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) April 29, 2008 (April 23, 2008)
EQUITABLE RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
PENNSYLVANIA
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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1-3551 |
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25-0464690 |
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225 North Shore Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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15212 |
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(412) 553-5700
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Equitable Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that effective immediately following the Company’s 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, held on April 23, 2008, Thomas A. McConomy retired from the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. McConomy’s retirement was pursuant to Article III, Section 3.08 of the Company’s By-Laws, which prohibits any director from serving as a director after the date of the annual meeting of shareholders following his or her seventy-fourth (74th) birthday.
SIGNATURE
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.
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/s/ Philip P. Conti |
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Philip P. Conti |
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Senior Vice President and |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: April 29, 2008
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