Edgar Filing: MCDERMOTT EDWARD H

Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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 ^*

Â SPO ADVISORY CORP

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/28/2009

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Hicks Acquisition CO I Inc. [TOH]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

MILL VALLEY,Â CAÂ 94941

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	6,747,900	I ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	See Footnotes

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

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Warrants	Â ⁽³⁾	Â ⁽³⁾	Common Stock	11,199,400	$ 7.5	I ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	See Footnotes

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
SPO ADVISORY CORP 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY,Â CAÂ 94941	Â	Â X	Â	Â
SPO ADVISORY PARTNERS LP 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY,Â CAÂ 94941	Â	Â X	Â	Â
SF ADVISORY PARTNERS LP 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY , SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY,Â CAÂ 94941	Â	Â X	Â	Â
SPO PARTNERS II LP 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY,Â CAÂ 94941	Â	Â X	Â	Â
SAN FRANCISCO PARTNERS LP 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY,Â CAÂ 94941	Â	Â X	Â	Â
SCULLY JOHN H 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY,Â CAÂ 94941	Â	Â X	Â	Â
OBERNDORF WILLIAM E 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY,Â CAÂ 94941	Â	Â X	Â	Â
PATTERSON WILLIAM J 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY, SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY,Â CAÂ 94941	Â	Â X	Â	Â
MCDERMOTT EDWARD H 591 REDWOOD HIGHWAY , SUITE 3215 MILL VALLEY,Â CAÂ 94941	Â	Â X	Â	Â

Signatures

Kim M. Silva, Attorney-in-Fact		09/08/2009
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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)	As a result of the purchases causing this filing, 6,524,700 shares of the Issuer's common stock are owned directly by SPO Partners II, L.P. ("SPO Partners"), and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by (i) SPO Advisory Partners, L.P. ("SPO Advisory"), the sole general partner of SPO Partners, (ii) SPO Advisory Corp. ("SPO Corp"), the sole general partner of SPO Advisory, and (iii) John H. Scully ("JHS"), William E. Oberndorf ("WEO"), William J. Patterson ("WJP") and Edward H. McDermott ("EHM"), the four controlling persons of SPO Corp. 223,200 shares of the Issuer's common stock are owned directly by San Francisco Partners, L.P. ("SF Partners"), and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by (i) SF Advisory Partners ("SF Advisory"), the sole general partner of SF Partners, (ii) SPO Corp., the sole general partner of SF Advisory, and (iii) JHS, WEO, WJP and EHM, the four controlling persons of SPO Corp.
(2)	Additionally, (i) JHS owns 2,900 shares of the Issuer's common stock in his IRA, which is self-directed, (ii) WEO owns 49,600 shares of the Issuer's common stock in his IRA, which is self-directed, (iii) WJP owns 300 shares of the Issuer's common stock in his IRA, which is self-directed and (iv) EHM owns 500 shares of the Issuer's common stock in his IRA, which is self-directed.
(3)	The Issuer is a special purpose acquisition company which, under the terms of its charter, must consummate an initial business combination on or before September 28, 2009, or liquidate its assets. On August 2, 2009, the Issuer entered into a merger agreement with Resolute Energy Corporation ("Resolute"). If the merger closes, the warrants will become convertible into either cash, warrants of Resolute, or some combination thereof. If converted into Resolute warrants, such warrants would become exercisable on the date of the closing of the merger and would expire five years from the closing of the merger, unless redeemed earlier. If the merger does not occur, the Issuer will liquidate and the warrants will expire without becoming exercisable.
(4)	As a result of the purchases causing this filing, 10,830,800 of the Issuer's warrants are owned directly by SPO Partners, and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by (i) SPO Advisory, the sole general partner of SPO Partners, (ii) SPO Advisory Corp, the sole general partner of SPO Advisory, and (iii) JHS, WEO, WJP and EHM, the four controlling persons of SPO Corp. 368,600 of the Issuer's warrants are owned directly by SF Partners, and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by (i) SF Advisory, the sole general partner of SF Partners, (ii) SPO Corp., the sole general partner of SF Advisory, and (iii) JHS, WEO, WJP and EHM, the four controlling persons of SPO Corp. Each warrant entitles the Holder to purchase one share of common stock at a price of $7.50, subject to adjustment, exercisable upon the completion of an initial business combination by the Issuer.
(5)	Additionally, (i) JHS owns 1,400 of the Issuer's warrants in his IRA, which is self-directed, (ii) WEO owns 79,400 of the Issuer's warrants in his IRA, which is self-directed, (iii) WJP owns 100 of the Issuer's warrants in his IRA, which is self-directed and (iv) EHM owns 900 of the Issuer's warrants in his IRA, which is self-directed.
Â Remarks: TheÂ individualsÂ andÂ entitiesÂ listedÂ inÂ theÂ notesÂ aboveÂ (eachÂ aÂ "ReportingÂ Person")Â mayÂ beÂ deemedÂ toÂ formÂ aÂ "group",Â asÂ suchÂ termÂ isÂ definedÂ inÂ ruleÂ 13d-5(b)(1)Â promulgatedÂ underÂ theÂ SecuritiesÂ ExchangeÂ ActÂ ofÂ 1934,Â forÂ purposesÂ ofÂ thisÂ filing.Â Â ThisÂ filingÂ shallÂ notÂ beÂ deemedÂ asÂ anÂ admissionÂ byÂ anyÂ ReportingÂ PersonÂ thatÂ suchÂ PersonÂ is,Â forÂ purposesÂ ofÂ SectionÂ 16Â ofÂ theÂ SecuritiesÂ ExchangeÂ ActÂ ofÂ 1934Â orÂ otherwise,Â theÂ beneficialÂ ownerÂ ofÂ anyÂ equityÂ securitiesÂ coveredÂ byÂ thisÂ statement.Â Â EachÂ ReportingÂ PersonÂ disclaimsÂ beneficialÂ ownershipÂ ofÂ theÂ reportedÂ securitiesÂ exceptÂ toÂ theÂ extentÂ ofÂ suchÂ person'sÂ pecuniaryÂ interest,Â ifÂ any,Â therein.

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