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): June 8, 2021
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Comstock Resources, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 8, 2021. The following proposals were submitted to the holders of the Company's common stock for a vote:
1.The re-election of five nominees to the Board of Directors; and
2.The ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.
215,297,841 shares of the Company's common stock were represented at the meeting, or 93% of the Company's voting capital stock. 14,789,813 of the shares were broker non-votes and were only included in the results on proposal 2.
The results of such votes were as follows:
1.The following votes were cast in the election of the five nominees to the Board of Directors:
| Name of Nominee | Number of Votes Voted For | Number of Votes Withheld | Total | |||||||||||||||||
| M. Jay Allison | 200,025,679 | 482,349 | 200,508,028 | |||||||||||||||||
| Roland O. Burns | 194,360,449 | 6,147,579 | 200,508,028 | |||||||||||||||||
| Elizabeth B. Davis | 198,276,223 | 2,231,805 | 200,508,028 | |||||||||||||||||
| Morris E. Foster | 190,590,685 | 9,917,343 | 200,508,028 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jim L. Turner | 198,368,407 | 2,139,621 | 200,508,028 | |||||||||||||||||
2.The following votes were cast in the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.
| Number of Votes Voted For | Number of Votes Voted Against | Number of Votes Abstaining | Total | |||||||||||||||||
| 214,584,330 | 238,406 | 475,105 | 215,297,841 | |||||||||||||||||
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: June 8, 2021 | By: | /s/ ROLAND O. BURNS | ||||||
| Roland O. Burns | ||||||||
| President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||