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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 28, 2006

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. Riverside Avenue, Suite 1100, 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 8.01. Other Events.

On March 28, 2006, Potlatch Corporation issued a press release announcing the results of stockholder elections relating to a special, one-time taxable earnings and profits distribution to the company’s stockholders. The company also noted that Standard & Poor’s has announced that, following the close of trading on March 31, 2006, Potlatch Corporation will be added to the S&P REIT Composite index. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

99.1    Press Release (March 28, 2006).


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: March 29, 2006

 

POTLATCH CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ Malcolm A. Ryerse

 

Malcolm A. Ryerse

Corporate Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   

Description of Exhibit

99.1    Potlatch Corporation Press Release (March 28, 2006).