SEC Form 4
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*
Schultz Yvette K

(Last) (First) (Middle)
1615 WYNKOOP STREET

(Street)
DENVER CO 80202

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ANTERO RESOURCES Corp [ AR ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
See Remarks
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/28/2024
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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 02/28/2024 A 11,810(1) A $0 236,436(2) D
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share 02/28/2024 A 12,530(3) A $0 248,966(4) D
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share 02/28/2024 A 16,852(5) A $0 265,818(6)(7) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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. On February 28, 2024, the Compensation Committee certified the Issuer's net debt to adjusted EBITDAX multiple over the second performance period, which ran from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, at the maximum level, resulting in 33% of the PSUs originally granted on April 15, 2022 that vest based on the Issuer's net debt to adjusted EBITDAX multiple becoming earned at 200% of the target amount granted. These PSUs remain outstanding and subject to service-based vesting requirements until December 31, 2024.
2. Includes 134,069 shares of Common Stock subject to previously granted RSUs and 23,620 shares of Common Stock subject to previously granted PSUs, in each case, that remain subject to service-based vesting.
3. On February 28, 2024, the Compensation Committee certified the Issuer's net debt to adjusted EBITDAX multiple over the first performance period, which ran from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, at the maximum level, resulting in 33% of the PSUs originally granted on October 19, 2022 that vest based on the Issuer's net debt to adjusted EBITDAX multiple becoming earned at 200% of the target amount granted. These PSUs remain outstanding and subject to service-based vesting requirements until December 31, 2025.
4. Includes 134,069 shares of Common Stock subject to previously granted RSUs and 36,150 shares of Common Stock subject to previously granted PSUs, in each case, that remain subject to service-based vesting.
5. On February 28, 2024, the Compensation Committee certified the Issuer's net debt to adjusted EBITDAX multiple over the first performance period, which ran from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, at the maximum level, resulting in 33% of the PSUs originally granted on March 7, 2023 that vest based on the Issuer's net debt to adjusted EBITDAX multiple becoming earned at 200% of the target amount granted. These PSUs remain outstanding and subject to service-based vesting requirements until December 31, 2025.
6. Includes 134,069 shares of Common Stock subject to previously granted RSUs and 53,002 shares of Common Stock subject to previously granted PSUs, in each case, that remain subject to service-based vesting.
7. On February 28, 2024, the Compensation Committee certified the Issuer's absolute total stockholder return ("TSR") performance over the first performance period, which ran from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, at below the threshold level, resulting in 0% of the PSUs originally granted on October 19, 2022 that vest based on absolute TSR over such first performance period becoming earned. Therefore, the total reported in this column does not include any PSUs with respect to such award despite such PSUs previously being reported in Table II of the Form 4 filed by the Reporting Person on October 19, 2022.
Remarks:
Senior Vice President - Legal, Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
/s/ Yvette K. Schultz 03/01/2024
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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