O’Melveny Advises Comstock Resources on Private Offering of US$400 Million of 6.75% Senior Unsecured Notes
April 9, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DALLAS—April 9, 2024—O’Melveny advised Comstock Resources, Inc. on its private offering of new 6.75% senior unsecured notes due 2029 in the aggregate amount of US$400 million.
The transaction was announced on April 2 and closed on April 9.
Comstock Resources is a leading independent natural gas producer with operations focused on the development of the Haynesville Shale in North Louisiana and East Texas.
The O’Melveny team advising Comstock was led by partners Jack Jacobsen and Will Becker, counsel Ashley Thurman, and associates Sahil Nooruddin, Sarah Nelson, and Eleanor Gilbert.
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Comstock issued the following announcement:
COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC. ANNOUNCES UPSIZE AND PRICING OF $400.0 MILLION OFFERING OF SENIOR NOTES DUE 2029
FRISCO, TX, April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Comstock Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CRK) ("Comstock" or the "Company") announced today the pricing of its private placement of new 6.75% senior unsecured notes due 2029 in the aggregate amount of $400.0 million, which was increased from the originally proposed $375.0 million (the "Notes"). The Notes will be issued at 93% of par. The offering is expected to close on April 9, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions.
The aggregate net proceeds from the sale of the Notes are expected to be approximately $365.0 million, after deducting the initial purchasers' discounts and other offering expenses. The Company intends to use such proceeds to repay a portion of the borrowings currently outstanding under the Company’s bank credit facility and pay fees and expenses in connection therewith.
The Notes offered have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws and unless so registered, the securities may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The senior unsecured notes are expected to be eligible for trading by qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A and non-U.S. persons under Regulation S.
This press release is being issued pursuant to Rule 135c under the Securities Act., and is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a sale of, the Notes or any other securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.
About Comstock Resources
Comstock Resources is a leading independent natural gas producer with operations focused on the development of the Haynesville shale in North Louisiana and East Texas. The Company's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CRK.
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described herein. Although the Company believes the expectations in such statements to be reasonable, there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other SEC filings discuss important risk factors that could affect the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition. The forward-looking statements in this news release speak only as of this date. Comstock does not undertake any obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement.