UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 12, 2017

HALCÓN RESOURCES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (832) 538-0300

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 1.01    Entry Into Material Definitive Agreement.

On July 12, 2017, Halcón Resources Corporation (the “Company”) entered into the Second Amendment (the “Amendment”) to Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement by and among the Company, as borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other lenders signatory thereto. The Amendment, among other things, provided the Company (i) the ability to amend the Indenture governing the Company’s 6.75% senior notes due 2025, dated as of February 16, 2017, by and among the Company, certain restricted subsidiaries party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, in the manner contemplated by the Support Agreement, a copy of which was previously filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on July 11, 2017, (ii) the ability to redeem its 12% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2022, and (iii) additional flexibility with respect to entering into commodity swap agreements.

Item 8.01    Other Events.

Unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Company as of March 31, 2017 and for the year ended December 31, 2016 and the quarter ended March 31, 2017 is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which gives effect to (i) fresh-start accounting adjustments resulting from emerging from reorganization under chapter 11, (ii) the divestiture of all of the Company’s membership interests in HK TMS, LLC, a prior subsidiary of the Company that held oil and gas properties in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale in Louisiana and Mississippi (the “HK TMS Divestiture”), (iii) the acquisition of 20,901 net acres and related assets in the Southern Delaware Basin located in Pecos and Reeves Counties, Texas, (iv) the issuance of 5,518 shares of the Company’s 8.0% automatically convertible preferred stock in connection with such acquisition, (v) the disposition of assets in the El Halcón area of East Texas, prospective for the Eagle Ford formation, (vi) the anticipated divestiture of all of the Company’s operated assets in the Williston Basin in North Dakota (the “Williston Divestiture”), and (vii) the anticipated repurchase of all of the Company’s 12.0% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2022 and a portion of the Company’s 6.75% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2025 using the net proceeds resulting from the Williston Divestiture (the “Debt Repurchase”).

The unaudited pro forma financial information is provided in addition to the pro forma financial information set forth under Item 9.01 below to assist readers in understanding the aggregate impacts of the Company’s divestitures and acquisition and related funding activities occurring during 2017.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

Unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Company as of March 31, 2017 and for the year ended December 31, 2016 and the quarter ended March 31, 2017 is set forth in Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which gives effect to (i) fresh-start accounting adjustments resulting from emerging from reorganization under chapter 11, (ii) the HK TMS Divestiture, (iii) the Williston Divestiture, and (iv) the Debt Repurchase.

(d) Exhibits.

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SIGNATURE

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

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EXHIBIT INDEX

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