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Market Cap:$3.6B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.4B
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Oil & Natural Gas Properties

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Douglas H. Miller
Number of Employees 892
Contact Information

12377 Merit Dr Ste 1700

Dallas, Texas 75251

excoresources.c...

(214) 368-2084

NAICS Code Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction: 211111

Recent Events

  • Wunderlich Securities Initiates Coverage on EXCO Resources XCO with a Buy

    11/20/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • EXCO Resources Declares Fourth Quarter Dividend

    11/20/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story

  • EXCO Resources sells remaining Mid-Continent assets to Sheridan Holding

    11/11/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Exco Resources closes asset sale to Sheridan

    11/10/09 - New Investment - View Story

  • EXCO Resources, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

    11/04/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Pritchard Capital Initiates Coverage on EXCO Resources XCO with a Buy

    10/15/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • EXCO Resources Declares Cash Dividend

    10/02/09 - Stock Split / Dividend - View Story

  • EXCO To Sell Oklahoma Assets For $540 Mln. - Update

    9/30/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • EXCO Resources to Sell Oklahoma Producing Assets

    10/02/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • EXCO, EV Energy Partners agree to deal on Ohio, Pennsylvania properties

    9/30/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • EXCO Resources, Inc. Schedules Earnings Release and Conference Call

    9/30/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Westinghouse adds more space to new headquarters

    9/02/09 - Sites Leased - View Story

  • EXCO Resources, Inc. Announces Agreement with BG Group Regarding Midstream Assets

    8/06/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • EXCO Resources, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results

    8/04/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • BG Group's Profits Slide in 2Q, E&P Volumes Up Year-on-Year

    7/29/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • EXCO Resources, Inc. Schedules Earnings Release and Conference Call

    7/07/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Energy stocks fizzle as second half kicks off

    7/01/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • BG Group, Exco Resources form alliance to develop shale gas in the US

    6/30/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • EXCO Resources announces agreement with BG Group for joint development of its Haynesville Shale and...

    6/30/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Encore to Buy Exco Properties

    6/29/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Harold Hickey Vice President & Coo
J. Douglas Ramsey PhD Vice President, Cfo, Treasurer
Mark Wilson Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
Charles R. Evans Vice President and General Manager- Midcontinent Division
Daniel Johnson Vice President
Joe D. Ford Vice President of Human Resources
John D. Jacobi Vice President of Business Development and Marketing
Marcia Reeves Simpson Vice President of Engineering
Michael R. Chambers Sr. Vice President of Operations and General Manager- East Texas/North Louisiana Division
Paul B. Rudnicki Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis
Richard Hodges Vice President of Land
Stephen E. Puckett Vice President of Reservoir Engineering
Tommy Knowles Vice President and General Manager- Permian/Rockies Division
Wendy L. Straatmann Vice President and General Manager- Appalachia Division
William L. Boeing Vice President and General Counsel
Alasdair Cooke Executive Director
Lenard B. Tessler Member

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Douglas H. Miller Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Stephen F. Smith Vice Chairman, President and Secretary
Barry Sullivan Chairman
B James Ford Board of Directors
Boone Pickens Board of Directors
Craig Ian Burton Board of Directors
Earl E. Ellis Board of Directors
Jeffrey D. Benjamin Board of Directors
Jeffrey Serota Board of Directors
Rajath Shourie Board of Directors
Robert H. Niehaus Board of Directors
Robert L. Stillwell Board of Directors
T Boone Pickens Board of Directors
Vincent J. Cebula Board of Directors

Douglas H. Miller became the Chairman of our Board of Directors and our Chief Executive Officer in December 1997. Mr. Miller was Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Coda Energy, Inc., or Coda, an independent oil and natural gas company, from October 1989 until November 1997 and served as a director of Coda from 1987 until November 1997.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Current
EXCO Resources, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Stephen F. Smith joined us in June 2004 as Vice Chairman of our Board of Directors and was appointed President and Secretary in October 2005. He served as our Secretary until April 2006. Prior to joining us, Mr. Smith was co-founder and Executive Vice President of Sandefer Oil and Gas, Inc., an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, from January 1980 to June 2004. Mr. Smith was one of our directors from March 1998 to July 2003. Prior to 1980, Mr. Smith was an Audit Partner with Arthur Andersen LLP.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Vice Chairman, President and Secretary Current
EXCO Resources, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Harold L. Hickey became our Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in October 2005. Prior to then and beginning in January 2004, Mr. Hickey served as President of our wholly owned subsidiary, North Coast Energy, Inc. Mr. Hickey was our Production and Asset Manager from February 2001 to January 2004. From April 2000 until he joined us, Mr. Hickey was Chief Operating Officer of Inca Natural Resources Group, L.P., an independent oil and natural gas exploration company. Prior to that, Mr. Hickey worked at Mobil Oil Corporation from 1979 to March 2000.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Vice President & Coo Current

J. Douglas Ramsey, Ph.D., became our Chief Financial Officer and a Vice President in December 1997. Dr. Ramsey was one of our directors from March 1998 until October 5, 2005. From March 1992 to December 1997, Dr. Ramsey worked for Coda Energy, Inc. as Financial Analyst and Assistant to the President and then as Financial Planning Manager. Dr. Ramsey also taught finance at Southern Methodist University in their undergraduate and professional MBA programs.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Vice President, Cfo, Treasurer Current

Mark E. Wilson became our Controller and one of our Vice Presidents in August 2005. Mr. Wilson then became our Chief Accounting Officer in November 2006. He began his career in 1980 with Diamond Shamrock Corporation. Since that time, he has served in Controller roles with Maxus Energy Corporation, Snyder Oil Corporation and Repsol-YPF International. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Wilson held managerial positions with Coopers & Lybrands' Utility Industry Consulting practice. From September 2000 until August 2005, Mr. Wilson served as Vice President and Controller and Chief Financial Officer of Epoch Holding Corporation, a publicly traded investment management and advisory firm and registered investment adviser.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller Current

Charles R. Evans, age 54, joined us in February 1998, became one of our Vice Presidents in March 1998 and was our Chief Operating Officer from December 2000 until October 2005. He currently serves as one of our Vice Presidents and as General Manager of our Midcontinent Division. After working for Sun Oil Co., he joined TXO Production Corp. in 1979 and was appointed Vice President of Engineering and Evaluation in 1989. In 1990, he was named Vice President of Engineering and Project Development for Delhi Gas Pipeline Corporation, a natural gas gathering, processing and marketing company. Mr. Evans served as Director Environmental Affairs and Safety for Delhi until December 1997.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Vice President and General Manager- Midcontinent Division Current

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Vice President Current

Joe D. Ford, age 59, became our Vice President of Human Resources in November 2007. Prior to joining EXCO Resources, Mr. Ford was the Director of Human Resources for CARBO Ceramics Inc. (NYSE) from June 2002 to November 2007. CARBO Ceramics Inc. supplies ceramic proppant for fracturing natural gas and oil wells and also provides well fracture diagnostic services. Prior to working for CARBO Ceramics Inc., Mr. Ford spent his career in various human resource management capacities including a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE) as Manager of Human Resources and Comdial Corporation (Nasdaq) as Vice President of Human Resources.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Vice President of Human Resources Current

John D. Jacobi, age 54, became our Vice President of Business Development and Marketing in February 1999. In 1991, he co-founded Jacobi Johnson Energy, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas producer, and served as its President until January 1997. He served as the Vice President and Treasurer of Jacobi Johnson from January 1997 until May 8, 1998, when the company was sold to us.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Vice President of Business Development and Marketing Current

Marcia Reeves Simpson, age 51, joined EXCO in March 2008 as our Vice President of Engineering. Ms. Simpson was employed by J-W Operating Company - Cohort Energy as its Acquisition & Divestiture and Reservoir Engineering Manager from September 2004 until March 2008. From January 2001 until September 2004, Ms Simpson was a Vice President for Energy Virtual Partners, a start-up exploration and production company. From September 1987 until January 2000 she worked for Mobil in various leadership positions. From June 1978 to September 1987 she worked in several engineering positions for Gulf/Chevron. She is a registered professional engineer in Louisiana and she has served in various leadership roles with the Gas Research Institute, the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers over her 30 year career.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Vice President of Engineering Current

Michael R. Chambers Sr., age 52, became our Vice President of Operations in February 2007 and also currently serves as the Vice President and General Manager of our East Texas/North Louisiana Division. Prior to joining EXCO Resources, Mr. Chambers was the Operations General Manager for Anadarko's Eastern Region Operations from August 2006 to February 2007 and Rockies Production Manager from August 2000 to August 2006. Mr. Chambers joined Anadarko in January 2000. Mr. Chambers worked at Mobil Oil Corporation from 1979 to January 2000.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Vice President of Operations and General Manager- East Texas/North Louisiana Division Current

Paul B. Rudnicki, age 30, became our Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis in August 2006. From July 2003 until August 2006, Mr. Rudnicki served as Financial Planning Manager. Mr. Rudnicki was a Financial Analyst and Assistant to the CFO from June 2000 to July 2003.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis Current

Richard L. Hodges, age 56, became our Vice President of Land in October 2000. He began his career with Texaco, Inc. and has served in various land management capacities with several independent oil and gas companies during the past 27 years. He served as Vice President of Land for Central Resources, Inc. until we acquired the Central properties in September 2000.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Vice President of Land Current

Stephen E. Puckett, age 49, became our Vice President of Reservoir Engineering in December 2006. Mr. Puckett was our Manager of Engineering and Operations from April 2000 until December 2006. From January 1998 until April 2000 he served as a petroleum engineering consultant for Petra Resources, Inc. From March 1993 until January 1998 he worked for Enserch Exploration, Inc. as a reservoir engineer. From May 1981 until January 1993 he was employed by Oryx Energy Company as an operations engineer and reservoir engineer. He is a registered professional engineer in Texas and a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Vice President of Reservoir Engineering Current

Tommy Knowles, age 57, joined EXCO's Appalachian subsidiary North Coast Energy, Inc., in 2004 as its Vice President of Exploration & Production, becoming President in October 2005. In August 2007, Mr. Knowles became Vice President and General Manager of our Permian/Rockies Division. Prior to joining North Coast he was the Sr. Vice President of Exploration & Production with Belden and Blake, having been employed there since 1996.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Vice President and General Manager- Permian/Rockies Division Current

Wendy L. Straatmann, age 38, joined EXCO in August 2007 as the President of our wholly-owned subsidiary, North Coast Energy, Inc. and the Vice President and General Manager of our Appalachia Division. Ms. Straatmann has prior Appalachian Basin experience working for Target Energy of Indiana, Pennsylvania. From August 2004 until joining EXCO, Ms. Straatmann was employed by Dominion Exploration & Production in various capacities, including as its General Manager - Rocky Mountains. Prior to joining Dominion, she was employed by Phillips Petroleum Company and Samson Resources, Inc. She is a Certified Professional Geologist.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Vice President and General Manager- Appalachia Division Current

William L. Boeing became our Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in April 2006. From October 1980 to March 2006, Mr. Boeing was initially an associate and later a partner at one of our outside law firms, Haynes and Boone, LLP, in Dallas, Texas.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Vice President and General Counsel Current

Organization Position Status
Albidon Limited Executive Director Current
EXCO Resources, Inc. Executive Director Current
African Energy - Resources Limited Executive Director Current
Albidon Limited Board of Directors Current

Mr. Sullivan is an experienced and successful mining engineer with a career spanning 40 years. His initial mining experience was gained in the South African gold mining industry, followed by more than 20 years with Mount Isa Mines. In the final 5 years of his tenure with MIM, Mr Sullivan was Executive General Manager responsible for the extensive Mount Isa and Hilton operations. More recently, Mr Sullivan has been working with a number of smaller exploration and mining companies. Presently Mr Sullivan is a non-executive and Chairman of Exco Resources, and a non-executive Director of Sedimentary Holdings.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Chairman Current
Lion Selection Limited Board of Directors Current
Catalpa Resources Limited Board of Directors Current

B. James Ford became one of our directors on December 1, 2007. Mr. Ford is a Managing Director of Oaktree where he has worked since 1996. Mr. Ford is a co-portfolio manager of Oaktree's Principal Opportunities Funds, which invest in controlling and minority positions in private and public companies. Mr. Ford serves on the Board of Directors of Crimson Exploration, Inc. as well as a number of private companies and not-for-profit entities.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Boone Pickens became one of our directors in October 2005 and was previously one of our directors from March 1998 through July 2003. Mr. Pickens has served as the Chairman and CEO of BP Capital LP since September 1996 and Mesa Water, Inc. since August 2000 and is a board member of Clean Energy Fuels Corp. BP Capital LP or affiliates is the general partner and an investment advisor of private funds investing in energy commodities (BP Capital Energy Fund) and publicly-traded energy equities (BP Capital Equity Fund and its offshore counterpart). Clean Energy Fuels Corp. is the largest provider of natural gas (CNG and LNG) and related services in North America. He was the founder of Mesa Petroleum Co., an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company. He served as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Mesa from its inception until his departure in 1996. See " Transactions with Related Persons TXOK acquisition" for a description of certain related party transactions involving Mr. Pickens.

Organization Position Status
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Board Member Current
EXCO Resources, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Mirabela Nickel Ltd Executive Director Current
Albidon Limited Co-Founder Current
Panoramic Resources Limited Co-Founder Current
Ips Australasia Pty Ltd. Board of Directors Current
EXCO Resources, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Albidon Limited Director Current
Australian Institute of Company Directors Board of Directors Current
Golden Gate Petroleum Co. Director Current
Mirabela Nickel Ltd Board of Directors Current
Hercules Energy Pty Ltd Board of Directors Current
Australian Institute of Company Directors Member Current
University Corp. Bachelor of Law Degree Former

Earl E. Ellis became one of our directors in October 2005 and was previously one of our directors from March 1998 through July 2003. Mr. Ellis has served as chairman and chief executive officer of Whole Harvest Products, formerly Carolina Soy Products, a soy based product manufacturing company since September 2003. Mr. Ellis has also been a private investor since 2001. He served as a director of Coda from 1992 until 1996. Mr. Ellis served as a managing partner of Benjamin Jacobson & Sons, LLC, specialists on the New York Stock Exchange. He had been associated with Benjamin Jacobson & Sons, LLC from 1977 to 2001.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Jeffrey D. Benjamin became one of our directors in October 2005 and was previously one of our directors from August 1998 through July 2003 and a director of our parent holding company from July 2003 through its merger into us. Mr. Benjamin has been a Senior Advisor to Apollo Management, LP since September 2002. He had previously been a Managing Director of Libra Securities LLC, an investment banking firm, from January 2002 to September 2002 and served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Libra Securities from January 1999 to December 2001. Mr. Benjamin is also a director of Dade Behring Holdings Inc., NTL Incorporated and Goodman Global, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Dade Behring Holdings, Inc. Director Current
Ntlpa Director Current
Mandalay Resort Group Inc Board of Directors Current
McLeodUSA Incorporated Board of Directors Current
NTL Incorporated Board of Directors Current
Chiquita Brands International, Inc. Board of Directors Current
EXCO Resources, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Libra Securities, LLC Co-Chief Executive Officer Former
Libra Securities, LLC Managing Director Former
EXCO Resources, Inc. Chairman Former

Mr. Serota has served as one of our directors since September 2006. Mr. Serota is a member of our Acquisition Committee. Mr. Serota has served as a senior partner in the Private Equity Group of Ares Partners since 1997. Prior to joining Ares Partners in 1997, Mr. Serota was a vice president in the Investment Banking Department of Bear, Stearns & Co. where he specialized in providing investment banking services to financial sponsor clients of the firm. Prior to joining Bear Stearns, Mr. Serota was with Dabney/Resnick, Inc., a boutique investment bank. At Dabney/Resnick, Mr. Serota specialized in merchant banking and capital raising activities for middle market companies and had primary responsibility for the firm’s bridge financing activities. Mr. Serota also worked at Salomon Brothers Inc. focusing on mergers and acquisitions and merchant banking transactions. Mr. Serota serves on the board of directors of Exco Resources, Inc., a publicly-held company, and he serves on the boards of several private companies. Mr. Serota graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and received an M.B.A. from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.

Organization Position Status
WCA Waste Corporation Board of Directors Current
EXCO Resources, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Salomon Brothers Inc. Former
Ares Partners LLC Former

Rajath Shourie became one of our directors on August 30, 2007. Mr. Shourie is a Managing Director at Oaktree in the distressed debt group. He joined Oaktree in August 2002 after having spent two years at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Principal Investment Area. Prior thereto, he was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, from 1995 to 1998.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Goldman, Sachs & Co. Former

Organization Position Status
GHL Acquisition Corp. Senior Vice President Current
Greenhill & Co, Inc. Managing Director Current
Greenhill Savp, L.P. Founder & Chairman Current
Greenhill Capital Partners, LLC Founder & Chairman Current
Greenhill & Co, Inc. Founder Current
MedAssets Inc. Current
Greenhill & Co, Inc. Chairman., Greenhill C P, L.P. Current
Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
EXCO Resources, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Crusader Energy Group Director Current
Coronado Resources Ltd Director Current
Acumen Fund, Inc. Board of Directors Current
GHL Acquisition Corp. Director Current
Knight Energy Corp. Director Current
Greenhill Capital Partners, LLC Senior Member Current
Morgan Stanley Chief Operating Officer Former
Greenhill Capital Partners, LLC Managing Director Former
Morgan Stanley Managing Director Former
Greenhill & Co, Inc. Executive Officer Former
Global Signal Inc. Board of Directors Former
Greenhill Capital Partners, LLC Board of Directors Former
Greenhill & Co, Inc. Board of Directors Former
Crown Castle International Corp. Board of Directors Former
American Italian Pasta Company Board of Directors Former
Harvard Business School Master of Business Administration Former
Princeton University Bachelor of Arts Former
Greenhill & Co, Inc. member Former

Robert L. Stillwell became one of our directors in October 2005. Mr. Stillwell has served as the General Counsel of BP Capital LP, Mesa Water, Inc. and affiliated companies engaged in the petroleum business since 2001. Mr. Stillwell was a lawyer and Senior Partner at Baker Botts LLP in Houston, Texas from 1969 to 2001. He also served as a director of Mesa Petroleum Co. and Pioneer Natural Resources Company from 1969 to 2001.

Organization Position Status
EXCO Resources, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Baker Botts Llp Senior Partner Former
Mesa Water Inc. General Counsel Former
Baker Botts Llp Lawyer Former
Pioneer Natural Resources Company Director Former

Organization Position Status
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Founder and Member, Board of Directors Current
EXCO Resources, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Oklahoma State University B.S. Former

Vincent J. Cebula became one of our directors on March 30, 2007. Mr. Cebula previously served as a director of EXCO Resources and EXCO Holdings from July 2003 until October 2005. Mr. Cebula is a Managing Director of Jefferies Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm. Prior to joining Jefferies in November 2007, Mr. Cebula was a Managing Director of Oaktree Capital Management, L.P., a global investment firm, and its predecessor (collectively, "Oaktree") where he was a founding member of Oaktree's Principal Opportunities Funds since 1994. See "Transactions with Related Persons Private placement of Preferred Stock" and " Gulf Coast Sale" for a description of certain related person transactions involving Mr. Cebula.

Organization Position Status
Jefferies Capital Partners Managing Director Current
EXCO Resources, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Oaktree Capital Management, LLC Managing Director Former

Organization Position Status
Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. Managing Director Current
NewPage Corporation Board of Directors Current
Frank Parsons Paper Company, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Teleglobe International Holdings Ltd. Member Current
EXCO Resources, Inc. Member Current
NewPage Corporation member Current
Empire Kosher Poultry, Inc. Chairman of the Board Former
Anchor Glass Container Corporation Board of Directors Former
BlueLinx Holdings Inc. Director Former
BlueLinx Holdings Inc. member Former

Executive News

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  • EXCO Resources, Inc. Announces Closing of Its Joint Development Transactions with BG Group plc...

    Forbes.com - 8/14/09 - View Story

  • EXCO Resources, Inc. Announces Closing of Its Joint Development Transactions with BG Group plc in East Texas/North Louisiana

    Business Wire - 8/14/09 - View Story

  • EXCO Resources, Inc. Announces Closing of Sale of Certain Mid-Continent and East Texas...

    Forbes.com - 8/11/09 - View Story

  • EXCO Resources, Inc. Announces Closing of Sale of Certain Mid-Continent and East Texas Producing Assets

    Business Wire - 8/11/09 - View Story

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     XCO $17.40 0.00 (0.00% )
Average Volume 2,768,390
Shares Outstanding 211.68M
Market Cap 3.7B
Year High 20.91
Year Low 4.76
Earnings Per Share -10.49
P/E Ratio -1.66
Dividend 0.10
Yield 0.57
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