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):
April 13, 2018 (April 12, 2018)
RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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100 Throckmorton, Suite 1200 Ft. Worth, Texas |
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (817) 870-2601
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report): Not applicable
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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.
Ray N. Walker, Jr. has advised Range Resources Corporation (the “Company”) that he will retire as Executive Vice President - Chief Operating Officer of the Company and each of its subsidiaries effective April 13, 2018.
ITEM 9.01 Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release dated April 12, 2018
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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Senior Vice President-General |
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Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
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Date: April 13, 2018
EXHIBIT 99.1
NEWS RELEASE
RANGE ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT OF EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND COO RAY N. WALKER
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, April 12, 2018 – RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION (NYSE: RRC) today announced that, effective April 13, 2018, after 42 years in the industry Ray Walker will retire from his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Dennis Degner, SVP of Operations will continue to oversee operations for both the Marcellus and North Louisiana divisions.
Commenting, Jeff Ventura, Chairman and CEO said, “We appreciate the knowledge and experience Ray brought to the Range team and wish him the best as he starts a new chapter. We have great confidence in Dennis’ ability to lead Range’s company-wide operational efforts going forward. Dennis has an outstanding track record in his eight years at Range and under his leadership Marcellus production is now approaching 2 Bcfe per day.”
Mr. Degner has more than 20 years of oil and gas experience having worked in a variety of technical and managerial positions across the United States, including Pennsylvania and Louisiana. Prior to joining Range, he held positions with EnCana, Sierra Engineering and Halliburton. Mr. Degner is a graduate of Texas A&M University, member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and has been published for work on the deployment of new technologies.
RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION (NYSE: RRC) is a leading U.S. independent natural gas, NGL and oil producer with operations focused in stacked-pay projects in the Appalachian Basin and North Louisiana. The Company pursues an organic growth strategy targeting high return, low-cost projects within its large inventory of low risk development drilling opportunities. The Company is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. More information about Range can be found at www.rangeresources.com.
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SOURCE: Range Resources Corporation
Range Investor Contacts:
Laith Sando, Vice President – Investor Relations
817-869-4267
lsando@rangeresources.com
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Range Media Contact:
Michael Mackin, Director of External Affairs
724-743-6776
mmackin@rangeresources.com
www.rangeresources.com