Receipt of Notice of Cancellation of Mietkauf Contracts

The Board of Directors of PVG GP, LLC, the general partner of Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P. today declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.39 per unit. This distribution, which equates to $1.56 per unit on an annualized basis, remains unchanged from the distribution paid with respect to the prior quarter. The quarterly distribution covers the period October 1 through December 31, 2010, and is payable on February 22, 2011 to unitholders of record on February 15, 2011.

Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P. (NYSE:PVG – News) is a publicly traded limited partnership which owns the general partner interest, all of the incentive distribution rights and an approximate 37 percent limited partner interest in PVR, a manager of coal and natural resource properties and related assets and the operator of a midstream natural gas gathering and processing business. For more information about PVG, please visit our website at www.pvgpholdings.com.