Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective June 30, 2009, the Board of Directors of EXCO Resources, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Stephen F. Smith, the Company's current President, to the additional role of Chief Financial Officer. J. Douglas Ramsey, Ph.D., the former Chief Financial Officer, will remain the Company's Treasurer and will assume the new role of Vice President - Finance and Special Assistant to the Chairman.

Mr. Smith, age 68, joined the Company in June 2004 as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and was appointed President and Secretary in October 2005. He served as our Secretary until April 2006. Prior to joining the Company, 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 also served as one of the Company's directors from March 1998 to July 2003. Prior to 1980, Mr. Smith was an Audit Partner with Arthur Andersen LLP.

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