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 6, 2012.
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COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.
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||
Dated: February 6, 2012
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By:
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/s/ ROLAND O. BURNS
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Roland O. Burns
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial 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,
|
|||||||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
2011
|
2010
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||
Oil and gas sales
|
$
|
114,456
|
$
|
72,650
|
$
|
434,367
|
$
|
349,141
|
||||||||
Operating expenses:
|
||||||||||||||||
Production taxes
|
1,440
|
351
|
3,670
|
9,894
|
||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation
|
8,151
|
4,948
|
28,491
|
17,256
|
||||||||||||
Lease operating
|
10,040
|
12,375
|
46,552
|
53,525
|
||||||||||||
Exploration
|
82
|
99
|
10,148
|
2,605
|
||||||||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
78,244
|
50,206
|
290,776
|
213,809
|
||||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties
|
60,817
|
11
|
60,817
|
224
|
||||||||||||
Loss on sale of properties
|
—
|
25,835
|
57
|
26,632
|
||||||||||||
General and administrative
|
9,199
|
8,235
|
35,172
|
37,200
|
||||||||||||
Total operating expenses
|
167,973
|
102,060
|
475,683
|
361,145
|
||||||||||||
Operating loss
|
(53,517
|
)
|
(29,410
|
)
|
(41,316
|
)
|
(12,004
|
)
|
||||||||
Other income (expenses):
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest and other income
|
210
|
91
|
790
|
499
|
||||||||||||
Interest expense
|
(12,006
|
)
|
(6,905
|
)
|
(42,688
|
)
|
(29,456
|
)
|
||||||||
Gain on sale of marketable securities
|
2,905
|
10,837
|
35,118
|
16,529
|
||||||||||||
Total other income (expenses)
|
(8,891
|
)
|
4,023
|
(6,780
|
)
|
(12,428
|
)
|
|||||||||
Loss before income taxes
|
(62,408
|
)
|
(25,387
|
)
|
(48,096
|
)
|
(24,432
|
)
|
||||||||
Benefit from income taxes
|
21,274
|
4,778
|
14,624
|
4,846
|
||||||||||||
Net loss
|
$
|
(41,134
|
)
|
$
|
(20,609
|
)
|
$
|
(33,472
|
)
|
$
|
(19,586
|
)
|
||||
Net loss per share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
(0.89
|
) |
$
|
(0.45
|
)
|
$
|
(0.73
|
)
|
$
|
(0.43
|
)
|
||||
Diluted
|
$
|
(0.89
|
) |
$
|
(0.45
|
)
|
$
|
(0.73
|
)
|
$
|
(0.43
|
)
|
||||
Weighted average shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
46,011
|
45,631
|
45,997
|
45,561
|
||||||||||||
Diluted
|
46,011
|
45,631
|
45,997
|
45,561
|
Three Months Ended December 31,
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
2011
|
2010
|
|||||||||||||
OPERATING CASH FLOW:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net loss
|
$
|
(41,134
|
)
|
$
|
(20,609
|
)
|
$
|
(33,472
|
)
|
$
|
(19,586
|
)
|
||||
Reconciling items:
|
||||||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes
|
(21,245
|
)
|
(4,748
|
)
|
(14,652
|
)
|
(4,617
|
)
|
||||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
78,244
|
50,206
|
290,776
|
213,809
|
||||||||||||
Dry hole costs and lease impairments
|
—
|
—
|
9,819
|
—
|
||||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties
|
60,817
|
11
|
60,817
|
224
|
||||||||||||
(Gain) loss on sale of assets
|
(2,905
|
)
|
14,998
|
(35,061
|
)
|
10,103
|
||||||||||
Debt issuance costs and discount amortization
|
949
|
602
|
4,300
|
2,436
|
||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
4,074
|
4,447
|
15,032
|
17,377
|
||||||||||||
Operating cash flow
|
78,800
|
44,907
|
297,559
|
219,746
|
||||||||||||
Excess income taxes from stock-based compensation
|
—
|
12
|
612
|
(1,491
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Increase in accounts receivable
|
(4,088
|
)
|
(12,528
|
)
|
(9,046
|
)
|
(4,432
|
)
|
||||||||
Decrease (increase) in other current assets
|
1,036
|
(1,358
|
)
|
3,311
|
48,070
|
|||||||||||
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
(8,393
|
)
|
31,393
|
(7,532
|
)
|
49,769
|
||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
$
|
67,355
|
$
|
62,426
|
$
|
284,904
|
$
|
311,662
|
||||||||
EBITDAX:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net loss
|
$
|
(41,134
|
)
|
$
|
(20,609
|
)
|
$
|
(33,472
|
)
|
$
|
(19,586
|
)
|
||||
Interest expense
|
12,006
|
6,905
|
42,688
|
29,456
|
||||||||||||
Income tax benefit
|
(21,274
|
)
|
(4,778
|
)
|
(14,624
|
)
|
(4,846
|
)
|
||||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
78,244
|
50,206
|
290,776
|
213,809
|
||||||||||||
Exploration
|
82
|
99
|
10,148
|
2,605
|
||||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties
|
60,817
|
11
|
60,817
|
224
|
||||||||||||
(Gain) loss on sale of assets
|
(2,905
|
)
|
14,998
|
(35,061
|
)
|
10,103
|
||||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
4,074
|
4,447
|
15,032
|
17,377
|
||||||||||||
EBITDAX
|
$
|
89,910
|
$
|
51,279
|
$
|
336,304
|
$
|
249,142
|
||||||||
As of December 31,
|
||||||||
2011
|
2010
|
|||||||
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
|
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
8,460
|
$
|
1,732
|
||||
Marketable securities
|
47,642
|
84,637
|
||||||
Other current assets
|
56, 988
|
49,362
|
||||||
Property and equipment, net
|
2,509,845
|
1,816,248
|
||||||
Other
|
16,949
|
12,235
|
||||||
Total assets
|
$
|
2,639,884
|
$
|
1,964,214
|
||||
Current liabilities
|
$
|
187,207
|
$
|
155,064
|
||||
Long-term debt
|
1,196,908
|
513,372
|
||||||
Deferred income taxes
|
201,705
|
217,993
|
||||||
Other non-current liabilities
|
16,439
|
9,254
|
||||||
Stockholders' equity
|
1,037,625
|
1,068,531
|
||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
$
|
2,639,884
|
$
|
1,964,214
|
For the Three Months Ended December 31, 2011
|
For the Three Months Ended December 31, 2010
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Texas/
North
Louisiana
|
South
Texas
|
West
Texas
|
Other
|
Total
|
East Texas/
North
Louisiana
|
South
Texas
|
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil production (thousand barrels)
|
28
|
312
|
6
|
346
|
33
|
43
|
82
|
158
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas production (MMcf)
|
20,177
|
2,659
|
595
|
23,431
|
12,637
|
3,130
|
549
|
16,316
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total production (MMcfe)
|
20,348
|
4,537
|
624
|
25,509
|
12,835
|
3,383
|
1,042
|
17,260
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil sales
|
$
|
2,614
|
$
|
31,638
|
$
|
453
|
$
|
34,705
|
$
|
2,667
|
$
|
3,517
|
$
|
5,573
|
$
|
11,757
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Gas sales
|
65,959
|
11,331
|
2,461
|
79,751
|
45,356
|
13,278
|
2,259
|
60,893
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total oil and gas sales
|
$
|
68,573
|
$
|
42,969
|
$
|
2,914
|
$
|
114,456
|
$
|
48,023
|
$
|
16,795
|
$
|
7,832
|
$
|
72,650
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Average oil price (per barrel)
|
$
|
92.25
|
$
|
101.10
|
$
|
88.26
|
$
|
100.18
|
$
|
80.63
|
$
|
83.16
|
$
|
68.03
|
$
|
74.75
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Average gas price (per Mcf)
|
$
|
3.27
|
$
|
4.26
|
$
|
4.14
|
$
|
3.40
|
$
|
3.59
|
$
|
4.24
|
$
|
4.11
|
$
|
3.73
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Average price (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
3.37
|
$
|
9.47
|
$
|
4.67
|
$
|
4.49
|
$
|
3.74
|
$
|
4.96
|
$
|
7.52
|
$
|
4.21
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Production taxes
|
$
|
(949
|
)
|
$
|
2,228
|
$
|
161
|
$
|
1,440
|
$
|
(781
|
)
|
$
|
682
|
$
|
450
|
$
|
351
|
||||||||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation
|
$
|
7,741
|
$
|
294
|
$
|
116
|
$
|
8,151
|
$
|
4,189
|
$
|
643
|
$
|
116
|
$
|
4,948
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Lease operating
|
$
|
7,236
|
$
|
1,992
|
$
|
812
|
$
|
10,040
|
$
|
6,162
|
$
|
3,667
|
$
|
2,546
|
$
|
12,375
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Production taxes (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
(0.05
|
)
|
$
|
0.49
|
$
|
0.26
|
$
|
0.06
|
$
|
(0.06
|
)
|
$
|
0.20
|
$
|
0.43
|
$
|
0.02
|
||||||||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.38
|
$
|
0.06
|
$
|
0.19
|
$
|
0.32
|
$
|
0.33
|
$
|
0.19
|
$
|
0.11
|
$
|
0.29
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Lease operating (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.36
|
$
|
0.44
|
$
|
1.30
|
$
|
0.39
|
$
|
0.48
|
$
|
1.09
|
$
|
2.45
|
$
|
0.71
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Oil and Gas Capital Expenditures:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisitions
|
$
|
16,879
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
201,782
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
218,661
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
Exploratory leasehold
|
12,064
|
43,860
|
147,532
|
—
|
203,456
|
4,310
|
2,073
|
—
|
6,383
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Development leasehold
|
420
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
420
|
1,077
|
27
|
15
|
1,119
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exploratory drilling
|
2,290
|
2,131
|
—
|
—
|
4,421
|
9,718
|
19,185
|
—
|
28,903
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Development drilling
|
46,713
|
76,726
|
—
|
160
|
123,599
|
96,913
|
7,441
|
101
|
104,455
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other development
|
532
|
345
|
—
|
92
|
969
|
34
|
210
|
78
|
322
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
78,898
|
$
|
123,062
|
$
|
349,314
|
$
|
252
|
$
|
551,526
|
$
|
112,052
|
$
|
28,936
|
$
|
194
|
$
|
141,182
|
For the Year Ended December 31, 2011
|
For the Year Ended December 31, 2010
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Texas/
North
Louisiana
|
South
Texas
|
West
Texas
|
Other
|
Total
|
East Texas/
North
Louisiana
|
South
Texas
|
Other
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil production (thousand barrels)
|
117
|
697
|
24
|
838
|
147
|
157
|
411
|
715
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas production (MMcf)
|
76,883
|
11,153
|
2,557
|
90,593
|
52,038
|
14,437
|
2,498
|
68,973
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total production (MMcfe)
|
77,585
|
15,338
|
2,699
|
95,622
|
52,920
|
15,376
|
4,966
|
73,262
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil sales
|
$
|
10,614
|
$
|
67,523
|
$
|
2,107
|
$
|
80,244
|
$
|
11,237
|
$
|
12,088
|
$
|
25,524
|
$
|
48,849
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Gas sales
|
290,028
|
51,789
|
12,306
|
354,123
|
219,387
|
68,915
|
11,990
|
300,292
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total oil and gas sales
|
$
|
300,642
|
$
|
119,312
|
$
|
14,413
|
$
|
434,367
|
$
|
230,624
|
$
|
81,003
|
$
|
37,514
|
$
|
349,141
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Average oil price (per barrel)
|
$
|
90.74
|
$
|
96.81
|
$
|
88.63
|
$
|
95.73
|
$
|
76.37
|
$
|
77.21
|
$
|
62.10
|
$
|
68.35
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Average gas price (per Mcf)
|
$
|
3.77
|
$
|
4.64
|
$
|
4.81
|
$
|
3.91
|
$
|
4.22
|
$
|
4.77
|
$
|
4.80
|
$
|
4.35
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Average price (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
3.87
|
$
|
7.78
|
$
|
5.34
|
$
|
4.54
|
$
|
4.36
|
$
|
5.27
|
$
|
7.55
|
$
|
4.77
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Production taxes
|
$
|
(1,958
|
)
|
$
|
4,881
|
$
|
747
|
$
|
3,670
|
$
|
5,837
|
$
|
1,990
|
$
|
2,067
|
$
|
9,894
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation
|
$
|
26,581
|
$
|
1,476
|
$
|
434
|
$
|
28,491
|
$
|
14,762
|
$
|
2,086
|
$
|
408
|
$
|
17,256
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Lease operating
|
$
|
30,419
|
$
|
12,443
|
$
|
3,690
|
$
|
46,552
|
$
|
28,000
|
$
|
14,027
|
$
|
11,498
|
$
|
53,525
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Production taxes (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
$
|
0.32
|
$
|
0.28
|
$
|
0.04
|
$
|
0.11
|
$
|
0.13
|
$
|
0.42
|
$
|
0.14
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.34
|
$
|
0.10
|
$
|
0.16
|
$
|
0.30
|
$
|
0.28
|
$
|
0.14
|
$
|
0.08
|
$
|
0.24
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Lease operating (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.40
|
$
|
0.81
|
$
|
1.37
|
$
|
0.48
|
$
|
0.53
|
$
|
0.91
|
$
|
2.31
|
$
|
0.72
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Oil and Gas Capital Expenditures:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisitions
|
$
|
16,879
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
201,782
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
218,661
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
Exploratory leasehold
|
37,682
|
66,263
|
151,754
|
—
|
255,699
|
53,288
|
81,440
|
—
|
134,728
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Development leasehold
|
695
|
103
|
—
|
—
|
798
|
2,500
|
535
|
173
|
3,208
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exploratory drilling
|
33,381
|
48,647
|
—
|
—
|
82,028
|
59,579
|
25,561
|
—
|
85,140
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Development drilling
|
330,090
|
152,036
|
—
|
1,690
|
483,816
|
294,399
|
9,506
|
1,505
|
305,410
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other development
|
4,089
|
1,966
|
—
|
461
|
6,516
|
2,251
|
2,559
|
838
|
5,648
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
422,816
|
$
|
269,015
|
$
|
353,536
|
$
|
2,151
|
$
|
1,047,518
|
$
|
412,017
|
$
|
119,601
|
$
|
2,516
|
$
|
534,134
|