UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
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 27, 2016 (October 24, 2016)
EQT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Pennsylvania |
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1-3551 |
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25-0464690 |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction |
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(IRS Employer |
625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(412) 553-5700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
NONE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On October 27, 2016, EQT Corporation (the Company) announced that David L. Porges, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman of the Board, will retire from his duties as CEO in the first quarter of 2017, following the filing of the Company’s Form 10-K. Mr. Porges notified the Company of his intent to retire on October 24, 2016. Steven T. Schlotterbeck, currently the Company’s President and President, Exploration and Production, will become CEO. To ensure a smooth transition, Mr. Porges will remain as Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors for one year following his retirement as CEO.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On October 27, 2016, the Company issued a news release with respect to the matter described above, a copy of which is furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference. The information in this Item 7.01 of Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liability of such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of the general incorporation language of such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Disclosures in this Form 8-K contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Statements that do not relate strictly to historical or current facts are forward-looking. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, forward-looking statements contained in this Form 8-K specifically include the expectations of management transition plans of the Company and its subsidiaries, including EQT Midstream Partners, LP and EQT GP Holdings, LP. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from projected results. Accordingly, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. The Company has based these forward-looking statements on current expectations and assumptions about future events. While the Company considers these expectations and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to significant business, economic, and other risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and beyond the Company’s control. The risks and uncertainties that may affect the operations, performance and results of the Company’s business and forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those set forth under Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as updated by any subsequent Form 10-Qs.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made and the Company does not intend to correct or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Description |
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99.1 |
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News release dated October 27, 2016. (Furnished solely for purposes of Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K.) |
SIGNATURES
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.
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EQT CORPORATION | |
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Date: October 27, 2016 |
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/s/ Robert J. McNally |
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Robert J. McNally | |
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |