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<B><FONT SIZE=5><P ALIGN="CENTER">UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>
</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Washington, DC 20549</P>
<U><P ALIGN="CENTER">&#9;</P>
</U></FONT><B><FONT SIZE=5><P ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8</P>
</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</P>
</B><U><P ALIGN="CENTER">&#9;</P>
</U></FONT><B><FONT SIZE=5><P ALIGN="CENTER">PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION</P>
</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P></FONT>
<P ALIGN="CENTER"><CENTER><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH=656>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Virginia</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="48%" VALIGN="TOP">
<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">One Radnor Corporate Center</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Suite 200, 100 Matsonford Road</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087-4515</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="TOP">
<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">23-1184320</B></FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="48%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="26%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=4><P ALIGN="CENTER">PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION AMENDED <BR>
1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</P>
</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">(Full title of plan)</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Nancy M. Snyder<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary<BR>
Penn Virginia Corporation<BR>
One Radnor Corporate Center<BR>
Suite 200, 100 Matsonford Road<BR>
Radnor, PA 19087 - 4515<BR>
</FONT><FONT SIZE=1>(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(610) 687-8900<BR>
</FONT><FONT SIZE=1>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)<BR>
</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=5>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</P></B></FONT>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR>
Title of <BR>
Securities To <BR>
Be registered</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR>
Amount<BR>
To Be<BR>
Registered</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed <BR>
Maximum</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Offering Price <BR>
Per Share (1)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR>
Proposed Maximum <BR>
Aggregate</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Offering Price (1)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="23%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR>
<BR>
Amount Of<BR>
Registration Fee</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="23%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P>Common Stock par value $6.25 per share </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="17%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P><BR>
550,000 shares (2)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR>
$37.25</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR>
$37.10</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="23%" VALIGN="TOP">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR>
$1,659.49</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock of $37.25 and $36.95, respectively, as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on February 25, 2003.</P>
<P>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;Also registered hereby are such additional indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock or other securities as may become issuable by reason of adjustments pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.</P>
<P>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;Also registered hereby are the Rights to purchase fractional shares of Preferred Stock of the Registrant which are attached to all shares of Common Stock outstanding as of, and issued subsequent to, February 21, 1998 pursuant to terms of the Registrant's Rights Agreement dated as of February 11, 1998, as amended. Until the occurrence of certain prescribed events, the rights are not exercisable, are evidenced by the certificates of Common Stock and will be transferred with and only with such Common Stock.</P></DIR>

</FONT><B><P ALIGN="CENTER">PART II</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>
</B><P><A NAME="node8"><A NAME="node3"></A></A>This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the purpose of registering an additional 550,000 shares of Registrant's Common Stock to be offered pursuant to Registrant's Amended 1999 Employee Stock Incentive Plan (formerly entitled as Registrant's 1999 Employee Stock Incentive Plan) (the "Plan"). Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 9, 2000 (File No. 333-96465) is effective, registered an initial aggregate 250,000 shares of Common Stock offered pursuant to the Plan and is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E.</P>
<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">NOTICE REGARDING ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP</P>
</B><P>On May 9, 2002<B> </B>Registrant announced that it had appointed KPMG LLP as its independent auditor for fiscal year 2002, replacing Arthur Andersen LLP ("Andersen").</P>
<P>Section 11(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), provides that if any part of a registration statement at the time it becomes effective contains an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, any person acquiring a security pursuant to the registration statement (unless it is proved that at the time of the acquisition the person knew of the untruth or omission) may sue, among others, every accountant who has consented to be named as having prepared or certified any part of the registration statement or as having prepared or certified any report or valuation which is used in connection with the registration statement with respect to the statement in the registration statement, report or valuation which purports to have been prepared or certified by the accountant.</P>
<P>Prior to the date of this registration statement, the Arthur Andersen partners who reviewed Registrant's most recent audited financial statements, as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001 resigned from Andersen. As a result, after reasonable efforts, we have been unable to obtain Andersen's written consent to the incorporation by reference into this registration statement of its audit reports with respect to Registrant's financial statements.</P>
<P>Under these circumstances, Rule 437(a) under the Securities Act permits the filing of this registration statement without including herein a written consent from Andersen. Accordingly, Andersen will not be liable under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act because it has not consented to being named as an expert in the registration statement.</P>
<P><BR>
<B>Item 8.&#9;Exhibits.</P></B>
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<P>5.1</TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Opinion of Nancy M. Snyder as to legality of securities being registered.</TD>
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<P>23.3</TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Consent of Nancy M. Snyder (contained in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).</TD>
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<P>24.1</TD>
<TD WIDTH="88%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Power of Attorney (included in Signature Page).</TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER"><A NAME="node9"></A>SIGNATURES</P>
</B><P>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, Texas, on February 26, 2003.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION</FONT></TD>
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<P>By: <U>s/s A. James Dearlove</U><BR>
A. James Dearlove<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
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<P ALIGN="RIGHT">&nbsp;</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>
</B><P>Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes A. James Dearlove and Nancy M. Snyder, and each of them, his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents each with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him/her in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including pre- or post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>
<P>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities as indicated on February 26, 2003.</P>
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<P>Signature</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Title</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><P>s/s A. James Dearlove</U><BR>
A. James Dearlove</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>President, Chief Executive Officer<BR>
and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><P>s/s Frank A. Pici</U></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Frank A. Pici</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><P>s/s Dana G. Wright</U></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Controller</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Dana G. Wright</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><P>s/s Edward B. Cloues, II</U></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Edward B. Cloues, II</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><P>s/s Robert Garrett</U></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Robert Garrett</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Chairman of the Board</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><P>s/s H. Jarrell Gibbs</U></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>H. Jarrell Gibbs</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><P>s/s Keith D. Horton</U></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Keith D. Horton</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><P>s/s Marsha Reines Perelman</U></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Marsha Reines Perelman</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><P>s/s Joe T. Rye</U></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Joe T. Rye</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<U><P>s/s Gary K. Wright</U></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Gary K. Wright</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="46%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Director</TD>
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia
One Radnor Corporate Center
Suite 200, 100 Matsonford Road
Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087-4515
23-1184320
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION AMENDED
1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of plan)
Nancy M. Snyder
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Penn Virginia Corporation
One Radnor Corporate Center
Suite 200, 100 Matsonford Road
Radnor, PA 19087 - 4515
(Name and address of agent for service)
(610) 687-8900
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities To
Be registered
Amount
To Be
Registered
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (1)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (1)
Amount Of
Registration Fee
Common Stock par value $6.25 per share
550,000 shares (2)
$37.25
$37.10
$1,659.49
(1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock of $37.25 and $36.95, respectively, as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on February 25, 2003.
(2)  Also registered hereby are such additional indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock or other securities as may become issuable by reason of adjustments pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.
(3)  Also registered hereby are the Rights to purchase fractional shares of Preferred Stock of the Registrant which are attached to all shares of Common Stock outstanding as of, and issued subsequent to, February 21, 1998 pursuant to terms of the Registrant's Rights Agreement dated as of February 11, 1998, as amended. Until the occurrence of certain prescribed events, the rights are not exercisable, are evidenced by the certificates of Common Stock and will be transferred with and only with such Common Stock.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the purpose of registering an additional 550,000 shares of Registrant's Common Stock to be offered pursuant to Registrant's Amended 1999 Employee Stock Incentive Plan (formerly entitled as Registrant's 1999 Employee Stock Incentive Plan) (the "Plan"). Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 9, 2000 (File No. 333-96465) is effective, registered an initial aggregate 250,000 shares of Common Stock offered pursuant to the Plan and is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General Instruction E.
NOTICE REGARDING ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
On May 9, 2002
Registrant announced that it had appointed KPMG LLP as its independent auditor for fiscal year 2002, replacing Arthur Andersen LLP ("Andersen").
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), provides that if any part of a registration statement at the time it becomes effective contains an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, any person acquiring a security pursuant to the registration statement (unless it is proved that at the time of the acquisition the person knew of the untruth or omission) may sue, among others, every accountant who has consented to be named as having prepared or certified any part of the registration statement or as having prepared or certified any report or valuation which is used in connection with the registration statement with respect to the statement in the registration statement, report or valuation which purports to have been prepared or certified by the accountant.
Prior to the date of this registration statement, the Arthur Andersen partners who reviewed Registrant's most recent audited financial statements, as of December 31, 2001 and 2000 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001 resigned from Andersen. As a result, after reasonable efforts, we have been unable to obtain Andersen's written consent to the incorporation by reference into this registration statement of its audit reports with respect to Registrant's financial statements.
Under these circumstances, Rule 437(a) under the Securities Act permits the filing of this registration statement without including herein a written consent from Andersen. Accordingly, Andersen will not be liable under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act because it has not consented to being named as an expert in the registration statement.
Item 8.	Exhibits.
5.1
Opinion of Nancy M. Snyder as to legality of securities being registered.
23.3
Consent of Nancy M. Snyder (contained in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in Signature Page).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, Texas, on February 26, 2003.
PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION
By:
s/s A. James Dearlove
A. James Dearlove
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes A. James Dearlove and Nancy M. Snyder, and each of them, his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents each with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him/her in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including pre- or post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities as indicated on February 26, 2003.
Signature
Title
s/s A. James Dearlove
A. James Dearlove
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
s/s Frank A. Pici
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Frank A. Pici
(Principal Financial Officer)
s/s Dana G. Wright
Controller
Dana G. Wright
(Principal Accounting Officer)
s/s Edward B. Cloues, II
Edward B. Cloues, II
Director
s/s Robert Garrett
Robert Garrett
Chairman of the Board
s/s H. Jarrell Gibbs
H. Jarrell Gibbs
Director
s/s Keith D. Horton
Keith D. Horton
Director
s/s Marsha Reines Perelman
Marsha Reines Perelman
Director
s/s Joe T. Rye
Joe T. Rye
Director
s/s Gary K. Wright
Gary K. Wright
Director