GST8-KA Q2 2014 Earnings Exhibit991


 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 7, 2014 (August 7, 2014)

GASTAR EXPLORATION INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

DELAWARE
 
001-35211
 
38-3531640
(State or other jurisdiction
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
 
 
 
Identification No.)
        
1331 LAMAR STREET, SUITE 650
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77010
(Address of principal executive offices)

(713) 739-1800
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Explanatory Note

This Amendment No. 1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K/A (“Form 8-K/A”) amends Item 2.02 of the Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 7, 2014 (the “Original Form 8-K”) solely to revise a typographical error in the press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 (the “Exhibit”).

SECTION 2 - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

The Exhibit is revised solely to correct an error in a table heading contained in the Exhibit’s consolidated statements of operations that indicated “For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2013 and 2012” instead of “For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 and 2013.” In all other respects, the Exhibit is unchanged.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information presented herein under Item 2.02 and set forth in the previously furnished Exhibit, as amended by this Form 8-K/A, is deemed to be “furnished” solely pursuant to Item 2.02 of this report and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information or the exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act.








SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Date: August 7, 2014


 
 
GASTAR EXPLORATION INC.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/S/ J. RUSSELL PORTER
 
 
 
J. Russell Porter
 
 
 
President and Chief Executive Officer



        

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.        Description of Document    

99.1*    Press release dated April 15, 2014.
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* Previously furnished.
 







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