---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-007438"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AR"
cik: "0001433270"
company_name: "ANTERO RESOURCES Corp"
filed_at: "2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:57:06.199582+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Antero Resources closes $750M offering of 5.400% Senior Notes due 2036

## Summary
- Issued $750M aggregate principal of 5.400% Senior Notes due 2036; interest payable Feb 1 and Aug 1.
- Net proceeds to fund HG Energy II Production Holdings acquisition and related fees.
- Notes subject to special mandatory redemption at 101% if HG Acquisition not closed by June 2, 2026.
- Notes are senior unsecured, structurally subordinated to subsidiary debt.
- HG Acquisition expected to close in H1 2026; Utica Disposition expected in Q1 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-007438
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AR
- cik: 0001433270
- company_name: ANTERO RESOURCES Corp
- filed_at: 2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1433270/000110465926007438/0001104659-26-007438-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1433270/000110465926007438/tm264179d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  ANTERO RESOURCES Corp incurred senior notes of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount with Computershare Trust Company, N.A. at 5.400% per year maturing 2036.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount
  - Counterparty: Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
  - Rate: 5.400% per year
  - Maturity: 2036
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On January 28, 2026, Antero Resources Corporation (the “Company”) completed its previously announced underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.400% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1433270/000110465926007438/0001104659-26-007438-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  ANTERO RESOURCES Corp entered into First Supplemental Indenture with Computershare Trust Company, N.A. valued at $750,000,000 (effective 2026-01-28).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
  - Value: $750,000,000
  - Effective: 2026-01-28
  source text: On January 28, 2026, Antero Resources Corporation (the “Company”) completed its previously announced underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.400% Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1433270/000110465926007438/0001104659-26-007438-index.htm

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