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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 16, 2010 (April 15,
2010)
GASTAR
EXPLORATION LTD.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
ALBERTA, CANADA
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001-32714
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98-0570897
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(State or other
jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification
No.)
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1331
LAMAR STREET, SUITE 1080
HOUSTON,
TEXAS 77010
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(713)
739-1800
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o Written communications pursuant
to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to
Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
SECTION
7 – REGULATION FD
Item
7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
On April
15, 2010, Gastar Exploration Ltd. (the “Company”) announced that Mr. Floyd R.
Price has been recommended by the Nomination Committee of the Company’s Board of
Directors to stand for election to the Board at the Annual General and Special
Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 3, 2010.
In
accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information presented
herein under Item 7.01 and set forth in the attached Exhibit 99.1 is deemed to
be “furnished” solely pursuant to Item 7.01 of this report and shall
not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, 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 or the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, each as amended.
SECTION
9 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
The
following is a list of exhibits furnished as part of this Form
8-K:
Exhibit No. |
Description of
Document
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99.1
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Press release dated April 15,
2010.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
GASTAR EXPLORATION
LTD.
Date: April
16, 2010
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By:
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/s/ J. RUSSELL PORTER | |
J. Russell Porter | |||
President and Chief Executive Officer | |||
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit No. |
Description of
Document
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99.1
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Press release dated April 15,
2010.
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