UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)  OCTOBER 17, 2003

 

 

EQUITABLE RESOURCES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PENNSYLVANIA

 

1-3551

 

25-0464690

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

One Oxford Centre, Suite 3300, 301 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

 

15219

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Zip Code)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code  (412) 553-5700

 

 

 

 

 

NONE

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 



 

Item 5.            Other Events

 

On February 18, 2003, Equitable Resources Inc. filed a Form 8-K announcing the adoption of new stock ownership guidelines.  The filing provided information about the Company’s stock ownership guidelines.

 

The filing also included a table providing the current ownership status of the Company’s officers as of February 14, 2003.  The number of shares held by two officers was incorrectly reported.  The reported number of shares held by Arthur Cantrell and by Randall Crawford were 18,282 and 17,592, respectively.  The reported numbers inadvertently included 5,000 performance share units held by these two officers that do not qualify under the stock ownership guidelines.  Therefore, the correct number of qualified shares held by Arthur Cantrell and by Randall Crawford were 13,282 and 12,592, respectively.

 

Shares personally held, stock held in employee benefit plans, and “time restricted” long-term incentive shares qualify toward meeting the plan requirement.  As long as an employee maintains qualified shareholdings in excess of the applicable guideline, he or she may sell shares or exercise options for cash by selling shares (“cashless exercise”).  The guidelines are mandatory for officers and recommended for other covered employees.  Updated amounts for all affected officers, as of September 30, 2003, are provided below:

 

OFFICER OWNERSHIP POSITION as of September 30, 2003

 

Name

 

Title

 

Stock
Ownership
Guideline

 

Approx.
Required
Shares+

 

Qualifying
Shares
Held

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerber, Murry S.

 

President & CEO

 

8 times salary

 

116,000

 

336,394

 

Porges, David L.

 

EVP & Chief Financial Officer

 

8 times salary

 

71,000

 

158,916

 

Funk, James M.

 

President - Equitable Supply

 

4 times salary

 

28,000

 

51,806

 

O’Brien, Joseph E.

 

President - NORESCO

 

4 times salary

 

25,000

 

32,024

 

O’Loughlin, Johanna G.

 

Sr VP General Counsel & Corp Sec

 

4 times salary

 

25,000

 

30,750

 

Crawford, Randall L.

 

President, Equitable Gas

 

4 times salary

 

20,000

 

16,681

 

Cantrell, Arthur G.

 

President, Equitrans

 

4 times salary

 

20,000

 

14,175

 

Conti, Philip P.

 

VP Finance & Treasurer

 

2 times salary

 

8,580

 

27,812

 

Bergonzi, John A.

 

VP & Corporate Controller

 

2 times salary

 

8,580

 

34,672

 

Petrelli, Charlene

 

VP Human Resources

 

2 times salary

 

8,500

 

4,695

 

 


+  Assuming $40/share at current salaries.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

EQUITABLE RESOURCES, INC.

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ David L. Porges

 

 

David L. Porges

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 17, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

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