2014-04-30 8-K for Dividends


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): April 16, 2014
MILLER ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Tennessee
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 
 
 
001-34732
 
26-1028629
(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 7.01    Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 30, 2014, we issued a press release announcing the declaration of a dividend on the Company’s 10.75% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series C Preferred Stock”) and the Company’s 10.5% Fixed Rate/Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series D Preferred Stock”). Attached as Exhibit 99.1 is our press release relating to the dividends referred to in Item 8.01 below.

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 8.01    Other Events.

On April 16, 2014, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.671875 per share on the Series C Preferred Stock. The dividend payment is equivalent to an annualized 10.75% per share, based on the $25.00 per share stated liquidation preference, accruing from March 2014, through May 2014. The record date will be May 15, 2014, and the dividend will be payable on June 2, 2014.

On April 16, 2014, the Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.65625 per share on the Series D Preferred Stock. The dividend payment is equivalent to an annualized 10.5% per share, based on the $25.00 per share stated liquidation preference, accruing from March 2014 through May 2014. The record date will be May 15, 2014, and the dividend will be payable on June 2, 2014.

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit
No.
 
Description
99.1
 
Press Release dated April 30, 2014 announcing the declaration of a dividend on the Series C Preferred Stock and the Series D Preferred Stock






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: April 30, 2014
 
Miller Energy Resources, Inc.
 
 
By: /s/ Scott M. Boruff
 
 
Scott M. Boruff
 
 
Chief Executive Officer