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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:18pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:5pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">5300 Town and Country Blvd., Suite 500, Frisco, Texas 75034</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">M. Jay Allison</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">With copies to:</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">___________________</p>
<p style="margin-top:4pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:6.84%;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Indicate by check number whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.&nbsp;&nbsp;See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer", "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:-0.2pt;;color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Emerging growth company<font style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><font style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </font><font style="font-size:8pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">&#9744;</font></font></p></td>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><br />Amount of<br />registration fee<font style="font-weight:normal;"><sup style="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(2)</sup></font></p></td>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">$0.50 par value per share</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:8pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><br />7,500,000 shares</p></td>
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<p style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7.5pt;">The offering price per share, aggregate offering price and registration fee with respect to the shares of common stock of Comstock Resources, Inc. (the "Company"), par value $0.50 per share (the "Common Stock"), issuable pursuant to the Comstock Resources, Inc. 2019 Long-term Incentive Plan described herein have been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on June 3, 2019 as reported in the consolidated reporting system of the New York Stock Exchange.</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU2"></a><font style="font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed by Comstock Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), to register 7,500,000 shares of the Company&#8217;s common stock, par value $0.50 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), for issuance under the Comstock Resources, Inc. 2019 Long-term Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2019 Plan&#8221;). The Company previously filed a registration statement on Form S-8 on May 19, 2009 to register the Comstock Resources, Inc. 2009 Long-term Incentive Plan, amended and restated as of November 8, 2016 (the &#8220;2009 Plan&#8221;). On May 31, 2019 at the 2019 Company Annual Meeting, the Company&#8217;s shareholders approved the 2019 Plan, which resulted in the amendment, restatement and merger of the 2009 Plan with and into the 2019 Plan, which the Company&#8217;s board of directors had previously adopted, subject to such shareholder approval. The 2019 Plan provides, among other things, that the aggregate number shares of Common Stock that will be available for the grant of awards under the 2019 Plan shall be 7,500,000 shares of Common Stock, including the (i) 7,500,000 shares registered on this registration statement and (ii) the number of authorized shares of Common Stock remaining available for grant under the Company&#8217;s 2009 Plan as of May 31, 2019 (the &#8220;Effective Date&#8221;). In addition, any shares subject to awards under the 2009 Plan outstanding at the Effective Date that subsequently terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation or to be settled in cash pursuant to the terms of the 2009 Plan shall no longer be distributable under the 2009 Plan and shall be available for award under the 2019 Plan. </p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Company incorporates by reference the contents of the Company&#8217;s prior registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on December 7, 2016 (Registration No. 333-214945), September 29, 2015 (Registration No. 333-207180) and May 19, 2009 (Registration No. 333-159332) except as otherwise updated or modified by this registration statement.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">PART I</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The documents containing the information specified in "Item 1. Plan Information&#8221; and &#8220;Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information" of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants of the 2019 Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Commission either as part of this registration statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">The Company hereby incorporates by reference into this registration statement the following documents filed with the Commission:</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;">The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission for the fiscal year ended <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23194/000156459019005805/crk-10k_20181231.htm"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">December 31, 2018</font></a>;</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;">The Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23194/000156459019017992/crk-10q_20190331.htm"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">March 31, 2019</font></a>; </p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;">The Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23194/000156459019001760/crk-8k_20190128.htm"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">February 4, 2019,</font> </a><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23194/000156459019001760/crk-8k_20190128.htm"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23194/000156459019003539/crk-8k_20181231.htm"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">February 21, 2019</font></a>, <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23194/000156459019001760/crk-8k_20190128.htm"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23194/000156459019003539/crk-8k_20181231.htm"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23194/000156459019017553/crk-8k_20190509.htm"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">May 9, 2019</font> and </a><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23194/000156459019001760/crk-8k_20190128.htm"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23194/000156459019003539/crk-8k_20181231.htm"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23194/000156459019017553/crk-8k_20190509.htm"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23194/000156459019021383/crk-8k_20190531.htm"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">June 3, 2019</font></a>. </p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;">All other reports filed with the Commission pursuant to Section&#160;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Company's Annual Report on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23194/000156459019005805/crk-10k_20181231.htm"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">Form 10-K</font></a> referred to in (a) above; and</p></td></tr></table></div>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:11pt;">The description of the Common Stock contained in the Company's registration statement on Form 8-A (Registration Statement No. 001-03262) filed with the Commission on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/23194/0000023194-96-000049.txt"><font style="text-decoration:underline;">December 6, 1996</font></a>, pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</p></td></tr></table></div>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:15.38%;text-indent:-7.69%;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:7.69%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&#160;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">_____________</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(Signature Page Follows)</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:11pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Frisco, State of Texas, on June 4, 2019.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">/s/ ROLAND O. BURNS</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-top:3pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">President, Chief Financial Officer, <br />Secretary and Director</p></td>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)<br /></p></td>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-weight:bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:8pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;text-indent:7.69%;">Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes M. Jay Allison and Roland O. Burns, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, to sign and file one or more amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, which amendments may make such changes in this registration statement as either of them deems appropriate, and each such person hereby appoints M. Jay Allison and Roland O. Burns, and each of them, as attorney-in-fact to execute in the name and on behalf of the Company and any such person, individually and in each capacity stated below, any such amendments to this registration statement.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:1pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:18pt;;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Morris E. Foster</p></td>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 2019
Registration No. 333-_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
04-1667468
(State or other jurisdiction of
(IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
5300 Town and Country Blvd., Suite 500, Frisco, Texas 75034
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Comstock Resources, Inc.
2019 Long-term Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
M. Jay Allison
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Comstock Resources, Inc.
5300 Town and Country Blvd., Suite 500
Frisco, Texas 75034
(Name and address of agent for service)
(972) 668-8800
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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With copies to:
Jack E. Jacobsen
Locke Lord LLP
2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2800
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 740-8000
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount to
be registered
(1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
(2)
Proposed maximum
aggregate
offering price
(2)
Amount of
registration fee
(2)
Common Stock,
$0.50 par value per share
7,500,000 shares
$4.45
$33,375,000.00
$4,045.05
(1)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement also covers additional shares of Common Stock as may be offered or issued as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions.
(2)
The offering price per share, aggregate offering price and registration fee with respect to the shares of common stock of Comstock Resources, Inc. (the "Company"), par value $0.50 per share (the "Common Stock"), issuable pursuant to the Comstock Resources, Inc. 2019 Long-term Incentive Plan described herein have been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on June 3, 2019 as reported in the consolidated reporting system of the New York Stock Exchange.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed by Comstock Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the "Company"), to register 7,500,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.50 per share (the "Common Stock"), for issuance under the Comstock Resources, Inc. 2019 Long-term Incentive Plan (the "2019 Plan"). The Company previously filed a registration statement on Form S-8 on May 19, 2009 to register the Comstock Resources, Inc. 2009 Long-term Incentive Plan, amended and restated as of November 8, 2016 (the "2009 Plan"). On May 31, 2019 at the 2019 Company Annual Meeting, the Company's shareholders approved the 2019 Plan, which resulted in the amendment, restatement and merger of the 2009 Plan with and into the 2019 Plan, which the Company's board of directors had previously adopted, subject to such shareholder approval. The 2019 Plan provides, among other things, that the aggregate number shares of Common Stock that will be available for the grant of awards under the 2019 Plan shall be 7,500,000 shares of Common Stock, including the (i) 7,500,000 shares registered on this registration statement and (ii) the number of authorized shares of Common Stock remaining available for grant under the Company's 2009 Plan as of May 31, 2019 (the "Effective Date"). In addition, any shares subject to awards under the 2009 Plan outstanding at the Effective Date that subsequently terminate by expiration, forfeiture, cancellation or to be settled in cash pursuant to the terms of the 2009 Plan shall no longer be distributable under the 2009 Plan and shall be available for award under the 2019 Plan.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the Company incorporates by reference the contents of the Company's prior registration statements on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on December 7, 2016 (Registration No. 333-214945), September 29, 2015 (Registration No. 333-207180) and May 19, 2009 (Registration No. 333-159332) except as otherwise updated or modified by this registration statement.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The documents containing the information specified in "Item 1. Plan Information" and "Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information" of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants of the 2019 Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Commission either as part of this registration statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Company hereby incorporates by reference into this registration statement the following documents filed with the Commission:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2018
;
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2019
;
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(c)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on
February 4, 2019,
February 21, 2019
,
May 9, 2019
and
June 3, 2019
.
(d)
All other reports filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K
referred to in (a) above; and
(e)
The description of the Common Stock contained in the Company's registration statement on Form 8-A (Registration Statement No. 001-03262) filed with the Commission on
December 6, 1996
, pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
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Item 8.  Exhibits.
The following are filed as exhibits to this registration statement:
Exhibit No.
Description
4
Specimen Common Stock Certificate of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-112100) filed on January 22, 2004).
5*
Opinion of Locke Lord LLP.
23.1*
Consent of Locke Lord LLP (See Exhibit 5).
23
.2*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.3*
Consent of Lee Keeling & Associates, Inc.
24*
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement).
99*
Comstock Resources, Inc. 2019 Long-term Incentive Plan Effective as of May 31, 2019.
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* Filed herewith
(Signature Page Follows)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Frisco, State of Texas, on June 4, 2019.
COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.
By:
/s/ ROLAND O. BURNS
President, Chief Financial Officer,
Secretary and Director
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes M. Jay Allison and Roland O. Burns, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, to sign and file one or more amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, which amendments may make such changes in this registration statement as either of them deems appropriate, and each such person hereby appoints M. Jay Allison and Roland O. Burns, and each of them, as attorney-in-fact to execute in the name and on behalf of the Company and any such person, individually and in each capacity stated below, any such amendments to this registration statement.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
/s/ M. JAY ALLISON
M. Jay Allison
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 4, 2019
/s/ ROLAND O. BURNS
Roland O. Burns
President, Chief Financial Officer,
Secretary and Director
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
June 4, 2019
/s/ ELIZABETH B. DAVIS
Elizabeth B. Davis
Director
June 4, 2019
/s/ MORRIS E. FOSTER
Morris E. Foster
Director
June 4, 2019
/s/ JIM L. TURNER
Jim L. Turner
Director
June 4, 2019
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