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): July 11, 2022  (July 8, 2022)

EQT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

625 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(412) 553-5700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

As previously disclosed, EQT Corporation (the “Company”) is party to a consolidated gas gathering and compression agreement (the “Consolidated GGA”) with an affiliate of Equitrans Midstream Corporation (“Equitrans Midstream”), which, among other things, provides the Company with certain gathering fee rate relief following the Mountain Valley Pipeline in-service date or, at the Company’s option, the right to forego a portion of the gathering fee relief that would otherwise be applicable following the Mountain Valley Pipeline in-service date in exchange for a cash payment to the Company of approximately $196 million (the “Cash Payment Option”). On July 8, 2022, the Company delivered notice to Equitrans Midstream that it had elected to exercise the Cash Payment Option.

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.