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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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o
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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NEVADA
(State
or other jurisdiction of
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94-1667468
(I.R.S.
Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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Identification
Number)
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Yes þ
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No
o
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Large
accelerated filer
þ
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Accelerated
filer
o
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Non-accelerated
filer
o
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Smaller
reporting company
o
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Yes o
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No
þ
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Page
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PART
I. Financial Information
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Item
1. Financial Statements (Unaudited):
|
|||
Consolidated
Balance Sheets -
March 31, 2008 and December 31,
2007
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4
|
||
Consolidated
Statements of Operations -
Three months ended March 31, 2008
and 2007
|
5
|
||
Consolidated
Statement of Stockholders' Equity and Comprehensive Income -
Three months ended March 31,
2008
|
6
|
||
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows -
Three months ended March 31, 2008
and 2007
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7
|
||
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
|
8
|
||
Independent Accountants' Review
Report
|
20
|
||
Item 2. Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
|
21
|
||
Item 3. Quantitative and
Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk
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26
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||
Item 4. Controls and
Procedures
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26
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PART
II. Other Information
|
|||
Item 6.
Exhibits
|
27
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||
First
Amendment to Second Amendment and Restated Credit
Agreement
|
|||
Awareness
Letter of Ernst & Young LLP
|
|||
Section
302 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer
|
|||
Section
302 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer
|
|||
Certification
for the Chief Executive Officer as required by Section 906
|
|||
Certification
for the Chief Financial Officer as required by Section 906
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March
31,
2008
|
December
31,
2007
|
|||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
|
$
|
15,520
|
$
|
24,406
|
||||
Accounts
Receivable:
|
||||||||
Oil
and gas sales
|
98,234
|
73,873
|
||||||
Joint
interest operations
|
14,539
|
16,788
|
||||||
Other
Current Assets
|
12,836
|
9,438
|
||||||
Total
current assets
|
141,129
|
124,505
|
||||||
Property
and Equipment:
|
||||||||
Unevaluated
oil and gas properties
|
28,483
|
18,880
|
||||||
Oil
and gas properties, successful efforts method
|
3,282,217
|
3,173,646
|
||||||
Other
|
10,217
|
9,777
|
||||||
Accumulated
depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
(1,048,935
|
)
|
(979,428
|
)
|
||||
Net
property and equipment
|
2,271,982
|
2,222,875
|
||||||
Other
Assets
|
6,505
|
7,007
|
||||||
$
|
2,419,616
|
$
|
2,354,387
|
|||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
||||||||
Short-term
Debt
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
2,588
|
||||
Accounts
Payable
|
101,162
|
109,195
|
||||||
Accrued
Expenses
|
15,517
|
19,017
|
||||||
Short-term
Derivative Instruments
|
13,125
|
—
|
||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
129,804
|
130,800
|
||||||
Long-term
Debt
|
736,000
|
760,000
|
||||||
Deferred
Income Taxes Payable
|
400,964
|
371,896
|
||||||
Reserve
for Future Abandonment Costs
|
53,435
|
52,606
|
||||||
Long-term
Derivative Instruments
|
4,533
|
—
|
||||||
Minority
Interest in Bois d'Arc Energy
|
287,819
|
267,441
|
||||||
Total
liabilities
|
1,612,555
|
1,582,743
|
||||||
Commitments
and Contingencies
|
||||||||
Stockholders'
Equity:
|
||||||||
Common
stock – $0.50 par, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 45,550,245 and
45,428,095
shares
outstanding at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007,
respectively
|
22,775
|
22,714
|
||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
392,725
|
386,986
|
||||||
Retained
earnings
|
403,039
|
361,944
|
||||||
Other
comprehensive loss
|
(11,478
|
)
|
—
|
|||||
Total
stockholders' equity
|
807,061
|
771,644
|
||||||
$
|
2,419,616
|
$
|
2,354,387
|
|||||
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||
March
31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
(In
thousands, except per share amounts)
|
||||||||
Oil
and gas sales
|
$
|
240,987
|
$
|
146,029
|
||||
Operating
expenses:
|
||||||||
Oil
and gas operating
|
36,640
|
27,083
|
||||||
Exploration
|
8,655
|
11,133
|
||||||
Depreciation,
depletion and amortization
|
70,562
|
56,707
|
||||||
General
and administrative, net
|
9,339
|
9,702
|
||||||
Loss
on disposal of assets, net
|
240
|
—
|
||||||
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
|
(44,073
|
)
|
(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
|
$
|
0.29
|
||||
Diluted
|
$
|
0.91
|
$
|
0.28
|
||||
Weighted
average common and common stock equivalent shares
outstanding:
|
||||||||
Basic
|
44,179
|
43,364
|
||||||
Diluted
|
44,994
|
44,238
|
Common
Stock (Shares)
|
Common
Stock
Par Value |
Additional
Paid-in Capital
|
Retained
Earnings
|
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive Loss
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at January 1, 2008
|
$
|
45,428
|
$
|
22,714
|
$
|
386,986
|
$
|
361,944
|
—
|
$
|
771,644
|
|||||||||||||
Exercise of stock options
|
125
|
63
|
2,389
|
—
|
—
|
2,452
|
||||||||||||||||||
Tax benefit from stock-based compensation
|
—
|
—
|
670
|
—
|
—
|
670
|
||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
(3
|
)
|
(2
|
)
|
2,680
|
—
|
—
|
2,678
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
41,095
|
—
|
41,095
|
||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized hedging
losses, net of income
taxes
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(11,478
|
)
|
(11,478
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
29,617
|
||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at March 31, 2008
|
$
|
45,550
|
$
|
22,775
|
$
|
392,725
|
$
|
403,039
|
$
|
(11,478
|
)
|
$
|
807,061
|
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||
March
31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
41,095
|
$
|
12,558
|
||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
||||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
31,821
|
12,437
|
||||||
Dry
hole costs and leasehold impairments
|
2,666
|
8,250
|
||||||
Depreciation,
depletion and amortization
|
70,562
|
56,707
|
||||||
Loss
on disposal of assets, net
|
240
|
—
|
||||||
Debt
issuance cost amortization
|
329
|
281
|
||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
4,052
|
4,312
|
||||||
Excess
tax benefit from stock-based compensation
|
(670
|
)
|
(166
|
)
|
||||
Minority
interest in earnings of Bois d'Arc Energy
|
19,470
|
5,999
|
||||||
Increase in
accounts receivable
|
(22,112
|
)
|
(4,874
|
)
|
||||
Increase
in other current assets
|
(1,392
|
)
|
(1,237
|
)
|
||||
Decrease
in accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
(18,124
|
)
|
(15,521
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
127,937
|
78,746
|
||||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(114,220
|
)
|
(133,727
|
)
|
||||
Proceeds
from asset sales
|
11
|
—
|
||||||
Net
cash used for investing activities
|
(114,209
|
)
|
(133,727
|
)
|
||||
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||
Borrowings
|
—
|
58,000
|
||||||
Principal
payments on debt
|
(24,000
|
)
|
(2,000
|
)
|
||||
Proceeds
from issuance of common stock
|
2,452
|
139
|
||||||
Excess
tax benefit from stock-based compensation
|
670
|
166
|
||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of shares by Bois d'Arc Energy
|
1,273
|
—
|
||||||
Repurchase
of common shares by Bois d'Arc Energy
|
(3,009
|
)
|
—
|
|||||
Debt
issuance costs
|
—
|
(36
|
)
|
|||||
Net
cash provided by (used for) financing activities
|
(22,614
|
)
|
56,269
|
|||||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
(8,886
|
)
|
1,288
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
24,406
|
10,715
|
||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, end of period
|
$
|
15,520
|
$
|
12,003
|
||||
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||
March
31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||
Reserve
for future abandonment costs — Beginning of period
|
$
|
52,606
|
$
|
57,116
|
||||
Accretion
expense
|
797
|
881
|
||||||
New
wells placed on production and changes in estimates
|
643
|
213
|
||||||
Liabilities
settled
|
(611
|
)
|
(97
|
)
|
||||
Reserve
for future abandonment costs — end of period
|
$
|
53,435
|
$
|
58,113
|
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||
March
31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
Tax
at statutory rate
|
35.0%
|
35.0%
|
||||||
Tax
effect of:
|
||||||||
Undistributed
earnings of Bois d'Arc Energy, not consolidated for federal income tax
purposes
|
6.3%
|
6.3%
|
||||||
Nondeductible
stock-based compensation
|
0.8%
|
2.9%
|
||||||
State
income taxes, net of federal benefit
|
0.4%
|
0.7%
|
||||||
Other
|
(0.4%
|
)
|
(0.5%
|
)
|
||||
Effective
tax rate
|
42.1%
|
44.4%
|
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||
March
31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||
Current
provision
|
$
|
12,252
|
$
|
2,387
|
||||
Deferred
provision
|
31,821
|
12,437
|
||||||
Provision
for Income Taxes
|
$
|
44,073
|
$
|
14,824
|
Three
Months Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Per
|
Per
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Income
|
Shares
|
Share
|
Income
|
Shares
|
Share
|
|||||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands, except per share amounts)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic Earnings Per
Share:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Income
|
$
|
41,095
|
44,179
|
$
|
0.93
|
$
|
12,558
|
43,364
|
$
|
0.29
|
||||||||||||||
Diluted
Earnings Per Share:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Income
|
$
|
41,095
|
44,179
|
$
|
12,558
|
43,364
|
||||||||||||||||||
Effect of Dilutive
Securities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock Grants and
Options
|
(314
|
)
|
815
|
(95
|
)
|
874
|
||||||||||||||||||
Net Income Available to Common
Stockholders
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
With Assumed
Conversions
|
$
|
40,781
|
44,994
|
$
|
0.91
|
$
|
12,463
|
44,238
|
$
|
0.28
|
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||
March
31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
(In
thousands except per share data)
|
||||||||
Weighted
average anti-dilutive stock options
|
175
|
231
|
||||||
Weighted
average exercise price
|
$
|
32.89
|
$
|
32.81
|
(In
thousands)
|
||||
Balance
at January 1, 2008
|
$
|
—
|
||
Purchases
and settlements (net)
|
244
|
|||
Total
realized or unrealized losses:
|
||||
Included
in earnings
|
(244
|
)
|
||
Included
in other comprehensive income
|
(17,658
|
)
|
||
Balance
at March 31, 2008
|
$
|
(17,658
|
)
|
Three
Months Ended
|
||||||||
March
31,
|
||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||
Cash
Payments -
|
||||||||
Interest
payments
|
$
|
14,159
|
$
|
11,771
|
||||
Income
tax payments
|
$
|
5,707
|
$
|
3,910
|
(In
thousands)
|
||||
Comstock
Revolving Bank Credit Facility
|
$
|
505,000
|
||
Bois
d'Arc Energy Revolving Bank Credit Facility
|
56,000
|
|||
Comstock
6⅞% Senior Notes due 2012
|
175,000
|
|||
$
|
736,000
|
Balance
Sheet:
|
As
of March 31, 2008
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Comstock
Resources
|
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries |
Eliminating
Entries
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
1,555
|
$
|
13,965
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
15,520
|
||||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
—
|
64,307
|
48,466
|
—
|
112,773
|
|||||||||||||||
Other
current assets
|
689
|
8,050
|
4,097
|
—
|
12,836
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
current assets
|
689
|
73,912
|
66,528
|
—
|
141,129
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
property and equipment
|
28,601
|
1,325,869
|
917,512
|
—
|
2,271,982
|
|||||||||||||||
Investment
in subsidiaries
|
839,569
|
—
|
—
|
(839,569
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
Intercompany
receivables
|
665,581
|
—
|
—
|
(665,581
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
Other
assets
|
3,741
|
—
|
2,764
|
—
|
6,505
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
1,538,181
|
$
|
1,399,781
|
$
|
986,804
|
$
|
(1,505,150
|
)
|
$
|
2,419,616
|
|||||||||
Liabilities
and Stockholders' Equity:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
59,041
|
$
|
42,117
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
101,162
|
||||||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
3,951
|
731
|
10,835
|
—
|
15,517
|
|||||||||||||||
Short-term
derivative instruments
|
—
|
13,125
|
—
|
—
|
13,125
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
3,955
|
72,897
|
52,952
|
—
|
129,804
|
|||||||||||||||
Long-term
debt
|
680,000
|
—
|
56,000
|
—
|
736,000
|
|||||||||||||||
Intercompany
payables
|
—
|
665,581
|
—
|
(665,581
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
Deferred
income taxes payable
|
35,687
|
174,086
|
191,191
|
—
|
400,964
|
|||||||||||||||
Reserve
for future abandonment costs
|
—
|
7,827
|
45,608
|
—
|
53,435
|
|||||||||||||||
Long-term
derivative instruments
|
—
|
4,533
|
—
|
—
|
4,533
|
|||||||||||||||
Minority
interest
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
287,819
|
287,819
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities
|
719,642
|
924,924
|
345,751
|
(377,762
|
)
|
1,612,555
|
||||||||||||||
Stockholders'
equity
|
818,539
|
474,857
|
641,053
|
(1,127,388
|
)
|
807,061
|
||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities and
stockholders' equity
|
$
|
1,538,181
|
$
|
1,399,781
|
$
|
986,804
|
$
|
(1,505,150
|
)
|
$
|
2,419,616
|
Balance
Sheet:
|
Year
Ended December 31, 2007
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Comstock
Resources
|
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries |
Eliminating
Entries
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Assets:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
5,565
|
$
|
18,841
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
24,406
|
||||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
—
|
48,651
|
42,010
|
—
|
90,661
|
|||||||||||||||
Other
current assets
|
1,546
|
2,441
|
5,451
|
—
|
9,438
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
current assets
|
1,546
|
56,657
|
66,302
|
—
|
124,505
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
property and equipment
|
28,268
|
1,307,337
|
887,270
|
—
|
2,222,875
|
|||||||||||||||
Investment
in subsidiaries
|
782,530
|
—
|
—
|
(782,530
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
Intercompany
receivables
|
674,732
|
—
|
—
|
(674,732
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
Other
assets
|
3,943
|
—
|
3,064
|
—
|
7,007
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
1,491,019
|
$
|
1,363,994
|
$
|
956,636
|
$
|
(1,457,262
|
)
|
$
|
2,354,387
|
|||||||||
Liabilities
and Stockholders' Equity:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Short-term
debt
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
2,588
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
2,588
|
||||||||||
Accounts
payable
|
17
|
71,518
|
37,660
|
—
|
109,195
|
|||||||||||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
10,698
|
1,190
|
7,129
|
—
|
19,017
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
10,715
|
72,708
|
47,377
|
—
|
130,800
|
|||||||||||||||
Long-term
debt
|
680,000
|
—
|
80,000
|
—
|
760,000
|
|||||||||||||||
Intercompany
payables
|
—
|
674,732
|
—
|
(674,732
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
Deferred
income taxes payable
|
28,660
|
161,569
|
181,667
|
—
|
371,896
|
|||||||||||||||
Reserve
for future abandonment costs
|
—
|
7,512
|
45,094
|
—
|
52,606
|
|||||||||||||||
Minority
interest
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
267,441
|
267,441
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities
|
719,375
|
916,521
|
354,138
|
(407,291
|
)
|
1,582,743
|
||||||||||||||
Stockholders'
equity
|
771,644
|
447,473
|
602,498
|
(1,049,971
|
)
|
771,644
|
||||||||||||||
Total
liabilities and
stockholders' equity
|
$
|
1,491,019
|
$
|
1,363,994
|
$
|
956,636
|
$
|
(1,457,262
|
)
|
$
|
2,354,387
|
Statement
of Operations:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Comstock
Resources
|
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries |
Eliminating
Entries
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Oil
and gas sales
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
127,721
|
$
|
113,266
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
240,987
|
||||||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Oil
and gas operating
|
—
|
21,202
|
15,438
|
—
|
36,640
|
|||||||||||||||
Exploration
|
—
|
2,238
|
6,417
|
—
|
8,655
|
|||||||||||||||
Depreciation,
depletion and amortization
|
823
|
41,371
|
28,368
|
—
|
70,562
|
|||||||||||||||
General
and administrative, net
|
8,981
|
(2,817
|
)
|
3,175
|
—
|
9,339
|
||||||||||||||
Loss
on disposal of assets
|
—
|
240
|
—
|
—
|
240
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
9,804
|
62,234
|
53,398
|
—
|
125,436
|
|||||||||||||||
Income
from operations
|
(9,804
|
)
|
65,487
|
59,868
|
—
|
115,551
|
||||||||||||||
Other
income (expenses):
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
—
|
161
|
83
|
—
|
244
|
|||||||||||||||
Other
income
|
—
|
22
|
135
|
—
|
157
|
|||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(9,950
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
(1,363
|
)
|
—
|
(11,314
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Intercompany
interest income (expense)
|
5,554
|
(5,554
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
Total
other income (expenses)
|
776
|
(4,396
|
)
|
(5,372
|
)
|
(1,145
|
)
|
—
|
(10,913
|
)
|
||||||||||
Income
(loss) before income taxes and minority interest in earnings of
Bois
d'Arc Energy
|
(14,200
|
)
|
60,115
|
58,723
|
—
|
104,638
|
||||||||||||||
(Provision
for) benefit from income taxes
|
(2,246
|
)
|
(21,253
|
)
|
(20,574
|
)
|
—
|
(44,073
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Minority
interest in earnings of Bois
d'Arc Energy
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(19,470
|
)
|
(19,470
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Equity
in earnings of subsidiaries
|
57,541
|
—
|
—
|
(57,541
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
41,095
|
$
|
38,862
|
$
|
38,149
|
$
|
(77,011
|
)
|
$
|
41,095
|
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Comstock
Resources
|
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries |
Eliminating
Entries
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Oil
and gas sales
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
69,847
|
$
|
76,182
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
146,029
|
||||||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Oil
and gas operating
|
—
|
14,055
|
13,028
|
—
|
27,083
|
|||||||||||||||
Exploration
|
—
|
398
|
10,735
|
—
|
11,133
|
|||||||||||||||
Depreciation,
depletion and amortization
|
926
|
27,266
|
28,515
|
—
|
56,707
|
|||||||||||||||
General
and administrative, net
|
8,537
|
(2,287
|
)
|
3,452
|
—
|
9,702
|
||||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
9,463
|
39,432
|
55,730
|
—
|
104,625
|
|||||||||||||||
Income
from operations
|
(9,463
|
)
|
30,415
|
20,452
|
|
41,404
|
||||||||||||||
Other
income (expenses):
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
—
|
191
|
105
|
—
|
296
|
|||||||||||||||
Other
income
|
—
|
38
|
92
|
—
|
130
|
|||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(6,284
|
)
|
(1
|
)
|
(2,164
|
)
|
—
|
(8,449
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Intercompany
interest income (expense)
|
7,060
|
(7,060
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
Total
other income (expenses)
|
776
|
(6,832
|
)
|
(1,967
|
)
|
—
|
(8,023
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Income
(loss) before income taxes and minority interest in earnings of
Bois
d'Arc Energy
|
(8,687
|
)
|
23,583
|
18,485
|
—
|
33,381
|
||||||||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
148
|
(8,360
|
)
|
(6,612
|
)
|
—
|
(14,824
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Minority
interest in earnings of Bois
d'Arc Energy
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(5,999
|
)
|
(5,999
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Equity
in earnings of subsidiaries
|
21,097
|
—
|
—
|
(21,097
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
12,558
|
$
|
15,223
|
$
|
11,873
|
$
|
(27,096
|
)
|
$
|
12,558
|
Statement
of Cash Flows:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Comstock
|
Guarantor
|
Non-Guarantor
|
Eliminating
|
|||||||||||||||||
Resources
|
Subsidiaries
|
Subsidiaries
|
Entries
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net
Cash Provided by (Used for) Operating Activities
|
$
|
(11,890
|
)
|
$
|
66,247
|
$
|
72,812
|
$
|
768
|
$
|
127,937
|
|||||||||
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(383
|
)
|
(61,117
|
)
|
(52,720
|
)
|
—
|
(114,220
|
) | |||||||||||
Proceeds
from sale of assets
|
—
|
11
|
—
|
—
|
11
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
Cash Used for Investing Activities
|
(383
|
)
|
(61,106
|
)
|
(52,720
|
)
|
—
|
(114,209
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Principal
payments on debt
|
—
|
—
|
(24,000
|
)
|
—
|
(24,000
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Advances
to (from) parent
|
9,151
|
(9,151
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of common stock
|
2,452
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2,452
|
|||||||||||||||
Excess
tax benefit from stock-based compensation
|
670
|
—
|
768
|
(768
|
)
|
670
|
||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of stock by Bois d'Arc Energy
|
—
|
—
|
1,273
|
—
|
1,273
|
|||||||||||||||
Repurchase
of shares by Bois d'Arc Energy
|
—
|
—
|
(3,009
|
)
|
—
|
(3,009
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Net
Cash Provided by Financing Activities
|
12,273
|
(9,151
|
)
|
(24,968
|
)
|
(768
|
)
|
(22,614
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
—
|
(4,010
|
)
|
(4,876
|
)
|
—
|
(8,886
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
—
|
5,565
|
18,841
|
—
|
24,406
|
|||||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, end
of period
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
1,555
|
$
|
13,965
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
15,520
|
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Comstock
|
Guarantor
|
Non-Guarantor
|
Eliminating
|
|||||||||||||||||
Resources
|
Subsidiaries
|
Subsidiaries
|
Entries
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net
Cash Provided by (Used for) Operating Activities
|
$
|
(11,119
|
)
|
$
|
58,408
|
$
|
31,457
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
78,746
|
|||||||||
Cash
Flows From Investing Activities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
(645
|
)
|
(83,616
|
)
|
(49,466
|
)
|
—
|
(133,727
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Net
Cash Used for Investing Activities
|
(645
|
)
|
(83,616
|
)
|
(49,466
|
)
|
—
|
(133,727
|
)
|
|||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Cash
Flows From Financing Activities:
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Borrowings
|
36,000
|
—
|
22,000
|
—
|
58,000
|
|||||||||||||||
Principle
payments on debt
|
—
|
—
|
(2,000
|
)
|
—
|
(2,000
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Advances
to (from) parent
|
(24,541
|
)
|
24,541
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of common stock
|
139
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
139
|
|||||||||||||||
Excess
tax benefit from stock-based compensation
|
166
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
166
|
|||||||||||||||
Other
|
—
|
—
|
(36
|
)
|
—
|
(36
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Net
Cash Provided by Financing Activities
|
11,764
|
24,541
|
19,964
|
—
|
56,269
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
—
|
(667
|
)
|
1,955
|
—
|
1,288
|
||||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
—
|
1,228
|
9,487
|
—
|
10,715
|
|||||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, end
of period
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
561
|
$
|
11,442
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
12,003
|
ITEM
2: MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
|
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2008
|
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bois
d'Arc
|
Bois
d'Arc
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Onshore
|
Energy
|
Total
|
Onshore
|
Energy
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands, except per unit amounts)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
Production Data:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil
(Mbbls)
|
243
|
427
|
670
|
251
|
368
|
619
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Natural
Gas (Mmcf)
|
13,130
|
7,927
|
21,057
|
8,635
|
7,701
|
16,336
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Natural
Gas equivalent (Mmcfe)
|
14,586
|
10,486
|
25,072
|
10,140
|
9,909
|
20,049
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil
sales
|
$
|
19,772
|
$
|
43,091
|
$
|
62,863
|
$
|
12,054
|
$
|
21,468
|
$
|
33,522
|
|||||||||||||
Gas sales (1)
|
107,949
|
70,175
|
178,124
|
57,793
|
54,714
|
112,507
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Total
oil and gas sales
|
$
|
127,721
|
$
|
113,266
|
$
|
240,987
|
$
|
69,847
|
$
|
76,182
|
$
|
146,029
|
|||||||||||||
Expenses:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil and gas operating expenses(2)
|
$
|
21,202
|
$
|
15,438
|
$
|
36,640
|
$
|
14,055
|
$
|
13,028
|
$
|
27,083
|
|||||||||||||
Exploration
expense
|
$
|
2,238
|
$
|
6,417
|
$
|
8,655
|
$
|
398
|
$
|
10,735
|
$
|
11,133
|
|||||||||||||
Depreciation,
depletion and amortization
|
$
|
41,505
|
$
|
28,368
|
$
|
70,562
|
$
|
27,360
|
$
|
28,515
|
$
|
56,707
|
|||||||||||||
Average
Sales Price:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil
(per Bbl)
|
$
|
81.49
|
$
|
101.01
|
$
|
93.93
|
$
|
48.03
|
$
|
58.33
|
$
|
54.15
|
|||||||||||||
Natural
gas excluding realized hedging losses (per Mcf)
|
8.24
|
8.85
|
8.47
|
$
|
6.69
|
$
|
7.10
|
$
|
6.89
|
||||||||||||||||
Natural
gas including hedge losses (per
Mcf)
|
$
|
8.22
|
$
|
8.85
|
$
|
8.46
|
$
|
6.69
|
$
|
7.10
|
$
|
6.89
|
|||||||||||||
Average
equivalent including hedge losses (per Mcfe)
|
8.77
|
10.80
|
9.62
|
$
|
6.89
|
$
|
7.69
|
$
|
7.28
|
||||||||||||||||
Average
equivalent excluding hedge losses (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
8.76
|
$
|
10.80
|
$
|
9.61
|
$
|
6.89
|
$
|
7.69
|
$
|
7.28
|
|||||||||||||
Expenses
($ per Mcfe):
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil and gas operating(2)
|
$
|
1.45
|
$
|
1.47
|
$
|
1.46
|
$
|
1.39
|
$
|
1.31
|
$
|
1.35
|
|||||||||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization(3)
|
$
|
2.84
|
$
|
2.69
|
$
|
2.80
|
$
|
2.69
|
$
|
2.86
|
$
|
2.82
|
|||||||||||||
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2008
|
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bois
d'Arc
|
Bois
d'Arc
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Onshore
|
Energy
|
Total
|
Onshore
|
Energy
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leasehold
costs
|
$
|
4,034
|
$
|
8,618
|
$
|
12,652
|
$
|
3,614
|
$
|
763
|
$
|
4,377
|
|||||||||||||
Development
drilling
|
52,165
|
19,076
|
71,241
|
76,393
|
8,291
|
84,684
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Exploratory
drilling
|
2,479
|
17,229
|
19,708
|
2,697
|
30,037
|
32,734
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Other
development
|
3,363
|
13,392
|
16,755
|
1,547
|
23,662
|
25,209
|
|||||||||||||||||||
62,041
|
58,315
|
120,356
|
84,251
|
62,753
|
147,004
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Other
|
419
|
36
|
455
|
643
|
143
|
786
|
|||||||||||||||||||
$
|
62,460
|
$
|
58,351
|
$
|
120,811
|
$
|
84,894
|
$
|
62,896
|
$
|
147,790
|
ITEM
6:
|
EXHIBITS
|
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
|
|
10.1
|
Stockholder
Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2008, by and among Stone Energy
Corporation and Comstock Resources, Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 30,
2008).
|
|
10.2*
|
First
Amendment to Second Amendment and Restated Credit Agreement, dated April
30, 2008, among Comstock, as the borrower, the lenders from time to time
thereto, Bank of Montreal, as administrative agent and issuing bank, Bank
of America, N.A., as syndication agent and Comerica Bank, Fortis Capital
Corp., and Union Bank of California, N.A. as co-documentation
agents.
|
|
15.1*
|
Awareness
Letter of Ernst & Young LLP.
|
|
31.1*
|
Section
302 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer.
|
|
31.2*
|
Section
302 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer.
|
|
32.1†
|
Certification
for the Chief Executive Officer as required by Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
32.2†
|
Certification
for the Chief Financial Officer as required by Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
* Filed
herewith.
† Furnished
herewith.
|
COMSTOCK
RESOURCES, INC.
|
||||
Date: May
9, 2008
|
/s/
M. JAY ALLISON
|
|||
M. Jay Allison, Chairman,
President and Chief
|
||||
Executive
Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
|
||||
Date: May
9, 2008
|
/s/
ROLAND O. BURNS
|
|||
Roland O. Burns, Senior
Vice President,
|
||||
Chief
Financial Officer, Secretary, and Treasurer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
S -
1
|
S -
2
|
S -
3
|
S -
4
|
S -
5
|
S -
6
|
1.
|
I
have reviewed this March 31, 2008 Form 10-Q of Comstock Resources,
Inc.;
|
|||
2.
|
Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
|
|||
3.
|
Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
|
|||
4.
|
The
registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
|
(a)
|
Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
|
|||
(b)
|
Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
|
|||
(c)
|
Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
|
|||
(d)
|
Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
reporting; and
|
5.
|
The
registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
|
(a)
|
All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
|
(b)
|
Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control
over financial reporting.
|
/s/
M. JAY ALLISON
|
||||
President
and Chief Executive Officer
|
1.
|
I
have reviewed this March 31, 2008 Form 10-Q of Comstock Resources,
Inc.;
|
|||
2.
|
Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;
|
|||
3.
|
Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
|
|||
4.
|
The
registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and
have:
|
(a)
|
Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;
|
|||
(b)
|
Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
|
|||
(c)
|
Evaluated
the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures
and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period
covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
|
|||
(d)
|
Disclosed
in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an
annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
reporting; and
|
5.
|
The
registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our
most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's
board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):
|
(a)
|
All
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information;
and
|
(b)
|
Any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control
over financial reporting.
|
/s/
ROLAND O. BURNS
|
||||
Sr.
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
|
||||
(1)
|
The
Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
|
||||
(2)
|
The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the
Company.
|
||||
/s/
M. JAY ALLISON
|
|||||
M.
Jay Allison
|
|||||
Chief
Executive Officer
|
|||||
May
9, 2008
|
(1)
|
The
Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
|
||||
(2)
|
The
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the
Company.
|
||||
/s/
ROLAND O. BURNS
|
|||||
Roland
O. Burns
|
|||||
Chief
Financial Officer
|
|||||
May
9, 2008
|