form8-k.htm
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):  December 8, 2008 (December 4, 2008)

LINN ENERGY, LLC
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charters)
Delaware
  
000-51719
  
65-1177591
(State or other jurisdiction of
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
        

 
600 Travis, Suite 5100
    
Houston, Texas
  
77002
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (281) 840-4000

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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2.01  Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

On December 4, 2008, Linn Energy, LLC (the “Company”) announced that it had closed its previously announced disposition of its deep rights in certain central Oklahoma acreage, which includes the Woodford Shale interval, to Devon Energy Production Company, LP (“Devon”) for $202 million, subject to post-closing adjustments (the “Disposition”).

The foregoing description of the Disposition does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated October 9, 2008, between the Company and certain of its subsidiaries and Devon, a copy of which was filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008.


Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 
99.1
  
Press Release of Linn Energy, LLC dated December 4, 2008.

 





 
 
 




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:       December 8, 2008
  
By:
  
      /s/ CHARLENE A. RIPLEY
       
Charlene A. Ripley
       
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
       
Corporate Secretary