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): February 1016, 2011 ~~(February 9, 2011)~~

Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

1-33171

20-5116532

(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)

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):

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

and

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 916, 2011, Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P. (“Holdings”) and Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) issued a ~~press~~joint news release ~~regarding~~announcing ~~its~~the ~~financial~~ results ~~for~~of the ~~three~~Special ~~months~~Meeting of Unitholders of Holdings and ~~year-ended~~the ~~December 31,~~Special ~~2010~~Meeting of Unitholders of the Partnership. A copy of the ~~press~~news release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

InThe ~~accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the above~~ information ~~and the press release are being~~ furnished ~~under~~pursuant ~~Items~~to ~~2.02 and~~this Item 7.01 and ofthe ~~Form~~accompanying ~~8-K~~Exhibit ~~and~~99.1 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the ~~liabilities~~liability of that section, ~~nor~~and ~~shall~~is ~~such~~not ~~information~~to ~~and exhibit~~ be incorporated by reference into any filing ~~under the Securities Act~~ of ~~1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing~~Holdings.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

99.1 News release of Penn Virginia GPResource ~~Holdings~~Partners, L.P. ~~press~~and ~~release~~Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P. dated February 916, 2011.

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 GP HOLDINGS, L.P. By: PVG GP, LLC its General Partner By: /s/ ~~Robert~~Bruce BD. ~~Wallace~~Davis, ~~ROBERT~~Jr. BBRUCE D. ~~WALLACE~~DAVIS, JR. Executive Vice President and ~~Chief~~General ~~Financial Officer~~Counsel

Dated: February 1016, 2011

EXHIBIT INDEX

(d)

Exhibits.

99.1 News release of Penn Virginia GPResource ~~Holdings~~Partners, L.P. ~~press~~and ~~release~~Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P. dated February 916, 2011.

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