As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 29, 2014

 

Registration No. 333-127824              

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

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Post effective amendment No. 1 to

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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HKN, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware   95-2841597
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)		   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 _______________________

 

  180 State Street, Suite 200
Southlake, Texas 76092
(817) 424-2424		  

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

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Kristina M. Humphries

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

HKN, Inc.
180 State Street, Suite 200

Southlake, Texas 76092

(817) 424-2424

  

(Name, address including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 _______________________

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: This Post-Effective Amendment is being filed to deregister all of the unsold securities previously registered under the Registration Statement.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE: DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is filed by HKN, Inc., f/k/a Harken Energy Corporation (the “Company”), and amends the registration statement initially filed by Harken Energy Corporation on Form S-3 (File No. 333-127824) with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such registration statement registered shares of common stock of the Company, including shares of common stock issuable in connection with the Company’s Series G1 and Series G2 convertible preferred stock. The Company has filed this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-3 to deregister all of the remaining shares of common stock that remain unsold under the Registration Statement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Southlake, State of Texas, on December 29, 2014.

       
  HKN, INC.
     
  By:  

/s/ Kristina M. Humphries

      Kristina M. Humphries
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on December 29, 2014.

Signature   Title
     
/s/ Kristina M. Humphries   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Kristina M. Humphries   (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
     
/s/ Mikel D. Faulkner   Director, Chief Executive Officer and President
Mikel D. Faulkner   (Principal Executive Officer)
     
/s/ Alan G. Quasha   Director
Alan G. Quasha    
     
/s/ Michael M. Ameen, Jr.   Director
Michael M. Ameen, Jr.    
     
/s/ Dr. J. William Petty   Director
Dr. J. William Petty    
     
/s/ H. A. Smith   Director
H. A. Smith    

 

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