| FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 | | OMB APPROVAL | | OMB Number: | 3235-0287 | | Expires: | February 28, 2011 | | Estimated average burden | | hours per response | 0.5 |
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| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.
See Instruction 1(b). |
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LINN ENERGY, LLC
[LINE] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)| X | Director | | 10% Owner | | Officer (give title below) | | Other (specify below) | |
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/04/2009 |
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
| 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)| X | Form filed by One Reporting Person | | Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) |
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price |
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Units representing limited liability company interests
| 02/04/2009 | | A | |
8,000
| A | $
0
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17,946
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D
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5) | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) |
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
| Explanation of Responses: |
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| /s/ Candice J. Wells, Attorney-in-Fact | 02/06/2009 |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). |
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See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints Charlene A. Ripley, Candice J. Wells, Sandra L. Greene and Aimee D.
Stadtfeld, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:
(1)execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as a director of Linn Energy, LLC (the "Company"), Forms ID, 3, 4, and 5
pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder, and Form 144, pursuant to Rule 144 under theSecurities Act of 1933
and the rules thereunder, if required; and
(2)do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, Form 4,
Form 5 or Form 144 and timely file such form with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
(3)take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to
do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 or Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer a director of the Company unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact;
provided, however, this Power of Attorney will expire immediately upon the
termination of employment of any attorney-in-fact as to that attorney-in-fact
only, but not as to any other appointed attorney-in-fact hereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 15th day of January, 2009.
JEFFREY C. SWOVELAND
Signature
___Jeffrey C. Swoveland_____
Print Name
STATE OF Texas
COUNTY OF Harris
On this 27th day of January, 2009, Jeffrey C. Swoveland personally appeared
before me, and acknowledged that s/he executed the foregoing instrument for the
purposes therein contained.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.
Sandra Greene
Notary Public
October 4, 2011
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