UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report: December 2, 2016 (Date of earliest event reported)
POTLATCH CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
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001-32729 |
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82-0156045 |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
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601 W. First Avenue, Suite 1600, Spokane WA |
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99201 |
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
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509-835-1500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
(b) Having reached the mandatory retirement age of 72 under Article IV, Section 2 of the Potlatch Corporation bylaws, Mr. Boh A. Dickey will be retiring from the Potlatch Corporation Board of Directors on December 31, 2016 following 16 years of service as a member of the Board of Directors and the Chair of the Audit Committee.
In connection with the retirement of Boh A. Dickey, on December 2, 2016 the Company’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to reduce the size of the Board to 8 directors effective January 1, 2017 and to elect Linda M. Breard Chairman of the Board’s Audit Committee effective December 2, 2016. Ms. Breard, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Group Health Cooperative, a nonprofit corporation registered as a health maintenance organization, joined the Potlatch Board of Directors and Audit Committee in October 2015.
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: December 7, 2016
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POTLATCH CORPORATION |
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/s/ Lorrie D. Scott |
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Lorrie D. Scott |
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Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
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