SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. (PCL) today announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.42 per share. The dividend is payable on March 1, 2013, to shareholders of record as of Feb. 15, 2013. Plum Creeks dividend is expected to be characterized as long-term capital gain income primarily because the income generated by the sale of Plum Creeks timber is considered long-term capital gain. As such, Plum Creeks dividend is expected to be taxed at a maximum rate of 20 percent for most U.S. taxpayers.

Plum Creek is one of the largest landowners in the nation and the most geographically diverse, with approximately 6.4 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.

Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc.
Investors: John Hobbs, 1-800-858-5347
Media: Kate Tate, 1-888-467-3751

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