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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;8, 2011
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<B>FORM S-8</B></DIV>


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<B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>RESOLUTE ENERGY CORPORATION</B>
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>27-0659371</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</TD>
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<B>1675 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1950<BR>

Denver, Colorado 80202<BR>

303-534-4600</B><BR>

(Address of principal executive offices)</DIV>


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<B>Resolute Energy Corporation 2009 Performance Incentive Plan</B></DIV>


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<B>Michael N. Stefanoudakis</B><BR>

<B>1675 Broadway, Suite&nbsp;1950<BR>

Denver, Colorado 80202<BR>

303-534-4600</B></DIV>


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(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


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With copies to:</DIV>


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<B>Ronald R. Levine, Esq.<BR>

Davis Graham &#038; Stubbs LLP<BR>

1550 Seventeenth Street, Suite&nbsp;500<BR>

Denver, Colorado 80202<BR>

(303)&nbsp;892-9400</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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    <TD valign="top" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">6,397,744</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">14.47</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">92,575,355.68</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">10,748.00</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(3)</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock of the
Registrant (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) to be offered or issued as a result of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number
of outstanding shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant
to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act. The proposed maximum offering price per
share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are calculated using the average of
the high and low prices of the Common Stock on August&nbsp;5, 2011, as reported by the New York
Stock Exchange.</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, a filing fee is only being paid with respect
to the registration of an additional 6,397,744 shares of Common Stock available under the
Resolute Energy Corporation 2009 Performance Incentive Plan resulting from an amendment to
that certain 2009 Performance Incentive Plan. A Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-162209) was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) on September&nbsp;30, 2009, to register 2,760,000 shares of Common Stock under
the 2009 Performance Incentive Plan.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Resolute Energy Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) previously filed a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-162209) on September&nbsp;30, 2009 (the &#147;Original Registration Statement&#148;)
registering 2,760,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share of the Company (the
&#147;Common Stock&#148;) issuable pursuant to the Company&#146;s 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;2009 Plan&#148;).
However, the 2009 Plan set the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance
pursuant to the 2009 Plan as the lesser of (i)&nbsp;2,760,000 shares of Common Stock and (ii)&nbsp;5% of the
shares of Common Stock outstanding at the closing of the transactions contemplated by that certain
Purchase and IPO Reorganization Agreement dated August&nbsp;2, 2009, by and among Hicks Acquisition
Company I, Inc., the Company, Resolute Subsidiary Corporation, Resolute Aneth, LLC, Resolute
Holdings, LLC, Resolute Holdings Sub, LLC, and HH-HACI, L.P. (the &#147;Acquisition Agreement&#148;). As of
the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement, there were 53,154,888
shares of Common Stock outstanding. As a result, only 2,657,744 of the 2,760,000 shares of Common
Stock registered were eligible for issuance pursuant to the 2009 Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On June&nbsp;2, 2011, the Company&#146;s stockholders approved amendments to the 2009 Plan that, among
other things, increased the number of shares of Common Stock available under the 2009 Plan by
6,500,000, from 2,657,744 to 9,157,744. Accordingly, this Registration Statement is being filed to
register the additional 6,397,744 shares of Common Stock (the difference between the 2,760,000
shares of Common Stock registered pursuant to the Original Registration Statement and the 9,157,744
shares of Common Stock available to be registered pursuant to the 2009 Plan as amended).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Original Registration
Statement, including each of the documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
incorporated (or deemed to be incorporated) by reference therein, and each of the documents filed
as exhibits thereto, are incorporated by reference herein except as otherwise updated or modified
by this filing. All exhibits required by General Instruction E to Form S-8 are filed as exhibits
hereto.
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<B>PART II<BR>

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">2009 Performance Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;10.7 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;S-4 (File. No 333-161076) as filed with the SEC on
August&nbsp;31, 2009).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to 2009 Performance Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;A to the Proxy Statement
on Schedule&nbsp;14A as filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;24, 2011).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Davis Graham &#038; Stubbs LLP as to the legality of the
securities being issued.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Davis Graham &#038; Stubbs LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.4
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Netherland, Sewell &#038; Associates, Inc.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this
Registration Statement).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S&#151;8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on this 8<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of August,
2011.
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">RESOLUTE ENERGY CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ James M. Piccone
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">James M. Piccone&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">President&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Power of Attorney</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Nicholas J. Sutton, Theodore Gazulis,
James M. Piccone and Michael N. Stefanoudakis, and each of them, the undersigned&#146;s true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for the undersigned and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or post-effective
amendments to this Registration Statement, and any other instruments or documents that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or advisable, to enable Resolute Energy Corporation
to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of
them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Nicholas J. Sutton</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Nicholas J. Sutton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer) and
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Theodore Gazulis</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Theodore Gazulis
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President &#151; Finance,
Chief Financial and Treasurer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ James A. Tuell</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James A. Tuell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President and Chief Accounting
Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ James M. Piccone</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James M. Piccone
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President and Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Kenneth A. Hersh</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kenneth A. Hersh
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Richard L. Covington</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard L. Covington
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ William J. Quinn</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">William J. Quinn</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ William H. Cunningham</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William H. Cunningham
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Thomas O. Hicks, Jr.</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas O. Hicks, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ Robert M. Swartz</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert M. Swartz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/ James E. Duffy</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James E. Duffy
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following is a list of all exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement or, as
noted, incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
</DIV>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description of Exhibit</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2009 Performance Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;10.7 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;S-4 (File. No 333-161076) as filed with the SEC on
August&nbsp;31, 2009).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to 2009 Performance Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;A to the Proxy Statement
on Schedule&nbsp;14A as filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;24, 2011).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Davis Graham &#038; Stubbs LLP as to the legality of the
securities being issued.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Davis Graham &#038; Stubbs LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Netherland, Sewell &#038; Associates, Inc.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this
Registration Statement).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2011
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
RESOLUTE ENERGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
27-0659371
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1675 Broadway, Suite 1950
Denver, Colorado 80202
303-534-4600
(Address of principal executive offices)
Resolute Energy Corporation 2009 Performance Incentive Plan
Michael N. Stefanoudakis
1675 Broadway, Suite 1950
Denver, Colorado 80202
303-534-4600
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With copies to:
Ronald R. Levine, Esq.
Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
1550 Seventeenth Street, Suite 500
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 892-9400
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
x
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate
Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered(1)
Share
Offering Price
Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
6,397,744
$
14.47
(2)
$
92,575,355.68
$
10,748.00
(3)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock of the
Registrant ("Common Stock") to be offered or issued as a result of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number
of outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant
to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act. The proposed maximum offering price per
share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are calculated using the average of
the high and low prices of the Common Stock on August 5, 2011, as reported by the New York
Stock Exchange.
(3)
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, a filing fee is only being paid with respect
to the registration of an additional 6,397,744 shares of Common Stock available under the
Resolute Energy Corporation 2009 Performance Incentive Plan resulting from an amendment to
that certain 2009 Performance Incentive Plan. A Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No. 333-162209) was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") on September 30, 2009, to register 2,760,000 shares of Common Stock under
the 2009 Performance Incentive Plan.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Resolute Energy Corporation (the "Company") previously filed a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (Registration No. 333-162209) on September 30, 2009 (the "Original Registration Statement")
registering 2,760,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share of the Company (the
"Common Stock") issuable pursuant to the Company's 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2009 Plan").
However, the 2009 Plan set the maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance
pursuant to the 2009 Plan as the lesser of (i) 2,760,000 shares of Common Stock and (ii) 5% of the
shares of Common Stock outstanding at the closing of the transactions contemplated by that certain
Purchase and IPO Reorganization Agreement dated August 2, 2009, by and among Hicks Acquisition
Company I, Inc., the Company, Resolute Subsidiary Corporation, Resolute Aneth, LLC, Resolute
Holdings, LLC, Resolute Holdings Sub, LLC, and HH-HACI, L.P. (the "Acquisition Agreement"). As of
the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement, there were 53,154,888
shares of Common Stock outstanding. As a result, only 2,657,744 of the 2,760,000 shares of Common
Stock registered were eligible for issuance pursuant to the 2009 Plan.
On June 2, 2011, the Company's stockholders approved amendments to the 2009 Plan that, among
other things, increased the number of shares of Common Stock available under the 2009 Plan by
6,500,000, from 2,657,744 to 9,157,744. Accordingly, this Registration Statement is being filed to
register the additional 6,397,744 shares of Common Stock (the difference between the 2,760,000
shares of Common Stock registered pursuant to the Original Registration Statement and the 9,157,744
shares of Common Stock available to be registered pursuant to the 2009 Plan as amended).
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Original Registration
Statement, including each of the documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
incorporated (or deemed to be incorporated) by reference therein, and each of the documents filed
as exhibits thereto, are incorporated by reference herein except as otherwise updated or modified
by this filing. All exhibits required by General Instruction E to Form S-8 are filed as exhibits
hereto.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
2009 Performance Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.7 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-4 (File. No 333-161076) as filed with the SEC on
August 31, 2009).
4.2
Amendment No. 1 to 2009 Performance Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Proxy Statement
on Schedule 14A as filed with the SEC on April 24, 2011).
5.1
Opinion of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP as to the legality of the
securities being issued.
23.1
Consent of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.3
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.4
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this
Registration Statement).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S—8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on this 8
th
day of August,
2011.
RESOLUTE ENERGY CORPORATION
By:
/s/ James M. Piccone
Name:
James M. Piccone
Title:
President
Power of Attorney
Each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Nicholas J. Sutton, Theodore Gazulis,
James M. Piccone and Michael N. Stefanoudakis, and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for the undersigned and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments or post-effective
amendments to this Registration Statement, and any other instruments or documents that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or advisable, to enable Resolute Energy Corporation
to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of
them full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, or his
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Nicholas J. Sutton
Nicholas J. Sutton
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) and
Director
August 8, 2011
/s/ Theodore Gazulis
Theodore Gazulis
Senior Vice President — Finance,
Chief Financial and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
August 8, 2011
/s/ James A. Tuell
James A. Tuell
Vice President and Chief Accounting
Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
August 8, 2011
/s/ James M. Piccone
James M. Piccone
President and Director
August 8, 2011
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Kenneth A. Hersh
Kenneth A. Hersh
Director
August 8, 2011
/s/ Richard L. Covington
Richard L. Covington
Director
August 8, 2011
/s/ William J. Quinn
Director
August 8, 2011
William J. Quinn
/s/ William H. Cunningham
William H. Cunningham
Director
August 8, 2011
/s/ Thomas O. Hicks, Jr.
Thomas O. Hicks, Jr.
Director
August 8, 2011
/s/ Robert M. Swartz
Robert M. Swartz
Director
August 8, 2011
/s/ James E. Duffy
James E. Duffy
Director
August 8, 2011
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EXHIBIT INDEX
The following is a list of all exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement or, as
noted, incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
2009 Performance Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.7 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-4 (File. No 333-161076) as filed with the SEC on
August 31, 2009).
4.2
Amendment No. 1 to 2009 Performance Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Proxy Statement
on Schedule 14A as filed with the SEC on April 24, 2011).
5.1
Opinion of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP as to the legality of the
securities being issued.
23.1
Consent of Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.3
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.4
Consent of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this
Registration Statement).
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