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*
Manning Christopher Reid

(Last) (First) (Middle)
1615 WYNKOOP STREET

(Street)
DENVER CO 80202

(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)
06/05/2014
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)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share 06/05/2014 S 207,745(1)(2)(3) D $62 207,165,909(2)(3) I See footnotes(1)(2)(3)
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share 1,818 D(4)
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share 35,750 I See footnote(5)
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
Explanation of Responses:
1. On June 5, 2014, Antero Resources Investment LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Antero Investment"), sold 1,800,000 shares of common stock of Antero Resources Corporation ("Common Stock").
2. The Reporting Person is a partner of Trilantic Capital Partners. Certain entities managed by Trilantic Capital Partners and its affiliates hold a 8.5% direct voting interest in Antero Resources Investment LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Antero Investment"), which directly owns 207,165,909 shares of the Issuer as of the date hereof. In accordance with their ownership interest in Antero Investment, the Trilantic Capital Partners entities (defined below) are entitled to receive a portion of the net proceeds received by Antero Investment from this transaction. Accordingly, the number of shares shown herein represents the Trilantic Capital Partners entities' proportionate interest in the 1,800,000 shares sold by Antero Investment.
3. All shares indicated as indirectly owned by the Reporting Person are included because of his affiliation with the Trilantic Capital Partners entities. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of all such securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. The Trilantic Capital Partners entities are TCP Antero I-1 Holdco, LLC, TCP Antero I-2 Holdco, LLC and TCP Antero I-4 Holdco, LLC.
4. Mr. Manning holds these securities for the benefit of Trilantic Capital Partners and its affiliated entities. Mr. Manning disclaims any beneficial ownership of these securities, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
5. Represents shares held by TCP Antero Principals LLC, a Trilantic Capital Partners entity. All shares indicated as indirectly owned by the Reporting Person are included because of his affiliation with the Trilantic Capital Partners entities, as described above. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of all such securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
/s/ Christopher R. Manning 06/09/2014
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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