Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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 29, 2012

 

 

LINN ENERGY, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charters)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-51719   65-1177591

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

600 Travis, Suite 5100

Houston, Texas

   77002
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (281) 840-4100

 

 

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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On October 29, 2012, Linn Energy, LLC (the “Company”) filed a Prospectus Supplement relating to the issuance and sale of units representing limited liability company interests in the Company (the “Units”) pursuant to an Equity Distribution Agreement dated August 23, 2011 between the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., entry into which was previously reported on the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 23, 2011. The Units have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration No. 333-184647) of the Company, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement dated October 29, 2012 relating to the Units, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act on October 29, 2012.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

  5.1 Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. regarding the legality of the Units.

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.

 

    LINN ENERGY, LLC
Date: October 29, 2012   By:   /s/ Candice J. Wells
    Candice J. Wells
    Corporate Secretary