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Accession Number:: 0001104659-17-034387
Form Type:: 4
Zero Holdings:: No
Publication Time:: 2017-05-22 21:29:43
Reporting Period:: 2017-05-18

Filing Date:: 2017-05-22
Accepted Time:: 2017-05-22 21:29:43
SEC Url:: Form 4 Filing

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
1431372	Gastar Exploration Inc.	GST	Investment Advice (6282)	DE

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1176948	Ares Management Lp	2000 Avenue Of The Stars 12Th Floor Los Angeles CA 90067	Yes	No	Yes	No
1259313	Ares Management Llc	2000 Avenue Of The Stars 12Th Floor Los Angeles CA 90067	Yes	No	Yes	No
1536937	L.p. Holdings Management Ares	2000 Avenue Of The Stars 12Th Floor Los Angeles CA 90067	Yes	No	Yes	No
1620263	Ares Partners Holdco Llc	2000 Avenue Of The Stars 12Th Floor Los Angeles CA 90067	Yes	No	Yes	No
1620264	Ares Management Gp Llc	2000 Avenue Of The Stars 12Th Floor Los Angeles CA 90067	Yes	No	Yes	No
1620317	Ares Holdings Inc.	2000 Avenue Of The Stars 12Th Floor Los Angeles CA 90067	Yes	No	Yes	No
1669983	Ares Holdco Llc	2000 Avenue Of The Stars 12Th Floor Los Angeles CA 90067	Yes	No	Yes	No
1684171	Acof Investment Management Llc	2000 Avenue Of The Stars 12Th Floor Los Angeles CA 90067	Yes	No	Yes	No
1705375	Af V Energy I Aiv B1, L.p.	2000 Avenue Of The Stars 12Th Floor Los Angeles CA 90067	Yes	No	Yes	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

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Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value	Acquisiton	2017-05-18	409,404	$1.11	55,274,230	No	4	P	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value	Acquisiton	2017-05-19	409,404	$1.16	55,683,634	No	4	P	Indirect	See footnotes
Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value	Acquisiton	2017-05-22	514,227	$1.20	56,197,861	No	4	P	Indirect	See footnotes

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
No	4	P	Indirect	See footnotes
No	4	P	Indirect	See footnotes
No	4	P	Indirect	See footnotes

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock, $0.001 Par Value	52,910	Indirect	See footnote

Footnotes

The amount reported reflects an aggregate 409,404 shares of the Issuer's common stock, par value $0.001 ("Common Stock") acquired in the following individual amounts: 20,340 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A1, L.P., 20,157 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A2, L.P., 20,181 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A3, L.P., 20,288 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A4, L.P., 20,392 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A5, L.P., 20,264 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A6, L.P., 19,818 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A7, L.P., 20,079 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A8, L.P., 20,340 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A9, L.P., 20,340 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A10, L.P., 20,079 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A11, L.P., 19,818 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A12, L.P., 23,886 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A13, L.P., and 143,422 shares by AF V Energy I AIV B1, L.P.
The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $1.07 to $1.14, inclusive. The undersigned undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnotes (2), (7), and (9).
The manager of the entities (collectively, the "Purchasers") identified in footnotes (1), (6), (8), and (10) is ACOF Investment Management LLC ("ACOF"). The sole member of ACOF is Ares Management LLC, and the sole member of Ares Management LLC is Ares Management Holdings L.P. ("Ares Management Holdings") and the general partner of Ares Management Holdings is Ares Holdco LLC ("Ares Holdco"). The sole member of Ares Holdco is Ares Holdings Inc. ("Ares Holdings"), whose sole stockholder is Ares Management, L.P. ("Ares Management").
The general partner of Ares Management is Ares Management GP LLC ("Ares Management GP") and the sole member of Ares Management GP is Ares Partners Holdco LLC ("Ares Partners," and together with the Purchasers, ACOF, Ares Management LLC, Ares Management Holdings, Ares Holdco, Ares Holdings, Ares Management, and Ares Management GP, the "Ares Entities"). Ares Partners is managed by a board of managers, which is composed of Michael Arougheti, R. Kipp deVeer, David Kaplan, Antony Ressler and Bennett Rosenthal. (continued in footnote 5)
Decisions by Ares Partners' board of managers generally are made by a majority of the members, which majority, subject to certain conditions, must include Antony Ressler. Each of the Ares Entities (other than each Purchaser, with respect to the securities held directly by it) and the members of Ares Partners' board of managers and the other directors, officers, partners, stockholders, members and managers of the Ares Entities expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported on this Form 4, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein, and this Form 4 shall not be deemed an admission that any such person or entity is the beneficial owner of, or has any pecuniary interest in, such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purposes. The address of each Ares Entity is 2000 Avenue of the Stars, 12th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067.
The amount reported reflects an aggregate 409,404 shares of Common Stock acquired in the following individual amounts: 20,340 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A1, L.P., 20,157 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A2, L.P., 20,181 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A3, L.P., 20,288 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A4, L.P., 20,392 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A5, L.P., 20,264 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A6, L.P., 19,818 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A7, L.P., 20,079 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A8, L.P., 20,340 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A9, L.P., 20,340 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A10, L.P., 20,079 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A11, L.P., 19,818 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A12, L.P., 23,886 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A13, L.P., and 143,422 shares by AF V Energy I AIV B1, L.P.
The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $1.13 to $1.19, inclusive.
The amount reported reflects an aggregate 514,227 shares of Common Stock acquired in the following individual amounts: 25,548 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A1, L.P., 25,318 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A2, L.P., 25,348 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A3, L.P., 25,482 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A4, L.P., 25,613 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A5, L.P., 25,453 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A6, L.P., 24,892 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A7, L.P., 25,220 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A8, L.P., 25,548 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A9, L.P., 25,548 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A10, L.P., 25,220 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A11, L.P., 24,892 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A12, L.P., 30,002 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A13, L.P., and 180,143 shares by AF V Energy I AIV B1, L.P.
The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $1.14 to $1.24, inclusive.
The amount reported reflects an aggregate 56,197,861 shares of Common Stock held in the following individual amounts: 2,791,958 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A1, L.P., 2,766,710 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A2, L.P., 2,770,508 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A3, L.P., 2,784,647 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A4, L.P., 2,799,267 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A5, L.P., 2,781,526 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A6, L.P., 2,720,211 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A7, L.P., 2,756,084 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A8, L.P., 2,791,958 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A9, L.P., 2,791,958 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A10, L.P., 2,756,084 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A11, L.P., 2,720,889 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A12, L.P., 3,278,874 shares by AF V Energy I AIV A13, L.P., and 19,687,187 shares by AF V Energy I AIV B1, L.P.
The amount reported reflects 52,910 shares held by Nathan Walton, which represents shares granted to Mr. Walton in his capacity as a director of the Issuer. Mr. Walton is associated with Ares Management LLC and certain of the other Ares Entities (as defined above). Pursuant to the policies of the Ares Entities, Mr. Walton holds these securities as a nominee on behalf of, and for the sole benefit of, the Ares Entities and has assigned to Ares Management LLC all economic, pecuniary and voting rights in respect of such securities.