On May 8, 2019, EQT Corporation filed its preliminary proxy statement and announced that its Board of Directors has nominated 3 new independent director candidates, Janet L. Carrig, James T. McManus, and Valerie A. Mitchell, to stand for election to its Board of Directors at the Company’s 2019 annual meeting of shareholders on July 10, 2019. The Company stated that in addition to the 3 new nominees, the Company directors up for reelection this year are Philip G. Behrman, Christina A. Cassotis, William M. Lambert, Gerald F. MacCleary, Robert J. McNally, Anita M. Powers, Daniel J. Rice, Stephen A. Thorington, and Christine J. Toretti. The Company added that the directors James E. Rohr, A. Bray Cary, and Lee T. Todd, would not seek reelection and would step down from the Board at the 2019 annual meeting.