Form 8-K

 

 

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

December 6, 2010

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

POTLATCH CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-32729   82-0156045

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

601 W. First Avenue, Suite 1600, Spokane WA   99201
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

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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Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing

On December 6, 2010, Potlatch Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), announced its intention to list its common stock, par value $1.00 per share, on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (“NASDAQ”). The Company expects to begin trading on the NASDAQ on December 17, 2010 and will continue to trade under the stock symbol “PCH.” On December 6, 2010, the Company provided written notice to The New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) that the Company expects to voluntarily cease trading on the NYSE, effective December 17, 2010 and intends to transfer its listing to NASDAQ. The Company’s Board of Directors has approved the transfer to NASDAQ.

A copy of the Company’s press release related to the transfer of its listing from the NYSE to NASDAQ is attached to this report as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

 

  99.1   Press release issued by Potlatch Corporation, dated December 6, 2010

POTLATCH TO SWITCH STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING TO NASDAQ; COMPANY’S TICKER SYMBOL TO REMAIN ‘PCH’

 

 


SIGNATURE

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 6, 2010

 

POTLATCH CORPORATION
By:  

 /s/ Lorrie D. Scott

  Lorrie D. Scott
  Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

  

Description

99.1    Press release issued by Potlatch Corporation, dated December 6, 2010.