Form 8-K Split 5.12.14


 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

 FORM 8-K
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
May 12, 2014
(Date of earliest event report)
 
 

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Washington
 
1-4825
 
91-0470860
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
Federal Way, Washington 98063-9777
(Address of principal executive offices)
(zip code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(253) 924-2345
 
 
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:
x
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
 
 
Item 8.01
Other Events
 
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
SIGNATURES
 
 
Exhibit 99.1
 






Item 8.01. Other Events

On May 12, 2014, Weyerhaeuser Company (“Weyerhaeuser” or the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s intention to distribute via a split-off transaction all of the issued and outstanding shares of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company (“WRECO”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser. The split-off is in connection with the previously announced “Reverse Morris Trust” transaction, pursuant to which a wholly owned subsidiary of TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. ("TRI Pointe") will merge with and into WRECO, with WRECO surviving the merger and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of TRI Pointe. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
  
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits
   
Exhibit No.    Description
99.1        Weyerhaeuser Company press release, dated May 12, 2014
 








SIGNATURES
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.
 
 
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY
 
 
 
 
By
 
/s/ Jeanne M. Hillman
 
Name:
 
Jeanne M. Hillman
 
Title:
 
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

Date: May 12, 2014