| FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | ||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol EQT RE, LLC [ RICE ] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
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| 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/13/2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | |||
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common Stock | 11/13/2017 | D | 8,483 | D | (1)(2) | 128,716 | D | |||
| Common Stock | 11/13/2017 | D | 128,716 | D | (1)(3) | 0 | D | |||
| Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||||||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) | 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) | ||||
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. On November 13, 2017, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June 19, 2017 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Rice Energy Inc. (the "Company"), EQT Corporation ("EQT") and Eagle Merger Sub I, Inc. ("Merger Sub"), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the "Merger"), with the Company continuing as the surviving entity and as a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of EQT. |
| 2. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"), any outstanding award of restricted stock units of Company common stock (each, a "Company RSU") granted pursuant to the Company's 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP") was assumed by EQT and was converted into an award of restricted stock units of EQT common stock (each, an "EQT RSU") with respect to a number of whole shares of EQT common stock (rounded to the nearest whole share) equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of shares of Company common stock subject to such Company RSU as of immediately prior to the Effective Time by (ii) sum of (a) 0.37 and (b) the quotient of (i) the $5.30 divided by (ii) the average of the closing sale prices of EQT common stock on the New York Stock Exchange as reported by The Wall Street Journal for each of the five consecutive trading days ending on (and including) the last complete trading day immediately prior to the Effective Time. |
| 3. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of Company common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted at such time into the right to receive: (A) 0.37 shares of EQT common stock, and (B) $5.30 in cash, without interest. |
| Remarks: |
| /s/ James W. Christmas, by William E. Jordan, Attorney-in-Fact | 11/13/2017 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
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