SEC Form 4 · accession 0001104659-15-035936
ANTERO RESOURCES Corp · AR
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owners
WARBURG PINCUS & CO.
Director · 10% Owner
Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P.
Director · 10% Owner
WARBURG PINCUS LLC
Director · 10% Owner
Joseph P. Landy
Director · 10% Owner
Charles R Kaye
Director · 10% Owner
WP Antero, LLC
Director · 10% Owner
WPP GP LLC
Director · 10% Owner
Period of report
May 7, 2015
Accepted (ET)
May 8, 2015 · 8:56 am EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0001433270
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common stock, par value $0.01 per shareF1,F2,F3,F4 | May 7, 2015 | D | 3,602,779 | $0.00 | D | 200,165,909 | I | See footnotes |
Table II — derivative securities
No Table II lines on this filing.
Explanation of responses
- F1On May 7, 2015, the WP VIII Funds (as defined below in footnote 2), 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, with no consideration being paid in connection therewith.
- F2Each 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"), hold a beneficial interest in WP Antero, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("WP Antero"), a direct subsidiary of the WP VIII Funds and a member in Antero Resources Investment, LLC.
- F3WP-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-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.
- F4Warburg Pincus LLC, a New York limited liability company ("WP LLC"), is the manager of the WP VIII Funds. Warburg Pincus & Co., a New York general partnership ("WP"), is a member and managing director of WP LLC. Charles R. Kaye and Joseph P. Landy are each a Managing General Partner of WP and a Managing Member and Co-President of WP LLC and may be deemed to control the Warburg Pincus Entities. Each of Messrs. Kaye and Landy, together with the WP VIII Funds, 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."
Remarks
Due to the limitation on the number of Reporting Persons allowed on Form 4, WP Partners GP included as a Reporting Person on the Form 4 filed by Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P. * The Power of Attorney given by each of Warburg Pincus & Co., Mr. Kaye and Mr. Landy was previously filed with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission on November 26, 2013 as an exhibit to a statement on Form 4 filed by Warburg Pincus Private Equity IX, L.P. with respect to Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. (now known as Laredo Petroleum, Inc.) and is hereby incorporated by reference.