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NEW YORK--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities firm headquartered in New York City, is investigating the Board of Directors of Buckeye Technologies Inc. (aBuckeyea or the aCompanya) (NYSE:BKI) for potential breaches of fiduciary duties in connection with their conduct of seeking shareholdersa approval of executive compensation and an amendment to the Companyas Incentive Compensation Plan. Specifically, in the Proxy Statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 20, 2012, the Board of Directors recommends that the shareholders vote for the approval of the Amendment and Restatement of Buckeyeas 2007 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan to authorize issuance of an additional 2,000,000 shares of common stock. The issuance of the additional shares could have a severe dilutive effect on the shares of Buckeyeas common stock.

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