Billionaire David Shaw’s D. E. Shaw & Co Raises Exposure to Comstock Resources Inc (CRK)

Page 5 of 6 – SEC Filing
(c) Number of shares to which the person has:
(i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.: -0- shares
David E. Shaw: -0- shares
(ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.: 2,821,292 shares     
David E. Shaw: 2,821,292 shares   
(iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition
of:
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.: -0- shares   
David E. Shaw: -0- shares   
(iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition
of:
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.: 2,828,292 shares   
David E. Shaw: 2,828,292 shares   

David E. Shaw does not own any shares directly. By virtue of
David E. Shaw’s position as President and sole shareholder of D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc., which is the general partner of
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P., which in turn is the manager and investment adviser of D. E. Shaw Valence Portfolios, L.L.C., the investment
adviser of D. E. Shaw Oculus Portfolios, L.L.C., and the managing member of (i) D. E. Shaw Investment Management, L.L.C. and (ii)
D. E. Shaw Adviser, L.L.C., which in turn is the investment adviser of D. E. Shaw Asymptote Portfolios, L.L.C., and by virtue of
David E. Shaw’s position as President and sole shareholder of D. E. Shaw & Co. II, Inc., which is the managing member
of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C., which in turn is the manager of D. E. Shaw Oculus Portfolios, L.L.C. and the managing
member of D. E. Shaw Manager, L.L.C., which in turn is the manager of D. E. Shaw Asymptote Portfolios, L.L.C., David E. Shaw may
be deemed to have the shared power to vote or direct the vote of 2,821,292 shares, and the shared power to dispose or direct the
disposition of 2,828,292 shares, the 2,828,292 shares as described above constituting 5.3% of the outstanding shares and, therefore,
David E. Shaw may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of such shares. David E. Shaw disclaims beneficial ownership of
such 2,828,292 shares.

Item 5. Ownership of Five
Percent or Less of a Class

Not Applicable

Item 6. Ownership of More
than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

Not Applicable

Item 7. Identification and
Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company or Control Person.

Not Applicable

Item 8. Identification and
Classification of Members of the Group

Not Applicable

Item 9. Notice of Dissolution
of Group

Not Applicable

Item 10. Certification

By signing below, each of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. and David E. Shaw certify that, to the best of such reporting person’s
knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect
of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with
or as a participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect.

 

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