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	27,205	500	SH		DFND	2	0	500	0
AbbVie Inc.	Common	00287Y109	4,039,942	74,250	SH		DFND	2	74,250	0	0
Affymetrix, Inc.	Common	00826T108	13,664	1,600	SH		DFND	2	0	1,600	0
Affymetrix, Inc.	Common	00826T108	1,446,676	169,400	SH		DFND	2	169,400	0	0
Alerian MLP	Common	00162Q866	7,488	600	SH		DFND	1	600	0	0
AllianceBernstein Holdings LP Unit Ltd	Common	01881G106	26,600	1,000	SH		DFND	1	1,000	0	0
AllianceBernstein Holdings LP Unit Ltd	Common	01881G106	39,900	1,500	SH		DFND	1	0	1,500	0
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.	Common	023139884	43,410	3,000	SH		DFND	2	0	3,000	0
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.	Common	023139884	2,466,064	170,426	SH		DFND	2	170,426	0	0
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Common	032511107	12,105,175	200,450	SH		DFND	2	0	200,450	0
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Common	032511107	3,611,322	59,800	SH		DFND	2	59,800	0	0
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Common	032511107	428,769	7,100	SH		DFND	1	7,100	0	0
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Common	032511107	535,055	8,860	SH		DFND	1	0	8,860	0
Anchor Bancorp	Common	032838104	110,150	5,000	SH		DFND	1	5,000	0	0
Anchor Bancorp	Common	032838104	159,718	7,250	SH		DFND	1	0	7,250	0
Antero Resources Corporation	Common	03674X106	4,232,000	200,000	SH		DFND	2	0	200,000	0
Apple Inc.	Common	037833100	1,544,200	14,000	SH		DFND	2	14,000	0	0
Apple Inc.	Common	037833100	57,908	525	SH		DFND	1	525	0	0
Apple Inc.	Common	037833100	57,908	525	SH		DFND	1	0	525	0
AT&T Inc.	Common	00206R102	88,780	2,725	SH		DFND	1	0	2,725	0
Bank Nova Scotia Halifax	Common	064149107	17,632	400	SH		DFND	1	400	0	0
Baker Hughes Incorporated	Common	057224107	1,040,800	20,000	SH		DFND	2	0	20,000	0
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation	Common	127097103	9,618,400	440,000	SH		DFND	2	0	440,000	0
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.	Common	136385101	7,808,673	401,000	SH		DFND	2	0	401,000	0
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.	Common	136385101	267,438	13,750	SH		DFND	1	13,750	0	0
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.	Common	136385101	361,770	18,600	SH		DFND	1	0	18,600	0
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.	Common	14057J101	24,240	2,000	SH		DFND	2	0	2,000	0
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.	Common	14057J101	8,248,872	680,600	SH		DFND	2	680,600	0	0
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.	Common	14057J101	48,480	4,000	SH		DFND	1	4,000	0	0
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.	Common	14057J101	70,296	5,800	SH		DFND	1	0	5,800	0
Check Cap Ltd.	Common	121721007	5,580	2,000	SH		DFND	2	0	2,000	0
Check Cap Ltd.	Common	121721007	440,460	157,871	SH		DFND	2	157,871	0	0
Check Cap Ltd. @7.50 Exp. 2/28/20	Common	M2361E120	495,443	66,059	SH		DFND	2	66,059	0	0
Chemours Co.	Common	163851108	4,141	640	SH		DFND	1	640	0	0
Chemours Co.	Common	163851108	4,659	720	SH		DFND	1	0	720	0
Chevron Corporation	Common	166764100	8,676,800	110,000	SH		DFND	2	0	110,000	0
China Ceramics Co. Ltd.	Common	G2113X100	294,513	377,582	SH		DFND	2	377,582	0	0
Cimarex Energy Co.	Common	171798101	12,297,600	120,000	SH		DFND	2	0	120,000	0
Coca-Cola Inc.	Common	191216100	232,696	5,800	SH		DFND	1	0	5,800	0
Colony Financial Inc.	Common	19624R106	19,560	1,000	SH		DFND	1	1,000	0	0
Community Healthcare Trust Inc	Common	20369C106	636,000	40,000	SH		DFND	2	40,000	0	0
Concho Resources Inc.	Common	20605P101	11,796,000	120,000	SH		DFND	2	0	120,000	0
Continental Resources, Inc.	Common	212015101	4,345,500	150,000	SH		DFND	2	0	150,000	0
Cousins Properties Inc.	Common	222795106	123,806	13,428	SH		DFND	1	13,428	0	0
Devon Energy Corp.	Common	25179M103	8,159,800	220,000	SH		DFND	2	0	220,000	0
Dow Chemical Company	Common	260543103	33,920	800	SH		DFND	1	800	0	0
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co.	Common	263534109	154,240	3,200	SH		DFND	1	3,200	0	0
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co.	Common	263534109	168,700	3,500	SH		DFND	1	0	3,500	0
Eagle Materials Inc.	Common	26969P108	15,600	228	SH		DFND	1	228	0	0
Eli Lilly & Co.	Common	532457108	25,107	300	SH		DFND	1	300	0	0
Entegra Financial Corp.	Common	29363J108	520,200	30,000	SH		DFND	2	30,000	0	0
Entegra Financial Corp.	Common	29363J108	164,730	9,500	SH		DFND	1	9,500	0	0
Entegra Financial Corp.	Common	29363J108	125,715	7,250	SH		DFND	1	0	7,250	0
Essex Rental Corporation	Common	297187106	739	2,000	SH		DFND	2	0	2,000	0
Essex Rental Corporation	Common	297187106	22,182	60,000	SH		DFND	2	60,000	0	0
FNB Corp	Common	302520101	115,320	8,905	SH		DFND	1	8,905	0	0
FutureFuel Corporation	Common	36116M106	4,940	500	SH		DFND	2	0	500	0
FutureFuel Corporation	Common	36116M106	541,464	54,804	SH		DFND	2	54,804	0	0
General Electric	Common	369604103	30,264	1,200	SH		DFND	1	1,200	0	0
General Electric	Common	369604103	87,766	3,480	SH		DFND	1	0	3,480	0
GlaxoSmithKline plc	Common	37733W105	868,970	22,600	SH		DFND	2	22,600	0	0
Gulfport Energy Corporation	Common	402635304	8,013,600	270,000	SH		DFND	2	0	270,000	0
Halliburton Company	Common	406216101	6,363,000	180,000	SH		DFND	2	0	180,000	0
Hancock Fabrics, Inc.	Common	409900107	11,248	32,138	SH		DFND	2	32,138	0	0
Hess Corporation	Common	42809H107	10,012,000	200,000	SH		DFND	2	0	200,000	0
Hospitality Properties Trust	Common	44106M102	25,580	1,000	SH		DFND	1	1,000	0	0
International Business Machines Corp	Common	459200101	621,051	4,284	SH		DFND	1	4,284	0	0
Iridium Communications, Inc.	Common	46269C102	12,300	2,000	SH		DFND	2	0	2,000	0
Iridium Communications, Inc.	Common	46269C102	2,078,700	338,000	SH		DFND	2	338,000	0	0
JP Morgan Chase& Co.	Common	46625H100	536,536	8,800	SH		DFND	1	8,800	0	0
JP Morgan Chase& Co.	Common	46625H100	868,823	14,250	SH		DFND	1	0	14,250	0
Johnson & Johnson	Common	478160104	205,370	2,200	SH		DFND	1	2,200	0	0
Johnson & Johnson	Common	478160104	474,218	5,080	SH		DFND	1	0	5,080	0
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	Common	53220K504	142,693	1,666	SH		DFND	2	0	1,666	0
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	Common	53220K504	102,459,412	1,196,257	SH		DFND	2	1,196,257	0	0
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	Common	53220K504	157,853	1,843	SH		DFND	1	1,843	0	0
Macquarie Infrastructure	Common	55608B105	246,378	3,300	SH		DFND	1	0	3,300	0
Medtronics Inc.	Common	G5960L103	70,287	1,050	SH		DFND	1	1,050	0	0
Merck & Co., Inc.	Common	58933Y105	217,316	4,400	SH		DFND	2	4,400	0	0
Merck & Co., Inc.	Common	58933Y105	24,695	500	SH		DFND	1	500	0	0
Merck & Co., Inc.	Common	58933Y105	39,512	800	SH		DFND	1	0	800	0
Microsoft Corporation	Common	594918104	2,980,911	67,350	SH		DFND	2	67,350	0	0
Microsoft Corporation	Common	594918104	44,260	1,000	SH		DFND	1	1,000	0	0
Microsoft Corporation	Common	594918104	17,704	400	SH		DFND	1	0	400	0
Mondelez Int'l Inc.	Common	609207105	125,610	3,000	SH		DFND	1	3,000	0	0
Mondelez Int'l Inc.	Common	609207105	121,423	2,900	SH		DFND	1	0	2,900	0
Noble Energy, Inc.	Common	655044105	8,752,200	290,000	SH		DFND	2	0	290,000	0
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group	Common	67551U105	17,460	2,000	SH		DFND	1	0	2,000	0
Oritani Financial Corp	Common	68633D103	31,240	2,000	SH		DFND	1	2,000	0	0
Oritani Financial Corp	Common	68633D103	90,596	5,800	SH		DFND	1	0	5,800	0
Peoples United Financial	Common	712704105	23,595	1,500	SH		DFND	1	1,500	0	0
Pfizer Inc.	Common	717081103	84,807	2,700	SH		DFND	2	0	2,700	0
Pfizer Inc.	Common	717081103	28,510,103	907,676	SH		DFND	2	907,676	0	0
Pfizer Inc.	Common	717081103	816,660	26,000	SH		DFND	1	26,000	0	0
Pfizer Inc.	Common	717081103	1,853,190	59,000	SH		DFND	1	0	59,000	0
Physicians Realty Trust	Common	71943U104	691,122	45,800	SH		DFND	2	45,800	0	0
Pioneer Natural Resources Company	Common	723787107	10,947,600	90,000	SH		DFND	2	0	90,000	0
QLT Inc.	Common	746927102	1,452,163	545,926	SH		DFND	2	545,926	0	0
Rand Logistics, Inc.	Common	752182105	1,890	900	SH		DFND	2	0	900	0
Rand Logistics, Inc.	Common	752182105	2,361,313	1,124,435	SH		DFND	2	1,124,435	0	0
Range Resources Corporation	Common	75281A109	7,548,200	235,000	SH		DFND	2	0	235,000	0
Relypsa, Inc.	Common	759531106	7,404	400	SH		DFND	2	0	400	0
Relypsa, Inc.	Common	759531106	2,496,999	134,900	SH		DFND	2	134,900	0	0
Ryman Hospitality Pptys Inc.	Common	78377T107	19,692	400	SH		DFND	1	0	400	0
Schlumberger Limited	Common	806857108	8,621,250	125,000	SH		DFND	2	0	125,000	0
SM Energy Company	Common	78454L100	8,650,800	270,000	SH		DFND	2	0	270,000	0
Southwestern Energy Company	Common	845467109	4,631,850	365,000	SH		DFND	2	0	365,000	0
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc.	Common	84763A108	1,451,346	242,700	SH		DFND	2	242,700	0	0
Standard Financial Corp.	Common	853393106	470,000	20,000	SH		DFND	2	20,000	0	0
Starwood Ppty Inc.	Common	85571B105	8,208	400	SH		DFND	1	0	400	0
State Investors Bancorp, Inc.	Common	857030100	640,500	30,000	SH		DFND	2	30,000	0	0
Sunshine Bancorp, Inc.	Common	86777J108	276,000	20,000	SH		DFND	2	20,000	0	0
Sunshine Bancorp, Inc.	Common	86777J108	27,600	2,000	SH		DFND	1	2,000	0	0
Sunshine Bancorp, Inc.	Common	86777J108	80,040	5,800	SH		DFND	1	0	5,800	0
Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Common	871639308	763,730	144,100	SH		DFND	2	144,100	0	0
The Kraft Heinz Company	Common	500754106	494,060	7,000	SH		DFND	2	7,000	0	0
The Kraft Heinz Company	Common	500754106	131,631	1,865	SH		DFND	1	1,865	0	0
The Kraft Heinz Company	Common	500754106	214,209	3,035	SH		DFND	1	0	3,035	0
TheStreet Inc.	Common	88368Q103	179,024	107,200	SH		DFND	2	107,200	0	0
Total SA Sponsored ADR	Common	89151E109	129,659	2,900	SH		DFND	1	2,900	0	0
Total SA Sponsored ADR	Common	89151E109	105,515	2,360	SH		DFND	1	0	2,360	0
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.	Common	90346E103	4,227,000	300,000	SH		DFND	2	0	300,000	0
Verizon Communications Inc.	Common	92343V104	11,443	263	SH		DFND	1	263	0	0
Verizon Communications Inc.	Common	92343V104	57,433	1,320	SH		DFND	1	0	1,320	0
Whiting Petroleum Corporation	Common	966387102	5,039,100	330,000	SH		DFND	2	0	330,000	0