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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). |
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) 01/12/2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 01/12/2015 | A | 445 | A | $0.0000 | 4,505 | D | |||
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | 207,165,909(1)(2) | I | See footnotes(2)(3)(4)(5) |
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 |
Explanation of Responses: |
1. The Reporting Person is a Partner of Warburg Pincus & Co., a New York general partnership ("WP"), and a Member and Managing Director of Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP LLC"). The Warburg Pincus Entities (as defined below in footnote 5) collectively hold a 38.4% voting interest, and an economic interest that is determined based on a multi-level waterfall, in Antero Resources Investment LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Antero Investment"), which directly owns 207,165,909 shares of Antero Resources Corporation as of the date hereof. |
2. All shares of Common Stock indicated as indirectly owned by the Reporting Person are included because of his affiliation with the Warburg Pincus Entities, due to which Mr. Levy may be deemed to have an indirect pecuniary interest (within the meaning of Rule 16a-1 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) in an indeterminate portion of the shares of Common Stock owned by the Warburg Pincus Entities. Mr. Levy disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of Common Stock attributable to the Warburg Pincus Entities except to the extent of his direct pecuniary interest therein. |
3. Each of Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, ("WP VIII", and together with its two affiliated partnerships, Warburg Pincus Netherlands Private Equity VIII C.V. I, a company formed under the laws of the Netherlands ("WP VIII CV I"), and WP-WPVIII Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, ("WP-WPVIII Investors"), collectively, the "WP VIII Funds"), Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X"), Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X Partners," and together with WP X, the "WP X Funds"), and Warburg Pincus Private Equity X O&G, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X O&G"), hold a beneficial interest in WP Antero, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("WP Antero"), an indirect subsidiary of WP X, WP X O&G, a direct subsidiary of WP X Partners, the WP VIII Funds and a member in Antero Investment. |
4. Warburg Pincus X, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X GP"), is the general partner of WP X Funds and WP X O&G. Warburg Pincus X GP L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X GP LP"), is the general partner of WP X GP. WP-WPVIII Investors GP L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP-WPVIII GP LP"), is the general partner of WP-WPVIII Investors. WPP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("WPP GP LLC") is the general partner of WP X GP LP, WP-WPVIII GP LP, WP VIII and WP VIII CV I. WP is the managing member of Warburg Pincus Partners GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("WP Partners GP"), which is the general partner of Warburg Pincus Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP Partners"), which is the managing member of WPP GP LLC. WP LLC is the manager of the WP VIII Funds, the WP X Funds, and WP X O&G. |
5. Each of the WP VIII Funds, the WP X Funds, WP X O&G, WP X GP, WP X GP LP, WP-WPVIII GP LP, WPP GP LLC, WP Antero, WP Partners, WP Partners GP, WP LLC and WP are collectively referred to herein as the "Warburg Pincus Entities." |
Remarks: |
*** The Power of Attorney given by Mr. Levy was previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 13, 2014 as an exhibit to the Form 4 filed by Mr. Levy with respect to Laredo Petroleum, Inc. and is hereby incorporated by reference. |
/s/ Robert B. Knauss, as attorney-in-fact for James R. Levy*** | 01/14/2015 | |
** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
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