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): April 4, 2018

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)

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 (see General Instruction A.2):

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company o

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.o

Item 2.01                   Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

On April 4, 2018, Halcón Energy Properties, Inc. (“HEPI”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Halcón Resources Corporation (the “Company”), completed the previously disclosed acquisition of 10,524 net acres and related assets in the Southern Delaware Basin located in Ward County, Texas (the “West Quito Draw Properties”). Pursuant to the terms of a Purchase and Sale Agreement dated February 6, 2018 between HEPI and SWEPI LP, an affiliate of Shell Oil Company, the Company completed the acquisition of the West Quito Draw Properties for a total cash purchase price of $199.1 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments.  The effective date of the acquisition of the West Quito Draw Properties is February 1, 2018.

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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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