0001104659-13-075399 Sample Contracts

ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION Common Stock UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

Underwriting Agreement • October 11th, 2013 • ANTERO RESOURCES Corp • Crude petroleum & natural gas • New York

• Contract Type
  Underwriting Agreement
• Filed
  October 11th, 2013
• Company
  ANTERO RESOURCES Corp
• Industry
  Crude petroleum & natural gas
• Jurisdiction
  New York

BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC, As Representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I attached hereto, c/o Barclays Capital Inc. 745 Seventh Avenue New York, New York 10019

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER OF ANTERO RESOURCES LLC WITH AND INTO ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION

Agreement and Plan of Merger • October 11th, 2013 • ANTERO RESOURCES Corp • Crude petroleum & natural gas

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  October 11th, 2013
• Company
  ANTERO RESOURCES Corp
• Industry
  Crude petroleum & natural gas

This Agreement and Plan of Merger (this “Agreement”) is entered into on October 1, 2013, by and among Antero Resources LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Antero LLC”), Antero Resources Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Antero Corporation,” and together with Antero LLC, the “Merging Entities”), and Antero Resources Investment LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Antero Investment”).