COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC — Earnings Release 2005

May 9, 2005

8-K 1 d25296e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk PAGEBREAK

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): May 9, 2005

COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

STATE OF NEVADA	000-16741	94-1667468
(State or other	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction incorporation)		Identification Number)

5300 Town And Country Boulevard Suite 500 Frisco, Texas 75034 (Address of principal executive offices)

(972) 668-8800 (Registrant’s Telephone No.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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link2 "Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition"

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

The information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

On May 9, 2005, Comstock Resources, Inc. (“Comstock”) announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005. A copy of the press release announcing Comstock’s earnings results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005 is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The earnings press release contains financial measures that are not in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). Comstock has provided reconciliations within the earnings release of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Operating cash flow is presented in the earnings release because management believes it to be useful to investors. EBITDAX is presented in the earnings release because management believes that EBITDAX, which represents Comstock’s results from operations before interest, income taxes, and certain non-cash items, including depreciation, depletion and amortization and exploration expense, is a common alternative measure of operating performance used by certain investors and financial analysts. The non-GAAP financial measures described above should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP that are presented in the earnings release. link2 "Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits"

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits.

The following Exhibits are hereby filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit 99.1 Press Release dated May 9, 2005 with respect to the Registrant’s financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005.

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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.

/s/ M. Jay Allison
M. Jay Allison
President and Chief Executive Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Item Number	Description
99.1	Press Release dated May 9, 2005 regarding the Registrant’s financial and operating
results for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.