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 April 29, 2013.
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COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.
|
||
Dated: April 29, 2013
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By:
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/s/ ROLAND O. BURNS
|
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
|
|
Frisco, Texas 75034
|
|
Telephone: (972) 668-8800
|
|
Contact: Gary H. Guyton
|
|
Director of Planning and Investor Relations
|
|
Web Site: www.comstockresources.com
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Continuing Operations
|
Discontinued Operations
|
Total
|
Continuing Operations
|
Discontinued Operations
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil and gas sales
|
$
|
95,020
|
$
|
16,299
|
$
|
111,319
|
$
|
103,772
|
$
|
7,917
|
$
|
111,689
|
|||||||||||||
Gain on sale of oil and gas properties
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
6,727
|
—
|
6,727
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues
|
95,020
|
16,299
|
111,319
|
110,499
|
7,917
|
118,416
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Operating expenses:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Production taxes
|
2,121
|
693
|
2,814
|
3,247
|
390
|
3,637
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation
|
4,202
|
331
|
4,533
|
7,715
|
177
|
7,892
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Lease operating
|
13,206
|
6,308
|
19,514
|
13,458
|
1,291
|
14,749
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Exploration(1)
|
2,593
|
—
|
2,593
|
1,353
|
—
|
1,353
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
84,967
|
8,649
|
93,616
|
77,311
|
1,786
|
79,097
|
|||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative
|
8,787
|
—
|
8,787
|
8,798
|
—
|
8,798
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
49
|
—
|
49
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Total operating expenses
|
115,876
|
15,981
|
131,857
|
111,931
|
3,644
|
115,575
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss)
|
(20,856
|
)
|
318
|
(20,538
|
)
|
(1,432
|
)
|
4,273
|
2,841
|
||||||||||||||||
Other income (expenses):
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gain on sale of marketable securities
|
7,877
|
—
|
7,877
|
26,621
|
—
|
26,621
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Realized gain (loss) from derivatives
|
2,320
|
—
|
2,320
|
(1,354
|
)
|
—
|
(1,354
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Unrealized loss from derivatives
|
(8,767
|
)
|
—
|
(8,767
|
)
|
(10,187
|
)
|
—
|
(10,187
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Other income
|
245
|
—
|
245
|
239
|
—
|
239
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense
|
(17,578
|
)
|
(3,499
|
)
|
(21,077
|
)(2)
|
(12,303
|
)
|
(934
|
)
|
(13,237
|
)(2)
|
|||||||||||||
Total other income (expenses)
|
(15,903
|
)
|
(3,499
|
)
|
(19,402
|
)
|
3,016
|
(934
|
)
|
2,082
|
|||||||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes
|
(36,759
|
)
|
(3,181
|
)
|
(39,940
|
)
|
1,584
|
3,339
|
4,923
|
||||||||||||||||
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes
|
12,242
|
554
|
12,796
|
(167
|
)
|
(3,381
|
)
|
(3,548
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from continuing operations
|
(24,517
|
)
|
—
|
(24,517
|
)
|
1,417
|
—
|
1,417
|
|||||||||||||||||
Loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes
|
—
|
(2,627
|
)
|
(2,627
|
)
|
—
|
(42
|
) |
(42
|
) | |||||||||||||||
Net income (loss)
|
$
|
(24,517
|
)
|
$
|
(2,627
|
)
|
$
|
(27,144
|
)
|
$
|
1,417
|
$
|
(42
|
) |
$
|
1,375
|
|||||||||
Net income (loss) per share:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic |
— income (loss) from continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.52
|
)
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
(0.52
|
)
|
$
|
0.03
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
0.03
|
||||||||||
— loss from discontinued operations
|
—
|
(0.06
|
)
|
(0.06
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||||
— net income (loss)
|
$
|
(0.52
|
)
|
$
|
(0.06
|
)
|
$
|
(0.58
|
)
|
$
|
0.03
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
0.03
|
||||||||||
Diluted |
— income (loss) from continuing operations
|
$
|
(0.52
|
)
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
(0.52
|
)
|
$
|
0.03
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
0.03
|
||||||||||
— loss from discontinued operations
|
—
|
(0.06
|
)
|
(0.06
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||||
— net income (loss)
|
$
|
(0.52
|
)
|
$
|
(0.06
|
)
|
$
|
(0.58
|
)
|
$
|
0.03
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
0.03
|
||||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
46,730
|
46,730
|
46,730
|
46,372
|
46,372
|
46,372
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Diluted
|
46,730
|
46,730
|
46,730
|
46,372
|
46,372
|
46,372
|
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
||||||||||
2013
|
2012
|
|||||||||
OPERATING CASH FLOW:
|
||||||||||
Net income (loss)
|
$
|
(27,144
|
)
|
$
|
1,375
|
|||||
Reconciling items:
|
||||||||||
Loss from discontinued operations
|
2,627
|
42
|
|
|||||||
Deferred income taxes
|
(12,245
|
)
|
250
|
|||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
84,967
|
77,311
|
||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties
|
—
|
49
|
||||||||
Dry hole costs and lease impairments
|
2,443
|
1,315
|
||||||||
Gain on sale of assets
|
(7,877
|
)
|
(33,348
|
)
|
||||||
Unrealized loss on derivatives
|
8,767
|
10,187
|
||||||||
Debt issuance cost and discount amortization
|
1,587
|
944
|
||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
3,218
|
3,535
|
||||||||
Operating cash flow from continuing operations
|
56,343
|
61,660
|
||||||||
Excess income taxes from stock-based compensation
|
1,742
|
1,405
|
||||||||
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable
|
(19,724
|
)
|
5,070
|
|||||||
Decrease in other current assets
|
480
|
110
|
||||||||
Increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
34,981
|
48,328
|
||||||||
Net cash provided by continuing operations
|
73,822
|
116,573
|
||||||||
Net cash provided by discontinuing operations(1)
|
23,530
|
16,607
|
||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
$
|
97,352
|
$
|
133,180
|
||||||
(1) $5.5 million and $5.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, excluding working capital changes. | ||||||||||
EBITDAX:
|
||||||||||
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
|
$
|
(24,517
|
)
|
$
|
1,417
|
|||||
Interest expense
|
17,578
|
12,303
|
||||||||
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes
|
(12,242
|
)
|
167
|
|||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
84,967
|
77,311
|
||||||||
Exploration
|
2,593
|
1,353
|
||||||||
Impairments of oil and gas properties
|
—
|
49
|
||||||||
Gain on sale of assets
|
(7,877
|
)
|
(33,348
|
)
|
||||||
Unrealized loss from derivatives
|
8,767
|
10,187
|
||||||||
Stock-based compensation
|
3,218
|
3,535
|
||||||||
EBITDAX from continuing operations
|
72,487
|
72,974
|
||||||||
EBITDAX from discontinued operations
|
8,967
|
6,059
|
||||||||
Total EBITDAX
|
$
|
81,454
|
$
|
79,033
|
As of
|
||||||||
March 31, 2013
|
December 31, 2012
|
|||||||
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
|
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
6,844
|
$
|
4,471
|
||||
Restricted cash
|
38,400
|
—
|
||||||
Marketable securities
|
—
|
12,312
|
||||||
Derivative financial instruments
|
2,884
|
11,651
|
||||||
Other current assets | 63,144 | 43,898 | ||||||
Assets of discontinued operations | 562,453 | 518,934 | ||||||
Property and equipment, net
|
1,929,840
|
1,958,687
|
||||||
Other
|
18,942
|
19,944
|
||||||
Total assets
|
$
|
2,622,507
|
$
|
2,569,897
|
||||
Current liabilities
|
$
|
175,335
|
$
|
110,139
|
||||
Liabilities of discontinued operations | 50,516 | 33,280 | ||||||
Long-term debt
|
1,334,957
|
1,324,383
|
||||||
Deferred income taxes
|
140,798
|
149,901
|
||||||
Other non-current liabilities
|
19,019
|
18,660
|
||||||
Stockholders' equity
|
901,882
|
933,534
|
||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
$
|
2,622,507
|
$
|
2,569,897
|
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Texas/
North
Louisiana
|
South Texas
|
Other
|
Continuing
Operations
|
Discontinued
Operations
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Oil production (Mbbls)
|
16
|
410
|
6
|
432
|
174
|
606
|
||||||||||||||||||
Gas production (MMcf)
|
13,399
|
1,781
|
448
|
15,628
|
269
|
15,897
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total production (MMcfe)
|
13,495
|
4,242
|
484
|
18,221
|
1,311
|
19,532
|
||||||||||||||||||
Oil sales
|
$
|
1,504
|
$
|
43,546
|
$
|
690
|
$
|
45,740
|
$
|
14,734
|
$
|
60,474
|
||||||||||||
Oil hedging gains(1)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2,320
|
—
|
2,320
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total oil including hedging
|
1,504
|
43,546
|
690
|
48,060
|
14,734
|
62,794
|
||||||||||||||||||
Natural gas sales
|
41,157
|
6,471
|
1,652
|
49,280
|
1,565
|
50,845
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total oil and gas sales and realized gain from derivatives
|
$
|
42,661
|
$
|
50,017
|
$
|
2,342
|
$
|
97,340
|
$
|
16,299
|
$
|
113,639
|
||||||||||||
Average oil price (per barrel)
|
$
|
93.58
|
$
|
106.19
|
$
|
113.69
|
$
|
105.82
|
$
|
84.84
|
$
|
99.81
|
||||||||||||
Average oil price including hedging (per barrel)
|
$
|
93.58
|
$
|
106.19
|
$
|
113.69
|
$
|
111.19
|
$
|
84.84
|
$
|
103.64
|
||||||||||||
Average gas price (per Mcf)
|
$
|
3.07
|
$
|
3.63
|
$
|
3.69
|
$
|
3.15
|
$
|
5.82
|
$
|
3.20
|
||||||||||||
Average price (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
3.16
|
$
|
11.79
|
$
|
4.84
|
$
|
5.21
|
$
|
12.43
|
$
|
5.70
|
||||||||||||
Average price including hedging (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
3.16
|
$
|
11.79
|
$
|
4.84
|
$
|
5.34
|
$
|
12.43
|
$
|
5.82
|
||||||||||||
Production taxes
|
$
|
(231
|
)
|
$
|
2,220
|
$
|
132
|
$
|
2,121
|
$
|
693
|
$
|
2,814
|
|||||||||||
Gathering and transportation
|
$
|
3,557
|
$
|
612
|
$
|
33
|
$
|
4,202
|
$
|
331
|
$
|
4,533
|
||||||||||||
Lease operating
|
$
|
7,493
|
$
|
4,712
|
$
|
1,001
|
$
|
13,206
|
$
|
6,308
|
$
|
19,514
|
||||||||||||
Production taxes (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
(0.02
|
)
|
$
|
0.52
|
$
|
0.27
|
$
|
0.12
|
$
|
0.53
|
$
|
0.14
|
|||||||||||
Gathering and transportation (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.26
|
$
|
0.14
|
$
|
0.07
|
$
|
0.23
|
$
|
0.25
|
$
|
0.23
|
||||||||||||
Lease operating (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.56
|
$
|
1.12
|
$
|
2.07
|
$
|
0.72
|
$
|
4.81
|
$
|
1.01
|
||||||||||||
Oil and Gas Capital Expenditures:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exploratory leasehold
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
1,939
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
1,939
|
$
|
6,203
|
$
|
8,142
|
||||||||||||
Development leasehold
|
—
|
184
|
—
|
184
|
—
|
184
|
||||||||||||||||||
Exploratory drilling
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
Development drilling
|
3,047
|
50,741
|
—
|
53,788
|
49,658
|
103,446
|
||||||||||||||||||
Other development
|
1,076
|
1,137
|
55
|
2,268
|
180
|
2,448
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
4,123
|
$
|
54,001
|
(2) |
$
|
55
|
$
|
58,179
|
$
|
56,041
|
$
|
114,220
|
|
(1)
|
Reported as realized gain from derivatives in operating results.
|
(2)
|
Net of reimbursements received of $8.1 million under the Company's Eagle Ford shale joint venture.
|
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Texas/
North
Louisiana
|
South Texas
|
Other
|
Continuing
Operations
|
Discontinued
Operations
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Oil production (Mbbls)
|
27
|
403
|
3
|
433
|
73
|
506
|
||||||||||||||||||
Gas production (MMcf)
|
19,100
|
2,660
|
535
|
22,295
|
127
|
22,422
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total production (MMcfe)
|
19,263
|
5,075
|
554
|
24,892
|
566
|
25,458
|
||||||||||||||||||
Oil sales
|
$
|
2,751
|
$
|
42,474
|
$
|
303
|
$
|
45,528
|
$
|
7,113
|
$
|
52,641
|
||||||||||||
Oil hedging losses(1)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(1,354
|
)
|
—
|
(1,354
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Total oil including hedging
|
2,751
|
42,474
|
303
|
44,174
|
7,113
|
51,287
|
||||||||||||||||||
Natural gas sales
|
47,502
|
9,136
|
1,606
|
58,244
|
804
|
59,048
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total oil and gas sales and realized loss from derivatives
|
$
|
50,253
|
$
|
51,610
|
$
|
1,909
|
$
|
102,418
|
$
|
7,917
|
$
|
110,335
|
||||||||||||
Average oil price (per barrel)
|
$
|
101.49
|
$
|
105.52
|
$
|
94.88
|
$
|
105.19
|
$
|
97.12
|
$
|
104.02
|
||||||||||||
Average oil price including hedging (per barrel)
|
$
|
101.49
|
$
|
105.52
|
$
|
94.88
|
$
|
102.06
|
$
|
97.12
|
$
|
101.35
|
||||||||||||
Average gas price (per Mcf)
|
$
|
2.49
|
$
|
3.43
|
$
|
3.00
|
$
|
2.61
|
$
|
6.33
|
$
|
2.63
|
||||||||||||
Average price (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
2.61
|
$
|
10.17
|
$
|
3.45
|
$
|
4.17
|
$
|
13.99
|
$
|
4.39
|
||||||||||||
Average price including hedging (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
2.61
|
$
|
10.17
|
$
|
3.45
|
$
|
4.11
|
$
|
13.99
|
$
|
4.33
|
||||||||||||
Production taxes
|
$
|
801
|
$
|
2,291
|
$
|
155
|
$
|
3,247
|
$
|
390
|
$
|
3,637
|
||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation
|
$
|
6,833
|
$
|
772
|
$
|
110
|
$
|
7,715
|
$
|
177
|
$
|
7,892
|
||||||||||||
Lease operating
|
$
|
8,661
|
$
|
3,719
|
$
|
1,078
|
$
|
13,458
|
$
|
1,291
|
$
|
14,749
|
||||||||||||
Production taxes (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.04
|
$
|
0.45
|
$
|
0.28
|
$
|
0.13
|
$
|
0.69
|
$
|
0.14
|
||||||||||||
Gathering and transportation (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.35
|
$
|
0.15
|
$
|
0.20
|
$
|
0.31
|
$
|
0.31
|
$
|
0.31
|
||||||||||||
Lease operating (per Mcfe)
|
$
|
0.46
|
$
|
0.74
|
$
|
1.94
|
$
|
0.54
|
$
|
2.28
|
$
|
0.58
|
||||||||||||
Oil and Gas Capital Expenditures:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisitions
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
3,333
|
$
|
3,333
|
||||||||||||
Exploratory leasehold
|
1,595
|
1,488
|
—
|
3,083
|
3,543
|
6,626
|
||||||||||||||||||
Development leasehold
|
345
|
1,216
|
—
|
1,561
|
—
|
1,561
|
||||||||||||||||||
Exploratory drilling
|
368
|
405
|
—
|
773
|
—
|
773
|
||||||||||||||||||
Development drilling
|
68,208
|
64,438
|
—
|
132,646
|
34,516
|
167,162
|
||||||||||||||||||
Other development
|
1,026
|
607
|
149
|
1,782
|
336
|
2,118
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
71,542
|
$
|
68,154
|
$
|
149
|
$
|
139,845
|
$
|
41,728
|
$
|
181,573
|
(1)
|
Reported as realized loss from derivatives in operating results.
|