SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* TRICE DAVID A (Last) (First) (Middle) 1050 17TH STREET, SUITE 500 (Street) DENVER CO 80265 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 05/17/2011	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol QEP RESOURCES, INC. [ QEP ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of 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

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	7,500	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Phantom Stock Units	(1)	(1)	Phantom Stock Units	2,800	0.00	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Phantom stock units will be payable in cash on the date of, or at a designated anniversary date following, the first to occur of the reporting person's (i) separation from service from QEP(subject to 6-month delay if necessary to comply with IRC 409A), (ii) death or (iii) disability, pursuant to the QEP Resources, Inc. Deferred Compensation Wrap Plan. This total includes shares attributable to the 401(k) supplemental program of the Deferred Compensation Wrap Plan. Consequently, share totals may change without any visible activity.

Remarks:

	Abigail L. Jones, Attorney in Fact	05/18/2011
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
REPORTS, SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS

I, David A. Trice, 1050 17th Street, Suite 500, Denver, Colorado, as a Director
of QEP Resources, Inc. (the "Company"), do hereby appoint Abigail L. Jones
Richard J. Doleshek and Eric L. Dady, or each of them acting alone, my true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to sign any Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, or Form 144 Reports
that I am required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission reporting
transactions involving shares of the Company's common stock and derivative
securities whose value is dependent on such shares, including option grants and
phantom stock uinits allocated to my accounts under the terms of deferred
compensation plans adopted by the Company and its subsidiaries.

I acknowledge that Ms. Jones, Mr. Doleshek and Mr. Dady are not assuming any
responsibility that I have to comply with federal securities laws, including
compliance with Section 16 of the Security and Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect with respect to my
holdings of any transactions of securities issued by the Company as long as I am
required to make reports of my transactions, unless I revoke it with a signed
writing prior to such date.