UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
| Commission File Number | 333-200693-06 |
RICE ENERGY OPERATING LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
(412) 553-5700
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
6.25% Senior Notes due 2022
7.25% Senior Notes due 2023
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
| Rule 12g-4(a)(1) | o | | | | |
| Rule 12g-4(a)(2) | o | | | | |
| Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) | x | | | | |
| Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) | o | | | | |
| Rule 15d-6 | o | | | | |
| Rule 15d-22(b) | o | | | | |
Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:
6.25% Senior Notes due 2022: None
7.25% Senior Notes due 2023: None
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rice Energy Operating, LLC has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
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Date: | November 13, 2017 | | By: | /s/ Robert J. McNally | |
| | | | Name: Robert J. McNally | |
| | | | Title: Senior Vice President | |