Important Additional Information about the Proposed Transaction
This communication is being made in respect of the proposed merger transaction involving PotlatchDeltic Corporation (“PotlatchDeltic) and CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. (“CatchMark”). This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. In connection with the proposed transaction, PotlatchDeltic has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 that constitutes a draft prospectus of PotlatchDeltic and also includes a draft proxy statement of CatchMark. After the Registration Statement has been updated by an amendment and declared effective, CatchMark will mail the definitive proxy statement/prospectus to its stockholders. The proxy statement/prospectus related to the proposed merger contains important information about PotlatchDeltic, CatchMark, the proposed transaction and related matters. Investors are urged to carefully read the proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed or to be filed with the SEC (or incorporated by reference into the proxy statement/prospectus) in connection with the proposed merger, when available. Investors will be able to obtain free copies of the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed by PotlatchDeltic with the SEC through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov or by contacting PotlatchDeltic’s Investor Relations by telephone at (509) 835-1521 or by mail at 601 West First Avenue, Suite 1600, Spokane Washington 99201. In addition, investors will be able to obtain free copies of the documents filed with the SEC on PotlatchDeltic’s website at www.potlatchdeltic.com (which website is not incorporated herein by reference).
The Company and its directors and officers and certain other members of management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from stockholders of CatchMark in connection with the merger transaction. Certain information about the directors and executive officers of PotlatchDeltic is set forth in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed with the SEC on February 17, 2022, and its proxy statement for its 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 29, 2022, and will be contained in the proxy statement/prospectus described above when it is filed with the SEC. You can obtain free copies of these document from PotlatchDeltic using the contact information above.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements made in this communication and related statements that express PotlatchDeltic’s or our management’s intentions, hopes, indications, beliefs, expectations, or predictions of the future constitute forward-looking statements, as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and relate to matters that are not historical facts. These statements include those regarding the closing of the merger transaction, the expected timing of the merger transaction and the potential effects of the merger transaction, including if it does not close.