UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

~~Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September~~November 1625, 2014 (~~September~~November 1217, 2014)

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

RAAM Global Energy Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

333-172897

20-0412973

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1537 Bull Lea Rd., Suite 200

Lexington, Kentucky 40511

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (859) 253-1300

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 15.0102 ~~Entry~~Departure ~~into~~of aDirectors ~~Material~~or ~~Definitive~~Certain ~~Agreement~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

OnEffective ~~September~~November 1217, 2014, ~~Century~~Mr. Jerry ~~Exploration~~Sheets’ ~~New~~employment ~~Orleans,~~with RAAM ~~LLC,~~Global aEnergy ~~Delaware~~Company ~~limited liability company~~ (~~“Century~~the ~~New Orleans~~“Company”), ~~Century~~was ~~Exploration~~terminated. ~~Houston,~~Mr. Sheets ~~LLC,~~served as a ~~Delaware~~“named ~~limited~~executive ~~liability~~officer” ~~company,~~of ~~(“Century~~the ~~Houston”),~~Company ~~and~~in ~~Century~~his ~~Exploration~~role ~~Resources,~~as ~~LLC,~~the aSenior ~~Delaware~~Vice ~~limited~~President ~~liability~~of ~~company,~~Land ~~(“Century Resources”~~ and, ~~together~~Business ~~with~~Development. ~~Century~~Pursuant ~~New~~to ~~Orleans~~the ~~and~~terms ~~Century~~of Mr. Sheets’ ~~Houston,~~employment agreement with the ~~“Subsidiaries”)~~Company, ~~each~~he will receive a ~~wholly~~one-~~owned~~time ~~subsidiary~~separation payment of ~~RAAM~~$41,269 ~~Global~~less ~~Energy~~applicable ~~Company~~tax and witholdings, awhich ~~Delaware~~represents ~~corporation~~an (amount equal to the ~~“Company”),~~amount ~~entered~~of ~~into~~base asalary ~~Fifth~~he ~~Amended~~would ~~and Restated~~have ~~Credit~~earned ~~Agreement~~had ~~with~~he remained ~~Wilmington~~employed ~~Trust,~~by ~~National~~the ~~Association~~Company until December 31, as2014. ~~administrative~~Mr. Sheets ~~agent~~will ~~(the~~also ~~“Agent”),~~be ~~and~~eligible ~~the~~to ~~lenders~~receive ~~party~~a ~~thereto~~pro-rata ~~(the~~portion ~~“Fifth~~of ~~Amended~~any ~~and~~annual ~~Restated~~bonus ~~Credit~~for ~~Agreement”)~~2014. The ~~Subsidiaries~~separation ~~are~~ payment and eligibility to receive a pro-rata portion of the ~~borrowers~~annual ~~under~~bonus are contingent upon the ~~Fifth~~execution ~~Amended~~of a Separation and ~~Restated~~General ~~Credit~~Release Agreement ~~and~~by ~~the~~Mr. Sheets ~~Company~~on ~~guarantees~~or ~~their~~before ~~obligation~~December 8, ~~thereunder~~2014.

~~The~~SIGNATURE Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement provides the Borrowers with an $85,000,000 term loan facility which is secured by a first lien on substantially all of the Borrowers’ and the Company’s real and personal property. The proceeds of the term loans incurred under the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement were or will be used by the Subsidiaries to (a) repay all expenses, fees or indemnitees outstanding under the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 29, 2011, among the Subsidiaries, MUFG Union Bank, N.A. f/k/a Union Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the financial institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders (as amended), (b) finance capital expenditures associated with the Subsidiaries’ oil and gas properties, (c) provide working capital for the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ operations and (d) pay transaction fees and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. The Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains customary restrictions on, among other things the Borrowers’ and the Company’s ability to incur debt, grant liens on their property, make dispositions or investments, enter into mergers or issue new securities, make distributions, enter into affiliate transactions, enter into hedging contracts, amend their organizational documents and create new subsidiaries. In addition, the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement requires the Borrowers and the Company to maintain the following financial covenants as defined in the agreement: (i) a minimum Current Ratio of 1.0:1.0 as of the end of each fiscal quarter, (ii) a maximum First Lien Leverage Ratio of 2.0:1.0 as of the end of each fiscal quarter for the four immediately preceding fiscal quarters and (iii) a minimum PDP Asset Coverage Ratio of 1.0:1.0 as of January 1, 2015 and 1.1:1.0 as of April 1, 2015, July 1, 2015, January 1, 2016 and July 1, 2016.

~~The~~Pursuant ~~foregoing description of the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference~~ to the ~~complete~~requirements ~~text~~ of the ~~Fifth~~Securities ~~Amended~~Exchange ~~and~~Act ~~Restated~~of ~~Credit Agreement~~1934, ~~which~~the isRegistrant ~~attached~~has asduly ~~Exhibit~~caused ~~10.1~~this report to ~~this~~be ~~Current~~signed ~~Report~~ on ~~Form~~its ~~8-K~~behalf ~~and incorporated~~by ~~herein~~the byundersigned hereunto ~~reference~~duly authorized.

~~Item~~Date: ~~9.01~~November 25, ~~Financial~~2014 ~~Statements and Exhibits.~~

~~(d)~~RAAM ~~Exhibits~~Global Energy Company By: /s/ Howard A. Settle Name: Howard A. Settle Title: Chief Executive Officer

ExhibitNo.		Description of Exhibit
10.1		Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 12, 2014, by and among RAAM Global Energy Company, Century Exploration New Orleans, LLC, Century Exploration Houston, LLC, Century Exploration Resources, LLC and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto.

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.

Date: September 16, 2014

RAAM Global Energy Company By: /s/ Jeffrey Craycraft Name: Jeffrey Craycraft Title: Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit
10.1		Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 12, 2014, by and among RAAM Global Energy Company, Century Exploration New Orleans, LLC, Century Exploration Houston, LLC, Century Exploration Resources, LLC and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto.

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