UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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)              August 10, 2015

 

EQT CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Pennsylvania

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

 

 

625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania	15222
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

 

(412) 553-5700

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

NONE

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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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 August 10, 2015, Philip P. Conti, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EQT Corporation (the Company) since 2007, advised the Company that he intends to retire at the end of 2016.  Accordingly, the Company has retained Spencer Stuart, an executive search firm, to help identify his successor. Following the appointment of his successor, Mr. Conti is expected to continue to serve as an employee of the Company in some capacity through 2016 to ensure a smooth transition.

 

Mr. Conti is also expected to continue to serve as a Director of EQT Midstream Services, LLC, the general partner of EQT Midstream Partners LP, and EQT GP Services, LLC, the general partner of EQT GP Holdings, LP.

 

 

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.

 

	EQT CORPORATION
	(Registrant)
Date: August 10, 2015	By:	/s/    David L. Porges
	David L. Porges
	President and Chief Executive Officer