UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March ~~December 22~~4, ~~2014~~ 2015

HKN, INC.

(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-10262	95-2841597
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

180 State Street, Suite 200 Southlake, Texas		76092
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (817) 424-2424

Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report: Not applicable

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5 8.0701. ~~Submission~~Other ~~of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders~~Events.

OnWe have previously disclosed ~~December~~the 1,2011 ~~2014,~~sale ~~HKN~~by our subsidiary XPLOR Energy SPV-1, Inc. (“~~HKN~~XPLOR”) ~~filed~~of anits ~~information~~oil ~~statement~~and ~~with~~gas ~~the~~production ~~Securities~~assets and ~~Exchange~~related operations ~~Commission~~at ~~and~~its Main Pass 35 field, the alleged defects in the salt water disposal system at Main Pass resulting in a salt water ~~furnished~~spill itin tothe ~~holders~~Gulf of ~~record~~Mexico, ofthe ~~its~~criminal ~~390,916~~investigation ~~outstanding~~by ~~shares~~the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of ~~Common~~such ~~Stock~~salt aswater spill, the Bill of ~~November~~Information 17filed by the U. S. Attorney’s Office in New Orleans, ~~2014~~Louisiana, and the plea agreement with the U.S Attorney’s office with regard to resolving the one-count Bill of Information.

~~Pursuant~~On March 4, 2015, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana held the sentencing hearing for this matter and accepted the plea agreement pursuant to which XPLOR pled guilty to one felony count of a ~~written~~knowing ~~consent~~violation inof ~~lieu~~the Clean Water Act, Title 33, United States Code, Section 1319(c)(2)(A). Upon acceptance of anthe ~~annual~~plea, ~~meeting~~XPLOR was sentenced, as set forth in the plea agreement, to a ~~consenting~~total ~~stockholder~~criminal penalty ~~group~~of ~~holding~~$3.1 ~~264~~million and three years of probation. Of the $3.1 million penalty,~~325~~ orthe ~~68%~~Court orsentenced XPLOR to pay $600 thousand of that penalty as an organizational community service payment to the ~~outstanding~~Louisiana ~~shares~~Department of Environmental Quality. The Court sentenced XPLOR to pay the penalty as follows: the community service payment of ~~our~~$600 ~~common~~thousand ~~stock~~was to be paid in full on the day of sentencing, ~~approved~~and the ~~re-election~~remaining fine of $2.5 million is to be paid to the ~~following~~United ~~five~~States ~~directors~~Treasury in installments, towith ~~serve~~the ~~until~~first installment ~~their~~of ~~successors~~$175 thousand paid at sentencing and the remaining installments of $775 thousand are ~~duly~~to ~~elected~~be paid every 90 days thereafter. ~~and~~XPLOR ~~qualified:~~arranged for payment of its first installment of $775 thousand at the sentencing hearing. In exchange for the guilty plea, the Government agreed to not bring any further charges to XPLOR or any other individuals arising from conduct that was revealed during the investigation.

~~Nominee Michael M. Ameen, Jr. Mikel D. Faulkner Dr. J. William Petty Alan G. Quasha H. A. Smith~~SIGNATURE

~~The~~Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities ~~consent~~Exchange ~~became~~Act ~~effective~~of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on ~~December~~its ~~22,~~behalf ~~2014~~by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

SIGNATURE

Dated: March 6, 2015		HKN, Inc.


	By:	/s/ Sarah B. Gasch
		Sarah B. Gasch
		Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

~~Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~2

Dated: December 22, 2014	HKN, Inc.
	By:	/s/ Kristina M. Humphries
		Kristina M. Humphries
		Vice President and CFO

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