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 14, 2026

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)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (412) 553-5700

Not Applicable

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

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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.

At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of EQT Corporation (the “Company”) held on April 14, 2026 (the “Annual Meeting”), the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment (the “Third Amendment”) to the EQT Corporation 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2020 LTIP”) to (i) increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under the 2020 LTIP by 34,000,000 shares, (ii) eliminate the available share pool that the Company had assumed in connection with the Company’s acquisition of Equitrans Midstream Corporation in 2024, and (iii) extend the term of the 2020 LTIP from 2030 to 2036. The Third Amendment previously had been approved, subject to shareholder approval, by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) on February 24, 2026.

A more complete description of the terms of the 2020 LTIP, as amended by the Third Amendment, can be found in “Proposal 3 – Approval of a Proposed Amendment to the Company’s 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan”  in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2026 (the “2026 Proxy Statement”), which description is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description and the description incorporated by reference from the 2026 Proxy Statement are qualified in their entireties by reference to the full texts of the Third Amendment and the 2020 LTIP, copies of which are included in the 2026 Proxy Statement as Appendix B and Appendix C, respectively, thereto.

Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted upon the following four proposals, each of which is described in more detail in the 2026 Proxy Statement. The final vote results for each proposal were as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of Directors

The shareholders elected each of the individuals set forth below to the Board to serve a one-year term expiring at the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of shareholders:

Proposal 2: Approval of a Non-Binding Resolution to Approve the Compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers for 2025 (Say-on-Pay)

The shareholders approved a non-binding resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for 2025, with votes as follows:

Proposal 3: Approval of Third Amendment to 2020 LTIP

The Third Amendment to the Company’s 2020 LTIP was approved by the shareholders, with votes as follows:

Proposal 4: Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2026

The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 was ratified by the shareholders, with votes as follows:

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.