<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ASCII'?>
<!-- DFIN New ActiveDisclosure (SM) Inline XBRL Document - http://www.dfinsolutions.com/ -->
<!-- Creation Date :2024-06-11T12:17:10.9093+00:00 -->
<!-- Copyright (c) 2024 Donnelly Financial Solutions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -->
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xbrldi="http://xbrl.org/2006/xbrldi" xmlns:xbrldt="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt" xmlns:xbrli="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance" xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ix="http://www.xbrl.org/2013/inlineXBRL" xmlns:nonNumeric="http://www.xbrl.org/dtr/type/non-numeric" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dei="http://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2024" xmlns:crk="http://www.comstockresources.com/20240611" xmlns:ixt-sec="http://www.sec.gov/inlineXBRL/transformation/2015-08-31" xmlns:ixt="http://www.xbrl.org/inlineXBRL/transformation/2022-02-16">
 <head>
  <title>8-K</title>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"/>
 </head>
 <body style="margin: auto!important;padding: 8px;">
  <div style="display:none;"><ix:header><ix:hidden><ix:nonNumeric id="F_ef9f8c7a-1014-41cb-a54b-b2047978a05d" name="dei:AmendmentFlag" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206">false</ix:nonNumeric><ix:nonNumeric id="F_e59371af-b006-42eb-8888-cfbee2921093" name="dei:EntityCentralIndexKey" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206">0000023194</ix:nonNumeric><ix:nonNumeric id="F_ec382036-bc38-4198-8409-b14f1cff0cb4" name="dei:EntityRegistrantName" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206">COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC</ix:nonNumeric></ix:hidden><ix:references><link:schemaRef xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="crk-20240611.xsd"/></ix:references><ix:resources><xbrli:context id="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206"><xbrli:entity><xbrli:identifier scheme="http://www.sec.gov/CIK">0000023194</xbrli:identifier></xbrli:entity><xbrli:period><xbrli:startDate>2024-06-11</xbrli:startDate><xbrli:endDate>2024-06-11</xbrli:endDate></xbrli:period></xbrli:context></ix:resources></ix:header></div>
  <div style="min-height:0.5in;"></div>
  <p style="border-top:2.25pt double #000000;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">UNITED STATES<br/>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br/></span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</span></p>
  <p style="margin-left:40%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000;margin-right:40%;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">FORM </span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"><ix:nonNumeric id="F_57e5d53c-d4df-40b1-891b-fe101a829718" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:DocumentType"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">8-K</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></p>
  <p style="margin-left:40%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000;margin-right:40%;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">CURRENT REPORT</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</span></p>
  <table style="border-spacing:0;table-layout:fixed;width:100.0%;border-collapse:separate;">
   <tr style="visibility:collapse;">
    <td style="width:100%;"/>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;text-align:left;">
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0.02986111111111111in;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): </span><span><ix:nonNumeric id="F_ae9f0868-c418-4d76-9d01-c0176ed5b6d1" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:DocumentPeriodEndDate" format="ixt:date-monthname-day-year-en"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">June 11, 2024</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></p></td>
   </tr>
  </table>
  <p style="margin-left:40%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000;margin-right:40%;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:3pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:5pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="-sec-ix-hidden:F_ec382036-bc38-4198-8409-b14f1cff0cb4;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:24pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.</span></span></span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:3pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</span></p>
  <p style="margin-left:40%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000;margin-right:40%;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <table style="border-spacing:0;table-layout:fixed;width:100.0%;border-collapse:separate;">
   <tr style="visibility:collapse;">
    <td style="width:20%;"/>
    <td style="width:1%;"/>
    <td style="width:20%;"/>
    <td style="width:18%;"/>
    <td style="width:41%;"/>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;text-align:left;">
    <td colspan="3" style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span><ix:nonNumeric id="F_c679bffb-4853-456e-8d46-366a1bbe4280" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode" format="ixt-sec:stateprovnameen"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">Nevada</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span><ix:nonNumeric id="F_fe3579ba-44ff-4653-8b92-76fb8defc1f6" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:EntityFileNumber"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">001-03262</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span><ix:nonNumeric id="F_75ffbec1-5d42-4026-9c3c-e41da34f3a90" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:EntityTaxIdentificationNumber"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">94-1667468</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:7pt;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;text-align:left;">
    <td colspan="3" style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7.5pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">(State or Other Jurisdiction<br/>of Incorporation)</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7.5pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">(Commission File Number)</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7.5pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">(IRS Employer<br/>Identification No.)</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;text-align:left;">
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;text-align:left;">
    <td colspan="3" style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span><ix:nonNumeric id="F_6d3f8770-8246-4cc8-acf4-91c25bc94824" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:EntityAddressAddressLine1"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">5300 Town and Country Blvd.</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></p><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span><ix:nonNumeric id="F_afad09e0-4cfa-47c6-a393-08111998e29b" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:EntityAddressAddressLine2"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">Suite 500</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></p></td>
    <td colspan="2" style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;">
    <td colspan="3" style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span><ix:nonNumeric id="F_efcf8b21-2a81-4876-b5ed-6e9d5d92c17e" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:EntityAddressCityOrTown"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">Frisco</span></ix:nonNumeric></span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">, </span><span><ix:nonNumeric id="F_728de1b3-c435-4b32-bff7-2971314ecd84" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:EntityAddressStateOrProvince" format="ixt-sec:stateprovnameen"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">Texas</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span><ix:nonNumeric id="F_7349f9e9-302f-4e7d-90ef-911858f721ab" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:EntityAddressPostalZipCode"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">75034</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:7pt;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;text-align:left;">
    <td colspan="3" style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7.5pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:7.5pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">(Zip Code)</span></p></td>
   </tr>
  </table>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <table style="border-spacing:0;table-layout:fixed;width:100.0%;border-collapse:separate;">
   <tr style="visibility:collapse;">
    <td style="width:100%;"/>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;text-align:left;">
    <td style="padding-top:0.125in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;margin-right:0.02986111111111111in;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">Registrant&#8217;s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;"> </span><span><ix:nonNumeric id="F_52e69e36-f896-4bc3-b523-acbae90fe3b9" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:CityAreaCode"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">(972)</span></ix:nonNumeric></span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;"> </span><span><ix:nonNumeric id="F_ec1f252e-7b21-481a-850d-6703d01e7faa" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:LocalPhoneNumber"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">668-8800</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></p></td>
   </tr>
  </table>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <table style="border-spacing:0;table-layout:fixed;width:100.0%;border-collapse:separate;">
   <tr style="visibility:collapse;">
    <td style="width:100%;"/>
   </tr>
   <tr style="word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;text-align:left;">
    <td style="padding-top:0.125in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
   </tr>
  </table>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)</span></p>
  <p style="margin-left:40%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000;margin-right:40%;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">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:</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
  <div style="text-indent:-24.5pt;padding-left:24.5pt;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="margin-right:1em;margin-right:1em;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"><ix:nonNumeric id="F_09fb836a-dbff-4f28-ab25-cf8a849bd3aa" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:WrittenCommunications" format="ixt-sec:boolballotbox"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;">&#9744;</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</span></div>
  <div style="text-indent:-24.5pt;padding-left:24.5pt;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="margin-right:1em;margin-right:1em;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"><ix:nonNumeric id="F_22595a6d-ac87-4e08-b427-b781d3326e10" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:SolicitingMaterial" format="ixt-sec:boolballotbox"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;">&#9744;</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</span></div>
  <div style="text-indent:-24.5pt;padding-left:24.5pt;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="margin-right:1em;margin-right:1em;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"><ix:nonNumeric id="F_90ec3df8-2733-40bf-893f-980549845458" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:PreCommencementTenderOffer" format="ixt-sec:boolballotbox"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;">&#9744;</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</span></div>
  <div style="text-indent:-24.5pt;padding-left:24.5pt;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="margin-right:1em;margin-right:1em;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;"><ix:nonNumeric id="F_50f9a2e7-3a31-4642-a02d-9b9b9f10378c" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:PreCommencementIssuerTenderOffer" format="ixt-sec:boolballotbox"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;">&#9744;</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</span></div>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:</span></p>
  <table style="border-spacing:0;table-layout:fixed;width:100.0%;border-collapse:separate;">
   <tr style="visibility:collapse;">
    <td style="width:38%;"/>
    <td style="width:1%;"/>
    <td style="width:15%;"/>
    <td style="width:1%;"/>
    <td style="width:45%;"/>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;">
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:0.25pt solid;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;"><br/>Title of each class</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:0.25pt solid #ffffff03;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:0.25pt solid;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">Trading<br/>Symbol(s)</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:0.25pt solid #ffffff03;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:0.25pt solid;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;"><br/>Name of each exchange on which registered</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;">
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span><ix:nonNumeric id="F_cdddd06b-37f9-4c45-a22c-016d4858f425" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:Security12bTitle"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">Common Stock, par value $0.50 (per share)</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span><ix:nonNumeric id="F_aa4351d5-4c24-49cb-8f2c-99d197ac9ba5" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:TradingSymbol"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">CRK</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span><ix:nonNumeric id="F_8a4093d7-b47e-4658-87b5-8b4c6190a359" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:SecurityExchangeName" format="ixt-sec:exchnameen"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">New York Stock Exchange</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></p></td>
   </tr>
  </table>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;&#8239;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;&#8239;240.12b-2 of this chapter).</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Emerging growth company </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"><ix:nonNumeric id="F_c1d0a06a-a498-4e7c-bfb8-07915d3af0a9" contextRef="C_d03b33bd-e816-4b14-a102-01517f080206" name="dei:EntityEmergingGrowthCompany" format="ixt-sec:boolballotbox"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;">&#9744;</span></ix:nonNumeric></span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;">&#9744;</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;border-bottom:2.25pt double #000000;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <div style="flex-direction:column;display:flex;min-height:0.5in;justify-content:flex-end;"></div>
  <hr style="page-break-after:always;"/>
  <div style="min-height:0.5in;"></div>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:18pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">Comstock Resources, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 11, 2024. The following proposals were submitted to the holders of the Company's common stock for a vote:</span></p>
  <p style="text-indent:6.667%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="margin-left:6.667%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">1. The re-election of five nominees to the Board of Directors; and</span></p>
  <p style="margin-left:6.667%;text-indent:7.143%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="margin-left:6.667%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">2. The ratification of the appointment of Ernst &amp; Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024.</span></p>
  <p style="text-indent:6.667%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">269,213,261 shares of the Company's common stock were represented at the meeting, or 92% of the Company's voting capital stock. 19,888,435 of the shares were broker non-votes and were only included in the results on proposal 2.</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">The results of such votes were as follows:</span></p>
  <p style="text-indent:6.667%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="margin-left:6.667%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">1. The following votes were cast in the election of the five nominees to the Board of Directors:</span></p>
  <p style="margin-left:6.667%;text-indent:7.143%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <table style="margin-left:7.333%;border-spacing:0;table-layout:fixed;width:80.0%;border-collapse:separate;">
   <tr style="visibility:collapse;">
    <td style="width:23.725%;"/>
    <td style="width:1.24%;"/>
    <td style="width:1%;"/>
    <td style="width:22.184%;"/>
    <td style="width:1%;"/>
    <td style="width:1.24%;"/>
    <td style="width:1%;"/>
    <td style="width:22.184%;"/>
    <td style="width:1%;"/>
    <td style="width:1.24%;"/>
    <td style="width:1%;"/>
    <td style="width:22.184%;"/>
    <td style="width:1%;"/>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;">
    <td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">Name of Nominee</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #ffffff03;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">Number of Votes Voted For</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #ffffff03;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">Number of Votes Withheld</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #ffffff03;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">Total</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;">
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">M. Jay Allison</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">249,768,535</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">1,402,015</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">251,170,550</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">Roland O. Burns</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">248,606,343</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">2,564,207</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">251,170,550</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">Elizabeth B. Davis</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">236,070,021</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">15,100,529</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">251,170,550</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">Morris E. Foster</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">221,153,545</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">30,017,005</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">251,170,550</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">Jim L. Turner</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">235,754,965</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">15,415,585</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">251,170,550</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
   </tr>
  </table>
  <p style="text-indent:6.667%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="margin-left:6.667%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">2. The following votes were cast in the ratification of the appointment of Ernst &amp; Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024:</span></p>
  <p style="text-indent:6.667%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <table style="margin-left:7.333%;border-spacing:0;table-layout:fixed;width:80.0%;border-collapse:separate;">
   <tr style="visibility:collapse;">
    <td style="width:1%;"/>
    <td style="width:22.043999999999997%;"/>
    <td style="width:1%;"/>
    <td style="width:1.274%;"/>
    <td style="width:1%;"/>
    <td style="width:22.043999999999997%;"/>
    <td style="width:1%;"/>
    <td style="width:1.274%;"/>
    <td style="width:1%;"/>
    <td style="width:22.043999999999997%;"/>
    <td style="width:1%;"/>
    <td style="width:1.274%;"/>
    <td style="width:1%;"/>
    <td style="width:22.043999999999997%;"/>
    <td style="width:1%;"/>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;">
    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">Number of Votes Voted For</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #ffffff03;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">Number of Votes Voted Against</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #ffffff03;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">Number of Votes Abstaining</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #ffffff03;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;min-width:fit-content;">Total</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;">
    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;background-color:#ffffff;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">270,404,494</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">1,331,700</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">106,711</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:middle;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:pre-wrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">271,842,905</span></p></td>
    <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
   </tr>
  </table>
  <p style="text-indent:6.667%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <p style="text-indent:6.667%;font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:justify;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <div style="flex-direction:column;display:flex;min-height:0.5in;justify-content:flex-end;"></div>
  <hr style="page-break-after:always;"/>
  <div style="min-height:0.5in;"></div>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:9.35pt;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">SIGNATURES</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:9.35pt;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">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.</span></p>
  <table style="border-spacing:0;table-layout:fixed;width:100.0%;border-collapse:separate;">
   <tr style="visibility:collapse;">
    <td style="width:6%;"/>
    <td style="width:44%;"/>
    <td style="width:4%;"/>
    <td style="width:46%;"/>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;">
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:4.3pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:4.3pt;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;">
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;">
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:4.3pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">Date:</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:4.3pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">June 11, 2024</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:4.3pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">By:</span><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:0.25pt solid;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:4.3pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">/s/ ROLAND O. BURNS</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;word-break:break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;">
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-top:0.01in;vertical-align:top;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0.7pt;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:9.35pt;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;min-width:fit-content;">Roland O. Burns<br/>President and Chief Financial Officer</span></p></td>
   </tr>
  </table>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;min-width:fit-content;">&#160;</span></p>
  <div style="flex-direction:column;display:flex;min-height:0.5in;justify-content:flex-end;"></div>
  <hr style="page-break-after:always;"/>
 </body>
</html>
[{"type": "8-K", "sequence": "1", "filename": "crk-20240611.htm", "description": "8-K", "secsgml_size_bytes": 71515}]
{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC", "cik": "0000023194", "assigned-sic": "1311", "organization-name": "01 Energy & Transportation", "irs-number": "941667468", "state-of-incorporation": "NV", "fiscal-year-end": "1231"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "8-K", "act": "34", "file-number": "001-03262", "film-number": "241036791"}, "business-address": {"street1": "5300 TOWN AND COUNTRY BLVD", "street2": "STE 500", "city": "FRISCO", "state": "TX", "zip": "75034", "phone": "9726688800"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "5300 TOWN AND COUNTRY BLVD", "street2": "STE 500", "city": "FRISCO", "state": "TX", "zip": "75034"}, "former-company": {"former-conformed-name": "COMSTOCK TUNNEL & DRAINAGE CO", "date-changed": "19880121"}}
8-K
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 11, 2024
COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Nevada
001-03262
94-1667468
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
5300 Town and Country Blvd.
Suite 500
Frisco
,
Texas
75034
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:
(972)
668-8800
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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:
☐
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.50 (per share)
CRK
New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
☐
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Comstock Resources, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 11, 2024. 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, 2024.
269,213,261 shares of the Company's common stock were represented at the meeting, or 92% of the Company's voting capital stock. 19,888,435 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
249,768,535
1,402,015
251,170,550
Roland O. Burns
248,606,343
2,564,207
251,170,550
Elizabeth B. Davis
236,070,021
15,100,529
251,170,550
Morris E. Foster
221,153,545
30,017,005
251,170,550
Jim L. Turner
235,754,965
15,415,585
251,170,550
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, 2024:
Number of Votes Voted For
Number of Votes Voted Against
Number of Votes Abstaining
Total
270,404,494
1,331,700
106,711
271,842,905
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.
Date:
June 11, 2024
By:
/s/ ROLAND O. BURNS
Roland O. Burns
President and Chief Financial Officer