S-8 POS


As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2016
Registration No. 333-200022
Registration No. 333-019791
Registration No. 333-184133
Registration No. 333-196570
Registration No. 333-171106

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-200022
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-019791

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-184133
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-196570

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO
Form S-8 Registration No. 333-171106

ON FORM S-1
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

MILLER ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Tennessee
1311
62-1028629
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 3100
Houston, TX 77002
(832) 658-2200
(Address, including Zip Code and Telephone Number, including
Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Phillip Elliott
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Miller Energy Resources, Inc.
1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 3100
Houston, TX 77002
(832) 658-2200
(Name and address of agent for service)

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable. Removal from registration of securities that were not sold pursuant to these registration statements.
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Large accelerated filer o
 
Accelerated filer o
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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

Miller Energy Resources, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the “Registrant”), is filing these Post-Effective Amendments to each of the following Registration Statements (collectively, the “Registration Statements”) to deregister any and all securities that remain unsold under such Registration Statements:
(1)
Registration No. 333-200022, pertaining to the registration of an additional 2,500,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, under the Registrant’s 2011 Equity Compensation Plan (the “2011 Plan”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 7, 2014.
(2)
Registration No. 333-196570, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto, which was filed with the SEC on November 7, 2014, pertaining to the registration of an additional 5,000,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock under the Registrant’s 2011 Plan, which was filed with the SEC on June 6, 2014.
(3)
Registration No. 333-184133, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto, which was filed with the SEC on November 7, 2014, pertaining to the registration of 8,150,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock under the Registrant’s 2011 Plan, which was filed with the SEC on September 27, 2012.
(4)
Registration No. 333-171106, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto, which was filed with the SEC on September 27, 2012 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 thereto, which was filed with the SEC on November 7, 2014, pertaining to the registration of 3,500,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, under the Registrant’s Non-Plan Employee Options and Miller Petroleum, Inc. Stock Plan which was filed with the SEC on December 10, 2010.
(5)
Registration No. 333-19791, pertaining to the registration of 300,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock under a Consultant Compensation Agreement which was filed with the SEC on January 15, 1997.

On October 1, 2015 the Registrant filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the U.S. Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Alaska (the “Court”). On January 28, 2016, the Court entered an order confirming the Registrant’s Joint Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”), under which, on the Effective Date of the Plan, all shares of common stock and other equity in the Registrant are to be cancelled and terminated. Accordingly, all offerings of the Registrant’s securities, including those pursuant to the Registration Statements, have also been terminated.

In accordance with an undertaking made by the Registrant in each of the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any securities that remain unsold at the termination of each offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration any and all securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statements.







SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Knoxville, State of Tennessee, on March 29, 2016.
MILLER ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.


By: /s/ Carl F. Giesler, Jr.        
Carl F. Giesler, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer

Note: Pursuant to Rule 478 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, no other person is required to sign these Post-Effective Amendments to the Registration Statements.