---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-074744"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AR"
cik: "0001433270"
company_name: "ANTERO RESOURCES Corp"
filed_at: "2026-06-16T22:30:05+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T10:06:57.446957+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Antero Resources establishes $1.65B commercial paper program for general corporate purposes

## Summary
- Program size up to $1.65B; notes unsecured, maturities ≤397 days, sold under Section 4(a)(2) exemption.
- Proceeds expected for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, and debt repayment.
- Senior unsecured revolving credit facility will serve as liquidity backstop for CP issuances.
- No notes have been issued as of the June 16, 2026 filing date.
- Notes will rank pari passu with other unsecured unsubordinated debt; minimum face amount $250,000.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-074744
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AR
- cik: 0001433270
- company_name: ANTERO RESOURCES Corp
- filed_at: 2026-06-16T22:30:05+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1433270/000110465926074744/0001104659-26-074744-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1433270/000110465926074744/tm2618017d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-074744
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-074744.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-074744.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  ANTERO RESOURCES Corp entered into Commercial Paper Dealer Agreement with each Dealer valued at not to exceed $1.65 billion (effective 2026-06-16).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: each Dealer
  - Value: not to exceed $1.65 billion
  - Effective: 2026-06-16
  source text: On June 16, 2026, Antero Resources Corporation (the “Company”) established a commercial paper program (the “Program”) pursuant to which the Company may issue short-term, unsecured commercial paper notes (the “Notes”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1433270/000110465926074744/0001104659-26-074744-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.