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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 9, 2014

COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


STATE OF NEVADA
001-03262
94-1667468
(State or other
jurisdiction of 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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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
The Company held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 8, 2014.  The following proposals were submitted to the holders of the Company's common stock for a vote:
 
 
1.
  
The election of four nominees to the Board of Directors;
 
 
2. 
  
The amendment of our bylaws to provide for the annual election of all directors;
 
 
3.
  
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, 2014;
 
 
4.
  
To approve, on an advisory basis, the Company's 2013 compensation of its named executive officers;
 
 
5.
  
To consider a stockholder proposal to adopt a policy that limits the acceleration of vesting on equity awards granted to named executive officers in the event of a change in control; and
 
 
6.
  
To consider a stockholder proposal to ask the Board to adopt and present for stockholder approval, a "proxy access" bylaw.
 
 
44,303,740 shares of the Company's common stock were represented at the meeting or 93% of the Company's voting capital stock.  2,525,439 of the 44,303,740 shares were broker non-votes and were only included in the results on proposal 3.
 
The results of such votes were as follows:
 
 
1.
  
The following votes were cast in the election of the four nominees to the Board of Directors:
 
Name of Nominee
  
Number of Votes
Voted For
  
Number of Votes
Withheld
  
Total
             
M. Jay Allison
  
38,472,620
  
3,305,681
  
41,778,301
David W. Sledge
  
38,747,861
  
3,030,440
  
41,778,301
Jim. L. Turner
  
39,145,526
  
2,632,775
  
41,778,301
Elizabeth B. Davis
  
39,029,749
  
2,748,552
  
41,778,301

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
2.
  
The following votes were cast in the proposal to amend our bylaws to provide for the annual election of all directors:
 
Number of Votes
Voted For
  
Number of Votes
Voted Against
  
Number of Votes
Abstaining
  
Total
             
38,585,836
  
3,029,838
  
162,627
  
41,778,301
             
 
 
3.
  
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, 2014:
 
Number of Votes
Voted For
  
Number of Votes
Voted Against
  
Number of Votes
Abstaining
  
Total
             
43,713,799
  
425,588
  
164,353
  
44,303,740
             
 
 
4.
  
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
             
38,774,241
  
2,761,010
  
243,050
  
41,778,301
             

 
5.
  
The following votes were cast in the stockholder proposal to adopt a policy that limits the acceleration of vesting on equity awards granted to named executive officers in the event of a change in control:

Number of Votes
Voted For
  
Number of Votes
Voted Against
  
Number of Votes
Abstaining
  
Total
             
16,521,941
  
25,063,215
  
193,145
  
41,778,301
             

 
6.
  
The following votes were cast in the stockholder proposal to ask the Board to adopt and present for stockholder approval, a "proxy access" bylaw:

Number of Votes
Voted For
  
Number of Votes
Voted Against
  
Number of Votes
Abstaining
  
Total
             
19,616,622
  
21,966,730
  
194,949
  
41,778,301
             


The Board of Directors reaffirmed its previous determination that an advisory vote on the Company's executive compensation will be held annually until the next required vote on the frequency of such votes.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
The information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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 9, 2014
By:
/s/ ROLAND O. BURNS
   
Roland O. Burns
   
President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary