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	30,955	500	SH		DFND	2	0	500	0
AbbVie Inc.	Common	00287Y109	4,630,868	74,800	SH		DFND	2	74,800	0	0
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.	Common	004225108	6,492	200	SH		DFND	2	0	200	0
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.	Common	004225108	2,122,787	65,397	SH		DFND	2	65,397	0	0
Adverum Biotechnologies Inc.	Common	007734108	208,560	66,000	SH		DFND	2	66,000	0	0
Allergan plc	Common	G0177J108	2,033,592	8,800	SH		DFND	2	8,800	0	0
Allerian MLP	Common	00162Q866	7,632	600	SH		DFND	1	0	600	0
AllianceBernstein Holdings LP Unit Ltd	Common	01881G106	23,300	1,000	SH		DFND	1	0	1,000	0
AllianceBernstein Holdings LP Unit Ltd	Common	01881G106	34,950	1,500	SH		DFND	1	1,500	0	0
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.	Common	023139884	49,380	3,000	SH		DFND	2	0	3,000	0
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.	Common	023139884	2,805,212	170,426	SH		DFND	2	170,426	0	0
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Common	032511107	3,450,600	64,800	SH		DFND	2	64,800	0	0
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Common	032511107	11,738,962	220,450	SH		DFND	2	0	220,450	0
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Common	032511107	378,075	7,100	SH		DFND	1	0	7,100	0
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Common	032511107	471,795	8,860	SH		DFND	1	8,860	0	0
Anchor Bancorp	Common	032838104	118,150	5,000	SH		DFND	1	0	5,000	0
Anchor Bancorp	Common	032838104	171,318	7,250	SH		DFND	1	7,250	0	0
Antero Resources Corporation	Common	03674X106	5,196,000	200,000	SH		DFND	2	0	200,000	0
Apple Inc.	Common	037833100	2,294,400	24,000	SH		DFND	2	24,000	0	0
Apple Inc.	Common	037833100	50,190	525	SH		DFND	1	0	525	0
Apple Inc.	Common	037833100	50,190	525	SH		DFND	1	525	0	0
Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc.	Common	03852X100	124,403	37,698	SH		DFND	2	37,698	0	0
AT&T Inc.	Common	00206R102	88,580	2,050	SH		DFND	1	2,050	0	0
Bank Nova Scotia Halifax	Common	064149107	19,604	400	SH		DFND	1	0	400	0
Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation	Common	127097103	11,325,600	440,000	SH		DFND	2	0	440,000	0
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.	Common	136385101	12,373,256	401,000	SH		DFND	2	0	401,000	0
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.	Common	136385101	423,913	13,750	SH		DFND	1	0	13,750	0
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.	Common	136385101	573,438	18,600	SH		DFND	1	18,600	0	0
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.	Common	14057J101	27,900	2,000	SH		DFND	2	0	2,000	0
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.	Common	14057J101	9,494,370	680,600	SH		DFND	2	680,600	0	0
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.	Common	14057J101	55,800	4,000	SH		DFND	1	0	4,000	0
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.	Common	14057J101	80,910	5,800	SH		DFND	1	5,800	0	0
Check Cap Ltd.	Common	M236IE112	2,780	2,000	SH		DFND	2	0	2,000	0
Check Cap Ltd.	Common	M236IE112	222,221	159,871	SH		DFND	2	159,871	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	5,274	640	SH		DFND	1	0	640	0
Chemours Co.	Common	163851108	5,974	720	SH		DFND	1	720	0	0
China Ceramics Co. Ltd.	Common	G2113X134	98,637	47,195	SH		DFND	2	47,195	0	0
Cimarex Energy Co.	Common	171798101	11,932,000	100,000	SH		DFND	2	0	100,000	0
Cobalt International Energy, Inc.	Common	19075F106	670,000	500,000	SH		DFND	2	0	500,000	0
Coca Cola Inc.	Common	191216100	262,914	5,800	SH		DFND	1	5,800	0	0
Colony Financial Inc.	Common	19624R106	15,350	1,000	SH		DFND	1	0	1,000	0
Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated	Common	20369C106	1,268,400	60,000	SH		DFND	2	60,000	0	0
Concho Resources Inc.	Common	20605P101	11,927,000	100,000	SH		DFND	2	0	100,000	0
Continental Resources, Inc.	Common	212015101	6,790,500	150,000	SH		DFND	2	0	150,000	0
Cousins Properties Inc.	Common	222795106	139,651	13,428	SH		DFND	1	0	13,428	0
Delta Air Lines, Inc.	Common	247361702	1,020,040	28,000	SH		DFND	2	28,000	0	0
Devon Energy Corp.	Common	25179M103	10,512,500	290,000	SH		DFND	2	0	290,000	0
Dow Chemical Company	Common	260543103	39,768	800	SH		DFND	1	0	800	0
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co.	Common	263534109	207,360	3,200	SH		DFND	1	0	3,200	0
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co.	Common	263534109	226,800	3,500	SH		DFND	1	3,500	0	0
Eagle Materials	Common	26969P108	17,590	228	SH		DFND	1	0	228	0
Eli Lilly & Co.	Common	532457108	23,625	300	SH		DFND	1	0	300	0
Eclipse Resources Corp.	Common	27890G100	200,400	60,000	SH		DFND	2	0	60,000	0
Entegra Financial Corp.	Common	29363J108	524,700	30,000	SH		DFND	2	30,000	0	0
Entegra Financial Corp.	Common	29363J108	52,470	3,000	SH		DFND	1	0	3,000	0
Entegra Financial Corp.	Common	29363J108	126,802	7,250	SH		DFND	1	7,250	0	0
Flamel Technologies S.A.	Common	338488109	1,069,564	99,587	SH		DFND	2	99,587	0	0
FNB Corporation	Common	302520101	111,669	8,905	SH		DFND	1	0	8,905	0
FutureFuel Corporation	Common	36116M106	5,440	500	SH		DFND	2	0	500	0
FutureFuel Corporation	Common	36116M106	596,268	54,804	SH		DFND	2	54,804	0	0
General Electric	Common	369604103	37,776	1,200	SH		DFND	1	0	1,200	0
General Electric	Common	369604103	109,550	3,480	SH		DFND	1	3,480	0	0
Gilead Sciences, Inc.	Common	375558103	8,342	100	SH		DFND	2	0	100	0
Gilead Sciences, Inc.	Common	375558103	431,281	5,170	SH		DFND	2	5,170	0	0
GlaxoSmithKline plc	Common	37733W105	979,484	22,600	SH		DFND	2	22,600	0	0
Global Medical REIT, Inc	Common	37954A204	778,470	77,000	SH		DFND	2	77,000	0	0
Gulfport Energy Corporation	Common	402635304	8,440,200	270,000	SH		DFND	2	0	270,000	0
Hess Corporation	Common	42809H107	14,424,000	240,000	SH		DFND	2	0	240,000	0
Hospitality Properties Trust	Common	44106M102	28,800	1,000	SH		DFND	1	0	1,000	0
International Business Machines Corp	Common	459200101	650,226	4,284	SH		DFND	1	0	4,284	0
Iridium Communications, Inc.	Common	46269C102	17,760	2,000	SH		DFND	2	0	2,000	0
Iridium Communications, Inc.	Common	46269C102	3,001,440	338,000	SH		DFND	2	338,000	0	0
Johnson & Johnson	Common	478160104	266,860	2,200	SH		DFND	1	0	2,200	0
Johnson & Johnson	Common	478160104	616,204	5,080	SH		DFND	1	5,080	0	0
JP Morgan Chase & Co.	Common	46625H100	546,832	8,800	SH		DFND	1	0	8,800	0
JP Morgan Chase & Co.	Common	46625H100	885,495	14,250	SH		DFND	1	14,250	0	0
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	Common	53220K504	198,704	1,666	SH		DFND	2	0	1,666	0
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	Common	53220K504	142,677,572	1,196,257	SH		DFND	2	1,196,257	0	0
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	Common	53220K504	219,815	1,843	SH		DFND	1	0	1,843	0
Macquarie Infrastructure	Common	55608B105	244,365	3,300	SH		DFND	1	3,300	0	0
Medtronics Inc.	Common	G5960L103	91,109	1,050	SH		DFND	1	0	1,050	0
Merck & Co. Inc.	Common	58933Y105	28,805	500	SH		DFND	1	0	500	0
Merck & Co. Inc.	Common	58933Y105	46,088	800	SH		DFND	1	800	0	0
Microsoft Corporation	Common	594918104	3,446,299	67,350	SH		DFND	2	67,350	0	0
Microsoft Corporation	Common	594918104	51,170	1,000	SH		DFND	1	0	1,000	0
Microsoft Corporation	Common	594918104	20,468	400	SH		DFND	1	400	0	0
Mondelez Int'l Inc.	Common	609207105	136,530	3,000	SH		DFND	1	0	3,000	0
Mondelez Int'l Inc.	Common	609207105	131,979	2,900	SH		DFND	1	2,900	0	0
Noble Energy, Inc.	Common	655044105	10,043,600	280,000	SH		DFND	2	0	280,000	0
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group	Common	67551U105	7,600	2,000	SH		DFND	1	2,000	0	0
Oritani Financial Corp	Common	68633D103	31,980	2,000	SH		DFND	1	0	2,000	0
Oritani Financial Corp	Common	68633D103	92,742	5,800	SH		DFND	1	5,800	0	0
Peoples United Financial	Common	712704105	21,990	1,500	SH		DFND	1	0	1,500	0
Pfizer Inc.	Common	717081103	95,067	2,700	SH		DFND	2	0	2,700	0
Pfizer Inc.	Common	717081103	31,959,272	907,676	SH		DFND	2	907,676	0	0
Pfizer Inc.	Common	717081103	915,460	26,000	SH		DFND	1	0	26,000	0
Pfizer Inc.	Common	717081103	2,077,390	59,000	SH		DFND	1	59,000	0	0
Physicians Realty Trust	Common	71943U104	962,258	45,800	SH		DFND	2	45,800	0	0
Pioneer Natural Resources Company	Common	723787107	11,340,750	75,000	SH		DFND	2	0	75,000	0
PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.	Common	739721108	380	20	SH		DFND	2	0	20	0
PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.	Common	739721108	5,137	275	SH		DFND	2	0	275	0
PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.	Common	739721108	6,949	372	SH		DFND	2	372	0	0
QLT Inc.	Common	746927102	775,215	545,926	SH		DFND	2	545,926	0	0
RMR Group Inc.	Common	74967R106	496	16	SH		DFND	1	0	16	0
Ryman Hospitality Pptys Inc.	Common	78377T107	20,260	400	SH		DFND	1	400	0	0
Rand Logistics, Inc.	Common	752182105	927	900	SH		DFND	2	0	900	0
Rand Logistics, Inc.	Common	752182105	684,368	664,435	SH		DFND	2	664,435	0	0
Range Resources Corporation	Common	75281A109	12,294,900	285,000	SH		DFND	2	0	285,000	0
Schlumberger Limited	Common	806857108	7,908,000	100,000	SH		DFND	2	0	100,000	0
SM Energy Company	Common	78454L100	15,525,000	575,000	SH		DFND	2	0	575,000	0
Southwestern Energy Company	Common	845467109	15,410,500	1,225,000	SH		DFND	2	0	1,225,000	0
Standard Financial Corp.	Common	853393106	464,000	20,000	SH		DFND	2	20,000	0	0
Starwood Ppty Inc.	Common	85571B105	8,288	400	SH		DFND	1	400	0	0
Sunshine Bancorp, Inc.	Common	86777J108	283,200	20,000	SH		DFND	2	20,000	0	0
Sunshine Bancorp, Inc.	Common	86777J108	28,320	2,000	SH		DFND	1	0	2,000	0
Sunshine Bancorp, Inc.	Common	86777J108	82,128	5,800	SH		DFND	1	5,800	0	0
Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Common	871639308	601,920	158,400	SH		DFND	2	158,400	0	0
The Kraft Heinz Company	Common	500754106	619,360	7,000	SH		DFND	2	7,000	0	0
The Kraft Heinz Company	Common	500754106	165,016	1,865	SH		DFND	1	0	1,865	0
The Kraft Heinz Company	Common	500754106	268,537	3,035	SH		DFND	1	3,035	0	0
TheStreet Inc.	Common	88368Q103	113,678	100,600	SH		DFND	2	100,600	0	0
Total SA Sponsored ADR	Common	89151E109	139,490	2,900	SH		DFND	1	0	2,900	0
Total SA Sponsored ADR	Common	89151E109	113,516	2,360	SH		DFND	1	2,360	0	0
U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc.	Common	90346E103	14,132,700	410,000	SH		DFND	2	0	410,000	0
Verizon Communications Inc.	Common	92343V104	14,686	263	SH		DFND	1	0	263	0
Verizon Communications Inc.	Common	92343V104	73,709	1,320	SH		DFND	1	1,320	0	0
Whiting Petroleum Corporation	Common	966387102	9,260,000	1,000,000	SH		DFND	2	0	1,000,000	0