POTLATCHDELTIC CORP - Annual Report: 2021 (Form 10-K)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

Commission File Number 1-32729

POTLATCHDELTIC CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (509) 835-1500

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The aggregate market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant at June 30, 2021, was approximately $3,489.1 million, based on the closing price of $53.15.

As of February 11, 2022, 69,083,913 shares of the registrant's common stock, par value $1 per share, were outstanding.

Auditor Name: KPMG LLP Auditor Location: Seattle, Washington Auditor Firm ID: 185

POTLATCHDELTIC CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

For purposes of this report, any references to "the company,” “us,” “we” and “our” include PotlatchDeltic Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This report contains, in addition to historical information, certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements often reference or describe our expected future financial and operating performance, including without limitation, expected effectiveness of our hedging instruments and swaps; expected return on pension assets; required contributions to pension plans; recognition of compensation costs relating to our performance share awards (PSAs) and restricted stock units (RSUs); expected amortization of unrecognized compensation cost of PSAs and RSUs; amount of net losses on cash flow hedges expected to be reclassified into earnings in the next 12 months; expected tax payments and deferrals; anticipated share repurchases and dividend payments; anticipated cash balances, cash flows from operations and expected liquidity; potential uses of and estimated payments under our credit facility; the expected impact from the Ola, Arkansas sawmill fire, anticipated insurance coverage, and expected timing to complete reconstruction and installation activities and return to full operation; planned carbon and climate report; expectations regarding debt obligations, interest payments and debt refinancing; expected purchase and other obligations; expectations regarding the U.S. housing market, home repair and remodeling activity; the lumber and log markets, lumber shipment volumes, sawlog demand, percent of log sales by log supply agreements; timber harvest volumes, sawlog mix and pricing; rural real estate and residential and commercial real estate development sales, and the average price per acre and developed lot; sufficiency of cash to meet operating requirements; expected 2022 capital expenditures; and similar matters.

Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often involve use of words such as expects, may, could, should, will, believes, anticipates, estimates, projects, intends, plans, targets or approximately, or similar words or terminology. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions and are not guarantees of future events or performance. The realization of our expectations and the accuracy of our assumptions are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The factors listed below and those described under Part I – Item 1A. Risk Factors and Part II - Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, as well as other factors not described herein because they are not currently known to us or we currently judge them to be immaterial, may cause our actual results to differ significantly from our forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update our forward-looking statements after the date of this report.

Risks, Uncertainties and Assumptions

Our actual results of operations could differ materially from our historical results or those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements contained in this report. Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the following:

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PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

General

PotlatchDeltic Corporation, formerly known as Potlatch Corporation and also formerly known as Potlatch Holdings, Inc., was incorporated in Delaware in September 2005 to facilitate a restructuring to qualify for treatment as a real estate investment trust (REIT) for federal income tax purposes. It is the successor to the business of the original Potlatch Corporation, which was incorporated in Maine in 1903. On February 20, 2018, Deltic Timber Corporation (Deltic) merged into a wholly owned subsidiary of Potlatch. Following the merger Potlatch changed its name to PotlatchDeltic Corporation.

We are a leading timberland REIT with operations in seven states where we own approximately 1.8 million acres of timberland. We also own six sawmills and an industrial grade plywood mill, a residential and commercial real estate development business and a rural timberland sales program.

Our operations are organized into three business segments:

The map below shows the locations of our timberlands, manufacturing facilities, real estate development operations, and our corporate office located in Spokane, Washington.

Additional information regarding each of our business segments is included in this section, as well as in Part II – Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Note 2: Segment Information in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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As a REIT, we generally are not subject to federal and state corporate income taxes on our income from investments in real estate that we distribute to our stockholders, including the income derived from the sale of standing timber. We are required to pay federal corporate income taxes on income generated from the operations of PotlatchDeltic’s taxable REIT subsidiaries (PotlatchDeltic TRS or TRS), which principally consists of our Wood Products manufacturing operations and certain real estate investments. We are, however, subject to corporate taxes on built-in gains (the excess of fair market value over tax basis on the merger date) on sales of former Deltic real property held by the REIT during the five years following the Deltic merger (until February 2023). The sale of standing timber is not subject to built-in gains tax.

Business Strategy

Our business strategy encompasses the following key elements:

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Business Segments

Timberlands Segment

We recognize the role forests play in combating climate change, including our timberlands providing a powerful source for carbon sequestration. In addition, harvested trees made into wood products continue to store carbon they have sequestered and can substitute for fossil-fuel emissions-intensive building materials. By leveraging decades of management experience and by working closely with scientific research organizations, we manage our timberlands on a sustainable basis in compliance with internationally recognized forest management standards while considering how climate change could create potential risks and opportunities. Our environmental, health, safety and forest stewardship policies reinforce our timberlands management approach. We are a leader in forest stewardship and sustainability with rigorous third-party auditing and certification of our forest practices which further supports clean air and water and protection of wildlife habitats.

Industry Background. The demand for sawlogs is significantly dependent upon price, species, grade, quality, proximity to wood consuming facilities and the ability to meet customer needs. The demand for pulpwood is dependent on the paper and pulp-based manufacturing industries. Both pulpwood and sawlogs are affected by domestic and international economic conditions, global population growth and other demographic factors, industry capacity and the value of the U.S. dollar in relation to foreign currencies. Locally, timber demand and pricing also fluctuate due to the expansion or closure of individual wood products and pulp-based manufacturing facilities.

Local log supplies also change in response to prevailing timber prices. Rising timber prices often leads to increased harvesting on private timberlands, including lands not previously made available for commercial timber operations. In the U.S. South, an oversupply of ready-to-cut standing timber exists due to years of low and deferred harvesting following the last housing market crash, which continues to depress sawlog prices. Supplies could tighten in the event of higher demand due to increased U.S. housing starts, increased wood product mill capacity, increased log and lumber exports and the impacts from weather-related conditions or a natural disaster. Log availability has tightened in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada as a result of several years of devastating forest fires and continued harvest restrictions on federal lands. Further, in Western Canada, log availability continues to decline as salvage sawlogs remaining from the damage caused by the mountain pine beetle have mostly been processed, the British Columbia (B.C.) province continues to lower the Annual Allowable Cut, and the B.C. government recently announced its intention to defer harvesting of a significant portion of old growth forest in the province. These actions are contributing to potential B.C. mill closures and a shift of Canadian softwood lumber production to the eastern provinces of Canada.

Timberlands Operations. We strive to maximize cash flow by selling both delivered logs and entering into stumpage sales to external customers while managing our timberlands sustainably over the long-term. The Timberlands segment sells a portion of its logs at market prices to our Wood Products facilities. Intersegment sales to our Wood Products facilities were 37%, 37% and 36% of our total Timberlands segment revenues for 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The segment also sells sawlogs and pulpwood to a variety of forest products companies located near our timberlands. The segment’s customers range in size from small operators to multinational corporations. No third-party customer represented more than 10% of our consolidated revenues in 2021, 2020 or 2019. We compete in the marketplace through our ability to provide our customers with a consistent and reliable supply of high-quality logs at scale volumes and competitive prices.

In general, our log supply agreements require a specified volume of timber to be delivered to defined customer facilities at prices that are adjusted periodically to reflect market conditions. Prices in our Northern region contracts are adjusted periodically by species to prevailing market prices for logs, lumber, wood chips and other residuals. Additionally, in Idaho for both external and internal customers, we index the price of approximately 75% of our sawlogs sold to the price of lumber. Prices in our Southern region contracts are adjusted every three months based on prevailing market prices for logs. Typically, our log supply agreements are in place for one to five years. In 2021, approximately 34% of our harvest volume was sold under log supply agreements. We expect approximately the same amount to be sold under log supply agreements in 2022. The segment also generates revenue from non-timber resources such as hunting leases, recreation permits and leases, mineral rights leases and carbon sequestration.

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Timberlands Ownership. The Timberlands segment manages approximately 1.8 million acres of timberlands, including approximately 16,000 acres under long-term leases. The following provides additional information about our timberlands at December 31, 2021.

The aggregate estimated volume of current standing merchantable timber inventory is updated annually to reflect increases due to reclassification of young growth to merchantable timber, when the young growth meets defined diameter specifications, the annual growth rates of merchantable timber and the acquisition of additional merchantable timber and to reflect decreases due to timber harvests and land sales. This estimate is derived using methods consistent with industry practice and is based on statistical methods and field sampling. The estimated timberland volume includes timber in environmentally sensitive areas where the timberlands are managed in a manner consistent with best management practices and state forest practice acts. The following provides additional information about our estimated standing timber inventory at December 31:

Timberlands Harvest. Our short-term and long-term harvest plans are critical factors in our timberland management process. Each year, we prepare a harvest plan designating the timber tracts and volumes to be harvested during that particular year. Our harvest plans take into account changing market conditions, are designed to contribute to the growth of the remaining timber and reflect our policy of environmental stewardship. These plans optimize harvest schedules, incorporating best forest management practices such as streamside management zones and stand level retention of wildlife habitat features. We conduct all operations in accordance with regulatory and certification requirements that protect water quality, wildlife habitat, and worker safety. Each harvest plan reflects our analysis of the age, size and species distribution of our timber, as well as our expectations about harvest methods, growth rates, the volume of each species to be harvested, anticipated dispositions, thinning operations, regulatory constraints and other relevant information. Since sustainable harvest plans are based on projections of weather, timber growth rates, regulatory constraints and other assumptions, many of which are beyond our control, there can be no assurance that we will be able to harvest the volumes projected or the specific timber stands designated in our harvest plans. Detailed harvest information for the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, by region and product is presented in Part II – Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. The following table presents a summary of our total timber harvest by region during 2021.

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Our harvest volume in 2021 was lower than planned primarily due to wet weather in the Southern region hampering harvest activities and the fire at the Ola sawmill leading to harvest deferrals. Our current harvest projection for 2022, which is based on constant timberland holdings and takes into consideration such factors as market conditions, the age of our timber stands and recent timberland sales and acquisitions is expected to be approximately 6.1 million tons.

Sustainable Forestry Practices

Our timberlands are working forests where we ensure appropriate measures are taken to protect biological diversity, water quality and other ecosystem values. Our timberlands also provide unique environmental, cultural, historical and recreational value. We recognize that some areas need to be conserved and species at risk need to be protected on the lands we manage. We work hard to protect these and other qualities, while still managing our forests to produce financially mature timber. Our timberlands include a wide diversity of softwood and hardwood species. We have developed an internal best management practice (BMP) to promote sustainable timberland management through a set of standards. We use these standards to maintain the health of forest soil, protect water quality and aquatic habitat and promote biodiversity. Our foresters implement BMPs as part of our environmental management system, and we require that all contractors implement applicable BPMs during forest management activities on our lands and in our mill supply chain. Our foresters maintain an approved contractor list and monitor trained contractors who implement environmental protections by following specific prescriptions for the tract being harvested and planting following final harvests. In 2021, we planted over 21.6 million seedlings – 14.9 million in the U.S. South on 32,000 acres and 6.7 million in Idaho on 16,300 acres.

Our timberlands are 100% certified to the SFI® Forest Management standards and approximately 70% of our combined timberlands in Arkansas and Louisiana are certified to the FSC® Forest Management standards. We generally are able to realize price premiums for pulpwood from our FSC® certified lands. We also take an active approach to regulatory developments by participating in standard-setting where possible. We work cooperatively with regulators to create voluntary conservation plans that address environmental concerns while preserving our ability to operate our timberlands efficiently.

Timberland fires continue to increase, particularly in Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest. As the largest private landowner in Idaho, we have implemented several practices to help mitigate fire risk on our Idaho timberlands. Such practices include participating in fire protection districts or cooperative agreements with state, federal and private timberland owners where participants contribute assets and resources to fight fires regardless of the location of the fire. During periods of high fire danger, we may prohibit campfires, close access on our timberlands, adjust harvest schedules to late evening/early mornings and post individuals on site following logging activities to monitor for potential fire outbreaks. Further, from May to October, our agreements with both logging and silviculture contractors require them to have on site specific firefighting resources such as water, water pumps and hand tools. Fire is an important tool in forest management to remove post-logging woody debris known as slash and to help prepare sites for replanting. Approvals for burning the remaining slash are obtained through the Montana/Idaho Airshed Group, which evaluates atmospheric conditions and other burning activities underway to minimize airshed impacts.

Our Southern timberlands are less susceptible to fires as they are located in areas that have relatively high humidity. Our Southern harvesting operations result in less slash at final harvest due to stand thinning techniques to promote timber yield. Warm weather and wet conditions in the South allow the slash to be mechanically spread back into the tract returning nutrients to the soil. These practices not only help ensure our timberlands are available for future harvest, but also reduces potential environmental impacts that often come from timberland fires.

Wood Products Segment

Operations. We are a top 10 lumber manufacturer in the U.S. with 1.1 billion board feet of capacity. We also own an industrial grade plywood mill with 150 million square feet of capacity. We believe that competitiveness in the industry is largely based on individual mill efficiency and on the availability of competitively priced raw materials on a facility-by-facility basis, rather than on the number of mills operated. This is because it is generally not economical to transfer logs between or among facilities, which might permit a greater degree of specialization and operating efficiencies. Instead, each facility must utilize the raw materials that are available to it in a relatively limited geographic area. For these reasons, we believe we are able to compete effectively with companies that have a larger number of mills. We compete based on product quality, customer service and price.

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Our Wood Products segment manufactures and sells lumber, plywood and residual products at seven mills located in Arkansas, Idaho, Michigan and Minnesota. The segment’s products are largely commodity products, which are sold through our sales department to end users, retailers or wholesalers for nationwide distribution primarily for use in home building, repair and remodeling, industrial products and other construction activity. In general, the following factors influence sales realization and demand for wood products:

We continually invest in maintenance and discretionary capital projects at our Wood Products facilities. We evaluate discretionary capital improvements primarily based on expected level of return on investment. Our ongoing capital improvements provide increased productivity, enhanced employee safety, compliance with regulatory standards and environmental benefits. A description of our Wood Products facilities, all of which are owned by us, together with their respective 2021 capacities are as follows:

Wood Procurement. Our procurement foresters purchase wood fiber for our facilities from our timberlands or from private, state and federal sources. We are committed to producing wood products that meet both customer demand and quality as well as responsibly sourcing the raw materials. No matter where the logs originate, we are committed to sourcing them in a manner that protects the many values the forest provides. All seven of our Wood Products facilities are certified to the SFI Fiber Sourcing standard, which provides structure as to how we purchase fiber from both certified and non-certified forest lands. We generally do not maintain long-term supply contracts for a significant volume of logs. During 2021, 2020 and 2019, purchases from our Timberlands segment was approximately 52%, 51% and 43% of our Wood Products segment fiber costs, respectively.

Wood products manufacturing uses sophisticated computerization that maximizes log utilization. During the manufacturing process, wood residuals are generated, including sawdust, shavings, chips and bark which are used internally in our boilers for steam energy, with the remainder sold for a wide range of uses. As a result, nearly 100% of our logs are utilized. We source energy for the mills from our internal boilers with any shortfall of needs provided by purchased electricity, natural gas and propane. We ship the lumber and plywood produced by rail and truck for end uses that typically have long-life applications prior to recycling or disposal.

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Real Estate Segment

The activities of our Real Estate segment consist primarily of the sale of rural land and real estate development and subdivision activity.

Rural real estate operations. We sell rural land that is not strategic to our core timberland operations, or that has higher values for recreational, conservation, commercial or residential purposes over time. Sales of these lands may occur over a decade or more. We continually assess the highest value and best use of our timberlands through periodic stratification assessments on our timberlands, and as new timberlands are acquired. From time to time, we also take advantage of opportunities to sell core timberland where we believe pricing to be particularly attractive, to match a sale with a purchase of more desirable property while deferring taxes in a like-kind exchange transaction, or to meet various other financial or strategic objectives. We have currently identified approximately 102,000 acres of non-core timberland real estate.

As a custodian of our timberlands, we recognize that the best outcome for some of our timberlands could be to conserve them as forestland in perpetuity. We realize this goal through land partnerships, conservation land sales and conservation easements. Through our conservation efforts, public agencies have increased forest ownership and connected parcels previously blocked from public access, while securing working forests for the future, and most often allowing for access to the public for recreation. Since 2018, approximately 70% of our rural land sales acreage has been for conservation with the remaining 30% for rural recreational purposes. Rural recreational land transactions provide an opportunity for neighboring landowners to increase their ownership, and also for both in-state and out-of-state buyers to find a place where they can get away to a rural home, or hunt, fish, hike and enjoy the outdoors.

Results for the rural real estate operations depend on the demand for our non-core timberlands, the types of properties sold, the basis of these properties and the timing of closings of property sales.

Development real estate operations. The Real Estate segment also engages in real estate development and sales through PotlatchDeltic TRS. Chenal Valley in Little Rock, Arkansas is a premier, upscale master planned community, with approximately 4,800 acres of residential and commercial properties centered around a country club with two championship golf courses. In addition, we have 800 acres of land in Hot Springs, Arkansas available for future development. In Chenal Valley, approximately 20% of each neighborhood is set aside as greenspace. In addition, about 15% of the total acreage is preserved as greenspace throughout the development and between neighborhoods. Our Red Oak Ridge development in Hot Springs, Arkansas incorporates many of the same environmentally conscious practices.

For these properties, we develop and market residential lots and commercial sites, and at times sell undeveloped acreage. Residential lots are sold to homebuilders and individuals, while commercial sites are sold to developers and businesses. Infrastructure and other improvements to support the development and sale of residential and commercial properties are provided for and funded directly by us, or in some circumstances, through real property improvement districts. We develop such properties when sufficient demand exists and substantially all infrastructure is completed. Future infrastructure investments are primarily for the development and sale of additional property. Most of the core infrastructure is already in place for Chenal Valley. We typically develop between 100-150 residential lots in the Chenal Valley each year. In addition, approximately 1,600 potential residential lots are available for future development and sale. We have approximately 335 additional acres available for commercial purposes. Our competitors in our real estate markets are other landowners or developers.

Results for the development real estate operations depend on the location within the development, the amount of new and existing housing inventory levels, and the timing of closing of property sales.

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Seasonality

Log and pulpwood sales volumes in our Timberlands segment are typically lower in the first half of each year as winter rains in the Southern region and spring thaw in the Northern region limit timber harvesting operations due to softened roadbeds and wet logging conditions that restrict access to logging sites. The third quarter is typically our Timberlands segment's strongest production quarter. Demand for our manufactured wood products typically decreases in the winter months when construction activity is slower, while demand typically increases during the spring, summer and fall when construction activity is generally higher. Rural real estate dispositions and acquisitions can be adversely affected when access to any properties to be sold or considered for acquisition is limited due to adverse weather conditions. Development real estate sales at Chenal Valley occur throughout the year, though historically most sales take place in the second half of the year as builders prepare for the following spring and summer traditional home building and buying season.

Environmental Compliance and Regulations

Regulations affecting our timberlands. Enactment of new environmental laws or regulations, or changes in existing laws or regulations, particularly relating to air, wildlife, water quality and climate change, or their enforcement, may require significant expenditures by us or may adversely affect our timberland management, harvesting activities and manufacturing operations. Forest practice laws and regulations that affect present or future harvest and forest management activities in certain states include:

Each state in which we own timberlands has developed best management practices to reduce the effects of forest practices on water quality and aquatic habitats. Additional and more stringent regulations may be adopted by various state and local governments to achieve water-quality standards under the federal Clean Water Act, protect fish and wildlife habitats and human health, or achieve other public policy objectives. These requirements may alter or introduce restrictions on some of our silviculture activities, notably the application of pesticides and herbicides to our timberlands in some areas.

Similarly, a number of species indigenous to our timberlands have been listed as threatened or endangered or have been proposed for one or the other status under the Endangered Species Act. As a result, our activities in or adjacent to the habitat of these species may be subject to restrictions on the harvesting of timber, reforestation activities and the construction and use of roads.

Our operations are regulated under the Clean Water Act, which regulates the discharge of pollutants into the waters of the U.S. This generally means obtaining permits for certain of our silviculture activities and abiding by applicable restrictions. Federal agency rulemaking and related litigation under the Clean Water Act has expanded the definition of waterways subject to the Act’s jurisdiction. This, in turn, has increased the number of required federal and state permits in some areas of our operations as it relates to the application of pesticides and herbicides on timberlands, which has increased operating costs. Pending and future federal and state rulemaking, and judicial challenges thereto, could make compliance with the Clean Water Act, as well as comparable state laws, more or less costly to us, and we are not able to predict the final resolution of these matters. Although this and related regulations have not had, and we do not expect in 2022 that they will have a material effect on our operations, they could do so in the future.

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Regulations affecting our manufacturing operations. Our manufacturing operations are subject to federal and state laws and regulations, including those relating to air emissions, storm water and wastewater discharges, solid and hazardous waste management, site remediation and endangered species. We are also subject to the requirements of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) and comparable state statutes relating to the health and safety of our employees. We maintain environmental and safety compliance programs and conduct regular internal and independent third-party audits of our facilities to monitor compliance with these laws and regulations. Our capital projects typically are designed to enhance safety, extend the life of a facility, lower costs and improve efficiencies, increase capacity and comply with regulatory standards. Compliance with environmental regulations is a significant factor in our business and can require significant capital expenditures as well as additional operating costs.

Our Wood Products facilities have environmental compliance procedures, which establish best practices, programs and procedures to drive continual compliance with federal, state and local regulations governing air emissions, water discharges, and waste disposal. We pursue continual improvement in our compliance programs through plans, training, monitoring and performance evaluation and through regular internal compliance audits and corrective action processes. We share key findings and best practices identified through these processes across facilities to drive proactive improvements elsewhere.

Under the Clean Air Act and our site specific Renewable Operating Permits, our Wood Products facilities closely monitor operating parameters and air emissions, including hazardous air pollutants to ensure those emissions are minimized. Efforts that increase the efficiency of our manufacturing process and improve energy efficiency provide the benefit and opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Direct greenhouse gas emissions from our operations largely consist of carbon dioxide from our Wood Products facilities which use energy sourced from a combination of purchased electricity and on-site boilers that utilize residual wood or natural gas for fuel.

Compliance. Our manufacturing facilities and timberland operations are currently in substantial compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations. We cannot be certain, however, that situations that give rise to material environmental liabilities will not be discovered.

At this time, we believe that federal and state laws and regulations related to the protection of endangered species and air and water quality will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity. We anticipate, however, the enactment of increasingly strict laws and regulations relating to the environment, natural resources, climate change and forestry operations, which may result in additional restrictions on our operations, leading to increased costs, additional capital expenditures and reduced operating flexibility.

ESG and Climate Change. We recognize that ESG factors are the foundation for long-term success and that global climate change presents opportunities and risks. Our Vice President, Public Affairs and Chief ESG Officer provides leadership on our ESG reporting and initiatives, working with cross-functional ESG teams. ESG programs are integrated into existing environmental management and safety systems across divisions, supported by annual audits, regional and divisional management reviews, safety team processes, and annual training and budgeting plans. Our board of directors and management team has oversight of our ESG strategies, goals, and progress, including climate risks and opportunities and are regularly provided with information and engage in discussions. Environmental management and ESG risks and opportunities, including climate-related issues, are also coordinated within our annual Enterprise Risk Management framework.

Sustainably managed forests combat climate change through atmospheric carbon removals. Active forest management can enhance carbon uptake because the rate of carbon uptake slows as forests mature, and natural tree mortality increases. Wood products manufacturing converts harvested logs into long-lived wood products storing about 50% of the carbon in the product and acting like a carbon vault. At the end of 2020, our timberlands were storing an estimated total of 145 million metric tons of CO2e including an estimated 98 million metric tons CO2e in merchantable above-ground portions. In 2020, our merchantable tree growth sequestered an additional estimated 5.1 million metric tons of CO2e.

We have committed to completing scenario-analysis for our business under various temperature forecast scenarios, aligned with the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures guidance. We plan to publish our analysis in our inaugural Carbon and Climate Report in 2022. This report will also detail our 2021 data for atmospheric carbon removals, carbon storage and our Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions.

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Our climate-related risks and opportunities can be grouped in two categories: physical and transition. Physical risks and opportunities include acute impacts that are event driven and chronic impacts resulting from longer-term changes in climate patterns. Our acute risks could include potential increases in extreme weather events and heightened wildfire risks. Chronic impacts could include potential long-term opportunities arising from increased productivity and yield in tree growth. Transition risks and opportunities arise from policy, regulatory, legal, technological, market and other societal responses to the challenges posed by climate change and the transition to a low-carbon economy. Potential opportunities could include market opportunities arising from the increased use of innovative wood products, such as mass timber and policies and incentives that encourage greater use of wood-based products in buildings. Growth in carbon offset markets as sustainably managed forests are recognized as a natural climate solution could also provide opportunities. Transition risks could include a carbon tax as well as operational impacts such as changes in energy costs and regulatory impacts in environmental management.

Human Capital Resources

At December 31, 2021, our workforce consisted of 1,299 employees of which 26% are salaried and 74% are hourly employees. Our Wood Products segment employs approximately 84% of our total workforce and is the only segment that includes an hourly workforce. Certain employees at one of our sawmills, representing 14% of our total workforce, are covered under a collective bargaining agreement which expires in 2023.

Health and Safety. Our commitment to our employees starts with a strong culture that prioritizes health and safety as a core value. We are focused on preventing occupational illness and injuries without compromise. Our operations have comprehensive safety programs that include safety audits, training, contractor safety requirements and annual health and safety budgets as part of essential capital planning. We regularly review safety incidents, risk-identification reports and “near-miss” incidents and apply key learnings across our organization. Contractor safety is a focal point of our timberland safety program. Timber harvesting, road building and trucking contractors must meet stringent state and federal safety regulations and undergo annual industry specific and PotlatchDeltic safety training. In addition, we have implemented a training video and a Supplier Code of Conduct with which we expect our core operational contractors to comply with.

We remain committed to prioritizing the health and well-being of our employees and their families in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. We continue to follow guidelines issued by the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and local health providers, adapting our policies and procedures quickly in response to continually evolving information, statistics, and best practices. For employees at our Wood Products facilities, we have implemented protocols for health screening, contact tracing, attendance policies, social distancing, sanitation and mask-wearing and have enhanced our leave benefits to pay employees that are required to quarantine through COVID-19 contact tracing exposure protocols. We have provided our workforce with locally relevant information about the pandemic, including how employees can get vaccinated, have strongly encouraged our employees to get vaccinated, and have offered on-site vaccination clinics at our Wood Product facilities. As the number of COVID-19 cases declined and vaccination rates increased, we continue to welcome back employees who transitioned to working from home during the pandemic back to our corporate and field offices, based on an evaluation of local conditions and regulations. We continue to monitor the recent spread of new COVID-19 variants and will adjust our onsite work policies and procedures where necessary.

Diversity and Inclusion. Diversity and inclusion are a fundamental part of our values, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. The principles underlying our commitment to diversity and inclusion are reflected through our policies, including our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy, Human Rights Policy, Corporate Conduct and Ethics Code, Equal Employment Opportunity Policy and Americans with Disability Act Policy. We strive to employ a workforce that is representative of the communities in which we operate and continue to incorporate diversity initiatives into our policies and practices including those related to hiring, employee development, and succession planning.

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We review our compensation and benefit plans annually to ensure that we are providing competitive, contemporary, and inclusive programs so we can attract and retain the best people and support the health and well-being of our employees and their families. We believe in the importance of pay equity, evaluate gender pay equity on an on-going basis and adjust salaries as appropriate. The average variance in median pay between men and women by pay grade is less than 1% across the company. At December 31, 2021, women represent 18% of our total workforce, 30% of our salaried workforce and 14% of our hourly workforce. We continue to explore how we might more effectively attract and retain women to our industry and to our company in order to build a pipeline of talent from which to promote for future leadership roles.

Our ability to influence the overall diversity of our workforce is highly dependent on several key factors, the most important of which is the pool of qualified candidates in the areas in which we operate. Many of our operations are located in rural communities where the economy is driven by the timber industry and our workforce reflects the demographics and culture of those localities. We continue to emphasize the importance of sourcing talent from these local communities and employee retention so that our workplace demographics represent the communities in which we operate. Overall, 19% of our workforce is comprised of individuals that identify as a member of one or more racial minority groups.

People Development. We recognize that employing a highly skilled and diverse workforce is a competitive advantage and leads to better employee engagement. We are committed to the development of all employees in support of their career aspirations. We have formal and informal programs to develop our workforce to become more proficient in their current roles and grow their careers in preparation for larger roles throughout the company.

Succession planning is critical to ensuring that we have the right people in the right position at the right time. We conduct annual succession planning meetings across the organization starting with our local operations and rolling up to our division and corporate levels including our executive team. Individuals who have demonstrated a desire and ability to move to new leadership roles collaborate with their managers to document meaningful development plans designed to ensure that their development remains on track.

For more detailed information regarding our programs and initiatives, see “Committed to Social Responsibility” within our Environmental, Social & Governance Report (on our website). This report and other information on our website are not incorporated by reference into and do not form any part of this annual report on Form 10-K.

Available Information

We make our periodic and current reports that we file with, or furnish to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) available on or through our website, www.PotlatchDeltic.com (under “Investors – Financial Information”), at no charge as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file the information with, or furnish it to, the SEC. Information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K and should not be considered part of this report.

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Information About Our Executive Officers

As of February 11, 2022, information on our executive officers is as follows:

Eric J. Cremers (age 58), has been a director since March 2013 and our President and Chief Executive Officer since January 2021. Mr. Cremers also served as President and Chief Operating Officer from March 2013 through December 2020, Chief Financial Officer from March 2013 through August 2013, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from February 2012 to March 2013. Mr. Cremers joined the company in 2007 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Jerald W. Richards (age 53), has served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since September 2013. He was employed by Weyerhaeuser Company and served as Chief Accounting Officer from October 2010 to August 2013, and corporate segment controller from 2008 to October 2010.

Ashlee T. Cribb (age 53), has served as Vice President, Wood Products since July 2021. She previously served in various roles with Roseburg Forest Products, including as Senior Vice President - Chief Commercial Officer from February 2019 to July 2021, Vice President, Structural Products from February 2018 to February 2019 and Business Director, Structural Products from January 2017 to February 2018.

Darin R. Ball (age 56), has served as Vice President of Timberlands since December 2017. From 2012 to December 2017, he served as Manager of our Idaho Timberlands business.

William R. DeReu (age 55), has served as Vice President, Real Estate since February 2018 and as Vice President, Real Estate and Lake States Timberlands from February 2012 to February 2018.

Michele L. Tyler (age 53), has served as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since August 2019. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Tyler served in legal roles with Vectrus, Inc. (NYSE: VEC), from January 2009 to January 2019, including as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and Corporate Secretary from September 2014 to October 2018.

Anna E. Torma (age 60), has served as Vice President, Public Affairs and Chief ESG Officer since February 2022, Vice President, Public Affairs from March 2019 to February 2022, and Director of Public Affairs from April 2018 to March 2019. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Torma worked as Principal for Torma Research providing strategic consulting services, primarily to forest products companies, from January 2017 to April 2018.

Robert L. Schwartz (age 49), has served as Vice President, Human Resources since May 2014 and as Director, Human Resources from February 2009 to April 2014.

Wayne Wasechek (age 51) has served as Controller and Principal Accounting Officer since November 2018. He previously served as Vice President and Assistant Controller of Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN) from 2011 to 2018 and as Senior Director of Financial Reporting of Vail Resorts from 2006 to 2011.

The term of office of the officers of the company expires at the annual meeting of our board and each officer holds office until the officer’s successor is duly elected and qualified or until the earlier of the officer’s death, resignation, retirement, removal by the board or as otherwise provided in our bylaws.

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Investing in our common stock involves a significant degree of risk. Our business, financial condition, results of operations or liquidity could be materially adversely affected by any of the following risks and, as a result, the trading price of our common stock could decline. While the risks described below have been identified by management as the most material to the company, they are not the only ones we face. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business, financial condition, results of operations or liquidity. The risks described below should carefully be considered together with the other information contained in this report.

Industry and Business Risks

Economic Conditions

The cyclical nature of our business could adversely affect our results of operations.

The financial performance of our operations is affected by the cyclical nature of our business. The markets for manufactured wood products and real estate are influenced by a variety of factors beyond our control. Our business is particularly dependent upon the health of the U.S. housing market, and specifically demand for new homes and home repair and remodeling which are subject to fluctuations due to changes in economic conditions, changes in employment levels, consumer confidence, financial markets, interest rates, credit availability (including homebuyers’ ability to qualify for mortgages), supply chain disruptions, availability of labor and developable land, inflation, population growth, weather conditions and other factors. Historical prices for our manufactured wood products have been volatile as a result of demand, particularly in recent years, and we have limited direct influence over the timing and extent of price changes for our manufactured wood products. In our Timberlands business, our sawlog price realizations in Idaho are subject to fluctuation in lumber prices as we index a significant portion of these sawlogs under long-term supply agreements on a four-week lag to lumber prices. The demand for real estate can be affected by changes in factors, such as interest rates, credit availability, economic conditions, changes in consumer preferences, limited wage growth, any weakening of consumer confidence and the availability of developable land, as well as by the impact of federal, state and local land use and environmental protection laws. The potential effect of these factors on our future operational and financial performance is highly uncertain, unpredictable and outside our control. As a result, our past performance may not be indicative of future results.

COVID-19 Pandemic

Pandemic issues, including the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, could adversely affect our business.

We face risks related to public health epidemics and other outbreaks, including the global outbreak of a novel strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) and its variants. The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting containment measures have caused economic and financial disruptions across the United States including in most of the regions in which we sell our products and conduct our business operations. As a result, the pandemic has caused, and is likely to continue to cause, significant volatility in capital markets and economic disruption such as periodic adverse fluctuations on the demand and pricing for our logs, wood products and real estate properties, personnel absences, disruptions to our supply chain and the manufacturing and distribution of our timber and wood products. Our suppliers, third-party logging and hauling and shipping contractors and customers have also experienced, and may continue to experience, disruptions in their operations, which can result in delayed deliveries of raw materials, products and services, reduced, or canceled orders, rising commodity prices, increased freight, and increased collection risks.

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We are actively monitoring the potential impacts on our operations, workforce, supply chain and our consolidated results of operations as a result of the continued spread of the COVID-19 variants and continue to adjust production where possible to match demand. However, our predictions about the impact that COVID-19 or other viral outbreaks will have on our business, financial condition, or results of operations may not be accurate as they depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence. Such developments include, but are not limited to, the severity of the virus’s impact on the economy, recent increases in inflation and the extent such increases will continue, housing demand, new residential construction and home repair and remodeling activity, current and future restrictions or disruptions of transportation such as reduced availability of rail and trucking to transport our products to our customers, the future geographic spread or mutation of COVID-19 or the outbreak of another virulent disease, continuation of or changes in governmental responses to disease outbreak, the duration of disease outbreak, the timing and effectiveness of treatment and testing options, availability and distribution of a vaccine, consequential restrictions, business disruptions, the effectiveness of responsive actions taken in the United States and other countries to contain the disease and actions that may be taken by our competitors, suppliers or customers.

While several COVID-19 vaccines have been approved and are available for use in the United States, we are unable to predict how widely utilized the vaccines ultimately will be, whether they will be effective in preventing the symptoms and spread of COVID-19 (including its variant strains), and when or if normal economic activity and business operations will resume. These effects, alone or taken together, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, or financial condition. The continuation of the pandemic or expanded or recurring outbreaks could exacerbate the adverse impact of such measures. Any requirements to mandate COVID-19 vaccination of our workforce or require our unvaccinated employees to be tested regularly in the jurisdictions in which we operate could be difficult and costly, and could result in labor disruptions, employee attrition and difficulty securing future labor needs.

Commodity Products

Our wood products are commodities that are widely available from other producers. Failure to compete effectively in our markets could adversely affect our financial results.

Because commodity products have few distinguishing properties from producer to producer, competition for these products is based primarily on price, which is determined by supply relative to demand and competition from substitute products. Prices for our products are affected by many factors outside of our control, and we have no influence over the timing and extent of price changes, which often are volatile. Our profitability with respect to these products depends, in part, on managing our costs, particularly raw material and energy costs, which represent significant components of our operating costs. These costs can fluctuate based upon factors beyond our control including, but not limited to, changes in demand, supply chain disruptions and inflation or deflation, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and cash flows.

The markets for our wood products are highly competitive and companies that have substantially greater financial resources than we do compete with us in each of our lines of business. In addition, our Wood Products facilities are relatively capital intensive, which leads to high fixed costs and generally results in continued production as long as prices are sufficient to cover variable costs. These conditions have contributed to substantial price competition, particularly during periods of reduced demand. Some of our wood products competitors may currently be lower-cost producers than we are or may benefit from weak currencies relative to the U.S. dollar and, accordingly, these competitors may be less adversely affected than we are by price decreases. Wood products also are subject to significant competition from a variety of substitute products, including non-wood and engineered wood products. To the extent there is a significant increase in competitive pressure from substitute products or other domestic or foreign suppliers, our business could be adversely affected.

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Competition from wood product imports can vary significantly and have a material effect on U.S. wood product pricing.

The future volume and pricing of lumber imports entering U.S. markets remain uncertain. Historically, Canada has been the most significant source of lumber imports to the U.S. market. For decades, the U.S. and Canada have been in a dispute over pricing for softwood lumber entering the U.S., which has resulted in trade cases and negotiated agreements between the two countries. The U.S. and Canada signed a Softwood Lumber Agreement in 2006, which expired in October 2015. On November 25, 2016, the U.S. lumber industry filed a petition seeking injury determination with the U.S. International Trade Commission, and a petition seeking countervailing (CVD) and anti-dumping (AD) duties on Canadian lumber imports with the U.S. Department of Commerce. Final rulings on injury and CVD and AD duties went into effect on December 28, 2017 resulting in the combined CVD and AD cash deposit rate to be paid by most Canadian exporters initially established at 20.23%. The most recent annual administrative review covering 2019 was completed in November 2021 resulting in the CVD and AD combined rate of 17.90%. The U.S. Department of Commerce has begun preliminary work on its third administrative review, which will cover 2020. A final decision on that review is not expected until late 2022. The Government of Canada continues to appeal the determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission supporting the AD/CVD duties as well as to challenge these duties in the World Trade Organization.

We are not able to predict when, or if, a new softwood lumber agreement will be reached or, if reached, what the terms of the agreement would be. Similarly, we are not able to predict if the current U.S. policy of imposing import duties on Canadian softwood lumber will continue. We could, therefore, experience significant downward pressure on lumber prices caused by Canadian imports.

Third-Party Logging and Hauling Contractors

Our operations are affected by third-party logger availability, transportation availability and changes in costs from these third parties.

Our Timberlands business depends on the availability of third-party logging and hauling contractors. Our Wood Products business depends on third-party transportation providers, including railcar and truck transportation. Our timberlands are located primarily in rural areas where skilled logging and hauling labor availability may be limited. As a result of weak business conditions in the timber industry that persisted for several years following the Great Recession, there are fewer logging and hauling contractors in certain markets to harvest and deliver our logs. This shortage has resulted in an overall increase in logging and hauling costs and, in some cases, compromised the general availability of these contractors. Any increase in harvest levels due to significant and/or extended increased demand for logs could further strain the existing supply of third-party logging and hauling contractors. This, in turn, could increase the cost of log supply and delivery, or prevent us from fully capitalizing on favorable market conditions by limiting our ability to harvest our timber and deliver our logs to market.

Additionally, our third-party contractors are subject to several events outside of their control, such as disruption of transportation infrastructure, labor issues, increased competition for loggers, truck drivers and railcar availability. Logger and truck driver shortages or failures of a third-party transportation provider to timely deliver our products to our mills and our customers, could harm our supply chain, negatively affect our customer relationships and have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and our reputation. Further, increases in the cost of labor or fuel could negatively impact our financial results by increasing the cost of these services and could also result in an overall reduction in the availability of these services.

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Timberlands Operations

Our operating results and cash flows are materially affected by the supply and demand for timber.

A variety of factors affect prices and demand for timber including changes in availability at the local, national and international level, all of which can vary by region, timber type (sawlogs or pulpwood logs) and species. On a local level, supplies can fluctuate depending upon factors such as changes in weather conditions and harvest strategies of local timberland owners, as well as occasionally high timber salvage efforts due to events such as unusual pest infestations or fires. Our timberlands are primarily located in Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Louisiana and Mississippi. As a result, we may be susceptible to adverse economic and other developments in these regions, including industry slowdowns, mill closures and curtailments, business layoffs or downsizing, relocations of businesses, changes in demographics, increases in real estate and other taxes and increased regulation, any of which could have a material adverse effect on us. Further, as the demand for paper nationwide continues to decline, closures and curtailment of pulp mills have adversely affected the demand and pricing for pulpwood and wood chips in certain regions in which we operate. Also, demand in other parts of the world may affect timber prices in the markets in which we compete. For example, although we do not sell into the Asian markets, Asian demand can indirectly impact pricing and supply in North American timber and lumber markets.

In Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, most timberlands are privately owned. Historically, increases in timber prices have often resulted in substantial increases in harvesting on private timberlands, including lands not previously made available for commercial logging operations, causing a short-term increase in supply that has tended to moderate price increases. Decreases in log prices have often resulted in lower harvest levels, causing short-term decreases in supply that have tended to moderate price decreases. In the South, timber growth rates have exceeded harvests during the past decade. This condition has led to an oversupply of harvestable timber in the region, which has kept timber prices at relatively low levels.

In Idaho, a greater proportion of timberland is government owned as compared to the southern states where we operate. For more than 20 years environmental concerns and other factors have limited timber sales by federal agencies, which historically had been major suppliers of timber to the U.S. forest products industry, particularly in the West. Any reversal of policy that substantially increases timber sales from government owned land, including opening federal lands to thinning and additional harvesting to reduce fire risks, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and cash flows.

We may be unable to harvest timber or we may elect to reduce harvest levels due to market, weather, climate change and regulatory conditions, either of which could adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows.

Our timber harvest levels and sales may be limited due to weather impacting timber growth cycles and restrictions on access, availability of contract loggers, mill closures and curtailments and regulatory requirements associated with the protection of wildlife and water resources. Future timber harvest levels may also be affected by our ability to timely and effectively replant harvested areas as a result of other factors, including availability of labor, insufficient or excessive precipitation, damage by fire, pest infestation, disease and natural disasters, significant regional or local weather events such as ice storms, windstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes and floods. Changes in global climate conditions could intensify one or more of these factors. Although damage from such natural causes usually is localized, affecting only a limited percentage of our timber, there can be no assurance that any damage affecting our timberlands will be limited. Severe weather conditions and other natural disasters can also reduce seedling survival rates, impact the productivity of timberlands and disrupt the harvesting and delivery of logs. Our financial results and cash flows are dependent to a significant extent on our continued ability to harvest timber at adequate levels. As is typical in the forest industry, we assume all risk of loss to the standing timber we own from fire and other hazards because insurance for such losses is either not available or is cost prohibitive to maintain. Consequently, a reduction in our timber inventory from such events could adversely affect our financial results and cash flows. In addition, the geographic concentration of our property makes us more susceptible to adverse impacts from a single natural disaster, temporary or permanent closures of wood product facilities that purchase our logs and other factors that could negatively impact our timber production.

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We typically experience seasonally lower harvest activity during the winter and early spring due to weather conditions. On a short-term basis, we may adjust our timber harvest levels in response to market conditions. Longer term, our timber harvest levels will be affected by acquisitions of additional timberlands, sales of existing timberlands and shifts in harvest from one region to another. In addition, future timber harvest levels may be affected by changes in estimates of long-term sustainable yield because of silvicultural advances, regulatory constraints and other factors beyond our control.

Our estimates of timber inventories and growth rates may be inaccurate and include risks inherent in calculating such estimates, which may impair our ability to realize expected revenues.

Whether in connection with managing our existing timberlands or assessing potential timberland acquisitions, we make and rely on important estimates of merchantable timber inventories. These include estimates of timber inventories that may be lawfully and economically harvested, timber growth rates and end-product yields. Timber growth rates and yield estimates are developed by forest biometricians and other experts using statistical measurements of tree samples on given property. These estimates are central to forecasting our anticipated timber harvests, revenues and expected cash flows. However, future growth and yield estimates are inherently inexact and uncertain and subject to many external variables that could further affect their accuracy including, among other things, disease, infestation, natural disasters, changes in weather patterns and changes in product merchandizing specifications. If these estimates are inaccurate, our ability to manage our timberlands in a sustainable or profitable manner may be adversely affected.

Wood Products Operations

A material disruption at one of our manufacturing facilities could prevent us from meeting customer demand, reduce our sales or negatively affect our results of operations and financial condition.

Any of our manufacturing facilities, or any of our machines within an otherwise operational facility, could unexpectedly cease to operate due to a number of events, including unscheduled maintenance outages, prolonged power failures, equipment failures, raw material shortages, equipment and maintenance part shortages, cyber-attacks, labor difficulties or labor availability due to quarantine requirements for those exposed to flu or viruses, such as COVID-19 and its variants, disruptions in the transportation infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, railroad tracks and tunnels, fire such as the fire at our Ola, Arkansas sawmill in June 2021, ice storms, floods, windstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes or other catastrophes, terrorism or threats of terrorism, governmental regulations and other operational problems.

We cannot predict the duration of any such downtime or extent of facility damage. Downtime and facility damage have prevented us and could prevent us in the future from meeting customer demand for our products and/or require us to make unplanned expenditures. If one of our machines or facilities were to incur significant downtime, our ability to meet our production targets and satisfy customer demand could be impaired, resulting in lower sales and income. Although some risks are not insurable and some coverage is limited, we purchase insurance on our manufacturing facilities for damages and business interruption losses resulting from events such as fires, floods, windstorms, earthquakes and catastrophic equipment failure. For example, our Ola, Arkansas sawmill was damaged by fire in June 2021 and we have adequate property and business interruption insurance, subject to an applicable deductible, to cover this event. However, such insurance may not be sufficient or may be cost prohibitive to cover all our damages and losses in the future.

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Real Estate Operations

Changes in demand for our real estate and delays in the timing of real estate transactions may affect our revenues and operating results.

A number of factors, including availability of credit, a slowing of residential and commercial real estate development, availability of funding to support conservation land purchases by governmental and other entities, zoning rules, population shifts, types and location of land available for sale and changes in demographics could reduce the demand for our real estate and negatively affect our results of operations. Changes in investor interest in purchasing timberlands could reduce our ability to execute sales of non-core timberlands and could also negatively affect our results of operations. Changes in the interpretation or enforcement of current laws, or the enactment of new laws, regarding the use and development of real estate, or changes in the political composition of federal, state and local governmental bodies could lead to new or greater costs, delays and liabilities that could materially adversely affect our real estate business, profitability or financial condition.

The majority of our real estate development projects are concentrated in few markets.

We have real estate development projects located in Central Arkansas, specifically, in and west of Little Rock, Arkansas and in Hot Springs, Arkansas. These real estate operations are particularly vulnerable to economic downturns, weather or other adverse events that may occur in this specific region and to competition from nearby commercial and residential housing developments. Our results of operations may be affected by the cyclicality of the homebuilding and real estate industries. Factors influencing these industries include changes in population growth, general and local economic conditions, weather, climate impacts, employment levels, consumer confidence and income, housing demand, new and existing housing inventory levels, the availability of developable land, availability and cost of financing, mortgage interest rates and foreclosures, and changes in government regulation regarding the environment, zoning, real estate taxes, and other local government fees. In addition, the tightening of credit and economic recession could delay or deter commercial and residential real estate activity and may affect our operating results.

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Legal, Environmental and Regulatory Compliance Risks

Environmental Laws and Regulations

Our businesses are subject to extensive environmental laws and regulations.

We are subject to a wide range of general and industry-specific laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, including those governing:

We have incurred, and we expect to continue to incur, significant capital, operating and other expenditures to comply with applicable environmental laws and regulations. We also have incurred and could incur in the future substantial costs, such as civil or criminal fines, sanctions and enforcement actions (including orders limiting our operations or requiring corrective measures, installation of pollution control equipment or other remedial actions), cleanup and closure costs, and third-party claims for property damage and personal injury as a result of violations of, or liabilities under, environmental laws and regulations on properties we currently own or have owned in the past. Because environmental regulations are constantly evolving, we will continue to incur costs to maintain compliance with those laws and our compliance costs could increase materially. In addition, surface water management regulations may present liabilities and are subject to change. Future compliance with existing and new laws and requirements may disrupt our business operations and require significant expenditures.

As the owner and operator of land, we have been and may be in the future liable under environmental laws for cleanup, closure and other damages resulting from the presence and release of hazardous substances on or from our properties or operations we currently own or have owned and operated in the past. In addition, we lease some of our properties to third-party operators for the purpose of exploring, extracting, developing and producing oil and gas in exchange for fees and royalty payments. These operations may create risk of environmental liabilities for any unlawful discharge of oil, gas or other chemicals into the air, soil or water. Generally, these third-party operators indemnify us against any such liability, and we require that that they maintain liability insurance during the term of our lease with them. However, if for any reason an unlawful discharge occurs and our third-party operators are not able to honor their indemnity obligation, or if the required liability insurance was not in effect, then it is possible that we could be held responsible for costs associated with environmental liability caused by such third-party operators. The amount and timing of environmental expenditures is difficult to predict, and in some cases, our liability may exceed forecasted amounts or the value of the property itself. The discovery of additional contamination or the imposition of additional cleanup obligations at our current or previously owned sites or third-party sites may result in significant additional costs.

Similarly, threatened and endangered species restrictions apply to activities that would adversely impact a protected species or significantly degrade its habitat. A number of species on our timberlands have been, and in the future may be, protected under these laws. If current or future regulations, including increased mandates for biodiversity, increased wildlife habitats, additional species on our lands classified as endangered, or the enforcement of endangered species regulations become more restrictive, the amount of our timberlands subject to harvest restrictions could increase.

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Climate Conditions

Changes in climate conditions and governmental responses to such changes may affect our operations or planned or future growth activities.

Climate change represents an urgent global challenge that has the potential to cause significant disruptions to our business and results of operations, cash flows and profitability. We are committed to do our part to mitigate climate change, and we believe that working forests are part of the solution. Scientific research supports that emissions of greenhouse gases continue to alter the composition of the global atmosphere in ways that are affecting and are expected to continue affecting the global climate. Over the past several years, changing weather patterns and climatic conditions due to natural and man-made causes have added to the unpredictability and frequency of natural disasters, such as wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, hailstorms, snow and ice storms, the spread of disease, and insect infestations. Global temperature increases can result in significant regional differences in weather patterns that affect tree growth. Further, changes in precipitation resulting in droughts have made and could make in the future wildfires more frequent or more severe. Any of these natural disasters could affect our timberlands, timber growth rates, productivity of our timberlands, our harvest operations or cause variations in the cost and supply of raw materials.

Increasing governmental and societal attention to ESG matters, including expanding mandatory and voluntary reporting, diligence, and disclosure on topics such as climate change, waste production, water usage, human capital, labor, and risk oversight, could expand the nature, scope, and complexity of matters that we are required to control, assess and report. These and other rapidly changing laws, regulations, policies and related interpretations, as well as increased enforcement actions by various governmental and regulatory agencies, create challenges for us, may alter the environment in which we do business, and may increase the ongoing costs of compliance. Additionally, environmental groups or interested parties may file or threaten to file lawsuits that seek to prevent us from obtaining permits, harvesting timber under contract with federal or state agencies, implementing capital improvements or pursuing operating plans. Any lawsuit, or even a threatened lawsuit, could delay harvesting on our timberlands or impact our ability to operate or invest in our Wood Products facilities.

We anticipate increased future legislative regulations at the state, federal and international level regarding climate change and energy access, security and competitiveness to address emission of carbon dioxide, renewable energy and fuel standards, and the monetization of carbon. Executive orders issued by the current U.S. presidential administration, including an executive order issued on January 27, 2021, focusing on climate change, are evidence of the current U.S. government's intent to undertake numerous initiatives in an effort to reduce greenhouse gases. We manage our manufacturing facilities and timberland operations to comply with applicable laws and regulations. It is possible that legislation or government mandates, standards or regulations intended to mitigate or reduce carbon compound or greenhouse gas emissions or other climate change effects could affect renewals or modifications to permits at our facilities, or result in significantly higher energy and compliance costs, and increased capital expenditures.

Future legislative regulations could also limit harvest levels for commercial timberland operators, which could in turn adversely affect our timberland operations as well as potentially lead to significant increases in capital investments, the cost of energy, wood fiber and other raw materials for our Wood Products facilities. Any one or more of these developments, as well as other unforeseeable governmental responses to climate change, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and profitability. While we have been committed to continuous improvements to our manufacturing facilities to meet and exceed anticipated regulations, there can be no assurance that our commitments will be successful, that regulation in the future will not have a negative competitive impact or that economic returns will reflect our capital investments. Failure to successfully manage new or pending regulatory and legal matters and resolve such matters without significant liability or damage to our reputation may materially adversely impact our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

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Legal Matters

Legal matters, disputes and proceedings (collectively “legal matters”), if determined or concluded in a manner adverse to our interests, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.

We are, from time to time, involved in legal matters, disputes and proceedings (legal matters). It is possible that there could be adverse judgments against us in some legal matters or that we may agree to settle a matter, and that we could be required to take a charge and make cash payments for all or a portion of any related awards of damages that could materially and adversely affect our results of operations or cash flows for the quarter or year in which we record or pay it. In some cases, all or a portion of any loss we experience in connection with any such legal matters will be covered by insurance; in other cases, any such losses will not be covered by insurance.

Indebtedness and Capital Structure Risks

Access to Capital

We depend on external sources of capital for future growth.

Our ability to finance growth is dependent to a significant degree on external sources of capital. Our ability to access such capital on favorable terms could be hampered by a number of factors, many of which are outside of our control, including a decline in general market conditions, decreased market liquidity, a downgrade to our public debt rating, increases in interest rates, an unfavorable market perception of our growth potential, a decrease in our current or estimated future earnings or a decrease in the market price of our common stock. In addition, our ability to access additional capital may also be limited by the terms of our existing indebtedness, which, among other things, restricts our incurrence of debt and the payment of dividends. For additional details, see Liquidity and Capital Resources in Part II – Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. Any of these factors, individually or in combination, could prevent us from being able to obtain the capital we require on terms that are acceptable to us and the failure to obtain necessary capital could materially adversely affect our future growth.

Indebtedness

Our indebtedness could materially adversely affect our ability to generate sufficient cash to pay dividends to stockholders and fulfill our debt obligations, our ability to react to changes in our business and our ability to incur additional indebtedness to fund future needs.

Our debt requires interest and principal payments. At December 31, 2021, we had total outstanding long-term debt of $762.2 million. Subject to the limits contained in our debt instruments, we may be able to incur additional debt from time to time to finance working capital, capital expenditures, investments or acquisitions or for other purposes. If we do so, the risks related to our indebtedness could intensify.

Our indebtedness, combined with our other financial obligations and contractual commitments, could have important consequences for stockholders. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow from operations to service our debt, we may be required to, among other things: refinance or restructure all or a portion of our debt; reduce or delay planned capital or operating expenditures; reduce, suspend or eliminate our dividend payments and/or our stock repurchase program; or sell selected assets. Such measures might not be sufficient to enable us to service our debt. In addition, any such refinancing, restructuring or sale of assets might not be available on economically favorable terms or at all, and if prevailing interest rates at the time of any such refinancing or restructuring are higher than our current rates, interest expense related to such refinancing or restructuring would increase. Further, if there are adverse changes in the ratings assigned to our debt securities by credit rating agencies, our borrowing costs, our ability to access debt financing in the future and the terms of such debt could be adversely affected.

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The alteration or discontinuation of LIBOR may adversely affect our business.

A number of our debt instruments and associated interest rate derivative agreements have an interest rate tied to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). On March 5, 2021, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates LIBOR, announced that the US Dollar LIBOR will no longer be published after June 30, 2023. The U.S. Federal Reserve, in conjunction with the Alternative Reference Rate Committee, a steering committee comprised of large U.S. financial institutions, has recommended replacing LIBOR with the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR).

The market transition away from LIBOR to an alternative reference rate is complex. Once LIBOR is no longer available as a reference rate, we will have to modify our variable debt and interest rate derivative agreements to adopt an alternative benchmark. Further, if our lenders or interest rate swap counterparties have increased costs due to changes in LIBOR, we may experience potential increases in interest rates from our variable debt and interest rate derivatives, which could adversely impact our interest expense, results of operations and cash flows. While we expect LIBOR to be available in substantially its current form until at least through June 30, 2023, it is possible that LIBOR will become unavailable prior to that point. We are monitoring the developments regarding the alternative rates, will work with our lenders and counterparties to identify a suitable replacement rate and may amend certain debt and interest rate derivative agreements to accommodate those rates if the contract does not already specify a replacement rate. At this time, we are not able to predict whether SOFR or another index or indices will become a market standard that replaces LIBOR, and if so, the effects on our financial condition.

Changes in credit ratings issued by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations could adversely affect our cost of financing and have an adverse effect on the market price of our securities.

Credit rating agencies rate our debt securities on factors that include our operating results, actions that we take, their view of the general outlook for our industry and their view of the general outlook for the economy. Actions taken by the rating agencies can include maintaining, upgrading or downgrading the current rating or placing us on a watch list for possible future downgrading. Downgrading the credit rating of our debt securities or placing us on a watch list for possible future downgrading could limit our access to the credit markets, increase our cost of financing and have an adverse effect on the market price of our securities. For additional detail on our credit ratings, see Liquidity and Capital Resources in Part II – Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Ownership of our Common Stock

The price of our common stock may be volatile and influenced by many factors, some of which are beyond our control.

The market price of our common stock may be influenced by many factors, some of which are beyond our control, including those described herein under Risk Factors and the following:

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There has been significant volatility in the market price and trading volume of securities of companies operating in the forest products industry that often has been unrelated to individual company operating performance. Some companies that have experienced volatile market prices for their securities have had securities litigation brought against them. If litigation of this type is brought against us, it could result in substantial costs and divert management’s attention and resources.

Additionally, shareholder activism regarding our governance, strategic direction and operations could result in negative impacts to our business by adversely affecting our ability to effectively and timely implement our strategies and initiatives. Campaigns by shareholders to effect changes at publicly traded companies are sometimes led by investors through actions such as strategic initiatives, financial restructuring, increased debt, special dividends, share repurchases, or sales of assets or the entire company. Any perceived uncertainties as to our future direction resulting from such a situation could result in the loss of potential business opportunities, be exploited by our competitors, cause concern to our current or potential customers and make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified personnel, all of which could negatively impact our business. In addition, actions of activist shareholders may cause significant fluctuations in our stock price based on temporary or speculative market perceptions or other factors that do not necessarily reflect the underlying fundamentals of our business.

Certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and of Delaware law may make it difficult for stockholders to change the composition of our board of directors and may discourage hostile takeover attempts that some of our stockholders may consider to be beneficial.

Certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and of Delaware law may have the effect of delaying or preventing changes in control if our board of directors determines that such changes in control are not in our best interest and that of our stockholders. The provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws include, among other things, the following:

While these provisions have the effect of encouraging persons seeking to acquire control of our company to negotiate with our board of directors, they could enable the board of directors to hinder or frustrate a transaction that stockholders might believe to be in their best interests and, in that case, may prevent or discourage attempts to remove and replace incumbent directors. We are also subject to Delaware laws that could have similar effects. One of these laws prohibits us from engaging in a business combination with a significant stockholder unless specific conditions are met.

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REIT and Tax Risks

If we fail to remain qualified as a REIT, income from our timberlands will be subject to taxation at regular corporate rates and we will have reduced cash available for dividends to our stockholders.

Qualification as a REIT involves the application of highly technical and complex provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to our operations, including satisfaction of certain asset, income, organizational, dividend, stockholder ownership and other requirements, on an ongoing basis. Given the highly complex nature of the rules governing REITs, the ongoing importance of factual determinations and the possibility of future changes in our circumstances, no assurance can be given that we will remain qualified as a REIT.

If in any taxable year we fail to remain qualified as a REIT, unless we are entitled to relief under the Internal Revenue Code:

Any such corporate tax liability could be substantial and would reduce the amount of cash available for dividends to our stockholders, which in turn could have an adverse impact on the value of our common stock. As a result, net income and the cash available for dividends to our stockholders could be reduced for at least five years.

To maintain our REIT qualification, we are generally required to distribute all our REIT taxable income to our shareholders.

Under the REIT rules, to remain qualified as a REIT, a REIT must distribute, within a certain period after the end of each year, 90% of its ordinary taxable income for such year. Our REIT income, however, consists primarily of net capital gains resulting from payments received under timber cutting contracts with our TRS and third parties, rather than ordinary taxable income. Therefore, unlike most REITs, we are not required to distribute material amounts of cash to remain qualified as a REIT. If, after giving effect to our dividends, we have not distributed an amount equal to 100% of our REIT taxable income, then we would be required to pay tax on the undistributed portion of such taxable income at regular corporate tax rates and our stockholders would be required to include their proportionate share of any undistributed capital gain in income and would receive a credit or refund for their share of the tax paid by us.

To our knowledge, no REIT has utilized the capital gains exception and we believe it is impractical to do so due to tight reporting deadlines, among other challenges. As a result, our ability to retain REIT cash for use in the business is generally limited by the required distribution rules and our practice of distributing the REIT’s taxable income to shareholders.

Certain of our business activities are potentially subject to a prohibited transactions tax on 100% of our net income derived from such activities, which would reduce our cash flow and impair our ability to pay dividends.

REITs are generally intended to be passive entities and can thus only engage in those activities permitted by the Internal Revenue Code, which for us generally include owning and managing a timberland portfolio, growing timber and selling standing timber.

Accordingly, the manufacture and sale of wood products, certain types of timberland sales, sale of developed real estate and the harvest and sale of logs are conducted through our TRS because such activities generate non-qualifying REIT income and could constitute “prohibited transactions” if such activities were engaged in directly by the REIT. In general, prohibited transactions are defined by the Internal Revenue Code to be sales or other dispositions of property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business.

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By conducting our business in this manner, we believe we will satisfy the REIT requirements and thus avoid the 100% tax that could be imposed if a REIT were to conduct a prohibited transaction. We may not always be successful, however, in limiting such activities to our TRS. Therefore, we could be subject to the 100% prohibited transactions tax if such instances were to occur, which would adversely affect our cash flow and impair our ability to pay quarterly dividends.

Our ability to pay dividends and service our indebtedness using cash generated through our taxable REIT subsidiary may be limited.

Returning cash to shareholders through a secure, regular dividend and opportunistic share repurchases is an important and durable part of our capital allocation strategy. Our board of directors, in its sole discretion, determines the actual amount of dividends to be made to stockholders based on consideration of a number of factors, including, but not limited to, our results of operations, cash flow and capital requirements, economic conditions in our industry and in the markets for our products, REIT requirements, borrowing capacity, debt covenant restrictions, timber prices, harvest levels on our timberlands, market demand for timberlands, including timberland properties we have identified as potentially having a higher and better use and future acquisitions and dispositions. For a description of debt covenants that could limit our ability to pay dividends to stockholders in the future, see Liquidity and Capital Resources in Part II – Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. Consequently, the level of future dividends to our stockholders may fluctuate and any reduction in the dividend rate may adversely affect our stock price.

Further, the rules with which we must comply to maintain our status as a REIT limit the amount of dividends our REIT can receive from our TRS. In particular, at least 75% of our gross income for each taxable year as a REIT must be derived from sales of our standing timber and other types of real estate income. No more than 25% of our gross income may consist of dividends from our TRS and other non-qualifying types of income. This requirement may limit our ability to receive dividends from our TRS and may impact our ability to pay dividends to stockholders and service the REIT's indebtedness using cash from PotlatchDeltic TRS.

To maintain our REIT qualification, we are required to limit the size of our taxable REIT subsidiary.

Our TRS enables us to engage in non-REIT qualifying business activities, such as our wood products manufacturing operations and certain real estate investments. However, no more than 20% of the value of our REIT gross assets may be represented by securities of our TRS under the REIT rules. We must comply with the 20% limit on a quarterly basis. We believe our TRS’s securities comprise a higher percentage of our REIT’s gross assets than most other REITs which may limit our ability to grow our TRS.

Our high degree of leverage to volatile lumber prices, coupled with limits on the amount of dividends our REIT can receive from our TRS, also means our TRS can accumulate significant amounts of cash. Cash accumulated and retained by our TRS increases the value of our TRS’s securities and IRS rules may limit our ability to sufficiently rebalance the TRS's assets. The limitations on our ability to reduce the value of our TRS means we have a higher risk than other REITs that we will not comply with the 20% TRS limit and fail to retain our REIT qualification in the future.

Furthermore, our use of the TRS may cause the market to value our common shares differently than the shares of other REITs, which may not use taxable REIT subsidiaries at all, or as extensively as we use them.

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General Risk Factors

Cybersecurity incidents could disrupt business operations, result in the loss of critical and confidential information, and adversely impact our reputation and results of operations.

We use information systems to carry out our operational activities and maintain our business records. Some systems are internally managed and some are maintained by third-party service providers. In the ordinary course of our business, we collect and store small amounts of sensitive data, including personally identifiable information. We also use information technology for electronic communications between our facilities, personnel, customers and suppliers, to process financial information and results of operations for internal reporting purposes and to comply with regulatory, legal and tax requirements.

We devote significant resources to protecting and improving the security of our systems, and have implemented and continue to evaluate security initiatives and disaster recovery plans. We require all employees with company email accounts to complete annual cybersecurity training to learn how to spot and report potential threats, and use continuous internal phishing campaigns to test employees’ cyber knowledge and provide supplemental training when necessary. In addition, we maintain cyber liability insurance. However, this insurance may be subject to certain exceptions and may not be sufficient to cover the financial, legal, business or reputational losses that may result from an interruption or breach of our systems.

Attempted cyber-attacks and other cyber incidents are occurring more frequently, are constantly evolving in nature, are becoming more sophisticated and are being made by groups and individuals with a wide range of motives and expertise. Our information technology systems and those of our third-party providers are vulnerable to a variety of disruptions, including but not limited to the process of upgrading or replacing software, databases or components thereof, user errors, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, telecommunications failures, computer viruses, cyber-attacks, hackers, unauthorized access attempts and other security issues. Such incidents could result in unauthorized or accidental disclosure of material confidential information or regulated individual personal data, may negatively impact our ability to provide services to our customers, operate our business and fulfill our financial reporting obligations, lead to lost revenues and/or increased costs, and could result in financial, legal, business and reputational harm to us. Although we have in the past experienced, and may in the future face, cyber-attacks, other cyber incidents or security breaches, we have not experienced a significant cyber event to date. There can be no assurance that our efforts, or efforts of our third-party service providers, will prevent or quickly identify service interruptions or security breaches. Additionally, we may have limited remedies against third-party service providers in the event of service disruptions.

We may be unsuccessful in carrying out our acquisition strategy.

Our real property holdings are primarily timberlands and we may make additional strategic timberlands and other forest products asset acquisitions in the future. The markets for timberland and forest products assets are highly competitive. We intend to finance acquisitions through cash from operations, borrowings under our credit facility, proceeds from equity or debt offerings, proceeds from asset dispositions or any combination thereof. In addition, it is uncertain whether any acquisitions we make will perform in accordance with our expectations. The failure to identify and complete acquisitions of suitable properties could adversely affect our operating results and cash flows.

Our defined benefit pension plans are currently underfunded.

We have a qualified defined benefit pension plan covering certain of our current and former employees which, at December 31, 2021 was 95.4% funded. Future actions involving our qualified and unqualified defined benefit and other postretirement plans, such as annuity buyouts and lump-sum payouts could cause us to incur significant pension and postretirement settlement and curtailment charges and may require cash contributions to maintain a legally required funded status.

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The measurement of the pension benefit obligation, determination of pension plan net periodic costs and the requirements for funding our pension plans are based on a number of actuarial assumptions. The most critical assumption is the discount rate applied to pension plan obligation as changes in long-term interest rates may result in increased pension costs in future periods. Changes in assumptions regarding discount rates could also increase future pension costs. Changes in any of these factors may significantly impact future contribution requirements. For additional information regarding this matter, see Note 15: Savings Plans, Pension Plans and Other Postretirement Employee Benefits in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

A strike or other work stoppage, or our inability to renew collective bargaining agreements on favorable terms, could adversely affect our financial results.

Certain employees at one of our sawmills, representing 14% of our total workforce, are covered under a collective bargaining agreement which expires in 2023. If our unionized workers were to engage in a strike or other work stoppage, or other non-unionized operations were to become unionized, we could experience a significant disruption of operations at our facilities or higher ongoing labor costs. A strike or other work stoppage in the facilities of any of our major customers or suppliers could also have similar effects on us.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

Information on our locations and facilities is included above in Part I – Item 1. Business under each of the respective segment headers.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We believe there is no pending or threatened litigation that could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

Not applicable.

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PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Our common stock trades on The Nasdaq Global Select Market (NASDAQ) with the ticker symbol “PCH”. There were approximately 1,254 stockholders of record as of February 11, 2022.

RECENT SALE OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES

Shares Issued in Connection with the Loutre Land and Timber Company (Loutre) Merger

On December 21, 2021, the company issued 1,962,352 shares of its common stock, $1.00 par value, to the shareholders of Loutre as consideration for their Loutre shares in connection with our merger with Loutre. The issuance of the shares of our common stock to the Loutre shareholders was deemed to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D as promulgated thereunder. The shares were not sold through any general solicitation or advertisement. The Loutre shareholders received written disclosure that the securities had not been registered under the Securities Act.

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

On August 30, 2018, our board of directors authorized management to repurchase up to $100.0 million of common stock with no time limit set for the repurchase (the Repurchase Program). No repurchases were made by the company during 2021. Total shares repurchased under the Repurchase Program for the year ended December 31, 2020 was 489,850 for total consideration of $15.4 million. All common stock purchases were made in open-market transactions. At December 31, 2021, we had remaining authorization of $59.5 million for future stock repurchases under the Repurchase Program.

Shares under the Repurchase Program may be repurchased in open market transactions, including pursuant to a trading plan adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Trading Plan), or through privately negotiated transactions. The timing, manner, price and amount of repurchases will be determined according to the Trading Plan, and, subject to the terms of the Trading Plan, and the Repurchase Program may be suspended, terminated or modified at any time for any reason.

We record share purchases upon trade date, as opposed to the settlement date when cash is disbursed. We record a liability to account for repurchases that have not been settled. There were no unsettled repurchases at December 31, 2021 and 2020.

EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

Information required by this item with respect to equity compensation plans is included under the caption “Equity Compensation Plan Information” in our definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC on or about March 29, 2022 and is incorporated herein by reference.

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Company Stock Price Performance

The following graph and table show a five-year comparison of cumulative total stockholder returns for our company, the NAREIT Equity Index, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Index and a group of four companies that we refer to as our peer group index for the period ended December 31, 2021. The total stockholder return assumes $100 invested at December 31, 2016, with quarterly reinvestment of all dividends.

Our peer group index for 2021 consists of Rayonier Inc., St. Joe Co., UFP Industries and Weyerhaeuser Co. Returns are weighted based on market capitalizations as of the beginning of each year. Deltic has been excluded from our peer group index in the above table and graph for all years presented due to our merger in 2018. Our 2018 return includes the impact of the Deltic earnings and profits special distribution of approximately $3.54 per share. Our 2021 return includes the impact of our special dividend of $4.00 per share. See Note 3: Earnings Per Share in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

The performance graph above is being furnished solely to accompany this Report pursuant to Item 201(e) of Regulation S-K and is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and is not to be incorporated by reference into any of our filings, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation in such filing.

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (MD&A)

The following discussion is intended to promote understanding of the results of operations and financial condition. MD&A is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, Part I – Item 1. Business, Item 1.A. Risk Factors and Part II – Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data contained in this report. This section generally discusses the results of operations for 2021 compared to 2020. For a discussion comparing our results of operations and liquidity and capital resources for the year ended December 31, 2020 to 2019, refer to this same section (Part II, Item 7) in our 2020 annual report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on February 18, 2021.

Our Company

Our operations are organized into three business segments: Timberlands, Wood Products and Real Estate. Our Timberlands segment supplies our Wood Products segment with a portion of its wood fiber needs. These intersegment revenues are based on prevailing market prices and represent a significant portion of the Timberlands segment’s total revenues. Our other segments generally do not generate intersegment revenues. In the discussion of our consolidated results of operations, our revenues and expenses are reported after elimination of intersegment revenues and expenses. In the Business Segment Results discussion below, each segment’s revenues and expenses, as applicable, are presented before elimination of intersegment revenues and expenses.

The operating results of our Timberlands, Wood Products and Real Estate business segments have been and will continue to be affected by the cyclical nature of the forest products industry. Log and pulpwood sales volumes in our Timberlands segment are typically lower in the first half of each year as winter rains in the Southern region and spring thaw in the Northern region limit timber harvesting operations due to softened roadbeds and wet logging conditions that restrict access to logging sites. The third quarter is typically our Timberlands segment's strongest production quarter. Demand for our manufactured wood products typically decreases in the winter months when construction activity is slower, while demand typically increases during the spring, summer and fall when construction activity is generally higher. Rural real estate dispositions and acquisitions can be adversely affected when access to any properties to be sold or considered for acquisition are limited due to adverse weather conditions. Development real estate sales at Chenal Valley occur throughout the year and can fluctuate based on lot availability, builder demand and market conditions. Historically, most sales have taken place in the second half of the year as builders prepare for the following spring and summer traditional home building and buying season.

Additionally, our business segments have been and will continue to be influenced by a variety of other factors, including tariffs, quotas and trade agreements, changes in timber prices and in harvest levels from our timberlands, competition, timberland valuations, demand for our non-strategic timberland for higher and better use purposes, lumber prices, weather conditions impacting our ability to harvest on our timberlands, disruptions or inefficiencies in our supply chain including the availability of transportation and loggers, the efficiency and level of capacity utilization of our Wood Products manufacturing operations, changes in our principal expenses such as log costs, asset dispositions or acquisitions, impact of pandemics (such as COVID-19 and its variants), fires (such as the Ola, Arkansas sawmill fire and fires on our timberlands), other natural disasters and other factors.

Non-GAAP Measures

To supplement our financial statements presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP), we use certain non-GAAP measures on a consolidated basis, including Adjusted EBITDDA and Cash Available for Distribution (CAD), which are defined and further explained and reconciled to the nearest GAAP measure in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section below. Our definitions of these non-GAAP measures may differ from similarly titled measures used by others. These non-GAAP measures should be considered supplemental to and not a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.

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Adjusted EBITDDA is a non-GAAP measure that management uses in evaluating performance and allocating resources between segments, and that investors can use to evaluate the operational performance of the assets under management. It removes the impact of specific items that management believes do not directly reflect the core business operations on an ongoing basis. This measure should not be considered in isolation from and is not intended to represent an alternative to, our results reported in accordance with GAAP. Management believes that this non-GAAP measure, when read in conjunction with our GAAP financial statements, provides useful information to investors by facilitating the comparability of our ongoing operating results over the periods presented, the ability to identify trends in our underlying business and the comparison of our operating results against analyst financial models and operating results of other public companies that supplement their GAAP results with non-GAAP financial measures.

Our definition of EBITDDA and Adjusted EBITDDA may be different from similarly titled measures reported by other companies. We define EBITDDA as net income before interest expense, income taxes, basis of real estate sold, depreciation, depletion and amortization. Adjusted EBITDDA further excludes certain specific items that are considered to hinder comparison of the performance of our businesses either year-on-year or with other businesses. See Note 2: Segment Information in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for information related to the use of segment Adjusted EBITDDA.

Business and Economic Conditions Affecting Our Operations

The demand for timber is affected by the underlying demand for lumber and other wood products, as well as by the demand for pulp, paper and packaging. Our Timberlands and Wood Products segments are impacted by demand for new homes in the U.S. and by repair and remodel activity, a large contributor to residential construction spending.

Overall, housing fundamentals remain strong, driven by a shortage of homes, large millennial demographic entering their prime home-buying years, interest rates remaining below historical averages, the continued remote work evolution and an aging existing housing stock supporting repair and remodel demand. These fundamentals are key drivers for our business and we continue to expect that lumber prices will remain structurally higher than long-term historical averages due to exceptional lumber demand and tight supply. In January 2022, the U.S. Census Bureau reported housing starts for December 2021 were 1.7 million on a seasonally adjusted annual basis, which was only the second time since 2006 the figure topped the 1.7 million mark. Homebuilder confidence remains very strong with the NAHB Homebuilder Index at 83 in January 2022. However, rising construction costs, a persistently tight labor pool, supply chain challenges and consumer concerns about rising interest rates could impact the pace of housing starts. The repair and remodel sector is expected to maintain steady growth in 2022, extending the strength from the pandemic-driven home improvement movement that began in 2020.

During the second quarter of 2021 we experienced a fire at our Ola, Arkansas sawmill, which had an annual capacity of 150 million board feet prior to the fire. The damage was principally limited to the large log primary breakdown machine center. The planer mill, kiln, and shipping department were not affected. We have adequate property damage and business interruption insurance, subject to an applicable deductible, and have begun the reconstruction process at the sawmill. We expect to install the new large-log line in the third quarter of 2022.

In our Wood Products segment, we shipped approximately 1.0 billion board feet of lumber during 2021. Lumber shipments during 2021 were impacted by the Ola sawmill fire, along with COVID-19 absenteeism impacting production. For 2022, we expect to ship approximately 1.0 billion board feet. This estimate reflects continued uncertainty associated with staffing from COVID-19 related absences and the expected timing of the start-up of the large-log line at the Ola, Arkansas sawmill.

In our Timberlands segment, Northern sawlog prices benefitted from Idaho sawlogs prices being indexed on a four-week lag to lumber prices and strong cedar sawlog prices. Southern pine sawlog prices increased as a result of log supply constraints from persistent wet weather during the year. Our harvest volume of 5.5 million tons in 2021 was lower than 2020 primarily due to the fire at the Ola sawmill leading to harvest deferrals and the wet weather in the Southern region hampering harvest activities. In the Northern region, harvest volumes were lower as a result of lighter sawlogs on a tonnage basis and a planned reduction in low-margin pulpwood volume in 2021. Additionally, in 2021 we completed a merger with Loutre Land and Timber Company (Loutre) whereby we acquired 51,340 acres of high-quality, well-stocked timberlands in southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana. For 2022, we expect to harvest approximately 6.1 million tons, with approximately 70% of the volume in the Southern region.

Our Real Estate segment benefitted from a strong rural and development sales environment, which we expect to continue into 2022. We expect to sell approximately 13,500 acres of rural land and 165 residential development lots during 2022.

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CONSOLIDATED RESULTS

The following table sets forth year-over-year changes in items included in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. Our Business Segment Results provide a more detailed discussion of our segments.

2021 compared with 2020

Revenues

Revenues were approximately $1.3 billion, an increase of $296.5 million compared to 2020, primarily due to historically high lumber and Idaho sawlog prices in 2021. These increases were partially offset by lower lumber shipments which were impacted by the loss of production at our Ola, Arkansas sawmill following a fire in June 2021. Additionally, 2020 includes a 72,440 acre conservation land sale to The Conservation Fund (TCF) for nearly $48 million and the impact of the temporary curtailment and reduced operating posture at our industrial plywood facility.

Cost of goods sold

Cost of goods sold increased $28.1 million compared with 2020, primarily due to higher log, manufacturing and shipping costs on lower lumber shipments in our Wood Products segment, partially offset by lower harvest volumes. Additionally, 2020 included the impact of the temporary curtailment and reduced operating posture at our industrial plywood facility.

Net gain on fire damage

In June 2021, a fire occurred at our Ola, Arkansas sawmill resulting in a $12.1 million charge for the write-off of damaged and obsolete equipment and disposal costs. During 2021, we recognized insurance recoveries of $15.5 million for Ola and timberlands fire damage.

Pension settlement charge

In February 2020, we purchased a group annuity contract from an insurance company to transfer $101.1 million of our outstanding pension benefit obligation related to our qualified pension plans. This transaction was funded with plan assets. In connection with this transaction, we recorded a non-cash pretax settlement charge of $43.0 million in 2020.

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Income taxes

For 2021 we recorded income tax expense of $85.2 million compared to $27.1 million for 2020. Income taxes are primarily due to income generated from our TRS. For 2021, our TRS's income before tax was $345.5 million, primarily due to historically high lumber prices. For 2020, our TRS's income before tax was $113.2 million, which included the $43.0 million pension settlement charge.

Total Adjusted EBITDDA

Total Adjusted EBITDDA for 2021 increased $270.6 million compared to 2020. The increase in Total Adjusted EBITDDA was primarily due to historically high lumber and Idaho sawlog prices. This increase was partly offset by the 72,440 acre conservation sale to TCF in 2020, which was not matched by a similarly-sized sale in 2021. Refer to the Business Segment Results below for further discussions on activities for each of our segments. See Liquidity and Performance Measures for a reconciliation of Total Adjusted EBITDDA to net income, the closest comparable GAAP measure, for each of the periods presented.

BUSINESS SEGMENT RESULTS

Timberlands Segment

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Timberlands Segment Statistics

Timberlands Adjusted EBITDDA

The following table summarizes Adjusted EBITDDA variances for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared with the year ended December 31, 2020:

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2021 compared with 2020

Timberlands Adjusted EBITDDA for 2021 was $262.9 million, an increase of $80.1 million compared to 2020 primarily due to the following:

Wood Products Segment

Wood Products Segment Statistics

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Wood Products Adjusted EBITDDA

The following table summarizes Adjusted EBITDDA variances for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared with the year ended December 31, 2020:

2021 compared with 2020

Wood Products Adjusted EBITDDA for 2021 was $393.9 million, an increase of $217.8 million compared to 2020 primarily due to the following:

Real Estate Segment

Real Estate Segment Statistics

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Development Real Estate

Real Estate Adjusted EBITDDA

The following table summarizes Adjusted EBITDDA variances for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared with the year ended December 31, 2020:

2021 compared with 2020

Real Estate Adjusted EBITDDA for 2021 was $47.5 million, a decrease of $39.0 million compared with 2020 primarily due to the following:

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

An important source of liquidity is cash generated from our operations, which is highly dependent on selling prices for our products, as described in Part I – Item. Business, and can vary from period to period. Changes in significant sources of cash for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are presented by category as follows:

Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Net cash from operating activities increased $169.6 million in 2021 compared to 2020 primarily as a result of the following:

Net Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Changes in cash flows from investing activities were primarily a result of the following:

Net Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Changes in cash flows from financing activities were primarily a result of the following:

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Future Sources and Uses of Cash

At December 31, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents of $296.2 million. We expect cash and cash equivalents and cash generated from operating activities, supplemented by borrowings under our credit agreement, if needed, to be adequate to meet our future cash requirements.

Our material cash commitments arising in the normal course of business under our known contractual and other obligations as of December 31, 2021, primarily relate to purchase obligations, repayments of long-term debt and related interest, payments under operating and financing leases and pension and postretirement benefits. Our purchase obligations and “take or pay” arrangements were approximately $60.7 million, of which $35.3 million is expected to be paid in the next twelve months. Purchase obligations primarily include open purchase orders for goods or services that are legally binding on us and that specify fixed or minimum quantities to be purchased. Purchase obligations also include future payments due under timber cutting contracts, commitments for construction contracts, commitments to complete real estate development projects and commitments to acquire property and equipment in the next twelve months. Additionally, we expect net interest payments on long-term debt, including the impact of any associated interest rate swaps and patronage credits from lenders to be approximately $128.3 million over the term of the loans, of which approximately $25.4 million is expected to be paid in 2022.

For further detail on our debt, lease, and pension and other postretirement plans obligations and timing of expected future payments see Note 9: Debt, Note 13: Leases, and Note 15: Savings Plans, Pension Plans and Other Postretirement Employee Benefit Plans in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Capital Expenditures

We invest cash in maintenance and discretionary capital expenditures at our Wood Products facilities. We also invest cash in the reforestation of timberlands and construction of roads in our Timberlands operations and to develop land in our Real Estate development operations. We evaluate discretionary capital improvements based on an expected level of return on investment. We expect to spend a total of approximately $70 to $75 million for capital expenditures during 2022.

Our 2022 planned capital spend includes approximately $15 million of capital expenditures for the reconstruction of our fire-damaged Ola sawmill, which is largely covered by insurance. We expect the sawmill reconstruction to be substantially completed and the large-log line to be operational in the latter half of 2022. A determination regarding the extent of downtime and costs to repair the Ola sawmill is on-going as the reconstruction progresses. We have adequate property damage and business interruption insurance, subject to an applicable deductible. The timing of expenditures incurred for the sawmill rebuild and economic losses is expected to vary from when we receive proceeds from our insurance carriers.

Share Repurchase Program

On August 30, 2018, the board of directors authorized the repurchase up to $100.0 million of common stock with no time limit set for the repurchase (the Repurchase Program). At December 31, 2021, we had remaining authorization of $59.5 million for future stock repurchase under the Repurchase Program. The timing, manner, price and amount of repurchases will be determined according to the trading plan adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Trading Plan), and, subject to the terms of the Trading Plan, the Repurchase Program may be suspended, terminated or modified at any time for any reason.

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Dividends to Shareholders

Returning cash to shareholders through a secure regular dividend and opportunistic share repurchases is an important and durable part of our disciplined capital allocation strategy. Our board of directors, in its sole discretion, determines the actual amount of dividends to be made to stockholders based on consideration of a number of factors, including, but not limited to, our results of operations, cash flow and capital requirements, economic conditions in our industry and in the markets for our products, borrowing capacity, debt covenant restrictions, future acquisitions and dispositions, and REIT requirements. Generally, a REIT must distribute its taxable income each year and there is a 20% limit on the value of our TRS, including cash, that can be retained. Our strong financial performance, driven by record lumber and indexed sawlog prices during 2021, generated large cash balances in both our REIT and TRS. As a result, on December 3, 2021, our board of directors approved a special, one-time cash dividend of $4.00 per share, or $276.3 million in aggregate, that was paid on December 31, 2021.

The following table summarizes the historical tax characteristics of dividends to shareholders for the years ended December 31:

On February 11, 2022, the board of directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.44 per share payable on March 31, 2022, to stockholders of record as of March 4, 2022.

Long-Term Debt and Credit Agreement

At December 31, 2021, our total outstanding net long-term debt was $758.3 million. We expect to refinance a $40.0 million term loan expiring in December 2022 at maturity, which is covered by a forward starting interest rate swap that hedges the variability in future benchmark interest payments attributable to changes in interest rates. All interest rates on our outstanding long-term debt are fixed rates under fixed rate loans or variable rate loans with an associated interest rate swap that fixes the variable benchmark interest rate component.

We have a $300.0 million revolving line of credit with a syndicate of lenders, providing loans for us through February 14, 2027. Under the terms of the Amended Credit Agreement, the amount of available principal may be increased up to an additional $500.0 million. We may also utilize borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement to, among other things, refinance existing indebtedness and provide funding for working capital requirements, capital projects, acquisitions, and other general corporate expenditures. At December 31, 2021, there were no borrowings under the revolving line of credit and approximately $1.0 million of the credit facility was utilized by outstanding letters of credit.

Our credit agreement, variable rate term loans with $403.5 million in principal and our interest rate derivative agreements have an interest rate tied to LIBOR. On March 5, 2021, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates LIBOR, announced that the US Dollar LIBOR will no longer be published after June 30, 2023. The market transition away from LIBOR to an alternative reference rate is complex. While we expect LIBOR to be available in substantially its current form until at least through June 30, 2023, it is possible that LIBOR will become unavailable prior to that point. We continue to evaluate and monitor market developments regarding the alternative rates, will work with our lenders and counterparties to identify a suitable replacement rate, and may amend certain debt and interest rate derivative agreements to accommodate those rates.

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Financial Covenants

The Amended Credit Agreement and the Amended Term Loan Agreement (collectively referred to as the Agreements) contain certain covenants that limit our ability and that of our subsidiaries to create liens, merge or consolidate, dispose of assets, incur indebtedness and guarantees, repurchase or redeem capital stock and indebtedness, make certain investments or acquisitions, enter into certain transactions with affiliates or change the nature of our business. The Agreements also contain financial maintenance covenants including the maintenance of a minimum interest coverage ratio and a maximum leverage ratio. We are permitted to pay dividends to our stockholders under the terms of the Agreements so long as we expect to remain in compliance with the financial maintenance covenants.

The Interest Coverage Ratio is EBITDDA, which is defined in the Agreements as net income adjusted for interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization, the basis of real estate sold and non-cash equity compensation expense, divided by interest expense for the same period.

The Leverage Ratio is our Total Funded Indebtedness divided by our Total Asset Value (TAV). Our Total Funded Indebtedness consists of long-term debt, including any current portion of long-term debt, finance lease liabilities, revolving line of credit borrowings and the amount outstanding under the letter of credit subfacility.

The following table presents the components and applicable limits of TAV at December 31, 2021.

At December 31, 2021, we were in compliance with all covenants under the Agreements. The table below sets forth the financial covenants for the Agreements and our status with respect to these covenants at December 31, 2021:

Credit Ratings

Two major debt rating agencies routinely evaluate our debt and our cost of borrowing can increase or decrease depending on our credit rating. Both Moody’s and S&P rate our debt as investment grade.

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Capital Structure