Comstock Resources, Inc. announced this week that in connection with closing the recently completed contribution by Arkoma Drilling, L.P. and Williston Drilling, L.P., entities owned by Jerry Jones and his family, that its Board of Directors is being reduced from the current nine members to five members. M. Jay Allison, Roland O. Burns, Elizabeth B. Davis, Morris E. Foster and Jim L. Turner, will continue to serve on the Company's Board of Directors. Cecil E. Martin, David W. Sledge, David K. Lockett and Frederic D. Sewell are retiring from the Board of Directors.  Jay Allison will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Jim Turner will assume the role of Lead Director.

"We are very grateful for the leadership and guidance that Cecil Martin, David Sledge, David Lockett and Fred Sewell have provided the Company throughout their many years of service," stated M. Jay Allison, Chief Executive Officer of Comstock. "We look forward to growing the New Comstock which has been created by the contribution of assets by Jerry Jones and the completion of our comprehensive refinancing plan."