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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):  December 7, 2007
 
 
Rex Energy Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 
 
 
Delaware
  
001-33610
  
20-8814402
  
 
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  
(Commission
File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
  

 
1975 Waddle Road, State College, Pennsylvania 16803
  
 
(Address of Principal Executive Office and Zip Code)
  

 
(814) 278-7267
  
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
  

 
Not Applicable
  
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  

 
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Item 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure
 
On December 7, 2007, Rex Energy Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s acquisition of a fifty percent interest in leases covering 16,000 gross (8,000 net) acres in southwestern Pennsylvania, which the Company believes is prospective for the Marcellus Shale unconventional gas play.  The Company also announced its initial 2008 capital budget plan, reaffirmed previous production guidance for year-end 2007 and the first quarter of 2008, and provided production guidance for the year ending December 31, 2008. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information furnished in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly stated by specific reference in such filing.  By furnishing this information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Registrant makes no admission as to the materiality of any information in this report that is required to be disclosed solely by reason of Regulation FD.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
(d)           Exhibits.
 
 
Exhibit Number
Exhibit Title                                                                
  
 
99.1
Press Release of Rex Energy Corporation dated December 7, 2007.
  

 
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.
 
 
REX ENERGY CORPORATION
  
     
 
By:
/s/  Benjamin W. Hulburt
  
   
Benjamin W. Hulburt
  
   
Chief Executive Officer
  
       
       
Date:           December 7, 2007
      


 
 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Title                                                                
  
 
99.1
Press Release of Rex Energy Corporation dated December 7, 2007.