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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Levy James R.

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O WARBURG PINCUS & CO.,

450 LEXINGTON AVENUE

(Street)

NEW YORK

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/07/2015

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	05/07/2015		A		4,774	A	$0.0000	9,714⁽¹⁾⁽⁷⁾	D
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share	05/07/2015		D		3,602,779	D	$0.0000	200,165,909⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾⁽³⁾	I	See footnotes⁽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)
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)

Explanation of Responses:

1. On May 7, 2015, the WP VIII Funds (as defined below in footnote 4) and the WP X Funds (as defined below in footnote 3), distributed an aggregate of 3,602,779 shares of common stock of Antero Resources Corporation ("Common Stock") to their partners on a pro rata basis (the "WP Distribution"), with no consideration being paid in connection therewith.

2. The Reporting Person is a Partner of Warburg Pincus & Co., a New York general partnership ("WP"), and a Member and Managing Director of Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP LLC"). The Warburg Pincus Entities (as defined below in footnote 6) collectively hold a 38.4% voting interest, and an economic interest that is determined based on a multi-level waterfall, in Antero Resources Investment LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Antero Investment"), which directly owns 200,165,909 shares of Antero Resources Corporation (the "Issuer") as of the date hereof.

3. All shares of Common Stock of the Issuer indicated as indirectly owned by the Reporting Person are included because of his affiliation with the Warburg Pincus Entities, due to which Mr. Levy may be deemed to have an indirect pecuniary interest (within the meaning of Rule 16a-1 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) in an indeterminate portion of the shares of Common Stock of the Issuer owned by the Warburg Pincus Entities. Mr. Levy disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of Common Stock of the Issuer attributable to the Warburg Pincus Entities except to the extent of his direct pecuniary interest therein.

4. Each of Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, ("WP VIII", and together with its two affiliated partnerships, Warburg Pincus Netherlands Private Equity VIII C.V. I, a company formed under the laws of the Netherlands ("WP VIII CV I"), and WP-WPVIII Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, ("WP-WPVIII Investors"), collectively, the "WP VIII Funds"), Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X"), Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X Partners," and together with WP X, the "WP X Funds"), and Warburg Pincus Private Equity X O&G, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X O&G"), hold a beneficial interest directly or indirectly in WP Antero, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("WP Antero"), an indirect subsidiary of WP X and WP X O&G, and a direct subsidiary of the WP VIII Funds and WP X Partners and a member in Antero Investment.

5. Warburg Pincus X, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X GP"), is the general partner of WP X Funds and WP X O&G. Warburg Pincus X GP L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP X GP LP"), is the general partner of WP X GP. WP-WPVIII Investors GP L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP-WPVIII GP LP"), is the general partner of WP-WPVIII Investors. WPP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("WPP GP LLC") is the general partner of WP X GP LP and WP-WPVIII GP LP. WP is the managing member of Warburg Pincus Partners GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("WP Partners GP"), which is the general partner of Warburg Pincus Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("WP Partners"), which is the managing member of WPP GP LLC and the general partner of WP VIII and WP VIII CV I. WP LLC is the manager of the WP VIII Funds, the WP X Funds, and WP X O&G.

6. Each of the WP VIII Funds, the WP X Funds, WP X O&G, WP X GP, WP X GP LP, WP-WPVIII GP LP, WPP GP LLC, WP Antero, WP Partners, WP Partners GP, WP LLC and WP are collectively referred to herein as the "Warburg Pincus Entities."

7. In connection with the WP Distribution, an aggregate of 4,774 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer were distributed to Mr. Levy in his personal capacity.

	/s/ James R. Levy	05/07/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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