Knott David M 13F-HR Quarterly holdings report by institutional manager

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE

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			VALUE	SHRS OR	SH/	PUT/	INVESTMENT	OTHER	VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER	TITLE OF CLASS	CUSIP	(x$1000)	PRN AMT	PRN	CALL	DISCRETION	MANAGER	SOLE	SHARED	NONE
AbbVie Inc.	Common	00287Y109	4,804,085	71,500	SH		DFND	2	71,500	0	0
Affymetrix, Inc.	Common	00826T108	17,472	1,600	SH		DFND	2	0	1,600	0
Affymetrix, Inc.	Common	00826T108	1,849,848	169,400	SH		DFND	2	169,400	0	0
Alerian MLP	Common	00162Q866	9,336	600	SH		DFND	1	0	600	0
AllianceBernstein Holdings LP Unit Ltd	Common	01881G106	29,530	1,000	SH		DFND	1	0	1,000	0
AllianceBernstein Holdings LP Unit Ltd	Common	01881G106	44,265	1,500	SH		DFND	1	1,500	0	0
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.	Common	023139884	49,920	3,000	SH		DFND	2	0	3,000	0
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.	Common	023139884	2,835,889	170,426	SH		DFND	2	170,426	0	0
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Common	032511107	4,667,988	59,800	SH		DFND	2	59,800	0	0
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Common	032511107	17,598,627	225,450	SH		DFND	2	0	225,450	0
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Common	032511107	554,226	7,100	SH		DFND	1	0	7,100	0
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Common	032511107	707,224	9,060	SH		DFND	1	9,060	0	0
Anchor Bancorp	Common	032838104	112,450	5,000	SH		DFND	1	0	5,000	0
Anchor Bancorp	Common	032838104	168,675	7,500	SH		DFND	1	7,500	0	0
Antero Resources Corporation	Common	03674X106	7,554,800	220,000	SH		DFND	2	0	220,000	0
Apple Inc.	Common	037833100	1,254,250	10,000	SH		DFND	2	10,000	0	0
Apple Inc.	Common	037833100	65,848	525	SH		DFND	1	0	525	0
Apple Inc.	Common	037833100	65,848	525	SH		DFND	1	525	0	0
AT&T Inc.	Common	00206R102	99,456	2,800	SH		DFND	1	2,800	0	0
Bank Nova Scotia Halifax	Common	064149107	20,652	400	SH		DFND	1	0	400	0
Baker Hughes Incorporated	Common	057224107	6,170,000	100,000	SH		DFND	2	0	100,000	0
Biota Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Common	090694100	3,105	1,500	SH		DFND	2	0	1,500	0
Biota Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Common	090694100	62,789	30,333	SH		DFND	2	30,333	0	0
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation	Common	127097103	14,508,400	460,000	SH		DFND	2	0	460,000	0
Cameron International Corporation	Common	13342B105	5,237,000	100,000	SH		DFND	2	0	100,000	0
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.	Common	136385101	10,887,150	401,000	SH		DFND	2	0	401,000	0
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.	Common	136385101	373,450	13,750	SH		DFND	1	0	13,750	0
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.	Common	136385101	521,472	19,200	SH		DFND	1	19,200	0	0
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.	Common	14057J101	24,080	2,000	SH		DFND	2	0	2,000	0
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.	Common	14057J101	8,194,424	680,600	SH		DFND	2	680,600	0	0
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.	Common	14057J101	48,160	4,000	SH		DFND	1	0	4,000	0
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.	Common	14057J101	72,240	6,000	SH		DFND	1	6,000	0	0
Check Cap Ltd.	Common	M2361E112	504,665	144,190	SH		DFND	2	144,190	0	0
Check Cap Ltd. @7.50 Exp. 2/28/20	Common	M2361E120	495,443	66,059	SH		DFND	2	66,059	0	0
China Ceramics Co. Ltd.	Common	G2113X100	434,220	377,582	SH		DFND	2	377,582	0	0
Cimarex Energy Co.	Common	171798101	16,546,500	150,000	SH		DFND	2	0	150,000	0
Coca-Cola Inc.	Common	191216100	235,380	6,000	SH		DFND	1	6,000	0	0
Colony Financial Inc.	Common	19624R106	22,650	1,000	SH		DFND	1	0	1,000	0
Community Healthcare Trust Inc	Common	20369C106	770,000	40,000	SH		DFND	2	40,000	0	0
Concho Resources Inc.	Common	20605P101	17,079,000	150,000	SH		DFND	2	0	150,000	0
Continental Resources, Inc.	Common	212015101	7,206,300	170,000	SH		DFND	2	0	170,000	0
Cousins Properties Inc.	Common	222795106	139,385	13,428	SH		DFND	1	0	13,428	0
Devon Energy Corp.	Common	25179M103	13,087,800	220,000	SH		DFND	2	0	220,000	0
Dow Chemical Company	Common	260543103	40,936	800	SH		DFND	1	0	800	0
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co.	Common	263534109	204,640	3,200	SH		DFND	1	0	3,200	0
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co.	Common	263534109	230,220	3,600	SH		DFND	1	3,600	0	0
Eagle Materials Inc.	Common	26969P108	17,403	228	SH		DFND	1	0	228	0
Eli Lilly & Co.	Common	532457108	25,047	300	SH		DFND	1	0	300	0
Entegra Financial Corp.	Common	29363J108	526,500	30,000	SH		DFND	2	30,000	0	0
Entegra Financial Corp.	Common	29363J108	166,725	9,500	SH		DFND	1	0	9,500	0
Entegra Financial Corp.	Common	29363J108	87,750	5,000	SH		DFND	1	5,000	0	0
Essex Rental Corporation	Common	297187106	1,629	2,000	SH		DFND	2	0	2,000	0
Essex Rental Corporation	Common	297187106	48,882	60,000	SH		DFND	2	60,000	0	0
FMC Technologies, Inc.	Common	30249U101	4,978,800	120,000	SH		DFND	2	0	120,000	0
FNB Corp	Common	302520101	127,520	8,905	SH		DFND	1	0	8,905	0
FutureFuel Corporation	Common	36116M106	6,435	500	SH		DFND	2	0	500	0
FutureFuel Corporation	Common	36116M106	834,027	64,804	SH		DFND	2	64,804	0	0
General Electric	Common	369604103	31,884	1,200	SH		DFND	1	0	1,200	0
General Electric	Common	369604103	95,652	3,600	SH		DFND	1	3,600	0	0
GlaxoSmithKline plc	Common	37733W105	941,290	22,600	SH		DFND	2	22,600	0	0
Gulfport Energy Corporation	Common	402635904	11,270,000	280,000	SH		DFND	2	0	280,000	0
Halliburton Company	Common	406216101	7,752,600	180,000	SH		DFND	2	0	180,000	0
Hancock Fabrics, Inc.	Common	409900107	25,707	32,138	SH		DFND	2	32,138	0	0
Hess Corporation	Common	42809H107	13,376,000	200,000	SH		DFND	2	0	200,000	0
Hospitality Properties Trust	Common	44106M102	28,820	1,000	SH		DFND	1	0	1,000	0
International Business Machines Corp	Common	459200101	696,835	4,284	SH		DFND	1	0	4,284	0
Iridium Communications, Inc.	Common	46269C102	18,180	2,000	SH		DFND	2	0	2,000	0
Iridium Communications, Inc.	Common	46269C102	3,072,420	338,000	SH		DFND	2	338,000	0	0
JP Morgan Chase & Co.	Common	46625H100	596,287	8,800	SH		DFND	1	0	8,800	0
JP Morgan Chase & Co.	Common	46625H100	996,072	14,700	SH		DFND	1	14,700	0	0
Johnson & Johnson	Common	478160104	214,412	2,200	SH		DFND	1	0	2,200	0
Johnson & Johnson	Common	478160104	506,792	5,200	SH		DFND	1	5,200	0	0
Kraft Foods Group, Inc.	Common	500754106	595,980	7,000	SH		DFND	2	7,000	0	0
Kraft Foods Group, Inc.	Common	500754106	158,786	1,865	SH		DFND	1	0	1,865	0
Kraft Foods Group, Inc.	Common	500754106	260,955	3,065	SH		DFND	1	3,065	0	0
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	Common	53220K504	168,099	1,666	SH		DFND	2	0	1,666	0
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	Common	53220K504	125,747,331	1,246,257	SH		DFND	2	1,246,257	0	0
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	Common	53220K504	185,959	1,843	SH		DFND	1	0	1,843	0
Macquarie Infrastructure	Common	55608B105	289,205	3,500	SH		DFND	1	3,500	0	0
Medtronics Inc.	Common	G5960L103	77,805	1,050	SH		DFND	1	0	1,050	0
Merck & Co., Inc.	Common	58933Y105	250,492	4,400	SH		DFND	2	4,400	0	0
Merck & Co., Inc.	Common	58933Y105	28,465	500	SH		DFND	1	0	500	0
Merck & Co., Inc.	Common	58933Y105	45,544	800	SH		DFND	1	800	0	0
Microsoft Corporation	Common	594918104	2,973,502	67,350	SH		DFND	2	67,350	0	0
Microsoft Corporation	Common	594918104	44,150	1,000	SH		DFND	1	0	1,000	0
Microsoft Corporation	Common	594918104	17,600	400	SH		DFND	1	400	0	0
Mondelez Int'l Inc.	Common	609207105	123,420	3,000	SH		DFND	1	0	3,000	0
Mondelez Int'l Inc.	Common	609207105	123,420	3,000	SH		DFND	1	3,000	0	0
Noble Energy, Inc.	Common	655044105	12,377,200	290,000	SH		DFND	2	0	290,000	0
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group	Common	67551U105	24,440	2,000	SH		DFND	1	2,000	0	0
Oritani Financial Corp	Common	68633D103	32,100	2,000	SH		DFND	1	0	2,000	0
Oritani Financial Corp	Common	68633D103	96,300	6,000	SH		DFND	1	6,000	0	0
Parsley Energy, Inc.	Common	701877102	4,877,600	280,000	SH		DFND	2	0	280,000	0
Peoples United Financial	Common	712704105	24,315	1,500	SH		DFND	1	0	1,500	0
Petroleo Brasileiro SA	Common	71654V408	8,869,000	980,000	SH		DFND	2	0	980,000	0
Pfizer Inc.	Common	717081103	90,531	2,700	SH		DFND	2	0	2,700	0
Pfizer Inc.	Common	717081103	30,434,376	907,676	SH		DFND	2	907,676	0	0
Pfizer Inc.	Common	717081103	871,780	26,000	SH		DFND	1	0	26,000	0
Pfizer Inc.	Common	717081103	2,011,800	60,000	SH		DFND	1	60,000	0	0
Physicians Realty Trust	Common	71943U104	703,488	45,800	SH		DFND	2	45,800	0	0
Pioneer Natural Resources Company	Common	723787107	14,562,450	105,000	SH		DFND	2	0	105,000	0
QLT Inc.	Common	746927102	2,254,674	545,926	SH		DFND	2	545,926	0	0
Rand Logistics, Inc.	Common	752182105	2,916	900	SH		DFND	2	0	900	0
Rand Logistics, Inc.	Common	752182105	3,979,491	1,228,238	SH		DFND	2	1,228,238	0	0
Range Resources Corporation	Common	75281A109	11,604,300	235,000	SH		DFND	2	0	235,000	0
Relypsa, Inc.	Common	759531106	13,236	400	SH		DFND	2	0	400	0
Relypsa, Inc.	Common	759531106	4,391,043	132,700	SH		DFND	2	132,700	0	0
Ryman Hospitality Pptys Inc.	Common	78377T107	21,244	400	SH		DFND	1	400	0	0
Schlumberger Limited	Common	806857108	17,668,950	205,000	SH		DFND	2	0	205,000	0
SM Energy Company	Common	78454L100	13,836,000	300,000	SH		DFND	2	0	300,000	0
Southwestern Energy Company	Common	845467109	8,296,450	365,000	SH		DFND	2	0	365,000	0
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc.	Common	84763A108	1,660,068	242,700	SH		DFND	2	242,700	0	0
Standard Financial Corp.	Common	853393106	420,800	20,000	SH		DFND	2	20,000	0	0
Starwood Ppty Inc.	Common	85571B105	8,628	400	SH		DFND	1	400	0	0
State Investors Bancorp, Inc.	Common	857030100	636,000	30,000	SH		DFND	2	30,000	0	0
Sunshine Bancorp, Inc.	Common	86777J108	296,000	20,000	SH		DFND	2	20,000	0	0
Sunshine Bancorp, Inc.	Common	86777J108	29,600	2,000	SH		DFND	1	0	2,000	0
Sunshine Bancorp, Inc.	Common	86777J108	88,800	6,000	SH		DFND	1	6,000	0	0
Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Common	871639308	581,000	70,000	SH		DFND	2	70,000	0	0
TheStreet Inc.	Common	88368Q103	194,032	107,200	SH		DFND	2	107,200	0	0
Total SA Sponsored ADR	Common	89151E109	142,593	2,900	SH		DFND	1	0	2,900	0
Total SA Sponsored ADR	Common	89151E109	118,008	2,400	SH		DFND	1	2,400	0	0
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.	Common	90346E103	5,872,000	200,000	SH		DFND	2	0	200,000	0
Verizon Communications Inc.	Common	92343V104	12,258	263	SH		DFND	1	0	263	0
Verizon Communications Inc.	Common	92343V104	65,254	1,400	SH		DFND	1	1,400	0	0
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	Common	931142103	7,093	100	SH		DFND	2	0	100	0
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	Common	931142103	673,835	9,500	SH		DFND	2	9,500	0	0
Whiting Petroleum Corporation	Common	966387102	12,432,000	370,000	SH		DFND	2	0	370,000	0