STATE
OF NEVADA
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001-03262
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94-1667468
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(State
or other
jurisdiction
incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number)
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¨
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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¨
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Exhibit 99.1
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Press
Release dated May 5, 2008.
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COMSTOCK
RESOURCES, INC.
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Dated:
May 5, 2008
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By:
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/s/
M. JAY ALLISON
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M.
Jay Allison
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President
and Chief Executive Officer
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5300 Town and Country Blvd.,
Suite 500
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Frisco, Texas
75034
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Telephone: (972)
668-8800
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Contact: Roland O.
Burns
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Sr. Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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Web Site:
www.comstockresources.com
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Three
Months Ended March 31,
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||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Oil
and gas sales
|
$
|
240,987
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$
|
146,029
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||||
Operating
expenses:
|
||||||||
Oil
and gas operating
|
36,640
|
27,083
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||||||
Exploration
|
8,655
|
11,133
|
||||||
Depreciation,
depletion and amortization
|
70,562
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56,707
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||||||
General
and administrative
|
9,339
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9,702
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||||||
Loss
on disposal of assets
|
240
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—
|
||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
125,436
|
104,625
|
||||||
Income
from operations
|
115,551
|
41,404
|
||||||
Other
income (expenses):
|
||||||||
Interest
income
|
244
|
296
|
||||||
Other
income
|
157
|
130
|
||||||
Interest
expense
|
(11,314
|
)
|
(8,449
|
)
|
||||
Total
other income (expenses)
|
(10,913
|
)
|
(8,023
|
)
|
||||
Income
before income taxes and minority interest
|
104,638
|
33,381
|
||||||
Provision
for income taxes
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(44,073
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)
|
(14,824
|
)
|
||||
Minority
interest in earnings of Bois d'Arc Energy
|
(19,470
|
)
|
(5,999
|
)
|
||||
Net
income
|
$
|
41,095
|
$
|
12,558
|
||||
Net
income per share:
|
||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
0.93
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$
|
0.29
|
||||
Diluted
|
$
|
0.91
|
$
|
0.28
|
||||
Weighted
average common and common stock
equivalent shares outstanding:
|
||||||||
Basic
|
44,179
|
43,364
|
||||||
Diluted
|
44,994
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44,238
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Three
Months Ended March 31,
|
|||||||||
2008
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2007
|
||||||||
Cash
flow from operations:
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|||||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
$
|
128,181
|
$
|
78,746
|
|||||
Excess
tax benefit from stock based compensation
|
670
|
166
|
|||||||
Increase
in accounts
receivable
|
22,112
|
4,874
|
|||||||
Decrease
in other current
assets
|
1,392
|
1,237
|
|||||||
Decrease
in accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
18,124
|
15,521
|
|||||||
Cash
flow from
operations
|
$
|
170,479
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$
|
100,544
|
|||||
EBITDAX:
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|||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
41,095
|
$
|
12,558
|
|||||
Interest
expense
|
11,314
|
8,449
|
|||||||
Income
tax
expense
|
44,073
|
14,824
|
|||||||
Depreciation,
depletion and amortization
|
70,562
|
56,707
|
|||||||
Loss
on disposal of
assets
|
240
|
—
|
|||||||
Minority
interest in earnings of Bois d'Arc Energy
|
19,470
|
5,999
|
|||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
4,052
|
4,312
|
|||||||
Exploration
expense
|
8,655
|
11,133
|
|||||||
EBITDAX
|
$
|
199,461
|
$
|
113,982
|
|||||
As
of March 31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Balance
Sheet Data:
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash
equivalents
|
$
|
15,520
|
$
|
12,003
|
||||
Other
current
assets
|
125,609
|
90,974
|
||||||
Property
and equipment,
net
|
2,271,982
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1,857,521
|
||||||
Other
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6,505
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5,361
|
||||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
2,419,616
|
$
|
1,965,859
|
||||
Current
liabilities
|
$
|
129,804
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$
|
147,153
|
||||
Long-term
debt
|
736,000
|
511,000
|
||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
400,964
|
323,507
|
||||||
Other
long-term liabilities
|
57,968
|
58,113
|
||||||
Minority
interest in Bois d'Arc Energy
|
287,819
|
228,006
|
||||||
Stockholders'
equity
|
807,061
|
698,080
|
||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
$
|
2,419,616
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$
|
1,965,859
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For
the Three Months ended March 31, 2008
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|||||||||||
Onshore(1)
|
Bois
d'Arc Energy
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Total
|
|||||||||
Oil
production (thousand barrels)
|
243
|
427
|
670
|
||||||||
Gas
production (million cubic feet – Mmcf)
|
13,130
|
7,927
|
21,057
|
||||||||
Total
production (Mmcfe)
|
14,586
|
10,486
|
25,072
|
||||||||
Oil
sales
|
$
|
19,772
|
$
|
43,091
|
$
|
62,863
|
|||||
Gas
sales
|
108,193
|
70,175
|
178,368
|
||||||||
Realized
hedging losses
|
(244
|
)
|
—
|
(244
|
)
|
||||||
Total
gas sales
|
107,949
|
70,175
|
178,124
|
||||||||
Total
oil and gas sales
|
$
|
127,721
|
$
|
113,266
|
$
|
240,987
|
|||||
Average
oil price (per barrel)
|
$
|
81.49
|
$
|
101.01
|
$
|
93.93
|
|||||
Average
gas price excluding realized hedging losses (per
thousand cubic feet – Mcf) |
$
|
8.24
|
$
|
8.85
|
$
|
8.47
|
|||||
Average
gas price including hedging losses (per thousand cubic feet
– Mcf)
|
$
|
8.22
|
$
|
8.85
|
$
|
8.46
|
|||||
Average
price excluding hedging losses (per Mcf equivalent)
|
$
|
8.77
|
$
|
10.80
|
$
|
9.62
|
|||||
Average
price including hedging losses (per Mcf equivalent)
|
$
|
8.76
|
$
|
10.80
|
$
|
9.61
|
|||||
Lifting
cost
|
$
|
21,202
|
$
|
15,438
|
$
|
36,640
|
|||||
Lifting
cost (per Mcf equivalent)
|
$
|
1.45
|
$
|
1.47
|
$
|
1.46
|
|||||
Oil
and gas capital expenditures
|
$
|
62,041
|
$
|
58,315
|
$
|
120,356
|
|||||
(1) Includes
the onshore results of operations of Comstock Resources,
Inc.
|
For
the Three Months ended March 31, 2007
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|||||||||||
Onshore(1)
|
Bois
d'Arc Energy
|
Total
|
|||||||||
Oil
production (thousand barrels)
|
251
|
368
|
619
|
||||||||
Gas
production (million cubic feet – Mmcf)
|
8,635
|
7,701
|
16,336
|
||||||||
Total
production (Mmcfe)
|
10,140
|
9,909
|
20,049
|
||||||||
Oil
sales
|
$
|
12,054
|
$
|
21,468
|
$
|
33,522
|
|||||
Gas
sales
|
57,793
|
54,714
|
112,507
|
||||||||
Total
oil and gas sales
|
$
|
69,847
|
$
|
76,182
|
$
|
146,029
|
|||||
Average
oil price (per barrel)
|
$
|
48.03
|
$
|
58.33
|
$
|
54.15
|
|||||
Average
gas price (per thousand cubic feet – Mcf)
|
$
|
6.69
|
$
|
7.10
|
$
|
6.89
|
|||||
Average
price (per Mcf equivalent)
|
$
|
6.89
|
$
|
7.69
|
$
|
7.28
|
|||||
Lifting
cost
|
$
|
14,055
|
$
|
13,028
|
$
|
27,083
|
|||||
Lifting
cost (per Mcf equivalent)
|
$
|
1.39
|
$
|
1.31
|
$
|
1.35
|
|||||
Oil
and gas capital expenditures
|
$
|
84,251
|
$
|
62,753
|
$
|
147,004
|
|||||
(1) Includes
the onshore results of operations of Comstock Resources,
Inc.
|
East
Texas/
North
Louisiana
|
South
Texas
|
Other
|
Total
Onshore
|
|||||||||||||
Oil
production (thousand barrels)
|
47
|
46
|
150
|
243
|
||||||||||||
Gas
production (million cubic feet – Mmcf)
|
6,727
|
5,630
|
773
|
13,130
|
||||||||||||
Total
production (Mmcfe)
|
7,008
|
5,907
|
1,671
|
14,586
|
||||||||||||
Oil
sales
|
$
|
4,424
|
$
|
4,520
|
$
|
10,828
|
$
|
19,772
|
||||||||
Gas
sales
|
55,731
|
46,135
|
6,327
|
108,193
|
||||||||||||
Realized
hedging losses
|
—
|
(244
|
)
|
—
|
(244
|
)
|
||||||||||
Total
gas sales
|
55,731
|
45,891
|
6,327
|
107,949
|
||||||||||||
Total
oil and gas sales
|
$
|
60,155
|
$
|
50,411
|
$
|
17,155
|
$
|
127,721
|
||||||||
Average
oil price (per barrel)
|
$
|
94.13
|
$
|
98.26
|
$
|
72.19
|
$
|
81.49
|
||||||||
Average
gas price excluding hedging losses (per
thousand cubic feet – Mcf)
|
$
|
8.28
|
$
|
8.19
|
$
|
8.18
|
$
|
8.24
|
||||||||
Average
gas price including hedging losses (per Mcf)
|
$
|
8.28
|
$
|
8.15
|
$
|
8.18
|
$
|
8.22
|
||||||||
Average
price excluding hedging losses (per Mcf equivalent)
|
$
|
8.58
|
$
|
8.58
|
$
|
10.27
|
$
|
8.77
|
||||||||
Average
price including hedging losses (per Mcf equivalent)
|
$
|
8.58
|
$
|
8.53
|
$
|
10.27
|
$
|
8.76
|
||||||||
Lifting
cost
|
$
|
8,769
|
$
|
7,056
|
$
|
5,377
|
$
|
21,202
|
||||||||
Lifting
cost (per Mcf equivalent)
|
$
|
1.25
|
$
|
1.19
|
$
|
3.22
|
$
|
1.45
|
||||||||
Oil
and Gas Capital Expenditures:
|
||||||||||||||||
Leasehold
costs
|
$
|
2,861
|
$
|
1,124
|
$
|
49
|
$
|
4,034
|
||||||||
Exploratory
drilling
|
—
|
2,356
|
123
|
2,479
|
||||||||||||
Development
drilling
|
39,373
|
11,403
|
1,389
|
52,165
|
||||||||||||
Other
development
|
930
|
717
|
1,716
|
3,363
|
||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
43,164
|
$
|
15,600
|
$
|
3,277
|
$
|
62,041
|
||||||||
East
Texas/
North
Louisiana
|
South
Texas
|
Other
|
Total
Onshore
|
|||||||||||||
Oil
production (thousand barrels)
|
46
|
53
|
152
|
251
|
||||||||||||
Gas
production (million cubic feet – Mmcf)
|
5,381
|
2,577
|
677
|
8,635
|
||||||||||||
Total
production (Mmcfe)
|
5,657
|
2,896
|
1,587
|
10,140
|
||||||||||||
Oil
sales
|
$
|
2,492
|
$
|
2,958
|
$
|
6,604
|
$
|
12,054
|
||||||||
Gas
sales
|
35,501
|
18,101
|
4,191
|
57,793
|
||||||||||||
Total
oil and gas sales
|
$
|
37,993
|
$
|
21,059
|
$
|
10,795
|
$
|
69,847
|
||||||||
Average
oil price (per barrel)
|
$
|
54.17
|
$
|
55.81
|
$
|
43.45
|
$
|
48.03
|
||||||||
Average
gas price (per thousand cubic feet – Mcf)
|
$
|
6.60
|
$
|
7.02
|
$
|
6.19
|
$
|
6.69
|
||||||||
Average
gas price (per thousand cubic feet –
Mcf
equivalent)
|
$
|
6.72
|
$
|
7.27
|
$
|
6.80
|
$
|
6.89
|
||||||||
Lifting
cost
|
$
|
6,684
|
$
|
3,322
|
$
|
4,049
|
$
|
14,055
|
||||||||
Lifting
cost (per Mcf equivalent)
|
$
|
1.18
|
$
|
1.15
|
$
|
2.55
|
$
|
1.39
|
||||||||
Oil
and Gas Capital Expenditures:
|
||||||||||||||||
Leasehold
costs
|
$
|
398
|
$
|
816
|
$
|
2,400
|
$
|
3,614
|
||||||||
Exploratory
drilling
|
—
|
2,255
|
442
|
2,697
|
||||||||||||
Development
drilling
|
54,707
|
11,677
|
10,009
|
76,393
|
||||||||||||
Other
development
|
242
|
483
|
822
|
1,547
|
||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
55,347
|
$
|
15,231
|
$
|
13,673
|
$
|
84,251
|