Activist Sailingstone Capital Partners Dumping Antero Resources Corp (AR)?

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Activist long-only fund Sailingstone Capital Partners revealed selling 855 thousand shares of Antero Resources Corp (NYSE:AR) in a filing. Sailingstone Capital owned nearly 33.3 million shares of Antero Resources Corp (NYSE:AR) at the end of June. San Francisco based natural resource investor reduced its position to 32.44 million shares as of this morning. Antero shares were trading 10% higher at the end of June, so the timing of this sale is interesting. Seth Klarman’s Baupost is also a large investor in Antero.

The details of the filing can be seen below:

Ownership Summary Table

Name Sole Voting Power Shared Voting Power Sole Dispositive Power Shared Dispositive Power Aggregate Amount Owned Power Percent of Class
SailingStone Capital Partners 32,443,863 0 32,443,863 0 32,443,863 10.23%
SailingStone Holdings 0 32,443,863 0 32,443,863 32,443,863 10.23%
MacKenzie B. Davis 0 32,443,863 0 32,443,863 32,443,863 10.23%
Kenneth L. Settles Jr 0 32,443,863 0 32,443,863 32,443,863 10.23%

Page 1 of 10 – SEC Filing

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13G
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. )*

Antero Resources
Corporation

(Name of Issuer)

Common stock,
par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

03674X106

(CUSIP Number)

October 10,
2018

(Date of event which requires filing of this statement)
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule 13G is filed:
ý Rule 13d-1(b)
¨ Rule 13d-1(c)
¨ Rule 13d-1(d)
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______________________________

*The remainder of this cover page shall
be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any
subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder
of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (“Act“) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other
provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes)

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