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Item 1(a).

Name of Issuer:   Range Resources Corporation (the “Issuer”)

 

Item 1(b).

Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:   100 Throckmorton Street, Suite 1200 Fort Worth, Texas 76102

 

Item 2(a).

Name of Person Filing:   (i)   SailingStone Capital Partners LLC (“SailingStone”) (ii)  SalingStone Holdings LLC (“SailingStone Holdings”) (iii) MacKenzie B. Davis (“Davis”) (iv) Kenneth L. Settles Jr. (“Settles”)

 

Item 2(b).

Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence:   One California Street, 30th Floor San Francisco, California 94111

 

Item 2(c).

Citizenship:   SailingStone and SailingStone Holdings:  Delaware Davis and Settles:  United States

 

Item 2(d).

Title of Class of Securities:   Common Stock

 

Item 2(e).

CUSIP Number:   75281A109

 

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Item 3.

If This Statement Is Filed Pursuant to Sections 240.13d-1(b) or

240.13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing Is a(n):

(a)

☐ Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o);

(b)

☐ Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);

(c)

☐ Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);

(d)

☐ Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8);

(e)

☒ Investment adviser in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);

(f)

☐ Employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);

(g)

☒ Parent holding company or control person in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);

(h)

☐ Savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);

(i)

☐ Church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);

(j)

☐ A non-U.S. institution in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J);

(k)

☐ Group, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K). If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution: ____________________________ .

 

Item 4.

Ownership.

 

 

Item 5.

Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.   Not Applicable

 

Item 7.

Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company.   Not Applicable

 

Item 8.

Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.   Not Applicable

 

Item 9.

Notice of Dissolution of Group.   Not Applicable

 

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

 

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Dated:
December 2, 2016	SailingStone Capital Partners LLC
	By:	/s/  Kathlyne Kiaie
		Name: Kathlyne Kiaie
		Title:   Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

	MacKenzie B. Davis
December 2, 2016	By:	/s/  MacKenzie B. Davis
		Name: MacKenzie B. Davis

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EXHIBIT 1

WHEREAS, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act"), only one joint Statement and any amendments thereto need to be filed whenever one or more persons  are required to file such a Statement or any amendments thereto pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Act with respect to the same securities, provided that said persons agree in writing that such Statement or amendments thereto is filed on behalf of each of them;

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SailingStone Capital Partners LLC, SailingStone Holdings LLC, MacKenzie B. Davis and Kenneth L. Settles Jr. do hereby agree, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Act, to file a Statement on Schedule 13G relating to their ownership of the Common Stock of the Issuer, and do hereby further agree that said Statement on Schedule 13G shall be filed on behalf of each of them.

 

 

December 2, 2016	SailingStone Holdings LLC
	By:	/s/  MacKenzie B. Davis
		Name: MacKenzie B. Davis
		Title:   Managing Member