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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * PICCONE JAMES M   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Resolute Energy Corp [REN] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President (Last) (First) (Middle) 1700 LINCOLN ST., SUITE 2800 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/29/2017 (Street) DENVER, CO 80203 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 12/29/2017   M   27,438 A $ 6.75 268,615 (4) D (5)   Common Stock 12/29/2017   M   2,791 A $ 2.915 271,406 (4) D (5)   Common Stock 12/29/2017   F   6,145 (2) D $ 31.47 265,261 (4) D (5)   Common Stock 01/01/2018   F   7,158 (3) D $ 31.47 258,103 (4) D (5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 6.75

12/29/2017

M

27,438

(1)

05/04/2025

Common Stock

27,438

$ 0

13,719

D

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 2.915

12/29/2017

M

2,791

03/08/2017

02/17/2026

Common Stock

2,791

$ 0

78,436

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
PICCONE JAMES M 1700 LINCOLN ST. SUITE 2800 DENVER, CO 80203	X		President

Signatures

/s/ James M. Piccone		01/03/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The options vested in two equal installments on May 5, 2016 and 2017.
(2)	Represents shares surrendered to Issuer to cover tax withholding obligations of the Reporting Person upon the exercise of 30,229 incentive stock options issued pursuant to Issuer's 2009 Performance Incentive Plan.
(3)	Represents shares surrendered to Issuer to cover tax withholding obligations of the Reporting Person upon the vesting of 21,768 shares of time-vesting restricted stock issued pursuant to the Issuer's 2009 Performance Incentive Plan. The vesting of the shares was accelerated pursuant to that certain Separation Agreement and Release dated January 1, 2018 between Issuer and the Reporting Person.
(4)	Includes 21,767 shares of restricted stock subject to performance-vesting criteria, which vest in annual installments in accordance with such criteria through March 8, 2020.
(5)	Includes 46,655 shares held by the Reporting Person in an IRA account.

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