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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On May 17, 2021, Antero Resources Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference, announcing that the Company intends to commence a private offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2030 (the “Notes”). The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering and borrowings under its credit facility to fund the previously announced redemption of all of its 5.625% senior notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”) outstanding on June 1, 2021 at a redemption price of par plus accrued and unpaid interest. As of May 14, 2021, there was $574.2 million aggregate principal amount of 2023 Notes outstanding. The foregoing does not constitute a notice of redemption with respect to any of the 2023 Notes.
This Current Report on Form 8-K is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a sale of, any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The securities to be offered have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state or jurisdiction securities laws, and unless so registered, the securities may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state or jurisdiction securities laws.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| EXHIBIT | DESCRIPTION | |
| 99.1 | Antero Resources Corporation press release, dated May 17, 2021. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION | |||
| By: | /s/ Michael N. Kennedy | ||
| Michael N. Kennedy | |||
| Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President – Finance | |||
Dated: May 17, 2021
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