Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend of $0.44 Per Share
05.11.2013 | Business Wire
Plum Creek Timber Company Inc. (NYSE:PCL) today announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.44 per share. The dividend is payable on November 27, 2013 to shareholders of record as of November 15, 2013.
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 capital gain rate of 20 percent for most U.S. taxpayers.
Plum Creek is among the largest and most geographically diverse private landowners in the nation with approximately 6.3 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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Plum Creek Timber Company Inc.
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John Hobbs, 1-800-858-5347
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Kate Tate, 1-888-467-3751