- Current report filing (8-K)

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): July 31, 2009

EDGE PETROLEUM CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-22149	76-0511037
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Travis Tower 1301 Travis, Suite 2000 Houston, Texas		77002
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(713) 654-8960

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(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:

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Amendment No. 8

On July 31, 2009, the Company entered into Amendment No. 8 (“Amendment No. 8”) to its Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended (the “Revolving Facility”) which changes the maturity date of the Revolving Facility from July 31, 2009 to August 31, 2009.

The foregoing description of Amendment No. 8 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to Amendment No. 8, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and is incorporated into this Current Report on Form 8-K by reference. Amendment No. 8 provides further information regarding the terms of Amendment No. 8.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

	Exhibit No.		Description

	4.1		Amendment No. 8, executed July 31, 2009, among Edge Petroleum Corporation, the lenders party thereto and Union Bank, N.A. (f/k/a Union Bank of California, N.A.), as administrative agent for such lenders.

SIGNATURES

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.

		EDGE PETROLEUM CORPORATION


Date: August 3, 2009	By:	/s/ John W. Elias
		John W. Elias
		Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.		Description
4.1		Amendment No. 8, executed July 31, 2009, among Edge Petroleum Corporation, the lenders party thereto and Union Bank, N.A. (f/k/a Union Bank of California, N.A.), as administrative agent for such lenders.