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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): December 10, 2010 (December
10, 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
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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of
incorporation)
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File Number)
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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 December
10, 2010, the Company issued a press release announcing that the underwriters of
its previously announced underwritten public offering of common shares have
exercised in full their option to purchase an additional 1,800,000 common shares
of the Company's common stock at a public offering price of $4.00 per share. The
Company expects to issue and deliver all 13,800,000 common shares on December
13, 2010, subject to customary closing conditions. A copy of the
Company’s press release, dated December 10, 2010, including such information is
furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.
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.
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Description of
Document
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99.1
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Press
release dated December 10,
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.
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Date: December
10, 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.
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Description of
Document
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99.1
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Press
release dated December 10,
2010.
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