Henry Frigon, Director, Resigns
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 26, 2006
BUCKEYE
TECHNOLOGIES INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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DELAWARE
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33-60032
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62-1518973
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(State
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jurisdiction
of incorporation)
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File
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Identification
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1001
Tillman Street, Memphis, Tennessee
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38112
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
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Registrant's
telephone number, including area code: (901) 320-8100
N/A
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item
5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers
Mr.
Henry
F. (Hank) Frigon has resigned from the Buckeye Technologies Inc. Board of
Directors effective November 3, 2006. Mr. Frigon, a private investor, has been
a
member of the Buckeye Board of Directors since 1996 and is resigning for
personal reasons unrelated to his service at Buckeye.
The
Company’s Board of Directors has named Director Lewis Holland to succeed Mr.
Frigon as a chair of the Company's Audit Committee effective November 3, 2006.
Mr. Holland is president of Henry Turley Company, a real estate company
specializing in development of urban communities. Prior to joining Henry Turley
Company, Mr. Holland was with National Commerce Bancorporation (NCBC), one
of
the country's 50 largest bank holding companies prior to its merger ultimately
with SunTrust. At NCBC he served as vice chairman and chief financial officer
and also head of its ancillary businesses including fuel card processing,
retirement plan processing, trust and brokerage, until his retirement in 2001.
Mr. Holland is a former partner with the accounting firm of Ernst & Young
and was in charge of E&Y's Memphis audit staff.
Effective
with Mr. Frigon’s resignation, the Board of Directors has amended the Company’s
by-laws to reduce the number of directors from ten to nine.
SIGNATURE
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, thereunto
duly authorized,
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BUCKEYE
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/s/
Steven G. Dean |
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Steven
G. Dean
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Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer
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October
26, 2006
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