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reduce costs. The refreshed leadership team is proceeding with a sense of urgency as it works to increase EQTs free cash flow generation and further improve operational efficiency.
The EQT Board and management team will continue to take actions to enhance shareholder value and position EQT for growth and success.
The Corporate Governance Committee of EQTs Board will review and consider Toby Rices director candidates and make a formal recommendation regarding director nominees in the Companys definitive proxy statement and other materials to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and mailed to all shareholders eligible to vote at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
As previously announced, the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Wednesday, July 10, and EQT will announce
the Boards recommended director nominees in the Notice of Annual Meeting, proxy statement and other materials, including a GOLD proxy card, to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and mailed to all shareholders eligible to vote at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is serving as financial advisor to EQT and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is serving as legal counsel.
About EQT Corporation:
EQT Corporation is a natural gas production company with emphasis in the Appalachian Basin and operations throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. With 130 years of experience and a long-standing history of good corporate citizenship, EQT is the largest producer of natural gas in the United States. As a leader in the use of advanced horizontal drilling technology, EQT is committed to minimizing the impact of drilling-related activities and reducing its overall environmental footprint. Through safe and responsible operations, EQT is helping to meet our nations demand for clean-burning energy, while continuing to provide a rewarding workplace and support for activities that enrich the communities where its employees live and work.
Visit EQT Corporation at
www.EQT.com
; and to learn more about EQTs sustainability efforts, please visit
https://csr.eqt.com
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Cautionary Statements
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Statements that do not relate strictly to historical or current facts are forward-looking. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, forward-looking statements contained in this news release specifically include the expectations of plans, strategies, objectives and growth, and anticipated financial and operational performance of the Company and its subsidiaries. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. The Company has based these forward-looking statements on current expectations and assumptions about future events, taking into account all information currently available to the Company. While the Company considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and beyond the Companys control. The risks and uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance and results of the Companys business and forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those set forth under Item 1A, Risk Factors of the Companys Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as updated by any subsequent Form 10-Qs, and those set forth in the other documents the Company files from time to time with the SEC. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and the Company does not intend to correct or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
Important Information
EQT Corporation (the Company) intends to file a proxy statement and associated GOLD proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the Companys 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the 2019 Annual Meeting). Details concerning the nominees of the Companys Board of Directors for election at the 2019 Annual Meeting will be included in the proxy statement. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH OR FURNISHED TO THE SEC, INCLUDING THE
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