Item 1.01. Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement

On February 26, 2020 (the Effective Date), EQT Corporation, a Pennsylvania Corporation (EQT), EQT Production Company, a Pennsylvania corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of EQT (EQT Production), Rice Drilling B LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of EQT (Rice Drilling), and EQT Energy, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of EQT (EQT Energy and, together with EQT, EQT Production and Rice Drilling, the Producer), entered into a Gas Gathering and Compression Agreement (the Global GGA) with EQM Gathering Opco, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (EQM Opco) and a wholly owned subsidiary of EQM Midstream Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (EQM), for the provision by EQM Opco of gas gathering services to the Producer in the Marcellus and Utica Shales of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Effective as of the Effective Date, the Producer will be subject to an initial annual minimum volume commitment of 3.0 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. The Global GGA runs from the Effective Date through December 31, 2035, and will renew year-to-year thereafter unless terminated by the Producer or EQM Opco. Pursuant to the Global GGA, EQM Opco will have certain obligations to build additional connections to connect additional wells of the Producer within the dedicated area in Pennsylvania and West Virginia to the gathering system, subject to certain geographical limitations in relation to the distance to the then-existing gathering system and other criteria relating to the Producer's interest in the wells.

In addition to the fees related to gathering services, the Global GGA provides for potential cash bonus payments payable by EQT to EQM during the period beginning on the first day of the quarter in which the in-service date of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (the MVP) occurs until the earlier of (i) 36 months following the first day of the quarter in which in-service date of the MVP occurs or (ii) December 31, 2024. The potential cash bonus payments are conditioned upon the quarterly average of the NYMEX Henry Hub Natural Gas Spot Price exceeding certain price thresholds.

Following the MVP in-service date, the gathering fees payable by EQT to EQM (or its affiliates) set forth in the Global GGA are subject to potential reductions for certain contract years set forth in the Global GGA, conditioned upon the in-service date of the MVP, which provide for estimated aggregate fee relief of $270 million in the first year after the in-service date of the MVP, $230 million in the second year after the in-service date of the MVP, and $35 million in the third year after the in-service date of the MVP. In addition, if the MVP in-service date has not occurred by January 1, 2022, EQT has an option, exercisable for a period of twelve months, to forgo $145 million of the gathering fee relief in the first year after the MVP in-service date and $90 million of the gathering fee relief in the second year after the MVP in-service date in exchange for a cash payment from EQM to EQT in the amount of $196 million.

In the ordinary course of business, EQT and its subsidiaries engage in transactions with EQM and its affiliates, including, but not limited to, transportation service and precedent agreements, storage agreements and water services agreements. These agreements have terms ranging from month-to-month up to 20 years.

The foregoing description of the Global GGA is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Global GGA, which will be filed as an exhibit to EQT's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. The foregoing summary has been included to provide investors and security holders with information regarding the terms of the Global GGA and is not intended to provide any other factual information about EQT or its subsidiaries.




Item 8.01.  Other Events.

On March 3, 2020, EQT issued a press release announcing the early results and upsizing of its previously announced tender offer (the Tender Offer) to purchase for cash up to an amended Maximum Tender Amount (as defined herein) of its outstanding 4.875% Senior Notes due 2021 (the Notes). EQT has amended the Tender Offer to increase the aggregate principal amount of Notes subject to the Tender Offer from $400 million to $500 million (the Maximum Tender Amount). A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.




Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.



(d) Exhibits.



Exhibit No.                                   Description
  99.1          Press Release dated March 3, 2020
104           Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)




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