Officer Rady Paul M covered exercise/tax liability with 45,726 shares and converted options into 94,672 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.41% to 11,882,200 units (SEC Form 4)
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| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ANTERO RESOURCES Corp [ AR ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 04/15/2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | 04/15/2025 | M | 48,152(1) | A | $0 | 11,881,406(2) | D | |||
| Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | 04/15/2025 | M | 46,520(3) | A | $0 | 11,927,926(4) | D | |||
| Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | 04/15/2025 | F | 45,726(5) | D | $33.1 | 11,882,200(6) | D | |||
| Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | 5,284,264(7) | I | See footnote(7) | |||||||
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Performance Share Unit | (1) | 04/15/2025 | M | 48,152 | (1) | (1) | Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | 48,152 | (1) | 48,151 | D | ||||
| Performance Share Unit | (3) | 04/15/2025 | M | 46,520 | (3) | (3) | Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | 46,520 | (3) | 69,780 | D | ||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. In connection with the completion of the second performance period, which ran from March 7, 2024 through March 7, 2025, the Compensation Committee (the "Compensation Committee") of Antero Resources Corp. (the "Issuer") certified the Issuer's absolute total shareholder return ("TSR") at the maximum level, resulting in 25% of the performance share units ("PSUs") originally granted on March 7, 2023 that vest based on the Issuer's absolute TSR becoming earned at 200% of the target amount granted. These PSUs remain outstanding and subject to service-based vesting requirements until March 7, 2026. |
| 2. Includes 487,859 shares of Common Stock subject to restricted stock units ("RSU") awards and 386,266 PSUs in respect of which performance has been certified, in each case that remain subject to service-based vesting. |
| 3. In connection with the completion of the first performance period, which ran from March 7, 2024 through March 7, 2025, the Compensation Committee certified the Issuer's absolute TSR at the maximum level, resulting in 25% of the PSUs originally granted on March 7, 2024 that vest based on the Issuer's absolute TSR becoming earned at 200% of the target amount granted. These PSUs remain outstanding and subject to service-based vesting requirements until March 7, 2027. |
| 4. Includes 487,859 shares of Common Stock subject to RSU awards and 432,786 PSUs in respect of which performance has been certified, in each case that remain subject to service-based vesting. |
| 5. In connection with the vesting and settlement of RSUs through the issuance of common stock ("Common Stock") of the Issuer pursuant to the Antero Resources Corporation Amended and Restated 2020 Long Term Incentive Plan, the Issuer withheld Common Stock that would otherwise have been issued to the Reporting Person to satisfy their tax withholding obligations. The number of shares of Common Stock withheld was determined based on the closing price per share of Common Stock on April 15, 2025. |
| 6. Includes 383,893 shares of Common Stock subject to RSU awards and 432,786 PSUs in respect of which performance has been certified, in each case that remain subject to service-based vesting. |
| 7. Includes 2,822,552 shares of Common Stock held by Salisbury Investment Holdings LLC ("Salisbury") and 2,461,712 shares of Common Stock held by Mockingbird Investments LLC ("Mockingbird"). The Reporting Person owns a 95% limited liability company interest in Salisbury and his spouse owns the remaining 5%. The Reporting Person owns a 13.1874% limited liability company interest in Mockingbird and two trusts under his control own the remaining 86.8126%. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of Common Stock held by Salisbury and Mockingbird except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. |
| Remarks: |
| Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer & President |
| /s/ Yvette K. Schultz, as attorney-in-fact for Paul M. Rady | 04/16/2025 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
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