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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¨
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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 February 7, 2011.
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COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.
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||
Dated: February 7, 2011
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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 December 31,
|
Year Ended December 31,
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|||||||||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||
Oil and gas sales
|
$
|
72,650
|
$
|
91,921
|
$
|
349,141
|
$
|
292,583
|
||||||||
Gain on sale of properties
|
—
|
213
|
—
|
213
|
||||||||||||
Operating expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
Production taxes
|
351
|
3,157
|
9,894
|
8,643
|
||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation
|
4,948
|
4,734
|
17,256
|
8,696
|
||||||||||||
Lease operating
|
12,375
|
12,545
|
53,525
|
53,560
|
||||||||||||
Exploration
|
99
|
536
|
2,605
|
907
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
50,206
|
61,237
|
213,809
|
213,238
|
||||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties
|
11
|
—
|
224
|
115
|
||||||||||||
Loss on sale of properties
|
25,835
|
—
|
26,632
|
—
|
||||||||||||
General and administrative
|
8,235
|
11,613
|
37,200
|
39,172
|
||||||||||||
Total operating expenses
|
102,060
|
93,822
|
361,145
|
324,331
|
||||||||||||
Operating loss
|
(29,410
|
)
|
(1,688
|
)
|
(12,004
|
)
|
(31,535
|
)
|
||||||||
Other income (expenses):
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest income
|
—
|
210
|
263
|
245
|
||||||||||||
Other income
|
91
|
18
|
236
|
133
|
||||||||||||
Gain on sale of marketable securities
|
10,837
|
—
|
16,529
|
—
|
||||||||||||
Interest expense
|
(6,905
|
)
|
(7,779
|
)
|
(29,456
|
)
|
(16,086
|
)
|
||||||||
Total other income (expenses)
|
4,023
|
(7,551
|
)
|
(12,428
|
)
|
(15,708
|
)
|
|||||||||
Loss before income taxes
|
(25,387
|
)
|
(9,239
|
)
|
(24,432
|
)
|
(47,243
|
)
|
||||||||
Benefit from income taxes
|
4,778
|
2,472
|
4,846
|
10,772
|
||||||||||||
Net loss
|
$
|
(20,609
|
)
|
$
|
(6,767
|
)
|
$
|
(19,586
|
)
|
$
|
(36,471
|
)
|
||||
Net loss per share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
(0.45
|
)
|
$
|
(0.15
|
)
|
$
|
(0.43
|
)
|
$
|
(0.81
|
)
|
||||
Diluted
|
$
|
(0.45
|
)
|
$
|
(0.15
|
)
|
$
|
(0.43
|
)
|
$
|
(0.81
|
)
|
||||
Weighted average shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
45,631
|
45,042
|
45,561
|
45,004
|
||||||||||||
Diluted(1)
|
45,631
|
45,042
|
45,561
|
45,004
|
(1) Basic and diluted shares are the same due to the net loss.
|
Three Months Ended
December 31,
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||||||||
OPERATING CASH FLOW:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net loss
|
$
|
(20,609
|
)
|
$
|
(6,767
|
)
|
$
|
(19,586
|
)
|
$
|
(36,471
|
)
|
||||
Reconciling items:
|
||||||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes
|
(4,748
|
)
|
8,478
|
(4,617
|
)
|
30,796
|
||||||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
50,206
|
61,237
|
213,809
|
213,238
|
||||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties
|
11
|
—
|
224
|
115
|
||||||||||||
(Gain) loss on sale of assets
|
14,998
|
(213
|
)
|
10,103
|
(213
|
)
|
||||||||||
Debt issuance costs and discount amortization
|
602
|
554
|
2,436
|
1,162
|
||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
4,447
|
4,250
|
17,377
|
15,783
|
||||||||||||
Operating cash flow
|
44,907
|
67,539
|
219,746
|
224,410
|
||||||||||||
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation
|
12
|
(123
|
)
|
(1,491
|
)
|
(1,097
|
)
|
|||||||||
Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable
|
(12,528
|
)
|
(10,046
|
)
|
(4,432
|
)
|
1,997
|
|||||||||
Decrease (increase) in other current assets
|
(1,358
|
)
|
(4,549
|
)
|
48,070
|
(27,927
|
)
|
|||||||||
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
31,393
|
5,586
|
49,769
|
(21,126
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
$
|
62,426
|
$
|
58,407
|
$
|
311,662
|
$
|
176,257
|
||||||||
EBITDAX:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net loss
|
$
|
(20,609
|
)
|
$
|
(6,767
|
)
|
$
|
(19,586
|
)
|
$
|
(36,471
|
)
|
||||
Interest expense
|
6,905
|
7,779
|
29,456
|
16,086
|
||||||||||||
Income tax benefit
|
(4,778
|
)
|
(2,472
|
)
|
(4,846
|
)
|
(10,772
|
)
|
||||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
50,206
|
61,237
|
213,809
|
213,238
|
||||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties
|
11
|
—
|
224
|
115
|
||||||||||||
(Gain) loss on sale of assets
|
14,998
|
(213
|
)
|
10,103
|
(213
|
)
|
||||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
4,447
|
4,250
|
17,377
|
15,783
|
||||||||||||
Exploration
|
99
|
536
|
2,605
|
907
|
||||||||||||
EBITDAX
|
$
|
51,279
|
$
|
64,350
|
$
|
249,142
|
$
|
198,673
|
As of December 31,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
|
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
1,732
|
$
|
90,472
|
||||
Income taxes receivable
|
—
|
42,402
|
||||||
Marketable securities
|
84,637
|
95,973
|
||||||
Other current assets
|
49,362
|
44,539
|
||||||
Property and equipment, net
|
1,816,248
|
1,576,287
|
||||||
Other
|
12,235
|
9,288
|
||||||
Total assets
|
$
|
1,964,214
|
$
|
1,858,961
|
||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
$
|
155,064
|
$
|
94,771
|
||||
Long-term debt
|
513,372
|
470,836
|
||||||
Deferred income taxes
|
217,993
|
220,682
|
||||||
Other non-current liabilities
|
9,254
|
6,561
|
||||||
Stockholders' equity
|
1,068,531
|
1,066,111
|
||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
$
|
1,964,214
|
$
|
1,858,961
|
For the Three Months Ended
December 31, 2010
|
For the Three Months Ended
December 31, 2009
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Texas/
|
East Texas/
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North
|
South
|
North
|
South
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana
|
Texas
|
Other
|
Total
|
Louisiana
|
Texas
|
Other
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil production (thousand barrels)
|
33
|
43
|
82
|
158
|
43
|
42
|
106
|
191
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas production (MMcf)
|
12,637
|
3,130
|
549
|
16,316
|
12,770
|
4,356
|
817
|
17,943
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total production (MMcfe)
|
12,835
|
3,383
|
1,042
|
17,260
|
13,031
|
4,603
|
1,454
|
19,088
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil sales
|
$
|
2,667
|
$
|
3,517
|
$
|
5,573
|
$
|
11,757
|
$
|
3,125
|
$
|
3,034
|
$
|
6,199
|
$
|
12,358
|
||||||||||||||||
Gas sales
|
45,356
|
13,278
|
2,259
|
60,893
|
50,623
|
19,279
|
3,671
|
73,573
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas hedging gains
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
5,990
|
—
|
5,990
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total gas sales
|
45,356
|
13,278
|
2,259
|
60,893
|
50,623
|
25,269
|
3,671
|
79,563
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total oil and gas sales
|
$
|
48,023
|
$
|
16,795
|
$
|
7,832
|
$
|
72,650
|
$
|
53,748
|
$
|
28,303
|
$
|
9,870
|
$
|
91,921
|
||||||||||||||||
Average oil price (per barrel)
|
$
|
80.63
|
$
|
83.16
|
$
|
68.03
|
$
|
74.75
|
$
|
72.04
|
$
|
73.78
|
$
|
58.31
|
$
|
64.76
|
||||||||||||||||
Average gas price (per Mcf)
|
$
|
3.59
|
$
|
4.24
|
$
|
4.11
|
$
|
3.73
|
$
|
3.96
|
$
|
4.43
|
$
|
4.49
|
$
|
4.10
|
||||||||||||||||
Average gas price including hedging (per Mcf)
|
$
|
3.59
|
$
|
4.24
|
$
|
4.11
|
$
|
3.73
|
$
|
3.96
|
$
|
5.80
|
$
|
4.49
|
$
|
4.43
|
||||||||||||||||
Average price (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
3.74
|
$
|
4.96
|
$
|
7.52
|
$
|
4.21
|
$
|
4.12
|
$
|
4.85
|
$
|
6.79
|
$
|
4.50
|
||||||||||||||||
Average price including hedging (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
3.74
|
$
|
4.96
|
$
|
7.52
|
$
|
4.21
|
$
|
4.12
|
$
|
6.15
|
$
|
6.79
|
$
|
4.82
|
||||||||||||||||
Production taxes
|
$
|
(781
|
)
|
$
|
682
|
$
|
450
|
$
|
351
|
$
|
2,906
|
$
|
(329
|
)
|
$
|
580
|
$
|
3,157
|
||||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation
|
$
|
4,189
|
$
|
643
|
$
|
116
|
$
|
4,948
|
$
|
4,031
|
$
|
587
|
$
|
116
|
$
|
4,734
|
||||||||||||||||
Lease operating
|
$
|
6,162
|
$
|
3,667
|
$
|
2,546
|
$
|
12,375
|
$
|
6,207
|
$
|
3,478
|
$
|
2,860
|
$
|
12,545
|
||||||||||||||||
Production taxes (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
(0.06
|
)
|
$
|
0.20
|
$
|
0.43
|
$
|
0.02
|
$
|
0.22
|
$
|
(0.07
|
)
|
$
|
0.40
|
$
|
0.17
|
||||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.33
|
$
|
0.19
|
$
|
0.11
|
$
|
0.29
|
$
|
0.31
|
$
|
0.13
|
$
|
0.08
|
$
|
0.25
|
||||||||||||||||
Lease operating (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.48
|
$
|
1.09
|
$
|
2.45
|
$
|
0.71
|
$
|
0.48
|
$
|
0.75
|
$
|
1.97
|
$
|
0.65
|
||||||||||||||||
Oil and Gas Capital Expenditures:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leasehold costs
|
$
|
5,387
|
$
|
2,100
|
$
|
15
|
$
|
7,502
|
$
|
17,343
|
$
|
173
|
$
|
79
|
$
|
17,595
|
||||||||||||||||
Exploratory drilling
|
9,718
|
19,185
|
—
|
28,903
|
10,196
|
4
|
—
|
10,200
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Development drilling
|
96,913
|
7,441
|
101
|
104,455
|
61,162
|
846
|
152
|
62,160
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other development
|
34
|
210
|
78
|
322
|
538
|
430
|
17
|
985
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
112,052
|
$
|
28,936
|
$
|
194
|
$
|
141,182
|
$
|
89,239
|
$
|
1,453
|
$
|
248
|
$
|
90,940
|
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2010
|
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2009
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Texas/
|
East Texas/
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North
|
South
|
North
|
South
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana
|
Texas
|
Other
|
Total
|
Louisiana
|
Texas
|
Other
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil production (thousand barrels)
|
147
|
157
|
411
|
715
|
210
|
164
|
401
|
775
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas production (MMcf)
|
52,038
|
14,437
|
2,498
|
68,973
|
39,048
|
18,921
|
2,851
|
60,820
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total production (MMcfe)
|
52,920
|
15,376
|
4,966
|
73,262
|
40,309
|
19,902
|
5,257
|
65,468
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil sales
|
$
|
11,237
|
$
|
12,088
|
$
|
25,524
|
$
|
48,849
|
$
|
11,310
|
$
|
9,344
|
$
|
18,802
|
$
|
39,456
|
||||||||||||||||
Gas sales
|
219,387
|
68,915
|
11,990
|
300,292
|
141,632
|
74,572
|
10,601
|
226,805
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas hedging gains
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
26,322
|
—
|
26,322
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total gas sales
|
219,387
|
68,915
|
11,990
|
300,292
|
141,632
|
100,894
|
10,601
|
253,127
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total oil and gas sales
|
$
|
230,624
|
$
|
81,003
|
$
|
37,514
|
$
|
349,141
|
$
|
152,942
|
$
|
110,238
|
$
|
29,403
|
$
|
292,583
|
||||||||||||||||
Average oil price (per barrel)
|
$
|
76.37
|
$
|
77.21
|
$
|
62.10
|
$
|
68.35
|
$
|
53.83
|
$
|
57.19
|
$
|
46.88
|
$
|
50.94
|
||||||||||||||||
Average gas price (per Mcf)
|
$
|
4.22
|
$
|
4.77
|
$
|
4.80
|
$
|
4.35
|
$
|
3.63
|
$
|
3.94
|
$
|
3.72
|
$
|
3.73
|
||||||||||||||||
Average gas price including hedging (per Mcf)
|
$
|
4.22
|
$
|
4.77
|
$
|
4.80
|
$
|
4.35
|
$
|
3.63
|
$
|
5.33
|
$
|
3.72
|
$
|
4.16
|
||||||||||||||||
Average price (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
4.36
|
$
|
5.27
|
$
|
7.55
|
$
|
4.77
|
$
|
3.79
|
$
|
4.22
|
$
|
5.59
|
$
|
4.07
|
||||||||||||||||
Average price including hedging (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
4.36
|
$
|
5.27
|
$
|
7.55
|
$
|
4.77
|
$
|
3.79
|
$
|
5.54
|
$
|
5.59
|
$
|
4.47
|
||||||||||||||||
Production taxes
|
$
|
5,837
|
$
|
1,990
|
$
|
2,067
|
$
|
9,894
|
$
|
4,862
|
$
|
2,041
|
$
|
1,740
|
$
|
8,643
|
||||||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation
|
$
|
14,762
|
$
|
2,086
|
$
|
408
|
$
|
17,256
|
$
|
5,475
|
$
|
2,773
|
$
|
448
|
$
|
8,696
|
||||||||||||||||
Lease operating
|
$
|
28,000
|
$
|
14,027
|
$
|
11,498
|
$
|
53,525
|
$
|
26,696
|
$
|
14,536
|
$
|
12,328
|
$
|
53,560
|
||||||||||||||||
Production taxes (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.11
|
$
|
0.13
|
$
|
0.42
|
$
|
0.14
|
$
|
0.12
|
$
|
0.10
|
$
|
0.33
|
$
|
0.13
|
||||||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.28
|
$
|
0.14
|
$
|
0.08
|
$
|
0.24
|
$
|
0.14
|
$
|
0.14
|
$
|
0.09
|
$
|
0.13
|
||||||||||||||||
Lease operating (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.53
|
$
|
0.91
|
$
|
2.31
|
$
|
0.72
|
$
|
0.66
|
$
|
0.73
|
$
|
2.34
|
$
|
0.82
|
||||||||||||||||
Oil and Gas Capital Expenditures:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leasehold costs
|
$
|
55,788
|
$
|
81,975
|
$
|
173
|
$
|
137,936
|
$
|
26,887
|
$
|
817
|
$
|
234
|
$
|
27,938
|
||||||||||||||||
Exploratory drilling
|
59,579
|
25,561
|
—
|
85,140
|
99,113
|
1,936
|
—
|
101,049
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Development drilling
|
294,399
|
9,506
|
1,505
|
305,410
|
178,349
|
27,279
|
273
|
205,901
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other development
|
2,251
|
2,559
|
838
|
5,648
|
4,574
|
4,662
|
343
|
9,579
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
412,017
|
$
|
119,601
|
$
|
2,516
|
$
|
534,134
|
$
|
308,923
|
$
|
34,694
|
$
|
850
|
$
|
344,467
|