UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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): January 26, 2005
COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.
STATE OF NEVADA (State or other jurisdiction incorporation) |
000-16741 (Commission File Number) |
94-1667468 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
5300 Town And Country Boulevard
Suite 500
Frisco, Texas 75034
(Address of principal executive offices)
(972) 668-8800
(Registrants Telephone No.)
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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition
As described in more detail under Item 4.02 below, on January 26, 2005, Comstock Resources, Inc. (the Company) announced that it would be restating its financial statements for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2004 and the previously filed financial statements for that period should therefore no longer be relied upon. The press release announcing the restatement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 4.02. Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review
On January 26, 2005, the Companys Audit Committee determined that the Companys financial statements for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2004 (the September 30, 2004 Financial Statements) should no longer be relied upon because they needed to be restated to correct the accounting for the Companys ownership interest in Bois dArc Energy, LLC (Bois dArc Energy). Upon its formation on July 16, 2004, the Company started consolidating Bois dArc Energy. Under the terms of Bois dArc Energys operating agreement, the Company jointly shares management of Bois dArc Energy with the principals of Bois dArc Resources, Ltd. Upon further consideration of Bois dArc Energys formation documents, the Company has concluded that consolidation is precluded due to its inability to control Bois dArc Energy pursuant to Bois dArc Energys operating agreement. Consequently, the Company is restating the September 30, 2004 Financial Statements to account for the Companys 59.9% interest in Bois dArc Energy under the proportionate consolidation method. The Companys Audit Committee discussed the restatement with Ernst & Young, LLP, the Companys independent registered public accounting firm.
Except for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2004, no other periods were affected by the restatement. The restatement did not have any impact on the Companys consolidated stockholders equity, net income or earnings per share for any of the periods presented. The Company will be filing an amendment to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004, which Form 10-Q/A will contain the restated September 30, 2004 Financial Statements.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a) | Financial Statements of Business Acquired. | |||
Not applicable. | ||||
(b) | Pro Forma Financial Information. | |||
Not applicable. | ||||
(c) | Exhibits. The following exhibits are filed with this document: |
Exhibit No. | Description | |
99.1
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Press Release dated January 27, 2004. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC. |
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Dated: January 27, 2005 | By: | /s/ M. Jay Allison | ||
M. Jay Allison | ||||
President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||