SEC FORM 4

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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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^*

Keenan W Howard JR

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

410 PARK AVENUE, 19TH FLOOR

(Street)

NEW YORK

10022

(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)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/16/2014

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	10/16/2014		A		1,526	A	$0	3,344⁽¹⁾	D
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share								207,165,909⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	I	See footnotes⁽²⁾⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾

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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Options to Purchase Common Stock	$52.44	10/16/2014		A		1,526		⁽⁵⁾	⁽⁵⁾	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	1,526	$0	1,526	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Includes 1,526 shares of common stock of Antero Resources Corporation ("Common Stock") issued on October 16, 2014 under a Restricted Stock Agreement that will vest in a single installment one year from the date of grant, or October 16, 2015.

2. These securities are directly owned by Antero Resources Investment LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Antero Investment"). Yorktown Energy Partners V, L.P. ("Yorktown V"), Yorktown Energy Partners VI, L.P. ("Yorktown VI"), Yorktown Energy Partners VII, L.P. ("Yorktown VII") and Yorktown Energy Partners VIII, L.P. ("Yorktown VIII" and together the "Yorktown Entities") are members of Antero Investment.

3. The Reporting Person is a member and a manager of (a) Yorktown V Company LLC, the general partner of Yorktown V, (b) Yorktown VI Associates LLC, the general partner of Yorktown VI Company LP, the general partner of Yorktown VI, (c) Yorktown VII Associates LLC, the general partner of Yorktown VII Company LP, the general partner of Yorktown VII and (d) Yorktown VIII Associates LLC, the general partner of Yorktown VIII Company LP, the general partner of Yorktown VIII. All shares indicated as indirectly owned by the Reporting Person are included because of his affiliation with the Yorktown Entities.

4. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of the securities for Section 16 or any other purpose.

5. Each option to purchase Common Stock vests and becomes exercisable in a single installment one year from the date of grant, or October 16, 2015. Each option to purchase Common Stock expires ten years from the date of grant, or October 16, 2024.

	/s/ Alvyn A. Schopp, as attorney-in-fact for W. Howard Keenan, Jr.	10/20/2014
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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