8-K

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)    September 24, 2012

MILLER ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Tennessee	001-34732	62-1028629
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

9721 Cogdill Road, Suite 302, Knoxville, TN	37932
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (865) 223-6575

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On September 24, 2012, we sold 25,750 shares of our Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock”) to 10 accredited investors and issued those investors warrants to purchase 128,750 shares of common stock in a private offering exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in reliance on exemptions provided by Section 4(2) and Regulation D of that act. We received gross proceeds of $2,575,000. We paid a broker’s fee of $167,375 to WFG Investments, Inc., a broker-dealer and member of FINRA. We are using the funds for general working capital.

The designations, rights and preferences of the Preferred Stock, include:

• the shares have a stated value of $100.00 per share and a liquidation preference equal to the stated value,

• we are authorized to issue up to 275,000 shares,

• the shares are not entitled to any voting rights and are not convertible into any other security,

• the holders are entitled to receive annual cumulative dividends at the rate of 12% per annum, payable in arrears semi-annually, beginning on March 1, 2013;

• the dividends will be paid in cash on each relevant dividend date provided that (i) we are in compliance with certain financial covenants (designated the “Capital Covenants”) under the Apollo Credit Facility, with compliance to be determined as of the most recent reporting date and, on a pro forma basis, on the dividend date, and (ii) no “Default” or “Event of Default” (as defined in the Apollo Credit Facility) has occurred or is continuing on the dividend date;

• the Preferred Stock may not be redeemed until 30 days after “Security Termination” (as defined in the Apollo Credit Facility), but otherwise may be redeemed at any time by the Company, with a mandatory redemption on the fifth anniversary of issuance or, if later, on the 30th day after Security Termination;

In addition to the relevant shares of the Preferred Stock, each holder of the Preferred Stock will receive: (i) on the date of issuance of that holder’s Preferred Stock, warrants to purchase up to five (5) shares of our common stock for each share of the Preferred Stock held by that holder and (ii) if we should fail to pay dividends on the Preferred Stock, in cash, on any two consecutive dividend dates, then, on a one-time basis, each holder will also receive additional warrants to purchase up to five (5) shares of our common stock for each share of the Preferred Stock held by that holder. The exercise price under these warrants will be the higher of (a) $5.28 per share or (b) the last sale price of our common stock as reported on the NYSE on the date immediately preceding the date of issuance of the relevant warrant. The warrants are exercisable for three years from the issuance date. The terms of these warrants provide that the number of shares issuable upon the exercise of the warrants, as well as the exercise price of the warrants, is subject to proportional adjustment in the event of stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and similar corporate events. Unless the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants are included in a registration statement filed by us with the SEC on or before April 30, 2015, the warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis.

The foregoing descriptions of the designations, rights and preferences of the Preferred Stock and the related warrants are qualified in its entirety by reference to the documents which are filed herewith as Exhibits 3.11 and 4.16, respectively.

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On September 24, 2012, we issued a press release announcing that we had raised $2,575,000 through sales of our Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock.

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, 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

3.11 Articles of Amendment to the Charter of Miller Energy Resources, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 4, 2012).

4.16 Form of Series PPB warrant

99.1 Press Release dated September 24, 2012

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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.

	MILLER ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
Date: September 24, 2012
	By:	/s/ Scott M. Boruff
		Scott M. Boruff, Chief Executive Officer

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EX-4.16

Form of

SERIES PPB Warrant

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT AND THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAW OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION.

THIS WARRANT IS ONE OF A SERIES OF WARRANTS BEING ISSUED BY THE COMPANY PURSUANT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE COMPANY'S CONFIDENTIAL TERM SHEET, DATED AUGUST 29, 2012.

Warrant to Purchase Common Stock

(this “Warrant”)

Warrant to Purchase An Aggregate of _____ shares	Date of Issuance: _______, 2012
of Common Stock	No.: PPB-____

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, MILLER ENERGY RESOURCES, INC., a Tennessee corporation (the “Company”), promises to issue in the name of, and sell and deliver to ____________________ (the "Holder") a certificate or certificates for an aggregate of __________ shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), upon payment by the Holder of the Exercise Price, subject to the terms and conditions of this Warrant.

1. Exercise of Warrant

(A) Exercise Price. For purposes of this Warrant, Exercise Price means $____, subject to adjustment as hereinafter set forth.

(B)Exercise Period. The Holder may exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part (but not as to fractional shares), at any time and time to time commencing on the date hereof and ending at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the three (3) year anniversary date of the date of this Warrant (the “Exercise Period”).

(C)Cashless Exercise. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, unless the shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder upon the exercise of this Warrant (the “Warrant Shares”) are included in an effective registration statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or before April 30, 2015, then the Holder may, in its sole discretion, exercise this Warrant in whole or in part and, in lieu of making the cash payment otherwise contemplated to be made to the Company upon such exercise in payment of the Exercise Price, elect instead to receive upon such exercise the “Net Number” of shares of Common Stock determined according to the following formula (a “Cashless Exercise”):

Net Number =(A x B) - (A x C)

B

For purposes of the foregoing formula:

A= the total number of shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised.

B= the last sale price of a share of the Company's Common Stock as reported on the NYSE or such other principal trading market on which the Company's Common Stock is then listed or quoted of the Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding the date the Exercise Agreement is delivered to the Company.

C= the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

(D) Exercise Procedure.

(i) This Warrant will be deemed to have been exercised at such time as the Company has received all of the following items (the “Exercise Date”):

(a)a completed Exercise Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1, executed by the Holder (the “Purchaser”); and

(b) a certified check or other immediately available funds payable to the Company in an amount equal to the sum of the product of the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock being purchased upon such exercise if the Holder did not notify the Company in such Exercise Agreement that such exercise was made pursuant to a Cashless Exercise (as defined in Section 1(C).

(ii) Certificates for the Warrant Shares purchased upon exercise of this Warrant will be delivered by the Company to the Purchaser within two (2) business days after the Exercise Date. Unless this Warrant has expired or all of the purchase rights represented hereby have been exercised, the Company will prepare a new Warrant representing the rights formerly represented by this Warrant that have not expired or been exercised. The Company will, within ten (10) business days, deliver such new Warrant to the Holder at the address set forth in this Warrant.

(iii) The Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant will be deemed to have been transferred to the Purchaser on the Exercise Date, and the Purchaser will be deemed for all purposes to have become the record holder of such Common Stock on the Exercise Date.

(iv)The issuance of certificates for the Warrant Shares will be made without charge to the Purchaser for any issuance tax in respect thereof or any other cost incurred by the Company in connection with such exercise and related transfer of the shares; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any certificate or instrument in a name other than that of the Holder of this Warrant, and that the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any such certificate or instrument unless and until the person or persons requiring the issue thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

(v)Unless the Company shall have registered the Warrant Shares underlying this Warrant, the Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant will be “restricted securities” as that term is defined in the Securities Act of 1933. The Company may insert the following or similar legend on the face of the certificates evidencing the Warrant Shares if required in compliance with state securities laws:

"These securities have not been registered under any state securities laws and may not be sold or otherwise transferred or disposed of except pursuant to an effective registration statement under any applicable state securities laws, or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to counsel to the Company that an exemption from registration under any applicable state securities laws is available."

(C) Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock on the exercise of this Warrant. The Company shall not be obligated to issue any fractional share interests or fractional warrant interests upon the exercise of this Warrant, nor shall it be obligated to issue scrip or pay cash in lieu

of fractional interests, provided, however, that if a holder exercises all the Warrants held of record by such holder, the Company shall at its option (i) eliminate the fractional interests by rounding any fraction up to the nearest whole number of shares or (ii) within 30 days after the Exercise Date, deliver to the Purchaser a check payable to the Purchaser, in lieu of such fractional share, in an amount equal to the value of such fractional share as determined by the closing price of the Company's Common Stock as reported on the principal exchange on which the Company's Common Stock is then traded, as of the close of business on the Exercise Date.

2. Effect of Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale

(A) Recapitalization or Reclassification of Common Stock. In case the Company shall at any time prior to the exercise of this Warrant, or the expiration of the Exercise Period, whichever first occurs, effect a recapitalization or reclassification of such character that its Common Stock shall be changed into or become exchangeable for a larger or smaller number of shares, then, upon the effective date thereof, the number of shares of Common Stock that the Holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to purchase upon exercise hereof shall be increased or decreased, as the case may be, in direct proportion to the increase or decrease in such number of shares of Common Stock by reason of such recapitalization or reclassification, and the Exercise Price of such recapitalized or reclassified Common Stock shall, in the case of an increase in the number of shares, be proportionately decreased and, in the case of a decrease in the number of shares, be proportionately increased.

(B) Consolidation, Merger or Sale. . In case the Company shall at any time prior to the exercise of this Warrant, or the expiration of the Exercise Period, whichever first occurs, consolidate or merge with any other corporation (unless the Company shall be the surviving entity) or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any other corporation preparatory to a dissolution (collectively, the "Fundamental Transaction"), then the Company shall, as a condition precedent to such transaction, provide notice to the Holder of not less than ten (10) of days prior to the closing and/or effective date of such Fundamental Transaction during which time the Holder shall have the right to exercise this Warrant pursuant to its terms. To the extent not exercised, this Warrant and any right to acquire shares of the Company's Common Stock will automatically expire on the closing date and/or effective date of such Fundamental Transaction.

(C) Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted as provided herein, the Company shall file with its corporate records a certificate of its Chief Financial Officer setting forth the computation and the adjusted number of shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder resulting from such adjustments, and a copy of such certificate shall be mailed to the Holder. Any such certificate or letter shall be conclusive evidence as to the correctness of the adjustment or adjustments referred to therein and shall be available for inspection by the Holder on any day during normal business hours.

3. Reservation of Common Stock. The Company will at all times reserve and keep available such number of shares of Common Stock as will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of this Warrant. Upon exercise of this Warrant pursuant to its terms, the Holder will acquire fully paid and non-assessable ownership rights of the Common Stock, free and clear of any liens, claims or encumbrances except as otherwise provided herein.

4. No Shareholder Rights or Obligations. This Warrant will not entitle the Holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder of the Company. Until the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant are recorded as issued on the books and records of the Company's transfer agent, the Holder shall not be entitled to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder; provided, however, the Company uses its best efforts to ensure that, upon receipt of the Exercise Agreement and payment of the Exercise Price, the appropriate documentation necessary to effectuate the exercise of the Warrant and the issuance of the Warrant Shares is accomplished as expeditiously as possible. No provision of this Warrant, in the absence of affirmative action by the Holder to purchase Common Stock, and no enumeration in this Warrant of the rights or privileges of the Holder, will give rise to any obligation of such Holder for the Exercise Price or as a shareholder of the Company.

5. Transferability. Subject to the terms hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant with a properly executed Assignment in the form of Exhibit 2 hereto at the principal offices of the Company. This Warrant and the underlying shares of Common Stock may not be offered,

sold or transferred except in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, and any applicable state securities laws, and then only against receipt of an agreement of the person to whom such offer or sale or transfer is made to comply with the provisions of this Warrant with respect to any resale or other disposition of such securities; provided that no such agreement shall be required from any person purchasing this Warrant or the underlying shares of Common Stock pursuant to a registration statement effective under the Securities Act of 1933. The Holder of this Warrant agrees that, prior to the disposition of any security purchased on the exercise hereof other than pursuant to a registration statement then effective under the Securities Act of 1933, or any similar statute then in effect, the Holder shall give written notice to the Company, expressing his intention as to such disposition. Upon receiving such notice, the Company shall present a copy thereof to its securities counsel. If, in the sole opinion of such counsel, which such opinion shall not be unreasonably withheld, the proposed disposition does not require registration of such security under the Securities Act of 1933, or any similar statute then in effect, the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, notify the Holder of such opinion, whereupon the Holder shall be entitled to dispose of such security in accordance with the terms of the notice delivered by the Holder to the Company.

6. Miscellaneous

(A) Notices. Any notices, requests or consents hereunder shall be deemed given, and any instruments delivered, two days after they have been mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or upon receipt if delivered personally or by facsimile transmission, as follows:

If to the Company:	MILLER ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
	9721 Cogdill Road, Suite 302
	Knoxville, TN 37932
	Attention: Chief Financial Officer
If to the Holder:	To the address and/or facsimile of
	Holder as recorded in the records
	of the Company.

except that any of the foregoing may from time to time, by written notice to the other party hereto, designate another address which shall thereupon become its effective address for the purposes of this paragraph.

(B) Entire Agreement. This Warrant, including the exhibits and documents referred to herein which are a part hereof, contain the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter and may be amended only by a written instrument executed by the parties hereto or their successors or assigns. Any paragraph headings contained in this Warrant are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Warrant.

(C) Governing Law. This Warrant shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee, without and application of the principles of conflicts of laws.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Warrant has been duly executed and the corporate seal affixed hereto, all as of the day and year first above written.

MILLER ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
By:
	Scott M. Boruff, Chief Executive Officer

EX-99.1

For immediate release

MILLER ENERGY RESOURCES CLOSES $2.5 MILLION PREFERRED RAISE

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – September 24, 2012 – Miller Energy Resources (“Miller”) (NYSE: MILL) announced that it has raised $2,575,000 through its new Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock. The Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock is redeemable by Miller, and does not convert into common stock. The holders of the Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock will receive dividends of 12% per annum, payable in arrears semi-annually, beginning on March 1, 2013, subject to certain terms based on our Apollo Credit Facility. Investors were also issued warrants to purchase Miller’s common stock, with an exercise price of $5.28 per share. Miller obtained the consent of its current lenders prior to issuance of the Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock.

“We are happy to announce the closing of our Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock program, mainly through our existing shareholders,” said Scott M. Boruff, Miller Energy Resources CEO. “This sale further demonstrates our ability to raise capital, as required under our Apollo Credit Facility, and to do so without diluting our current shareholders. The proceeds from the offering will provide us with the cash needed as we continue to work to develop our assets and execute our drilling program going forward.”

About Miller Energy Resources

Miller Energy Resources, Inc. is a high growth oil and natural gas exploration, production and drilling company operating in multiple exploration and production basins in North America. Miller’s focus is in Cook Inlet, Alaska and in the heart of Tennessee's prolific and hydrocarbon-rich Appalachian Basin including the Chattanooga Shale. Miller is headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee with offices in Anchorage, Alaska and Huntsville, Tennessee. The company’s common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol MILL.

Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Information

Certain statements in this press release and elsewhere by Miller Energy Resources¸ Inc. are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve the implied assessment that the resources described can be profitably produced in the future, based on certain estimates and assumptions. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections that involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by Miller Energy Resources, Inc. and described in the forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, the potential for Miller Energy to experience additional operating losses; high debt costs under its existing senior credit facility; potential limitations imposed by debt covenants under its senior credit facility on its growth and ability to meet business objectives; the need to enhance management, systems, accounting, controls and reporting performance; uncertainties related to deficiencies identified by the SEC in certain Forms 8-K filed in 2010 and the Form 10-K for 2011; litigation risks, including the risk that rulings favorable to Miller could be reversed on appeal; its ability to perform under the terms of its oil and gas leases, and exploration licenses with the Alaska DNR, including meeting the funding or work commitments of those

agreements; its ability to successfully acquire, integrate and exploit new productive assets in the future; its ability to recover proved undeveloped reserves and convert probable and possible reserves to proved reserves; risks associated with the hedging of commodity prices; its dependence on third party transportation facilities; concentration risk in the market for the oil we produce in Alaska; the impact of natural disasters on its Cook Inlet Basin operations; adverse effects of the national and global economic downturns on our profitability; the imprecise nature of its reserve estimates; drilling risks; fluctuating oil and gas prices and the impact on results from operations; the need to discover or acquire new reserves in the future to avoid declines in production; differences between the present value of cash flows from proved reserves and the market value of those reserves; the existence within the industry of risks that may be uninsurable; constraints on production and costs of compliance that may arise from current and future environmental, FERC and other statutes, rules and regulations at the state and federal level; the impact that future legislation could have on access to tax incentives currently enjoyed by Miller; that no dividends may be paid on its common stock for some time; cashless exercise provisions of outstanding warrants; market overhang related to restricted securities and outstanding options, and warrants; the impact of non-cash gains and losses from derivative accounting on future financial results; and risks to non-affiliate shareholders arising from the substantial ownership positions of affiliates. Additional information on these and other factors, which could affect Miller’s operations or financial results, are included in Miller Energy Resources, Inc.’s reports on file with United States Securities and Exchange Commission including its Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012. Miller Energy Resources, Inc.’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward- looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in its periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its Web site (www.sec.gov). All forward-looking statements attributable to Miller Energy Resources or to persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. We assume no obligation to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management's estimates or opinions change unless otherwise required under securities law.

For more information, please contact the following:

Robert L. Gaylor

SVP Investor Relations

Miller Energy Resources, Inc.

9721 Cogdill Road, Suite 302

Knoxville, TN 37932

Phone: (865) 223-6575

Fax: (865) 691-8209

bobby@millerenergyresources.com

Web Site: http://www.millerenergyresources.com

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