UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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| ¨ | Soliciting Material Pursuant to §240.14a-12 | |
Linn Energy, LLC
(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Linn Energy, LLC (the “Company”) is filing the attached proxy card as an amendment to the DEF 14A that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2015, as the proxy card was inadvertently omitted from the original filing. The proxy card has been made available to the Company’s unitholders in the form attached hereto.
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LINN ENERGY, LLC JPMORGAN CHASE TOWER 600 TRAVIS, SUITE 5100 HOUSTON, TX 77002 |
VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com
Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form.
ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF FUTURE PROXY MATERIALS
If you would like to reduce the costs incurred by our company in mailing proxy materials, you can consent to receiving all future proxy statements, proxy cards and annual reports electronically via e-mail or the Internet. To sign up for electronic delivery, please follow the instructions above to vote using the Internet and, when prompted, indicate that you agree to receive or access proxy materials electronically in future years.
VOTE BY PHONE - 1-800-690-6903
Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time the day before the cut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions.
VOTE BY MAIL
Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717.
VOTE IN PERSON
Many unitholder meetings have attendance requirements including, but not limited to, the possession of an attendance ticket. Please check the meeting materials for any special requirements for meeting attendance. At the meeting, you will need to request a ballot to vote these units. |
TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS:
M85768-P61676 KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS
DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY
THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.
| LINN ENERGY, LLC | For All |
Withhold All |
For All Except |
To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 1 and 2. | ¨ |
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1. Election of each of the six nominees for the Board of Directors of Linn Energy, LLC (“LINN”). |
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01) Mark E. Ellis 04) Michael C. Linn |
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02) David D. Dunlap 05) Joseph P. McCoy |
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03) Stephen J. Hadden 06) Jeffrey C. Swoveland |
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| 2. To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as independent public accountant of LINN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. |
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NOTE: I hereby revoke any proxy or proxies previously given to represent or vote LINN units that I am entitled to vote, and I ratify and confirm all actions that the proxies, their substitutes, or any of them, may lawfully take in accordance with the terms of the proxy card. |
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| For address change/comments, mark here (see reverse for instructions). |
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Please indicate if you plan to attend this meeting. |
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| Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer.
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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials and Annual Report for the Annual Meeting:
The Notice and Proxy Statement and Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com.
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LINN ENERGY, LLC
PROXY FOR ANNUAL MEETING OF UNITHOLDERS
APRIL 21, 2015 11:45 A.M.
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE LINN ENERGY, LLC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned appoints Mark E. Ellis and Candice J. Wells, and each of them, as proxies with power of substitution in each, to represent the undersigned and to vote all the units of Linn Energy, LLC (“LINN”) that the undersigned may be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting to be held at 601 Travis Street, Houston, Texas 77002 on April 21, 2015, in the manner shown on this form as to the matters listed on the reverse side and as more particularly described in the LINN Proxy Statement dated March 10, 2015.
IN THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE ON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENT OR POSTPONEMENT THEREOF, INCLUDING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, CONSIDERATION OF A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF SOLICITING ADDITIONAL PROXIES. PLEASE MARK THIS PROXY AS INDICATED ON THE REVERSE SIDE TO VOTE ON ANY ITEM. THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE, OR IF NO SUCH DIRECTION IS INDICATED ON THE REVERSE SIDE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON EACH PROPOSAL.
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(If you noted any Address Changes and/or Comments above, please mark corresponding box on the reverse side.)
Continued and to be signed on reverse side