3 1 form3gkw.htm FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 3

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility

Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

(Print or Type Responses)

1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Wright, Gary K.

2. Date of Event Re-
quiring Statement
(Month/Day/Year)

4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Penn Virginia Corporation (PVA)

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(Last)     (First)     (Middle)

1/7/03

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director             10% Owner
Officer (give        Other (specify
                  title below)                    below)
                       

6. If Amendment , Date of
Original (Month/Day/Year)

One Radnor Corporate Center
100 Matsonford Road, Suite 200

3. IRS Identification
Number of Reporting
Person, if an entity
(voluntary)

(Street)

Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087

7. Individual or Joint/Group
Filing (Check Applicable Line)
 x Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)     (State)      (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1. Title of security
(Instr. 4)

2. Amount of Securities
Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)

3. Ownership
Form: Direct
(D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)

4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)


Common Stock, $6.25 par value


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FORM 3 (continued)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)

2. Date Exer-
cisable and
Expiration Date
 (Month/Day/Year)

3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying
Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)

4. Conver-
ion or
Exercise
Price of
Deriv-
ative
Security

5. Owner-
ship
Form of
Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct
(D) or
Indirect
(I)
(Instr. 5)

6. Nature of Indirect
Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

Date
Exer-
cisable

Expira-
tion
Date

Title



Amount or

Number of Shares

Non-qualified stock options

1/7/04

1/6/13

Common Stock ($6.25 par value)

10,000

$34.78

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Explanation of Responses:

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
   See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).



By:



January 8, 2003

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
      See Instruction 6 for procedure.


Gary K. Wright*
**Signature of Reporting Person

Date

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* By: Nancy M. Snyder
Attorney-in-fact

  
   

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