS FINANCING, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Gumaro Tijerina

	Name:	 	Gumaro Tijerina
	Title:	 	Director









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	BNP PARIBAS
		
	By:	 	 /s/ J. Christopher Lyons

	Name:	 	J. Christopher Lyons
	Title:	 	Managing Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Matthew A. Turner

	Name:	 	Matthew A. Turner
	Title:	 	Vice President









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	BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Hugh Ferguson

	Name:	 	Hugh Ferguson
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President









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	COMERICA BANK
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Dustin Hansen

	Name:	 	Dustin Hansen
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President









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	TD BANK, N.A.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Robyn Zeller

	Name:	 	Robyn Zeller
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President









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	CAPITAL ONE, N.A.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Matthew L. Molero

	Name:	 	Matthew L. Molero
	Title:	 	Vice President









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	FORTIS CAPITAL CORP.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Betsey Jocher

	Name:	 	Betsey Jocher
	Title:	 	Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Polly Schott

	Name:	 	Polly Schott
	Title:	 	Director









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	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Stephanie Balette

	Name:	 	Stephanie Balette
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President









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	ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Don J. McKinnerney

	Name:	 	Don J. McKinnerney
	Title:	 	Authorized Signatory









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	SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Scott A. Mackey

	Name:	 	Scott A. Mackey
	Title:	 	Director









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	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Tyler Fauerbach

	Name:	 	Tyler Fauerbach
	Title:	 	Vice President









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	UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Irja R. Otsa

	Name:	 	Irja R. Otsa
	Title:	 	Associate Director
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Mary E. Evans

	Name:	 	Mary E. Evans
	Title:	 	Associate Director









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	UNION BANK, N.A.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jonathan Bigelow

	Name:	 	Jonathan Bigelow
	Title:	 	Vice President









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	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jonathan R. Richardson

	Name:	 	Jonathan R. Richardson
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President