Hardesty Benjamin A. 4

What Happened

• Benjamin A. Hardesty, a director of Antero Resources Corp (AR), sold 12,000 shares on February 27, 2026. The shares were disposed at $36.00 each for a total transaction value of $432,000. This was a sale (not a purchase), which is often routine insider selling rather than a direct bullish signal.

Key Details

• Transaction date and price: Feb 27, 2026 — 12,000 shares sold at $36.00 per share (total ~ $432,000).
• Transaction type/code: Sale (S) — reported as an open-market or private sale.
• Footnote: The sale was made under a pre-established Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by Hardesty on Nov 6, 2025, indicating the trade was prearranged.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided Form 4 excerpt — check the full filing for post-transaction holdings.
• Filing timeliness: Form 4 was filed on Mar 3, 2026; given the Feb 27 trade date, this filing appears timely (within the two-business-day reporting window).

Context

• Sales executed under 10b5-1 plans are pre-scheduled and commonly used to avoid questions about timing; they do not, by themselves, indicate management’s current view of the company. For a complete picture, review the full Form 4 for post-transaction holdings and any other recent insider activity.