STATE OF NEVADA
|
001-03262
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94-1667468
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(State or other
jurisdiction incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
|
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
|
¨
|
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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¨
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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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¨
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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 November 1, 2010.
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COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.
|
||
Dated: November 1, 2010
|
By:
|
/s/ M. JAY ALLISON
|
M. Jay Allison
|
||
President and Chief Executive Officer
|
5300 Town and Country Blvd., Suite 500
|
|
Frisco, Texas 75034
|
|
Telephone: (972) 668-8800
|
|
Contact: Roland O. Burns
|
|
Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
|
|
Web Site: www.comstockresources.com
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||
Oil and gas sales
|
$
|
79,720
|
$
|
67,436
|
$
|
276,491
|
$
|
200,662
|
||||||||
Operating expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
Production taxes
|
3,062
|
1,848
|
9,543
|
5,486
|
||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation
|
4,101
|
1,368
|
12,308
|
3,962
|
||||||||||||
Lease operating
|
13,002
|
12,803
|
41,150
|
41,015
|
||||||||||||
Exploration
|
1,238
|
227
|
2,506
|
371
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
46,796
|
53,933
|
163,603
|
152,001
|
||||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties
|
26
|
115
|
213
|
115
|
||||||||||||
General and administrative
|
9,400
|
8,689
|
28,965
|
27,559
|
||||||||||||
Total operating expenses
|
77,625
|
78,983
|
258,288
|
230,509
|
||||||||||||
Operating income (loss)
|
2,095
|
(11,547
|
)
|
18,203
|
(29,847
|
)
|
||||||||||
Other income (expenses):
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest income
|
5
|
3
|
263
|
35
|
||||||||||||
Other income
|
100
|
23
|
145
|
115
|
||||||||||||
Gain on sale of assets
|
—
|
—
|
4,895
|
—
|
||||||||||||
Interest expense
|
(7,108
|
)
|
(3,244
|
)
|
(22,551
|
)
|
(8,307
|
)
|
||||||||
Total other income (expenses)
|
(7,003
|
)
|
(3,218
|
)
|
(17,248
|
)
|
(8,157
|
)
|
||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes
|
(4,908
|
)
|
(14,765
|
)
|
955
|
(38,004
|
)
|
|||||||||
Benefit from income taxes
|
208
|
2,193
|
68
|
8,300
|
||||||||||||
Net income (loss)
|
$
|
(4,700
|
)
|
$
|
(12,572
|
)
|
$
|
1,023
|
$
|
(29,704
|
)
|
|||||
Net income (loss) per share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
(0.10
|
)
|
$
|
(0.28
|
)
|
$
|
0.02
|
$
|
(0.66
|
)
|
|||||
Diluted
|
$
|
(0.10
|
)
|
$
|
(0.28
|
)
|
$
|
0.02
|
$
|
(0.66
|
)
|
|||||
Weighted average shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
45,623
|
45,032
|
45,537
|
44,992
|
||||||||||||
Diluted
|
45,623
|
(1)
|
45,032
|
(1)
|
45,589
|
44,992
|
(1)
|
(1) Basic and diluted shares are the same due to the net loss.
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||||||||
OPERATING CASH FLOW:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss)
|
$
|
(4,700
|
)
|
$
|
(12,572
|
)
|
$
|
1,023
|
$
|
(29,704
|
)
|
|||||
Reconciling items:
|
||||||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes
|
174
|
24,302
|
131
|
22,318
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
46,796
|
53,933
|
163,603
|
152,001
|
||||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties
|
26
|
115
|
213
|
115
|
||||||||||||
Gain on sale of assets
|
—
|
—
|
(4,895
|
)
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Debt issuance costs and discount amortization
|
608
|
203
|
1,834
|
608
|
||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
4,388
|
4,046
|
12,930
|
11,533
|
||||||||||||
Operating cash flow
|
47,292
|
70,027
|
174,839
|
156,871
|
||||||||||||
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation
|
28
|
(50
|
)
|
(1,503
|
)
|
(974
|
)
|
|||||||||
Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable
|
9,550
|
(1,767
|
)
|
8,096
|
12,043
|
|||||||||||
Decrease (increase) in other current assets
|
(8
|
)
|
(22,724
|
)
|
49,428
|
(23,378
|
)
|
|||||||||
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
(6,850
|
)
|
2,919
|
18,376
|
(26,712
|
)
|
||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
$
|
50,012
|
$
|
48,405
|
$
|
249,236
|
$
|
117,850
|
||||||||
EBITDAX:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss)
|
$
|
(4,700
|
)
|
$
|
(12,572
|
)
|
$
|
1,023
|
$
|
(29,704
|
)
|
|||||
Interest expense
|
7,108
|
3,244
|
22,551
|
8,307
|
||||||||||||
Income tax benefit
|
(208
|
)
|
(2,193
|
)
|
(68
|
)
|
(8,300
|
)
|
||||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
46,796
|
53,933
|
163,603
|
152,001
|
||||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties
|
26
|
115
|
213
|
115
|
||||||||||||
Gain on sale of assets
|
—
|
—
|
(4,895
|
)
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
4,388
|
4,046
|
12,930
|
11,533
|
||||||||||||
Exploration
|
1,238
|
227
|
2,506
|
371
|
||||||||||||
EBITDAX
|
$
|
54,648
|
$
|
46,800
|
$
|
197,863
|
$
|
134,323
|
As of September 30,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
|
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
4,350
|
$
|
3,094
|
||||
Derivative financial instruments
|
—
|
5,264
|
||||||
Income taxes receivable
|
—
|
37,796
|
||||||
Marketable securities
|
70,661
|
86,721
|
||||||
Other current assets
|
35,761
|
34,529
|
||||||
Property and equipment, net
|
1,817,962
|
1,546,745
|
||||||
Other
|
7,856
|
2,545
|
||||||
Total assets
|
$
|
1,936,590
|
$
|
1,716,694
|
||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
$
|
104,577
|
$
|
93,036
|
||||
Long-term debt
|
528,238
|
340,000
|
||||||
Deferred income taxes
|
224,686
|
212,327
|
||||||
Other non-current liabilities
|
9,575
|
6,030
|
||||||
Stockholders' equity
|
1,069,514
|
1,065,301
|
||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
$
|
1,936,590
|
$
|
1,716,694
|
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2010
|
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2009
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East
Texas/
|
East
Texas/
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North
|
South
|
North
|
South
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana
|
Texas
|
Other
|
Total
|
Louisiana
|
Texas
|
Other
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil production (thousand barrels)
|
27
|
33
|
111
|
171
|
39
|
33
|
91
|
163
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas production (MMcf)
|
12,134
|
3,404
|
616
|
16,154
|
10,486
|
4,831
|
659
|
15,976
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total production (MMcfe)
|
12,295
|
3,602
|
1,288
|
17,185
|
10,715
|
5,029
|
1,211
|
16,955
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil sales
|
$
|
1,932
|
$
|
2,434
|
$
|
6,797
|
$
|
11,163
|
$
|
2,502
|
$
|
2,117
|
$
|
4,836
|
$
|
9,455
|
||||||||||||||||
Gas sales
|
50,183
|
15,578
|
2,796
|
68,557
|
31,434
|
17,183
|
2,058
|
50,675
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas hedging gains
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
7,306
|
—
|
7,306
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total gas sales
|
50,183
|
15,578
|
2,796
|
68,557
|
31,434
|
24,489
|
2,058
|
57,981
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total oil and gas sales
|
$
|
52,115
|
$
|
18,012
|
$
|
9,593
|
$
|
79,720
|
$
|
33,936
|
$
|
26,606
|
$
|
6,894
|
$
|
67,436
|
||||||||||||||||
Average oil price (per barrel)
|
$
|
71.71
|
$
|
74.05
|
$
|
60.68
|
$
|
64.97
|
$
|
64.15
|
$
|
64.15
|
$
|
53.14
|
$
|
57.96
|
||||||||||||||||
Average gas price (per Mcf)
|
$
|
4.14
|
$
|
4.58
|
$
|
4.54
|
$
|
4.24
|
$
|
3.00
|
$
|
3.56
|
$
|
3.12
|
$
|
3.17
|
||||||||||||||||
Average gas price including hedging (per Mcf)
|
$
|
4.14
|
$
|
4.58
|
$
|
4.54
|
$
|
4.24
|
$
|
3.00
|
$
|
5.07
|
$
|
3.12
|
$
|
3.63
|
||||||||||||||||
Average price (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
4.24
|
$
|
5.00
|
$
|
7.45
|
$
|
4.64
|
$
|
3.17
|
$
|
3.84
|
$
|
5.69
|
$
|
3.55
|
||||||||||||||||
Average price including hedging (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
4.24
|
$
|
5.00
|
$
|
7.45
|
$
|
4.64
|
$
|
3.17
|
$
|
5.29
|
$
|
5.69
|
$
|
3.98
|
||||||||||||||||
Production taxes
|
$
|
1,832
|
$
|
700
|
$
|
530
|
$
|
3,062
|
$
|
602
|
$
|
837
|
$
|
409
|
$
|
1,848
|
||||||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation
|
$
|
3,574
|
$
|
433
|
$
|
94
|
$
|
4,101
|
$
|
635
|
$
|
624
|
$
|
109
|
$
|
1,368
|
||||||||||||||||
Lease operating
|
$
|
7,076
|
$
|
3,031
|
$
|
2,895
|
$
|
13,002
|
$
|
6,400
|
$
|
3,373
|
$
|
3,030
|
$
|
12,803
|
||||||||||||||||
Production taxes (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.15
|
$
|
0.19
|
$
|
0.41
|
$
|
0.18
|
$
|
0.06
|
$
|
0.17
|
$
|
0.34
|
$
|
0.11
|
||||||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.29
|
$
|
0.12
|
$
|
0.07
|
$
|
0.24
|
$
|
0.06
|
$
|
0.12
|
$
|
0.09
|
$
|
0.08
|
||||||||||||||||
Lease operating (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.58
|
$
|
0.85
|
$
|
2.25
|
$
|
0.75
|
$
|
0.59
|
$
|
0.67
|
$
|
2.50
|
$
|
0.75
|
||||||||||||||||
Oil and Gas Capital Expenditures:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leasehold costs
|
$
|
11,023
|
$
|
57,031
|
$
|
30
|
$
|
68,084
|
$
|
2,376
|
$
|
313
|
$
|
52
|
$
|
2,741
|
||||||||||||||||
Exploratory drilling
|
26,423
|
6,376
|
—
|
32,799
|
22,416
|
39
|
—
|
22,455
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Development drilling
|
44,992
|
(105
|
)
|
1,404
|
46,291
|
49,335
|
2,647
|
10
|
51,992
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Other development
|
342
|
1,026
|
259
|
1,627
|
824
|
954
|
30
|
1,808
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
82,780
|
$
|
64,328
|
$
|
1,693
|
$
|
148,801
|
$
|
74,951
|
$
|
3,953
|
$
|
92
|
$
|
78,996
|
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
|
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East
Texas/
|
East
Texas/
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North
|
South
|
North
|
South
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana
|
Texas
|
Other
|
Total
|
Louisiana
|
Texas
|
Other
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil production (thousand barrels)
|
114
|
114
|
329
|
557
|
167
|
122
|
295
|
584
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas production (MMcf)
|
39,401
|
11,307
|
1,949
|
52,657
|
26,278
|
14,565
|
2,034
|
42,877
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total production (MMcfe)
|
40,085
|
11,993
|
3,924
|
56,002
|
27,278
|
15,299
|
3,803
|
46,380
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil sales
|
$
|
8,570
|
$
|
8,571
|
$
|
19,951
|
$
|
37,092
|
$
|
8,185
|
$
|
6,310
|
$
|
12,603
|
$
|
27,098
|
||||||||||||||||
Gas sales
|
174,031
|
55,637
|
9,731
|
239,399
|
91,009
|
55,293
|
6,930
|
153,232
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas hedging gains
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
20,332
|
—
|
20,332
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total gas sales
|
174,031
|
55,637
|
9,731
|
239,399
|
91,009
|
75,625
|
6,930
|
173,564
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total oil and gas sales
|
$
|
182,601
|
$
|
64,208
|
$
|
29,682
|
$
|
276,491
|
$
|
99,194
|
$
|
81,935
|
$
|
19,533
|
$
|
200,662
|
||||||||||||||||
Average oil price (per barrel)
|
$
|
75.14
|
$
|
75.01
|
$
|
60.62
|
$
|
66.54
|
$
|
49.01
|
$
|
51.72
|
$
|
42.72
|
$
|
46.42
|
||||||||||||||||
Average gas price (per Mcf)
|
$
|
4.42
|
$
|
4.92
|
$
|
4.99
|
$
|
4.55
|
$
|
3.46
|
$
|
3.80
|
$
|
3.41
|
$
|
3.57
|
||||||||||||||||
Average gas price including hedging (per Mcf)
|
$
|
4.42
|
$
|
4.92
|
$
|
4.99
|
$
|
4.55
|
$
|
3.46
|
$
|
5.19
|
$
|
3.41
|
$
|
4.05
|
||||||||||||||||
Average price (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
4.56
|
$
|
5.35
|
$
|
7.56
|
$
|
4.94
|
$
|
3.64
|
$
|
4.03
|
$
|
5.14
|
$
|
3.89
|
||||||||||||||||
Average price including hedging (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
4.56
|
$
|
5.35
|
$
|
7.56
|
$
|
4.94
|
$
|
3.64
|
$
|
5.36
|
$
|
5.14
|
$
|
4.33
|
||||||||||||||||
Production taxes
|
$
|
6,618
|
$
|
1,308
|
$
|
1,617
|
$
|
9,543
|
$
|
1,956
|
$
|
2,370
|
$
|
1,160
|
$
|
5,486
|
||||||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation
|
$
|
10,573
|
$
|
1,443
|
$
|
292
|
$
|
12,308
|
$
|
1,444
|
$
|
2,186
|
$
|
332
|
$
|
3,962
|
||||||||||||||||
Lease operating
|
$
|
21,838
|
$
|
10,360
|
$
|
8,952
|
$
|
41,150
|
$
|
20,489
|
$
|
11,058
|
$
|
9,468
|
$
|
41,015
|
||||||||||||||||
Production taxes (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.17
|
$
|
0.11
|
$
|
0.41
|
$
|
0.17
|
$
|
0.07
|
$
|
0.15
|
$
|
0.31
|
$
|
0.12
|
||||||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.26
|
$
|
0.12
|
$
|
0.07
|
$
|
0.22
|
$
|
0.05
|
$
|
0.14
|
$
|
0.09
|
$
|
0.09
|
||||||||||||||||
Lease operating (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.54
|
$
|
0.86
|
$
|
2.29
|
$
|
0.73
|
$
|
0.76
|
$
|
0.73
|
$
|
2.48
|
$
|
0.88
|
||||||||||||||||
Oil and Gas Capital Expenditures:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leasehold costs
|
$
|
50,401
|
$
|
79,875
|
$
|
158
|
$
|
130,434
|
$
|
9,544
|
$
|
644
|
$
|
155
|
$
|
10,343
|
||||||||||||||||
Exploratory drilling
|
49,861
|
6,376
|
—
|
56,237
|
88,917
|
1,932
|
—
|
90,849
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Development drilling
|
197,486
|
2,065
|
1,404
|
200,955
|
117,187
|
26,433
|
121
|
143,741
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other development
|
2,217
|
2,349
|
760
|
5,326
|
4,036
|
4,232
|
326
|
8,594
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
299,965
|
$
|
90,665
|
$
|
2,322
|
$
|
392,952
|
$
|
219,684
|
$
|
33,241
|
$
|
602
|
$
|
253,527
|