ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION

ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION - DEF 14A

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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JUNE 3, 2026

8:30 A.M. Mountain Time

Antero Principal Executive Offices

1615 Wynkoop Street

Denver, CO 80202

NOTICE

of 2026 Annual Meeting
of Shareholders

The 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Antero Resources Corporation (“Antero”, “Antero Resources” or “the Company”) will be held online on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at 8:30 A.M. Mountain Time. The Annual Meeting is being held for the purposes listed below:

AGENDA
1.	Elect the two Class I members of Antero Resources’ Board of Directors (the “Board”) named in this Proxy Statement to serve until Antero’s 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
2	Ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as Antero’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026,
3.	Approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Antero’s named executive officers, and

4.	Transact other such business as may properly come before the meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof.

These proposals are described in the accompanying proxy materials.

RECORD DATE
April 13, 2026

By order of the Board of Directors,

Yvette K. Schultz
Chief Compliance Officer, Senior Vice President—Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

WHO MAY VOTE:

You will be able to vote at the Annual Meeting only if you were a stockholder of record at the close of business on April 13, 2026, the record date for the Annual Meeting. The Board requests your proxy for the Annual Meeting, which will authorize the individuals named in the proxy to represent you and vote your shares at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

HOW TO RECEIVE ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE ANNUAL MEETING MATERIALS:

Pursuant to rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, we have elected to provide access to our proxy solicitation materials electronically, rather than mailing paper copies of these materials to each stockholder. Beginning on April 23, 2026, we will mail to each stockholder a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials with instructions on how to access the proxy materials, vote, or request paper copies.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 3, 2026:

This Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement and the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the “Form 10-K”) are available on our website free of charge at www.anteroresources.com in the “SEC Filings” subsection of the “Investors” section.

YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT

Your vote is important. We urge you to review the accompanying Proxy Statement carefully and to submit your proxy as soon as possible so that your shares will be represented at the meeting.

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Table of Contents

PROXY SUMMARY		4
Executive Compensation Highlights		4
Investor Outreach		5
Corporate Responsibility		5
Current Directors and Board Nominees		9
2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders		9
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements		11

ITEM ONE:	ELECTION OF DIRECTORS	13
Summary of Director Qualifications and Experience		14

DIRECTORS		15
Class I Directors		15
Class II Directors		17
Class III Directors		19

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS		21

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE		22
Corporate Governance Guidelines		22
Director Independence		22
Board Leadership Structure		22
How Director Nominees are Selected		23
Board’s Role in Risk Oversight		24
Board and Committee Self-Evaluations		24
Majority Vote Director Resignation Policy		25
Meetings		25
How to Contact the Board		25
Available Governance Materials		26

BOARD COMMITTEES		27
General		27
Audit Committee		27
Compensation Committee		27
Nominating & Governance Committee		28
Conflicts Committee		28
Environmental and Safety Committee		28

COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS		29
General		29
Annual Cash Retainers		29
Equity-Based Compensation		30
Fees		30
Stock Ownership Guidelines		30
2025 Non-Employee Director Compensation		31
Changes Following Fiscal Year End		31

ITEM TWO:	RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM	32

AUDIT MATTERS		33
Audit Committee Report		33
Audit and Other Fees		34

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ITEM THREE:	ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION	35

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS		36
2025 Named Executive Officers		36
2025 Say-on-Pay Advisory Vote		36
Compensation Committee Responsiveness to Say-on-Pay Vote and Stockholder Feedback		36
How to Communicate with our Board		37
Compensation Philosophy and Objectives of Our Compensation Program		37
Compensation Best Practices		38
Implementing Our Compensation Program Objectives		38
Elements of Direct Compensation		41
Other Benefits		49
2026 Material Compensation Decisions		50
Other Matters		51
Compensation Committee Report		54

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION TABLES		55
2025 Summary Compensation Table		55
Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025		56
Narrative Disclosure to Summary Compensation Table and Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table		57
Outstanding Equity Awards at 2025 Fiscal Year-End		58
Option Exercises and Stock Vested in Fiscal Year 2025		62
Pension Benefits		62
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation		62
Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control		63
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans		72
Chief Executive Officer Pay Ratio		73
Pay Versus Performance		74

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT		77
Beneficial Ownership		77

SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE		78

RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS		79
General		79
Agreements with Antero Midstream Corporation		79
Employment		84

QUORUM AND VOTING		85
Voting Stock		85
Quorum		85
Stockholder List		85
Vote Required		86
Default Voting		87
Revoking Your Proxy		87
Solicitation Expenses		87
Copies of the Annual Report		87

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION		88
Proxy Materials, Annual Report and Other Information		88
Stockholders Sharing an Address		88
Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominations for the 2027 Annual Meeting		88

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PROXY SUMMARY

This summary highlights information contained in this Proxy Statement. This proxy summary does not contain all of the information you should consider, and you should read this entire Proxy Statement before voting.

Executive Compensation Highlights

•	Key 2025 Company performance highlights include:
	–	Achieved 1% net production growth while drilling and completion capital came in at the low end of the 2025 capital budget range.
	–	Reduced net debt by $301 million during 2025, resulting in leverage declining by approximately 50%.
	–	Purchased $166 million of shares during the year.

Below is a summary of key components and decisions of our executive compensation program for, and performance levels achieved in 2025:

•	Long-term incentive compensation awards were 50% performance-based equity awards for our Named Executive Officers based on absolute TSR performance hurdles and leverage metrics and 50% time-based equity awards. All long-term incentive awards vest over several years to reward sustained Company performance over time.
•	The annual incentive plan for 2025 included metrics we felt were key to value creation, including operational strategy (disciplined capital expenditures and production volume), leverage goals, and cash cost containment. The Compensation Committee determined that the 2025 Annual Incentive Plan should pay out in accordance with the pre-established formula and did not adjust any payouts in 2025. The achieved payout was 157.2% of target. The full details of our annual incentive plan metrics, goals and results are shown on page 44 of the proxy.
•	Performance share unit awards with a performance period ending in 2025 (which may have measured performance over one or three years, depending on the award) paid out at between 81.59% and 200% of target.

Successful Implementation of Succession Plan

During 2025, the Company successfully completed several key executive transitions that have positioned the organization for continued growth and stability. Our Board and the Board of Antero Midstream, in close collaboration with our respective Nominating & Governance Committees and senior leadership, implemented a comprehensive succession planning process that ensured seamless continuity in our executive leadership. These transitions were executed with minimal disruption to day-to-day operations, preserving the Company’s strategic momentum and reinforcing our commitment to strong corporate governance.

The Board believes that the thoughtful management of these transitions reflects the Company’s dedication to long-term planning and shareholder value creation. By prioritizing internal talent development and maintaining robust succession protocols, the Company was able to retain institutional knowledge while bringing fresh perspectives to our leadership team. The smooth execution of these transitions demonstrates the effectiveness of our governance practices and the depth of our executive talent pipeline.

Specifically, effective as of August 14, 2025, we implemented the following changes:

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Mr. Kennedy began serving as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company and Antero Midstream, joined the Company’s Board of Directors and continued to serve on Antero Midstream’s Board of Directors. In connection with his promotion, Mr. Kennedy ceased to be Chief Financial Officer of the Company and SVP—Finance of the Company and Antero Midstream.

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•	Mr. Rady transitioned from his roles as Chief Executive Officer and President and as a member and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and Antero Midstream to his role as Chairman Emeritus of each company.
•	Ms. Schultz joined the Board of Directors of Antero Midstream pursuant to the Company’s contractual right to designate certain members of Antero Midstream’s Board of Directors. In addition, the following departments began reporting to Ms. Schultz: (a) Human Resources and Administration, (b) Health, Safety, Environmental and Security, and (c) Procurement.
•	Mr. Krueger, who had previously served as Vice President—Finance and Treasurer of the Company, began serving as Chief Financial Officer, SVP—Finance and Treasurer of the Company. Mr. Krueger also relinquished his role as Chief Financial Officer of Antero Midstream, now serving as SVP—Finance and Treasurer of Antero Midstream.
•	The Company separated the roles of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and Benjamin A. Hardesty, formerly the Lead Director of the Company, began serving as Chairman of the Board of the Company.

Investor Outreach

Antero and the Board value input from stockholders, and we are committed to maintaining an open dialogue to receive feedback on important items. In 2025, we met with stockholders to discuss, among other things, compensation and sustainability matters.

The Compensation Committee solicited and carefully considered the feedback received from our stockholders during the stockholder outreach conducted in 2025, which was supportive of our executive compensation program. As a result, there were no material changes to the Company’s compensation program or philosophy during 2025 and no off-cycle awards were granted to our Named Executive Officers in 2025. For additional information regarding our shareholder engagement regarding executive compensation and the feedback we received from our shareholders, please see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—2025 Say-on-Pay Advisory Vote.”

Corporate Responsibility

Some highlights of our sustainability and corporate responsibility efforts appear below. Please visit https://www. anteroresources.com/sustainability for more information and a link to our most recent sustainability report.¹

Human Capital Management

Our talented and experienced employees are key to Antero’s culture of responsibility and sustainability.

•	The safety and security of our people and the integrity of our operations are our top priorities. Our health and safety compliance program seeks to protect our workforce and the communities in which we operate by striving for “Zero incidents, Zero harm, Zero compromise.” We have sought to implement developed and thoughtful processes for identifying and mitigating safety risks:
	–	Identification – behavior-based safety programs, job safety analysis, emergency response drills and contractor vetting through a reputable third-party vendor
	–	Mitigation – contractor safety improvement plans, root cause analyses, risk ranking/mitigation reviews, pre-job safety startup reviews, and a library of over 30 individual safety training courses

1	Please note that this Internet address is for information purposes only, and no information found and/or provided at such Internet address, contained on our website in general, or included in our Sustainability Report is intended or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Proxy Statement.

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•	We believe that our success as a company is not measured only by our financial results but also by how we treat our employees. We seek to help our people achieve educational goals and provide for themselves and their families by offering competitive compensation and benefits, including:

	–	Healthcare coverage – medical and prescription, dental and vision
	–	Financial assistance – health savings accounts, student loan repayment reimbursement, dependent care flexible spending account coverage and 401(k) plan with matching up to 6%
	–	Insurance – basic life, accidental death and disability as well as short-term and long-term disability coverage
	–	Lifestyle – employee assistance program, holidays and personal choice days, paid vacation and sick leave, company-paid parental leave, gym memberships and/or fitness subscription reimbursement, and free parking and public transportation

•	Doing the right thing is essential to our culture. To that end, we conduct an annual, company-wide ethics and compliance training program that covers, among other things, ethical business practices, insider trading, and anti-discrimination and anti-harassment.
•	We aim to respect human rights and promote them in our supply chain through, among other things, our company policies, including:

	–	Supplier Code of Conduct – promotes the fair and ethical treatment by suppliers, contractors, independent consultants and other parties that Antero works with through a set of guidelines focusing on equal opportunity, workplace safety and protection of the environment, among other things
	–	Human Labor and Indigenous Rights Policy –promotes respect of human rights through compliance with applicable national and local laws as well as pertinent trends and norms with respect to compensation, discrimination, health and safety and community relations, and that prohibits child labor, forced labor and human trafficking, as well as workplace harassment and discrimination, in line with applicable laws related to all of these topics; and provides access to a hotline for reporting concerns or grievances

Community Engagement

We are committed to enhancing the communities where we live and work. Recent highlights of our community engagement and investment include:

•	Paid to the state of West Virginia property and severance taxes of $161 million in 2025 and $1.0 billion over the last five years
•	Together with Antero Midstream Corporation (“Antero Midstream”):

	–	Donated $1 million to West Virginia University Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources as part of our $4 million multi-year donation commitment
	–	Donated an aggregate of over $50,000 to Banesville Hospital Association and West Virginia State Hospital
	–	Contributed meaningful employment opportunities in the Appalachian Region

•	The Antero Foundation, established in 2020 as a joint initiative of Antero Resources and Antero Midstream, supports the companies’ commitment to philanthropy and volunteerism by investing in the communities where Antero operates and employees live and work

	–	The Foundation provides grants to qualifying nonprofit organizations across five focus areas: education; health and human services; community development; environmental causes; and arts and culture—while encouraging employee volunteer engagement
	–	Since inception, the Foundation has directed the substantial majority of its expenditures to supporting initiatives such as food security, education, health services, environmental conservation, and community development in West Virginia. In 2025, the Foundation donated over $1 million to support these initiatives.

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Equal Employment Opportunity and Workplace Culture

We recognize the importance of supporting and promoting equal employment opportunity in our workplace. Company policies prohibit all forms of unlawful discrimination based on, among other things, age, race, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender identity and other impermissible factors.

We embrace an approach that values a strong workplace culture, and we are committed to making opportunities for development and progress available to all employees so their talents can be fully developed and our and their success can be maximized. We believe that creating an environment that cultivates a sense of belonging requires encouraging employees to educate themselves about each other’s experiences, and we strive to promote the respect of all persons.

As of December 31, 2025:

22%	38%	18%
of our employees are women	of our independent directors are women	of our directors and corporate officers are women

Governance

Our Board has ultimate oversight over the company’s operational performance and ethical conduct. This includes, in partnership with our executive leadership team, managing our risk mitigation. Highlights of our sustainability programs include:

•	Director independence and Board composition

	–	Seven out of eight directors are independent
	–	We have an independent Chairman
	–	Our independent Chairman presides over the executive sessions of our non-management directors
	–	Each Board committee is chaired by an independent director and comprised entirely of independent directors
	–	The ages of our directors range from 50 to 76 years old, and the average director tenure is 7.9 years

•	Focus on Environmental and Safety Matters

	–	We have an Environmental and Safety Committee of the Board that guides and governs our environmental and safety initiatives
	–	15% of executive target annual incentive compensation is tied to certain environmental, social and governance performance metrics
	–	In 2025, 100% of employees completed training for our Human Labor and Indigenous Rights Policy and our Supplier Code of Conduct

•	Valuing investor feedback and alignment with stockholders

	–	We proactively engage with stockholders and other stakeholders, including with respect to sustainability programs and performance
	–	Our executive compensation program and robust stock ownership guidelines applicable to directors and executives were thoughtfully designed to incentivize the maximization of shareholder value
	–	Our corporate policies generally prohibit hedging or pledging company stock

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Environment and Safety

We believe safety and environmental stewardship are intrinsically linked. “Zero incidents, Zero harm, Zero compromise” is designed to empower every employee to make the safest decisions to protect our people and be a good steward to the environment. Our dedicated staff of health, safety, security and environmental (“HSSE”) professionals manage our HSSE programs and are committed to our performance as a safe and sustainable energy company. In addition, stewardship of the environment is a fundamental value in our overall business strategy.

Our Environment and Safety highlights include:

•	2025 environmental and safety performance

	–	Scope 1 GHG emissions of 0.2 million metric tons of CO₂e
	–	Methane leak loss rate of 0.008%, a 20% reduction from 2024
	–	Approximately 90% of wastewater generated is recycled
	–	TRIR and LTIR for our employees and contractors (collectively) of 0.203 and 0.051, respectively, in 2025, maintaining our commitment to the safety of our employees and contractors

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Excluding assets acquired in recent M&A activity, including the HG acquisition, 2025 Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (indirect) emissions are expected to be net zero following the completion of our carbon accounting process and the retirement of carbon offsets and renewable energy certificates in 2026. Progress towards our net zero goal was made through the following:

	–	An ongoing commercial agreement with Envirofit International (“Envirofit”) to provide cleaner-burning LPG cookstoves in Ghana, Africa. Through this arrangement, Antero and Envirofit will produce commercial cookstoves, allowing local Ghanaian residents to switch from open fire cooking that typically relies on charcoal to cleaner-burning LPG stoves. This change will improve air quality and health for the Ghanaian residents utilizing the stoves, while also providing the opportunity for thousands of Ghanaians to transition to a more modern, reliable and cost-effective energy source
	–	Continued our responsibly sourced gas certification effort through Project Canary
	–	Conducted four aerial flyovers of the majority of our well pad locations as part of our emissions monitoring initiatives
	–	Achieved our 2025 pneumatic device replacement goal with regard to our legacy assets, addressing approximately 774 intermittent and low-bleed natural gas-controlled pneumatics in 2025 and approximately 7,800 intermittent and low-bleed natural gas-controlled pneumatics since 2021 as part of our plan to replace or convert all of our legacy natural gas-driven pneumatics to air-driven pneumatics by the end of 2025, which resulted in lowering our emissions as part of our ongoing emission reduction efforts
	–	Plugged and abandoned certain older vertical wells that were acquired in conjunction with property acquisitions, which plugging and abandoning older, low producing wells can reduce methane emissions
	–	Preventatively replaced and/or repaired aging storage tank vapor control system equipment to reduce potential for fugitive methane and GHG emissions

•	Sustainability disclosures are aligned with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

•	Management regularly reports to the Board Environmental and Safety Committee on pertinent sustainability risks and opportunities

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Current Directors and Board Nominees

	Director				Committee Memberships
Name	Class	Age	Occupation	Director Since	Audit	Comp	Nom & Gov	Conflicts	Env & Safety
Brenda R. Schroer	Class I	50	Former Chief Financial Officer of Endeavor Energy Resources, Aris Water Solutions, and Concho Resources	2021
Thomas B. Tyree, Jr.	Class I	65	Independent Director of Enerflex Ltd and Project Canary	2019
W. Howard Keenan, Jr.	Class II	75	Member of Yorktown Partners LLC	2004
Jeffrey S. Muñoz	Class II	60	Retired Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP and Vinson & Elkins LLP in the natural resources industry	2024
Jacqueline C. Mutschler	Class II	64	Independent Director of Weatherford International plc	2020
Benjamin A. Hardesty Chairman of the Board	Class III	76	Owner of Alta Energy LLC	2013
Michael N. Kennedy	Class III	51	Chief Executive Officer and President of Antero Resources and Antero Midstream	2025
Vasiliki (Vicky) Sutil	Class III	61	Independent Director of Delek US Holdings, Inc.	2019

Chairperson

Board Composition Highlights

2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

We are pleased this year to conduct the Annual Meeting solely online via the Internet through a live webcast and online stockholder tools. We are conducting the Annual Meeting virtually because we believe a virtual format makes it easier for stockholders to attend and participate. Moreover, this format empowers stockholders around the world to participate at no cost.

Here are several ways our virtual format will enhance stockholder access and participation and protect stockholder rights:

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We Encourage Questions. Stockholders can submit questions for the meeting online in advance or live during the meeting, following the instructions below. During the meeting, we will answer as many appropriate stockholder-submitted questions as time permits. Following the Annual Meeting, we will publish an answer to each appropriate question we received on our Investor Relations website at www.anteroresources.com/investors as soon as practical.

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•	We Believe in Transparency. Although the live webcast is available only to stockholders at the time of the meeting, we will post a webcast replay, the final report of the inspector of election, and answers to all appropriate questions asked by stockholders in connection with the Annual Meeting to our Investor Relations website at www.anteroresources.com/investors.
•	We Proactively Take Steps to Facilitate Your Participation. During the Annual Meeting, we will offer live technical support for all stockholders attending the meeting.

Meeting Admission

You are entitled to attend and participate in the virtual Annual Meeting only if you were a stockholder as of the close of business on April 13, 2026 or if you hold a valid proxy for the Annual Meeting. If you are not a stockholder, you may still view the meeting after the recording has been posted on our Investor Relations website.

Attending Online. If you plan to attend the Annual Meeting online, please read the instructions below so you understand how to gain admission. If you do not comply with these procedures, you will not be able to participate in the Annual Meeting.

Stockholders may participate in the Annual Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/AR2026. If you are a stockholder of record, you will need the control number on your Notice of Internet Availability (the “Notice”) or proxy card to log in. For beneficial stockholders who do not have a control number, instructions to gain access to the meeting may be provided on the voting instruction card you receive from your broker, bank, or other nominee.

Stockholders of record hold shares directly with Equiniti Trust Company, LLC (formerly American Stock Transfer and Trust Company LLC). “Beneficial” or “street name” stockholders hold shares through a broker, bank, or other nominee.

Please allow ample time to check in to the virtual meeting. The site will be available beginning at 8:15 A.M. Mountain Time. If you encounter any difficulties accessing the virtual meeting during the check-in or meeting time, please call the technical support number that will be posted on the Virtual Shareholder Meeting log in page.

Asking Questions. Stockholders who wish to submit a question in advance may do so on our Annual Meeting website, www.virtualshareholdermeeting. com/AR2026, which will be open 15 minutes before the Annual Meeting begins. Stockholders also may submit questions live during the meeting. We plan to reserve up to 20 minutes for appropriate stockholder questions to be read and answered by Company personnel during the meeting, but we will only address questions that are germane to the matters being voted on at our Annual Meeting. Stockholders can also access copies of this Proxy Statement and annual report at our Annual Meeting website.

Voting Before or During the Meeting

Whether you are a stockholder of record or a beneficial stockholder, you may direct how your shares are voted without participating in the Annual Meeting. We encourage stockholders to vote well before the Annual Meeting, even if they plan to attend. If you are a registered stockholder as of the record date, you may vote your shares or submit a proxy to have your shares voted by one of the following methods:

•	Online. Submit a proxy electronically using the website listed on the Notice. You will need the control number from your Notice to log on to the website. Internet voting facilities will be available until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.
•	By Telephone. Request the proxy materials and submit a proxy by telephone using the toll-free number listed on the Notice. You will need the control number from your Notice when you call. Telephone voting facilities will be available until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.

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•	By Mail. You may request a hard copy proxy card by following the instructions on the Notice. You can submit your proxy by signing, dating and returning your proxy card in the provided pre-addressed envelope.
•	In Person Online. If you are a registered stockholder and you attend the Annual Meeting online, you can vote via the Internet during the meeting. Follow the instructions at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/AR2026 to vote during the meeting.
•	If you are a beneficial stockholder, you will receive instructions from the holder of record that you must follow for your shares to be voted. Most banks and brokers offer Internet and telephone voting. If you do not give voting instructions, your broker will not be permitted to vote your shares on any matter that comes before the Annual Meeting except the ratification of our auditors.

As of the record date, 309,825,363 shares of common stock were outstanding and entitled to be voted at the Annual Meeting.

Revoking Your Proxy or Changing Your Vote. Stockholders of record may revoke their proxy at any time before the electronic polls close by submitting a later-dated vote via the Internet, by telephone or by mail; by delivering instructions to our Secretary before the Annual Meeting commences; or by voting online in person during the Annual Meeting. Simply attending the meeting will not affect a vote that you have already submitted.

Beneficial stockholders may revoke any prior voting instructions by contacting the broker, bank, or other nominee that holds their shares prior to the Annual Meeting or by voting online during the meeting.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Proxy Statement includes “forward-looking statements.” Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are not under Antero Resources’ control. All statements, except for statements of historical fact, made in this Proxy Statement regarding activities, events or developments Antero Resources expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including those regarding (1) ESG and sustainability-related activities; (2) our plans, strategies, initiatives, and objectives; (3) our assumptions, outlooks and expectations; (4) the scope and impact of our ESG risks and opportunities; and (5) standards, engagement, disclosure and expectations of third parties are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are aspirational and not guarantees or promises that they will be achieved. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. Although Antero Resources believes that the plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements are reasonable, there is no assurance that these plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved. Therefore, actual outcomes and results could materially differ from what is expressed, implied or forecast in such statements. Except as required by law, Antero Resources expressly disclaims any obligation to and does not intend to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.

The actual conduct of our activities, including the development, implementation, progress or continuation of any initiatives (including ESG and sustainability-related ones), commitments, strategies, and objectives, discussed or forecasted in this report may differ materially in the future. The reader should thus not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. In addition, many of the assumptions, standards, methodologies, statistics, metrics and measurements used in preparing this Proxy Statement, the 2024 ESG Report, and other ESG and sustainability-related information provided by the Company continue to evolve and are based on management’s beliefs, assumptions, and expectations based on currently available information believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation but should not be considered guarantees. The standards, methodologies, statistics, metrics and measurements used, and the expectations and assumptions they are based on, have not been verified by any third party. Statistics, metrics, and measurements relating to ESG matters are estimates and may be based on assumptions or developing standards. In some cases, the information is prepared, or based on information prepared, by governmental agencies, third-party vendors and consultants, or other third parties, and is not independently verified by Antero Resources.

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Antero Resources cautions you that these forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those incident to the exploration for and development, production, gathering and sale of natural gas, NGLs and oil, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond Antero Resources’ control. These risks include, but are not limited to, those identified in our most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. While we anticipate continuing to monitor and report on certain sustainability information, we cannot guarantee that such data will be consistent year-to-year, as methodologies and expectations continue to evolve and vary across companies, industries, jurisdictions and regulatory bodies. We hereby expressly disclaim any obligation or duty not otherwise required by legal, contractual, and other regulatory requirements to update, correct, provide additional details regarding, supplement, or continue providing such data, in any form, in future. Furthermore, there are sources of uncertainty and limitations that exist that are beyond our control and could impact the Company’s plans and timelines, including the reliance on technological and regulatory advancements and market participants’ behaviors and preferences.

In addition, while we seek to align these disclosures with the recommendations of various third-party frameworks, such as the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, we cannot guarantee strict adherence to these framework recommendations. Additionally, our disclosures based on these frameworks may change due to revisions in framework requirements, availability of information, changes in our business or applicable governmental policy, or other factors, some of which may be beyond our control. Moreover, with regards to our participation in, or certification under, various frameworks, we may incur certain costs associated with such frameworks and cannot guarantee that such participation or certification will have the intended results on our or our products’ ESG profile. In addition, the calculation of the methane leak loss rate disclosed in the 2024 ESG Report is based on ONE Future protocol, which is based on the EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program currently in effect. We also calculate our Scope 1 GHG emissions in accordance with the EPA Greenhouse Gas Program, which is subject to change, and revisions to this program could result in the calculation of increased emissions from our operations, which in turn could impact our ability to realize our Scope 1 and 2 GHG emission reductions on our proposed timeline. Scope 1 GHG emissions are the Company’s direct greenhouse gas emissions, and Scope 2 GHG emissions are the Company’s indirect greenhouse gas emissions associated with the purchase of electricity, steam, heat or cooling. Antero Resources anticipates achieving Net Zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions by the end of 2026 through operational efficiencies and the purchase of carbon offsets; however, achieving Net Zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions is aspirational and we could face unexpected material costs as a result of our efforts to do so. Moreover, given uncertainties related to the use of emerging technologies, the state of markets for and availability of verified quality carbon offsets, we cannot predict whether or not we will be able to achieve Net Zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions in a timely fashion, if at all, or whether any offsets we purchase will ultimately achieve the emission reduction it represents. Our net zero goals apply only to Antero Resources’ legacy assets, and do not include assets acquired in recent M&A activity, including the HG acquisition.

This Proxy Statement and the 2024 ESG Report contain statements based on hypothetical or severely adverse scenarios and assumptions, and these statements should not necessarily be viewed as being representative of current or actual risk or forecasts of expected risk. These scenarios cannot account for the entire realm of possible risks and have been selected based on what we believe to be a reasonable range of possible circumstances based on information currently available to us and the reasonableness of assumptions inherent in certain scenarios; however, our selection of scenarios may change over time as circumstances change. While future events discussed in this Proxy Statement or the 2024 ESG Report may be significant, and with respect to which we may even use the word “material” or similar concepts of “materiality,” any potential significance should not be read as necessarily rising to the level of “materiality” of certain disclosures included in Antero Resources’ SEC filings.

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ITEM ONE: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

The Board is currently comprised of eight directors divided into three classes. Directors in each class are elected to serve for three-year terms and until they are re-elected, their successors are elected and qualified, or until his or her death or until they resign or are removed. Each year, the directors of one class stand for re-election as their terms of office expire.

Based on recommendations from our Nominating & Governance Committee, the Board has nominated the following individuals for election as Class I directors of Antero, with terms to expire at the 2029 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, barring an earlier death, resignation or removal:



Brenda R. Schroer	Thomas B. Tyree, Jr.

All nominees currently serve as Class I directors of Antero. Their biographical information is contained in “Directors” below.

If a nominee becomes unable or unwilling to accept nomination or election, either the size of the Board will be reduced or the individuals acting under your proxy will vote for the election of a substitute nominee recommended by the Board.

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF EACH OF THE DIRECTOR NOMINEES.

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Summary of Director Qualifications and Experience

As of the date hereof, the Board embodied a diverse set of experiences, qualifications, attributes, and skills, as shown below:

	Schroer	Tyree	Keenan	Mutschler	Hardesty	Kennedy	Sutil	Muñoz
Executive Leadership	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Financial	●	●	●	●		●	●	●
Accounting/Audit	●	●				●		●
Risk Management	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Operations		●		●	●	●	●
Industry	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Environmental and/or Climate Change-Related	●	●		●	●		●
Health or Safety				●	●		●
Human Resources Management	●	●		●	●		●
Cybersecurity		●

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DIRECTORS

We were originally formed in 2004 as Antero Resources II Corporation. Through a series of internal reorganization transactions, Antero Resources II Corporation’s successor and certain of its affiliates were merged with and into Antero Resources Appalachian Corporation. That entity was renamed Antero Resources Corporation in June 2013 in connection with our initial public offering.

Set forth below is the background, business experience, attributes, qualifications and skills of each Antero director and director nominee. In some cases, references to our directors’ tenure with Antero date back to our original formation in 2004.

Each of the Class I directors is up for reelection at the Annual Meeting.

Class I Directors

Age: 50

Director Since:
2021

Committee Memberships:
Audit Committee (chair), Environmental and Safety Committee

Brenda R. Schroer

Key Attributes and Qualifications:

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Served as President, Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Board of SGF Capital (and its predecessor) from September 2024 through December 2025, overseeing the entity’s 35% investment in Diamondback Energy, and as a member of the investment committee

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Served as Chief Financial Officer and Board of Managers of Endeavor Energy Resources LP from January 2023 through September 2024, when Endeavor Energy Resources LP was acquired by Diamondback Energy

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Served as Chief Financial Officer of Aris Water Solutions, Inc. (“Aris”) from June 2021 to September 2022. Previously served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Aris’ predecessor, Solaris Midstream Holdings (“Solaris”), beginning in March 2021 until June 2021

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Served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Concho Resources Inc. (“Concho”) from January 2019 until it was acquired by ConocoPhillips in January 2021. Previously held roles of increasing responsibility at Concho starting in 2013

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Served on the Board of Directors of Solaris Midstream Holdings from July 2019 through February 2021

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Prior to joining Concho in 2013 as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, Brenda was with Ernst & Young LLP since 1999, and her most recent position was Americas Oil & Gas Sector Resident with the National Audit practice

Has significant experience, including with respect to mergers and acquisitions in the oil and gas industry over several decades.

Other Public Company Boards:

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N/A

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Age: 65

Director Since:
2019

Committee Memberships:
Audit Committee, Conflicts Committee, Environmental and Safety Committee

Thomas B. Tyree, Jr.

Key Attributes and Qualifications:

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From 2018 through 2023, served sequentially as Chief Executive Officer, Executive Chairman and Chairman of Northwoods Energy LLC, a private upstream oil and gas company that he co-founded in 2018

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In 2021, served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc., a formerly publicly traded upstream oil and gas company. Previously served as Executive Chairman starting in 2020

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From 2006 to 2016, served as President, Chief Financial Officer and as a Director of Vantage Energy, LLC

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From 2003 to 2006, served as Chief Financial Officer of Bill Barrett Corporation, a formerly publicly traded company

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From 1989 to 2003, worked as an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Has significant experience in the oil and gas industry over several decades.

Other Public Company Boards:

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Enerflex Ltd.; Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. (until November 2021); Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (until March 2020).

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Class II Directors

Age: 75

Director Since:
2004

Committee Memberships:
Compensation Committee, Nominating & Governance Committee

W. Howard Keenan, Jr.

Key Attributes and Qualifications:

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Since 1997, has been a Member of Yorktown Partners LLC, a private investment manager focused on the energy industry

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From 1975 to 1997, was in the Corporate Finance Department of Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. and active in the private equity and energy areas, including the founding of the first Yorktown Partners fund in 1991

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Serves on the boards of directors of multiple Yorktown Partners portfolio companies

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Serves on the Board of Directors of Antero Midstream

Has over 40 years of experience with energy companies and investments and broad knowledge of the oil and gas industry.

Other Public Company Boards:

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Aris Water Solutions, Inc. (until 2025); Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Inc.; Brigham Minerals, Inc. (until the first quarter of 2022); Antero Midstream; Ramaco Resources, Inc. (until 2019); Antero Midstream Partners LP (until 2019); Concho Resources (until 2013); Geomet Inc. (until 2012)

Age: 64

Director Since:
2020

Committee Memberships:
Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Conflicts Committee, Environmental and Safety Committee

Jacqueline C. Mutschler

Key Attributes and Qualifications:

Multiple executive leadership positions during 28-year career at BP plc

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Career culminated as Head of Upstream Technology – determined E&P R&D portfolio, and participated in global exploration and development investment decisions

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Led U.S. unconventional gas business and transferred best practices internationally

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Additional experience leading offshore and international oil and gas businesses, as well as strategic financial planning

Corporate governance – has served on the full suite of board committees, and has been directly involved in hiring C Suite executives, including CEO hiring and succession planning.

Has significant experience in the oil and natural gas industry.

Other Public Company Boards:

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Weatherford International plc

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Age: 60

Director Since:
2024

Committee Memberships:
Nominating & Governance Committee (chair), Audit Committee, Compensation Committee

Jeffrey S. Muñoz

Key Attributes and Qualifications:

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From 2012 until his retirement in May 2022, served as a partner focusing on the natural resources industry at Latham & Watkins LLP, a large international law firm

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From 2001 through 2012, served as a partner, and from 1993 through 2001, served as an associate, focusing on the natural resources industry, at Vinson & Elkins LLP, a large international law firm

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From 1987 to 1990, served as an auditor, focusing on the natural resources industry, at Arthur Andersen LLP

Other Public Company Boards:

•

Antero Midstream

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Class III Directors

Age: 76

Director Since:
2013

Committee Memberships:
Compensation Committee (chair), Conflicts Committee (chair), Environmental and Safety Committee, Nominating & Governance Committee

Benjamin A. Hardesty (Chairman)

Key Attributes and Qualifications:

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Owner of Alta Energy LLC, a consulting business focused on oil, natural gas and energy infrastructure in the Appalachian Basin and onshore United States, since May 2010

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President of Dominion E&P, Inc., a subsidiary of Dominion Energy, Inc. (formerly Dominion Resources Inc.) engaged in the exploration and production of natural gas in North America, from September 2007 until retirement in May 2010. Joined Dominion in 1995 and served as president of Dominion Appalachian Development, Inc. until 2000 and general manager and vice president-Northeast Gas Basins until 2007

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Member of the Board of Directors of Blue Dot Energy Services, LLC from 2011 until its sale to B/E Aerospace, Inc. in 2013

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Member of the Board of Directors of KLX, Inc. from 2014 until its sale to The Boeing Company in 2018

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Member of the Board of Directors of KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. from 2018 until its merger with Quintana Energy Services in 2020

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From 1982 to 1995, served successively as vice president, executive vice president and president and Director of Stonewall Gas Company, and from 1978 to 1982, served as vice president, operations of Development Drilling Corp.

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Served as an active duty officer in the U.S. Army Security Agency and as a reserve officer

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Director emeritus and past president of the West Virginia Oil & Natural Gas Association and past president of the Independent Oil & Gas Association of West Virginia

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Trustee and past chairman of the Nature Conservancy of West Virginia and a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce

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Serves as a member of the Advisory Committee for the Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering at West Virginia University

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Member of the Board of Directors of the Gas & Oil Association of West Virginia

Has significant experience in the oil and natural gas industry, including in Antero’s areas of operation, and received an Honorary Doctor of Petroleum Engineering from West Virginia University in 2024.

Other Public Company Boards:

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KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. (until August 2020); KLX Inc. (until October 2018)

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Age: 51

Director Since:
2025

Committee Memberships:
N/A

Michael N. Kennedy

Key Attributes and Qualifications:

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Currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of Antero Resources and Antero Midstream

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Served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President – Finance of Antero Resources and Senior Vice President – Finance of Antero Midstream from 2021 to 2025

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Served as Chief Financial Officer of Antero Midstream from the closing of the Simplification Transactions in March 2019 until April 30, 2021, prior to which Mr. Kennedy served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance of the general partner of Antero Midstream GP LP beginning in April 2017 and as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance of the general partner of Antero Midstream Partners LP beginning in February 2014

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Served as Antero’s Senior Vice President of Finance beginning in January 2016, prior to which he served as Vice President of Finance beginning in August 2013

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Served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Forest Oil Corporation from 2009 to 2013 and served in various financial positions prior thereto

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Served as an auditor with Arthur Andersen, focusing on the Natural Resources industry

Has significant experience as former Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance of Antero Midstream, together with his broad knowledge and experience in the industry.

Other Public Company Boards:

•

Antero Midstream

Age: 61

Director Since:
2019

Committee Memberships:

Environmental and Safety Committee (chair), Audit Committee, Nominating & Governance Committee

Vasiliki (Vicky) Sutil

Key Attributes and Qualifications:

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From July 2017 to January 2020, worked with SK E&P Company focusing on strategic planning

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From 2014 to 2016, served as Vice President of Commercial Analysis for CRC Marketing, Inc.

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From 2000 to 2014, worked with Occidental Petroleum Corporation in different capacities, including roles in corporate development, mergers and acquisitions and financial planning

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Other experience includes ARCO Products Company and Mobil Oil Corporation working as a project engineer and business analyst in the refining and marketing divisions

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Corporate Directorship Certified by the National Association of Corporate Directors

Has significant experience in the oil and gas industry, including a background in corporate development, commercial negotiations, corporate planning and project management.

Other Public Company Boards:

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Delek US Holdings, Inc.; Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (until 2015); Plains GP Holdings, L.P. (until 2015)

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The table below sets forth the name, age and principal position of each of our executive officers as of December 31, 2025.

Name	Age	Principal Position
Michael N. Kennedy	51	Director, Chief Executive Officer and President
Yvette K. Schultz	44	Chief Compliance Officer, Senior Vice President—Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Brendan E. Krueger	41	Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President—Finance and Treasurer

Biographical information for Mr. Kennedy is set forth under “Directors” above. References to a position held by one of the below officers at “Antero” means that the person held such position at Antero Resources Corporation, Antero Midstream, the general partner of Antero Midstream GP LP, and the general partner of Antero Midstream Partners LP, as applicable.

Yvette K. Schultz has served as Antero’s Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President of Legal since January 2022, and as Antero’s General Counsel since January 2017. Ms. Schultz has also served as Antero’s Corporate Secretary since April 2021. Ms. Schultz was previously Antero’s Director of Legal from 2015 to 2017. Prior to joining Antero, Ms. Schultz was an attorney at Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. from 2008 to 2012 and at Latham & Watkins LLP from 2012 to 2015, focusing on oil and gas mergers and acquisitions and joint venture transactions. Ms. Schultz holds a B.S. in Computer Science and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of South Dakota.

She also holds a J.D. and B.C.L. from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University.

Brendan E. Krueger has served as Antero Resources’ Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President – Finance and Treasurer since August 2025. Mr. Krueger also serves as Antero Midstream’s Senior Vice President – Finance and Treasurer. He was previously the Chief Financial Officer, Vice President – Finance and Treasurer of Antero Midstream from 2021 to 2025 and Vice President – Finance and Treasurer at Antero Resources from 2018 to 2025, and prior to that served as Antero’s Finance Director from 2016 to 2018 and Antero’s Finance Manager from 2014 to 2016. Prior to joining Antero, Mr. Krueger was an investment banker focused on equity and debt financing and mergers and acquisition advisory with Robert W. Baird & Co., Wells Fargo Securities, and A.G. Edwards, Inc. from 2007 through 2014. Mr. Krueger earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Notre Dame.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Corporate Governance Guidelines

Antero’s sound governance practices and policies provide an important framework to assist the Board in fulfilling its duties to stockholders. The Corporate Governance Guidelines include provisions concerning the following:

•	qualifications, independence, responsibilities, tenure, and compensation of directors;
•	service on other boards;
•	director resignation process;
•	role of the Chairman of the Board;
•	meetings of the Board and of the independent directors;
•	interaction between the Board and outside parties;
•	annual performance reviews of the Board;
•	director orientation and continuing education;
•	attendance at meetings of the Board and the Annual Meeting;
•	stockholder communications with directors;
•	committee functions, committee charters, and independence;
•	director access to independent advisors and management; and
•	management evaluation and succession planning.

The Corporate Governance Guidelines are available on Antero’s website at www.anteroresources.com in the “Governance” subsection of the “Investors” section. The Nominating & Governance Committee reviews the Corporate Governance Guidelines periodically and as necessary, and any proposed additions or amendments are presented to the Board for its approval.

Director Independence

Rather than adopting categorical standards, the Board assesses director independence on a case-by-case basis, in each case consistent with applicable legal requirements and the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). After reviewing all relationships each director has with Antero, including the nature and extent of any business relationships, the nature of any personal relationships among directors and members of management, as well as any significant charitable contributions made to organizations where directors serve as board members or executive officers, the Board has affirmatively determined that none of the directors have material relationships with Antero and all of them are independent as defined by NYSE listing standards except Mr. Kennedy, Antero’s Chief Executive Officer and President.

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Directors are Independent

Board Leadership Structure

Antero does not have a formal policy addressing whether the roles of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer should be separate or combined. The directors serving on the Board have considerable professional and industry experience, significant experience as directors of both public and private companies, and a unique understanding of the challenges and opportunities Antero faces. Accordingly, the Board believes it is in the best position to evaluate Antero’s needs and to determine how best to organize its leadership structure to meet those needs at any given time.

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At present, the Board has chosen to separate the positions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hardesty currently serves as Chairman of the Board. The Board believes Mr. Hardesty is the individual with the necessary experience, commitment, and support of the other members of the Board to effectively carry out the role of Chairman. Mr. Hardesty brings valuable insight to the Board due to the perspective and experience he has gained as Lead Director of Antero since 2019. In addition, the Board believes that separating the roles of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and thus having Mr. Hardesty serve as an independent Chairman, at the present time promotes strong strategic development and execution, effective implementation of strategic initiatives, the independent oversight of Antero, robust evaluation processes, and the efficient allocation of oversight responsibilities between independent directors and management.

The Nominating & Governance Committee reviews this leadership structure every year. The Board believes it is important to retain the flexibility to determine whether the roles of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer should be separated or combined.

How Director Nominees are Selected

Renominating incumbent directors

Before recommending to the Board that an existing director be nominated for reelection at the annual meeting of stockholders, the Nominating & Governance Committee will review and consider the director’s:

•	past Board and committee meeting attendance and performance;
•	length of Board service;
•	personal and professional integrity, including commitment to Antero’s core values;
•	relevant experience, skills, qualifications and contributions to the Board; and
•	independence under applicable standards.

The Nominating & Governance Committee is responsible for assessing the appropriate balance of skills and characteristics required of Board members.

Appointing New Directors and Filling Vacancies

The Board believes that all directors should have sound business judgment, personal and professional integrity, an ability to work as part of a team, willingness to commit the required time to serve as a Board member, business experience, and financial literacy. The Nominating & Governance Committee considers background and experience along with other factors when reviewing director candidates.

For information regarding the experiences, qualifications, attributes, and skills of the current members of our Board, please see “Proxy Summary—Summary of Director Qualifications and Experience.”

The Nominating & Governance Committee will treat informal recommendations for directors that are received from Antero’s stockholders in the same manner as recommendations received from any other source. The Nominating & Governance Committee and the Board will also consider the benefits of varying backgrounds, skills and viewpoints, and will consider whether, and if so how, to identify new candidates for Board service.

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Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

In the normal course of its business, Antero is exposed to a variety of risks, including market risks relating to changes in commodity prices, interest rate risks, technical risks affecting Antero’s resource base, cybersecurity risks, political risks, and credit and investment risk. Our Board reviews risks that the Company faces in the short-, intermediate- and long-term timeframe in relation to our business on a regular basis. At least annually, our Board also receives updates from management regarding information security, cybersecurity and data security risks in connection with Antero’s Enterprise Risk Management program. The Board and each committee has distinct responsibilities for monitoring other risks, as shown below.

The Board of Directors

The Board oversees Antero’s strategic direction. To that end, the Board considers the potential rewards and risks of Antero’s business opportunities and challenges, and it monitors the development and management of risks that impact our strategic goals.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee monitors the effectiveness of Antero’s systems of financial reporting, auditing and internal controls, as well as related legal and regulatory compliance and cybersecurity matters, including environmental and safety disclosures in our quarterly and annual SEC reports, Antero’s privacy and cybersecurity risk exposures, as well as plans and activities to monitor and mitigate such risks.

Nominating & Governance Committee

The Nominating & Governance Committee oversees the management of risks associated with Board organization, membership and structure; succession planning for our directors and executive officers; and corporate governance.

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee oversees Antero’s compensation policies and practices.

Environmental and Safety Committee

The Environmental and Safety Committee provides guidance to the Board on, and oversees Antero’s risk management policies related to environmental and safety matters. The Environmental and Safety Committee regularly receives reports from management on pertinent environmental and safety risks or opportunities, including climate related topics.

Conflicts Committee

The Conflicts Committee assists the Board in investigating, reviewing and evaluating potential conflicts of interest, including those between Antero and Antero Midstream.

Board and Committee Self-Evaluations

The Board believes that a robust and constructive evaluation process is an essential component of Board effectiveness and good corporate governance. To that end, the Board, the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Nominating & Governance Committee and the Environmental and Safety Committee each conduct an annual self-assessment to evaluate their performance, composition, and effectiveness, and to identify areas for improvement.

These evaluations take the form of wide-ranging and candid discussions. The Chairman facilitates discussions evaluating the full Board, and the committee chairs facilitate discussions regarding their respective committees.

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Majority Vote Director Resignation Policy

Directors are elected by a plurality of votes cast in an uncontested election. The Corporate Governance Guidelines require that an incumbent director who fails to receive more votes cast “for” than “withheld” must tender a resignation. The Nominating & Governance Committee will act on an expedited basis to determine whether to accept any such resignation, and will submit its recommendation for prompt consideration by the Board. The Board expects the director whose resignation is under consideration to abstain from participating in this decision. The Nominating & Governance Committee and the Board may consider any factors they deem relevant in deciding whether to accept a director’s resignation.

Meetings

The Board held 11 meetings in 2025. The outside directors held 4 executive sessions. No director attended fewer than 75% of the meetings of the Board and of the committees of the Board on which that director served during the respective time he or she served.

Directors are encouraged to attend the Annual Meetings of Stockholders. All of the members of the Board attended the 2025 Annual Meeting.

How to Contact the Board

General Communications

Stockholders and other interested parties may communicate with us by writing to Antero Resources Corporation, 1615 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202. Stockholders may submit their thoughts to the Board, any committee of the Board, or individual directors on a confidential or anonymous basis by sending the communication in a sealed envelope marked “Stockholder Communication with Directors” and clearly identifying the intended recipient(s).

Antero’s Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary will review and forward each communication, as soon as reasonably practicable, to the addressee(s) if the communication falls within the scope of matters generally considered by the Board. To the extent the subject matter of a communication is appropriate and relates to matters that have been delegated by the Board to a committee other than the addressee(s) or to an executive officer, the Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary also may forward the communication to the applicable officer or committee chair.

Legal or Compliance Concerns

Information regarding legal or compliance concerns may be submitted confidentially and anonymously to Antero Resources Corporation at the address listed above, although Antero may be obligated by law to disclose the information or identity of the person providing the information in connection with government or private legal actions and in other circumstances.

Antero’s policy is not to take any adverse action, and not to tolerate any retaliation, against any person for asking questions or making good faith reports of possible violations of law, Antero’s policies or our Corporate Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

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Available Governance Materials

The following materials are available on Antero’s website at www.anteroresources.com under “Investors” and then “Governance—Governance Documents.”

•	Certificate of Incorporation of the Company;
•	Bylaws of the Company;
•	Charters of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Nominating & Governance Committee, and the Environmental and Safety Committee;
•	Corporate Code of Business Conduct and Ethics;
•	Financial Code of Ethics;
•	Corporate Governance Guidelines;
•	Human Labor and Indigenous Rights Policy;
•	Supplier Code of Conduct;
•	Whistleblower Policy;
•	Political Advocacy Policy; and
•	Biodiversity Policy.

Stockholders may obtain a copy, free of charge, of any of these documents by sending a written request to Antero Resources Corporation, 1615 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202. Any amendments to Antero’s Corporate Code of Business Conduct and Ethics will be posted in the “Governance” subsection of our website.

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BOARD COMMITTEES

General

The Board had five standing committees in 2025: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Nominating & Governance Committee, the Conflicts Committee and the Environmental and Safety Committee. Committee charters are available on Antero’s website at www.anteroresources.com in the “Governance—Governance Documents” subsection of the “Investors” section.

The Board creates ad hoc committees on an as-needed basis.

Audit Committee
Current Members: Brenda R. Schroer (chair) Jacqueline C. Mutschler Vasiliki (Vicky) Sutil Thomas B. Tyree, Jr. Jeffrey S. Muñoz Number of meetings in 2025: 9		The Audit Committee oversees, reviews, acts on, and reports to the Board on various audit and accounting matters, including: • the selection of Antero’s independent accountants, • the scope of annual audits, • fees to be paid to the independent accountants, • the performance of Antero’s independent accountants, and • Antero’s accounting practices. In addition, the Audit Committee oversees Antero’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements relating to financial, accounting, auditing and related compliance matters, including ESG disclosures in our quarterly and annual SEC reports, as well as Antero’s privacy and cybersecurity risk exposures, and its plans and activities to monitor and mitigate such risks. • The Board has determined that all members of the Audit Committee meet the heightened independence standards applicable to audit committee members prescribed by rules of the NYSE and the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In addition, the Board believes each of Ms. Schroer, Mr. Tyree and Mr. Muñoz is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in SEC rules.
Compensation Committee
Current Members: Benjamin A. Hardesty (chair) W. Howard Keenan Jr. Jeffrey S. Muñoz Jacqueline C. Mutschler Number of meetings in 2025: 11		The Compensation Committee establishes salaries, incentives and other forms of compensation for our executive officers. The Compensation Committee also administers Antero’s incentive compensation and benefit plans, and reviews and recommends to the Board for approval the compensation of our non-employee directors. The Board has determined that all members of the Compensation Committee meet the NYSE’s heightened requirements applicable to compensation committee members, and also meet the heightened independence requirements under SEC rules and the tax code. No Antero executive officer serves on the board of directors of a company that has an executive officer who serves on the Board.

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Nominating & Governance Committee

Current Members:

Jeffrey S. Muñoz (chair)

W. Howard Keenan, Jr.
Benjamin A. Hardesty
Vasiliki (Vicky) Sutil

Number of meetings in 2025:

The Nominating & Governance Committee identifies, evaluates and recommends qualified nominees to serve on the Board, develops and oversees Antero’s internal corporate governance processes, and directs all matters relating to the succession of Antero’s Chief Executive Officer.

The Board has determined that all members of the Nominating & Governance Committee meet the NYSE’s independence standards.

Conflicts Committee

Current Members:

Benjamin A. Hardesty (chair)

Jacqueline C. Mutschler
Thomas B. Tyree, Jr.

Number of meetings in 2025:

The Conflicts Committee assists the Board in investigating, reviewing and evaluating certain potential conflicts of interest, including those between Antero and Antero Midstream, and carries out any other duties delegated by the Board that relate to potential conflict matters.

Environmental and Safety Committee

Current Members:

Vasiliki (Vicky) Sutil (chair)

Benjamin A. Hardesty

Jacqueline C. Mutschler

Brenda R. Schroer

Thomas B. Tyree, Jr.

Number of meetings in 2025:

The Environmental and Safety Committee provides guidance to the Board on, and oversees Antero’s risk management policies related to environmental and safety matters, and reviews with management any significant public policy, legislative or political trends with respect to environmental and safety matters.

Members of the Environmental and Safety Committee have experience in related areas, including environmental stewardship and responsibility of the health and safety of employees, contractors, customers and the public.

During 2025, the Environmental and Safety Committee reviewed, and Antero published, its 2024 ESG Report, which is available at https://www.anteroresources.com/esg.

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COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

General

Our non-employee directors are entitled to receive compensation consisting of retainers, fees and equity awards as described below. The Compensation Committee reviews non-employee director compensation periodically and recommends changes, if appropriate, to the Board for approval.

Our employee directors do not receive additional compensation for their services as directors. All compensation received from Antero as employees is disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table on page 55.

Annual Cash Retainers

The following is a summary of the compensation paid to the non-employee members of our Board in 2025, which was modified mid-year in August of 2025. In connection with the Company’s CEO transition in 2025 and the separation of the roles of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, the Compensation Committee determined that it was appropriate to increase the compensation of the Chairman of the Board (formerly the Lead Director) to be consistent with other companies with which we compete for director talent. The Board approved an increase of the Chairman of the Board’s additional annual cash retainer to $75,000 (as compared to the $40,000 additional cash retainer payable to the Lead Director in 2025).

Recipient	Amount
Non-employee director*	$	100,000
Chairman of the Board	$	75,000
Audit Committee:
Chairperson	$	24,000
Other members	$	10,000
Compensation Committee:
Chairperson	$	20,000
Other members	$	7,500
Nominating & Governance and Environmental and Safety Committees:
Chairperson	$	15,000
Other members	$	7,500
Conflicts Committee:
Chairperson	$	5,000
Other members	$	5,000

*	All non-employee directors receive the non-employee director retainer. All other retainers, including the retainer for the Chairman of the Board, are in addition to this retainer.

All retainers are paid in cash on a quarterly basis in arrears, but directors have the option to elect, on an annual basis, to receive all or a portion of their cash retainers in the form of shares of our common stock.

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Equity-Based Compensation

In addition to cash compensation, our non-employee directors receive annual equity-based compensation consisting of fully-vested stock. Following the Board’s review of compensation for the non-employee Chairman of the Board role, which was newly created in August of 2025, the Board approved annual equity-based compensation for our Chairman of the Board with an aggregate grant date value of $290,000 (compared to $215,000 previously payable in 2025 to the Lead Director). In 2025, all other non-employee directors received stock awards with an aggregate grant date value equal to $215,000 (unchanged in August of 2025). All stock awards are subject to the terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated Antero Resources Corporation 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“AR LTIP”) and the agreements pursuant to which such awards are granted. These awards are granted in arrears on a quarterly basis, so each installment has a grant date fair value of approximately $72,500 and $53,750 respectively.

Fees

For 2025, the directors who are members of Board committees were eligible to receive a fee of $1,500 for each committee meeting attended in excess of ten meetings for such committee per calendar year (up to a maximum of $22,500 per committee).

Directors are also reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred to attend meetings and activities of the Board or its committees, and to attend and participate in general education and orientation programs for directors.

Stock Ownership Guidelines

Under our stock ownership guidelines, within five years of being elected or appointed to the Board, a non-employee director is required to own shares of our common stock with a fair market value equal to at least five times the amount of the annual cash retainer. These stock ownership guidelines are designed to align our directors’ interests more closely with those of our stockholders. All of the directors who are subject to this requirement and who have been on the Board for at least five years are in compliance with the ownership guidelines. For information regarding stock ownership guidelines applicable to our executive officers, please see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Other Matters—Stock Ownership Guidelines.”

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2025 Non-Employee Director Compensation

The following table provides information concerning the compensation of our non-employee directors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

Name	Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)⁽¹⁾	Stock Awards ($)⁽²⁾	Total ($)
Robert J. Clark	153,663	107,446	261,109
Benjamin A. Hardesty	194,375	224,701	419,076
W. Howard Keenan, Jr.	115,000	214,905	329,905
Jacqueline C. Mutschler	131,875	214,905	346,780
Brenda R. Schroer	131,500	214,905	346,405
Vasiliki (Vicky) Sutil	128,750	214,905	343,655
Thomas B. Tyree, Jr.	122,500	214,905	337,405
Jeffrey S. Muñoz	125,500	198,543	323,543

(1)

Includes annual cash retainer, committee fees, committee chair fees, meeting fees and cash in lieu of equity earned during fiscal year 2025.

(2)

Amounts in this column reflect the aggregate grant date fair value of shares granted under the AR LTIP to each non-employee director during fiscal year 2025, computed in accordance with the rules of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (“FASB ASC Topic 718”). See Note 9 to our consolidated financial statements on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025, for additional detail regarding assumptions underlying the value of these equity awards. The directors did not hold any unvested awards as of December 31, 2025.

Changes Following Fiscal Year End

In April of 2026, the Compensation Committee conducted a review of non–employee director compensation and determined that adjustments were appropriate to ensure we remain competitive with the companies with which we compete for director talent. Based on this review, the Board approved a slight increase in the annual retainer for the Chair of the Audit Committee from $24,000 to $25,000 and an increase in the annual retainer for members of the Conflicts Committee from $5,000 to $18,750. All changes are effective April 1, 2026.

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ITEM TWO: RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Audit Committee of the Board has selected KPMG LLP as Antero’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026. KPMG LLP has audited Antero’s and its predecessor’s financial statements since 2003. The Audit Committee annually evaluates the accounting firm’s qualifications to continue to serve Antero. In evaluating the accounting firm, the Audit Committee considers the reputation of the firm and the local office, the industry experience of the engagement partner and the engagement team, and the experience of the engagement team with clients of similar size, scope and complexity as Antero. The Audit Committee is directly involved in the selection of the new engagement partner when rotation is required every five years in accordance with SEC rules. KPMG LLP completed the audit of Antero’s annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, on February 11, 2026.

The Board is submitting the selection of KPMG LLP for ratification at the Annual Meeting. The submission of this matter for ratification by stockholders is not legally required, but the Board and the Audit Committee believe the ratification proposal provides an opportunity for stockholders to communicate their views about an important aspect of corporate governance. If our stockholders do not ratify the selection of KPMG LLP, the Audit Committee will reconsider, but will not be required to rescind, the selection of that firm as Antero’s independent registered public accounting firm.

Representatives of KPMG LLP are expected to be present at the Annual Meeting. They will have the opportunity to make a statement, and are expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions.

The Audit Committee has the authority and responsibility to retain, evaluate and replace Antero’s independent registered public accounting firm. Stockholder ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP does not limit the authority of the Audit Committee to change Antero’s independent registered public accounting firm at any time.

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE RATIFICATION OF THE SELECTION OF KPMG LLP AS ANTERO’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2026.

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AUDIT MATTERS

The material in this report is not “soliciting material,” is not deemed “filed” with the SEC, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Audit Committee Report

Pursuant to its charter, the Audit Committee’s principal functions include: (i) overseeing the accounting and financial reporting process of Antero and audits of Antero’s financial statements; (ii) the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the work of the independent auditors hired for the purpose of issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services for Antero; (iii) pre-approving audit or non-audit services proposed to be rendered by Antero’s independent registered public accounting firm; (iv) annually reviewing the qualifications and independence of the independent registered public accounting firm’s engagement partner and other senior personnel who are providing services to Antero; (v) overseeing Antero’s internal auditor and reviewing the internal auditor’s reports and annual internal audit plan; (vi) reviewing with management and the independent registered public accounting firm Antero’s annual and quarterly financial statements, earnings press releases, and financial information and earnings guidance distributed publicly; (vii) approving or ratifying certain related party transactions as set forth in Antero’s Related Persons Transactions Policy; (viii) reviewing with management Antero’s major financial risk exposures; (ix) assisting the Board in monitoring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements relating to financial, accounting, auditing and related compliance matters; (x) preparing the report of the Audit Committee for inclusion in Antero’s proxy statement; and (xi) annually reviewing and reassessing its performance and the adequacy of its charter.

While the Audit Committee has the responsibilities and powers set forth in its charter, and Antero’s management and the independent registered public accounting firm are accountable to the Audit Committee, it is not the duty of the Audit Committee to plan or conduct audits or to determine that Antero’s financial statements and disclosures are complete and accurate and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and applicable laws, rules and regulations.

In performing its oversight role, the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed Antero’s audited financial statements with management and the independent registered public accounting firm.

The Audit Committee also has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by the applicable standards and regulations of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”). The Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the written statement from the independent registered public accounting firm required by applicable requirements of the PCAOB regarding the independent accountant’s communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence. The Audit Committee also has considered whether the provision of non-audit services by the independent registered public accounting firm to Antero is compatible with maintaining the firm’s independence, and has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm its independence.

Based on the reviews and discussions described in this Audit Committee Report, and subject to the limitations on the roles and responsibilities of the Audit Committee referred to herein and in its charter, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that Antero’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, be included in the Form 10-K, which was filed with the SEC on February 11, 2026.

Members of the Audit Committee:

Brenda R. Schroer (Chair)
Jacqueline C. Mutschler
Vasiliki (Vicky) Sutil
Thomas B. Tyree, Jr.
Jeffrey S. Muñoz

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Audit and Other Fees

The table below sets forth the aggregate fees and expenses billed by KPMG LLP for the last two fiscal years to Antero (in thousands):

	For the Years Ended December 31
		2024		2025
Audit Fees⁽¹⁾
Audit and Quarterly Reviews	$	1,864	$	1,883
Other Filings⁽²⁾		30		225
SUBTOTAL		1,894		2,108
Audit-Related Fees		—		—
Tax Fees		310		240
All Other Fees		—		—
TOTAL	$	2,204	$	2,348

(1)	Includes the audit of Antero’s annual consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K and internal controls over financial reporting and review of Antero’s quarterly financial statements included in Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
(2)	Represents fees related to Antero Resources’ other filings with the SEC, including review and preparation of registration statements, comfort letters and consents.

The charter of the Audit Committee and its pre-approval policy require the Audit Committee to review and pre-approve the independent registered public accounting firm’s fees for audit, audit-related, tax and other services. The Chairman of the Audit Committee has the authority to grant pre-approvals up to a certain limit, provided such approvals are within the pre-approval policy and are ratified by the Audit Committee at a subsequent meeting. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Audit Committee approved all of the services described above.

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ITEM THREE: ADVISORY VOTE ON EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Our policies are conceived with the intention of attracting and retaining highly qualified individuals capable of contributing to the creation of value for our stockholders. Our compensation program for 2025 was designed to be competitive with market practices and to align the interests of our Named Executive Officers with those of Antero and its stockholders.

Stockholders are urged to read the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this Proxy Statement, which discusses how our compensation design and practices reflect our compensation philosophy for calendar year 2025. The Compensation Committee and the Board believe that our compensation practices for 2025 were effective in implementing our guiding principles.

Pursuant to Section 14A of the Exchange Act, we are submitting this annual proposal to our stockholders for an advisory vote to approve the compensation of our Named Executive Officers. This proposal, commonly known as a “say-on-pay” proposal, gives stockholders the opportunity to express their views on the compensation of our Named Executive Officers for 2025. This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation, but rather the overall compensation of our Named Executive Officers for 2025 and the principles, policies and practices described in this Proxy Statement. Accordingly, the following resolution is submitted for stockholder vote at the Annual Meeting:

“RESOLVED, that the stockholders of Antero Resources Corporation approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of its named executive officers during 2025 as disclosed in the proxy statement for the 2026 Annual Meeting pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, the Summary Compensation Table and other related tables and disclosures.”

As this is an advisory vote, the result is not likely to affect previously granted compensation. The Compensation Committee will consider the outcome of the vote when evaluating our compensation practices going forward.

THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT STOCKHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AS DISCLOSED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT.

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis provides details on the following matters:

•	Our 2025 say-on-pay advisory vote;
•	Our 2025 executive compensation program and the compensation awarded under that program;
•	Material actions taken with respect to our 2026 executive compensation program; and
•	Pertinent executive compensation policies.

2025 Named Executive Officers

The table below sets forth the name and principal position of each of our 2025 Named Executive Officers.

Name	Principal Position
Michael N. Kennedy⁽¹⁾	Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
Yvette K. Schultz	Chief Compliance Officer, Senior Vice President—Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Brendan E. Krueger⁽²⁾	Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President—Finance and Treasurer
Paul M. Rady⁽³⁾	Chairman Emeritus and Former Chief Executive Officer and President

(1)	Mr. Kennedy served as our Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President—Finance until August 14, 2025, when he was appointed as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President.
(2)	Mr. Krueger served as Vice President—Finance and Treasurer of the Company until August 14, 2025, when he was appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President—Finance and Treasurer.
(3)	Mr. Rady served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President and as Chairman of the Board until August 14, 2025, at which point he transitioned to the role of Chairman Emeritus and resigned from the Board.

2025 Say-on-Pay Advisory Vote

At the Company’s 2025 annual meeting, our stockholders were asked to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Named Executive Officers. Advisory votes in favor of our executive compensation program were cast by approximately 70% of the shares of common stock counted as present and entitled to vote at such meeting. The Company will continue to hold annual Say-on-Pay advisory votes.

Compensation Committee Responsiveness to Say-on-Pay Vote and Stockholder Feedback

The Compensation Committee considered the feedback received from our stockholders during stockholder outreach conducted in 2024 and 2025. The Compensation Committee elected to not change the pillars of our executive compensation program for the 2025 fiscal year because it became apparent after considering the Company’s historic Say-on-Pay votes and stockholder feedback received during 2024 and 2025 that stockholders largely support our current executive compensation program. In 2025, we engaged with stockholders representing 48% of the Company’s outstanding stock, with Michael Kennedy, our Chief Executive Officer, participating in all of these meetings.

As discussed in more detail in Proposal Three above, the Board has recommended that stockholders vote, on a non-binding advisory basis, to approve the compensation paid to our Named Executive Officers during the 2025 Fiscal Year, as described more fully below.

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How to Communicate with our Board

We welcome and value feedback from our stockholders. You may communicate with our Board, our Compensation Committee or an individual director by letter, email or telephone, directed in care of the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer, Senior Vice President-Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, who will review and forward each communication, as soon as reasonably practicable, to the addressee(s) if the communication falls within the scope of matters generally considered by the Board or the Compensation Committee, as appropriate. Please direct such communications to:

Antero Resources Corporation

Chief Compliance Officer, Senior Vice President-Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
1615 Wynkoop Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
303-357-7310
investorrelations@anteroresources.com

Compensation Philosophy and Objectives of Our Compensation Program

Since our inception, our compensation philosophy has been predominantly focused on recruiting individuals who are motivated to help us achieve superior performance and growth. Our company was founded by entrepreneurs whose strategy was to employ high-impact executives who are extremely effective at sparking superior performance with low overhead. These highly qualified and experienced individuals have contributed to the continued success of our Company. As a result of our historical emphasis on long-term equity-based compensation, as of April 13, 2026, our Named Executive Officers hold approximately 3.9% of our outstanding shares, which ensures they are aligned with the best interests of our stockholders.

We seek to attract, retain, and motivate exceptional executive talent by providing our executives with a competitive mix of fixed, time-based and performance-based compensation. Our performance-based compensation program focuses on motivating returns and value creation per share, disciplined capital investment, efficient operations, and generation of distributable cash flow. We believe our compensation philosophy and practices for 2025 promote a strong alignment between Named Executive Officer pay and Company performance.

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Compensation Best Practices

Our Compensation Committee is committed to maintaining compensation best practices and employing methods that motivate our executives to create long-term value while minimizing risk to investors. The following table highlights the compensation best practices we followed during 2025 with respect to our Named Executive Officers:

What We Do
	Use a representative and relevant peer group
	Target reasonable compensation levels relative to peers with a focus on performance-based, at-risk components
	Enforce robust minimum stock ownership guidelines
	Evaluate the risk of our compensation programs
	Include performance-based long-term incentives
	Use and review compensation tally sheets
	Engage an independent compensation consultant
	Maintain a clawback policy

What We Don’t Do
	No tax gross ups for executive officers
	No excessive perquisites
	No guaranteed bonuses for Named Executive Officers
	No executive officer employment agreements
	No granting stock options with an exercise price less than the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant outside of transactional context (e.g., substitution of pre-existing target company awards for Company awards in an acquisition)
	No reduction of the exercise price of an outstanding stock option without stockholder approval outside of transactional context (e.g., substitution of pre-existing target company awards for Company awards in an acquisition)
	No hedging or pledging of Company stock
	No separate benefit plans for Named Executive Officers

Implementing Our Compensation Program Objectives

Role of the Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee oversees all elements of our executive compensation program and has the final decision-making authority on all executive compensation matters. Each year, the Compensation Committee reviews, modifies (if necessary), and approves our peer group, the goals and objectives relevant to the compensation of all Named Executive Officers, as well as the executive compensation program as a whole, including performance goals for the annual cash incentive program, if applicable, and long-term equity awards. In addition, the Compensation Committee is responsible for reviewing the performance of the Chief Executive Officer and the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel and Chief Financial Officer within the framework of our executive compensation goals and objectives. These evaluations are taken into account when setting the compensation for our Named Executive Officers.

Actual compensation decisions for individual officers are the result of a subjective analysis of a number of factors, including the individual officer’s role within our organization, performance, experience, skills or tenure with us, changes to the individual’s position, and relevant trends in compensation practices.

The Compensation Committee also considers a Named Executive Officer’s current and prior aggregate compensation when setting future compensation. The Compensation Committee determines whether adjustments to compensation are necessary to adopt emerging best practices, reflect Company performance, retain each executive or provide additional or different performance incentives. Thus, the Compensation Committee’s decisions regarding compensation are the result of the exercise of judgment based on all reasonably available information.

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Role of the Antero Midstream Compensation Committee and Allocation of Compensation Expenses

Our Named Executive Officers provide services to us and to Antero Midstream. In 2025, the Compensation Committee and the Antero Midstream Compensation Committee (the “AM Compensation Committee”) each separately discussed its Named Executive Officers’ aggregate total cash compensation and then approved an aggregate total 2025 base salary and 2025 target bonus for services our Named Executive Officers provide to both Antero and Antero Midstream. Cash compensation included base salary and annual cash incentives in 2025. We pay all elements of cash compensation to, and provide all benefits for, our Named Executive Officers. Antero Midstream reimburses us for a portion of base salaries paid to our Named Executive Officers based on the percentage of all non-compensation general and administrative expenses attributable to each company and calculated quarterly on gross property and equipment, capital expenditure and labor costs, the last of which is calculated based on an estimate of how much time our employees spend providing services to Antero Midstream, in the aggregate, during each quarter (the “Reimbursement Percentage”). Antero Midstream reimbursed us for a portion of our Named Executive Officer’s base salary that equaled 27% in 2025 (the “2025 NEO AM Reimbursement Percentage”). The Compensation Committee and the AM Compensation Committee established its own performance metrics for its annual cash incentive program, and Antero Midstream reimbursed us for all amounts paid pursuant to Antero Midstream’s annual cash incentive program.

Antero Midstream reimburses us for the portion of the cost of all health and welfare benefits, employer 401(k) contributions, and the limited perquisites we provide to our Named Executive Officers that are attributable to services provided to Antero Midstream. This amount is calculated as the product of the total cost of such benefits and the 2025 NEO AM Reimbursement Percentage.

The Compensation Committee established the value of the long-term incentive awards that we granted to our Named Executive Officers at a level compared to similarly situated executives in the peer group, reviewing the Company’s performance and in consultation with the Company’s independent compensation consultant. The Compensation Committee believes the value granted will motivate and reward longer-term strategy development and execution by the Company. The value of long-term incentive awards was established independently and not in coordination with Antero Midstream.

Consistent with the allocation of compensation expense for our Named Executive Officers described above, unless otherwise indicated, the information included in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis, as well as the tables that follow, only pertains to the compensation paid by us for services our Named Executive Officers provided to us in 2025. For information regarding compensation paid to our Named Executive Officers for services provided to Antero Midstream in 2025, please see the Proxy Statement filed by Antero Midstream on April 23, 2026.

Role of Management

The Chief Executive Officer typically provides recommendations to the Compensation Committee regarding the compensation levels for the other Named Executive Officers and for our executive compensation program as a whole. In making his recommendations, the Chief Executive Officer considers each Named Executive Officer’s performance during the year, the Company’s performance during the year, compensation levels of similarly situated executives of companies with which we compete for executive talent, and independent oil and gas company compensation surveys. The Compensation Committee considers these recommendations when reviewing the performance of, and setting compensation for, the other executive officers.

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Role of External Advisors

The Compensation Committee has the authority to retain an independent executive compensation consultant. In 2025, the Compensation Committee engaged CBIZ Compensation Consulting (“CBIZ”) as its independent executive compensation consultant for the year. In compliance with the SEC and NYSE disclosure requirements, the Compensation Committee reviewed the independence of CBIZ under six independence factors. After its review, the Compensation Committee determined that CBIZ was independent.

In 2025, CBIZ:

•	Collected and reviewed all relevant Company information, including our historical compensation data and our organizational structure;
•	With input from management, assisted the Compensation Committee in its evaluation of the peer group of companies to use for executive compensation comparisons and made recommendations regarding modifications;
•	Assessed our compensation program’s position relative to market for our directors and Named Executive Officers and relative to our stated compensation philosophy;
•	Prepared a report of its analysis, findings and recommendations for our executive and director compensation programs; and
•	Completed other ad hoc assignments, such as helping with the design of incentive arrangements.

CBIZ’s reports were provided to the Compensation Committee and also used by Messrs. Rady and Kennedy in making their recommendations to the Compensation Committee in early 2025.

Competitive Peer Analysis

When assessing the soundness of our compensation programs, the Compensation Committee compares the pay practices for our Named Executive Officers against the pay practices of other companies. This process recognizes our philosophy that our compensation practices should be competitive, though marketplace information is only one of the many factors we consider.

Messrs. Rady and Kennedy and the Compensation Committee used market compensation data provided by CBIZ to assess the total compensation levels of our Named Executive Officers relative to market when setting compensation levels for 2025. Market data is developed by comparing each executive officer’s compensation with that of similarly situated officers of companies in our Peer Group (described below) and of oil and gas companies in general. In determining whether an officer is similarly situated, we consider the specific responsibilities assumed by our executives and executives at other organizations, and give greater weight to Peer Group data if a position appears comparable to the position of one of our Named Executive Officers. Otherwise, we supplement Peer Group data with industry data from the 2025 Oil and Gas E&P Industry Compensation Survey prepared by Effective Compensation, Incorporated.

Peer Group

CBIZ recommended and, after evaluation and discussion, the Compensation Committee approved a peer group for use in determining compensation for 2025 of onshore publicly traded oil and gas companies that are reasonably similar to us in terms of size and operations. We believe these companies are properly aligned across financial metrics such as revenue, market capitalization, and enterprise value, complexity and geography of operations. We added Civitas Resources, Inc., Expand Energy Corporation and Murphy Oil Corporation to the peer group used to make 2025 compensation decisions because their revenue, market capitalization, enterprise value, and asset value were in line with ours. We refer to the following ten companies as the “Peer Group”:

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2025 APPROVED PEER GROUP

Company	Ticker
APA Corp.	APA
Civitas Resources, Inc.	CIVI
Coterra Energy Inc.	CTRA
Devon Energy Corporation	DVN
Diamondback Energy Inc.	FANG
EQT Corporation	EQT
Expand Energy Corporation	EXE
Murphy Oil Corporation	MUR
Ovintiv Inc.	OVV
Range Resources Corporation	RRC

Elements of Direct Compensation

Our Named Executive Officers’ compensation for 2025 included the key components described below.

Pay Component	Form of Pay	How Amount is Determined	Objective
Base salary	Cash	Market-competitive amount that reflects the executive’s relative skills, responsibilities, experience and contributions	Provide a minimum, fixed level of cash compensation
Annual incentive awards	Cash	Operational strategy execution, Net Debt/EBITDAX, Total Net Debt, Cash Costs, and ESG	Encourage short-term financial and operational performance that is aligned with our business strategy and will lead to long-term stockholder value
Long-term incentive awards	Performance share units	Three one-year performance periods and one three-year performance period with vesting based on absolute total stockholder return Three one-year performance periods with vesting based on a Net Debt to EBITDAX multiple	Encourage performance that delivers value to, and direct alignment with, stockholders through stock price appreciation Encourage minimizing debt relative to cash flow
	Restricted stock units	33% vests on each of the first three anniversaries of grant	Provide an additional retention mechanism

The following charts show the compensation attributable to services provided to us by our Named Executive Officers in 2025.

CEO Target Compensation		Other NEOs’ Target Compensation (average)

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The CEO Target Compensation chart above reflects only compensation for Mr. Kennedy. Amounts reported in the Other NEOs’ Target Compensation chart exclude Mr. Rady. Percentages in the charts above were calculated based on amounts reported for 2025 in the Summary Compensation Table, except that (i) base compensation for each of Messrs. Kennedy and Krueger is annualized at the levels established for them in connection with their appointments as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, in August of 2025, and (ii) target annual incentive levels are used rather than actual 2025 annual incentive award levels.

Base Salaries

Base salaries are designed to provide a minimum, fixed level of cash compensation for services rendered during the year. In addition to providing a base salary that is competitive with salaries paid by other independent oil and gas exploration and production companies, the Compensation Committee also considers whether our pay levels appropriately align each Named Executive Officer’s base salary level relative to the base salary levels of our other officers. Our objective is to have base salaries that accurately reflect each officer’s relative skills, experience and contributions to the Company. To that end, annual base salary adjustments are based on a subjective analysis of many individual factors, including:

•	the responsibilities of the officer;
•	the period over which the officer has performed those responsibilities;
•	the scope of, and level of expertise and experience required for, the officer’s position;
•	the strategic impact of the officer’s position;
•	the rate of inflation; and
•	the potential future contribution and demonstrated individual performance of the officer.

In addition to the individual factors listed above, the Compensation Committee considers our overall business performance and implementation of Company objectives when determining annual base salaries. While these metrics generally provide context for making salary decisions, base salary decisions do not depend on attainment of specific goals or performance levels, and no specific weighting is given to one factor over another.

Base salaries are reviewed annually but are not increased if the Compensation Committee believes that (1) our executives are currently compensated at proper levels in light of Company performance or external market factors, or (2) an increase or addition to other elements of compensation would be more appropriate in light of our stated objectives.

Effective as of March 1, 2025, the Compensation Committee approved a 3.5% increase of aggregate base salary levels for services provided both to us and Antero Midstream to each of the Named Executive Officers as compared to 2024 aggregate base salary levels, after considering the 2025 increases in pay being approved by companies with which we compete for executive talent and the Company’s 2024 performance. In August of 2025, Messrs. Kennedy and Krueger took on new roles with substantially expanded responsibilities. Mr. Rady’s new role has significantly fewer responsibilities. As a result of these changes, the base salaries for certain of our Named Executive Officers were modified, effective as of August 14, 2025, to appropriately reflect each officer’s responsibilities and role following the executive transition.

The table below reflects the base salary paid to each of our Named Executive Officers for services provided to us in 2025.

Executive Officer	March 2025 Base Salary⁽¹⁾		August 2025 Base Salary⁽²⁾
Michael N. Kennedy	$	570,422	$	821,250
Yvette K. Schultz	$	410,552	$	410,552
Brendan E. Krueger	$	397,558	$	470,850
Paul M. Rady	$	1,123,689	$	43,800

(1)	The increase in aggregate base salary paid to the Named Executive Officers for services provided to both the Company and Antero Midstream that was approved by both the Compensation Committee and the AM Compensation Committee was 3.5% for each Named Executive Officer for 2025.
(2)	Reflects adjustments as a result of the executive transitions that took place in August of 2025.

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Annual Cash Incentive Awards

Purpose and Operation

Annual cash incentive payments, which we also refer to as cash bonuses, are a key component of each Named Executive Officer’s annual compensation package. The annual cash incentive program is intended to drive the achievement of short-term (annual) goals. The Compensation Committee adopts bonus targets for the Named Executive Officers each year, expressed as a percentage of base salary attributable to services provided to us. These target bonus values are then multiplied by the total payout percentage resulting from the Company’s actual performance against the annual performance goals established by the Committee at the beginning of the fiscal year to determine the final bonus amount payable to each Named Executive Officer. Amounts under the program can be earned up to a maximum of 200% of bonus targets. Target bonus levels are established by the Compensation Committee after considering each Named Executive Officer’s experience, responsibilities, target bonuses for similarly situated executives of companies with which we compete for executive talent, and internal pay equity. The Compensation Committee retains discretion to modify all aspects of the program at any time prior to certification of performance and payments to the Named Executive Officers. This discretion ensures that compensation outcomes appropriately reflect Company and individual performance in light of changing business conditions, strategic priorities, or extraordinary events that may not have been anticipated when performance goals were established. This flexibility allows the Committee to exercise its business judgment, prevent unintended windfalls or shortfalls, and ensure that incentive compensation remains aligned with the long-term interests of shareholders.

The bonus target percentages initially set for our Named Executive Officers in March of 2025 were unchanged from 2024. The Compensation Committee increased target bonus levels for Messrs. Kennedy and Krueger in connection with their promotions in August of 2025 to reflect the additional responsibilities associated with their new roles. The Compensation Committee did not increase Ms. Schultz’s target bonus in August of 2025 because her title did not change in connection with the executive transition. However, in the process of certifying performance and approving final bonus payments for 2025, the Compensation Committee reviewed the additional responsibilities Ms. Schultz took on in connection with the executive transition (three new divisions began reporting to her in August of 2025), and determined that she should receive a discretionary increase in her bonus payment to recognize her expanded role and to ensure internal pay equity. Consistent with applicable SEC rules, the discretionary portion of her bonus payment is reported in the “Bonus” column of the Summary Compensation Table rather than the “Non-Equity Incentive Plan” column.

Executive Officer	March 2025 Target Bonus (as a % of base salary)	August 2025 Target Bonus (as a % of base salary)⁽¹⁾
Michael N. Kennedy	100%	130%
Yvette K. Schultz	85%	85%
Brendan E. Krueger	85%	100%
Paul M. Rady⁽²⁾	130%	130%

(1)	2025 annual cash incentive payments are calculated using the base salary and target annual bonus in place for each executive as of December 31, 2025.
(2)	Consistent with the Emeritus Agreement (as defined and described further below), Mr. Rady’s 2025 annual cash incentive award was calculated using his target bonus and base salary in effect immediately prior to his transition to Chairman Emeritus, but pro-rated to reflect only the portion of the year that he served as Chief Executive Officer and President.

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2025 Performance Metrics

In April of 2025 the Compensation Committee selected the metrics, weightings and performance levels for the 2025 annual cash incentive program reflected in the chart below. The 2025 annual incentive plan uses the same metrics and weightings as the 2024 program. The method of calculating each metric and the rationale for its selection are included further below.

Selected Metrics

Weighting

Threshold
Performance
(50%)

Target
Performance
(100%)

Maximum
(200%)

Performance
Score
(% of Target)

Weighted
Score

Operational Strategy Execution

Meeting Budgeted D&C Capital

166.1%

41.5%

Meeting Budgeted Production Volumes (MMcfe/d)

200%

50%

Net Debt/EBITDAX

137.5%

17.2%

Total Net Debt

75.1%

9.4%

Cash Costs

90.6%

9.1%

ESG

Qualitative Assessment

200%

30%

Total

157.2%

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Metric	Definition	Rationale
D&C Capital	Drilling and Completion (“D&C”) capital represents the accrued drilling and completion capital for 2025, as presented in the 4th quarter of 2025, the full year earnings press release furnished as exhibit 99.1 to the Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 11, 2026, and our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 filed with the SEC on February 11, 2026.	Managing capital motivates our Named Executive Officers to operate within acceptable budgetary guidelines.
Production Volumes	Average net production volumes on an equivalent basis (MMcfe/d), as presented in the full year earnings press release furnished as exhibit 99.1 to the Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 11, 2026 and our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 filed with the SEC on February 11, 2026. Assumes no adjustments related to royalty adjustments for uneconomic natural gas liquids (“NGLs”).	Production volumes are critical to our profitability. Measuring these volumes motivates our Named Executive Officers to grow our business responsibly.
Net Debt/EBITDAX	Year-end 2025 Net Debt, defined as total long-term debt less cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, divided by 2025 full-year Adjusted EBITDAX, defined as net income and comprehensive income attributable to Antero Resources Corporation, plus net income and comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests, adjusted for (i) unrealized commodity derivative (gains) losses; (ii) amortization of deferred revenue, VPP; (iii) (gain) on sale of assets; (iv) interest expense, net; (v) loss on early extinguishment of debt; (vi) income tax expense (benefit); (vii) depletion, depreciation, amortization and accretion; (viii) impairment of property and equipment; (ix) exploration expense; (x) equity-based compensation expense; (xi) equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliate; (xii) dividends from unconsolidated affiliate; (xiii) contract termination, loss contingency and settlements; (xiv) transaction expense and other; and (xv) Martica related adjustments, each as presented in the full year earnings press release furnished as exhibit 99.1 to the Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 11, 2026.	Managing the balance sheet leverage is essential for growing our business efficiently. Net Debt/EBITDAX is a key debt coverage ratio that our Compensation Committee believes motivates management to minimize debt relative to cash flow.
Total Net Debt	Year-end total Net Debt, defined as total long-term debt less cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, as presented in the full year earnings press release furnished as exhibit 99.1 to the Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 11, 2026.	Managing absolute levels of total debt incentivizes management to protect the balance sheet through cyclical commodity price environments that could result in material changes in the cash flow of the business.
Cash Costs	Includes lease operating expense, gathering, compression, processing, transportation, production and ad valorem taxes, net marketing expense and general and administrative costs (excluding equity-based compensation).	Controlling cash costs motivates our Named Executive Officers to operate in a disciplined and efficient manner.
Environmental and Safety	The Compensation Committee of our Board considered environmental and safety matters in this assessment, which included non-financial performance related to our safety record, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and the safety of our work environment and strong environmental record.	These functions are critical to the success of the business and the execution of our overall strategy. Our people are motivated to work in a safe environment that shows progress toward sustainability.

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2025 Annual Incentive Program Payouts

As described above, performance associated with the Annual Incentive Plan resulted in an overall achievement level of 157.2% of target. Upon discussion related to potential discretionary adjustments, it was unanimously agreed that considering the Company’s financial, operational and stock performance in 2025 no adjustments to the resulting payout should be made, except that Ms. Schultz’s target bonus amount should retroactively be increased from 85% to 100% of base salary to reflect the additional responsibilities assumed by her in August of 2025 and to ensure internal pay equity, as discussed in more detail above.

When determining the performance score for the ESG metric the Compensation Committee considered the Company’s internal scorecard that highlighted the following specific achievements in the areas of environmental performance, safety factors, and social governance:

•	Achieved our goal of addressing all-natural gas driven pneumatic devices by the end of 2025. In 2025, we eliminated or replaced 774 devices, bringing our total to approximately 7,779 since the initiative began in 2021.
•	Methane leak loss rate declined to 0.008% in 2025 from 0.010% in 2024
•	Reduced both our TRIR and LTIR from 2024
•	Approximately 90.7% of total wastewater was recycled/reused in 2025 versus 89.3% in 2024

The 2025 annual cash bonus amounts reported below reflect the annual cash bonus paid to each Named Executive Officer for services provided to the Company.

Executive Officer	Final Percentage of 2025 Target Bonus to be Paid for 2025 Performance	2025 Annual Cash Bonus Payments⁽¹⁾
Michael N. Kennedy	157.2%	$	1,678,307
Yvette K. Schultz	157.2%	$	740,176
Brendan E. Krueger	157.2%	$	740,176
Paul M. Rady⁽²⁾	157.2%	$	1,421,862

(1)

Except for a portion of the payment to Ms. Schultz, the amounts in this column are reported in the “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” column of the Summary Compensation Table, below. Consistent with applicable SEC rules, because the determination to increase Ms. Schultz’s 2025 target bonus from 85% to 100% was discretionary and made in early 2026, the difference between the value of her bonus calculated using an 85% target and a 100% target is reported in the “Bonus” column of the Summary Compensation Table rather than the “Non-Equity Incentive Plan” column.

(2)

Consistent with the Emeritus Agreement (as defined and described further below), Mr. Rady’s 2025 annual cash incentive award was calculated using his target bonus and base salary in effect immediately prior to his transition to Chairman Emeritus, but pro-rated to reflect only the portion of the year that he served as Chief Executive Officer and President.

Long-Term Incentive Awards

Annual Long-Term Incentive Awards Granted in 2025

Each of the Named Executive Officers received a grant comprised 50% of restricted stock units and 50% of performance share units in March of 2025 pursuant to the AR LTIP. The Compensation Committee grants RSUs as a retention tool and in order to align the interests of our Named Executive Officers with the interests of our stockholders and grants PSUs to incent management to make sound capital investment decisions that align with shareholder value creation. The restricted stock units, or “RSUs,” granted to the Named Executive Officers in 2025 vest ratably on the first three anniversaries of the date of grant, subject to continued service. One-half of the performance share units, or “PSUs,” granted to our Named Executive Officers in 2025 will vest based on absolute total stockholder return, or “TSR,” while the other half will vest based on our Net Debt to EBITDAX multiple. The Compensation Committee selected absolute TSR because it provides a rigorous framework that rewards the Named Executive Officers for improving absolute stock price, and because it directly aligns the incentive for our Named Executive Officers to our investors’ experience. The Compensation Committee selected Net Debt to EBITDAX multiple because managing balance sheet leverage is essential for growing our business efficiently and this metric is a key debt coverage measurement that the Compensation Committee believes will motivate management to minimize debt relative to cash flow.

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Absolute TSR PSUs

The absolute TSR PSUs granted in March of 2025 have four performance periods. One quarter of the target amount of PSUs may be earned based on performance for each of the following performance periods: March 7, 2025 to March 7, 2026; March 7, 2026 through March 7, 2027; March 7, 2027 to March 7, 2028; and March 7, 2025 to March 7, 2028. The TSR PSUs are settled following the end of each performance period.

The payouts for the absolute March TSR PSUs are determined as follows:

Performance Level	Absolute TSR			Percentage of Eligible Target Amount Earned for Each Performance Period %			Percentage of Target PSUs Earned for Each Performance Period
Floor		0			0	%		0	%
Target		10	%		100	%		25	%
Maximum		20	%		200	%		50	%

“Absolute TSR” for purposes of these PSUs is measured by reference to the Company’s 20-day average volume-weighted closing price per share of stock for the first twenty trading days of the applicable performance period and the Company’s 20-day average volume-weighted closing price per share of stock for the last twenty trading days of the applicable performance period. If the Company’s absolute TSR falls between the floor and target amounts or the target and maximum amounts, then the percentage of the target amount of PSUs that are earned for the relevant performance period will be determined using linear interpolation between the relevant performance levels.

Net Debt to EBITDAX PSUs

The Net Debt to EBITDAX multiple PSUs granted in March of 2025 have three performance periods. One third of the target amount of PSUs may be earned based on performance during each of the following performance periods: January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025; January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026; and January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2027. The 2025 Net Debt to EBITDAX PSUs are settled following the end of each performance period.

The payouts for the Net Debt to EBITDAX PSUs are determined as follows:

Level	Net Debt to EBITDAX Multiple	Percentage of Eligible Target Amount Earned for Each Performance Period*			Percentage of Target Amount of PSUs Earned for Each Performance Period*
Floor	> 2.5x		0	%		0	%
Target	2.0x		100	%		33.33	%
Maximum	1.5x		200	%		66.66	%

For definitions regarding “Net Debt” and “EBITDAX” as used in the 2025 Net Debt to EBITDAX multiple PSUs, please see “Annual Cash Incentive Awards–2025 Performance Metrics” above. If the Company’s Net Debt to EBITDAX multiple falls between the floor and target amounts or the target and maximum amounts, then the percentage of the target amount of PSUs that are earned for the relevant performance period will be determined using linear interpolation between the relevant performance levels.

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Target Value of Long-Term Incentive Awards

The table below shows the values approved by the Compensation Committee for the annual long-term incentive awards granted to our Named Executive Officers in 2025. These values were established by the Compensation Committee after referencing the long-term incentive awards of the Peer Group. These values served only as reference points. We consider individual performance, the nature and responsibility of the Named Executive Officer’s position, the impact, contribution and expertise of the Named Executive Officer, and the importance of retaining the individual along with the competitiveness of the market for the Named Executive Officer’s talents and services.

Executive Officer	2025 Target Long-Term Incentive Value⁽¹⁾
Michael N. Kennedy	$	4,300,000
Yvette K. Schultz	$	2,625,000
Brendan E. Krueger	$	2,625,000
Paul M. Rady	$	10,000,000

(1)

The amounts set forth in this column differ from the amounts set forth under the “Summary Compensation Table” and the “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025” below. When the Compensation Committee is evaluating the value of awards it will grant to the Named Executive Officers, it reviews the Company’s stock price leading up to the time of grant and the number of awards to be granted. The amounts set forth under “Summary Compensation Table” and the “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025” below reflect the grant date fair value of the number of restricted stock units and target performance share units granted, as computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, resulting in a slightly higher value attributable to the grants under those tables.

The number of performance share units and restricted stock units granted to our Named Executive Officers in 2025 are described more fully under “Grants of Plan-Based Awards for Fiscal Year 2025” below.

PSU Awards Performance Certification and Settlement

•	The performance period for the PSUs granted in October 2022 that vest based on absolute TSR ended on December 31, 2025, with such awards vesting at 81.59% of target cumulatively for all four performance periods.
•	The performance period for the PSUs granted in October 2022 that vest based on Net Debt to EBITDAX ended on December 31, 2025, with such awards vesting at 193.51% of target cumulatively for all three performance periods.
•	The performance period for the PSUs granted in 2023 that vest based on Net Debt to EBITDAX ended on December 31, 2025, with such awards vesting at 193.51% cumulatively for all three performance periods.
•	The first performance period for the PSUs granted in 2025 that vest based on Net Debt to EBITDAX ended on December 31, 2025, with such awards vesting at 200% of the target number of PSUs eligible to vest with respect to performance for the first performance period (representing 66.66% of the total target number of Net Debt to EBITDAX PSUs granted in 2025).
•	The performance period for the PSUs granted in 2023 that vest based on absolute TSR ended on March 7, 2026, with such awards vesting at 75.38% cumulatively for all four performance periods.
•	The first performance period for the PSUs granted in 2025 that vest based on absolute TSR ended on March 7, 2026, with such awards vesting at 0% for the first performance period because performance fell below the threshold level. The 2025 absolute TSR PSUs that vest based on performance during the first performance period were forfeited as a result.

All awards described above were settled shortly after certification of the performance level by our Compensation Committee.

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Other Benefits

Health and Welfare Benefits

Our Named Executive Officers are eligible to participate in all of our employee health and welfare benefit arrangements on the same basis as other employees (subject to applicable law). These arrangements include medical, dental, vision and disability insurance, as well as health savings accounts.

We provide these benefits to ensure that we can competitively attract and retain officers and other employees. This is a fixed component of compensation, and these benefits are provided on a non-discriminatory basis to all employees.

Retirement Benefits

We maintain an employee retirement savings plan through which employees may save for retirement or future events on a tax-advantaged basis. Participation in the 401(k) plan is at the discretion of each individual employee, and our Named Executive Officers participate in the plan on the same basis as all other employees. The plan permits us to make discretionary matching and non-elective contributions.

During 2025, the Company matched 100% of the first 6% of eligible compensation that employees contributed to the plan. These matching contributions are immediately fully vested. Antero Midstream reimburses the Company for a portion of these matching contributions as a general and administrative expense.

Perquisites and Other Personal Benefits

We provide those very limited perquisites to our Named Executive Officers that are frequently provided by those companies with which we compete for executive talent in order to offer a competitive pay package. Perquisites do not play a significant role in our Named Executive Officers’ total compensation. See the All Other Compensation column of the Summary Compensation Table, below, for additional information regarding the limited perquisites provided to our Named Executive Officers in 2025.

Policies and Agreements with our Named Executive Officers

Severance Plan

On September 17, 2025, the Company adopted the Antero Resources Corporation Executive Severance Plan (the “Severance Plan”), which provides payments and benefits to participants in the event of certain qualifying terminations of employment. Receipt of such payments and benefits is contingent upon the eligible executive’s (x) execution of a release of claims against the Company and its affiliates, (y) compliance with a one year non-competition and non-solicitation obligation, and (z) compliance with the defense of claims, confidentiality, and non-disparagement provisions of the Severance Plan. The Compensation Committee believes that a severance plan is an important component of a competitive executive compensation program and is necessary to attract and retain highly qualified executive talent. The Severance Plan is designed to keep executives focused on pursuing corporate transactions and strategic alternatives that are in the best interests of shareholders, without being influenced by concerns over their own job security. The Compensation Committee also believes that providing severance protection through a formal plan, rather than through individually negotiated agreements, ensures consistency in the Company’s severance practices, ensuring internal pay equity and reducing the administrative costs of the program. We also believe that maintaining a severance plan

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provides greater transparency to shareholders regarding potential termination costs.

The Severance Plan is overseen by the Compensation Committee. Each of our Named Executive Officers participates in the Severance Plan. The terms of Mr. Rady’s participation in the Severance Plan are consistent with the terms of the Chairman Emeritus Agreement entered into between Mr. Rady, the Company and Antero Midstream on August 14, 2025. The specific payments and benefits that each of our Named Executive Officers are entitled to pursuant to the Severance Plan are described and quantified in the section below entitled “Potential Payments Upon a Termination or a Change in Control.”

Chairman Emeritus Agreement

In connection with Mr. Rady’s transition to Chairman Emeritus, the Company and Antero Midstream entered into a Chairman Emeritus Agreement (the “Emeritus Agreement”) with Mr. Rady. The Emeritus Agreement provides that Mr. Rady will serve as Chairman Emeritus (an employee role) until December 31, 2028, unless the Board extends his term as Chairman Emeritus beyond such date. The Emeritus Agreement further provides that Mr. Rady will be entitled to (i) receive an annual salary of $50,000 (subsequently increased to $60,000), (ii) continue to vest in outstanding equity awards pursuant to their original terms, (iii) participate in company benefit plans, and (iv) participate in any company severance plan that may be adopted during his term as Chairman Emeritus. Mr. Rady is also entitled to a pro-rated portion of his 2025 annual incentive bonus, which he received in early 2026.

No Employment Agreements with Executive Officers

While we did enter into the Emeritus Agreement to clearly document Mr. Rady’s transition to Chairman Emeritus, we do not maintain employment agreements with any of our executive officers.

As discussed below under “Potential Payments Upon a Termination or a Change in Control,” our Named Executive Officers would be entitled to receive accelerated vesting of their performance share units, restricted stock units and cash retention awards (if applicable) that remain unvested upon their termination of employment with us under certain circumstances or upon the occurrence of certain corporate events.

2026 Material Compensation Decisions

Base Salaries

In March 2026, after comparing base salary levels to those of similarly situated executives in the 2026 Peer Group, reviewing the Company’s performance during 2025, and discussing the recommendations of Mr. Kennedy and CBIZ, the Compensation Committee approved the following increases to base salary for the Named Executive Officers for 2026:

Executive Officer	2025 Base Salary⁽¹⁾		2026 Base Salary⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾		Percentage Increase
Michael N. Kennedy	$	821,250	$	850,012		3.5	%
Yvette K. Schultz	$	410,552	$	487,476		18.7	%
Brendan E. Krueger	$	470,850	$	487,476		3.5	%
Paul M. Rady	$	43,800	$	43,800		—	%

(1)	Base salary included here is calculated based on the 2025 Reimbursement Percentage. The actual percentage of base salary allocated to the Company for 2026 will not be determinable until the 2026 Reimbursement Percentage is calculated following the end of 2026.
(2)	Ms. Schultz’s 2026 base salary was increased to recognize the additional responsibilities assumed by her in connection with the transition of the Company’s management team.

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Annual Cash Incentive Awards

In April 2026, the Compensation Committee approved an annual incentive plan for the 2026 fiscal year. The 2026 annual incentive plan structure mirrors the 2025 annual incentive plan. We believe this structure motivates our Named Executive Officers to accomplish specific objectives that are important to our success and sustainable growth.

Long-Term Incentive Awards

Consistent with 2025, the Compensation Committee granted 50% performance-based long-term equity awards and 50% time-based equity awards to our Named Executive Officers in March 2026.

These awards are subject to the terms and provisions of the AR LTIP and the award agreements pursuant to which they were granted.

Other Matters

Stock Ownership Guidelines

Under our stock ownership guidelines, our executive officers are required to own a minimum number of shares of our common stock within five years of becoming an executive officer. In particular, each of our executive officers is required to own shares of our common stock having an aggregate fair market value equal to at least a designated multiple of the executive officer’s base salary. The guidelines for executive officers are set forth in the table below.

Officer Level		Ownership Guideline
Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chief Financial Officer		5x annual base salary
Vice President		3x annual base salary
Other Officers (if applicable)		3x annual base salary

Compliance with these guidelines is measured as of June 30 of each year. If an individual covered by the ownership guidelines satisfies the guidelines on a prior determination date, a subsequent decrease in our stock price will not cause that executive to be out of compliance on a later determination date. As of June 30, 2025, all of our Named Executive Officers and directors were in compliance with these guidelines or had time remaining before compliance was required. Consistent with our stock ownership guidelines, any noncompliance may be considered by the Compensation Committee when making future compensation or promotion decisions.

These stock ownership guidelines are designed to align our executive officers’ interests more closely with those of our stockholders.

Shares directly and beneficially owned by our Named Executive Officers count towards satisfaction of our stock ownership guidelines. Vested and unvested stock options, unvested restricted stock units, and other conditional equity-based awards (including performance-based awards) do not count towards satisfaction of our stock ownership guidelines.

Tax and Accounting Treatment of Executive Compensation Decisions

Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), generally imposes a $1 million limit on the amount of compensation paid to “covered employees” (as defined in Section 162(m)) that a public corporation may deduct for federal income tax purposes in any year.

While we will continue to monitor our compensation programs in light of the deduction limitation imposed by Section 162(m), our Compensation Committee considers it important to retain the flexibility to design compensation programs that are in the best long-term interests of the Company and our

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stockholders. As a result, we have not adopted a policy requiring that all compensation be fully deductible. The Compensation Committee may conclude that paying compensation at levels in excess of the limits under Section 162(m) is in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders. The Company will not be able to deduct for federal income tax purposes a portion of the compensation paid to our Named Executive Officers in 2025.

Many other Code provisions and accounting rules affect the payment of executive compensation and are generally taken into consideration as our compensation arrangements are developed. Our goal is to create and maintain compensation arrangements that are efficient, effective and in full compliance with these requirements.

Risk Assessment

We have reviewed our compensation policies and practices to determine whether they create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our Company. In connection with this risk assessment, we reviewed the design of our compensation and benefits program and related policies and determined that certain features of our programs and corporate governance generally help mitigate risk. Among the factors considered were the mix of cash and equity compensation, the balance between short- and long-term objectives of our incentive compensation, the degree to which programs provide for discretion to determine payout amounts, and our general governance structure.

Our Compensation Committee believes that evaluating overall business performance and implementing Company objectives assists in mitigating excessive risk-taking that could harm our value or reward poor judgment by our executives. Several features of our programs reflect sound risk-management practices.

•	The Compensation Committee

SEC Form DEF 14A filed by Antero Resources Corporation