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
Alerian MLP	Common	00162Q866	8	600	SH		DFND	1	0	600	0
AbbVie Inc.	Common	00287Y109	4,802	73,700	SH		DFND	1	73,700	0	0
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc.	Common	004225108	1,889	54,947	SH		DFND	2	54,947	0	0
Allergan plc	Common	G0177J108	2,209	9,246	SH		DFND	2	9,246	0	0
AllianceBernstein Holdings LP Unit Ltd	Common	01881G106	23	1,000	SH		DFND	1	0	1,000	0
AllianceBernstein Holdings LP Unit Ltd	Common	01881G106	34	1,500	SH		DFND	1	1,000	0	0
Ambac Financial Group, Inc.	Common	023139884	3,214	170,426	SH		DFND	2	170,426	0	0
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Common	032511107	4,018	64,800	SH		DFND	2	64,800	0	0
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Common	032511107	440	7,100	SH		DFND	1	0	7,100	0
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation	Common	032511107	549	8,860	SH		DFND	1	8,860	0	0
Anchor Bancorp	Common	032838104	130	5,000	SH		DFND	1	0	5,000	0
Anchor Bancorp	Common	032838104	188	7,250	SH		DFND	1	7,250	0	0
Apple Inc.	Common	037833100	3,448	24,000	SH		DFND	2	24,000	0	0
Apple Inc.	Common	037833100	75	525	SH		DFND	1	0	525	0
Apple Inc.	Common	037833100	75	525	SH		DFND	1	525	0	0
Array BioPharm Inc.	Common	04269X105	107	12,000	SH		DFND	2	12,000	0	0
AT&T Inc.	Common	00206R102	85	2,050	SH		DFND	1	2,050	0	0
Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc	Common	05337M104	964	99,587	SH		DFND	2	99,587	0	0
AxoGen, Inc.	Common	05463X106	142	13,549	SH		DFND	2	13,549	0	0
Bancorp 34, Inc.	Common	05970V106	127	10,000	SH		DFND	2	10,000	0	0
Bank Nova Scotia Halifax	Common	064149107	23	400	SH		DFND	1	0	400	0
Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Common	079481107	131	10,584	SH		DFND	2	10,584	0	0
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	Common	110122108	94	1,722	SH		DFND	2	1,722	0	0
Canadian Natural Resources Inc.	Common	136385102	451	13,750	SH		DFND	1	0	13,750	0
Canadian Natural Resources Inc.	Common	136385102	610	18,600	SH		DFND	1	18,600	0	0
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.	Common	14057J101	9,957	680,600	SH		DFND	2	680,600	0	0
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.	Common	14057J101	59	4,000	SH		DFND	1	0	4,000	0
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.	Common	14057J101	85	5,800	SH		DFND	1	5,800	0	0
Cardiome Pharma Corp.	Common	14159U301	230	76,300	SH		DFND	2	76,300	0	0
Catalyst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Common	14888U101	554	284,350	SH		DFND	2	284,350	0	0
Check Cap Ltd.	Common	M2361E112	349	162,871	SH		DFND	2	162,871	0	0
Check Cap Ltd. @7.50 Exp. 2/28/20	Common	M2361E120	495	66,059	SH		DFND	2	66,059	0	0
Chemours Co.	Common	163851108	25	640	SH		DFND	1	0	640	0
Chemours Co.	Common	163851108	28	720	SH		DFND	1	720	0	0
China Ceramics Co. Ltd.	Common	G2113X134	107	47,195	SH		DFND	2	47,195	0	0
Coca Cola Inc.	Common	191216100	246	5,800	SH		DFND	1	5,800	0	0
Colony Northstar Inc.	Common	19625W104	19	1,466	SH		DFND	1	0	1,466	0
Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated	Common	20369C106	1,434	60,000	SH		DFND	2	60,000	0	0
Condor Hospitality Trust, Inc.	Common	20676Y403	530	50,000	SH		DFND	2	50,000	0	0
CoreCivic, Inc.	Common	21871N101	2,357	75,000	SH		DFND	2	75,000	0	0
Cousins Properties Inc.	Common	222795106	111	13,428	SH		DFND	1	0	13,428	0
Delta Air Lines, Inc.	Common	247361702	1,517	33,000	SH		DFND	2	33,000	0	0
Dow Chemical Company	Common	260543103	51	800	SH		DFND	1	0	800	0
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co.	Common	263534109	257	3,200	SH		DFND	1	0	3,200	0
Du Pont E I De Nemours & Co.	Common	263534109	281	3,500	SH		DFND	1	3,500	0	0
Eagle Materials Inc.	Common	26969P108	22	228	SH		DFND	1	0	228	0
Eli Lilly & Co.	Common	532457108	25	300	SH		DFND	1	0	300	0
Entegra Financial Corp.	Common	29363J108	710	30,000	SH		DFND	2	30,000	0	0
Entegra Financial Corp.	Common	29363J108	71	3,000	SH		DFND	1	0	3,000	0
Entegra Financial Corp.	Common	29363J108	171	7,250	SH		DFND	1	7,250	0	0
FNB Corporation	Common	302520101	132	8,905	SH		DFND	1	0	8,905	0
FutureFuel Corporation	Common	36116M106	777	54,804	SH		DFND	2	54,804	0	0
General Electric	Common	369604103	36	1,200	SH		DFND	1	0	1,200	0
General Electric	Common	369604103	104	3,480	SH		DFND	1	3,480	0	0
Gilead Sciences, Inc.	Common	375558103	456	6,720	SH		DFND	2	6,720	0	0
GlaxoSmithKline plc	Common	37733W105	953	22,600	SH		DFND	2	22,600	0	0
Global Medical REIT, Inc	Common	37954A204	699	77,000	SH		DFND	2	77,000	0	0
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.	Common	42806J106	965	55,000	SH		DFND	2	55,000	0	0
Hospitality Properties Trust	Common	44106M102	32	1,000	SH		DFND	1	0	1,000	0
International Business Machines Corp	Common	459200101	746	4,284	SH		DFND	1	0	4,284	0
Immunomedics, Inc	Common	452907108	294	45,500	SH		DFND	2	45,500	0	0
Independence Realty Trust, Inc.	Common	45378A106	469	50,000	SH		DFND	2	50,000	0	0
Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.	Common	45781V101	427	25,000	SH		DFND	2	25,000	0	0
Johnson & Johnson	Common	478160104	274	2,200	SH		DFND	1	0	2,200	0
Johnson & Johnson	Common	478160104	633	5,080	SH		DFND	1	5,080	0	0
JP Morgan Chase & Co.	Common	46625H100	773	8,800	SH		DFND	1	0	8,800	0
JP Morgan Chase & Co.	Common	46625H100	1,252	14,250	SH		DFND	1	14,250	0	0
Iridium Communications, Inc.	Common	46269C102	3,262	338,000	SH		DFND	2	338,000	0	0
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	Common	53220K504	105,444	996,257	SH		DFND	2	996,257	0	0
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	Common	53220K504	195	1,843	SH		DFND	1	0	1,843	0
Macquarie Infrastructure	Common	55608B105	266	3,300	SH		DFND	1	3,300	0	0
Medtronics Inc.	Common	G5960L103	85	1,050	SH		DFND	1	0	1,050	0
Merck & Co. Inc.	Common	58933Y105	32	500	SH		DFND	1	0	500	0
Merck & Co. Inc.	Common	58933Y105	51	800	SH		DFND	1	800	0	0
Microsoft Corporation	Common	594918104	4,436	67,350	SH		DFND	2	67,350	0	0
Microsoft Corporation	Common	594918104	66	1,000	SH		DFND	1	0	1,000	0
Microsoft Corporation	Common	594918104	26	400	SH		DFND	1	400	0	0
Mondelez Int'l Inc.	Common	609207105	129	3,000	SH		DFND	1	0	3,000	0
Mondelez Int'l Inc.	Common	609207105	125	2,900	SH		DFND	1	2,900	0	0
Novelion Therapeutics, Inc.	Common	67001K202	1,173	109,184	SH		DFND	2	109,184	0	0
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group	Common	67551U105	5	2,000	SH		DFND	1	2,000	0	0
Oritani Financial Corp	Common	68633D103	34	2,000	SH		DFND	1	0	2,000	0
Oritani Financial Corp	Common	68633D103	99	5,800	SH		DFND	1	5,800	0	0
Parkway Inc.	Common	70156Q107	33	1,678	SH		DFND	1	0	1,678	0
Peoples United Financial	Common	712704105	27	1,500	SH		DFND	1	0	1,500	0
Pfizer Inc.	Common	717081103	30,402	888,676	SH		DFND	2	888,676	0	0
Pfizer Inc.	Common	717081103	889	26,000	SH		DFND	1	0	26,000	0
Pfizer Inc.	Common	717081103	2,018	59,000	SH		DFND	1	59,000	0	0
Physicians Realty Trust	Common	71943U104	1,109	55,800	SH		DFND	2	55,800	0	0
RMR Group Inc.	Common	74967R106	1	16	SH		DFND	1	0	16	0
Rand Logistics, Inc.	Common	752182105	425	664,435	SH		DFND	2	664,435	0	0
Ryman Hospitality Ppty Inc.	Common	78377T107	25	400	SH		DFND	1	400	0	0
Seaspan Corporation	Common	Y75638109	693	100,000	SH		DFND	2	100,000	0	0
Standard AVB Financial Corp.	Common	85303B100	530	20,000	SH		DFND	2	20,000	0	0
Starwood Ppty Inc.	Common	85571B105	9	400	SH		DFND	1	400	0	0
Stemline Therapeutics, Inc.	Common	85858C107	86	10,000	SH		DFND	2	10,000	0	0
Sunshine Bancorp, Inc.	Common	86777J108	419	20,000	SH		DFND	2	20,000	0	0
Sunshine Bancorp, Inc.	Common	86777J108	42	2,000	SH		DFND	1	0	2,000	0
Sunshine Bancorp, Inc.	Common	86777J108	121	5,800	SH		DFND	1	5,800	0	0
Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Common	871639308	738	158,400	SH		DFND	2	158,400	0	0
The Kraft Heinz Company	Common	500754106	636	7,000	SH		DFND	2	7,000	0	0
The Kraft Heinz Company	Common	500754106	169	1,865	SH		DFND	1	0	1,865	0
The Kraft Heinz Company	Common	500754106	276	3,035	SH		DFND	1	3,035	0	0
TheStreet Inc.	Common	88368Q103	76	100,600	SH		DFND	2	100,600	0	0
Total SA Sponsored ADR	Common	89151E109	146	2,900	SH		DFND	1	0	2,900	0
Total SA Sponsored ADR	Common	89151E109	119	2,360	SH		DFND	1	2,360	0	0
Verizon Communications Inc.	Common	92343V104	13	263	SH		DFND	1	0	263	0
Verizon Communications Inc.	Common	92343V104	64	1,320	SH		DFND	1	1,320	0	0
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.	Common	963025606	780	30,000	SH		DFND	2	30,000	0	0