crk-8k_20170516.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): May 16, 2017

 

COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

STATE OF NEVADA

001-03262

94-1667468

(State or other
jurisdiction incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

5300 Town and Country Boulevard

Suite 500

Frisco, Texas 75034

(Address of principal executive offices)

(972) 668-8800

(Registrant's Telephone No.)

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

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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

The Company held its 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 16, 2017. The following proposals were submitted to the holders of the Company's common stock for a vote:

 

1.

 

The election of nine nominees to the Board of Directors;

 

 

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, 2017;

 

 

 

 

 

3.

 

To approve, on an advisory basis, the Company's compensation of its named executive officers; and

 

 

4.

 

To approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on executive compensation.

 

 

 

 

 

13,260,278 shares of the Company's common stock were represented at the meeting or 87% of the Company's voting capital stock.  5,010,490 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 nine nominees to the Board of Directors:

 

 

Name of Nominee

 

Number of Votes
Voted For

 

Number of Votes

Withheld

 

Total

M. Jay Allison

 

8,167,930

 

81,858

 

8,249,788

Roland O. Burns

 

8,144,352

 

105,436  

 

8,249,788

Elizabeth B. Davis

 

8,163,291

 

86,497

 

8,249,788

Morris E. Foster

 

8,165,036

 

84,752

 

8,249,788

David K. Lockett

 

8,164,150

 

85,638

 

8,249,788

Cecil E. Martin

 

8,158,445

 

91,343

 

8,249,788

Frederic D. Sewell

 

8,163,261

 

86,527

 

8,249,788

David W. Sledge

 

8,157,801

 

91,987

 

8,249,788

Jim L. Turner

 

8,161,836

 

87,952

 

8,249,788

 



 

 

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, 2017:

 

Number of Votes

Voted For

 

Number of Votes

Voted Against

 

Number of Votes

Abstaining

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,146,762

 

47,950

 

65,566

 

13,260,278

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

 

The following votes were cast in the advisory vote on executive compensation:

 

Number of Votes

Voted For

 

Number of Votes

Voted Against

 

Number of Votes

Abstaining

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,902,158

 

295,767

 

51,863

 

8,249,788

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

 

The following votes were cast in the advisory vote on the frequency of future stockholder advisory votes on executive compensation:

 

Number of Votes Voted For 3 Years

 

Number of Votes Voted For 2 Years

 

Number of Votes Voted For 1 Year

 

Number of Votes Abstaining

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,059,405

 

77,642

 

3,686,415

 

426,326

 

8,249,788

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: May 17, 2017

By:

/s/ ROLAND O. BURNS

 

 

Roland O. Burns

 

 

President and Chief Financial Officer