Company: CRK
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000950170-25-024783
Chunk: 78

Company: COMSTOCK RESOURCES INC
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 78
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 a result of their ‎assessment of a ‎company's ESG practices. Companies that do not adapt to or comply with investor or other ‎stakeholder expectations ‎and standards, which are evolving, or that are perceived to have not ‎responded appropriately to the growing concern for ESG issues, ‎regardless of whether there is a ‎legal requirement to do so, may suffer from reputational damage and the business, financial ‎‎condition, and/or stock price of such a company could be materially and adversely affected.‎

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COMSTOCK RESOURCES, INC.

We face pressures from our stockholders, who are increasingly focused on climate change, to ‎prioritize sustainable energy ‎practices, reduce our carbon footprint and promote sustainability. ‎Our stockholders may require us to implement new ESG procedures or ‎standards in order to continue ‎engaging with us, to remain invested in us or before they may make further investments in us. ‎‎Additionally, we may face reputational challenges in the event our ESG procedures or standards ‎do not meet the standards set by certain constituencies. We have adopted certain practices and ‎metrics as highlighted on our website, including with respect to air emissions, land use, ‎environmental, health and safety management and corporate governance. It is possible, ‎however, that our stockholders might not be satisfied with our sustainability efforts or the ‎speed ‎of their adoption. If we do not meet our stockholders' expectations, our business, ability to ‎access capital, and/or our stock price ‎could be harmed.‎

Additionally, adverse effects upon the oil and gas industry related to the worldwide social and ‎political environment, including ‎uncertainty or instability resulting from climate change, ‎changes in political leadership and environmental policies, changes in ‎geopolitical-social views ‎toward fossil fuels and renewable energy, concern about the environmental impact of climate ‎change, and ‎investors' expectations regarding ESG matters, may also adversely affect demand ‎for our products. Any long-term material adverse ‎effect on the natural gas and oil industry could have a ‎significant financial and operational adverse impact on our business.‎

The occurrence of any of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on the price of our ‎stock and our business and ‎financial condition.‎

We pursue acquisitions as part of our growth strategy and there are risks associated with such acquisitions.

Our growth has been attributable in part to acquisitions of producing properties and companies. Recently we have been focused on acquiring acreage for our