8-KApril2014DividendandPipelineRupture
 



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 7, 2014 (April 4, 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)


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):

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SECTION 7 - REGULATION FD

Item 7.01 Regulation FD.

On April 4, 2014, Gastar Exploration Inc. (the "Company") announced that it has declared a monthly cash dividend on its 8.625% Series A Preferred Stock and its 10.75% Series B Preferred Stock for April 2014. A copy of the Company's press release, dated April 4, 2014, is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

On April 7, 2014, the Company announced that its production in Marshall County, West Virginia has been shut-in since Saturday, April 5, 2014 due to the rupture of a pipeline operated by Williams Partners. The Company hopes to restart production as early as Tuesday, April 8, 2014. A copy of the Company's press release, dated April 7, 2014, is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.2 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 press releases included as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to this report are 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 (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, or the Exchange Act.


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    

99.1    Press release dated April 4, 2014.
99.2    Press release dated April 7, 2014.

    






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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: April 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 4, 2014.
99.2    Press release dated April 7, 2014.






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