Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.42 Per Share
Business Wire
Nov 03, 2009
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. (NYSE:PCL) today announced a quarterly
cash dividend of $0.42 per share. The dividend is payable on Nov. 30,
2009, to shareholders of record as of Nov. 16, 2009. Plum Creek’s
dividend is expected to be characterized as long-term capital gain
income primarily because the income generated by the sale of Plum
Creek’s timber is considered long-term capital gain. As such, Plum
Creek’s dividend is expected to be taxed at a maximum rate of 15 percent
for most U.S. taxpayers.
Plum Creek is the largest and most geographically diverse private
landowner in the nation with approximately 7 million acres of
timberlands in major timber producing regions of the United States and
wood products manufacturing facilities in the Northwest. For more
information, visit www.plumcreek.com.
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