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EX-32.1 - SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES INCexhibit321.htm
EX-32.2 - SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES INCexhibit322.htm
EX-31.2 - SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES INCexhibit312.htm
EX-31.1 - SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES INCexhibit311.htm
EX-10.9 - AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED JULY 25, 2007 - BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES INCexhibit109.htm


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

FORM 10-K/A
(Amendment No. 3)

SAnnual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
     For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010
or

Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
    For the Transition Period From ____ to ____

Commission file number: 33-60032

Buckeye Technologies Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
62-1518973
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


1001 Tillman Street, Memphis, Tennessee
 
38112
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (901) 320-8100

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class
 
Name of Each Exchange on which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
 
New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes o No S

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  Yes o No S

Indicate by check mark whether registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes S No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data file required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).   Yes o No o
 

 


 
 

 
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.   S

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  (Check one).

Large accelerated filer o
Accelerated filer S
Non-accelerated filer o
Smaller Reporting Company o
 
Indicate by a check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No S

As of December 31, 2009, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting common equity held by non-affiliates, computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, was approximately $360 million.

As of September 1, 2010, there were outstanding 39,353,491 Common Shares of the Registrant.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of Buckeye Technologies Inc.’s 2010 Annual Proxy Statement filed with the Commission in connection with the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2010 Proxy Statement”) were incorporated by reference into Part III of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission on September 2, 2010.
 
 
 

 
EXPLANATORY NOTE

Buckeye Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) is filing this Amendment No. 3 to its Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Form 10-K/A”) to amend its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 2, 2010 (the “Original Form 10-K”).  This amendment is being filed solely to re-file the Company’s Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated July 25, 2007, among the Company, Bank of America NA, Banc of America Securities LLC, Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, Cobank, ACB, Regions Bank and the other lenders party thereto (the “2007 Credit Agreement”), initially filed as Exhibit 10.9 to the Original Form 10-K, which was incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on July 31, 2007, and filed with all exhibits and schedules thereto as Exhibit 10.9 to the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, filed with the Commission on January 21, 2011, in order to include information in Schedule 1.01(a) of the 2007 Credit Agreement for which the Company no longer seeks confidential treatment pursuant to an application for confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  

This Form 10-K/A amends and restates in its entirety Item 15 and the Exhibit Index of the Original Form 10-K.  Except as noted above, this Form 10-K/A does not update or modify any disclosures in or reflect any events occurring after the filing of the Original Form 10-K.  Accordingly, this Form 10-K/A should be read in conjunction with the Original Form 10-K.

 
 

 
 
PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
 
(a)
(1)
Financial Statements
   
- See Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedule on page F-1 of the Original Form 10-K.
 
(2)
Financial Statement Schedules
   
- See Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedule on page F-1 of the Original Form 10-K. All other financial statement schedules were omitted as the information was not required or because the required information was presented in the financial statements or the notes thereto.
 
(3)
Listing of Exhibits.  See Exhibit Index immediately following signature page to this Form 10-K/A.

 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Buckeye Technologies Inc.
 
By:
/s/ John B. Crowe
 
John B. Crowe, Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Date:
May 23, 2011


 
 

 
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
 
Incorporation by Reference or
Numbers
Description
Filed Herewith
3.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for quarter ended December 31, 1997, filed on February 13, 1998
3.1(a)
Articles of Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
Exhibit 3.1(a) to Form S-4 file no. 333-59267, filed on July 16, 1998
3.2
Amended and Restated By-laws
Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 16, 2009
4.1
First Amendment to the Rights Agreement
Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended June 30, 1997, filed on September 26, 1997
4.3
Indenture for 8.5% Senior Notes due 2013, dated September 22, 2003
Exhibit 4.4 to Form S-4, file no. 333-110091, filed on October 30, 2003
4.4
First Supplemental Indenture for 8.5% Senior Notes due 2013, dated as of July 1, 2009
Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, filed on August 27, 2009
10.1
Amended and Restated 1995 Management Stock Option Plan
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended June 30, 1998, filed on September 23, 1998
10.2
Second Amended and Restated 1995 Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan for Management Employees
Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000, filed on September 25, 2000
10.3
Form of Management Stock Option Subscription Agreement
Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended June 30, 1998, filed on September 23, 1998
10.4
Form of Stock Option Subscription Agreement
Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for year ended June 30, 1998, filed on September 23, 1998
10.5
Amended and Restated Formula Plan for Non-Employee Directors
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for quarter ended December 31, 2000, filed on February 6, 2001
10.6
Amendment No. 1 to Timberlands Agreement dated January 1, 1999 by and Between Buckeye Florida, Limited Partnership and Foley Timber and Land Company.  Certain portions of the Agreement have been omitted pursuant to an Application for Confidential Treatment dated October 30, 1995
Exhibit 10.1  to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for quarter ended March 31, 1999, filed on May 12, 1999
10.7
 
Form of Change in Control Agreement, dated August 8, 2006
 
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on August 11, 2006
10.8
Retirement Replacement Plan
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, filed on October 27, 2006
 
 
 

 
10.9*
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated July 25, 2007 among the Registrant; Bank of America NA; Banc of America Securities LLC; Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania; Cobank, ACB; Regions Bank; and the other lenders party thereto
Filed herewith (including all schedules and exhibits)
10.10
2007 Omnibus Incentive Compensation
Plan
Exhibit A to the Company's 2007 Proxy Statement, filed on September 20, 2007
10.11
Form of Indemnification Agreement
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 27, 2009
10.12
Form of Performance Shares Award Agreement
Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 21, 2010
12.1
Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
Filed with the Original Form 10-K
21.1
Subsidiaries
Filed with the Original Form 10-K
23.1
Consent of  Ernst & Young LLP
Filed with the Original Form 10-K
31.1
Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Filed herewith
31.2
Section 302 Certification of Chief Financial Officer
Filed herewith
32.1
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Filed herewith
32.2
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer
Filed herewith

*Confidential treatment has been requested for portions of this exhibit.  The copy filed herewith omits the information subject to the confidentiality request.  Omissions are designated as [***].  A complete version of this exhibit has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.