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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-18-013025
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180509
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180510
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180510

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000023194
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				941667468
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03262
		FILM NUMBER:		18823731

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5300 TOWN AND COUNTRY BLVD
		STREET 2:		STE 500
		CITY:			FRISCO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75034
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9726688800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5300 TOWN AND COUNTRY BLVD
		STREET 2:		STE 500
		CITY:			FRISCO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75034

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	COMSTOCK TUNNEL & DRAINAGE CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19880121
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-left:0pt;;text-indent:0pt;;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement </p></td>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">On May 9, 2018, Comstock Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) entered into a Contribution Agreement (the &#8220;Contribution Agreement&#8221;) with Arkoma Drilling L.P. and Williston Drilling, L.P. (collectively, the &#8220;Partnerships&#8221;), pursuant to which the Company will acquire interests in certain oil and gas properties located in North Dakota (the &#8220;Assets&#8221;) from the Partnerships in exchange for a total of up to 88,571,429 newly issued shares (the &#8220;Shares&#8221;) of common stock, $0.50 par value per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;) of the Company, subject to adjustment.&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon completion of the transactions contemplated under the Contribution Agreement, the Partnerships will own approximately 84% of the Company's pro forma outstanding Common Stock.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Assets</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company has valued the Assets at $620.0 million.&nbsp;&nbsp;The effective date for the acquisition of the Assets is April 1, 2018.&nbsp;&nbsp;There is no debt associated with the Assets.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Representations, Warranties and Covenants</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Contribution Agreement contains customary representations and warranties by the parties thereto. The representations and warranties of the parties included in the Contribution Agreement survive the closing of the transactions, with certain fundamental representations and warranties surviving indefinitely. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Contribution Agreement contains customary pre-closing covenants of the parties, including the obligation of the Company and the Partnerships to conduct their respective businesses in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and to refrain from taking certain specified actions, subject to certain exceptions. The Company has also agreed not to take certain actions likely to solicit or lead to other offers or proposals relating (a) to the acquisition of a business or assets of the Company or any other person exceeding certain specified thresholds, (b) a tender offer or exchange offer that would result in any person beneficially owning more than fifteen percent of the total voting power of the equity securities of the Company or (c) a merger, reorganization, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, or similar transaction exceeding certain specified thresholds (each of clauses (a), (b), and (c), an &#8220;Alternate Proposal&#8221;).</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Preemptive Rights</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Pursuant to the terms of the Contribution Agreement, after the closing of the transactions, the Partnerships will have preemptive purchase rights in connection with any future proposed offering by the Company of securities, with certain specified exceptions, for so long as the Partnerships continue to own an aggregate of 15% of the Common Stock of the Company. </p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the Company will enter into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Partnerships pursuant to which the Company will agree to register the Shares issued to the Partnerships.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Conditions to the Parties&#8217; Obligations under the Contribution Agreement</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The closing of the Contribution Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including the expiration or termination of applicable waiting periods under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as well as approval by the Company's stockholders of (i) the issuance of the Shares of Common Stock and (ii) amendments to the Company&#8217;s Articles of Incorporation to (a) increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock of the Company, (b) permit stockholders to act by written consent of the majority so long as the Partnerships own a majority of the Common Stock, and (c) to the extent permitted by applicable law, renounce any interest by the Company in the business opportunities of the Partnerships and their affiliates&nbsp;&nbsp;(items (i) and (ii) together, the &#8220;Stockholder Approvals&#8221;).&nbsp;&nbsp;The Stockholder Approvals are required in order to issue the Shares of Common Stock to the Partnerships.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Additionally, the obligations of the Partnerships are subject to the Company obtaining a new revolving credit facility and a new senior unsecured notes issuance, in each case (i) having such terms as are acceptable to the Partnerships and (ii) in an amount as will be sufficient to discharge certain existing indebtedness of the Company (the &#8220;Debt Financing&#8221;).</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Contribution Agreement contains certain customary termination rights, including, among others, in the event of the following: (i)&#160;if the closing has not occurred by October 31, 2018 (the &#8220;Outside Date&#8221;); (ii) by mutual written agreement of the Company and the Partnerships; (iii)&#160; if the Stockholder Approvals are not obtained; (iv) if the consummation of the transactions is prohibited by law; and (v) for breach of a representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement by a party which has not been cured by the earlier of (x) 30 days following written notice from the other party of such breach and (y) the Outside Date.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Additionally, the Contribution Agreement may be terminated (a) by the Company prior to receiving the Stockholder Approvals in order to enter into an unsolicited Alternate Proposal meeting certain specified criteria and subject to certain exceptions (a &#8220;Superior Proposal&#8221;) and (b) by the Partnerships, if the board of directors of the Company has changed its recommendation for the stockholders of the Company to approve the items subject to the Stockholder Approvals or if the Company or its affiliates have failed to fulfill certain obligations under the Contribution Agreement.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Forward-Looking Statements</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This communication contains "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.&nbsp;&nbsp;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.&nbsp;&nbsp;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.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Additional Information and Where to Find It</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU4"></a>This communication is being made in respect of the proposed transactions involving Arkoma and the Company.&nbsp;&nbsp;The issuance of the Shares and the amendments to the Articles of Incorporation required in connection with the proposed transaction will be submitted to the stockholders of the Company for their consideration.&nbsp;&nbsp; In connection therewith, the Company intends to file relevant materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including a definitive proxy statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, such documents are not currently available.&nbsp;&nbsp;This communication does not constitute a solicitation of any vote or approval.&nbsp;&nbsp;BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING </p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Investors will be able to obtain free of charge the proxy statement (when available) and other documents filed with the SEC at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the proxy statement and the Company's annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are available free of charge through the Company's website at www.comstockresources.com as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Participants in Solicitation</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The directors, executive officers and certain other members of management and employees of Comstock are "participants" in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders of Comstock in favor the issuance of the Shares and the amendments to the Articles of Incorporation required in connection with the proposed transaction.&nbsp;&nbsp;Information regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be considered participants in the solicitation of the stockholders of Comstock in connection with the proposed transactions will be set forth in the proxy statement and the other relevant documents to be filed with the SEC.&nbsp;&nbsp;You can find information about Comstock's executive officers and directors in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and in its definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on Schedule 14A on April 3, 2017.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:14pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">For Immediate Release</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC. ENTERS INTO</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH JERRY JONES</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">FRISCO, TEXAS, May 10, 2018<font style="font-weight:normal;"> &#8211; Comstock Resources, Inc. ("Comstock" or the "Company") (NYSE: CRK) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Arkoma Drilling, L.P. ("Arkoma") and Williston Drilling, L.P. ("Williston") to acquire certain oil and gas assets located in North Dakota in exchange for common stock in the Company.&nbsp;&nbsp;Arkoma and Williston (collectively, the "Partnerships") are owned by Dallas businessman and owner of the Dallas Cowboys Football Club Ltd., Jerry Jones and his family. </font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The Company has valued the assets to be acquired at approximately $620 million.&nbsp;&nbsp;The effective date for the acquisition of the assets is April 1, 2018.&nbsp;&nbsp;There is no debt associated with the assets.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Partnerships will collectively receive approximately 88.6 million newly issued shares of Comstock common stock based on an agreed upon share price of $7.00 per share, subject to adjustment as provided in the contribution agreement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon completion of the transaction, the Partnerships will own approximately 84% of the Company's pro forma outstanding shares.&nbsp;&nbsp;The acquisition is subject to approval by the Company's stockholders and satisfaction of certain other closing conditions including the refinancing of the Company's debt.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The oil and gas assets to be acquired by Comstock in the transaction are located in North Dakota's Bakken shale basin.&nbsp;&nbsp;The assets are currently producing 10,500 barrels of oil per day and 20 MMcf of natural gas per day and have proved reserves as estimated by Comstock's independent reserve engineers of 22.5 million barrels of oil and 48.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas.&nbsp;&nbsp;Comstock will acquire 332 (52.5 net) producing oil wells, 128 (13.0 net) drilled uncompleted wells and ten (3.0 net) undrilled locations in the transaction.&nbsp;&nbsp;The assets are expected to generate approximately $200 million of operating cash flow in 2018.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. is acting as financial advisor to Comstock&#160;on the transaction.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Additional Information and Where to Find It</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><a name="_AEIOULastRenderedPageBreakAEIOU2"></a>This communication is being made in respect of the proposed transactions involving Partnerships and the Company.&nbsp;&nbsp;The proposed transaction will be submitted to the stockholders of the Company for their consideration.&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection therewith, the Company intends to file relevant </p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;"><font style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including a definitive proxy statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;However, such documents are not currently available.&nbsp;&nbsp;This communication does not constitute a solicitation of any vote or approval.&nbsp;&nbsp;BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR ANY INVESTMENT DECISION, INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT REGARDING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION.</font></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Investors will be able to obtain a free copy of the proxy statement (when available) and other documents filed with the SEC at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the proxy statement and the Company's annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are available free of charge through the Company's website at www.comstockresources.com as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Participants in Solicitation</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">The directors, executive officers and certain other members of management and employees of Comstock may be deemed "participants" in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders of Comstock in favor of the proposed transaction.&nbsp;&nbsp;Information regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be considered participants in the solicitation of the stockholders of Comstock in connection with the proposed transaction will be set forth in the proxy statement and the other relevant documents to be filed with the SEC.&nbsp;&nbsp;You can find information about Comstock's executive officers and directors in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and in its definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on Schedule 14A on April 3, 2017.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.&nbsp;&nbsp;All statements, other than statements of present or historical fact included in this press release, regarding the proposed transaction discussed herein, Comstock&#8217;s ability to consummate the transaction, the benefits of the transaction and Comstock&#8217;s future financial performance following the transaction are forward looking statements. 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.&nbsp;&nbsp;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. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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