13D Filing: Monarch Alternative Capital and Resolute Energy Corp (REN)

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Item 1.

Security and Issuer

This Schedule 13D relates to common shares, par value $0.0001 per
share (Common Stock), of Resolute Energy Corporation (the Issuer), having its principal executive offices at 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2800, Denver, Colorado, 80203.

Item 2.

Identity and Background.

(a)    This Schedule 13D is filed jointly by:

(i) Monarch Alternative Capital LP (MAC), which serves as advisor to a variety of funds (such funds collectively, the
Funds) with respect to shares of Common Stock of the Issuer directly owned by the Funds;

(ii) MDRA GP LP (MDRA
GP), which is the general partner of MAC, with respect to shares of Common Stock indirectly beneficially owned by virtue of such position; and

(iii) Monarch GP LLC (Monarch GP), which is the general partner of MDRA GP, with respect to shares of Common Stock
indirectly beneficially owned by virtue of such position.

MAC, MDRA GP and Monarch GP are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the
Reporting Persons.

Set forth on Schedule I hereto is the (i) name, (ii) business address, (iii) present
principal occupation or employment, and (iv) citizenship of all of the directors and executive officers or persons holding equivalent positions of Monarch GP (the Scheduled Persons, each a Scheduled
Person).

(b)    The address of MAC, MDRA GP and Monarch GP is 535 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022. Schedule I
hereto sets forth the principal business address of each Scheduled Person.

(c)    The principal business of MAC is to serve as
investment advisor to, and to control the investment activities of, the Funds. The principal business of MDRA GP is to serve as general partner of MAC. The principal business of Monarch GP is to serve as general partner of MDRA GP. Schedule I hereto
sets forth the principal occupation or employment of each Scheduled Person.

(d)    None of the Reporting Persons, nor, to the best of
their knowledge, any Scheduled Person has, during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).

(e)     None of the Reporting Persons, nor, to the best of their knowledge, any Scheduled Person has, during the last five years, been a
party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating
activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.