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): March 3, 2021
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Item 8.01 Other Events
On March 3, 2021, Comstock Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that, subject to market conditions, it intends to commence an offering of additional senior notes due 2029 in a private placement to eligible purchasers. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
The press releases shall not constitute offers to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which the offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description | ||||
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, hereunto duly authorized.
| COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC. | ||||||||
| Dated: March 3, 2021 | By: | /s/ ROLAND O. BURNS | ||||||
| Roland O. Burns | ||||||||
| President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
Exhibit 99.1
 | 5300 Town and Country Blvd., Suite 500 | ||||
| Frisco, Texas 75034 | |||||
| Telephone: (972) 668-8834 | |||||
| Contact: Ron Mills | |||||
| VP of Finance and Investor Relations | |||||
| Web Site: www.comstockresources.com | |||||
| NEWS RELEASE | |||||
COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC. ANNOUNCES PRIVATE OFFERING OF ADDITIONAL 6.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE IN 2029
FRISCO, TEXAS, March 3, 2021 -- Comstock Resources, Inc. ("Comstock" or the "Company") (NYSE: CRK) announced today that, subject to market conditions, it intends to offer an additional $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% senior notes due in 2029 (the "Notes") in a private placement to eligible purchasers.
The Notes are a further issuance of the 6.75% senior notes due 2029, of which $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount are expected, subject to customary closing conditions, to be issued on March 4, 2021 (the "2029 Notes"). The Notes will be treated as a single series with the 2029 Notes under the indenture governing the 2029 Notes and will have the same terms as the 2029 Notes (other than the initial offering price). The Notes will have the same CUSIP numbers and will trade interchangeably with the 2029 Notes. The Company expects the Notes and the 2029 Notes to be fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Comstock intends to use the net proceeds from this offering of the Notes to fund an anticipated increase in the aggregate maximum tender amount in the Company’s existing tender offers for a portion of the Company's 7.5% Senior Notes due 2025 and 9.75% Senior Notes due 2026 and pay fees and expenses in connection therewith.
The Notes to be offered have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws and unless so registered, the Notes may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The Notes being offered are expected to be eligible for trading by qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A and non-U.S. persons outside the United States under Regulation S.
This press release is being issued pursuant to Rule 135c under the Securities Act, and is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a sale of, the Notes or any other securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.
About Comstock Resources
Comstock Resources is a leading independent natural gas producer with operations focused on the development of the Haynesville shale in North Louisiana and East Texas. The Company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CRK.
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. The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other SEC filings discuss important risk factors that could affect the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition. The forward-looking statements in this news release speak only as of this date. Comstock does not undertake any obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement.