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| EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - MILLER ENERGY RESOURCES, INC. | a2015-10x01exhibit991.htm |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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): October 1, 2015
MILLER ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Tennessee
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
001-34732 | 62-1028629 | |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
9721 Cogdill Road, Suite 302
Knoxville, TN 37932
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(865) 223-6575
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 1.03 Bankruptcy or Receivership
On October 1, 2015, Miller Energy Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under chapter 11 of title 11 of the U.S. Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Alaska (the “Court”). The Company's chapter 11 case is being administered under the caption In re Miller Energy Resources, Inc. (Case No. 15-00313) and the Company is seeking to have its cases jointly administered with certain of its subsidiaries under the caption In re Cook Inlet Energy, LLC (Case No. 15-00236). The Company will continue to operate its business as a “debtor-in-possession” under the jurisdiction of the Court and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and orders of the Court.
A copy of the press release the Company issued to announce the bankruptcy filing is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
As noted in Item 1.03 above, on October 1, 2015, the Company issues a press release announcing the filing of its voluntary petition for reorganization under chapter 11 of title 11 of the U.S. Code. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
Pursuant to General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor is it incorporated by reference into any filing of Miller Energy Resources, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description | |
99.1 | Press release dated October 1, 2015 announcing the bankruptcy filing | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: October 6, 2015 | Miller Energy Resources, Inc. | |
By: | /s/ Carl F. Giesler, Jr. | |
Carl F. Giesler, Jr | ||
Chief Executive Officer | ||