UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): December 5, 2016
COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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STATE OF NEVADA
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001-03262
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94-1667468
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(State or other
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(Commission File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
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5300 Town and Country Boulevard
Suite 500
Frisco, Texas 75034
(Address of principal executive offices)
(972) 668-8800
(Registrant's Telephone No.)
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Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing
On December 5, 2016, Comstock Resources, Inc. ("Comstock" or "the Company") announced that the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") has notified the Company that it is now considered in full compliance with the NYSE's continued listing standards. The Company remains subject to a twelve month follow-up period to ensure that it remains in compliance with the NYSE's continued listing standards, as well as being subject to the NYSE's normal monitoring procedures of listed companies.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Exhibit 99.1
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Press Release dated December 5, 2016.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.
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Dated: December 5, 2016
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By:
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/s/ ROLAND O. BURNS
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Roland O. Burns
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President and Chief Financial Officer
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Exhibit 99.1
5300 Town and Country Blvd., Suite 500
Frisco, Texas 75034
Telephone: (972) 668-8834
Contact: Gary H. Guyton
Director of Planning and Investor Relations
Web Site: www.comstockresources.com
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC. REGAINS
FULL COMPLIANCE WITH NYSE LISTING STANDARDS
FRISCO, TEXAS, December 5, 2016 – Comstock Resources, Inc. ("Comstock" or the "Company") (NYSE: CRK) today announced that it received notice from the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") that the Company is now considered in full compliance with the NYSE continued listing standards.
The NYSE stated that it based the determination on Comstock's consistent and positive performance with respect to the plan the Company previously submitted to regain compliance and its achievement of compliance with the minimum market capitalization and shareholders' equity requirements.
The Company will be subject to a twelve month follow-up period to ensure that it remains in compliance with the NYSE's continued listing standards, as well as being subject to its normal monitoring procedures of listed companies.
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described herein. Although the Company believes the expectations in such statements to be reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.
Comstock Resources, Inc. is an independent energy company based in Frisco, Texas and is engaged in oil and gas acquisitions, exploration and development primarily in Texas and Louisiana. The Company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CRK.