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*
WARBURG PINCUS LLC

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC
450 LEXINGTON AVENUE

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10017

(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 X 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/08/2018
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
Form filed by One Reporting Person
X 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 11/08/2018 S 13,000,000 D $15.87 33,609,061 I See Footnotes(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
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
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
WARBURG PINCUS LLC

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC
450 LEXINGTON AVENUE

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10017

(City) (State) (Zip)

Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
X Director X 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
KAYE CHARLES R

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC
450 LEXINGTON AVENUE

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10017

(City) (State) (Zip)

Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
Director X 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Landy Joseph P.

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O WARBURG PINCUS LLC
450 LEXINGTON AVENUE

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10017

(City) (State) (Zip)

Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
Director X 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Explanation of Responses:
1. This Form 4 is filed on behalf of Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP LLC") and Charles R. Kaye and Joseph P. Landy, each a Managing General Partner of Warburg Pincus & Co., a New York general partnership ("WP") and the Co-Chief Executive Officers and Managing Members of WP LLC (WP LLC, together with Messrs. Kaye and Landy, the "Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons").
2. Warburg Pincus Private Equity X O&G, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X O&G"), was an existing shareholder of the Company prior to the sale by WP X O&G as reported on a separate Form 4 (the "WP X O&G Sale") and currently holds 32,566,126 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock") of Antero Resources Corporation (the "Issuer"). Warburg Pincus X, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X") was an existing shareholder of the Company prior to the sale by WP X as reported on a separate Form 4 (the "WP X Sale"), and currently owns 0 shares of Common Stock. Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X Partners"), was an existing shareholder of the Company prior to the sale by WP X Partners as reported on a Separate Form 4 (the "WP X Partners Sale") and currently owns 1,042,935 shares of Common Stock.
3. Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP VIII"), Warburg Pincus Netherlands Private Equity VIII C.V. I, a Company formed under the laws of the Netherlands ("WP VIII CV I") and WP-WP VIII Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP-WP VIII Investors" and collectively, the "WP VIII Funds"), were existing shareholders of the Company prior to the sale by the WP VIII Funds as reported on a Separate Form 4 (the "WP VIII Sale" and, together with the WP X O&G Sale, the WP X Sale and the WP X Partners Sale, collectively, the "Sale") and currently own 0 shares of Common Stock. WP LLC manages each of WP X O&G, WP X, WP X Partners and the WP VIII Funds (collectively, the "WP Funds") and WP is the ultimate general partner of the WP Funds. Therefore, the consummation of the Sale altered the indirect beneficial ownership of the Reporting Persons in the shares of Common Stock.
4. Charles R. Kaye and Joseph P. Landy are each Managing General Partners of WP and Managing Members and Co-Chief Executive Officers of WP LLC and may be deemed to control the Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons. Messrs. Kaye and Landy disclaim beneficial ownership of all shares held by the Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons.
5. By reason of the provisions of Rule 16a-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), the Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons and certain affiliates may be deemed to be beneficial owners of 33,609,061 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer held collectively by the WP Funds. The Warburg Pincus Reporting Persons and such affiliates disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock of the Issuer except to the extent of their direct pecuniary interest therein.
6. Each of Charles R. Kaye and Joseph P. Landy serves as Managing General Partner of WP and Co-Chief Executive Officer and Managing Member of WP LLC. Therefore, the consummation of the sale by the WP X Funds and WP X O&G reported hereunder altered the indirect beneficial ownership of the Reporting Persons in the shares of Common Stock. In addition to the 33,609,061 shares of Common Stock in which Charles R. Kaye may be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership by virtue of his status as Managing General Partner of WP and Co-Chief Executive Officer and Managing Member of WP LLC, Mr. Kaye currently owns, directly and indirectly, 89,915 shares of Common Stock. In addition to the 33,609,061 shares of Common Stock in which Joseph P. Landy may be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership by virtue of his status as Managing General Partner of WP and Co-Chief Executive Officer and Managing Member of WP LLC, Mr. Landy currently owns 565,799 shares of Common Stock.
Remarks:
This Form 4 is one of two Forms 4 filed relating to the same event. The Form 4 has been split into two filings because there are more than 10 reporting persons in total, and the SEC's EDGAR filing system limits a single Form 4 to a maximum of 10 reporting person.
WARBURG PINCUS LLC By: WARBURG PINCUS LLC By: Name: Robert B. Knauss Title: Managing Director Name: Robert B. Knauss Title: Managing Director 11/09/2018
CHARLES R. KAYE By: CHARLES R. KAYE By: Name: Robert B. Knauss, attorney-in-fact Name: Robert B. Knauss, attorney-in-fact 11/09/2018
JOSEPH P. LANDY By: JOSEPH P. LANDY By: Name: Robert B. Knauss, attorney-in-fact Name: Robert B. Knauss, attorney-in-fact 11/09/2018
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