UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 9, 2026
ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-36120 | 80-0162034 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
1615 Wynkoop Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (303) 357-7310
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class on which registered | Trading symbol(s) | Name of each exchange | ||
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 Per Share | AR | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On February 9, 2026, Antero Resources Corporation (the “Company”) issued a conditional notice of full redemption (the “Notice”) with respect to its 7.625% senior notes due 2029 (the “Notes”). The Company gave holders of the Notes notice that, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent stated in the Notice, the Company will redeem all of the Notes outstanding on February 24, 2026 (the “Redemption Date”) at a redemption price of 101.271% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. As of February 9, 2026, there was $365,353,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding.
As permitted by the terms of the Notes, the Notice and the redemption of the Notes are conditioned upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent of (i) the closing of the Company’s divestiture of substantially all of its Utica Shale oil and gas assets located in Ohio (the “Ohio Utica Shale divestiture”) and (ii) the Company’s board of directors not having resolved that the redemption is no longer advisable and in the best interests of the Company. In the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all of the conditions have been satisfied. There can be no assurance that the redemption of the Notes will be consummated.
This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute a notice of redemption with respect to the Notes. The information furnished in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “estimates,” “expects,” “should,” “will” or other similar expressions. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements relating to the pending Ohio Utica Shale divestiture, including the estimated timing thereof. The forward-looking statements included in this Form 8-K involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. The Company has based these forward-looking statements on current expectations and assumptions about future events, taking into account all information currently available to the Company. While the Company considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, regulatory and other risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and beyond the Company’s control and which include, but are not limited to, risks associated with the Ohio Utica Shale divestiture, including the risk that the Ohio Utica Shale divestiture is not consummated on the terms expected or on the anticipated schedule, or at all, commodity price volatility, inflation, supply chain or other disruption, availability and cost of drilling, completion and production equipment and services, environmental risks, drilling and completion and other operating risks, marketing and transportation risks, regulatory changes or changes in law, the uncertainty inherent in estimating natural gas, NGLs and oil reserves and in projecting future rates of production, cash flows and access to capital, the timing of development expenditures, conflicts of interest among our stockholders, impacts of geopolitical and world health events, cybersecurity risks, and the state of markets for, and availability of, verified quality carbon offsets.
These and other risks and uncertainties are described under Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as updated by any subsequent Form 10-Qs, and those set forth in other documents the Company files from time to time with the SEC.
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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/ Brendan E. Krueger | |
| Brendan E. Krueger | ||
| Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President –Finance and Treasurer | ||
Dated: February 9, 2026
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