Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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 ^*

Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P.

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)

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O WARBURG PINCUS & CO., 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE

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

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10017

4. If Amendment, Date 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

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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	05/07/2015		D		3,602,779 ⁽¹⁾	D	$ 0	200,165,909 ⁽¹⁾	I	See footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P. C/O WARBURG PINCUS & CO. 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10017	X	X
WPP GP LLC C/O WARBURG PINCUS & CO. 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10017	X	X
WP Antero, LLC C/O WARBURG PINCUS & CO. 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10017	X	X
WARBURG PINCUS LLC C/O WARBURG PINCUS & CO. 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10017	X	X
WARBURG PINCUS & CO. C/O WARBURG PINCUS & CO. 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10017	X	X
KAYE CHARLES R C/O WARBURG PINCUS & CO. 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10017	X	X
Landy Joseph P. C/O WARBURG PINCUS & CO. 450 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10017	X	X

Signatures

WARBURG PINCUS PRIVATE EQUITY VIII, L.P. By: Warburg Pincus Partners, L.P., its general partner By: Warburg Pincus Partners GP LLC, its general partner By: Warburg Pincus & Co., its managing member By: /s/ Steven G. Glenn Name: Steven G. Glenn		05/07/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
WP ANTERO, LLC By: WP Antero Holdco, LLC, its managing member By: WP Antero Topco, Inc. its managing member By: /s/ Steven G. Glenn Name: Steven G. Glenn Title: Director		05/07/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
WPP GP LLC By: Warburg Pincus Partners, L.P., its managing member By: Warburg Pincus Partners GP LLC, its general partner By: Warburg Pincus & Co., its managing member By: /s/ Steven G. Glenn Name: Steven G. Glenn Title: Partner		05/07/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
WARBURG PINCUS & CO. By: /s/ Steven G. Glenn Name: Steven G. Glenn Title: Partner		05/07/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
WARBURG PINCUS LLC By: Warburg Pincus & Co., its managing member By: /s/ Steven G. Glenn Name: Steven G. Glenn Title: Managing Director		05/07/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
CHARLES R. KAYE By: /s/ Steven G. Glenn, Attorney-in-Fact*		05/07/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
JOSEPH P. LANDY By: /s/ Steven G. Glenn, Attorney-in-Fact*		05/07/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On 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.
(2)	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"), 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.
(3)	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-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.
(4)	Warburg 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.

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