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 ^*

Kilstrom Kevin J.

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ANTERO RESOURCES Corp [AR]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Sr Vice President-Production

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

1615 WYNKOOP STREET

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/08/2016

(Street)

DENVER, CO 80202

4. If Amendment, Date 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

(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	02/08/2016		A		87,500 ⁽¹⁾	A	$ 0	341,226 ⁽²⁾	D

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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

Performance share units

⁽³⁾

02/08/2016

87,500

⁽³⁾

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share

87,500

$ 0

112,500 ⁽⁴⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Kilstrom Kevin J. 1615 WYNKOOP STREET DENVER, CO 80202			Sr Vice President-Production

Signatures

/s/ Alvyn A. Schopp, as attorney-in-fact for Kevin J. Kilstrom		02/09/2016
^**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)	Common stock subject to a restricted stock unit award that vests in three equal installments on the first three anniversaries of the grant date so long as the Reporting Person remains continuously employed by the Issuer through each such anniversary date.
(2)	Includes 128,471 shares of common stock subject to previously granted restricted stock unit awards that remain subject to vesting.
(3)	Each performance share unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of the Issuer's common stock upon the achievement of performance metrics established by the compensation committee of the Issuer's board of directors tied to the 10-day weighted average stock price of the Issuer's common stock and satisfaction of certain time-based vesting conditions during the period beginning on the date of grant and ending on the fifth anniversary thereof.
(4)	Includes options to purchase 25,000 shares of common stock that vest and become exercisable in four equal installments on the first four anniversaries of the grant date so long as the Reporting Person remains continuously employed by the Issuer through each such anniversary date. Each option to purchase common stock expires ten years from the date of grant, or April 15, 2025.

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