Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
VAGT ROBERT F
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
EQT RE, LLC [RICE]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
2200 RICE DRIVE
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/13/2017
(Street)

CANONSBURG, PA 15317
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 11/13/2017   D   12,475 D (1) (2) 49,431 D  
Common Stock 11/13/2017   D   49,431 D (1) (3) 0 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
VAGT ROBERT F
2200 RICE DRIVE
CANONSBURG, PA 15317
  X      

Signatures

 /s/ Robert F. Vagt, by William E. Jordan, Attorney-in-Fact   11/13/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On November 13, 2017, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June 19, 2017 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among Rice Energy Inc. (the "Company"), EQT Corporation ("EQT") and Eagle Merger Sub I, Inc. ("Merger Sub"), Merger Sub merged with and into the Company (the "Merger"), with the Company continuing as the surviving entity and as a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of EQT.
(2) Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"), any outstanding award of restricted stock units of Company common stock (each, a "Company RSU") granted pursuant to the Company's 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP") was assumed by EQT and was converted into an award of restricted stock units of EQT common stock (each, an "EQT RSU") with respect to a number of whole shares of EQT common stock (rounded to the nearest whole share) equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the number of shares of Company common stock subject to such Company RSU as of immediately prior to the Effective Time by (ii) sum of (a) 0.37 and (b) the quotient of (i) the $5.30 divided by (ii) the average of the closing sale prices of EQT common stock on the New York Stock Exchange as reported by The Wall Street Journal for each of the five consecutive trading days ending on (and including) the last complete trading day immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(3) Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each share of Company common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted at such time into the right to receive: (A) 0.37 shares of EQT common stock, and (B) $5.30 in cash, without interest.

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