X0303 4 2010-01-04 0 0001060990 QUICKSILVER RESOURCES INC KWK 0001218739 DUNN W BYRON 777 WEST ROSEDALE STREET FORT WORTH TX 76104 1 0 0 0 Common Stock, $.01 par value 2010-01-04 4 A 0 3117 0 A 45886 D Stock Option 15.88 2010-01-04 4 A 0 5010 0 A 2020-01-03 Common Stock, $.01 par value 5010 5010 D Stock Option 15.88 2010-01-04 4 A 0 11112 9.5389 A 2020-01-03 Common Stock, $.01 par value 11112 11112 D Represents a right to buy. The stock option vests in three equal annual installments beginning January 4, 2011. The stock option vests as to 1/12th of the total number of shares (rounded up to the nearest whole share) on February 28, 2010, as to 1/12th of the total number of shares (rounded up to the nearest whole share) on the last day of each of the 10 succeeding calendar months, and as to the balance of the shares on December 31, 2010. The stock option was issued to the reporting person pursuant to the Quicksilver Resources Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Plan in lieu of cash compensation of $106,000.00. /s/ Wanda E. Murphy_________Wanda E. Murphy, Attorney-in-Fact for W. Byron Dunn, Director 2010-01-06