Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 17, 2022

ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-36120		80-0162034
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)

1615 Wynkoop Street

Denver, Colorado 80202

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code (303) 357-7310

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class on which registered		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange
Common Stock, par value $0.01 Per Share		AR		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On August 17, 2022, Antero Resources Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the early results of the previously announced tender offer to purchase for cash a portion of the Company’s outstanding 7.625% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Maximum Tender Notes”). As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 17, 2022, $284,733,000 aggregate principal amount of the Maximum Tender Notes had been tendered and not withdrawn. The Company intends to accept for purchase $118,344,000 of the Maximum Tender Notes (the “Accepted Notes”) using a proration factor of approximately 41.56% and to make payment for Accepted Notes on August 19, 2022.

The information contained in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to purchase any securities of the Company. The information furnished in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Antero Resources Corporation press release dated August 17, 2022.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION