-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, NuC8Hbf4XNFjGMX2gv1bScFlqKMMEA8YpNR+rLKVRaTH5JlSbtbKP559Y73Lajfz thzHhvEG1l4vxGAL1z2c0A== 0001193125-06-036731.txt : 20060222 0001193125-06-036731.hdr.sgml : 20060222 20060222163621 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-06-036731 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051225 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060222 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060222 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WEYERHAEUSER CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000106535 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: LUMBER & WOOD PRODUCTS (NO FURNITURE) [2400] IRS NUMBER: 910470860 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WA FISCAL YEAR END: 1226 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04825 FILM NUMBER: 06636571 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 33663 WEYERHAEUSER WAY SOUTH CITY: FEDERAL WAY STATE: WA ZIP: 98003 BUSINESS PHONE: 2539242345 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 33663 WEYERHAEUSER WAY SOUTH CITY: FEDERAL WAY STATE: WA ZIP: 98003 10-K 1 d10k.htm FORM 10-K Form 10-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 10-K

 


 

x  Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 25, 2005

 

or

 

¨  Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

 

Commission File Number 1-4825

 

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY

 

A WASHINGTON CORPORATION

 

91-0470860

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

FEDERAL WAY, WASHINGTON 98063-9777 TELEPHONE (253) 924-2345

 

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OF THE ACT:

 

Title of Each Class


 

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered:


Common Shares ($1.25 par value)

  Chicago Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Pacific Stock Exchange

Exchangeable Shares (no par value)

  Toronto Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  x  Yes    ¨  No.

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  ¨  Yes    x  No.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  x  Yes    ¨  No.

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ¨.

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer.

 

Large accelerated filer  x    Accelerated filer  ¨    Non-accelerated filer  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). ¨  Yes    x  No.

 

As of June 24, 2005, 242,848,231 shares of the registrant’s common stock ($1.25 par value) were outstanding and the aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting shares held by non-affiliates was approximately $15,811,848,320.

 

As of January 27, 2006, 243,255,926 shares of the registrant’s common stock ($1.25 par value) were outstanding.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

Portions of the Notice of 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement for the company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held April 20, 2006, are incorporated by reference into Part II and III.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Part I    Page No.
Item 1.   Business    3, 5-13
Item 1A.   Risk Factors    4-5
Item 1B.   Unresolved Staff Comments    5
Item 2.   Properties    13-15
Item 3.   Legal Proceedings    15
Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    15
Part II         
Item 5.   Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities    16
Item 6.   Selected Financial Data    18-20
Item 7.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    21-41
Item 7A.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    42
Item 8.   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data    46-91
Item 9.   Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure    91
Item 9A.   Controls and Procedures    44-45,
91-92
Item 9B.   Other Information    92
Part III         
Item 10.   Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant    92-95
Item 11.   Executive Compensation    95
Item 12.   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters    95
Item 13.   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions    95
Item 14.   Principal Accounting Fees and Services    95
Part IV         
Item 15.   Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules    95-97
    Signatures    98
    Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Financial Statement Schedule    99
   

Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

   100

 

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DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY

 

Weyerhaeuser Company (the company) was incorporated in the state of Washington in January 1900 as Weyerhaeuser Timber Company. It is principally engaged in the growing and harvesting of timber; the manufacture, distribution and sale of forest products; and real estate development and construction. Its business segments are:

 

Ÿ   Timberlands, which includes logs, chips and timber.

 

Ÿ   Wood Products, which includes softwood lumber, plywood, veneer, composite panels, oriented strand board (OSB), hardwood lumber, engineered lumber, raw materials and building materials distribution.

 

Ÿ   Cellulose Fiber and White Papers, which includes pulp, paper and liquid packaging board.

 

Ÿ   Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling.

 

Ÿ   Real Estate and Related Assets.

 

Ÿ   Corporate and Other.

 

Throughout this document, the term “company” refers to Weyerhaeuser Company and all of its majority-owned domestic and foreign subsidiaries and variable interest entities of which Weyerhaeuser Company or its subsidiaries are determined to be the primary beneficiary. The term “Weyerhaeuser” refers to the forest products-based operations and excludes the Real Estate and Related Assets operations.

 

The company has approximately 49,900 employees, of whom 48,300 are employed by Weyerhaeuser, and of this number, approximately 21,000 are covered by collective bargaining agreements, which generally are negotiated on a multi-year basis. Approximately 1,600 of the company’s employees are involved in the activities of its Real Estate and Related Assets segment.

 

The major markets, both domestic and foreign, in which Weyerhaeuser sells its products are highly competitive, with numerous strong sellers competing in each. Many of Weyerhaeuser’s products also compete with substitutes for wood and wood fiber products. The company’s subsidiaries in the Real Estate and Related Assets segment operate in highly competitive markets, competing with numerous regional and national firms in real estate development and construction and other real estate related activities. The company competes in its markets primarily through price, product quality and service levels.

 

In recent years, the company has grown substantially through acquisitions with the purchases of MacMillan Bloedel in 1999, Trus Joist International (Trus Joist) in 2000, and Willamette Industries, Inc. (Willamette) in 2002.

 

In 2005, the company’s sales from continuing operations to customers outside the United States totaled $3.7 billion (including exports of $1.8 billion from the United States, $1.2 billion of Canadian export and domestic sales and $0.7 billion of other foreign sales), or 16 percent of total consolidated sales and revenues, compared with 17 percent in 2004. All sales to customers outside the United States are subject to risks related to international trade and to political, economic and other factors that vary from country to country.

 

Financial information with respect to industry segments and geographical areas is included in Notes 25 and 26 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below.

 

AVAILABLE INFORMATION

 

The company is subject to the information reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act) and the company files periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the company’s business, financial results and other matters. The reports, proxy statements and other information the company files may be inspected and copied at prescribed rates at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy statements and other information regarding issuers like the company that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the SEC’s internet site is www.sec.gov. The company also posts its reports, proxy statements and other information that are transmitted electronically to the SEC on the company’s internet site as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is filed with, or furnished to, the SEC and such information is available free of charge. The company’s internet site is www.weyerhaeuser.com.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

Investing in the company’s securities involves risks. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones the company faces.

 

Strategic Review

The company has been undertaking a strategic review of its asset portfolio. Facilities that do not represent a long-term strategic fit for the company, or that cannot achieve top-quartile performance without significant capital investments, are being assessed for closure or sale. The company’s strategic review has resulted in the sale and closure of several company facilities during 2005 and may result in additional dispositions or closures of company assets in 2006. The impact of these changes in the company’s asset portfolio may result in changes to future company operations that may affect the market price of the company’s securities.

 

Reduction in Credit Rating on Company Debt Securities

The actions taken by the company as a result of its ongoing strategic review of its asset portfolio may affect the credit rating on the company’s debt securities. Credit rating agencies may from time to time change their ratings on the company’s securities as a result of the company’s operating results or actions the company takes or as a result of a change in the views of the credit rating agencies regarding, among other things, the general outlook for the company’s industry or the economy. There can be no assurance that Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s or other rating agencies will not reduce their ratings of the company’s securities or securities that the company may issue in the future or place any of those securities on a so-called “watch list” for possible future downgrading. Any of these events would likely increase the company’s costs of financing and have an adverse effect on the market price of the company’s securities. The credit ratings accorded to the company’s securities are not recommendations to purchase, hold or sell those securities, inasmuch as those ratings do not comment as to the market price or suitability for particular investors.

 

Share Repurchase

On October 21, 2005, the company announced a program to repurchase 18 million shares of its outstanding common stock. See “Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.” The company’s repurchase of its common stock may affect the future market price of the company’s securities.

 

Adverse Effects on Company Operating Results

Historically, the company’s operating results have been affected by a variety of market conditions that influence demand and pricing for the company’s products. Certain factors, such as the health of the economy, the level of interest rates and the strength of the U.S. dollar, are cyclical in nature. Other factors, such as a trend toward electronic substitution for paper, may represent fundamental changes in the marketplace for the company’s products. In addition, the company’s operating results may be adversely affected by increases in raw material, chemicals, energy and transportation costs. See “Economic and Industry Factors Affecting Operations” and “Critical Accounting Policies — Long-Lived Assets and Goodwill” in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

 

Adverse Decision in Paragon Trade Brands Bankruptcy Proceedings

In 1999, the Equity Committee (Committee) in the Paragon Trade Brands, Inc. (Paragon), bankruptcy proceeding commenced an adversary proceeding against the company in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia asserting the company breached certain warranties in agreements between Paragon and the company connected with Paragon’s public offering of common stock in February 1993. The Committee sought to recover damages sustained by Paragon in two patent infringement cases, one brought by Procter & Gamble and the other by Kimberly-Clark. In June 2002, the Bankruptcy Court held the company liable for breaches of warranty. In the second quarter of 2005, the Bankruptcy Court imposed damages of approximately $470 million. The company appealed the liability and damages determinations to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and posted a bond of $500 million. The company has not established a reserve for this matter because, based upon the information currently available to the company, including management’s belief that an adverse result is not probable because the company will prevail on appeal, management believes the requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies (Statement 5), for establishing a reserve in this matter have not been met. However, there is no guarantee that management will not determine in the future that a charge for all or a portion

 

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of any damage award is required. Any such charge could materially and adversely affect the company’s results of operations for the quarter or the year in which such a charge may be recognized.

 

Adverse Verdict in Alder Log Antitrust Cases

In December 2000, a lawsuit was filed against the company in U.S. District Court in Oregon (the Initial Alder Case) alleging that from 1996 to the present, the company had monopoly power or attempted to gain monopoly power in the Pacific Northwest market for alder logs and finished alder lumber. A jury verdict of trebled damages of $79 million was appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit where the decision was upheld. In September 2005, the company asked for discretionary review of the Initial Alder Case by the U.S. Supreme Court. In November 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court asked the Solicitor General to express the opinions of the United States on whether to accept review.

 

In January 2005, the company received a copy of a “complaint in equity” filed in U.S. District Court in Oregon to set aside the judgment in the Initial Alder Case on behalf of a plaintiff who did not prevail in the trial. It alleged a fraud was committed on the court and requested judgment against the plaintiff be vacated and a new trial set on plaintiff’s claim of monopolization of the alder sawlog market. Trebled damages of $20 million are alleged. The U.S. District Court stayed this matter until the U.S. Supreme Court takes final action in the Initial Alder Case. The company denies the allegations in the complaint and intends to vigorously defend the matter.

 

In June 2003, Washington Alder filed an antitrust lawsuit against the company in U.S. District Court in Oregon alleging monopolization of the alder log and lumber markets and seeking trebled damages of $36 million and divestiture of the company’s Northwest Hardwoods Division and alder sawmills in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. A jury verdict of trebled damages of $16 million was appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. After oral argument in November 2005, the matter was stayed pending a final disposition by the U.S. Supreme Court of the Initial Alder Case.

 

In 2004, the company settled similar lawsuits filed against the company by five hardwood mill owners in the U.S. District Court in Oregon.

 

In April 2004, a civil class action antitrust lawsuit was filed against the company in U.S. District Court in Oregon claiming that as a result of the company’s alleged monopolization of the alder sawlog market in the Pacific Northwest as determined in the Initial Alder Case, the company monopolized the market for finished alder and charged monopoly prices for finished alder lumber. In December 2004, the Judge issued an order certifying the plaintiff as a class representative for all U.S. purchasers of finished alder lumber between April 28, 2000, and March 31, 2004, for purposes of awarding monetary damages. The company disagrees with the allegations in the lawsuit and intends to continue vigorously defending the case. In February 2005, class counsel notified the court that approximately 5 percent of the class members opted out of the class action lawsuit. The company has no litigation pending with any entity that has opted out of the class, but it is possible that entities that have opted out may file lawsuits against the company in the future. The case was stayed in the fourth quarter of 2005 pending the U.S. Supreme Court entering a final opinion in the Initial Alder Case.

 

As of December 25, 2005, the company has a reserve of $95 million related to the alder cases. While the company believes the reserve established for the alder antitrust litigation is adequate, the company is unable to estimate what additional charges, if any, may be required in the future because of the uncertainties surrounding the litigation process.

 

UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

 

There are no unresolved comments that were received from the SEC staff relating to the company’s periodic or current reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

BUSINESS SEGMENTS

 

TIMBERLANDS

Weyerhaeuser is engaged in the management of 5.7 million acres of company-owned and 0.7 million acres of leased commercial forestland in North America (4.2 million acres in the southern United States and 2.2 million acres in the Pacific Northwest and Canada), most of it highly productive and located extremely well to serve both domestic and international markets. Weyerhaeuser also has renewable, long-term licenses on 27.6 million acres of forestland located in five provinces throughout Canada. The aggregate standing timber inventory on Weyerhaeuser’s North American lands is approximately

 

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335 million cunits (a cunit is 100 cubic feet of solid wood). The relationship between cubic measurement and the quantity of end products that may be produced from timber varies according to the species, size and quality of timber, and will change through time as the mix of these variables changes. The end products are generally measured in board feet for lumber and square feet for panel products. To sustain the timber supply from its fee timberlands, Weyerhaeuser is engaged in extensive planting, suppression of nonmerchantable species, precommercial and commercial thinning, fertilization, and operational pruning, all of which increase the yield from its fee timberland acreage.

 

Weyerhaeuser also manages forestlands in the Southern Hemisphere. The results of these international operations are included in the Corporate and Other segment.

 

    Millions of
Cunits


   Thousands of Acres at December 25, 2005

Geographic Area


  Inventory

   Fee
Ownership


  

Long-Term

Leases


  

License

Arrangements


   Total

United States

                       

West

                  63    2,237          2,237

South

  50    3,429    745       4,174
   
  

Total United States

  113    5,666    745       6,411
   
  

Canada

                       

Alberta

  79          5,309    5,309

British Columbia

  10          2,565    2,565

New Brunswick

  1          177    177

Ontario

  50    1       7,334    7,335

Saskatchewan

  82          12,214    12,214
   
  

Total Canada

  222    1       27,599    27,600
   
  

Subtotal North America

  335    5,667    745    27,599    34,011

International (1)(2)

  4    213    13    76    302
   
  

Total

  339    5,880    758    27,675    34,313
   
  
    Thousands of Acres   

Millions of

Seedlings

Planted

   Thousands of Acres
2005 Activity   Harvested (3)    Planted (4)       Stocking
Control
   Fertilization

United States

                       

West

  48.3    51.0    21.9    9.6    61.8

South

  157.5    130.0    58.3    2.5    377.4
   

Total United States

  205.8    181.0    80.2    12.1    439.2
   

Canada

                       

Alberta

  23.3    14.1    7.8    21.4   

British Columbia

  14.9    10.2    6.0    1.8   

New Brunswick

  4.2    0.1    0.1    1.7   

Ontario

  31.9    10.4    5.2    2.4   

Saskatchewan

  51.1    20.6    8.6    1.2   
   

Total Canada

  125.4    55.4    27.7    28.5   
   

International (1)(2)

  4.8    3.6    1.4    9.6    1.9
   

Total

  336.0    240.0    109.3    50.2    441.1
   

 

(1) International represents timberlands outside of North America, the activities of which are reported in the Corporate and Other segment.
(2) Includes Weyerhaeuser percentage ownership of timberlands owned and managed through joint ventures.
(3) Includes 1,200 acres of right-of-way and other harvest that does not require planting.
(4) Represents acres planted with seedlings. In Canada, natural regeneration is also used to reforest areas that have been harvested.

 

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Net Sales (1):   2005      2004      2003      2002      2001
In millions of dollars                                          

To unaffiliated customers:

                                         

Logs

  $ 761      $ 822      $ 730      $ 657      $ 519

Other products

    286        280        264        273        220
   
    $ 1,047      $ 1,102      $ 994      $ 930      $ 739
   

Intersegment sales

  $ 1,794      $ 1,622      $ 1,605      $ 1,545      $ 1,242
   
Sales Volumes (1):   2005      2004      2003      2002      2001
In thousands                                          

Logs – cunits

    3,552        3,920        4,125        3,600        2,745
Selected Published Product Prices:   2005      2004      2003      2002      2001

Export logs (#2 sawlog-bark on) – $/MBF

                                         

Coastal – Douglas fir – Longview

  $ 780      $ 780      $ 707      $ 697      $ 757

Coastal – Hemlock

    439        386        354        416        398

 

(1) Reflects the acquisition of Willamette in February 2002 and the divestiture of the company’s B.C. coastal operations in May 2005.

 

WOOD PRODUCTS

Weyerhaeuser’s wood products businesses produce and sell softwood lumber, plywood, veneer, composite panels, OSB, hardwood lumber, and engineered lumber products. These products are sold primarily through Weyerhaeuser’s own sales organizations and building materials distribution business. The raw materials required to produce these products are purchased from third parties or transferred at market price from Weyerhaeuser’s Timberlands segment. Building materials, including products not produced by Weyerhaeuser, are sold to wholesalers, retailers and industrial users.

 

Net Sales (1):   2005      2004      2003      2002      2001
In millions of dollars                                          

Softwood lumber

  $ 3,624      $ 3,915      $ 3,281      $ 3,186      $ 2,751

Plywood

    735        929        784        700        519

Veneer

    44        44        39        34        21

Composite panels

    497        501        393        379        162

Oriented strand board

    1,164        1,390        1,109        649        579

Hardwood lumber

    390        365        350        333        318

Engineered I-Joists

    756        678        540        486        485

Engineered solid section

    896        734        564        500        488

Logs

    62        125        105        253        227

Other products

    1,227        1,162        1,020        1,027        912
   
    $ 9,395      $ 9,843      $ 8,185      $ 7,547      $ 6,462
   
Sales Volumes (1):   2005      2004      2003      2002      2001
In millions                                          

Softwood lumber – board feet

    8,650        8,890        8,981        8,623        7,351

Plywood – square feet (3/8”)

    2,180        2,629        2,665        2,685        1,891

Veneer – square feet (3/8”)

    231        225        239        218        151

Composite panels – square feet (3/4”)

    1,229        1,234        1,162        1,092        331

Oriented strand board – square feet (3/8”)

    3,948        4,213        4,361        4,205        3,738

Hardwood lumber – board feet

    427        417        435        435        420

Engineered I-Joists – lineal feet

    484        496        447        400        373

Engineered solid section – cubic feet

    38        37        32        28        25

Logs – cunits (in thousands)

    451        934        799        1,657        1,575

 

(1) Reflects the acquisition of Willamette in February 2002 and the divestiture of the company’s B.C. coastal operations in May 2005.

 

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Selected Published Product Prices:   2005      2004      2003      2002      2001

Lumber (common) – $/MBF

                                         

2x4 Douglas fir (kiln dried)

  $ 406      $ 459      $ 347      $ 328      $ 334

2x4 Douglas fir (green)

    355        406        307        289        297

2x4 Southern yellow pine (kiln dried)

    421        387        330        302        325

2x4 Spruce-pine-fir (kiln dried)

    322        361        242        236        250

Plywood (1/2” CDX) – $/MSF

                                         

West

    386        448        367        287        294

South

    353        403        335        248        263

Oriented strand board (7/16”-24/16”)

                                         

North Central price – $/MSF

    323        374        295        160        160

 

CELLULOSE FIBER AND WHITE PAPERS

Weyerhaeuser’s cellulose fiber and white papers businesses produce papergrade, absorbent, dissolving and specialty grades of pulp that are marketed worldwide; coated and uncoated papers and business forms that are marketed through Weyerhaeuser’s own sales force into multiple channels to market; and liquid packaging board used primarily in the production of containers designed to hold liquid products.

 

In addition, Weyerhaeuser has a 50 percent interest in North Pacific Paper Corporation (NORPAC), a joint venture that owns a newsprint manufacturing facility in Washington state.

 

Net Sales (1):   2005      2004      2003      2002      2001
In millions of dollars                                          

Pulp

  $ 1,482      $ 1,471      $ 1,305      $ 1,196      $ 1,134

Paper

    2,417        2,226        2,182        2,163        1,037

Coated groundwood

    180        156        140        126        148

Liquid packaging board

    203        208        198        179        198

Other products

    54        54        26        19        19
   
    $ 4,336      $ 4,115      $ 3,851      $ 3,683      $ 2,536
   
Sales Volumes (1):   2005      2004      2003      2002      2001
In thousands                                          

Pulp – air-dry metric tons

    2,502        2,558        2,479        2,378        2,113

Paper – tons (2)

    2,996        2,876        2,822        2,742        1,301

Coated groundwood – tons

    232        243        234        210        206

Liquid packaging board – tons

    258        276        256        229        243

Paper converting – tons

    1,964        1,839        1,847        1,823        831
Selected Published Product Prices:   2005      2004      2003      2002      2001
Per ton                                          

Pulp – NBKP-air-dry metric-U.S.

  $ 646      $ 640      $ 553      $ 488      $ 547

Paper – uncoated free sheet-U.S.

    709        658        622        658        695

 

(1) Reflects the acquisition of Willamette in February 2002.
(2) Paper sales include unprocessed rolls and converted paper volumes.

 

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CONTAINERBOARD, PACKAGING AND RECYCLING

Weyerhaeuser’s containerboard, packaging and recycling businesses produce linerboard, corrugating medium and kraft paper, industrial and agricultural packaging, inks, printing plates, graphics packaging, single-face and pre-print products, retail packaging displays, and paper bags and sacks. These products are sold to domestic and foreign customers through Weyerhaeuser’s own sales force and agents. The segment also operates an extensive wastepaper collection system supplying company mills and worldwide customers.

 

Net Sales (1):   2005      2004      2003      2002      2001
In millions of dollars               

Containerboard

  $ 395      $ 368      $ 304      $ 350      $ 346

Packaging

    3,710        3,584        3,544        3,466        2,471

Recycling

    352        347        247        229        212

Kraft bags and sacks

    83        80        80        75       

Other products

    167        156        147        92        67
   
    $ 4,707      $ 4,535      $ 4,322      $ 4,212      $ 3,096
   
Sales Volumes (1):   2005      2004      2003      2002      2001
In thousands               

Containerboard – tons

    1,046        1,001        890        983        883

Packaging – MSF

    73,631        72,885        72,741        70,330        48,870

Recycling – tons

    2,728        2,694        2,290        2,292        2,837

Kraft bags and sacks – tons

    89        95        100        93       
Selected Published Product Prices:   2005      2004      2003      2002      2001

Per ton

              

Linerboard – 42 lb.-Eastern U.S.

  $ 414      $ 411      $ 366      $ 383      $ 424

Recycling – old corrugated containers

    70        80        61        60        40

Recycling – old newsprint

    55        57        40        36        25

 

(1) Reflects the acquisition of Willamette in February 2002.

 

REAL ESTATE AND RELATED ASSETS

The Real Estate and Related Assets segment includes Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company (WRECO), a wholly-owned subsidiary, and the company’s other real estate related activities. WRECO is primarily engaged in developing single-family housing and residential lots for sale, including development of master-planned communities. Operations are concentrated mainly in selected metropolitan areas in California, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. Additionally, WRECO is an investor and investment manager for institutional investors in residential real estate.

 

Revenue:   2005      2004      2003      2002      2001  
In millions of dollars                 
    $ 2,915      $ 2,495      $ 2,029      $ 1,750      $ 1,461  
Single-family Unit Statistics:   2005      2004      2003      2002      2001  

Homes sold

    5,685        5,375        5,005        4,374        3,868  

Homes closed

    5,647        5,264        4,626        4,280        3,651  

Homes sold but not closed

    2,410        2,372        2,261        1,882        1,788  

Gross margin (%)

    32.8 %      29.7 %      25.7 %      24.2 %      23.1 %

 

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CORPORATE AND OTHER

Corporate and Other includes marine transportation (Westwood Shipping Lines, a wholly-owned subsidiary), distribution and converting facilities located outside North America, and general corporate support activities.

 

The following international operations are included in Corporate and Other:

 

Ÿ   Weyerhaeuser, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Weyerhaeuser New Zealand Inc., owns a 51 percent financial interest and has a 50 percent voting interest in Nelson Forests Joint Venture, a New Zealand joint venture located on the northern end of the South Island. The joint venture assets consist of 148,000 acres of Crown Forest License cutting rights, 39,000 acres of freehold land and the Kaituna sawmill, with a capacity of 21 million board feet. Weyerhaeuser is responsible for the management and marketing activities of this joint venture. In February 2006, the company announced its intent to sell its New Zealand assets.

 

Ÿ   Weyerhaeuser, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Weyerhaeuser Australia Pty. Ltd., owns a 70 percent interest in Pine Solutions, Australia’s largest softwood timber distributor, and two sawmills with a combined production capacity of 162 million board feet of lumber.

 

Ÿ   Weyerhaeuser, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Weyerhaeuser Forestlands International, is a 50 percent owner and managing general partner in RII Weyerhaeuser World Timberfund, L.P. (WTF), a limited partnership, which makes investments outside the United States. In Australia, WTF owns 56,200 acres of freehold land; leases 3,000 acres of radiata pine plantations; and owns two softwood lumber mills with a capacity of 115 million board feet, a lumber treating operation, a pine moulding plant and remanufacturing plant, a chip export business and a 30 percent interest in Pine Solutions. This partnership also owns a Uruguayan venture, Colonvade, S.A., which owns 245,000 acres of radiata pine and eucalyptus tree plantations.

 

Ÿ   Weyerhaeuser, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Southern Cone Timber Investors Holding Company, LLC, is a 50 percent owner and manager of Southern Cone Timber Investors Limited, a joint venture which holds as its principal assets 68,000 acres of intensively managed radiata pine and eucalyptus tree plantations in Uruguay.

 

Ÿ   Weyerhaeuser, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Weyerhaeuser Uruguay, owns 8,500 acres of timberland and 10,000 acres of softwood cutting rights in Uruguay, and will focus on land and plantation forests and provide international marketing activities on behalf of Weyerhaeuser’s joint ventures in Uruguay.

 

Ÿ   Weyerhaeuser, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Weyerhaeuser Brazil S.A., is a 67 percent owner and manager of Aracruz Produtos de Madeira, a hardwood sawmill with a capacity of 23 million board feet. The sawmill produces high-value eucalyptus lumber and related appearance wood products.

 

Ÿ   Weyerhaeuser owns one composite panel facility in Ireland with a production capacity of 234 million square feet (3/4” basis) of medium-density fiberboard.

 

Net Sales (1):    2005      2004      2003      2002      2001
In millions of dollars                                           
     $ 600      $ 575      $ 492      $ 399      $ 251

 

(1) Reflects the acquisition of Willamette Industries in February 2002.

 

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NATURAL RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

 

Growing and harvesting timber is subject to numerous laws and government policies to protect the environment, nontimber resources such as wildlife and water, and other social values. Changes in those laws and policies can significantly affect local or regional timber harvest levels and market values of timber-based raw materials.

 

In the United States, a number of fish and wildlife species that inhabit geographic areas near or within company timberlands have been listed as threatened or endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) or similar state laws. Federal ESA listings include the northern spotted owl, marbled murrelet, a number of salmon species, bull trout and steelhead trout in the Pacific Northwest and the red-cockaded woodpecker, gopher tortoise and American burying beetle in the Southeast. Listings of additional species or populations may result from pending or future citizen petitions or be initiated by federal or state agencies. Federal and state requirements to protect habitat for threatened and endangered species have resulted in restrictions on timber harvest on some timberlands, including some timberlands of Weyerhaeuser. Additional listings of fish and wildlife species as endangered, threatened or sensitive under the ESA and similar state laws as well as regulatory actions taken by federal or state agencies to protect habitat for these species may, in the future, result in additional restrictions on timber harvests and other forest management practices, could increase operating costs, and could affect timber supply and prices.

 

In the United States, federal, state and local regulations protecting water quality and wetlands also could affect future harvest and forest management practices on some of Weyerhaeuser’s timberlands. Forest practice acts in some states in the United States increasingly affect present or future harvest and forest management activities. For example, in some states, these acts limit the size of clearcuts, require some timber to be left unharvested to protect water quality and fish and wildlife habitat, regulate construction and maintenance of forest roads, require reforestation following timber harvest, and contain procedures for state agencies to review and approve proposed forest practice activities. Some states and some local governments regulate certain forest practices through various permit programs. Each state in which Weyerhaeuser owns 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, or achieve other public policy objectives.

 

Weyerhaeuser operates under the Sustainable Forestry Initiative®, a certification standard designed to supplement government regulatory programs with voluntary landowner initiatives to further protect certain public resources and values. The Sustainable Forestry Initiative® is an independent standard, overseen by a governing board consisting of conservation organizations, academia, the forest industry, and large and small forest landowners. Compliance with the Sustainable Forestry Initiative® may result in some increases in operating costs and curtailment of timber harvests in some areas.

 

The regulatory and nonregulatory forest management programs described above have increased operating costs, resulted in changes in the value of timber and logs from the company’s timberlands, and contributed to increases in the prices paid for wood products and wood chips during periods of high demand. These kinds of programs can also make it more difficult to respond to rapid changes in markets, extreme weather or other unexpected circumstances. One additional effect may be further reductions in usage of, and some substitution of other products for, lumber and plywood. Weyerhaeuser does not believe that these kinds of programs have had, or in 2006 will have, a significant effect on the company’s total harvest of timber in the United States or any major U.S. region, although they may have such an effect in the future. Further, Weyerhaeuser does not expect to be disproportionately affected by these programs as compared with typical owners of comparable timberlands. Likewise, management expects that these programs will not significantly disrupt Weyerhaeuser’s planned operations over large areas or for extended periods.

 

Weyerhaeuser’s forest operations in Canada are carried out on public forestlands under forest licenses. All forest operations are subject to forest practices and environmental regulations, and operations under licenses also are subject to contractual requirements between the company and the relevant province designed to protect environmental and other social values. In Canada, the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA) was enacted in 2002. SARA enacted protective measures for species identified as being at risk and for critical habitat. To date, SARA has not had a significant effect on Weyerhaeuser’s operations; however, it is anticipated that SARA will over time result in some additional restrictions on timber harvests and other forest management practices and increase some operating costs for operators of forestlands in Canada. For these reasons, SARA is expected to affect timber supply and prices in the future.

 

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Weyerhaeuser participates in the Canadian Standards Association Sustainable Forest Management System standard, a voluntary certification system that further protects certain public resources and values. Compliance with this standard will result in some increases in operating costs and curtailment of timber harvests in some areas in Canada.

 

Many of the Canadian forestlands also are subject to the constitutionally protected treaty or common-law rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada. Most of B.C. is not covered by treaties and, as a result, the claims of B.C.’s aboriginal peoples relating to forest resources are largely unresolved, although many aboriginal groups are actively engaged in treaty discussions with the governments of B.C. and Canada. Final or interim resolution of claims brought by aboriginal groups are expected to result in additional restrictions on the sale or harvest of timber and may increase operating costs and affect timber supply and prices in Canada. The company believes that such claims will not have a significant effect on Weyerhaeuser’s total harvest of timber or production of forest products in 2006, although they may have such an effect in the future.

 

The company also is subject to federal, state and provincial, and local pollution controls with regard to air, water and land; solid and hazardous waste management, disposal and remediation laws and regulations in all areas in which it has operations; as well as market demands with respect to chemical content of some products and use of recycled fiber. Compliance with these laws, regulations and demands usually involves capital expenditures as well as additional operating costs. The company cannot easily quantify future amounts of capital expenditures required to comply with these laws, regulations and demands, or the effects on operating costs, because in some instances, compliance standards have not been developed or have not become final or definitive. In addition, compliance with standards frequently serves other purposes such as extension of facility life, increase in capacity, changes in raw material requirements, or increase in economic value of assets or products. While it is difficult to isolate the environmental component of most manufacturing capital projects, Weyerhaeuser estimates that capital expenditures for environmental compliance were approximately $31 million in 2005 (4 percent of total capital expenditures, excluding acquisitions and Real Estate and Related Assets). Based on its understanding of current regulatory requirements in the United States and Canada, Weyerhaeuser expects that capital expenditures for environmental compliance will be approximately $42 million in 2006 (5 percent of expected total capital expenditures, excluding acquisitions and Real Estate and Related Assets).

 

Weyerhaeuser is involved in the environmental investigation or remediation of numerous sites. Some of the sites are on property presently or formerly owned by the company where the company has the sole obligation to remediate the site or shares that obligation with one or more parties; others are third-party sites involving several parties who have a joint and several obligation to remediate the site; and some are superfund sites where the company has been named as a potentially responsible party. The company’s liability with respect to these sites ranges from insignificant at some sites to substantial at others, depending on the quantity, toxicity and nature of materials deposited by the company at the site and, with respect to some sites, the number and economic viability of the other responsible parties.

 

The company spent approximately $14 million in 2005, and expects to spend approximately $14 million in 2006, on environmental remediation of these sites. It is the company’s policy to accrue for environmental remediation costs when it is determined that it is probable that such an obligation exists and the amount of the obligation can be reasonably estimated. Based on currently available information, the company believes that it is reasonably possible that costs associated with all identified sites may exceed current accruals of $29 million by amounts that may prove insignificant or that could range, in the aggregate, up to approximately $70 million over several years. This estimate of the upper end of the range of reasonably possible additional costs is much less certain than the estimates upon which accruals are currently based and uses assumptions less favorable to the company among the range of reasonably possible outcomes.

 

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has promulgated regulations dealing with air emissions from pulp and paper manufacturing facilities, including regulations on hazardous air pollutants that require use of maximum achievable control technology (MACT) and controls for pollutants that contribute to smog and haze. The U.S. EPA has also adopted MACT standards for air emissions from wood products facilities and industrial boilers. The company anticipates that it might spend as much as $30 million over the next few years to comply with the MACT standards. The company cannot quantify future capital requirements needed to comply with new regulations being developed by the U.S. EPA or Canadian environmental agencies because final rules have not been promulgated. However, at this time the company anticipates that compliance with the new regulations will not result in capital expenditures in any year that are material in relation to the company’s annual capital expenditures.

 

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The American Forest & Paper Association has made a commitment on behalf of all association members of the association to reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 2012. The company also is actively participating in negotiations between the Forest Products Association of Canada and Natural Resources Canada to define industry obligations for complying with Canada’s national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions over the next several years. The company cannot estimate what expenditures may ultimately be required to contribute to these commitments but does not expect significant expenditures in 2006. During 2005, the company continued its work with international, national and regional policy makers in their efforts to develop technically sound and economically viable policies, practices and procedures for measuring, reporting and managing greenhouse gas emissions.

 

The U.S. EPA has repealed the regulations promulgated in 2000 that would have required states to develop total maximum daily load (TMDL) allocations for pollutants in water bodies determined to be water-quality-impaired. However, states continue to promulgate TMDL requirements. The state TMDL requirements may set limits on pollutants that may be discharged to a body of water or set additional requirements, such as best management practices for nonpoint sources, including timberland operations, to reduce the amounts of pollutants. It is not possible to estimate the capital expenditures that may be required for the company to meet pollution allocations across the various proposed state TMDL programs until a specific TMDL is promulgated.

 

PROPERTIES

 

TIMBERLANDS

Timberlands annual fee depletion, which reflects the acquisition of Willamette in February 2002, and the disposition of the company’s B.C. Coastal operations in May 2005, follows:

 

Production:   2005      2004      2003      2002      2001
In thousands                                

Fee depletion – cunits

  8,730      9,013      9,428      9,358      7,662

 

WOOD PRODUCTS

Production capacities, facilities and annual production, which reflect the acquisition of Willamette in February 2002, and the disposition of the company’s B.C. Coastal operations in May 2005, are summarized by major product as follows:

 

Production:  

Production

Capacity

    

Number

of

Facilities

     2005      2004      2003      2002      2001
In millions                                              

Softwood lumber – board feet

  7,050      36      6,986      7,187      7,113      6,831      5,335

Plywood – square feet (3/8”) (1)

  1,030      6      1,155      1,628      1,708      1,776      818

Veneer – square feet (3/8”) (1)(2)

  1,920      10      1,979      2,386      2,199      2,187      1,050

Composite panels – square feet (3/4”)

  1,170      6      1,080      1,066      988      864      93

Oriented strand board – square feet (3/8”)

  4,260      9      4,078      4,081      4,170      4,020      3,443

Hardwood lumber – board feet

  350      8      364      349      373      372      373

Engineered I-Joists – lineal feet (3)

  540      7      483      504      437      409      398

Engineered solid section – cubic feet (3)

  45      14      41      42      34      32      32

 

(1) All Weyerhaeuser plywood facilities also produce veneer.
(2) Veneer production represents lathe production and includes volumes that are further processed into plywood and engineered lumber products by company mills.
(3) All Weyerhaeuser engineered I-Joist facilities also produce engineered solid section.

 

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Principal manufacturing facilities are located as follows:

 

Lumber, plywood and veneer

Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Washington; Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Saskatchewan, Canada

 

Composite panels

Arkansas, Louisiana, Oregon and South Carolina

 

OSB

Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, West Virginia; Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan, Canada

 

Engineered lumber

Alabama, California, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, West Virginia; Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario, Canada

 

Hardwood lumber

Michigan, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin; and British Columbia, Canada

 

CELLULOSE FIBER AND WHITE PAPERS

Production capacities, facilities and annual production, which reflect the acquisition of Willamette in February 2002, are summarized by major product as follows:

Production:   Production
Capacity
     Number
of
Facilities
     2005      2004      2003      2002      2001
In thousands                                              

Pulp – air-dry metric tons

  2,790      12      2,502      2,546      2,522      2,281      2,140

Paper – tons (1)

  3,110      8      3,060      3,006      2,833      2,611      1,244

Coated groundwood – tons

  240      1      234      240      239      210      211

Liquid packaging board – tons

  260      1      264      266      261      227      240

Paper converting – tons

  2,040      17      1,950      1,838      1,785      1,766      777

 

(1) Paper production includes unprocessed rolls and converted paper volumes.

 

Principal manufacturing facilities are located as follows:

 

Pulp

Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Washington; Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Saskatchewan, Canada

 

Paper

Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wisconsin; Ontario and Saskatchewan, Canada

 

Coated groundwood

Mississippi

 

Liquid packaging board

Washington

 

Paper converting

California, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin; Ontario and Saskatchewan, Canada

 

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CONTAINERBOARD, PACKAGING AND RECYCLING

Production capacities, facilities and annual production, which reflect the acquisition of Willamette in February 2002, are summarized by major product as follows:

 

Production:   Production
Capacity
     Number
of
Facilities
     2005      2004      2003      2002      2001
In thousands                                              

Containerboard – tons (1)

  6,600      10      6,268      6,291      6,003      6,004      3,699

Packaging – MSF

  102,700      86      78,089      77,822      77,830      75,100      51,646

Recycling – tons (2)

  N/A      19      6,743      6,718      6,216      6,092      4,726

Kraft bags and sacks – tons

  160      4      88      94      98      93     

 

(1) Containerboard production represents machine production and includes volumes that are further processed into packaging and kraft bags and sacks by company facilities.
(2) Recycling production includes volumes processed in Weyerhaeuser recycling facilities that are consumed by company facilities and brokered volumes.

 

Principal manufacturing facilities are located as follows:

 

Containerboard

Alabama, California, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Oregon; Xalapa, Mexico

 

Packaging

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin; Silao, Ixtac, Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico

 

Specialty packaging

California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio and Oregon

 

Recycling

Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington

 

Kraft bags and sacks

California, Missouri, Oregon, and Texas

 

REAL ESTATE AND RELATED ASSETS

Real estate operations are located as follows:

 

Single-family housing and land development

California, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Virginia and Washington

 

Real estate investment offices

Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Nevada, Virginia, and Washington

 

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and Note 15 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below for a summary of legal proceedings.

 

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

There were no matters submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 25, 2005.

 

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MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

The company’s common stock trades on the following exchanges under the symbol WY: New York Stock Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange and Pacific Stock Exchange. Exchangeable shares of the company trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol WYL. At December 25, 2005, there were approximately 12,151 holders of record of common shares and 1,227 holders of record of exchangeable shares of the company. Dividends per share data and the range of closing market prices for the company’s common stock for each of the four quarters in 2005 and 2004 are included in Note 27 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below.

 

Following is information about securities authorized for issuance under the company’s equity compensation plans:

 

   

Number of

Securities to be

Issued Upon

Exercise of

Outstanding

Options, Warrants

and Rights

(A)

  

Weighted

Average Exercise

Price of

Outstanding

Options, Warrants

and Rights

(B)

  

Number of

Securities

Remaining Available

For Future Issuance

Under Equity

Compensation Plans

(excluding

Securities Reflected

in Column (A))

(C)

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders

  15,778,413    $ 58.19    13,621,881

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders

  N/A      N/A    N/A

Total

  15,778,413    $ 58.19    13,621,881

 

Following is information about common stock repurchases during fourth quarter 2005:

 

   

Total Number

of Shares

(or Units)

Purchased

(A)

  

Average Price

Paid Per

Share (or Unit)

(B)

  

Total Number of

Shares (or Units)

Purchased as Part of

Publicly Announced

Plans or Programs

(C)

  

Maximum Number (or

Approximate Dollar

Value) of Shares (or

Units) that may yet be

Purchased Under the

Plans or Programs

(D)

September 26 – October 30

       N/A        

October 31 – November 27

  173,800    $ 61.38    173,800     

November 28 – December 25

       N/A        

Total

  173,800    $ 61.38    173,800    17,826,200

 

On October 21, 2005, the company announced a stock repurchase program under which it is authorized to repurchase up to 18 million shares of common stock. No expiration date for the program has been set.

 

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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

 

Dollar amounts in millions, except per-share figures

 

Per Share   2005     2004     2003     2002     2001  

Basic earnings from continuing operations before effect of accounting changes

  $ 2.38     5.33     1.37     1.02     1.64  

Basic earnings from discontinued operations

    0.62     0.12     (0.07 )   0.07     (0.03 )

Effect of accounting changes

            (0.05 )(3)        
   
 

Basic net earnings

  $ 3.00     5.45     1.25     1.09     1.61  
   
 

Diluted earnings from continuing operations before effect of accounting changes

  $ 2.36     5.31     1.37     1.02     1.64  

Diluted earnings from discontinued operations

    0.62     0.12     (0.07 )   0.07     (0.03 )

Effect of accounting changes

            (0.05 )(3)        
   
 

Diluted net earnings

  $ 2.98     5.43     1.25     1.09     1.61  
   
 

Dividends paid

  $ 1.90     1.60     1.60     1.60     1.60  

Shareholders’ interest (end of year)

  $ 39.97     38.17     31.95     29.93     30.45  
Financial Position   2005     2004     2003     2002     2001  

Total assets:

                               

Weyerhaeuser

  $ 25,322     27,482     26,595     26,347     16,276  

Real Estate and Related Assets

    2,907     2,472     2,004     1,970     2,017  
   
 
    $ 28,229     29,954     28,599     28,317     18,293  
   
 

Long-term debt (net of current portion):

                               

Weyerhaeuser:

                               

Long-term debt

  $ 7,404     9,277     11,503     11,907     5,095  

Capital lease obligations

    64     86     3     1      
   
 
    $ 7,468     9,363     11,506     11,908     5,095  
   
 

Real Estate and Related Assets:

                               

Long-term debt

  $ 601     853     870     745     522  
   


Shareholders’ interest

  $ 9,800     9,255     7,109     6,623     6,695  

Percent earned on average shareholders’ interest

    7.7 %   15.7 %   4.0 %   3.6 %   5.2 %
Operating Results   2005     2004     2003     2002     2001  

Net sales and revenues:

                               

Weyerhaeuser

  $ 19,714     19,436     17,220     16,086     12,462  

Real Estate and Related Assets

    2,915     2,495     2,029     1,750     1,461  
   


    $ 22,629     21,931     19,249     17,836     13,923  
   


Earnings from continuing operations before effect of accounting changes:

                               

Weyerhaeuser

  $ 124     879     58     13     186  

Real Estate and Related Assets

    458     376     245     211     174  
   


      582     1,255     303     224     360  

Earnings from discontinued operations

    151     28     (15 )   17     (6 )

Effect of accounting changes

            (11 )(3)        
   


Net earnings

  $ 733(1 )   1,283(2 )   277(3 )   241(4 )   354(5 )
   


Statistics (unaudited)   2005     2004     2003     2002     2001  

Number of employees

    49,887     53,646     55,162     56,787     44,843  

Salaries and wages

  $ 2,943     3,043     3,071     2,928     2,296  

Employee benefits

  $ 814     857     795     689     483  

Total taxes

  $ 724     1,087     567     528     486  

Timberlands (thousands of acres):

                               

U.S. and Canadian fee ownership

    5,667     6,379     6,677     7,159     5,935  

U.S. and Canadian long-term leases

    745     779     788     802     514  

Long-term license arrangements in Canada

    27,599     30,435     29,862     34,715     32,605  

Number of shareholder accounts at year-end:

                               

Common

    12,151     12,819     13,726     14,551     16,127  

Exchangeable

    1,227     1,320     1,388     1,450     1,573  

Weighted average shares outstanding (thousands)

    244,447     235,453     221,595     220,927     219,644  

 

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2000     1999     1998     1997     1996     1995  

 

3.50

 

  2.99     1.48     1.72     2.34     3.93  
0.22                      
    (0.43 )(7)                


3.72     2.56     1.48     1.72     2.34     3.93  


 

3.50

 

  2.98     1.47     1.72     2.33     3.92  
0.22                      
    (0.43 )(7)                


3.72     2.55     1.47     1.72     2.33     3.92  


1.60     1.60     1.60     1.60     1.60     1.50  
31.17     30.54     22.74     23.30     23.21     22.57  
2000     1999     1998     1997     1996     1995  
                                 
16,139     16,400     10,934     11,071     10,968     10,359  
2,035     1,939     1,900     2,004     2,628     2,894  


18,174     18,339     12,834     13,075     13,596     13,253  


                                 
                                 
3,953     3,945     3,397     3,483     3,546     2,983  
2     1     2     2     2     2  


3,955     3,946     3,399     3,485     3,548     2,985  


                                 
200     357     580     682     814     1,608  


6,832     7,173     4,526     4,649     4,604     4,486  
12.0 %   9.0 %   6.4 %   7.4 %   10.2 %   18.2 %
2000     1999     1998     1997     1996     1995  
                                 
13,784     11,544     10,050     10,611     10,568     11,318  
1,377     1,236     1,192     1,093     1,009     919  


15,161     12,780     11,242     11,704     11,577     12,237  


                           
627     495     214     271     434     981  
164     121     80     71     29     (182)  


791     616     294     342     463     799  
49                      
    (89 )(7)                


840(6)     527(7)     294(8)     342(9)     463     799(10)  


2000     1999     1998     1997     1996     1995  
47,244     44,770     36,309     35,778     39,020     39,558  
2,260     1,895     1,695     1,706     1,781     1,779  
500     392     351     355     370     408  
826     579     437     478     557     736  
                                 
5,938     5,914     5,099     5,171     5,326     5,302  
521     495     241     237     229     171  
31,648     32,786     27,002     23,715     22,863     22,866  
                                 
17,437     18,732     19,559     20,981     22,528     23,446  
1,736     1,590                  
225,419     205,599     198,914     198,967     198,318     203,525  

 

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(1) 2005 results reflect charges of $840 million less related tax effects of $280 million, or $560 million, for the closure of facilities, impairment of assets, early extinguishment of debt, and litigation charges. 2005 results also reflect benefits of $335 million less related tax effects of $48 million, or $287 million, from the sale of operations and investments, recognition of a deferred gain on the significant sale of nonstrategic timberlands, and a change to begin capitalizing Weyerhaeuser interest on excess qualifying real estate assets. 2005 results also include net income tax expense of $23 million related to repatriation of foreign dividends and changes in income tax laws.
(2) 2004 results reflect charges of $243 million less related tax effects of $83 million, or $160 million, for the early extinguishment of debt, impairment of assets, change in the method of estimating workers’ compensation liabilities, the net book value of technology donated to a university, closure of facilities, litigation charges, and integration and restructuring activities. 2004 results also reflect benefits of $387 million less related tax effects of $132 million, or $255 million, for the significant sale of nonstrategic timberlands in Georgia, sales of facilities, a tenure reallocation agreement with the British Columbia government, and a reduction in the reserve for hardboard siding claims.
(3) 2003 results reflect charges of $379 million less related tax effects of $130 million, or $249 million, for the sale or closure of facilities, integration and restructuring activities, terminating the MacMillan Bloedel pension plan for salaried employees in the United States, litigation charges, and the cumulative effect of a change in an accounting principle. 2003 results also reflect benefits of $230 million less related tax effects of $88 million, or $142 million, for the significant sales of nonstrategic timberlands in western Washington, Tennessee and the Carolinas and a gain on the settlement of an insurance claim.
(4) 2002 results reflect charges of $249 million less related tax effects of $86 million, or $163 million, for the closure of facilities, integration of acquisitions, terminating the MacMillan Bloedel pension plan for salaried employees in the United States, business interruption costs, and the write-off of debt issuance costs. 2002 results also reflect benefits of $164 million less related tax effects of $57 million, or $107 million, for the reversal of countervailing and anti-dumping accruals and the significant sale of nonstrategic timberlands in western Washington.
(5) 2001 results reflect charges of $157 million less related tax effects of $59 million, or $98 million, for the closure of facilities and integration of acquisitions, costs associated with streamlining internal support services, and costs of transitioning to a new shipping fleet. 2001 results also reflect tax benefits of $29 million.
(6) 2000 results reflect charges of $205 million less related tax effects of $76 million, or $129 million, for settlement of hardboard siding claims, closure of facilities, integration of acquisitions, and costs associated with streamlining internal support services.
(7) 1999 results reflect charges of $276 million less related tax effects of $102 million, or $174 million, for the cumulative effect of a change in an accounting principle, impairment of long-lived assets to be disposed of, closure costs related to acquisitions and Year 2000 remediation.
(8) 1998 results reflect charges of $67 million less related tax effects of $25 million, or $42 million, for closure of facilities.
(9) 1997 results reflect net charges of $13 million less related tax effects of $4 million, or $9 million, for closure and restructuring charges, net of gains on the sale of businesses.
(10) 1995 results reflect a charge for disposal of certain real estate assets of $290 million less related tax effect of $106 million, or $184 million.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

 

ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRY FACTORS AFFECTING OPERATIONS

 

Historically, the company’s operating results have been affected by a variety of market conditions that influence demand and pricing for the company’s products. Certain factors, such as the health of the economy and the strength of the U.S. dollar, are cyclical in nature. The global economy, which affects the demand for a number of the company’s products, continued to grow at a healthy pace in 2005. Despite a large and growing trade deficit, the U.S. dollar appreciated through much of the year. A stronger U.S. dollar makes it more difficult for U.S. manufactured goods to compete with international suppliers. Other factors, such as the surge in containerboard capacity in Asia and a trend toward electronic substitution for paper, may represent fundamental changes in the marketplace for the company’s products. Finally, higher energy prices and increased transportation costs, due in part to hurricanes Katrina and Rita, resulted in lower profit margins for many of the company’s operations in 2005.

 

Market pulp demand growth slowed in 2005, consistent with little growth in printing and writing paper production in North America, Europe and Japan. Industry pulp prices were relatively flat compared to 2004. Approximately 35 percent of the company’s pulp production is based in Canada. As a result, the appreciation of the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar adversely affected the competitiveness of these mills.

 

Uncoated free sheet (UCFS) demand in North America fell approximately 4 percent in 2005. UCFS use continues to be negatively affected by the substitution of electronic technologies and competition from other paper grades in commercial printing. On average, industry UCFS prices were up in 2005 versus 2004, but margins were eroded by higher production costs, especially energy. The challenging situation led several North American companies, including Weyerhaeuser, to announce plant closures in 2005.

 

Industry box shipments increased slightly in 2005. Growth in industrial production of non-durable goods, the primary factor affecting demand for boxes, slowed in 2005 due to the stronger U.S. dollar, which eroded the competitive position of U.S. manufacturing. Because the industry’s containerboard capacity has been decreasing for several years, the industry’s operating rate remained near 95 percent. Thus, despite slow growth in demand, average industry prices for 2005 were near 2004 levels.

 

Housing sales and starts increased in 2005 due to an economic and interest rate environment that continued to be favorable. The company’s real estate business operates in some of the stronger housing markets in the United States, such as Southern California, Las Vegas and the Washington D.C. area. Both the number of single-family home sales closed and the average selling price realized by the company’s real estate business increased in 2005.

 

As a result of the strong housing market and remodeling activity, North American demand for lumber and structural panel products remained very high in 2005. The growth in manufacturing capacity, especially for lumber, coupled with improvements in rail transportation resulted in downward pressure on product prices in 2005 compared to 2004 levels.

 

The company’s Canadian lumber and OSB operations were negatively affected by the strong Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar. The U.S./Canadian lumber trade dispute has not been resolved. Duties continued in 2005 for Canadian companies selling lumber into the United States. However, anti-dumping duties paid by the company decreased in 2005, partially due to lower sales resulting from the divestiture of the B.C. Coastal operations. The ongoing nature of the dispute and the multiple venues at which the cases are being heard leave uncertain the fate of the accumulated deposits.

 

The timberlands business was positively affected by the strength in wood products production. Western timber prices benefited from strong lumber demand in the western U.S. markets and steady demand for log exports to Japan. Southern timber prices benefited from tight supply conditions caused by weather and market-related factors.

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The term “company” refers to Weyerhaeuser Company and all of its majority-owned domestic and foreign subsidiaries and variable interest entities of which Weyerhaeuser Company or its subsidiaries are determined to be the primary beneficiary. The term “Weyerhaeuser” refers to the forest products-based operations and excludes the Real Estate and Related Assets operations. The term “price realizations” refers to net selling prices, which include freight and are net of normal sales deductions. The term “contribution to earnings” refers to segment earnings before interest and taxes.

 

The company sold its B.C. Coastal and French composites operations in 2005. The B.C. Coastal and French composites operations are presented as discontinued operations in the Consolidated Statement of Earnings. As a result, consolidated net sales and revenues and operating income presented in the following table do not include activity of the discontinued operations.

 

                       Amount of Change
Consolidated Results   2005      2004      2003    2005 vs. 2004     2004 vs. 2003
Dollar amounts in millions, except per-share figures                                       

Net sales and revenues

  $ 22,629      $ 21,931      $ 19,249    $ 698     $ 2,682

Operating income

    1,359        2,590        1,187      (1,231 )     1,403

Net earnings

    733        1,283        277      (550 )     1,006

Net earnings per share, basic

    3.00        5.45        1.25      (2.45 )     4.20

Net earnings per share, diluted

    2.98        5.43        1.25      (2.45 )     4.18

 

Net sales and revenues increased $698 million, or 3 percent, in 2005 as compared to 2004. The increase was primarily due to a $493 million increase in single-family home sales, due to both strong demand and higher average sales prices, and increases in prices realized in 2005 for fine paper and corrugated packaging.

 

Net earnings decreased $550 million, or 43 percent, in 2005 as compared to 2004. Items that affected net earnings included the following:

 

Ÿ   The company announced the closure or sale of a number of facilities in 2005 as a result of an ongoing strategic review. As a result, the company recognized net pretax charges for closure of facilities of $693 million in 2005 as compared to $17 million in 2004. The majority of the 2005 charges were due to decisions to close the following facilities: Cosmopolis, Washington pulp mill; Dryden, Ontario paper machine; Plymouth, North Carolina containerboard machine; and Prince Albert, Saskatchewan pulp and paper mill. In addition, the company has announced that it plans to sell its composite panels business. The strategic review is not complete and the company may announce further closures or sales in the future.

 

Ÿ   Operating costs increased significantly across the company’s forest products businesses, due primarily to increases in the cost of energy, raw materials, and transportation.

 

Ÿ   Gross margins on sales of single-family homes increased $231 million primarily as a result of increases in average sales prices, a change in the mix of homes sold, and an increase in the number of single-family home sales that were closed.

 

Ÿ   Price realizations in the company’s forest products businesses increased approximately $179 million due primarily to higher average sales prices for fine paper and corrugated packaging.

 

Net sales and revenues increased $2.7 billion, or 14 percent, in 2004 as compared to 2003. Third-party sales were up in all of the company’s segments in 2004. The largest contributors to the increase were a $1.7 billion increase in sales of wood products, primarily due to a robust housing market and exceptionally strong prices for wood products recognized in the second and third quarters of 2004, and a $463 million increase in single-family home sales, due to both strong demand and higher average sales prices.

 

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Net earnings increased $1.0 billion in 2004 as compared to 2003. Items that affected net earnings included the following:

 

Ÿ   Wood Products contribution to earnings was up approximately $1.5 billion due primarily to higher average sales prices for most wood products.

 

Ÿ   The pretax cost incurred by Wood Products for delivered raw materials, production, and prices for building materials purchased for resale increased approximately $600 million.

 

Ÿ   Gross margins on sales of single-family homes increased approximately $200 million primarily as a result of increases in average sales prices and an increase in the number of single-family home sales that were closed.

 

Net sales and revenues and contribution to earnings for Timberlands, Wood Products and Corporate and Other, as presented in the segment discussions that follow, do include activity of the B.C. Coastal and French composites businesses that were sold in May 2005.

 

TIMBERLANDS

Timberlands sales volume and annual production data is included in “Business Segments” and “Properties” above. Following is a comparison of Timberlands net sales and revenues and contribution to earnings from year to year:

 

                       Amount of Change
    2005      2004      2003    2005 vs. 2004     2004 vs. 2003
Dollar amounts in millions                                       

Net sales and revenues to unaffiliated customers:

                                      

Logs

  $ 761      $ 822      $ 730    $ (61 )   $ 92

Other products

    286        280        264      6       16
   
    $ 1,047      $ 1,102      $ 994    $ (55 )   $ 108
   

Intersegment sales

  $ 1,794      $ 1,622      $ 1,605    $ 172     $ 17
   

Contribution to earnings

  $ 784      $ 1,027      $ 777    $ (243 )   $ 250
   

 

2005 COMPARED WITH 2004

 

Ÿ   Net sales and revenues to unaffiliated customers in 2005 decreased $55 million, or 5 percent, from 2004 due primarily to a $61 million decrease in third-party log sales. Included in the reduction of third-party log sales is a $22 million decrease in B.C. Coastal log sales. Results for 2005 include five months of B.C. Coastal operations as compared to a full year of operations in 2004. The volume of logs sold to export markets decreased 12 percent and the volume of logs sold to domestic markets decreased 7 percent in 2005 compared to 2004. Third-party log price realizations decreased 2 percent in the West and increased 8 percent in the South. Overall log prices increased in both the West and the South, but the company’s third-party price realizations in the West were lower in 2005, as compared to 2004, mainly due to changes in mix. The decrease in volume and slight decrease in Western mix, combined with the reduction in sales due to the divestiture of the B.C. Coastal operations, more than offset the increase in prices in the South, resulting in an overall decrease in third-party sales and revenues year to year.

 

Ÿ   Intersegment sales increased $172 million, or 11 percent, in 2005 as compared to 2004. This includes a $91 million net increase in intersegment sales from the company’s Canadian operations. Internal price realizations, which reflect current market values, increased in 2005, reflecting recovery of higher fuel costs, higher stumpage fees paid to the various Canadian provinces, and higher harvest costs due to wet weather conditions. In the southern U.S., increased harvest of grade and pruned logs, which have higher internal price realizations, resulted in a $58 million increase in intersegment sales. Increased volume of logs harvested in the Western U.S. that were directed to company mills and higher price realizations on those internal transfers resulted in an additional $23 million increase in intersegment sales in 2005 as compared to 2004.

 

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Timberlands contribution to earnings decreased $243 million, or 24 percent, in 2005 as compared to 2004. Items that affected the segment’s contribution to earnings included the following:

 

Ÿ   Gains on sales of nonstrategic timberlands decreased $301 million in 2005. The reduction is primarily due to the pretax gain of $271 million on the sale of timberlands in Georgia in 2004, with no comparable sales occurring in 2005.

 

Ÿ   Strong demand in the housing sector and improved sales mix in both the West and the South contributed to higher earnings for the segment. Improved price realizations and changes in the mix of third-party and internal sales in the West resulted in a $37 million increase in contribution to earnings in 2005. Improved price realizations and an improved mix of grade versus fiber logs in the South resulted in a $62 million increase in contribution to earnings in 2005 compared to 2004.

 

Ÿ   Harvest levels on fee lands in the South were comparable in 2005 and 2004, and harvest levels on fee lands in the West increased slightly, resulting in a positive variance of $6 million in 2005. Despite downtime experienced in the South due to the hurricane season, the overall weather pattern for harvest in both the South and West was more favorable in 2005 than in 2004.

 

Ÿ   Higher net operating costs in the West and South, primarily caused by increased fuel costs and extremely high cost hurricane salvage operations in the South, negatively affected earnings by $25 million in 2005. As a result of increased fuel prices, the Southern operations experienced a $14 million increase in gas, oil and mineral revenues in 2005 as compared to 2004. Operations in the South also recognized an $11 million charge in 2005 for timber damage caused by hurricane Katrina.

 

Ÿ   Contribution to earnings for 2005 includes earnings from the company’s B.C. Coastal operations through the date of sale in May 2005, compared to a full year of B.C. Coastal earnings in 2004. This change resulted in a $44 million reduction in 2005 earnings compared to 2004.

 

2004 COMPARED WITH 2003

 

Ÿ   Net sales and revenues in 2004 increased $108 million, or 11 percent, over 2003, due primarily to a $92 million increase in log sales. The volume of logs sold to export markets increased 6 percent and the volume of logs sold to domestic markets decreased 9 percent in 2004 compared to 2003. Log price realizations increased 18 percent in the West and 4 percent in the South, resulting in an increase in net sales and revenues in 2004 even though overall volumes declined.

 

Contribution to earnings increased $250 million, or 32 percent, in 2004. Items that affected the comparison of Timberlands contribution to earnings included the following:

 

Ÿ   Improved price realizations in the West resulted in a $123 million increase in contribution to earnings and improved price realizations in the South resulted in a $25 million increase in contribution to earnings in 2004 compared to 2003. Strong demand and improved export log prices contributed to the improvement in the West, while tight supplies as a result of weather and other market factors resulted in increased prices in the South. Higher prices in the B.C. Coastal operations contributed an additional $8 million in 2004.

 

Ÿ   Gains on sales of nonstrategic timberlands increased $108 million, or 33 percent, in 2004. Results for 2004 include a pretax gain of $271 million on the third quarter sale of timberlands in Georgia, compared to pretax gains of $205 million on the sales of timberlands in western Washington, Tennessee and the Carolinas in 2003. Sales of other nonstrategic timberlands that closed earlier than expected resulted in a $42 million increase in 2004 contribution to earnings compared to 2003. See Note 19 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below.

 

Ÿ   Lower harvest levels on fee lands, primarily in the South, negatively affected segment earnings by $27 million in 2004 compared to 2003. The decrease in harvest levels in the South was primarily due to the sale of timberlands in Tennessee and the Carolinas, which occurred in the fourth quarter of 2003, and in part due to the sale of timberlands in Georgia in the third quarter of 2004.

 

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Ÿ   Higher harvest costs in the West and South, primarily caused by increased fuel costs and difficult hurricane salvage operations, negatively affected earnings by $17 million in 2004. This was partially offset by a $14 million reduction in costs in the B.C coastal operations in 2004 compared to 2003.

 

OUTLOOK

Timberlands earnings in the first quarter of 2006 are expected to be similar to fourth quarter 2005.

 

WOOD PRODUCTS

Wood Products sales volume and annual production data is included in “Business Segments” and “Properties” above. Following is a comparison of Wood Products net sales and revenues and contribution to earnings from year to year:

 

                       Amount of Change
    2005      2004      2003    2005 vs. 2004     2004 vs. 2003

Dollar amounts in millions

                                      

Net sales and revenues:

                                      

Softwood lumber

  $ 3,624      $ 3,915      $ 3,281    $ (291 )   $ 634

Plywood

    735        929        784      (194 )     145

Veneer

    44        44        39            5

Composite panels

    497        501        393      (4 )     108

Oriented strand board

    1,164        1,390        1,109      (226 )     281

Hardwood lumber

    390        365        350      25       15

Engineered I-Joists

    756        678        540      78       138

Engineered solid section

    896        734        564      162       170

Logs

    62        125        105      (63 )     20

Other products

    1,227        1,162        1,020      65       142
   
    $ 9,395      $ 9,843      $ 8,185    $ (448 )   $ 1,658
   

Contribution to earnings

  $ 485      $ 1,055      $ 59    $ (570 )   $ 996
   

 

2005 COMPARED WITH 2004

 

Ÿ   Net sales and revenues decreased $448 million, or 5 percent, in 2005 compared with 2004. The decrease was primarily due to lower average sales prices and reduced shipment volumes in softwood lumber, plywood, and OSB in 2005. U.S. housing starts on a seasonally adjusted basis averaged 2.07 million units in 2005 compared to 1.95 million units in 2004, indicating continued strong demand for building products. However, increased supply of lumber and panel products by the industry kept pace with demand and resulted in lower prices. The company realized higher prices for its engineered lumber products, which helped to offset the softwood lumber and panels price effects. Shipment volume of softwood lumber products declined in 2005, primarily as a result of the disposition of the company’s B.C. Coastal sawmills in May 2005. Shipment volume of structural panels declined primarily due to disposition of plywood facilities in 2004, and an increase in the volume of OSB consumed internally in the manufacture of engineered lumber products.

 

Contribution to earnings for the segment decreased $570 million in 2005. Items that affected Wood Products contribution to earnings included the following:

 

Ÿ   The segment realized higher prices for engineered lumber products, hardwood lumber, and residuals, contributing approximately $275 million more to segment earnings in 2005, as compared to 2004. However, the lower average prices realized for softwood lumber and structural panels caused earnings to decrease by approximately $370 million from 2004. Reduced shipment volumes caused earnings to decrease by approximately $30 million.

 

Ÿ  

Increases in costs for delivered raw materials, additives, energy, and other manufacturing elements negatively affected segment earnings by approximately $300 million in 2005 compared to 2004. Approximately two-thirds of

 

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the cost increase was attributable to wood and resin cost. The remaining third was attributable to a variety of factors, including the Canadian exchange rate, energy, maintenance, and freight.

 

Ÿ   Wood Products recognized net pretax charges related to the sale or closure of facilities of $99 million in 2005, primarily for the closure of a plywood mill at Wright City, Oklahoma, the closure of a sawmill at Aberdeen, Washington, and the probable closure of a sawmill at Big River, Saskatchewan. This compares to a net pretax gain in 2004 of $66 million for integration, restructuring, and closure or sale of facilities. The net pretax gain in 2004 includes $68 million for the sale of facilities, including an OSB mill in Slave Lake, Alberta, and a mill site on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

 

Ÿ   Segment earnings for 2005 also included a pretax gain of $6 million for compensation related to the tenure reallocation agreement in British Columbia and a pretax charge of $13 million recognized in connection with settlements in alder litigation matters. This compares to a pretax gain of $20 million recognized in 2004 for compensation related to the tenure reallocation agreement in British Columbia and a $20 million gain recognized on the reduction in the reserve for hardboard siding claims. In addition, charges recognized in connection with settlements and an adverse judgment in alder litigation matters were $65 million in 2004.

 

2004 COMPARED WITH 2003

 

Ÿ   Net sales and revenues increased $1.7 billion, or 20 percent, in 2004 compared with 2003. The increase was primarily due to higher average sales prices realized in most product lines, caused by strong markets in both new housing and in repair and remodeling related to high levels of existing home sales. The change in shipment volumes from 2003 did not have a significant effect on either the change in net sales and revenues or on the change in contribution to earnings.

 

Contribution to earnings, which represents segment earnings before interest and taxes, increased approximately $1.0 billion in 2004. Items that affected the comparison of Wood Products contribution to earnings included the following:

 

Ÿ   Higher average prices for most wood products, including structural panels, composite panels, softwood and hardwood lumber, and engineered lumber products contributed approximately $1.5 billion to segment earnings in 2004 compared to 2003.

 

Ÿ   Increases in costs for delivered raw materials, production costs, and prices for building materials purchased for resale negatively affected segment earnings by approximately $600 million in 2004 compared to 2003. Approximately half of that increase was attributable to price increases on building materials purchased for resale. Of the remaining increase, approximately $210 million represented increases in costs for delivered logs, OSB, veneer, machine stress rated (MSR) lumber, and chemical additives. Log costs in the West increased due to strong export and domestic demand. Log costs in the South increased due to the effects of weather and other market factors. Log costs in Canada increased primarily as a result of increases in provincial stumpage rates. Costs of OSB, veneer, and MSR lumber used in the manufacture of engineered lumber products increased due to the strong new housing and repair and remodeling markets noted above. Purchase costs for chemical additives used in the manufacture of panels and engineered lumber continued to increase due to an ongoing world-wide supply shortage and high demand. The remaining cost variance was attributable to a variety of factors, including press downtime and repair costs at three OSB mills, as well as the strengthening of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar in 2004 compared to 2003.

 

Ÿ   Wood Products recognized a net pretax gain of $66 million for integration, restructuring and closure or sale of facilities in 2004 compared to net charges of $101 million in 2003. The net gain in 2004 includes pretax gains of $68 million for the sale of facilities, including an OSB mill in Slave Lake, Alberta, and a mill site on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

 

Ÿ   Segment earnings for 2004 include a pretax gain of $20 million for compensation related to the tenure reallocation agreement in British Columbia and a $20 million gain recognized on the reduction in the reserve for hardboard siding claims. In addition, charges recognized in connection with settlements and an adverse judgment in alder litigation matters were $65 million in 2004, compared to $79 million in 2003. See Note 15 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below.

 

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OUTLOOK

Wood Products earnings in the first quarter of 2006 are expected to be similar to fourth quarter 2005.

 

CELLULOSE FIBER AND WHITE PAPERS

Cellulose Fiber and White Papers sales volume and annual production data is included in “Business Segments” and “Properties” above. Following is a comparison of Cellulose Fiber and White Papers net sales and revenues and contribution to earnings from year to year:

 

                        Amount of Change
    2005      2004      2003     2005 vs. 2004     2004 vs. 2003

Dollar amounts in millions

                                       

Net sales and revenues:

                                       

Pulp

  $ 1,482      $ 1,471      $ 1,305     $ 11     $ 166

Paper

    2,417        2,226        2,182       191       44

Coated groundwood

    180        156        140       24       16

Liquid packaging board

    203        208        198       (5 )     10

Other products

    54        54        26             28
   
    $ 4,336      $ 4,115      $ 3,851     $ 221     $ 264
   

Contribution (charge) to earnings

  $ (444 )    $ 104      $ (82 )   $ (548 )   $ 186
   

 

2005 COMPARED WITH 2004

 

Ÿ   Net sales and revenues increased $221 million, or 5 percent, for 2005 compared to 2004. This was largely due to an increase in fine paper price realizations of approximately $33 per ton, or 4 percent, in 2005 compared to 2004, driven by a general improvement in U.S. economic conditions. Average pulp price realizations improved approximately $17 per ton, or 3 percent, in 2005 as fluff pulp price improvements more than offset a decline in papergrade prices which were impacted by somewhat weaker offshore demand and increased European supply. Unit shipments of pulp declined approximately 56,000 tons or, 2 percent, and fine paper shipments increased approximately 120,000 tons or 4 percent compared to 2004.

 

Contribution (charge) to earnings was a loss of $444 million in 2005, compared to earnings of $104 million in 2004. Items that affected Cellulose Fiber and White Papers contribution to earnings included the following:

 

Ÿ   Increased price realizations on fine paper sales contributed approximately $132 million to segment earnings in 2005, and increased price realizations on pulp sales contributed approximately $43 million to segment earnings in 2005 compared to 2004.

 

Ÿ   Energy and chemical costs increased in 2005, negatively affecting contribution to earnings for the segment by approximately $100 million. The cost increase was primarily due to higher prices for natural gas and to chemical manufacturers passing along their costs increases, such as energy. Raw material costs also increased approximately $38 million in 2005 as compared to 2004, primarily due to chip price increases.

 

Ÿ   Transportation costs increased approximately $75 million in 2005, due largely to fuel surcharges.

 

Ÿ   The strengthening of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar in 2005 resulted in increased operating costs of the segment’s Canadian facilities when translated into U.S. dollars, negatively affecting the segment’s earnings by approximately $62 million.

 

Ÿ   The segment recognized pretax charges of $449 million in 2005 for the closure of a specialty pulp facility at Cosmopolis, Washington, a pulp and paper facility at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and a paper machine at Dryden, Ontario. In 2004, the segment recognized pretax charges of $18 million related to restructuring and closure or sale activities.

 

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2004 COMPARED WITH 2003

 

Ÿ   Net sales and revenues increased $264 million, or 7 percent, for 2004 compared to 2003. This was largely due to an increase in pulp price realizations of approximately $49 per ton, or 9 percent, in 2004 compared to 2003. Average fine paper price realizations remained constant in 2004 compared to 2003. Stronger demand resulting from growth in Asia and a weaker U.S. dollar resulted in an improved pulp market in 2004. During the second half of 2004, general market conditions for fine paper improved significantly, resulting in improved product pricing, and offsetting general market weakness in the first half of the year when prices were below 2003 levels. Unit shipments for both pulp and fine paper sales were higher in 2004 than in 2003. Pulp shipments increased approximately 79,000 tons or 3 percent, and paper shipments increased approximately 54,000 tons, or 2 percent, compared to 2003.

 

Contribution (charge) to earnings was $104 million in 2004, compared to a loss of $82 million in 2003. Items that affected the comparison of Cellulose Fiber and Fine Paper’s contribution to earnings included the following:

 

Ÿ   Increases in pulp prices contributed approximately $123 million to segment earnings in 2004 compared to 2003.

 

Ÿ   Operating efficiencies, reduced market downtime and ongoing cost savings associated with the closure of two paper machines during 2003, and other productivity improvements resulted in cost reductions of approximately $136 million in 2004 compared to 2003. This was partially offset by the strengthening of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar in 2004, which increased operating costs of the segment’s Canadian facilities translated into U.S. dollars, and negatively affected the segment’s earnings by approximately $62 million in 2004 as compared with 2003.

 

Ÿ   Increased costs for raw materials, primarily chips, negatively affected segment earnings by approximately $45 million in 2004.

 

Ÿ   Freight costs were approximately $34 million higher in 2004 than in 2003, due primarily to fuel surcharges and higher costs resulting from decreased availability of trucks, rail cars, and marine vessels.

 

Ÿ   Cellulose Fiber and Fine Paper costs associated with integration, restructuring and closure or sale activities were $18 million in 2004, a decrease of $44 million from $62 million in 2003, which included costs relating to the closure of two fine paper machines.

 

OUTLOOK

The company expects announced first quarter price increases for market pulp and fine paper to result in improved earnings in the first quarter 2006 despite continued cost pressure.

 

CONTAINERBOARD, PACKAGING AND RECYCLING

Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling sales volume and annual production data is included in “Business Segments” and “Properties” above. Following is a comparison of Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling net sales and revenues and contribution to earnings from year to year:

 

                       Amount of Change  
    2005      2004      2003    2005 vs. 2004     2004 vs. 2003  
Dollar amounts in millions                                         

Net sales and revenues:

                                        

Containerboard

  $ 395      $ 368      $ 304    $ 27     $ 64  

Packaging

    3,710        3,584        3,544      126       40  

Recycling

    352        347        247      5       100  

Kraft bags and sacks

    83        80        80      3        

Other products

    167        156        147      11       9  
   
 
    $ 4,707      $ 4,535      $ 4,322    $ 172     $ 213  
   
 

Contribution (charge) to earnings

  $ (5 )    $ 249      $ 262    $ (254 )   $ (13 )
   
 

 

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2005 COMPARED WITH 2004

 

Ÿ   Net sales and revenues increased $172 million, or 4 percent, in 2005 as compared with 2004. Containerboard price realizations increased approximately $10 per ton, or 3 percent, in 2005 compared to 2004, and unit shipments increased approximately 45,000 tons, or 4 percent, in 2005. Price realizations for corrugated packaging increased $1.21 per thousand square feet, or 2 percent, while unit shipments increased 746 million square feet, or 1 percent, in 2005 compared to 2004. According to the Fiber Box Association, industry unit shipments for corrugated packaging increased 0.2 percent in 2005 compared to 2004.

 

Contribution to earnings declined $254 million from $249 million in 2004 to a loss of $5 million in 2005. Items that affected the comparison of Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling contribution to earnings included the following:

 

Ÿ   Increases in corrugated packaging price realizations in 2005 positively affected the segment’s contribution to earnings by approximately $89 million and increases in containerboard price realizations contributed approximately $10 million in 2005.

 

Ÿ   Non-fiber manufacturing costs at the company’s containerboard mills and packaging plants were approximately $123 million higher in 2005 than in 2004, due primarily to higher costs for maintenance, energy, chemicals and supplies. Energy, supply and chemical costs increased primarily due to higher costs for fossil fuels. The purchase cost for natural gas increased approximately 26 percent in 2005 compared to 2004, partially due to the significant impacts Hurricanes Katrina and Rita had on natural gas markets.

 

Ÿ   Transportation costs increased approximately $51 million in 2005, as compared to 2004, due primarily to rising costs for energy and higher costs resulting from decreased availability of trucks, rail cars, and marine vessels.

 

Ÿ   Net decreases in raw material costs in 2005 positively affected contribution to earnings by approximately $16 million. The cost of old corrugated containers (OCC) delivered to the company’s containerboard mills decreased approximately $7 per ton. This benefit was partially offset by higher costs for chips delivered to the company’s containerboard mills which increased approximately $2 per ton in 2005.

 

Ÿ   Market-related downtime at the containerboard mills increased by approximately 23,000 tons in 2005 compared with 2004, primarily due to a delayed produce season following heavy rainfall in California and Arizona in early 2005.

 

Ÿ   Segment results for 2005 include net pretax charges for restructuring and the closure of facilities of $137 million, compared to $13 million in 2004. Closures initiated during 2005 include seven packaging plants, a bag plant and the North Carolina containerboard machine. An additional four plants are currently for sale. Results for 2005 also include a $50 million pretax charge for the settlement of a class action linerboard antitrust lawsuit. See Note 15 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below.

 

2004 COMPARED WITH 2003

 

Ÿ   Net sales and revenues increased $213 million, or 5 percent, in 2004 as compared with 2003. Approximately half of the increase is due to a 40 percent increase in sales of recycled materials, resulting from both higher price realizations and higher unit shipments of recycled materials. The increase in sales of recycled materials reflects an overall increase in the demand for pulp, paper and containerboard, coupled with incremental sales from a new supply source acquired in 2004. In addition, containerboard price realizations increased approximately $26 per ton, or 8 percent, in 2004 compared to 2003, and unit shipments increased approximately 111,000 tons, or 12 percent, in 2004, primarily due to productivity improvements in the company’s mills. Price realizations for corrugated packaging increased approximately 1 percent, while packaging unit shipments remained comparable in 2004 and 2003. According to the Fiber Box Association, industry unit shipments for packaging increased 2.8 percent in 2004 compared to 2003.

 

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Contribution to earnings declined $13 million from $262 million in 2003 to $249 million in 2004. Items that affected the comparison of Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling contribution to earnings included the following:

 

Ÿ   Increases in packaging price realizations in 2004 positively affected the segment’s contribution to earnings by approximately $34 million and increases in containerboard price realizations contributed approximately $26 million in 2004. Increased price realizations for recycled materials were substantially offset by increases in costs for materials purchased or brokered by the recycling division.

 

Ÿ   Non-fiber manufacturing costs at the company’s containerboard mills and packaging plants were approximately $12 million lower in 2004 than in 2003, due primarily to a facility closure in the third quarter of 2003 and increased productivity in the containerboard mill system. The overall reduction in non-fiber manufacturing costs was achieved despite increased costs for energy in 2004, which resulted mainly from higher purchase prices for natural gas. Productivity in the containerboard mill system, measured on a tons produced per operating day basis, improved 3 percent in 2004 compared to 2003.

 

Ÿ   Freight costs were approximately $12 million higher in 2004 than in 2003, due primarily to fuel surcharges and higher costs resulting from decreased availability of trucks, rail cars, and marine vessels.

 

Ÿ   Increases in raw material costs in 2004 negatively affected contribution to earnings by approximately $90 million. The cost of OCC delivered to the company’s containerboard mills increased approximately $20 per ton and costs for chips delivered to the company’s containerboard mills increased approximately $3 per ton in 2004.

 

Ÿ   Market-related downtime at the containerboard mills decreased by approximately 269,000 tons in 2004 compared with 2003, primarily due to a facility closure in 2003 and improving economic conditions.

 

Ÿ   Net pension expense was $19 million in 2004 compared to a net pension expense of $2 million in 2003.

 

Ÿ   Segment results for 2004 include net charges for property casualty losses, integration, restructuring, sale or closure of facilities of $13 million, compared to $18 million in 2003. 2003 also included a $23 million pretax charge for the settlement of a class action linerboard antitrust lawsuit. See Note 15 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below.

 

OUTLOOK

The company expects higher pricing and lower OCC costs to result in improved first quarter 2006 earnings for the segment.

 

REAL ESTATE AND RELATED ASSETS

Single-family unit statistics for Real Estate and Related Assets are included in “Business Segments” and “Properties” above.

 

                       Amount of Change
    2005      2004      2003    2005 vs. 2004    2004 vs. 2003

Dollar amounts in millions

                                     

Net sales and revenues

  $ 2,915      $ 2,495      $ 2,029    $ 420    $ 466
   

Contribution to earnings

  $ 734      $ 610      $ 392    $ 124    $ 218
   

 

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Following are the key items that affected the comparison of net sales and revenues and contribution to earnings for Real Estate and Related Assets from year to year:

 

                   Amount of Change
    2005    2004    2003    2005 vs. 2004    2004 vs. 2003

Dollar amounts in millions, except average sales price

                                 

Single-family operations:

                                 

Net sales and revenues

  $ 2,686    $ 2,193    $ 1,730    $ 493    $ 463

Units closed

    5,647      5,264      4,626      383      638

Average sales price

  $ 476,000    $ 417,000    $ 374,000    $ 59,000    $ 43,000

 

2005 COMPARED WITH 2004

 

Ÿ   Net sales and revenues increased $420 million, or 17 percent, driven by an increase in single-family revenues. Single-family revenues accounted for 92 percent of total revenues in 2005, compared to 88 percent of total revenues in 2004. In 2005, the segment generated single-family revenues of $2.7 billion, an increase of 22 percent compared to 2004, on closings of 5,647 units, an increase of 7 percent compared to 2004. The average selling prices of single-family homes increased in all of the segment’s markets in 2005 as compared to 2004.

 

Contribution to earnings increased $124 million, or 20 percent, in 2005 compared to 2004. Items that affected the comparison of Real Estate and Related Assets contribution to earnings included the following:

 

Ÿ   Single-family gross margins (net sales less cost of goods sold and period costs) totaled $882 million, or 32.8 percent, in 2005, compared to $651 million, or 29.7 percent, in 2004. Gross margin percentage on home sales increased 3.1 percentage points primarily as a result of increases in average sales prices in all markets and a change in mix of homes sold. All markets generated improvements in both gross margin dollars and gross margin percentages. Volume improvements of 383 additional closings further contributed to the single-family margin increase and contribution to earnings. Improvements in average sales price and volume were partially offset by cost increases resulting from the mix of the company’s closed units and also from overall cost increases in construction materials and transportation costs.

 

Ÿ   Contribution to earnings for 2005 includes net pretax gains of $79 million on land and lot sales compared to $75 million in 2004.

 

Ÿ   Increases in selling, general and administrative expenses due to higher revenue-driven selling costs, information technology expenses and variable compensation expenses partially offset improvements in contributions to earnings related to margins. As a percentage of single-family revenues, selling, general and administrative expenses remained relatively constant at 9.5 percent in 2005 compared to 9.4 percent in 2004.

 

Ÿ   Contribution to earnings in 2005 includes a fourth quarter pretax impairment charge of $33 million on unimproved land. Impairment charges in 2004 totaled less than $1 million.

 

Ÿ   Contribution to earnings in 2004 includes an $18 million gain on the sale of an option on land.

 

2004 COMPARED WITH 2003

 

Ÿ   Net sales and revenues and contribution to earnings increased in 2004 compared to 2003, primarily due to increases in the quantity and prices for single-family home sales closed. All of the geographic markets in which Real Estate and Related Assets homebuilding businesses operate remained strong in 2004 due largely to low mortgage interest rates. Single-family gross margin for the homebuilding businesses (net sales less cost of goods sold and period costs) was 29.7 percent in 2004 compared to 25.7 percent in 2003.

 

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Ÿ   Contribution to earnings for 2004 includes net pretax gains of $75 million on land and lot sales compared to $41 million in 2003. Net gains on commercial and multi-family project sales were $14 million in 2003. There were no comparable sales in 2004.

 

OUTLOOK

The backlog of homes sold, but not closed, as of December 25, 2005, is approximately 2,410 units, which is comparable to the backlog as of December 26, 2004. The company expects earnings from the Real Estate and Related Assets segment in the first quarter of 2006, to decline seasonally from the fourth quarter of 2005 due to decreased single-family home closings.

 

CORPORATE AND OTHER

 

                        Amount of Change  
    2005      2004      2003     2005 vs. 2004    2004 vs. 2003  

Dollar amounts in millions

                                        

Net sales and revenues

  $ 600      $ 575      $ 492     $ 25    $ 83  
   
 

Contribution (charge) to earnings

  $ 216      $ (271 )    $ (176 )   $ 487    $ (95 )
   
 

 

Corporate and Other includes marine transportation (Westwood Shipping Lines, a wholly owned subsidiary); timberlands, distribution and converting facilities located outside North America; and general corporate support activities.

 

2005 COMPARED WITH 2004

Net sales and revenues of the Corporate and Other segment were comparable in 2005 and 2004. Contribution (charge) to earnings for the segment improved by $487 million in 2005, as compared to 2004. Items that affected the comparison of contribution (charge) to earnings included the following:

 

Ÿ   Corporate and Other recognized a $63 million pretax gain on the sale of the B.C. Coastal operations and a $57 million pretax gain related to a deferred gain from previous timberland sales in the second quarter of 2005. The segment also recognized a $115 million pretax gain on the sale of its investment in MAS Capital Management in the third quarter of 2005 and recognized a $57 million pretax gain on the sale of the French composites operations in the fourth quarter of 2005. See Notes 3, 4, 19 and 23 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below.

 

Ÿ   Results of the company’s international operations declined by approximately $40 million in 2005 as compared to 2004, partially due to a market downturn in Australia that resulted in lower price realizations and decreased sales volumes in the company’s Australian wood products distribution business and partially due to a $15 million pretax impairment charge recognized on the company’s investment in a New Zealand joint venture. In February 2006, the company announced its intent to sell its New Zealand assets.

 

Ÿ   Variable compensation expense, which relates primarily to corporate-sponsored employee incentive compensation plans with awards based on either total company financial performance or changes in the market price of the company’s common shares, was $22 million in 2005 compared to $69 million in 2004.

 

Ÿ   Interest income included in the Corporate and Other segment totaled approximately $89 million in 2005 compared to interest income of approximately $15 million included in 2004. Amounts recognized in 2005 include approximately $52 million of interest income related to consolidated special-purpose entities. This activity was not fully consolidated in 2004. See Note 3 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below.

 

Ÿ   Included in the segment’s contribution to earnings is a $43 million pretax credit for the cumulative effect to begin capitalizing Weyerhaeuser interest on excess qualifying assets of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company. See Note 16 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below.

 

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Ÿ   Charges for 2004 also include a pretax charge of $29 million recognized in connection with the impairment of assets in the company’s French composites operations and a pretax charge of $23 million recognized in connection with the donation of technology to a university. There were no comparable charges in 2005.

 

2004 COMPARED WITH 2003

Net sales and revenues of the Corporate and Other segment increased $83 million, or 17 percent, in 2004 compared to 2003.

 

Ÿ   Net sales and revenues of the company’s international operations increased approximately 29 percent in 2004, due in part to a strong Australian housing market that resulted in increased prices and increased sales volumes for the company’s Australian wood products distribution business. In addition, sales volumes in the company’s European composites business increased in 2004 primarily resulting from increased production on a continuous press that was installed during 2003.

 

Ÿ   Net sales and revenues of Westwood Shipping Lines increased approximately 12 percent in 2004 compared to 2003, primarily as a result of increases in container rates, primarily import containers, and increased shipment volumes.

 

Charge to earnings increased $95 million in 2004 compared to 2003. Items that affected the comparison of Corporate and Other charge to earnings included the following:

 

Ÿ   Foreign exchange transactions gains were $26 million in 2004 compared to $107 million in 2003. Foreign exchange gains and losses result from changes in exchange rates primarily related to the company’s Canadian and New Zealand operations.

 

Ÿ   Variable compensation expense, which relates primarily to corporate-sponsored employee incentive compensation plans with awards based on either total company financial performance or changes in the price of the company’s common shares, was $69 million in 2004 compared to $44 million in 2003.

 

Ÿ   Pretax gains recognized in connection with the settlement of Cemwood insurance claims were $7 million in 2004 compared to $25 million in 2003.

 

Ÿ   Charges for integration and restructuring in the Corporate and Other segment were $20 million in 2004 compared to $63 million in 2003. The decrease in integration and restructuring charges in 2004 is primarily due to a $26 million decrease in expenses recognized in connection with change-in-control agreements related to the Willamette acquisition and a decrease in severance costs recognized in connection with the company’s overall cost-reduction efforts. See Note 17 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below.

 

Ÿ   Charges for 2004 also include a pretax charge of $29 million recognized in connection with the impairment of assets in the company’s French composites operations and a pretax charge of $23 million recognized in connection with the donation of technology to a university. There were no comparable charges in 2003.

 

INTEREST EXPENSE

Interest expense incurred by Weyerhaeuser was $739 million, $838 million and $815 million in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Interest expense incurred in 2005 included $45 million of interest incurred by special purpose entities the company has consolidated. See Note 3 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below. Interest expense incurred also included pretax charges of $35 million recognized in the third and fourth quarters of 2005 and $73 million recognized in the second and fourth quarters of 2004 in connection with the early extinguishment of debt. Excluding the interest expense of the special purpose entities and excluding the losses on early extinguishment of debt, interest expense decreased $106 million in 2005 as compared to 2004 and decreased $50 million in 2004 as compared to 2003. The decrease in interest expense is principally the result of a net reduction in debt of approximately $2.0 billion in 2005 and approximately $1.9 billion in 2004.

 

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Interest expense incurred in the Real Estate and Related Assets segment is fully capitalized to qualifying assets under development. As disclosed in Note 16 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below, the company made a change in the fourth quarter of 2005 to begin capitalizing Weyerhaeuser interest on qualifying assets of Real Estate and Related Assets. The change would have increased Weyerhaeuser capitalized interest $50 million, Weyerhaeuser cost of sales $32 million, and quarterly net earnings $2 million to $4 million per quarter in 2005 if the company had followed this accounting practice for all of 2005. Future activity will be dependent on the level of qualifying real estate assets and debt held by Real Estate and Related Assets and the timing and volume of sales of qualifying real estate assets.

 

INCOME TAXES

The company’s effective income tax rate applicable to continuing operations was 35.8 percent for 2005, 33.3 percent for 2004, and 33.4 percent for 2003. The company’s effective income tax rate is affected by state income taxes and the benefits of tax credits.

 

During the third quarter of 2005, the company recognized a one-time tax benefit of $14 million resulting from a change in the Ohio state income tax law. During the fourth quarter of 2005, the company recognized a one-time tax benefit of $7 million resulting from a change in the British Columbia income tax law.

 

During the second quarter of 2005, the company recognized a $46 million income tax benefit in connection with the sale of the company’s B.C. Coastal operations. See Note 23 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below. The income tax benefit recognized upon the sale of the B.C. Coastal operations included a deferred tax benefit of $185 million resulting from the rollout of temporary differences on the assets sold and a current tax expense of $139 million on the taxable gain. Current taxes reflect the benefit of favorable capital gains treatment applicable to the sale of timberlands in Canada. Also during the second quarter of 2005, the company recognized a charge of $44 million for the accrual of income taxes associated with the repatriation of approximately $1.1 billion of foreign earnings. See Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below.

 

Under current tax law, the ability to use tax credits from the production of non-conventional fuel would be phased out ratably if the average annual domestic wellhead price published by the Department of Energy (DOE) is $51 to $64 per barrel (in 2004 dollars) and would be fully phased out if the top end of the price range is reached. Based on current domestic wellhead prices the company expects to be in the phase out range for 2006. Total phase out would result in a loss of $24 million in tax credits from the production of non-conventional fuel in 2006. The company’s ability to use these credits was not limited in 2005.

 

CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF A CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE

The company adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations, as of the beginning of 2003. The cumulative effect of adopting the accounting principle was $11 million, or 5 cents per share, after taxes.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

General

The company is committed to the maintenance of a sound and conservative capital structure. This commitment is based on two considerations: the obligation to protect the underlying interests of its shareholders and lenders and the desire to have access, at all times, to all major financial markets.

 

The important elements of the policy governing the company’s capital structure are as follows:

 

Ÿ   To view separately the capital structures of Weyerhaeuser and Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company (WRECO) and related assets, given the very different nature of their assets and business activities. The amount of debt and equity associated with the capital structure of each will reflect the basic earnings capacity, real value, and unique liquidity characteristics of the assets dedicated to that business.

 

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Ÿ   The combination of maturing short-term debt and the structure of long-term debt will be managed judiciously to minimize liquidity risk.

 

Operations

Consolidated net cash provided by operations was $1.7 billion in 2005, a decrease of $520 million from $2.3 billion of net cash provided by operations in 2004. The primary components of that net decrease are as follows:

 

Ÿ   Weyerhaeuser cash received from customers, net of cash paid to employees, suppliers and others, decreased approximately $580 million in 2005, as compared with 2004. This is partially attributable to the decline in sales prices for lumber, plywood and OSB, which had been a significant source of cash flows in 2004. Increased raw material and manufacturing costs, particularly energy and chemicals, required the use of additional cash in 2005. These effects were partially offset by additional proceeds from the sale of engineered lumber, fine paper and packaging products in 2005 as compared to 2004.

 

Ÿ   Real Estate and Related Assets cash received from customers, net of cash paid to employees, suppliers and others, increased approximately $68 million in 2005, as compared with 2004. Additional single-family home closings in 2005 at higher average selling prices generated increased cash from customers. This was partially offset by increased homebuilding costs resulting from the mix of the company’s closed units, overall cost increases in construction materials and transportation costs, and increased selling, general and administrative costs.

 

Ÿ   Cash paid for interest, net of amounts capitalized, was $45 million lower in 2005 than in 2004. Interest paid in 2005 includes $45 million of interest paid by special purpose entities the company has consolidated. Excluding the interest paid by special-purpose entities, cash paid for interest in 2005 decreased approximately $90 million from amounts paid in 2004, primarily due to approximately $3.8 billion of long-term debt reduction since the beginning of 2004.

 

Ÿ   Net cash paid for income taxes was $632 million in 2005, an increase of $111 million over income taxes paid in 2004. Although pretax book income for the company decreased in 2005 as compared to 2004, taxable income increased in 2005.

 

Consolidated net cash provided by operations was $2.3 billion in 2004, an increase of $462 million over $1.8 billion of net cash provided by operations in 2003. The primary components of that net increase are as follows:

 

Ÿ   Cash received by the company from customers increased approximately $2.7 billion in 2004 as compared with 2003. This increase was due primarily to an increase in cash received from the sale of wood products and increased proceeds from Real Estate and Related Assets home sales.

 

Ÿ   Net cash paid to employees, suppliers and others by the company increased approximately $1.7 billion in 2004, compared with 2003. The $1.2 billion increase for Weyerhaeuser is largely attributable to increases in the costs of raw materials used in the manufacture of various wood products, pulp, paper and containerboard, and in the cost of building materials purchased for resale. The increase of approximately $475 million for Real Estate and Related Assets is attributable to an increase in the number of homes constructed and land acquired for future development.

 

Ÿ   Net cash paid for income taxes was $521 million in 2004, an increase of $542 million over cash received of $21 million in 2003. The increase in taxes paid is primarily due to tax payments made on significantly higher pretax earnings during 2004.

 

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Investing

Capital spending by segment, excluding acquisitions and Real Estate and Related Assets, were as follows:

 

     2005      2004      2003

Dollar amounts in millions

                        

Timberlands

   $ 59      $ 55      $ 58

Wood Products

     161        147        145

Cellulose Fiber and White Papers

     317        154        290

Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling

     221        85        86

Corporate and Other

     117        63        47
    
     $ 875      $ 504      $ 626
    

 

Weyerhaeuser currently anticipates capital expenditures for 2006, excluding acquisitions and Real Estate and Related Assets, of approximately $850 million; however, this level of capital expenditures could increase or decrease as a consequence of a number of factors, including future economic conditions, weather and the timing of equipment purchases.

 

In May 2005, Weyerhaeuser closed on the sale of its B.C. Coastal operations to Coastal Acquisition Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brascan Corporation of Toronto, Canada. In October 2005, Weyerhaeuser sold a laminated beam facility in Eugene, OR, and in December 2005, Weyerhaeuser closed on the sale of its French composite panels operations to Financiera Maderera S.A. (FINSA). The company received net cash proceeds of $1.2 billion (U.S.) from the sale of these operations. See Note 23 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below.

 

In July 2005, the company sold its interest in MAS Capital Management Partners, L.P., an equity investment, for net cash proceeds of $115 million. See Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below.

 

Internally generated cash flows provided the cash needed to meet the company’s capital expenditure, investment and other requirements in 2005.

 

Financing

During 2005, the company, including Real Estate and Related Assets, reduced long-term debt by approximately $2.0 billion. Total interest-bearing debt as of December 25, 2005, was $8.7 billion, down from $10.6 billion as of December 26, 2004. The company also paid premiums and other costs related to the early extinguishment of debt of $32 million and $68 million in 2005 and 2004, respectively.

 

Weyerhaeuser sold certain significant nonstrategic timberlands in 2003 and 2004 and received proceeds from special purpose entities of $302 million in 2004 and $358 million in 2003. See Notes 3 and 19 in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below.

 

In October 2005, the company announced a stock repurchase program under which it is authorized to repurchase up to 18 million shares of common stock. As of December 25, 2005, the company had paid approximately $11 million for the repurchase of 173,800 shares of common stock under the program.

 

On May 5, 2004, the company issued 16,675,000 common shares and received net proceeds from the offering, after deduction of the underwriting discount and other transaction costs, of $954 million. The company also received $160 million in cash proceeds from the exercise of stock options during 2005, compared to $180 million received in 2004 and $60 million received in 2003. Higher average market prices for the company’s common shares during 2005 and 2004 compared to 2003, resulted in a significant increase in the number of employee stock option exercises.

 

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The company’s debt-to-total capital ratio is as follows:

 

    2005     2004      2003  

Dollar amounts in millions

                        

Notes payable and commercial paper:

                        

Weyerhaeuser

  $ 3     $ 3      $ 4  

Real Estate and Related Assets

    7       2        1  

Long-term debt:

                        

Weyerhaeuser

    7,793       9,766        11,593  

Real Estate and Related Assets

    851       867        893  

Capital lease obligations:

                        

Weyerhaeuser

    81       103        4  
   
 

Total debt

    8,735       10,741        12,495  

Minority Interest:

                        

Weyerhaeuser

    29       25        5  

Real Estate and Related Assets

    38       73        30  

Deferred income taxes:

                        

Weyerhaeuser

    4,035       4,533        4,294  

Real Estate and Related Assets

    (50 )     (22 )      (10 )

Shareholders’ interest

    9,800       9,255        7,109  
   
 

Total capital

  $ 22,587     $ 24,605      $ 23,923  
   
 

Debt-to-total-capital ratio

    38.7 %     43.7 %      52.2 %
   
 

 

Excluding the Real Estate and Related Assets amounts disclosed above and excluding Weyerhaeuser’s investment in Real Estate and Related Assets of $1.5 billion as of December 25, 2005, $1.1 billion as of December 26, 2004, and $703 million as of December 28, 2003, Weyerhaeuser’s debt-to-total-capital ratio was 39.0 percent, 43.6 percent and 52.0 percent as of the end of fiscal 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

The company’s intent, over time, is to pay dividends to common shareholders in the range of 35 to 45 percent of common share earnings. The company paid dividends of $466 million in 2005, $372 million in 2004 and $355 million in 2003. Dividends paid in 2005 increased over amounts paid in 2004 and 2003. Effective with the second quarter of 2005, the company increased its quarterly dividend from $0.40 per share to $0.50 per share. The increase in dividends paid in 2005 is also partially due to the increased number of common shares outstanding as a result of the issuance of 16,675,000 shares of common stock in May 2004. Weyerhaeuser received payments of $157 million in 2003 from its Real Estate and Related Assets subsidiaries in the form of intercompany dividends and returns of capital. These intercompany payments are eliminated on a consolidated basis. No comparable intercompany dividends were paid in 2005 or 2004, as the Real Estate and Related Assets segment retained its earnings from those years to pursue other investment and growth opportunities.

 

Weyerhaeuser Company and WRECO have established two multi-year revolving lines of credit in the maximum aggregate amount of $2.0 billion as of December 25, 2005. The $800 million multi-year revolving line of credit expires in March 2007 and the $1.2 billion multi-year revolving line of credit expires in March 2010. WRECO can borrow up to $400 million under the March 2010 facility. Neither of the entities is a guarantor of the borrowing of the other under either of these credit facilities. In addition, during 2005, Weyerhaeuser Company Limited (Weyerhaeuser Limited), a wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary of the company, established a $200 million (Canadian) multi-year revolving line of credit which expires in December 2008. Weyerhaeuser Company is a guarantor of the borrowings of Weyerhaeuser Limited under this facility. As of December 25, 2005, Weyerhaeuser Limited had fully drawn on this line of credit. As of December 25, 2005, approximately $1.5 billion was available under these bank facilities for incremental borrowings.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Off-balance sheet arrangements have not had, and are not reasonably likely to have, a material effect on the company’s current or future financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. See Notes 3 and 15 of Notes to Consolidated

 

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Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below for disclosures of the company’s surety bonds, letters of credit and guarantees, lot purchase option contracts with and subordinated financing provided to unconsolidated variable interest entities, and information regarding special purpose entities the company has consolidated.

 

Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

The following table summarizes the company’s significant contractual obligations as of December 25, 2005. See Notes 7, 13 and 15 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below.

 

    Payments Due by Period
    Total    Less than
1 Year
  

1–3

Years

   3–5
Years
   More than
5 Years

Dollar amounts in millions

                                 

Long-term debt obligations:

                                 

Weyerhaeuser

  $ 7,794    $ 389    $ 1,214    $ 120    $ 6,071

Real Estate and Related Assets

    851      250      141      94      366

Interest on long-term debt obligations:(1)

                                 

Weyerhaeuser

    7,637      531      1,001      911      5,194

Real Estate and Related Assets

    223      45      68      51      59

Operating lease obligations:

                                 

Weyerhaeuser

    619      123      151      94      251

Real Estate and Related Assets

    68      18      21      15      14

Purchase obligations(2)

    1,384      437      236      130      581

Estimated minimum pension funding requirement

    47      47               
   

Total

  $ 18,623    $ 1,840    $ 2,832    $ 1,415    $ 12,536
   

 

(1) Amounts presented for interest payments assume that all long-term debt obligations outstanding as of December 25, 2005 will remain outstanding until maturity, and interest rates on variable-rate debt in effect as of December 25, 2005 will remain in effect until maturity. As of December 25, 2005, entities that Weyerhaeuser consolidated under Interpretation 46R had $34 million of long-term debt obligations subject to interest rate swap agreements. See Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below. Interest payments related to this debt are included in the above amounts at the fixed rate obligation the consolidated entities have incurred under these interest rate swap agreements.
(2) Purchase obligations include agreements to purchase goods or services that are enforceable and legally binding on the company and that specify all significant terms, including: fixed or minimum quantities to be purchased; fixed, minimum or variable price provisions; and the approximate timing of the transaction. Purchase obligations exclude arrangements that the company can cancel without penalty.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS, LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER CONTINGENCIES

 

Hardboard Siding Claims

The company announced in June 2000 it had entered into a proposed nationwide settlement of class action suits relating to sales of hardboard siding and, as a result, took a pretax charge of $130 million to cover the estimated cost of the settlement and related claims. The court approved the settlement in December 2000. An appeal of the settlement was denied in March 2002, and the settlement is now binding on all parties.

 

The company reassessed the adequacy of these reserves and increased its reserves by an additional $43 million during 2001. Claims and related costs in the amount of $5 million in 2005, $7 million in 2004 and $11 million in 2003 were paid against the reserve. In the third quarter of 2004, an adjustment was made to reduce the reserve by $20 million based upon a review of the activities and trends over the preceding four years.

 

The company has negotiated settlements with its insurance carriers for recovery of certain costs related to these claims. As of the end of 2005, the company had received payments from insurance carriers in the amount of $52 million. For further discussion regarding this matter, including claims data, see Note 15 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below.

 

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Other

Additional discussion of environmental matters, legal proceedings and other contingencies is included in Note 15 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below.

 

ACCOUNTING MATTERS

 

Critical Accounting Policies

The company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below. The company’s critical accounting policies are those that may involve a higher degree of judgment, estimates and complexity. The company believes its most critical accounting policies include those related to the company’s pension and postretirement benefit plans, potential impairments of long-lived assets and goodwill, reserves for matters such as legal and environmental issues and product liability reserves, and depletion accounting. While the company bases its judgments and estimates on historical experience and other assumptions that management believes are appropriate and reasonable under current circumstances, actual resolution of these matters may differ from recorded estimated amounts.

 

Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans    The company sponsors several pension and postretirement benefit plans for its employees. Key assumptions used to determine the amounts recorded in the company’s financial statements include the discount rate, the expected return on plan assets, anticipated trends in health care costs, assumed increases in salaries, mortality rates, and other factors. These assumptions are reviewed with external advisors at the end of each fiscal year and are updated as appropriate. Actual experience that differs from the assumptions could have a significant effect on the company’s financial position, results from operations or cash flows. Other factors that affect the level of net periodic benefit income or expense that is recognized in a given year include actual pension fund performance, plan changes, and changes in plan participation or coverage.

 

The company’s expected rate of return on plan assets reflects the company’s best estimate regarding the long-term rate of return on plan assets based on the information that was available as of the measurement date, including historical returns for the last 20 years. As of December 25, 2005, the company is using an expected rate of return on pension plan assets assumption of 9.5 percent. This assumption, which will be used in the determination of the 2006 net periodic benefits costs, is the same assumption that was used for 2005 and 2004. Each 0.5 percent reduction in the expected return on plan assets would increase the 2006 pension plan expense by approximately $20 million for the company’s U.S. qualified pension plans and by approximately $5 million for the company’s Canadian registered pension plans.

 

The discount rate for both the U.S. and Canadian plans is based on yields for corporate bonds, rated AA or better, by matching cash flows to a spot rate yield curve. As of December 25, 2005, the company reduced the discount rate from 6.00 percent to 5.90 percent for the U.S. plans and from 6.00 percent to 5.15 percent for the Canadian plans to reflect decreases in the benchmark rates of interest. Pension and postretirement benefit expenses for 2006 will be based on the 5.90 percent assumed discount rate for U.S. plans and 5.15 percent for the Canadian plans. Future discount rates may differ. Each 0.5 percent reduction in the assumed discount rate would increase pension expense by approximately $19 million for the company’s U.S. qualified pension plans and by approximately $8 million for the company’s Canadian registered pension plans.

 

The company had no obligation to and did not make any contributions to its U.S. qualified pension plans during 2005. Benefits of approximately $16 million for the U.S. nonqualified plan were paid from general assets of the company as this plan is not prefunded. The company contributed approximately $46 million to its registered and nonregistered Canadian pension plans in 2005. The company expects it will not have an obligation to make contributions to its U.S. plans during 2006 and expects to contribute a total of approximately $47 million to its Canadian plans during 2006.

 

Long-Lived Assets and Goodwill    The company reviews the carrying value of its long-lived assets and goodwill when events and changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the assets may not be recoverable through future operations. In addition, goodwill is assessed annually in the fourth quarter for impairment. In order to determine whether long-lived assets and goodwill are impaired, and the amount and timing of impairment charges, the company is required to estimate future cash flows, residual values and fair values of the related assets. Key assumptions used in those calculations include the probability of alternative outcomes, product pricing, raw material costs, volumes

 

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of product to be sold and discount rates. Management believes that the estimates of future cash flows and fair values are reasonable; however, changes in estimates of such cash flows, changes in the likelihood of alternative outcomes, and changes in estimates of fair value could affect the evaluations.

 

The company has grown substantially through acquisitions in recent years. A large portion of the net book value of the company’s property and equipment and timber and timberlands represent amounts allocated to those assets as part of the allocation of the purchase price of recent acquisitions. Due to these allocations, a large portion of the company’s long-term assets are valued at relatively current amounts. In addition, the company had goodwill of $3.0 billion as of December 25, 2005, which represented approximately 11 percent of the company’s consolidated assets.

 

All of the company’s reporting units passed the goodwill impairment test in the fourth quarter of 2005. As disclosed above under “Economic and Industry Factors Affecting Operations,” a trend towards electronic substitution for paper may represent a fundamental change in the marketplace for the company’s paper products. Cellulose Fiber and White Papers lost $444 million in 2005, including pretax charges for closure of facilities of $449 million. Further restructuring activities, protracted economic weakness, or poor operating results, among other factors, could trigger an impairment of Cellulose Fiber and White Papers’ goodwill in the near term. As of December 25, 2005, the carrying amount of goodwill for the Cellulose Fiber and White Papers segment was $857 million.

 

Legal, Environmental and Product Liability Reserves    Contingent liabilities, principally for legal, environmental and product liability matters, are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Liabilities accrued for legal matters require judgments regarding projected outcomes and range of loss based on historical experience and recommendations of legal counsel. However, litigation is inherently unpredictable, and excessive verdicts do occur. As disclosed in Note 15 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below, the company’s legal exposures are significant and the ultimate outcome of these legal proceedings could be material to operating results or cash flows in any given quarter or year.

 

Liabilities for environmental matters require evaluations of relevant environmental regulations and estimates of future remediation alternatives and costs. The company determines these estimates after a detailed evaluation of each site. In establishing its accruals for environmental remediation, the company has assumed that it will not bear the entire cost of remediation of every site to the exclusion of other known potentially responsible parties who may be jointly and severally liable. The ability of other potentially responsible parties to participate has been taken into account, based generally on each party’s financial condition and probable contribution on a per-site basis. The company does not record amounts for recoveries from insurance carriers until a binding agreement has been reached between the company and the carrier.

 

Additionally, reserves for future claims settlements relating to hardboard siding cases require judgments regarding projections of future claims rates and amounts.

 

Depletion    Depletion, or costs attributed to timber harvested, is recorded as trees are harvested. Depletion rates are adjusted annually. Depletion rates are computed by dividing the original cost of the timber less previously recorded depletion by the total timber volume that is estimated to be harvested over the harvest cycle. The length of the harvest cycle varies by geographic region and species of timber. The depletion rate calculations do not include an estimate for future silviculture costs associated with existing stands, future reforestation costs associated with a stand’s final harvest, or future volume in connection with the replanting of a stand subsequent to its final harvest.

 

Significant estimates and judgments are required to determine the volume of timber available for harvest over the harvest cycle. Some of the factors affecting the estimates are changes in weather patterns, the effect of fertilizer and pesticide applications, changes in environmental regulations and restrictions that may limit the company’s ability to harvest certain timberlands, changes in harvest plans, the scientific advancement in seedling and growing technology, and changes in harvest cycles.

 

Prospective Pronouncements

See Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” below for a summary of prospective accounting pronouncements.

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Some information included in this report contains statements concerning the company’s future results and performance that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Some of these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “expects,” “may,” “will,” “believes,” “should,” “approximately,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” and “plans,” and the negative or other variations of those terms or comparable terminology or by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. In particular, some of these forward-looking statements deal with expectations regarding the company’s markets in the first quarter of 2006, expected earnings and performance of the company’s business segments during the first quarter of 2006, demand and pricing for the company’s products in the first quarter of 2006, expected raw material, energy, chemical, transportation and manufacturing costs in the first quarter of 2006, expected capital expenditures in 2006, facility closings and related charges, new home sales and closings, effect of Canadian exchange rate, the effect of adverse litigation outcomes and the adequacy of reserves, the effect of regulations, the effect of changes in accounting principles, contributions to pension plans, projected benefit payments, projected tax rates and expected loss of tax credits, and related matters. The accuracy of such statements is subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, including, but not limited to:

 

Ÿ   The effect of general economic conditions, including the level of interest rates, the strength of the U.S. dollar and housing starts;

 

Ÿ   Market demand for the company’s products, which may be tied to the relative strength of various U.S. business segments;

 

Ÿ   Energy prices;

 

Ÿ   Raw material prices;

 

Ÿ   Performance of the company’s manufacturing operations;

 

Ÿ   The successful execution of internal performance plans;

 

Ÿ   The level of competition from domestic and foreign producers;

 

Ÿ   The effect of forestry, land use, environmental and other governmental regulations;

 

Ÿ   The effect of weather;

 

Ÿ   The risk of loss from fires, floods and other natural disasters;

 

Ÿ   Transportation costs;

 

Ÿ   Legal proceedings;

 

Ÿ   Performance of pension fund investments and related derivatives; and

 

Ÿ   Changes in accounting principles.

 

The company is also a large exporter and is affected by changes in economic activity in Europe and Asia, particularly Japan, and by changes in currency exchange rates, particularly the relative value of the U.S. dollar to the Euro and the Canadian dollar, and restrictions on international trade or tariffs imposed on imports, including the countervailing and anti-dumping duties imposed on the company’s softwood lumber shipments from Canada to the United States. These and other factors could cause or contribute to actual results differing materially from such forward-looking statements and, accordingly, no assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur, or if any of them occurs, what effect they will have on the company’s results of operations or financial condition. The company expressly declines any obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statements that have been made to reflect the occurrence of events after the date of this report.

 

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QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

The fair value of the company’s fixed-rate debt is affected by changes in market rates of interest. A summary of the company’s long-term debt obligations, including scheduled principal repayments and weighted average interest rates, as of December 25, 2005, follows:

 

    2006      2007      2008      2009      2010      Thereafter      Total      Fair Value

Dollar amounts in millions

                                                                    

Weyerhaeuser:

                                                                    

Fixed-rate debt

  $ 389      $ 484      $ 551      $ 110      $ 3      $ 6,071      $ 7,608      $ 8,192

Average interest rate

    7.00 %      6.55 %      5.99 %      6.05 %      6.50 %      7.21 %      7.05 %       

Variable-rate debt

         $ 7      $ 172      $ 7                    $ 186      $ 186

Average interest rate

           6.00 %      3.72 %      1.87 %                    3.75 %       

Real Estate and Related Assets:

                                                                    

Fixed-rate debt

  $ 250      $ 1      $ 140      $ 53      $ 41      $ 341      $ 826      $ 836

Average interest rate

    6.9 %      5.6 %      6.6 %      5.6 %      5.5 %      6.3 %      6.5 %       

Variable-rate debt

                                     $ 25      $ 25      $ 25

Average interest rate

                                       1.7 %      1.7 %       

 

Occasionally, the company uses derivative instruments to achieve a desired mix of fixed versus floating rate debt in its capital structure, to hedge commitments for short or long positions in commodities the company produces or purchases, to manage exposure to foreign exchange rate fluctuations, and to eliminate or create other exposures to investments or liability commitments that are less efficiently managed in the cash or physical markets. The fair value of derivative contracts may vary due to the volatility of the expected underlying forward prices or index rates associated with such contracts.

 

As of December 25, 2005, the company had commodity futures, swaps and collars with an annual notional value of $252 million, an aggregate notional value of $308 million and an aggregate fair value of approximately $56 million. As of December 25, 2005, commodity swaps with a notional value of $201 million, were accounted for as cash flow hedges and the remaining commodity swaps with a notional value of approximately $107 million were marked to market and changes in fair market value were recognized in earnings in the period of change. A 10 percent change in the forward price levels would result in a change in the fair value of the commodity contracts of up to approximately $31 million. This sensitivity excludes the offsetting impact of the price changes on underlying physical product purchases or sales, and excludes any sensitivity reduction due to negative and/or low correlations between commodities.

 

The company had an investment swap with a notional value of $126 million and a fair value of approximately $1 million at December 25, 2005. The value at risk for this derivative is approximately $6 million, calculated by applying conservative probabilities of changes in the expected return based on historical results.

 

As of December 25, 2005, entities that the company has consolidated under Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46 (revised), had interest swap agreements with an aggregate notional value of $34 million and a fair value representing a loss of less than $1 million.

 

AUDIT COMMITTEE

As of December 25, 2005, the Audit Committee was comprised of four independent directors (as defined in the listing requirements of the New York Stock Exchange) and is responsible for appointing the independent registered public accounting firm, overseeing the audit work, and establishing procedures for receiving and processing complaints regarding accounting, internal controls or auditing matters. The Audit Committee reviewed with the company’s management and with its independent registered public accounting firm the scope and results of the company’s internal and external audit activities and the adequacy of the company’s internal control over financial reporting. The committee also reviewed current and emerging accounting and reporting requirements and practices affecting the company. Robert J. Herbold, former chair of the Audit Committee, retired as a director as of the company’s board meeting on February 16, 2006.

 

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CERTIFICATIONS

The company has filed certifications under Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition, the company has submitted to the New York Stock Exchange a certification that it is in compliance with the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

 

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 rules. Management, under our supervision, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on our evaluation under the framework in Internal Control - Integrated Framework, management concluded that the company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 25, 2005. Management’s assessment of the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 25, 2005, has been audited by KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is included herein.

 

/s/ STEVEN R. ROGEL
Steven R. Rogel
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Dated: February 21, 2006

 

/s/ RICHARD J. TAGGART
Richard J. Taggart
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Dated: February 21, 2006

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Board of Directors and Shareholders

Weyerhaeuser Company:

 

We have audited management’s assessment, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, that Weyerhaeuser Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 25, 2005, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Weyerhaeuser Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

In our opinion, management’s assessment that Weyerhaeuser Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 25, 2005, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Also, in our opinion, Weyerhaeuser Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 25, 2005, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

 

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet of Weyerhaeuser Company and subsidiaries as of December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, cash flows and shareholders’ interest and comprehensive income for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 25, 2005, and our report dated February 21, 2006, expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

 

As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, Weyerhaeuser Company and subsidiaries adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations, in 2003. Also, as discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, Weyerhaeuser Company and subsidiaries adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, in 2004.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

Seattle, Washington

February 21, 2006

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Board of Directors and Shareholders

Weyerhaeuser Company:

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Weyerhaeuser Company and subsidiaries as of December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, cash flows and shareholders’ interest and comprehensive income for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 25, 2005. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Weyerhaeuser Company and subsidiaries as of December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 25, 2005, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the effectiveness of Weyerhaeuser Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 25, 2005, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated February 21, 2006, expressed an unqualified opinion on management’s assessment of, and the effective operation of, internal control over financial reporting.

 

As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, Weyerhaeuser Company and subsidiaries adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations, in 2003. Also, as discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, Weyerhaeuser Company and subsidiaries adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, in 2004.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

Seattle, Washington

February 21, 2006

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS (Dollar amounts in millions except per-share figures)

 

For the Three-Year Period ended December 25, 2005   2005      2004      2003  

Net sales and revenues:

                         

Weyerhaeuser

  $ 19,714      $ 19,436      $ 17,220  

Real Estate and Related Assets

    2,915        2,495        2,029  
   
 

Total net sales and revenues

    22,629        21,931        19,249  
   
 

Costs and expenses:

                         

Weyerhaeuser:

                         

Costs of products sold

    15,460        14,615        13,486  

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    1,307        1,263        1,265  

Selling expenses

    461        481        451  

General and administrative expenses

    899        942        936  

Research and development expenses

    61        55        51  

Taxes other than payroll and income taxes

    179        194        185  

Charges for integration and restructuring (Note 17)

    21        39        103  

Charges for closure of facilities (Note 18)

    693        17        123  

Other operating costs, net (Note 16)

    (60 )      (233 )      (229 )
   
 
      19,021        17,373        16,371  
   
 

Real Estate and Related Assets:

                         

Costs and operating expenses

    1,945        1,763        1,516  

Depreciation and amortization

    16        14        11  

Selling expenses

    151        125        107  

General and administrative expenses

    104        81        63  

Taxes other than payroll and income taxes

    3        2        3  

Other operating costs, net

    (3 )      (17 )      (9 )

Charge for impairment of long-lived asset

    33                
   
 
      2,249        1,968        1,691  
   
 

Total costs and expenses

    21,270        19,341        18,062  
   
 

Operating income

    1,359        2,590        1,187  

Interest expense and other:

                         

Weyerhaeuser:

                         

Interest expense incurred

    (739 )      (838 )      (815 )

Less interest capitalized

    9        9        19  

Interest income and other (Notes 3 and 4)

    214        24        17  

Equity in income (loss) of affiliates (Note 4)

    (6 )      14        (6 )

Real Estate and Related Assets:

                         

Interest expense incurred

    (55 )      (57 )      (53 )

Less interest capitalized

    55        57        53  

Interest income and other

    12        31        33  

Equity in income of unconsolidated entities (Note 4)

    57        52        20  
   
 

Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle

    906        1,882        455  

Income taxes (Note 6)

    (324 )      (627 )      (152 )
   
 

Earnings from continuing operations before cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle

    582        1,255        303  

Earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes (Note 23)

    151        28        (15 )
   
 

Earnings before cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle

    733        1,283        288  

Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, net of income taxes (Note 1)

                  (11 )
   
 

Net earnings

  $ 733      $ 1,283      $ 277  
   
 

Net earnings per share (Note 2):

                         

Basic:

                         

Earnings from continuing operations

  $ 2.38      $ 5.33      $ 1.37  

Net earnings

  $ 3.00      $ 5.45      $ 1.25  
   
 

Diluted:

                         

Earnings from continuing operations

  $ 2.36      $ 5.31      $ 1.37  

Net earnings

  $ 2.98      $ 5.43      $ 1.25  
   
 

Dividends paid per share

  $ 1.90      $ 1.60      $ 1.60  
   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (Dollar amounts in millions except share and per-share figures)

 

Assets   December 25,
2005
   December 26,
2004
 

Weyerhaeuser

              

Current assets:

              

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 818    $ 1,044  

Receivables, less allowances of $15 and $17

    1,727      1,534  

Inventories (Note 8)

    1,917      1,876  

Prepaid expenses

    414      588  

Assets of discontinued operations

         1,183  
   


Total current assets

    4,876      6,225  

Property and equipment, net (Note 9)

    10,510      11,661  

Construction in progress

    533      268  

Timber and timberlands at cost, less depletion charged to disposals

    3,705      3,733  

Investments in and advances to equity affiliates (Note 4)

    486      489  

Goodwill (Note 5)

    2,982      2,996  

Deferred pension and other assets (Note 7)

    1,314      1,201  

Restricted assets held by special purpose entities (Note 3)

    916      909  
   


      25,322      27,482  
   


Real Estate and Related Assets

              

Cash and cash equivalents

    286      153  

Receivables, less discounts and allowances of $3 and $4

    42      43  

Real estate in process of development and for sale (Note 10)

    1,064      905  

Land being processed for development

    1,158      1,042  

Investments in unconsolidated entities, less reserves of $4 and $3 (Note 4)

    61      59  

Other assets

    296      270  
   


      2,907      2,472  
   


Total assets

  $ 28,229    $ 29,954  
   


 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (continued)

 

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Interest   December 25,
2005
   December 26,
2004
 

Weyerhaeuser

              

Current liabilities:

              

Notes payable and commercial paper (Note 12)

  $ 3    $ 3  

Current maturities of long-term debt (Notes 13 and 14)

    389      489  

Accounts payable

    1,241      1,130  

Accrued liabilities (Note 11)

    1,622      1,431  

Liabilities of discontinued operations

         291  
   


Total current liabilities

    3,255      3,344  

Long-term debt (Notes 13 and 14)

    7,404      9,277  

Deferred income taxes (Note 6)

    4,035      4,351  

Deferred pension, other postretirement benefits and other liabilities (Note 7)

    1,591      1,497  

Liabilities (nonrecourse to Weyerhaeuser) held by special purpose entities (Note 3)

    764      815  

Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)

              
   


      17,049      19,284  
   


Real Estate and Related Assets

              

Notes payable (Note 12)

    7      2  

Long-term debt (Notes 13 and 14)

    851      867  

Other liabilities

    522      546  

Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)

              
   


      1,380      1,415  
   


Total liabilities

    18,429      20,699  
   


Shareholders’ interest (Note 20):

              

Common shares: $1.25 par value; authorized 400,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding:

              

243,138,423 and 240,360,619 shares

    304      300  

Exchangeable shares: no par value; unlimited shares authorized; issued and held by nonaffiliates: 2,045,315 and 2,111,255 shares

    139      144  

Other capital

    4,227      4,075  

Retained earnings

    4,840      4,573  

Cumulative other comprehensive income

    290      163  
   


Total shareholders’ interest

    9,800      9,255  
   


Total liabilities and shareholders’ interest

  $ 28,229    $ 29,954  
   


 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (Dollar amounts in millions)

 

    Consolidated  
For the Three-Year Period ended December 25, 2005   2005     2004      2003  

Cash flows from operations:

                        

Net earnings

  $ 733     $ 1,283      $ 277  

Noncash charges (credits) to income:

                        

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    1,337       1,322        1,318  

Deferred income taxes, net (Note 6)

    (424 )     136        18  

Pension and other postretirement benefits (Note 7)

    172       185        140  

Equity in (income) loss of affiliates and unconsolidated entities (Note 4)

    (51 )     (66 )      (14 )

Net charges related to litigation (Notes 15 and 16)

    63       45        84  

Charges for impairment of long-lived assets (Notes 16 and 18)

    628       34        103  

Donation of technology (Note 16)

          23         

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

    35       73         

Gain on disposition of assets and operations (Notes 4, 19 and 23)

    (293 )     (332 )      (210 )

Foreign exchange gains (Note 16)

    (16 )     (27 )      (108 )

Cumulative effect of accounting changes (Notes 1 and 16)

    (43 )            17  

Decrease (increase) in working capital, net of acquisitions:

                        

Receivables

    (181 )     (150 )      (9 )

Inventories, real estate and land

    (193 )     (227 )      199  

Prepaid expenses

    54       (62 )      7  

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

    102       168        121  

Other

    (175 )     (137 )      (137 )
   
 

Net cash from operations

    1,748       2,268        1,806  
   
 

Cash flows from investing activities:

                        

Property and equipment

    (861 )     (492 )      (608 )

Timberlands reforestation

    (32 )     (30 )      (34 )

Acquisition of timberlands

    (64 )     (100 )      (129 )

Acquisition of businesses and facilities, net of cash acquired (Note 22)

          (17 )      (8 )

Net distributions from (investments in) equity affiliates

    43       9        (10 )

Investment in restricted assets held by special purpose entities (Notes 3 and 19)

          (362 )      (437 )

Proceeds from sale of:

                        

Property, equipment and other assets

    41       159        119  

Operating facilities (Note 23)

    1,209               

Investments (Note 4)

    115               

Significant nonstrategic timberlands (Note 19)

          384        437  

Intercompany advances

                  

Other

          48        (41 )
   
 

Net cash from investing activities

    451       (401 )      (711 )
   
 

Cash flows from financing activities:

                        

Issuances of debt (Note 12)

    173              194  

Notes, commercial paper borrowings and revolving credit facility, net

    59       25        (372 )

Cash dividends

    (466 )     (372 )      (355 )

Intercompany return of capital and cash dividends

                  

Payments on debt

    (2,196 )     (1,960 )      (898 )

Proceeds from common share offering (Note 20)

          954         

Exercise of stock options

    160       180        60  

Repurchase of common stock (Note 20)

    (11 )             

Proceeds from liabilities (nonrecourse to Weyerhaeuser) held by special purpose entities (Note 19)

          302        358  

Other

    (11 )     (1 )      (2 )
   
 

Net cash from financing activities

    (2,292 )     (872 )      (1,015 )
   
 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

    (93 )     995        80  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

    1,197       202        122  
   
 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

  $ 1,104     $ 1,197      $ 202  
   
 

Cash paid (received) during the year for:

                        

Interest, net of amount capitalized

  $ 740     $ 785      $ 789  

Income taxes

  $ 632     $ 521      $ (21 )
   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (continued)

 

Weyerhaeuser

        Real Estate and Related Assets

 
2005

    2004

    2003

        2005

    2004

    2003

 
                                                 
$ 275     $ 907     $ 32         $ 458     $ 376     $ 245  
                                                 
  1,321       1,308       1,307           16       14       11  
  (396 )     151       41           (28 )     (15 )     (23 )
  167       181       137           5       4       3  
  6       (14 )     6           (57 )     (52 )     (20 )
  63       45       84                        
  595       34       102           33             1  
        23                              
  35       73                              
  (293 )     (332 )     (202 )                     (8 )
  (16 )     (27 )     (108 )                      
  (43 )           17                        
                                                 
  (183 )     (170 )     (16 )         2       20       7  
  (10 )     (100 )     133           (183 )     (127 )     66  
  43       (56 )     10           11       (6 )     (3 )
  136       130       170           (34 )     38       (49 )
  (80 )     (50 )     (82 )         (95 )     (87 )     (55 )



  1,620       2,103       1,631           128       165       175  



                                                 
  (843 )     (474 )     (592 )         (18 )     (18 )     (16 )
  (32 )     (30 )     (34 )                      
  (64 )     (100 )     (129 )                      
        (17 )     (8 )                      
  (2 )     (3 )     5           45       12       (15 )
        (362 )     (437 )                      
                                                 
  41       159       78                       41  
  1,209                                    
  115                                    
        384       437                        
  (12 )     21       7           12       (21 )     (7 )
        48       (40 )                     (1 )



  412       (374 )     (713 )         39       (27 )     2  



                                                 
  173             44                       150  
  75       16       (300 )         (16 )     9       (72 )
  (466 )     (372 )     (355 )                      
        1       157                 (1 )     (157 )
  (2,178 )     (1,936 )     (824 )         (18 )     (24 )     (74 )
        954                              
  160       180       60                        
  (11 )                                  
        302       358                        
  (11 )     (1 )     (2 )                      



  (2,258 )     (856 )     (862 )         (34 )     (16 )     (153 )



  (226 )     873       56           133       122       24  
  1,044       171       115           153       31       7  



$ 818     $ 1,044     $ 171         $ 286     $ 153     $ 31  



                                                 
$ 740     $ 785     $ 789         $     $     $  
$ 290     $ 265     $ (265 )       $ 342     $ 256     $ 244  



 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS’ INTEREST AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Dollar amounts in millions)

 

For the Three-Year Period ended December 25, 2005   2005      2004      2003  

Common shares:

                         

Balance at beginning of year

  $ 300      $ 275      $ 274  

Issued for exercise of stock options

    4        4        1  

New shares issued

           21         
   
 

Balance at end of year

  $ 304      $ 300      $ 275  
   
 

Exchangeable shares:

                         

Balance at beginning of year

  $ 144      $ 156      $ 156  

Retraction

    (5 )      (12 )       
   
 

Balance at end of year

  $ 139      $ 144      $ 156  
   
 

Other capital — common and exchangeable:

                         

Balance at beginning of year

  $ 4,075      $ 2,940      $ 2,875  

Issued for exercise of stock options

    156        176        59  

New shares issued

           933         

Issued in retraction of exchangeable shares

    5        12        1  

Repurchase of common shares

    (11 )              

Other transactions, net

    2        14        5  
   
 

Balance at end of year

  $ 4,227      $ 4,075      $ 2,940  
   
 

Retained earnings:

                         

Balance at beginning of year

  $ 4,573      $ 3,662      $ 3,740  

Net earnings

    733        1,283        277  

Cash dividends on common shares

    (466 )      (372 )      (355 )
   
 

Balance at end of year

  $ 4,840      $ 4,573      $ 3,662  
   
 

Cumulative other comprehensive income:

                         

Balance at beginning of year

  $ 163      $ 76      $ (422 )

Annual changes — net of tax:

                         

Foreign currency translation adjustments

    109        74        434  

Additional minimum pension liability adjustments

    (18 )      13        60  

Cash flow hedge fair value adjustments

    36        (1 )      2  

Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities

           1        2  
   
 

Balance at end of year

  $ 290      $ 163      $ 76  
   
 

Total shareholders’ interest:

                         

Balance at end of year

  $ 9,800      $ 9,255      $ 7,109  
   
 

Comprehensive income:

                         

Net earnings

  $ 733      $ 1,283      $ 277  

Other comprehensive income:

                         

Foreign currency translation adjustments

    109        74        434  

Additional minimum pension liability adjustments, net of tax expense (benefit) of $(9) in 2005, $7 in 2004 and $32 in 2003

    (18 )      13        60  

Cash flow hedges:

                         

Net derivative gains (losses), net of tax expense (benefit) of $34 in 2005, $1 in 2004 and ($1) in 2003

    53        2        (1 )

Reclassification of (gains) losses, net of tax (expense) benefit of $(10) in 2005, ($1) in 2004, and $3 in 2003

    (17 )      (3 )      3  

Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities

           1        2  
   
 

Total comprehensive income

  $ 860      $ 1,370      $ 775  
   
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

FOR THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 25, 2005

 

 

NOTE 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Consolidation    The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Weyerhaeuser Company and all of its majority-owned domestic and foreign subsidiaries, and variable interest entities of which Weyerhaeuser Company or its subsidiaries are determined to be the primary beneficiary. Intercompany transactions and accounts are eliminated. Investments in and advances to unconsolidated equity affiliates over which the company has significant influence are accounted for using the equity method with taxes provided on undistributed earnings.

 

Certain of the consolidated financial statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are presented in two groupings: (1) Weyerhaeuser, principally engaged in the growing and harvesting of timber and the manufacture, distribution and sale of forest products, and (2) Real Estate and Related Assets, principally engaged in real estate development and construction and other real estate related activities. The term “company” refers to Weyerhaeuser Company, all of its majority-owned domestic and foreign subsidiaries and variable interest entities of which Weyerhaeuser Company or its subsidiaries are determined to be the primary beneficiary. The term “Weyerhaeuser” refers to the forest products-based operations and excludes the Real Estate and Related Assets operations.

 

Nature of Operations    The company’s business segments are:

 

Ÿ   Timberlands, which manages 5.7 million acres of company-owned and 0.7 million acres of leased commercial forestlands in North America (4.2 million acres in the southern United States and 2.2 million acres in the Pacific Northwest and Canada). Timberlands also has renewable long-term licenses on 27.6 million acres of forestland located in five provinces throughout Canada. The terms of the licenses are described under “Timber and Timberlands” below.

 

Ÿ   Wood Products, which produces a full line of wood products that are sold primarily through Weyerhaeuser’s own sales organizations to wholesalers, retailers and industrial users in North America, the Pacific Rim and Europe.

 

Ÿ   Cellulose Fiber and White Papers, which manufactures and sells pulp, coated and uncoated paper, and liquid packaging board in North American, Pacific Rim and European markets.

 

Ÿ   Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling, which manufactures and sells containerboard in North American, Pacific Rim and European markets and packaging products for domestic and Mexican markets, and which operates an extensive wastepaper recycling system that serves Weyerhaeuser mills and worldwide markets.

 

Ÿ   Real Estate and Related Assets, which is primarily engaged in developing single-family housing and residential lots for sale, including master planned communities, mainly in selected metropolitan areas in California, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

 

Ÿ   Corporate and Other, which includes marine transportation (Westwood Shipping Lines, a wholly-owned subsidiary), distribution, timberlands and converting facilities located outside North America, and general corporate support activities.

 

Fiscal Year End    The company’s fiscal year ends on the last Sunday of the calendar year. Each of the company’s fiscal years in 2005, 2004 and 2003 had 52 weeks.

 

Accounting Pronouncements Implemented    The company adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations (Statement 143), as of the beginning of 2003. Statement 143 requires entities to record the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation in the period in which it is incurred. The associated asset retirement costs are capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset. The cumulative effect of adopting the accounting principle, after a tax benefit of $6 million, was a charge of $11 million, or 5 cents per share, basic and diluted.

 

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The adoption of the following recent accounting pronouncements did not have a material effect on the company’s results of operations or financial condition:

 

Ÿ   Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 153, Exchanges of Nonmonetary Assets – An Amendment of APB Opinion No. 29, Accounting for Nonmonetary Transactions

 

Ÿ   Interpretation No. 47, Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations

 

Prospective Accounting Pronouncements    The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (Statement 123R), in December 2004. Statement 123R is a revision of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, and supersedes Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (Statement 123). Statement 123R requires the fair value of employee awards issued, modified, repurchased or cancelled after implementation under share-based payment arrangements to be measured as of the grant dates. The resulting cost will then be recognized in the statement of earnings over the service period. The company will implement Statement 123R as of the beginning of fiscal year 2006, as permitted by a Securities and Exchange Commission Rule that was issued in April 2005. The company is currently evaluating the effect that Statement 123R will have on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows when Statement 123R is adopted.

 

The FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 151, Inventory Costs – An Amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4 (Statement 151), in November 2004. Statement 151 amends the guidance in Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) No. 43, Chapter 4, Inventory Pricing, to clarify the accounting for abnormal amounts of idle facility expense, freight, handling costs, and wasted material (spoilage). Among other provisions, the new rule requires that items such as idle facility expense, excessive spoilage, double freight, and rehandling costs be recognized as current period charges regardless of whether they meet the criterion of “so abnormal” as stated in ARB No. 43. Additionally, Statement 151 requires that the allocation of fixed production overheads to the costs of conversions be based on normal capacity of the production facilities. Statement 151 is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005, and is required to be adopted by the company in the first quarter of fiscal 2006. The company is currently evaluating the effect that the adoption of Statement 151 will have on its financial position and results of operations, but does not expect it to be material.

 

Use of Estimates    The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Financial Instruments    The company has, where appropriate, estimated the fair value of financial instruments. These fair value amounts may be significantly affected by the assumptions used, including the discount rate and estimates of cash flows. Accordingly, the estimates presented are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that could be realized in a current market exchange. Where these estimates approximate carrying value, no separate disclosure of fair value is shown.

 

Derivatives    The company uses well-defined financial contracts in the normal course of its operations as a means to manage its foreign exchange, interest rate and commodity price risks. The company also uses other contracts that either do not provide for net settlement or are fixed-price contracts for future purchases and sales of various commodities for which the company applies the “normal purchases or normal sales” exclusion for accounting purposes.

 

The effective portions of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges are recorded in other comprehensive income and are recognized in earnings when the hedged item affects earnings. Ineffective portions of changes in the fair value of cash flow hedges are recognized in earnings. Changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as fair value hedges and of the hedged items attributable to the hedged risks, are recognized in earnings. Changes in the fair value of all other derivative instruments not accounted for as hedges are also recognized in earnings in the period in which the changes occur.

 

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Certain commodity contracts, primarily related to the purchase of energy, have been designated as cash flow hedges. In addition, entities that operate mills on a contract basis for the company and that the company has consolidated under FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, have variable-to-fixed interest rate swap agreements entered into with a bank in which the entities pay fixed rates and receive floating rates with the interest payments calculated on a notional amount. The interest rate swap agreements are being accounted for as cash flow hedges by the consolidated entities and changes in the fair value of these swaps are recorded in minority interest.

 

In addition, the company has the following contracts that are not being accounted for as hedges:

 

Ÿ   Variable rate swap agreement entered into with a major financial institution in which the company pays a floating rate based on LIBOR and receives a floating return based on an investment fund index, with payments calculated on a notional amount. The swap is an overlay to investments and provides diversification benefits. The swap is settled quarterly and marked to market at each reporting date. All unrealized gains and losses are recognized in earnings currently.

 

Ÿ   Selected over-the-counter commodity contracts and lumber futures designed to manage the company’s purchases, sales and inventory. The swaps are settled monthly and the futures are settled on expiration. Both swaps and futures are marked to market at each reporting date. All unrealized gains and losses are recognized in earnings currently.

 

The company is exposed to credit-related gains or losses in the event of nonperformance by counterparties to financial instruments but does not expect any counterparties to fail to meet their obligations. The annual notional amounts of the company’s derivative financial instruments were $418 million and $387 million at December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004, respectively. The aggregate notional amounts of these derivative financial instruments were $474 million and $486 million at December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004, respectively. These notional amounts do not represent amounts exchanged by the parties and, thus, are not a measure of exposure to the company through its use of derivatives. The exposure in a derivative contract is the net difference between what each party is required to pay based on contractual terms. The company’s use of derivative instruments resulted in gains of approximately $22 million in 2005, $12 million in 2004 and $8 million in 2003.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents     Short-term investments with original maturities of 90 days or less are considered cash equivalents. Short-term investments are stated at amortized cost, which approximates market.

 

Inventories    Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost includes labor, materials and production overhead. The last-in, first-out (LIFO) method is used to cost more than half of domestic raw materials, in process and finished goods inventories. LIFO inventories were $669 million and $670 million at December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004, respectively. The balance of domestic raw material and product inventories, all materials and supplies inventories, and all foreign inventories is costed at either the first-in, first-out (FIFO) or moving average cost methods. Had the FIFO method been used to cost all inventories, the amounts at which product inventories are stated would have been $240 million and $203 million greater at December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004, respectively.

 

Property and Equipment    The company’s property accounts are maintained on an individual asset basis. Improvements to and replacements of major units are capitalized. Maintenance, repairs and minor replacements are expensed. Depreciation is provided on the straight-line method at rates based on estimated service lives. Amortization of logging railroads and truck roads is provided generally as timber is harvested and is based upon rates determined with reference to the volume of timber estimated to be removed over such facilities.

 

The cost and accumulated depreciation of property sold or retired is removed from the accounts and the gain or loss is included in earnings.

 

Timber and Timberlands    Timber and timberlands are carried at cost less depletion charged to disposals. Depletion is the cost of standing timber and is charged to fee timber disposals as fee timber is harvested, lost as a result of casualty,

 

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or sold. Generally, all initial site preparation and planting costs are capitalized as reforestation. Reforestation is transferred to a merchantable (harvestable) timber classification after 15 years in the South and 30 years in the West. Generally, costs incurred after the first planting, such as fertilization, vegetation and insect control, pruning and precommercial thinning, property taxes and interest, are considered to be maintenance of the forest and are expensed as incurred. Accounting practices for these costs do not change when timber becomes merchantable and harvesting commences.

 

Depletion rates used to relieve timber inventory are determined with reference to the net carrying value of timber and the related volume of timber estimated to be available over the growth cycle. The growth cycle volume considers regulatory and environmental constraints affecting operable acres, management strategies to be applied, inventory data improvements, growth rate revisions and recalibrations, and the exclusion of known dispositions and inoperable acreage. The cost of timber harvested is included in the carrying values of raw material and product inventories and in the cost of products sold as these inventories are sold to third parties.

 

Weyerhaeuser also holds forest management licenses in various Canadian provinces. The provincial governments grant these licenses for initial periods of 15–25 years, and the licenses are renewable every five years, provided the company meets normal reforestation, operating and management guidelines. Calculation of fees payable on harvested volumes varies from province to province, but is tied to product market pricing and the allocation of land management responsibilities agreed to in the license.

 

Goodwill    Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over fair value of net assets acquired in a business combination. Goodwill is assessed for impairment at least annually using a fair-value-based approach. The company’s annual assessment is performed as of the beginning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year.

 

Accounts Receivable    The company periodically sold Canadian trade accounts receivable with limited recourse to an independently capitalized trust that, in turn, sold an undivided interest in the pool of receivables to a major international financial institution. The facility provided a competitive source of funding and was limited to $200 million (Canadian) at any one point in time, of which a maximum of $60 million could be denominated in U.S. dollars. The U.S. dollar equivalent of the sold receivables portfolio was $86 million as of December 26, 2004. The program was terminated in January 2005.

 

Accounts Payable    The company’s banking system provides for the daily replenishment of major bank accounts as checks are presented for payment. Accordingly, there were negative book cash balances of $284 million and $227 million at December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004, respectively. Such balances result from outstanding checks that had not yet been paid by the bank and are reflected in accounts payable in the consolidated balance sheet.

 

Income Taxes    Income taxes are accounted for under the liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, and for operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.

 

Pension Plans    The company has pension plans covering most of its employees. Both the U.S. and Canadian plans covering salaried employees provide pension benefits based on each employee’s highest monthly earnings for five consecutive years during the final 10 years before retirement. Plans covering hourly employees generally provide benefits of stated amounts for each year of service. The benefit levels for these plans are typically set through collective bargaining agreements with the unions representing the employees participating in the plans. Contributions to U.S. plans are based on funding standards established by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Contributions to Canadian plans are based on funding standards established by the applicable Provincial Pension Benefits Act and by the Income Tax Act.

 

Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions    In addition to providing pension benefits, the company provides certain health care and life insurance benefits for some retired employees and accrues the expected future cost of these benefits for its current eligible retirees and some employees over the period during which those employees provide services to the company. All of the company’s salaried employees and some hourly employees may become eligible for these benefits when they retire.

 

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Revenue Recognition    Weyerhaeuser operations generally recognize revenue from product sales upon shipment to their customers, except for export sales where revenue is recognized when title transfers at the foreign port.

 

The company’s Real Estate and Related Assets operations are primarily engaged in the development, construction and sale of residential homes. Real estate revenues are recognized when closings have occurred, required down payments have been received, title and possession have been transferred to the buyer, and all other criteria for sale and profit recognition have been satisfied.

 

Shipping and Handling Costs    The company classifies shipping and handling costs in costs of products sold in the consolidated statement of earnings.

 

Impairment of Long-lived Assets    The company accounts for long-lived assets in accordance with FASB Statement No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. This statement requires management to review long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying value or fair value less cost to sell. The primary method used to estimate fair value is discounted cash flows.

 

Stock-Based Employee Compensation    The company’s stock-based compensation plans are described in Note 21: Stock-Based Compensation Plans. The company continues to apply the intrinsic-value method for stock-based compensation to employees prescribed by APB Opinion No. 25 and related interpretations.

 

As described in “Prospective Accounting Pronouncements,” APB Opinion No. 25 will be superseded by Statement 123R effective as of the beginning of fiscal 2006. Employee awards issued, modified, repurchased or cancelled after implementation of Statement 123R under share-based payment arrangements will be measured at fair value as of the grant dates and the resulting cost will be recognized in the statement of earnings over the service period.

 

The following table illustrates the effect on net earnings and net earnings per share as if the company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of Statement 123 to stock-based employee compensation. The company has consistently defined the past year as the service period for purposes of applying the fair value recognition provisions of Statement 123. As a result, stock-based employee compensation expense is reflected as of the option grant dates in the following table.

 

    2005      2004      2003  

Dollar amounts in millions except per-share figures

                         

Net earnings, as reported

  $ 733      $ 1,283      $ 277  

Less incremental stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair-value-based method for all awards, net of related tax effects

    (32 )      (33 )      (25 )
   
 

Pro forma net earnings

  $ 701      $ 1,250      $ 252  
   
 

Net earnings per share:

                         

Basic     — as reported

  $ 3.00      $ 5.45      $ 1.25  

Basic     — pro forma

  $ 2.86      $ 5.31      $ 1.14  

Diluted — as reported

  $ 2.98      $ 5.43      $ 1.25  

Diluted — pro forma

  $ 2.85      $ 5.28      $ 1.13  

 

Foreign Currency Translation    Local currencies are considered the functional currencies for most of the company’s operations outside the United States. Assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the rate of exchange in effect at the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at average monthly exchange rates prevailing during the year.

 

Real Estate and Related Assets    Real estate held for sale is stated at the lower of cost or fair value, less costs to sell. The determination of fair value is based on appraisals and market pricing of comparable assets, when available, or the discounted value of estimated future cash flows from these assets. Real estate and land held for development is stated at cost to the extent it does not exceed the estimated undiscounted future net cash flows, in which case it is carried at fair value.

 

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Reclassifications    Certain reclassifications have been made to conform prior years’ data to the current format.

 

NOTE 2. NET EARNINGS PER SHARE

 

Earnings per share information follows:

 

    2005      2004      2003  

Basic earnings per share:

                         

Earnings from continuing operations

  $ 2.38      $ 5.33      $ 1.37  

Earnings from discontinued operations

    0.62        0.12        (0.07 )

Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle

                  (0.05 )
   
 

Net earnings per share, basic

  $ 3.00      $ 5.45      $ 1.25  
   
 

Diluted earnings per share:

                         

Earnings from continuing operations

  $ 2.36      $ 5.31      $ 1.37  

Earnings from discontinued operations

    0.62        0.12        (0.07 )

Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle

                  (0.05 )
   
 

Net earnings per share, diluted

  $ 2.98      $ 5.43      $ 1.25  
   
 

 

Basic net earnings per share are based on the weighted average number of common and exchangeable shares outstanding during the respective periods. Diluted net earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of common and exchangeable shares and stock options outstanding at the beginning of or granted during the respective periods, calculated using the treasury stock method.

 

Options to purchase 2,500 shares in 2005, 153,900 shares in 2004 and 4,377,743 shares in 2003 were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the option exercise prices were greater than the average market prices of common shares during those periods.

 

The dilutive effect of outstanding stock options on net earnings per share is presented in the following table:

 

    Net
Earnings
    

Weighted

Average

Shares
(000)

     Net Earnings
Per Share

Dollar amounts in millions, except per-share figures

                     

2005:

                     

Basic

  $ 733      244,447      $ 3.00

Effect of dilutive stock options

    —        1,112         
   

Diluted

  $ 733      245,559      $ 2.98
   

2004:

                     

Basic

  $ 1,283      235,453      $ 5.45

Effect of dilutive stock options

    —        1,093         
   

Diluted

  $ 1,283      236,546      $ 5.43
   

2003:

                     

Basic

  $ 277      221,595      $ 1.25

Effect of dilutive stock options

    —        405         
   

Diluted

  $ 277      222,000      $ 1.25
   

 

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NOTE 3. CONSOLIDATION OF VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES

 

The company adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (Interpretation 46R), as of March 28, 2004. Interpretation 46R addresses consolidation of certain entities in which equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or do not have sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties.

 

During 2002 through 2004, the company sold certain significant nonstrategic timberlands. See Note 19: Significant Sales of Nonstrategic Timberlands. The company began consolidating the assets and liabilities of the buyer-sponsored special purpose entities and the monetization special purpose entities (collectively “the SPEs”) involved in these transactions as of December 26, 2004, as the result of a re-evaluation of Interpretation 46R. However, because the SPEs are separate and distinct legal entities from the company, the assets of the SPEs are not available to satisfy the liabilities and obligations of the company and the liabilities of the SPEs are not liabilities or obligations of the company. As of December 26, 2004, deferred gains on the sales of nonstrategic timberlands of $59 million were included in “Liabilities (nonrecourse to Weyerhaeuser) held by special purpose entities” on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. During the second quarter of 2005, following completion of the re-evaluation of Interpretation 46R, the balance of these deferred gains was recognized in income, resulting in a $57 million pretax gain on previous timberlands sales.

 

Sales proceeds paid to buyer-sponsored SPEs are invested in restricted bank financial instruments of $909 million as of both December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004. As of December 25, 2005, maturities of the bank financial instruments were as follows: $110 million in 2012, $184 million in 2013, $253 million in 2019, and $362 million in 2020. The weighted average interest rate on the bank financial instruments was 5.15 percent as of December 25, 2005, and 4.5 percent as of December 26, 2004. The monetization SPEs had long-term debt of $756 million as of December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004. As of December 25, 2005, maturities of the debt were as follows: $92 million in 2012, $153 million in 2013, $209 million in 2018, and $302 million in 2019. The weighted average interest rate on the debt was 5.50 percent as of December 25, 2005, and 4.85 percent as of December 26, 2004. The monetization SPEs are exposed to credit-related losses in the event of nonperformance by the banks, but the company does not expect the banks to fail to meet their obligations. The accompanying consolidated statement of earnings includes interest expense on SPE debt of $45 million and interest income on SPE investments of $52 million in 2005. No comparable activity is included in interest income or interest expense in 2004 or 2003.

 

The company’s real estate development subsidiaries enter into options to acquire lots at fixed prices in the ordinary course of business, primarily for the purpose of building single-family homes. In addition, a subsidiary in the Real Estate and Related Assets segment provides subordinated financing to third-party developers and homebuilders. Both fixed-price purchase options and subordinated financing constitute variable interests under Interpretation 46R. The company’s real estate subsidiaries have consolidated five entities under Interpretation 46R, with estimated assets and liabilities of $62 million as of December 25, 2005, and $45 million as of December 26, 2004. As of December 25, 2005, the company’s real estate development subsidiaries have 16 lot option purchase agreements entered into prior to December 31, 2003, with deposits of approximately $38 million at risk. After exhaustive efforts, the company has not been able to obtain the information necessary to determine whether or not it is required to consolidate any of these entities under Interpretation 46R. The total amount that would be paid under these purchase options, if fully exercised, is approximately $160 million. In addition, as of December 25, 2005, the company’s real estate development subsidiaries have 15 lot option purchase agreements with entities created after December 30, 2003, with deposits of approximately $16 million at risk, where the company is not the primary beneficiary and is not required to consolidate the entities. The total amount that would be paid under these option purchase agreements, if fully exercised, is approximately $231 million. One of the company’s real estate subsidiaries has approximately $10 million in subordinated loans at risk at December 25, 2005, in 32 variable interest entities.

 

NOTE 4. EQUITY AFFILIATES

 

Investments in unconsolidated equity affiliates over which the company has significant influence are accounted for using the equity method with taxes provided on undistributed earnings.

 

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Weyerhaeuser

Weyerhaeuser’s significant equity affiliates as of December 25, 2005, are:

 

Ÿ   Liaison Technologies, LLC — A 29 percent owned joint venture formed to develop and operate global, web-enabled, business-to-business connectivity, catalog content and timber trading services for the paper, forest products and affiliated industries.

 

Ÿ   Nelson Forests Joint Venture — An investment in which Weyerhaeuser owns a 51 percent financial interest and has a 50 percent voting interest, which holds Crown Forest License cutting rights, freehold land and related assets on the South Island of New Zealand. In February 2006, the company announced its intent to sell its New Zealand assets.

 

Ÿ   North Pacific Paper Corporation — A 50 percent owned joint venture that has a newsprint manufacturing facility in Longview, Washington.

 

Ÿ   Optiframe Software LLC — A 50 percent owned joint venture that develops whole-house design and optimization software for the building industry.

 

Ÿ   RII Weyerhaeuser World Timberfund, L.P. — A 50 percent owned limited partnership that invests in timberlands and related assets outside the United States. This partnership’s primary focus is in plantation forests in Uruguay and Australia.

 

Ÿ   Southern Cone Timber Investors Limited — A 50 percent owned joint venture that has invested in timberlands in Uruguay. The entity’s primary focus is in plantation forests in Uruguay.

 

The company sold its interests in SCA Weyerhaeuser Packaging Holding Company Asia Ltd. (SCA) in June 2004 and MAS Capital Management Partners, L.P. (MAS) in July 2005. The company received net cash proceeds of approximately $115 million for the sale of its interest in MAS and recognized a pretax gain on the sale of MAS of approximately $115 million in the third quarter of 2005. This gain is included in interest income and other in the accompanying consolidated statement of earnings.

 

Unconsolidated financial information for affiliated companies accounted for by the equity method, including information for SCA and MAS for the periods that the company held interests in SCA and MAS, are as follows:

 

    December 25,
2005
   December 26,
2004

Dollar amounts in millions

            

Current assets

  $ 160    $ 173

Noncurrent assets

    1,131      1,124

Current liabilities

    150      146

Noncurrent liabilities

    271      314

 

    2005      2004      2003

Dollar amounts in millions

                       

Net sales and revenues

  $ 652      $ 636      $ 600

Operating income

    26        26        7

Net income

    12        12        5

 

Weyerhaeuser provides goods and services to these affiliates, which vary by entity, in the form of raw materials, management and marketing services, support services and shipping services. Additionally, Weyerhaeuser purchases finished product from certain of these entities. The aggregate total of these transactions is not material to Weyerhaeuser’s results of operations.

 

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Real Estate and Related Assets

Unconsolidated financial information for unconsolidated entities that are accounted for by the equity method is as follows:

 

    December 25,
2005
   December 26,
2004

Dollar amounts in millions

            

Current assets

  $ 36    $ 47

Noncurrent assets

    908      868

Current liabilities

    38      35

Noncurrent liabilities

    585      570

 

       2005    2004    2003

Dollar amounts in millions

                      

Net sales and revenues

     $ 112    $ 88    $ 87

Operating income

       75      64      47

Net income

       64      67      34

 

NOTE 5. GOODWILL

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during 2005:

 

    Timberlands      Wood
Products
     Cellulose
Fiber
and
White
Papers
     Containerboard,
Packaging and
Recycling
     Corporate
and Other
     Total  

Dollar amounts in millions

                                                    

Balance as of December 26, 2004

  $ 43      $ 791      $ 863      $ 1,285      $ 14      $ 2,996  

Reductions due to facility sales

           (5 )                           (5 )

Effect of foreign currency translation and other adjustments

    (3 )      12        (6 )      (10 )      (2 )      (9 )
   
 

Balance as of December 25, 2005

  $ 40      $ 798      $ 857      $ 1,275      $ 12      $ 2,982  
   
 

 

Goodwill associated with the company’s B.C. Coastal operations was included in the carrying value of the net assets of B.C. Coastal and was written off in connection with the B.C. Coastal sale which occurred during the second quarter of 2005. The balance of this goodwill as of December 26, 2004, was classified as “Assets of discontinued operations” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet and is not included in the reconciliation above. Both the Timberlands and Wood Products segments had goodwill associated with the B.C. Coastal operations.

 

NOTE 6. INCOME TAXES

 

Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle are comprised of the following:

 

    2005      2004      2003  

Dollar amounts in millions

                         

Domestic earnings

  $ 1,664      $ 1,642      $ 514  

Foreign earnings (loss)

    (758 )      240        (59 )
   
 
    $ 906      $ 1,882      $ 455  
   
 

 

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Provisions for income taxes from continuing operations include the following:

 

    2005     2004    2003  

Dollar amounts in millions

                      

Federal:

                      

Current

  $ 581     $ 441    $ 71  

Deferred

    (101 )     40      58  
   
 
      480       481      129  
   
 

State:

                      

Current

    79       55      29  

Deferred

    (20 )     10      (7 )
   
 
      59       65      22  
   
 

Foreign:

                      

Current

    (73 )     28      20  

Deferred

    (142 )     53      (19 )
   
 
      (215 )     81      1  
   
 
    $ 324     $ 627    $ 152  
   
 

 

A reconciliation between the federal statutory tax rate and the company’s effective tax rate applicable to continuing operations is as follows:

 

    2005     2004     2003  

U.S. federal statutory income tax rate

  35.0 %   35.0 %   35.0 %

State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit

  4.6     2.2     3.4  

Foreign income taxes

  0.1     (0.7 )   3.6  

Tax credits

  (4.3 )   (1.9 )   (5.8 )

Export sales incentive

  (1.3 )   (0.7 )   (1.7 )

Ohio rate change

  (1.5 )        

British Columbia rate change

  (0.8 )        

Dividend repatriation

  4.9          

All other, net

  (0.9 )   (0.6 )   (1.1 )
   
 

Effective income tax rate

  35.8 %   33.3 %   33.4 %
   
 

 

The net deferred income tax assets (liabilities) of continuing operations include the following components:

 

    December 25,
2005
    December 26,
2004
 

Dollar amounts in millions

               

Current (included in prepaid expenses)

  $ 216     $ 350  

Noncurrent

    (4,035 )     (4,351 )

Real Estate and Related Assets (included in other assets)

    50       22  
   
 

Total

  $ (3,769 )   $ (3,979 )
   
 

 

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The deferred tax assets (liabilities) of continuing operations are comprised of the following:

 

    December 25,
2005
    December 26,
2004
 

Dollar amounts in millions

               

Postretirement benefits

  $ 225     $ 166  

Net operating loss carryforwards

    129       156  

Other

    653       733  
   


Gross deferred tax assets

    1,007       1,055  

Valuation allowance

    (97 )     (118 )
   


Net deferred tax assets

    910       937  
   


Depreciation

    (2,281 )     (2,816 )

Depletion

    (974 )     (994 )

Other

    (1,424 )     (1,106 )
   


Deferred tax liabilities

    (4,679 )     (4,916 )
   


    $ (3,769 )   $ (3,979 )
   


 

During the third quarter of 2005, the company recognized a one-time deferred tax benefit of $14 million resulting from a change in the Ohio state income tax law. During the fourth quarter of 2005, a one-time reduction in the British Columbia provincial corporate income tax rate was also enacted producing a one-time deferred tax benefit of $7 million. Both benefits were due to the effect of the lower tax rates on accumulated temporary differences.

 

As of December 25, 2005, the company and its subsidiaries have foreign net operating loss carryforwards of $256 million, which expire from 2008 through 2014 and $154 million which do not expire.

 

The company intends to reinvest undistributed earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries; therefore, no U.S. taxes have been provided on such earnings. These earnings totaled approximately $680 million through the end of 2005. Determination of the income tax liability that would result from repatriation is not practicable.

 

On October 22, 2004, the American Jobs Creation Act (AJCA) became law. The AJCA includes a deduction of 85 percent of certain foreign earnings that are repatriated, as defined in the AJCA. Based on this legislation and 2005 guidance by the Department of Treasury, the company repatriated $1.1 billion of foreign earnings in July 2005. A charge of $44 million related to the repatriation was accrued in the second quarter of 2005 and is included in income taxes (from continuing operations) in the accompanying consolidated statement of earnings.

 

The company previously disclosed that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has asserted that approximately $322 million of solid waste disposal revenue bonds do not qualify as tax-exempt. The company has settled this dispute with the IRS with respect to $175 million of the bonds, and continues to contest the assertion with respect to the remaining bonds, none of which are outstanding. The remaining tax issues are in the appeals process. The company does not expect any future charges related to this matter to have a material or adverse affect on its results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

 

As of December 25, 2005, $14 million of the $97 million valuation allowance would be allocated to reduce goodwill if the tax benefits are subsequently recognized. The net $21 million decrease in the valuation allowance from December 26, 2004, to December 25, 2005, is a result of the following: $42 million decrease is due to sale of discontinued operations; $3 million decrease is due to expired tax credits; $10 million increase is due to acquired foreign losses; and $14 million increase is due to additional foreign losses. The valuation allowance increased by $13 million from December 28, 2003, to December 26, 2004, due to an increase in foreign losses and credits, partially offset by expired tax credits.

 

NOTE 7. PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

 

The company sponsors several retirement programs for its employees. In the United States, this includes pension plans that are qualified under the Internal Revenue Code (qualified) as well as a plan that provides benefits in addition to

 

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those provided under the qualified plans for a select group of employees, which is not qualified under the Internal Revenue Code (nonqualified). In Canada, plans are registered under the Income Tax Act and under their respective provincial pension acts (registered), or plans may provide additional benefits to a select group of employees, and not be registered under the Income Tax Act or provincial pension acts (nonregistered). Retiree medical and life plans are offered in both countries. These plans are typically not prefunded. The company uses a December 31 measurement date for its plans.

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of the changes in the plans’ benefit obligations and fair value of plan assets over the two-year period ended December 25, 2005:

 

    Pension

    Other
Postretirement
Benefits


 
    2005     2004     2005     2004  

Dollar amounts in millions

                               

Reconciliation of benefit obligation:

                               

Benefit obligation as of prior year-end

  $ 4,705     $ 4,285     $ 917     $ 787  

Service cost

    138       128       22       24  

Interest cost

    277       270       55       52  

Plan participants’ contributions

    2       2       13       11  

Actuarial loss

    200       314       57       96  

Foreign currency exchange rate changes

    66       51       14       10  

Benefits paid

    (280 )     (333 )     (66 )     (64 )

Plan amendments

    46       20       9       1  

Plan transfers

    2                    

Divestitures

          (1 )            

Curtailments

    (24 )     4       (2 )      

Settlements

          (37 )            

Special termination benefits

    1       2              
   


Benefit obligation at end of year

  $ 5,133     $ 4,705     $ 1,019     $ 917  
   


Reconciliation of fair value of plan assets:

                               

Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year (actual)

  $ 5,006     $ 4,388     $ 2     $ 4  

Actual return on plan assets

    476       631              

Foreign currency exchange rate changes

    60       46              

Employer contributions

    63       57       51       52  

Plan participants’ contributions

    2       2       13       11  

Benefits paid

    (280 )     (333 )     (66 )     (64 )

Plan transfers

    2                    

Divestitures

          (1 )            

Settlements

          (37 )            
   


Fair value of plan assets at end of year (estimated)

  $ 5,329     $ 4,753     $     $ 3  
   


 

The company funds its qualified and registered pension plans and a portion of its nonregistered plans. The company accrues for nonqualified pension benefits and health and life postretirement benefits. The company does not expect to have an obligation to fund its U.S. plans in 2006, but does expect to contribute approximately $47 million to its Canadian pension plans in 2006.

 

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The company estimates the projected benefit payments under its U.S. and Canadian pension and other postretirement benefit plans over the next ten years will be as follows:

 

    Pension   

Other

Postretirement

Benefits

Dollar amounts in millions             

2006

  $ 297    $ 56

2007

    276      58

2008

    294      60

2009

    314      61

2010

    329      63

2011-2015

    1,921      345

 

The funded status of these plans at December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004, is as follows:

 

    Pension        

Other Postretirement

Benefits

 
    December 25,
2005
    December 26,
2004
        December 25,
2005
    December 26,
2004
 
Dollar amounts in millions                                    

Funded status

  $ 196     $ 48         $ (1,019 )   $ (914 )

Unrecognized prior service cost

    280       274           (82 )     (101 )

Unrecognized net loss

    296       458           455       421  
   


Prepaid (accrued) benefit cost

  $ 772     $ 780         $ (646 )   $ (594 )
   


Amounts recognized in balance sheet consist of:

                                   

Prepaid benefit cost

  $ 795     $ 836                      

Accrued liability

    (187 )     (201 )                    

Intangible asset

    10       17                      

Cumulative other comprehensive loss

    154       128                      
   


                   

Net amount recognized

  $ 772     $ 780                      
   


                   

 

Assets at year end are estimated due to timing and the nature of the underlying investments. The estimated pension asset value as of December 26, 2004, was $4.8 billion compared to an actual asset value of $5.0 billion. The estimated postretirement asset value as of December 26, 2004, was approximately $3 million compared to an actual asset value of approximately $2 million.

 

The accumulated benefit obligation for all of the company’s defined benefit pension plans was $4.8 billion and $4.4 billion at December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004, respectively.

 

The projected benefit obligation, accumulated benefit obligation and fair value of plan assets for pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets were $1 billion, $968 million and $780 million, respectively, as of December 25, 2005, and $887 million, $818 million and $617 million, respectively, as of December 26, 2004.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF INVESTMENT POLICIES AND STRATEGIES

 

Qualified and Registered Plans    The strategy of the U.S. pension trust is to invest directly and via total return partnership swaps in a diversified mix of nontraditional strategies, including hedge funds, private equity, opportunistic real estate and other externally managed alternative investment funds. Equity index and fixed income derivative instruments are used to supplement the market exposures embedded in such investments. These additional financial instruments constitute indirect investments held by the U.S. pension trust that serve to increase the return and risk profile of the investment portfolio. The overall return earned by the pension trust is the aggregate of returns earned on direct investments and returns earned on the derivatives. The Canadian pension trust has a similar investment strategy. However, it concentrates direct investments into cash and cash equivalents while gaining return exposures through financial instruments, such as total return and index swaps. The company has not established target allocations for the direct investment portfolio or the derivatives.

 

The qualified and registered plans are exposed to the risk of nonperformance by counterparties to the indirect investments but the company does not expect any counterparty to fail to meet its obligations. However, because there are no exchanges of principal on the indirect investments, only the amount of unsettled net receivables is at risk. The company manages this risk through selection of counterparties with a defined minimum credit quality, diversification, settlement provisions and documented agreements. Investments in hedge funds and private partnerships are controlled through selection and diversification of managers and strategies and use of limited liability vehicles. Portfolio risk is managed through diversification and by constraining the risk profile of the portfolio within defined boundaries.

 

Nonregistered Plans    The Canadian nonregistered plans are funded using Retirement Compensation Arrangements (RCAs). Under Canadian tax rules, 50 percent of any contribution to an RCA goes to a non-interest-bearing refundable tax account held by the government. This means that on average over time, it is expected that approximately 50 percent of the plans’ assets are not invested. The invested portion of the plans’ assets consists of a portfolio of equities.

 

Retiree Life Insurance    The plan is funded by a Premium Deposit Fund (PDF) held by the insurance carrier. The fund is used to pay premiums for current retirees covered under the U.S. retiree life insurance plan for salaried employees. The company’s intent is to pay these premiums from the fund and to make no future contributions to the fund. It is expected that the fund will be fully drawn down in the next fiscal year or shortly thereafter.

 

ALLOCATION OF ASSETS BY CATEGORY

 

Qualified and Registered Pension Plans   December 25,
2005
    December 26,
2004
 

Private equity and related funds

  23.6 %   24.7 %

Real estate and related funds

  5.2     9.5  

Common stock and equity index instruments

  1.0     3.4  

Fixed income

  27.5     23.4  

Hedge funds

  43.0     39.1  

Net receivables

  0.1     0.4  

Accrued liabilities

  (0.4 )   (0.5 )
   

    100.0 %   100.0 %
   

Nonregistered Plans   December 25,
2005
    December 26,
2004
 

Equities

  50.6 %   47.5 %

Cash and cash equivalents

  49.4     52.5  
   

    100.0 %   100.0 %
   

 

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Retiree Life Insurance   December 25,
2005
    December 26,
2004
 

Bonds

  85.4 %   82.9 %

Commercial mortgages

  9.8     9.5  

Hedge funds

  2.7     2.7  

Short-term investments, cash and cash equivalents

  1.4     3.8  

Real estate

  0.5     0.6  

Equities

      0.3  

Other

  0.2     0.2  
   

    100.0 %   100.0 %
   

 

DERIVATIVES

The approximate fair value of derivatives held by the qualified and registered plans as of December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004, is as follows:

 

    December 25,
2005
     December 26,
2004
 
Dollar amounts in millions                 

Private equity and related funds

  $ 1      $ (9 )

Common stock and equity index instruments

    42        146  

Fixed income

    7         

Hedge funds

    377        265  

Net (payables) receivables

    (1 )      19  
   


    $ 426      $ 421  
   


 

The total approximate notional amount of derivatives held by the qualified and registered plans as of December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004, is as follows:

 

    December 25,
2005
   December 26,
2004
Dollar amounts in millions             

Private equity and related funds

  $ 209    $ 166

Common stock and equity index instruments

    1,757      1,718

Fixed income

    1,769      1,495

Hedge funds

    1,945      1,936
   
    $ 5,680    $ 5,315
   

 

ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS

The assumptions used in the measurement of the company’s benefit obligations are as follows:

 

    Pension

    Other Postretirement
Benefits


 
    December 25,
2005
    December 26,
2004
    December 25,
2005
    December 26,
2004
 

Discount rate:

                       

United States

  5.90 %   6.00 %   5.90 %   6.00 %

Canada

  5.15 %   6.00 %   5.15 %   6.00 %

Rate of compensation increase:

                       

Salaried (United States and Canada)

  3.50 %   3.50 %   3.50 %   3.50 %

Hourly:

                       

United States

  3.00 %   3.00 %   3.00 %   3.00 %

Canada

  3.25 %   3.50 %   N/A     N/A  

 

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The components of net periodic benefit costs are as follows:

 

    Pension            Other Post-Retirement
Benefits
 
    2005      2004      2003            2005      2004      2003  

Dollar amounts in millions

                                                          

Service cost

  $ 138      $ 128      $ 115            $ 23      $ 24      $ 26  

Interest cost

    277        270        251              55        52        50  

Expected return on plan assets

    (402 )      (385 )      (379 )                           

Amortization of loss

    33        32        20              27        25        18  

Amortization of prior service cost

    38        34        32              (10 )      (12 )      (3 )

(Gain) loss due to closure, sale, plan termination and other

    (7 )      17        10                             
   


    $ 77      $ 96      $ 49            $ 95      $ 89      $ 91  
   


 

The assumptions used in the measurement of the company’s net periodic benefit costs are as follows:

 

    Pension            Other Post-Retirement
Benefits
 
    2005     2004      2003            2005     2004      2003  

Discount rate:

                                            

United States

  6.00 %   6.25 %    6.75 %          6.00 %   6.25 %    6.75 %

Canada

  6.00 %   6.25 %    6.50 %          6.00 %   6.25 %    6.50 %

Expected return on plan assets:

                                            

Qualified/registered plans

  9.50 %   9.50 %    9.50 %                          

Nonregistered plans

  4.75 %   4.75 %    4.75 %                          

Retiree life insurance

                            3.79 %   3.99 %    4.59 %

Rate of compensation increase:

                                            

Salaried (United States and Canada)

  3.50 %   3.50 %    3.50 %          3.50 %   3.50 %    3.50 %

Hourly:

                                            

United States

  3.00 %   3.00 %    3.00 %          3.00 %   3.00 %    3.00 %

Canada

  3.50 %   3.50 %    3.50 %          N/A     N/A      N/A  

 

DETERMINATION OF EXPECTED RETURN ON PLAN ASSETS ASSUMPTION

Qualified and Registered Plans    The expected return on plan assets assumption reflects the company’s best estimate regarding the long-term expected return on the U.S. portfolio. The expected return assumption is based on historical fund returns. The Canadian fund’s investment strategy has mirrored that of the U.S. plan since 1998. Over the period of 20 years during which this investment strategy has been pursued, the U.S. fund has achieved a net compound annual return of 17.5 percent. The determination of the expected return on plan assets assumption requires a high degree of judgment and places weight on more recent pension plan asset performance. The expected return on plan assets assumption as of December 25, 2005, is comprised of the following expected returns:

 

Direct investments

  7.0 %

Derivatives

  2.5  
   

    9.5 %
   

 

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The composition of the actual return on plan assets in each of the years in the three-year period ended December 25, 2005, is as follows:

 

    2005      2004      2003
Dollar amounts in millions                        

Direct investments

  $ 305      $ 378      $ 362

Derivatives

    171        253        667
   
    $ 476      $ 631      $ 1,029
   

 

Nonregistered Plans    The expected rate of return on the assets supporting the nonregistered plans is 4.75 percent per year. This includes an expected long-term rate of return on the equity portion of this portfolio of 9.50 percent per year based on a combination of historical experience and future return expectations. As noted above, 50 percent of contributions to this plan are held in a non-interest-bearing account held by the Canadian government.

 

Retiree Life Insurance    The expected long-term rate of return on this fund is 3.79 percent. This is based on historical interest credited on the fund.

 

OTHER INFORMATION

Assumed health care cost trend rates have a significant effect on the amounts reported for the health care plans. For measurement purposes, the following assumptions were used for the annual rate of increase in the per capita cost of covered health care benefits:

 

    2005

    2004

 
    United States     Canada     United States     Canada  

Weighted health care cost trend rate assumed for next year

  10.0 %   5.9 %   10.0 %   6.1 %

Rate to which cost trend rate is assumed to decline (ultimate trend rate)

  5.0 %   4.2 %   5.0 %   4.2 %

Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate

  2012     2010     2011     2010  

 

A one percent change in assumed health care cost trend rates would have the following effects:

 

    1% Increase    (1% Decrease)  
As of December 25, 2005 (Dollar amounts in millions)               

Effect on total of service and interest cost components

  $ 10    $ (8 )

Effect on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation

    115      (95 )

 

In addition to the company-sponsored pension and postretirement plans discussed above, approximately 3,700 employees are covered by union-administered multi-employer pension plans to which the company makes negotiated contributions based generally on fixed amounts per hour per employee. Contributions to these plans were approximately $13 million in 2005 and 2004, and $16 million in 2003.

 

The company also sponsors multiple postretirement plans for its U.S. employees. Medical plans have various levels of coverage and plan participant contributions. Life insurance plans are noncontributory. Canadian employees are covered under multiple postretirement plans that provide medical and life insurance benefits.

 

The company sponsors various defined contribution plans for U.S. and Canadian salaried and hourly employees. The basis for determining plan contributions varies by plan. The amounts contributed to the plans for participating employees were approximately $61 million, $57 million, and $58 million in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

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NOTE 8. INVENTORIES

 

    December 25,
2005
   December 26,
2004
Dollar amounts in millions             

Logs and chips

  $ 144    $ 114

Lumber, plywood, panels and engineered lumber

    422      390

Pulp and paper

    435      402

Containerboard and packaging

    232      264

Other products

    197      206

Materials and supplies

    487      500
   
    $ 1,917    $ 1,876
   

 

NOTE 9. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 

    Range of Lives    December 25,
2005
     December 26,
2004
 
Dollar amounts in millions                      

Property and equipment, at cost:

                     

Land

       $ 300      $ 300  

Buildings and improvements

  10-40      3,139        3,089  

Machinery and equipment

  2-25      17,854        17,406  

Rail and truck roads

  10-20      558        547  

Other

  3-10      446        374  
        
 
           22,297        21,716  

Less allowance for depreciation and amortization

         (11,787 )      (10,055 )
        
 
         $ 10,510      $ 11,661  
        
 

 

Estimated service lives for buildings and improvements are generally at the high and low end of the range disclosed above, depending on the type and permanence of construction. Maximum service lives for machinery and equipment used in timberlands operations, wood products manufacturing facilities and primary pulp and paper mills are 15 years, 20 years, and 25 years, respectively. Estimated service lives of assets acquired in purchase business combinations represent the estimated remaining useful lives of the assets as of the date of the acquisitions and have shorter service lives than assets constructed or purchased new by the company. Depreciation expense was $1.2 billion for each of 2005, 2004 and 2003.

 

NOTE 10. REAL ESTATE IN PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT AND FOR SALE

 

Properties held by the company’s Real Estate and Related Assets segment include:

 

    December 25,
2005
   December 26,
2004
Dollar amounts in millions             

Dwelling units

  $ 545    $ 483

Residential lots

    490      393

Commercial acreage and other inventories

    29      29
   
    $ 1,064    $ 905
   

 

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NOTE 11. ACCRUED LIABILITIES

 

    December 25,
2005
   December 26,
2004
Dollar amounts in millions             

Payroll — wages and salaries, incentive awards, retirement and vacation pay

  $ 591    $ 564

Income taxes

    255      152

Taxes — Social Security and real and personal property

    71      70

Current portion of product liability reserves

    21      21

Interest

    162      207

Other

    522      417
   
    $ 1,622    $ 1,431
   

 

NOTE 12. SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS AND LINES OF CREDIT

 

Borrowings    Weyerhaeuser had $3 million in short-term borrowings outstanding as of both December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004.

 

The Real Estate and Related Assets segment’s short-term borrowings were $7 million, including a $3 million non-interest bearing note, at December 25, 2005, and $2 million on one non-interest bearing note at December 26, 2004. Weyerhaeuser Company guarantees commercial paper borrowings of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company (WRECO) in return for a fee equal to one-quarter of 1 percent of the outstanding commercial paper balance. To keep the guarantee, WRECO has agreed to maintain unused non-guaranteed credit arrangements that are equal to or greater than the outstanding commercial paper. WRECO paid no fees to Weyerhaeuser in 2005. Fees paid by WRECO to Weyerhaeuser Company were less than $1 million in 2004 and 2003.

 

Lines of Credit    Weyerhaeuser Company had a short-term bank credit line of $1.2 billion under a 364-day revolving facility at December 26, 2004. The 364-day revolving line of credit expired in March 2005.

 

In March 2005, Weyerhaeuser Company and Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company (WRECO) entered into a $1.2 billion 5-year revolving credit facility to replace the 364-day revolving credit facility that expired. The new 5-year facility expires March 2010. WRECO can borrow up to $400 million under this facility. Neither Weyerhaeuser Company nor WRECO is a guarantor of the borrowings of the other under this facility.

 

In addition, Weyerhaeuser Company has a revolving credit facility agreement entered into with a group of banks that expires in March 2007 and that provided for borrowings up to a total amount of $1.3 billion, all of which was available to Weyerhaeuser Company. In August 2005, the company reduced the capacity under this facility to $800 million, all of which is available to Weyerhaeuser Company. Borrowings are at LIBOR plus a spread or other such interest rates mutually agreed to between the borrower and lending banks.

 

In December 2005, Weyerhaeuser Limited entered into a revolving credit facility agreement with a group of banks that expires in December 2008 and that provides for borrowings up to a total amount of $200 million (Canadian), or approximately $172 million (U.S), all of which was fully drawn upon as of December 25, 2005. Weyerhaeuser Company is a guarantor of the borrowings of Weyerhaeuser Limited under this facility.

 

As of December 25, 2005, the company has $517 million in letters of credit against the March 2010 credit facility, primarily related to an appeal bond posted in the Paragon litigation (see Note 15: Legal Proceedings, Commitments and Contingencies). Of the total committed bank facilities of $2.2 billion, $1.5 billion was available as of December 25, 2005, for incremental borrowings.

 

Other     Weyerhaeuser has entered into letters of credit in the amount of $636 million and surety bonds with an estimated amount of $758 million as of December 25, 2005. As of December 26, 2004, Weyerhaeuser had entered into letters of credit in the amount of $124 million and surety bonds with an estimated amount of $249 million. As discussed above, the increase in letters of credit and surety bonds from December 26, 2004, to December 25, 2005, is primarily due to the appeal bond posted in the Paragon litigation.

 

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The Real Estate and Related Assets segment has entered into letters of credit in the amount of $32 million and $22 million and surety bonds with an estimated amount of $559 million and $575 million as of December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004, respectively.

 

The company’s compensating balance requirements were not significant.

 

NOTE 13. LONG-TERM DEBT

 

Weyerhaeuser long-term debt, including the current portion, is as follows:

 

    December 25,
2005
    December 26,
2004
 

Dollar amounts in millions

               

5.50% notes due 2005

  $     $ 300  

6.45% debentures due 2005

          100  

6.75% notes due 2006

    150       150  

6.00% notes due 2006

          840  

8.375% debentures due 2007

    85       150  

6.125% notes due 2007

    378       600  

5.95% debentures due 2008

    525       525  

5.25% notes due 2009

    37       250  

6.75% notes due 2012

    1,683       1,745  

7.50% debentures due 2013

    250       250  

7.25% debentures due 2013

    250       250  

6.95% debentures due 2017

    300       300  

7.00% debentures due 2018

    100       100  

9.00% debentures due 2021

    150       150  

7.125% debentures due 2023

    250       250  

8.50% debentures due 2025

    300       300  

7.95% debentures due 2025

    250       250  

7.70% debentures due 2026

    150       150  

7.35% debentures due 2026(1)

    200       200  

7.85% debentures due 2026

    200       200  

6.95% debentures due 2027

    300       300  

7.375% notes due 2032

    1,250       1,250  

6.875% notes due 2033

    275       275  

Industrial revenue bonds, rates from 1.87% (variable) to 9.0% (fixed), due 2007–2027

    316       571  

Medium-term notes, rates from 6.45% to 7.30%, due 2009–2013

    167       233  

Borrowings under three year revolving credit facility

    172        

Other

    56       82  
   
 
      7,794       9,771  

Less unamortized discounts

    (1 )     (5 )
   


    $ 7,793     $ 9,766  
   


Portion due within one year

  $ 389     $ 489  
   


 

(1) Holders have the option to demand repayment in 2006.

 

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Real Estate and Related Assets segment long-term debt, including the current portion, is as follows:

 

    December 25,
2005
   December 26,
2004

Dollar amounts in millions

            

Notes payable, unsecured; weighted average interest rates are approximately 6.3% and 6.3%, due 2006-2027

  $ 850    $ 866

Notes payable, secured; weighted average interest rates are approximately 8.5% and 8.5%, due 2035

    1      1
   
    $ 851    $ 867
   

Portion due within one year

  $ 250    $ 14
   

 

    December 25, 2005

    Weyerhaeuser    Real Estate and
Related Assets

Dollar amounts in millions

            

Long-term debt maturities:

            

2006

  $ 389    $ 250

2007

    491      1

2008

    723      140

2009

    117      53

2010

    3      41

Thereafter

    6,071      366

 

NOTE 14. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

    December 25,
2005
   December 26,
2004
   

Carrying

Value

  

Fair

Value

  

Carrying

Value

  

Fair

Value

Dollar amounts in millions                           

Weyerhaeuser:

                          

Financial liabilities:

                          

Long-term debt (including current maturities)

  $ 7,793    $ 8,378    $ 9,766    $ 10,969
   

Real Estate and Related Assets:

                          

Financial liabilities:

                          

Long-term debt (including current maturities)

  $ 851    $ 861    $ 867    $ 915
   

 

The fair value of long-term debt is estimated based on quoted market prices for the same issues or on the discounted value of the future cash flows expected to be paid using incremental rates of borrowing for similar liabilities.

 

NOTE 15. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Hardboard Siding Claims    In June 2000, the company entered into a nationwide settlement of hardboard siding class action cases and recognized a charge of $130 million before taxes to cover the estimated cost of the settlement and related claims. The settlement class consists of all persons who own or owned structures in the United States on which the company’s hardboard siding had been installed from January 1, 1981, through December 31, 1999. This is a claims-based settlement, which means the claims will be paid as submitted over a nine-year period. An independent adjuster reviews claims submitted and determines payment under the terms of the settlement agreement. Reserves for future claims settlements relating to hardboard siding cases require judgments regarding projections of future claims rates and

 

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amounts. At the end of the fourth quarter of 2005, the company had approximately $52 million in reserves remaining for hardboard siding claims. The company believes the reserve balances established for these matters are adequate, but is unable to estimate at this time the amount of additional charges, if any, that may be required for these matters in the future.

 

The following table presents an analysis of the claims activity related to the hardboard siding class action cases:

 

    2005    2004    2003

Number of claims filed during the period

    765      1,740      3,830

Number of claims resolved

    640      2,990      4,245

Number of claims unresolved at end of period

    705      580      1,830

Number of damage awards paid

    270      1,140      1,770

Average damage award paid

  $ 4,100    $ 2,790    $ 3,400

 

The lower average damage award paid in 2004 was due primarily to a lower number of awards for multi-family structures in 2004 than in 2003 or 2005.

 

The company has received $52 million in recoveries from its insurance carriers by way of negotiated settlements.

 

The company currently has no litigation pending with any person or entity that has opted out of the settlement. Individuals and entities that have opted out of the settlement may file lawsuits against the company in the future.

 

Linerboard Antitrust Litigation    In May 1999, two civil antitrust lawsuits were filed against the company in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Both suits named as defendants several other major containerboard and packaging producers. The complaint in the first case alleged the defendants conspired to fix the price of linerboard and that the alleged conspiracy had the effect of increasing the price of corrugated containers. The suit requested class certification for purchasers of corrugated containers during the period from October 1993 through November 1995. The complaint in the second case alleged that the company conspired to manipulate the price of linerboard and thereby the price of corrugated sheets. The suit requested class certification for purchasers of corrugated sheets during the period from October 1993 through November 1995.

 

The company settled the two lawsuits and a pretax charge of $23 million was recognized in the third quarter of 2003. Approximately 165 members of the classes opted out of the class and filed thirteen lawsuits against the company and other producers. The company settled three of the lawsuits and recognized a pretax charge of $12 million in the first quarter of 2005. The company settled all but one of the remaining opt-out cases and recognized a pretax charge of $38 million in the fourth quarter of 2005. The company believes that the reserve balances established for these matters are adequate, and expects the amount of additional charges, if any, that may be required for the sole remaining opt-out case to be inconsequential.

 

In March 2004, La Cie McCormick Canada Company filed a class action lawsuit in Superior Court of Justice, in Ontario, Canada against the company and other linerboard manufacturers on behalf of all Canadians who purchased corrugated products, including sheets and containers and/or linerboard, during the period of time from 1993 to at least the end of 1995. The allegations mirror the allegations in the U.S. cases. General damages of $25 million and $10 million in punitive damages are sought. At this stage, the company cannot calculate what portion of the damages requested would be argued as the company’s responsibility. Canadian law does not provide for a trebling of antitrust damages. The company has not recorded a reserve for the matter, and does not expect any future charges that may be taken for this matter to have a material adverse effect on the company’s results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

 

Alder Antitrust Litigation    In December 2000, a lawsuit was filed against the company in U.S. District Court in Oregon (the Initial Alder Case) alleging from 1996 to the present the company had monopoly power or attempted to gain monopoly power in the Pacific Northwest market for alder logs and finished alder lumber. A jury verdict of trebled damages of $79 million was appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit where the decision was upheld. In September 2005, the company asked for discretionary review of the Initial Alder Case by the U.S. Supreme Court. In November 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court asked the Solicitor General to express the opinions of the United States on whether to accept review.

 

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In January 2005, the company received a copy of a “complaint in equity” filed in U.S. District Court in Oregon to set aside the judgment in the Initial Alder Case on behalf of a plaintiff who did not prevail in the trial. It alleged a fraud was committed on the court and requested judgment against the plaintiff be vacated and a new trial set on plaintiff’s claim of monopolization of the alder sawlog market. Trebled damages of $20 million are alleged. The U.S. District Court stayed this matter until the U.S. Supreme Court takes final action in the Initial Alder Case. The company denies the allegations in the complaint and intends to vigorously defend the matter.

 

In June 2003, Washington Alder filed an antitrust lawsuit against the company in U.S. District Court in Oregon alleging monopolization of the alder log and lumber markets and seeking trebled damages of $36 million and divestiture of the company’s Northwest Hardwoods Division and alder sawmills in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. A jury verdict of trebled damages of $16 million was appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. After oral argument in November 2005, the matter was stayed pending a final disposition by the U.S. Supreme Court of the Initial Alder Case.

 

In 2004 the company settled similar lawsuits filed against the company by five hardwood mill owners in the U.S. District Court in Oregon.

 

In April 2004, a civil class action antitrust lawsuit was filed against the company in U.S. District Court in Oregon claiming that as a result of the company’s alleged monopolization of the alder sawlog market in the Pacific Northwest as determined in the Initial Alder Case, the company monopolized the market for finished alder and charged monopoly prices for finished alder lumber. In December 2004, the Judge issued an order certifying the plaintiff as a class representative for all U.S. purchasers of finished alder lumber between April 28, 2000, and March 31, 2004, for purposes of awarding monetary damages. The company denies the allegations in the complaint and intends to vigorously defend the matter. In February 2005, class counsel notified the court that approximately 5 percent of the class members opted out of the class action lawsuit. The company has no litigation pending with any entity that has opted out of the class, but it is possible that entities who have opted out may file lawsuits against the company in the future. The case was stayed in the fourth quarter of 2005 pending the U.S. Supreme Court entering a final opinion in the Initial Alder Case.

 

Changes in the amount accrued for alder antitrust litigation matters follows:

 

    2005      2004      2003
Dollar amounts in millions                        

Accrued at beginning of year

  $ 95      $ 79      $

Net charges

    13        65        79

Payments

    (13 )      (49 )     
   

Accrued at end of year

  $ 95      $ 95      $ 79
   

 

While the company believes the reserve established for the alder antitrust litigation is adequate, the company is unable to estimate what additional charges, if any, may be required in the future, because of the uncertainties surrounding the litigation process.

 

Paragon Trade Brands, Inc. Litigation    In 1999, the Equity Committee (Committee) in the Paragon Trade Brands, Inc. (Paragon), bankruptcy proceeding commenced an adversary proceeding against the company in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia asserting the company breached certain warranties in agreements between Paragon and the company connected with Paragon’s public offering of common stock in February 1993. The Committee sought to recover damages sustained by Paragon in two patent infringement cases, one brought by Procter & Gamble and the other by Kimberly-Clark. In June 2002, the Bankruptcy Court held the company liable for breaches of warranty. In the second quarter of 2005, the Bankruptcy Court imposed damages of approximately $470 million. The company appealed the liability and damages determinations to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and posted a bond of $500 million. The company has not established a reserve for this matter because, based upon the information currently available to the company, including management’s belief that an adverse result is not probable because the company will prevail on appeal, management believes the requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies (Statement 5), for establishing a reserve in this matter have not been

 

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met. However, there is no guarantee that management will not determine in the future that a charge for all or a portion of any damage award is required. Any such charge could materially and adversely affect the company’s results of operations for the quarter or the year in which such a charge may be recognized.

 

Other Litigation    The company is party to other matters generally incidental to its business in addition to the matters described above.

 

Summary    Although the final outcome of any legal proceeding is subject to a great many variables and cannot be predicted with any degree of certainty, management currently believes that adequate reserves have been established for probable losses from litigation when the amounts could be reasonably determined. Management further believes that the ultimate outcome of these legal proceedings could materially adversely affect results of operations, cash flows or financial condition in any given quarter or year, but will not have a material adverse effect on the company’s long-term results of operations, cash flows or financial position.

 

Countervailing and Anti-dumping Duties

 

Softwood Lumber Imported into the United States from Canada

In April 2001, the Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports (Coalition) filed two petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce (Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) claiming that production of softwood lumber in Canada was being subsidized by Canada and that imports from Canada were being “dumped” into the U.S. market (sold at less than fair value). The Coalition asked that countervailing duty (CVD) and anti-dumping (AD) tariffs be imposed on softwood lumber imported from Canada.

 

In March 2002, the Department confirmed its preliminary finding that certain Canadian provinces were subsidizing logs by failing to collect full market price for stumpage. The Department established a final CVD rate of 18.79 percent. In the AD proceedings, the Department found that the six Canadian manufacturers examined, including the company, were engaged in sales at less than fair value and set cash deposit rates ranging from 2.18 percent to 12.44 percent. The company’s deposit rate was set at 12.39 percent. Because of statutory limitations that affected timing, the bonds covering duties following the preliminary determinations were released by the United States. The resulting reversal of accrued expenses was included in earnings during 2002.

 

In May 2002, the ITC confirmed its earlier ruling that U.S. industry is threatened by subsidized and dumped imports and the company began making cash deposits relating to the CVD and AD actions. In June 2003, the Department began the process of the annual reviews to determine the final duty rates under both CVD and AD for annual periods commencing with the period from May 22, 2002, through March 31, 2003, for CVD and through April 30, 2003, for AD. The annual review process will be conducted covering successive one-year periods for five years. In 2007, both the CVD duty and AD orders will be automatically reviewed in a “sunset” proceeding to determine whether dumping will continue or a countervailing subsidy is likely to recur if the relevant order were to be revoked. As a result of administrative determinations and the first and second annual administrative reviews, the combined CVD and AD rate charged on Weyerhaeuser shipments of Canadian softwood lumber into the United States was reduced from 31.18 percent to 24.36 percent effective for the first quarter of 2005, and from 24.36 percent to 13.13 percent effective for the first quarter of 2006.

 

On December 2, 2005, the company filed a request with the Department for a review of its cash deposit rate due to the sale of the B.C. Coastal Group to Brascan in May 2005. The company believes that the sale constitutes a changed circumstance and the cash deposit rate should be substantially lower. On January 19, 2006, the Department announced that it will conduct a changed circumstances review.

 

The CVD and AD tariffs are currently under review and challenge in several forums, including NAFTA panels, the ITC, and the WTO. These proceedings include:

 

Appeals of Administrative Reviews.    The company has appealed the AD determination in the First Administrative Review to the Court of International Trade (CIT). On the same date, the Coalition appealed both the CVD and AD determinations to the CIT. The various actions filed in the CIT relating to the AD determination have been consolidated by court order. Both parties have also appealed the CVD determination in the First Administrative Review to NAFTA panels. It is expected that both parties will file appeals of the final determinations in the Second Administrative Review to NATFA panels.

 

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NAFTA Injury Panel.    On September 1, 2004, the NAFTA Injury Panel ordered the ITC to reverse its earlier decision of injury and on September 11, 2004, the ITC agreed that the U.S. softwood lumber industry is not threatened with material injury by reason of softwood imports from Canada. In October 2004, the NAFTA Panel affirmed the ITC’s decision. The final NAFTA decision on injury was challenged by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) before a newly constituted panel called the Extraordinary Challenge Committee (ECC). In August 2005, the ECC upheld the NAFTA decision on injury. The Coalition has filed a constitutional challenge of NAFTA at the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

 

WTO Injury Review.    With the support of provincial governments, the federal government of Canada also moved for reviews by dispute settlement panels under the World Trade Organization (WTO). In March 2004, a WTO panel announced its final ruling on injury, faulting an ITC finding of a threat of injury resulting from dumped and subsidized imports of softwood lumber from Canada.

 

In June 2004, pursuant to U.S. law, the USTR asked the ITC to provide an advisory report as to whether it can implement the WTO’s decision against the ITC on threat of injury. In July 2004, the USTR also asked the ITC to issue a new decision on “threat of injury” to bring the United States into compliance with the WTO decision finding against the ITC on injury. Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act provides the basic provisions through which the U.S. implements new AD and CVD determinations to make them consistent with an adverse WTO report. The ITC formally began the Section 129 review process in early August 2004 and issued a new determination on November 24, 2004, reaffirming that imports of Canadian softwood lumber pose a threat of injury to U.S. industry. In January 2005, Canada requested that a NAFTA panel review this ITC decision on threat of injury. Canada has also sought authorization from WTO to impose $3.4 billion in sanctions on the U.S. for failure to revoke the CVD and AD deposits pursuant to the WTO’s decision on injury. The U.S. challenged the Canadian request before the WTO. In November 2005, the WTO Panel issued a final decision upholding the ITC’s finding of injury. The decision has been appealed to the WTO Appellate Body.

 

WTO Review of AD and CVD Determinations.    On August 11, 2004, the WTO Appellate Body held the U.S. practice of using zeroing to calculate antidumping margins during the investigation process was improper. The Department has issued a new determination under Section 129 for AD rates to comply with the WTO’s determination which is currently on appeal to the WTO. On February 14, 2004, the WTO Appellate Body held that the Department’s countervailing decision was contrary to the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures. On November 9, 2004, the USTR asked the Department to undertake a Section 129 process to comply with the WTO Appellate Body decision. Canada has sought a compliance review at the WTO for the failure of the U.S. to fully implement the WTO CVD decision. A decision is expected later in the year. In addition, Canada has filed a request for a NAFTA panel to review the Section 129 CVD decision.

 

Byrd Amendment.    The WTO appeals body has affirmed a panel ruling against the United States that the so-called “Byrd Amendment,” which provides for the distribution of AD and CVD duties to petitioners, is inconsistent with U.S. international obligations. On September 1, 2004, the WTO gave Canada and other countries the right to impose trade sanctions on the United States in retaliation for collecting such duties and making them available for distribution under the Byrd Amendment. On March 31, 2005, Canada announced a retaliation surtax commencing May 1, 2005, of 15 percent against certain U.S. goods exported to Canada. The aggregate amount of this surtax is approximately $14 million (Canadian). The U.S. Administration for a number of years signaled that it will introduce legislation to repeal the Byrd Amendment. The House of Representatives on November 18, 2005, as part of a vote on other legislation, voted to repeal the Byrd Amendment, but the Senate amended the House repeal language when it voted to approve the repeal on December 21, 2005. The Senate amendment postpones the effect of the repeal until October 1, 2007. On August 26, 2005, Canada filed a challenge to the Byrd Amendment in the U.S. Court of International Trade alleging that even under U.S. law, the Byrd Amendment is not applicable to Canada. Oral argument is scheduled for April 2006 with a decision expected in July 2006. There also are two cases pending at the Court of International Trade (unrelated to the softwood case) challenging the constitutionality of the Byrd Amendment.

 

Through December 2005, the company has paid a cumulative total of $345 million in CVD and AD duties and $21 million in related costs on softwood lumber the company has imported into the United States from Canada. The deposits made against the CVD and AD duties have been recognized as sales deductions in the consolidated statement

 

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of earnings. It is difficult to predict the net effect final duties will have on the company. In the event that final rates differ from the depository rates, ultimate charges may be higher or lower than those recorded to date. The company is unable to estimate at this time the amount of additional charges or reversals that may be necessary for this matter in the future. The company believes there should be a negotiated settlement to the softwood lumber dispute and supports efforts to reach a long-term solution to resolve this matter. The U.S. and Canadian governments continue to discuss ways to settle the softwood lumber dispute, but there can be no assurance that they will be able to reach an agreement.

 

Kraft Liner/Linerboard Exported from the United States into the People’s Republic of China

In January 2004, the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (MOC) received a petition requesting an anti-dumping investigation on imports of unbleached kraft liner/linerboard originating in the United States, Thailand, Korea and Taiwan. The MOC conducted an investigation based on the allegations contained in the petition for the period from January 1, 2003, to December 31, 2003, and an investigation for injury to the Chinese industry for the period from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2003. Weyerhaeuser and four other producers in the United States were included in the investigation. A final determination was issued on September 30, 2005, setting Weyerhaeuser’s anti-dumping tariff at 12.9 percent, effective as of September 30, 2005. The anti-dumping duties were paid by Weyerhaeuser’s customers in China. In January 2006, the MOC announced termination of its tariffs against the United States, Taiwan, Korea and Thailand due to procedural deficiencies.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

In late 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of violation (NOV) for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at the company’s Hawesville, Kentucky, pulp and paper mill. The company settled the matter and paid a penalty of approximately $150,000.

 

In November 2004, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality — Air Quality Division (DEQ) issued a NOV for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at the company’s Wright City, Oklahoma, wood products facility. Management has been discussing the issues with the DEQ to resolve the matters alleged in the NOV and believes that settlement of the matter may include payment of a civil penalty of approximately $100,000.

 

In October 2005, the company notified the EPA and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources that a self-audit of its Flint River pulp mill in Oglethorpe, Georgia revealed certain areas that were not in compliance with the Clean Air Act. The company has submitted a remediation plan to both agencies that is designed to get the mill back into compliance as quickly as possible. No penalties have been assessed or paid related to this matter.

 

In December 2005, the Ohio Attorney General’s Office notified Weyerhaeuser that it plans to initiate a Clean Air Act enforcement action against Weyerhaeuser Company Packaging, Inc. (a former subsidiary of the company) arising out of its operation of corrugated container manufacturing plants in Valley View and Bedford Heights, Ohio. The Attorney General’s Office has indicated that it plans to request injunctive relief and approximately $500,000 in civil penalties, of which a portion could be contributed to supplemental environmental projects identified by Ohio. Management has been discussing resolution of the issue with Ohio EPA and the Attorney General’s Office.

 

The company is also a party to various proceedings relating to the cleanup of hazardous waste sites under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, commonly known as “Superfund,” and similar state laws. The EPA and/or various state agencies have notified the company that it may be a potentially responsible party with respect to other hazardous waste sites as to which no proceedings have been instituted against the company. The company has established reserves totaling $29 million for estimated remediation costs on all of the approximately 70 active sites across its operations. Environmental remediation reserves totaled $38 million at the end of 2004. The decrease in environmental remediation reserves reflects the incorporation of new information on all sites concerning remediation alternatives, updates on prior cost estimates and new sites, and the costs incurred to remediate these sites during this period. The company accrued remediation costs of $5 million in 2005 and $9 million in 2004. The company incurred remediation costs of $14 million in 2005 and $10 million in 2004 and charged these costs against the reserve. Based on currently available information and analysis, the company believes that it is reasonably possible that costs associated with all identified sites may exceed current accruals by up to $70 million, which may be incurred over several years. This estimate of the upper end of the range of reasonably possible additional costs is much less certain than the estimates upon which accruals are currently based, and utilizes assumptions less favorable to the company among the range of reasonably possible outcomes. In estimating both its current accruals for environmental

 

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remediation and the possible range of additional future costs, the company has assumed that it will not bear the entire cost of remediation of every site to the exclusion of other known potentially responsible parties who may be jointly and severally liable. The ability of other potentially responsible parties to participate has been taken into account, generally based on each party’s financial condition and probable contribution on a per-site basis. No amounts have been recorded for potential recoveries from insurance carriers.

 

The company has not recognized a liability under Interpretation 47 for certain legal obligations, primarily special handling for the removal and disposal of encapsulated asbestos from facilities and equipment. The fair value cannot be reasonably estimated because the settlement dates are unknown.

 

GUARANTEES

Weyerhaeuser Company has guaranteed approximately $43 million of debt that expires in 2006, but is subject to an annual extension. In addition, Weyerhaeuser Company sold its interest in a timberlands lease in the fourth quarter of 2005 and guaranteed the performance of the buyer/lessee. The lease expires in 2023 and total future lease payments are approximately $32 million. Weyerhaeuser Company recorded a $3 million liability as of the closing date of the sale.

 

As of December 25, 2005, the Real Estate and Related Assets segment has guaranteed approximately $22 million of debt of unconsolidated entities. The debt guarantees expire as follows: $11 million in 2007 and $11 million in 2009.

 

WARRANTIES

WRECO provides warranties on homes that vary depending on state and local laws. The reserves for these warranties are determined by applying the provisions of Statement 5. The liability was approximately $16 million and $14 million at December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004, respectively.

 

PURCHASE OBLIGATIONS

Purchase obligations include agreements to purchase goods or services that are enforceable and legally binding on the company and that specify all significant terms, including: fixed or minimum quantities to be purchased; fixed, minimum or variable price provisions; and the approximate timing of the transaction. Purchase obligations exclude arrangements that the company can cancel without penalty. As of December 25, 2005, Weyerhaeuser’s future commitments under non-cancelable purchase obligations were as follows: $437 million in 2006, $147 million in 2007, $89 million in 2008, $72 million in 2009, $58 million in 2010, and $581 million thereafter.

 

OPERATING LEASES

The company leases various equipment, office and wholesale space, and model homes under operating leases. The equipment leases cover items including aircraft, vessels, rail and logging equipment, lift trucks, automobiles and office equipment. The company recognized rent expense of approximately $177 million, $181 million and $179 million in 2005, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

 

The company’s future commitments under operating leases are as follows:

 

    2006      2007      2008      2009      2010      Thereafter

Dollar amounts in millions

                                                  

Weyerhaeuser

  $ 123      $ 84      $ 67      $ 52      $ 42      $ 251

Real Estate and Related Assets

    18        12        9        8        7        14
   
    $ 141      $ 96      $ 76      $ 60      $ 49      $ 265
   

 

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NOTE 16. OTHER OPERATING COSTS, NET

 

Other operating costs, net, is an aggregation of both recurring and occasional income and expense items and, as a result, can fluctuate from year to year. Weyerhaeuser’s other operating costs, net, include the following (income) and expenses:

 

    2005      2004      2003  

Dollar amounts in millions

                         

Gain on significant sales of nonstrategic timberlands (Note 19)

  $ (57 )    $ (271 )    $ (205 )

(Gain) loss on disposition of assets

    (4 )      (40 )      18  

Asset impairment charges other than for closures

           2        16  

Charge for alder antitrust litigation (Note 15)

    13        65        79  

Charge for linerboard antitrust litigation (Note 15)

    50               23  

Charge for settlement of workers compensation claims

                  7  

Cemwood insurance settlement recoveries

           (7 )      (25 )

Reversal of hardboard siding reserve

           (20 )       

Foreign exchange gains

    (16 )      (27 )      (108 )

Cumulative effect to begin capitalizing interest on excess qualifying real estate assets

    (43 )              

Donation of technology

           23         

Other, net

    (3 )      42        (34 )
   
 
    $ (60 )    $ (233 )    $ (229 )
   
 

 

In the fourth quarter of 2005, Weyerhaeuser recognized income of $43 million for the cumulative effect of a change to begin capitalizing Weyerhaeuser interest on qualifying assets of Real Estate and Related Assets. Following are the components of the adjustment:

 

    2005  

Dollar amounts in millions

       

Pre-2005 Weyerhaeuser interest attributable to qualifying real estate owned as of December 25, 2005

  $ (25 )

Capitalization of Weyerhaeuser interest on qualifying real estate assets

    (50 )

Reduction in Weyerhaeuser capitalized interest due to sales of qualifying real estate assets

    32  
   


Cumulative effect

  $ (43 )
   


 

The amount of Weyerhaeuser interest capitalized to qualifying assets of Real Estate and Related Assets is dependent on the amount of qualifying real estate assets and the level of debt held by Real Estate and Related Assets. The amount of Weyerhaeuser interest that will be included in Weyerhaeuser’s cost of products sold in future periods is dependent on the timing and volume of sales of qualifying real estate. Excluding the cumulative adjustment for periods prior to 2005, the net effect of the change would have been an increase in consolidated net earnings of approximately $2 million to $4 million per quarter in 2005.

 

Included in (gain) loss on disposition of assets for 2004 is a net pretax gain of $43 million recognized in connection with the sale of operating facilities. This includes a pretax gain of $33 million that was recognized in the first quarter on the sale of an oriented strand board (OSB) mill in Slave Lake, Alberta.

 

Asset impairment charges other than for closures for 2003 includes a pretax impairment charge of $16 million recognized in the second quarter of 2003 in connection with a facility sale that closed in 2003.

 

In the fourth quarter of 2004, Weyerhaeuser donated certain technology to a university. A pretax charge of $23 million, representing the net carrying value of the donated technology, was recognized in 2004.

 

In 1999, American Cemwood Corporation (Cemwood), a subsidiary of MacMillan Bloedel Limited, which was acquired by the company in 1999, settled a class action suit involving claims alleging the failure of its cement fiber roofing products. The settlement provided an opportunity for the company to recover a portion of the settlement amount, depending on the outcome of a lawsuit filed by the class against Cemwood’s insurance companies. As a result of

 

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settlements with the insurance companies, the company recognized a net pretax benefit of $25 million in the second quarter of 2003 and $7 million in the fourth quarter of 2004. The company has an unresolved claim outstanding against a reinsurer.

 

Foreign exchange gains and losses result from changes in exchange rates, primarily related to Weyerhaeuser’s Canadian and New Zealand operations.

 

NOTE 17. CHARGES FOR INTEGRATION AND RESTRUCTURING

 

As Weyerhaeuser has acquired businesses and consolidated them into its existing operations, Weyerhaeuser has incurred charges associated with the transition and integration of those activities. Charges recognized from 2003 to 2005 for integration and restructuring included costs associated with the integration of Willamette and Weyerhaeuser’s overall cost-reduction efforts.

 

In connection with the acquisition of Willamette in 2002, Weyerhaeuser entered into change-in-control agreements with several key Willamette employees. Under these agreements, Weyerhaeuser made payments of approximately $113 million through January 2004. Approximately $23 million of these payments represented severance and other benefits paid to terminated Willamette employees. These costs were included in the total purchase price of the Willamette acquisition. Approximately $48 million represented other payments to terminated Willamette employees, primarily under consulting and noncompete agreements that extended through the third quarter of 2004. Approximately $42 million represented payments to retained Willamette employees under retention and incentive agreements that extended through the first quarter of 2004 and noncompete agreements that extended through the third quarter of 2005. Costs associated with services were recognized over the periods benefited.

 

Costs incurred consist of the following:

 

    2005      2004      2003

Dollar amounts in millions

                       

Change in control agreements

  $ 2      $ 12      $ 38

Severance and outplacement costs

    15        18        49

Pension curtailment and benefit enhancements

    1        6       

Professional services

           1        6

Other

    3        2        10
   
    $ 21      $ 39      $ 103
   

 

As of December 25, 2005, Weyerhaeuser accrued liabilities include approximately $15 million of severance accruals related to integration and restructuring charges recognized from 2003 through 2005. These accruals are associated with approximately 350 employee terminations that have not yet occurred.

 

NOTE 18. CHARGES FOR CLOSURE OF FACILITIES

 

Facilities that do not represent a long-term strategic fit for the company, or that cannot achieve top-quartile performance without significant capital investments, are assessed for closure or sale. Changing market conditions, increasing productivity at many of the company’s operating facilities and increased scale as a result of recent acquisitions have provided the company with opportunities to rationalize its production capacity while retaining its ability to fulfill customer needs.

 

Weyerhaeuser closed a number of facilities during 2005, 2004 and 2003. Closures charges recognized in 2005 include costs related to the closures of a pulp and paper facility, a specialty pulp mill, a fine paper machine, a containerboard machine, a large-log sawmill, two hardwood facilities, an I-joist facility, a veneer and plywood facility, seven corrugated converting plants and a bag plant. The 2004 charges were primarily recognized in connection with the closure of one wood products facility and two packaging plants. The 2004 pension charges were recognized in connection with the final settlement of three pension plans associated with facility closures. During 2004, approximately $12 million of estimated charges for severance and other costs associated with several closures that occurred from 2001 through 2003 were reversed as the related closure activities had been finalized. During 2003,

 

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Weyerhaeuser recognized closure costs in connection with the announced closures of eight wood products facilities, two fine paper machines, one containerboard mill and one packaging plant.

 

Activities associated with these closures are expected to continue through the end of 2006, but Weyerhaeuser does not expect to incur any additional material charges related to these closures. Charges for closure of facilities include:

 

    2005      2004      2003  

Dollar amounts in millions

                         

Asset impairments

  $ 627      $ 3      $ 86  

Termination benefits

    75        3        28  

Pension settlement or curtailment

    (9 )      10         

Other closure costs

    7        10        13  

Reversals of closure charges recorded in prior periods

    (7 )      (9 )      (4 )
   


    $ 693      $ 17      $ 123  
   


 

Changes in accrued termination benefits related to facility closures during the year ended December 25, 2005, were as follows:

 

Dollar amounts in millions             

Accrued severance as of December 26, 2004

         $ 9  

Costs incurred and charged to expense

           75  

Payments

           (7 )

Other adjustments

           (2 )
          


Accrued severance as of December 25, 2005

         $ 75  
          


 

NOTE 19. SIGNIFICANT SALES OF NONSTRATEGIC TIMBERLANDS

 

During 2004 and 2003, the company closed the following significant sales of nonstrategic timberlands:

 

    Georgia

   Tennessee

   Carolinas

   Washington
(Snoqualmie)


    September
2004
   December
2003
   December
2003
   May
2003

Dollar amounts in millions

                          

Acres

    270,000      168,000      160,000      104,000

Pretax gain

  $ 271    $ 1    $ 60    $ 121

Sale proceeds paid to special purpose entities

  $ 362    $ 84    $ 169    $ 184

Sale proceeds paid to Weyerhaeuser

  $ 22    $    $    $

Special purpose entity note monetization proceeds

  $ 302    $ 68    $ 139    $ 151

 

The company has consolidated the assets and liabilities of the buyer-sponsored special purpose entities and the monetization special purpose entities involved in these transactions (collectively “the SPEs”). See Note 3: Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities.

 

In addition to the amounts presented above, the company recognized gains of $23 million in the second quarter of 2003 when a contingency lapsed on a portion of a timberland sale that closed in December 2002, and $57 million in the second quarter of 2005 when a re-evaluation of the consolidation of the SPEs under Interpretation 46R was completed.

 

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NOTE 20. SHAREHOLDERS’ INTEREST

 

Preferred and Preference Shares    The company is authorized to issue:

 

Ÿ   7,000,000 preferred shares having a par value of $1.00 per share, of which none were issued and outstanding at December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004; and

 

Ÿ   40,000,000 preference shares having a par value of $1.00 per share, of which none were issued and outstanding at December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004.

 

The preferred and preference shares may be issued in one or more series with varying rights and preferences including dividend rates, redemption rights, conversion terms, sinking fund provisions, values in liquidation and voting rights. When issued, the outstanding preferred and preference shares rank senior to outstanding common shares as to dividends and assets available on liquidation.

 

Common Shares     

 

A reconciliation of common share activity for the three years ended December 25, 2005, is as follows:

 

    2005     2004    2003

In thousands

              

Shares outstanding at beginning of year

  240,361     220,201    218,950

New shares issued

      16,676   

Retraction of exchangeable shares

  66     182    10

Stock options exercised

  2,885     3,302    1,241

Repurchase of shares

  (174 )     
   

Shares outstanding at end of year

  243,138     240,361    220,201
   

 

Included in the new shares issued in 2004 are 16,675,000 shares of common stock issued by the company on May 4, 2004. The company received net proceeds from the offering, after deduction of the underwriting discount and other transaction costs, of $954 million.

 

In October 2005, the company announced a stock repurchase program under which it is authorized to repurchase up to 18 million shares of common stock. As of December 25, 2005, the company had repurchased approximately 174,000 shares of common stock under the program.

 

Exchangeable Shares     Weyerhaeuser Limited issued 13,565,802 exchangeable shares to common shareholders of MacMillan Bloedel in 1999 as part of the consideration paid to acquire MacMillan Bloedel. No additional shares have been issued. These exchangeable shares are, as nearly as practicable, the economic equivalent of the company’s common shares; i.e., they have the following rights:

 

Ÿ   The right to exchange such shares for common shares of the company on a one-to-one basis.

 

Ÿ   The right to receive dividends, on a per-share basis, in amounts that are the same as, and are payable at the same time as, dividends declared on the company’s common shares.

 

Ÿ   The right to vote at all shareholder meetings at which the company’s shareholders are entitled to vote on the basis of one vote per exchangeable share.

 

Ÿ   The right to participate upon a liquidation event on a pro-rata basis with the holders of the company’s common shares in the distribution of assets of the company.

 

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A reconciliation of exchangeable share activity for the three years ended December 25, 2005, is as follows:

 

    2005      2004      2003  

In thousands

                   

Shares outstanding at beginning of year

  2,111      2,293      2,303  

Retraction

  (66 )    (182 )    (10 )
   
 

Shares outstanding at end of year

  2,045      2,111      2,293  
   
 

 

Cumulative Other Comprehensive Income     The company’s cumulative other comprehensive income includes the following:

 

    December 25,
2005
    December 26,
2004
 

Dollar amounts in millions

               

Foreign currency translation adjustments

  $ 347     $ 238  

Additional minimum pension liability adjustments

    (99 )     (81 )

Cash flow hedge fair value adjustments

    39       3  

Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities

    3       3  
   
 
    $ 290     $ 163  
   
 

 

NOTE 21. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

 

The company’s Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (the Plan) was approved at the 2004 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Plan provides for the grant of options to purchase the company’s common stock at its market price on the date of grant by certain key officers and other employees of the company and its subsidiaries who are selected from time to time by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. In addition, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors may grant to Plan participants restricted stock, stock appreciation rights, performance shares and other equity compensation on terms and conditions set by the Compensation Committee. In each case, equity granted to participants in the Plan must be at market price on the date of grant. As of the effective date of the Plan, shares available for grant under prior plans of the company were canceled. No more than 17 million shares may be issued under the Plan, and participants are eligible to receive in any one calendar year options or stock appreciation rights relating to a maximum of 500,000 shares, or restricted stock, performance shares or other equity grants aggregating a maximum of 200,000 shares. The aggregate number of shares that may be issued as grants other than options or stock appreciation rights may not exceed 20 percent of the authorized number of shares. If all options outstanding at December 25, 2005, including some options that were previously granted under an earlier plan, and all remaining options that could be granted under the Plan were exercised, the company’s common shares would increase by approximately 29 million shares. The term of options granted under the Plan may not exceed 10 years from the grant date. Vesting periods may be set by the Compensation Committee at the time of grant, but options outstanding under the Plan and prior plans are 25 percent vested after one year, 50 percent after two years, 75 percent after three years, and 100 percent after four years.

 

Stock appreciation rights were issued to former MacMillan Bloedel employees in connection with the company’s acquisition of MacMillan Bloedel in 1999. In addition, stock appreciation rights are granted to certain international employees from time to time. As of December 25, 2005, 970,048 stock appreciation rights were outstanding, with strike prices ranging from $39.41 per right to $65.69 per right. These stock appreciation rights are included in the stock option information presented below.

 

On April 13, 2004, the company instituted a program to purchase shares from a limited number of employees who had been limited in their ability to sell shares issuable upon exercise of their stock options as a result of trading restrictions the company imposed on such employees. Under this program, the option holders were permitted to effect a cashless exercise of their stock options followed by an immediate sale to the company of the common shares issued on such cashless exercise, so that there would be no market transaction in connection with such exercises. Only those options

 

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granted to 21 participating employees on or prior to April 19, 1999, (representing options to purchase 578,486 common shares) were eligible to be exercised under the program. The program resulted in variable accounting treatment for the stock options included in the program through the program’s expiration on April 1, 2005.

 

The company accounts for all options under APB Opinion No. 25 and related interpretations. A reconciliation in Note 1: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies illustrates the effect on net earnings and earnings per share had the company applied the fair-value recognition provisions of Statement 123 to stock-based compensation.

 

The company allows certain employees to defer all or a portion of their bonus into company share equivalents, with a 15 percent premium applied if payment is delayed for at least five years. The deferred account increases or decreases based on the performance of the company’s stock plus dividends.

 

The compensation expense recognized for all of the incentive plans was $11 million in 2005, $9 million in 2004 and $7 million in 2003.

 

Changes in the number of options outstanding are summarized as follows:

 

    2005      2004      2003  

Options (in thousands):

                         

Outstanding, beginning of year

    15,516        15,692        13,853  

Granted

    3,478        3,447        3,416  

Exercised

    (3,107 )      (3,516 )      (1,402 )

Cancelled

    (87 )      (104 )      (172 )

Expired

    (22 )      (3 )      (3 )
   
 

Outstanding, end of year

    15,778        15,516        15,692  
   
 

Exercisable, end of year

    7,507        7,676        7,463  
   
 

Weighted average exercise price:

                         

Outstanding, beginning of year

  $ 56.12      $ 53.75      $ 54.26  

Granted

    63.50        62.81        49.57  

Exercised

    53.70        52.08        48.61  

Cancelled

    60.87        57.47        54.70  

Expired

    58.99        33.39        42.31  

Outstanding, end of year

    58.19        56.12        53.75  
                           

Weighted average grant date fair value of options

  $ 15.58      $ 16.03      $ 12.57  

 

The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions used for grants:

 

    2005      2004      2003  

Risk-free interest rate

  3.91 %    3.11 %    2.85 %

Expected life

  4.7 years      5.0 years      5.3 years  

Expected volatility

  29.52 %    32.02 %    34.37 %

Expected dividend yield

  2.52 %    2.55 %    3.23 %

 

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The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at December 25, 2005 (shares in thousands):

 

Price Range  

Options

Outstanding

  

Weighted

Average Exercise

Price Options

Outstanding

  

Options

Exercisable

  

Weighted

Average Exercise

Price Options

Exercisable

  

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Life (years)

$25–$39

  51    $ 34.62    51    $ 34.62    1.40

$40–$49

  2,825      49.12    1,199      48.45    6.80

$50–$69

  12,902      60.28    6,257      57.43    6.99
   
         
           
    15,778           7,507            
   
         
           

 

NOTE 22. ACQUISITION

 

APM    In the fourth quarter of 2004, the company acquired a 67 percent interest in Aracruz Produtos de Madeira S.A. (APM) for $17 million in cash. APM operates a sawmill in Brazil that produces high-value eucalyptus lumber and related appearance wood products. The sawmill has an annual capacity of 23 million board feet.

 

NOTE 23. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

 

Discontinued operations presented in the consolidated statement of earnings includes the following:

 

    2005      2004      2003  
Dollar amounts in millions                          

Net sales and revenues

  $ 371      $ 734      $ 624  
   
 

Income from operations

  $ 14      $ 63      $ (19 )

Income tax expense

    (6 )      (35 )      4  
   
 

Net earnings from operations

    8        28        (15 )

Gain on sale of operations, net of tax

    143                
   
 

Earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax

  $ 151      $ 28      $ (15 )
   
 

 

B.C. Coastal sale

In May 2005, the company sold its B.C. Coastal operations to Coastal Acquisition Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brascan Corporation of Toronto, Canada. The sale included 635,000 acres (258,000 hectares) of private timberlands and the annual harvesting rights to 3.6 million cubic meters of timber subject to public timber leases. The sale also included five softwood sawmills, with a combined annual production capacity of 690 million board feet, and two remanufacturing facilities. Prior to the sale, the company’s B.C. Coastal operations were included in both the Timberlands and Wood Products segments.

 

The company recognized a gain on the sale of $110 million, including a tax benefit of $46 million, in the second quarter of 2005 and recognized a pension curtailment charge of $1 million in the third quarter of 2005. The net pretax gain of $63 million is included in contribution to earnings of the Corporate and Other segment in 2005.

 

The income tax benefit recognized upon the sale of the B.C. Coastal operations includes a deferred tax benefit of $185 million resulting from the rollout of temporary differences on the assets sold and a current tax expense of $139 million on the taxable gain. Current taxes reflect the benefit of favorable capital gains treatment applicable to the sale of timberlands in Canada.

 

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Sale of French Composites Operations

In December 2005, the company sold its French composite panels operations to Financiera Maderera S.A. (FINSA). The sale included two composite panel manufacturing operations with a combined annual capacity of approximately 330 million square feet. Prior to the sale, the company’s French composite panels operations were included in the Corporate and Other segment.

 

The company recognized a net gain on the sale of $34 million, including a related tax expense of $23 million, in the fourth quarter of 2005. The pretax gain of $57 million is included in contribution to earnings of the Corporate and Other segment in 2005.

 

NOTE 24. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

 

On February 10, 2006, Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company acquired Maracay Homes Arizona I, LLC, a privately-held homebuilder located in Phoenix, Arizona.

 

NOTE 25. BUSINESS SEGMENTS

 

The company is principally engaged in the growing and harvesting of timber; the manufacture, distribution and sale of forest products; and real estate development and construction. The company’s business segments are:

 

Ÿ   Timberlands, which includes logs, chips and timber.

 

Ÿ   Wood Products, which includes softwood lumber, plywood, veneer, composite panels, OSB, hardwood lumber, engineered lumber, raw materials and building materials distribution.

 

Ÿ   Cellulose Fiber and White Papers, which includes pulp, paper and liquid packaging board.

 

Ÿ   Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling.

 

Ÿ   Real Estate and Related Assets.

 

Ÿ   Corporate and Other.

 

As disclosed in Note 23: Discontinued Operations, the company sold its B.C. Coastal operations in the second quarter of 2005 and sold its French composites operations in the fourth quarter of 2005. The segment data below includes the activities of the B.C. Coastal operations in the Timberlands and Wood Products segments. The activities of the French composites operations are included in the Corporate and Other segment. The pretax gains of $63 million on the B.C. Coastal sale and $57 million on the French composites sale are both included in the Corporate and Other segment in 2005.

 

The timber-based businesses involve a high degree of integration among timber operations; building materials conversion facilities; and pulp, paper, containerboard and liquid packaging board primary manufacturing and secondary conversion facilities. This integration includes extensive transfers of raw materials, semi-finished materials and end products between and among these groups. The company’s accounting policies for segments are the same as those described in Note 1: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.

 

Management evaluates segment performance based on the contributions to earnings of the respective segments. Accounting for segment profitability in integrated manufacturing sites involves allocation of joint conversion and common facility costs based upon the extent of usage by the respective product lines at that facility. Transfer of products between segments is accounted for at current market values.

 

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An analysis and reconciliation of the company’s business segment information to the respective information in the consolidated financial statements is as follows:

 

    2005      2004      2003  

For the three-year period ended December 25, 2005 (Dollar amounts in millions)

                         

Sales to and revenues from unaffiliated customers:

                         

Timberlands

  $ 1,047      $ 1,102      $ 994  

Wood Products

    9,395        9,843        8,185  

Cellulose Fiber and White Papers

    4,336        4,115        3,851  

Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling

    4,707        4,535        4,322  

Real Estate and Related Assets

    2,915        2,495        2,029  

Corporate and Other

    600        575        492  
   
 
      23,000        22,665        19,873  

Less sales of discontinued operations (Note 23)

    (371 )      (734 )      (624 )
   
 
    $ 22,629      $ 21,931      $ 19,249  
   
 

Intersegment sales:

                         

Timberlands

  $ 1,794      $ 1,622      $ 1,605  

Wood Products

    326        331        301  

Cellulose Fiber and White Papers

    47        59        50  

Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling

    81        63        49  

Corporate and Other

    20        14        13  
   
 
      2,268        2,089        2,018  
   
 

Total sales and revenues

    24,897        24,020        21,267  

Intersegment eliminations

    (2,268 )      (2,089 )      (2,018 )
   
 
    $ 22,629      $ 21,931      $ 19,249  
   
 

Contribution (charge) to earnings:

                         

Timberlands

  $ 784      $ 1,027      $ 777  

Wood Products

    485        1,055        59  

Cellulose Fiber and White Papers

    (444 )      104        (82 )

Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling

    (5 )      249        262  

Real Estate and Related Assets

    734        610        392  

Corporate and Other

    216        (271 )      (176 )
   
 
      1,770        2,774        1,232  

Interest expense (Weyerhaeuser only)

    (739 )      (838 )      (815 )

Less capitalized interest (Weyerhaeuser only)

    9        9        19  
   
 

Earnings before income taxes and cumulative effect

                         

of a change in accounting principle

    1,040        1,945        436  

Income taxes (continuing and discontinued operations)

    (307 )      (662 )      (148 )
   
 

Earnings before cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle

    733        1,283        288  

Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle

                  (11 )
   
 
    $ 733      $ 1,283      $ 277  
   
 

 

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    2005      2004      2003  

For the three-year period ended December 25, 2005 (Dollar amounts in millions)

                         

Depreciation, depletion and amortization:

                         

Timberlands

  $ 122      $ 124      $ 123  

Wood Products

    321        334        344  

Cellulose Fiber and White Papers

    485        459        449  

Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling

    310        321        326  

Real Estate and Related Assets

    16        14        11  

Corporate and Other

    83        70        65  
   
 
      1,337        1,322        1,318  

Less discontinued operations

    (14 )      (45 )      (42 )
   
 
    $ 1,323      $ 1,277      $ 1,276  
   
 

Charges for integration and restructuring:

                         

Timberlands

  $ 1      $ 3      $ 2  

Wood Products

    10               7  

Cellulose Fiber and White Papers

    5        16        30  

Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling

                  1  

Corporate and Other

    5        20        63  
   
 
    $ 21      $ 39      $ 103  
   
 

Charges for closure of facilities:

                         

Timberlands

  $ 6      $      $  

Wood Products

    99        2        78  

Cellulose Fiber and White Papers

    449               32  

Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling

    137        12        17  

Corp and Other

    4                
   
 
      695        14        127  

Less (charges) credits of discontinued operations

    (2 )      3        (4 )
   
 
    $ 693      $ 17      $ 123  
   
 

Equity in income (loss) of equity affiliates and unconsolidated entities:

                         

Wood Products

  $ (5 )    $ (5 )    $ (3 )

Cellulose Fiber and White Papers

    13        8        (6 )

Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling

                  (1 )

Real Estate and Related Assets

    57        52        20  

Corporate and Other

    (14 )      11        4  
   
 
    $ 51      $ 66      $ 14  
   
 

Capital expenditures:

                         

Timberlands

  $ 59      $ 55      $ 58  

Wood Products

    161        147        145  

Cellulose Fiber and White Papers

    317        154        290  

Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling

    221        85        86  

Real Estate and Related Assets

    18        18        16  

Corporate and Other

    117        63        47  
   
 
    $ 893      $ 522      $ 642  
   
 

Investments in and advances to equity affiliates and unconsolidated entities:

                         

Wood Products

  $ 5      $ 6      $ 7  

Cellulose Fiber and White Papers

    181        171        165  

Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling

                  7  

Real Estate and Related Assets (less reserves)

    61        59        38  

Corporate and Other

    300        312        367  
   
 
    $ 547      $ 548      $ 584  
   
 

 

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    2005      2004      2003  

Assets:

                         

Timberlands

  $ 4,169      $ 4,967      $ 4,994  

Wood Products

    4,319        4,871        4,863  

Cellulose Fiber and White Papers

    7,216        7,430        7,604  

Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling

    5,309        5,532        5,834  

Real Estate and Related Assets

    2,907        2,472        2,004  

Corporate and Other

    5,836        5,739        4,003  
   
 
      29,756        31,011        29,302  

Less: Intersegment eliminations

    (1,527 )      (1,057 )      (703 )
   
 
    $ 28,229      $ 29,954      $ 28,599  
   
 

 

NOTE 26. GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS

 

The company attributes sales to and revenues from unaffiliated customers in different geographical areas on the basis of the location of the customer.

 

Export sales from the United States consist principally of pulp, liquid packaging board, logs, lumber and wood chips to Japan; containerboard, pulp, lumber and recycling material to other Pacific Rim countries; and pulp and hardwood lumber to Europe.

 

Long-lived assets consist of goodwill, timber and timberlands and property and equipment used in the generation of revenues in the different geographical areas.

 

Selected information related to the company’s operations by geographical area is as follows:

 

    2005      2004      2003  

For the three-year period ended December 25, 2005 (Dollar amounts in millions)

                         

Sales to and revenues from unaffiliated customers:

                         

United States

  $ 18,963      $ 18,266      $ 16,052  

Japan

    706        760        658  

Canada

    1,245        1,315        1,135  

Europe

    672        627        580  

Other foreign countries

    1,043        963        824  
   
 
    $ 22,629      $ 21,931      $ 19,249  
   
 

Export sales from the United States:

                         

Japan

  $ 615      $ 661      $ 575  

Other

    1,140        1,090        983  
   
 
    $ 1,755      $ 1,751      $ 1,558  
   
 
    2005      2004      2003  

For the three-year period ended December 25, 2005 (Dollar amounts in millions)

                         

Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle:

                         

United States

  $ 1,664      $ 1,642      $ 514  

Foreign countries

    (758 )      240        (59 )
   
 
    $ 906      $ 1,882      $ 455  
   
 

Long-lived assets:

                         

United States

  $ 15,100      $ 15,534      $ 16,183  

Canada

    2,429        2,841        2,833  

Other foreign countries

    201        283        225  
   
 
    $ 17,730      $ 18,658      $ 19,241  
   
 

 

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NOTE 27. SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

 

    First
Quarter
   Second
Quarter
   Third
Quarter
   Fourth
Quarter
    Year

Dollar amounts in millions except per-share figures

                                  

Net sales and revenues:

                                  

2005

  $ 5,371    $ 5,808    $ 5,582    $ 5,868     $ 22,629

2004

    4,887      5,703      5,656      5,685       21,931

Operating income:

                                  

2005

    521      670      436      (268 )     1,359

2004

    342      716      1,026      506       2,590

Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes:

                                  

2005

    367      528      409      (398 )     906

2004

    173      540      866      303       1,882

Net earnings:

                                  

2005

    239      420      285      (211 )     733

2004

    121      369      594      199       1,283

Basic net earnings per share:

                                  

2005

    0.98      1.72      1.16      (0.86 )     3.00

2004

    0.54      1.57      2.46      0.82       5.45

Diluted net earnings per share:

                                  

2005

    0.98      1.71      1.16      (0.86 )     2.98

2004

    0.54      1.57      2.45      0.82       5.43

Dividends per share:

                                  

2005

    0.40      0.50      0.50      0.50       1.90

2004

    0.40      0.40      0.40      0.40       1.60

Market prices — high/low:

                                  

2005

    69.39-62.02      71.52-62.86      68.98-63.42      68.75-61.12       71.52-61.12

2004

    66.76-60.00      67.80-56.04      65.19-58.57      67.86-59.94       67.86-56.04

 

Earnings per share for the full year 2005 and 2004 do not equal the sum of the respective earnings per share for the four quarters of 2005 and 2004 in all instances because of common share activity during the respective years.

 

CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

Not applicable.

 

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this annual report on Form 10-K. Disclosure controls are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Based on their evaluation, the company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer believe the controls and procedures in place are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed complies with the SEC’s rules and forms.

 

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Changes In Internal Controls

In the first quarter of 2005, the company began the first phase of implementation in a multi-year effort to upgrade the technology supporting the company’s financial systems. As part of this effort, the following changes were made during the fourth quarter of 2005:

 

Ÿ   The company continued its conversion to a new general ledger system through the implementation of unit accounting functionality and financial reporting tools in additional businesses and individual operating units.

 

Ÿ   The company completed the deployment of upgraded versions of the sales, product tracking and inventory/sales reporting systems in the fine paper business.

 

These implementations resulted in certain changes to business processes and internal controls impacting financial reporting. In addition, certain accounting processes are being centralized in connection with the upgrade of the technology supporting the company’s financial systems. Management is taking the necessary steps to monitor and maintain appropriate internal controls during this period of change. These steps include providing training related to business process changes and the new system software to individuals using the new systems to carry out their job responsibilities as well as those who rely on the financial information. Additionally, oversight activities have increased during the transition period and a support organization has been established to monitor system operations, answer user questions, resolve issues in a timely manner, and report trends to management.

 

No other changes occurred in the company’s internal control over financial reporting during the fourth quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

On October 4, 2005, the company announced an indefinite closure of the pulp and paper mill in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. The Prince Albert paper mill was permanently closed in January 2006. The Prince Albert pulp mill is being offered for sale and will continue operating until spring 2006 to minimize risk of damage caused by cold winter weather. The Big River sawmill sells chips and hog fuel to the Prince Albert pulp mill and is not expected to have a market for such residuals if the Prince Albert pulp mill were to close.

 

As disclosed in Form 8-K dated December 15, 2005, the company estimated that the pretax charges required for the Prince Albert pulp and paper mill and the Big River sawmill would be $361 million to $367 million. In connection with the preparation of its financial statements for the year ended December 25, 2005, the company reassessed the probability of the sale of the pulp mill and concluded that additional charges of $100 million, including impairment charges of $71 million and termination benefits of $29 million, were required. As a result, in the fourth quarter of 2005, the company recognized total pretax impairment charges of $429 million and total charges for termination benefits that will likely require future cash expenditures of approximately $38 million for the Prince Albert pulp and paper mill and the Big River sawmill.

 

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

 

Information with respect to Directors of the company included under the headings “Nominees for Election — Terms Expire in 2009,” “Continuing Directors — Terms Expire in 2007” and “Continuing Directors — Terms Expire in 2008” in the Notice of 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement for the company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held April 20, 2006, is incorporated herein by reference. Information with regard to executive officers of the company contained in the Notice of 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement for the company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held April 20, 2006, under headings “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance,” “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” and “Change in Control and Severance Agreements” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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The executive officers of the company are as follows:

 

Name   Title    Age

Lee T. Alford

  Senior Vice President    58

Ernesta Ballard

  Senior Vice President    60

Marvin D. Cooper

  Senior Vice President    62

William R. Corbin

  Executive Vice President    65

Robert A. Dowdy

  Senior Vice President    64

Daniel S. Fulton

  President, Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company    57

Thomas F. Gideon

  Senior Vice President    54

Richard E. Hanson

  Executive Vice President    62

Michael A. Jackson

  Senior Vice President    57

James R. Keller

  Senior Vice President    55

Sandy D. McDade

  Senior Vice President    54

Susan M. Mersereau

  Senior Vice President    59

Craig D. Neeser

  Senior Vice President    51

Edward P. Rogel

  Senior Vice President    59

Steven R. Rogel

  President & CEO    63

Richard J. Taggart

  Executive Vice President    63

George H. Weyerhaeuser, Jr.

  Senior Vice President    52

 

Lee T. Alford     has been senior vice president, Residential Wood Products since 2004. He was vice president, Softwood Lumber from 2002 to 2004; vice president, Southern Timberlands from 1999 to 2002; and vice president, Mississippi/Louisiana Operations from 1996, when he joined the company, to 1999. Prior to joining the company, he held various management positions with several forest products companies, including Cavenham Forest Industries; Duke City Lumber Company, Inc.; and Crown Zellerbach.

 

Ernesta Ballard     has been senior vice president, Corporate Affairs since 2004 when she joined the company. She served as commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation for the State of Alaska from 2002 to 2004; president, Ballard & Associates (consulting firm) from 1994 to 2002; chief executive officer, Cape Fox Corp. (Alaska Native Village corporation) from 1989 to 1994; and regional administrator, Region 10, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1983 to 1986. In 1997 she was appointed to serve on the board of governors of the U.S. Postal Service.

 

Marvin D. Cooper     has been senior vice president, Cellulose Fiber, White Papers and Containerboard Manufacturing and Engineering since 2002. Prior to joining the company, he was executive vice president, Pulp and Paper Mills, for Willamette Industries, Inc. from 1998 until 2002 when Willamette was acquired by the company. He was senior vice president, Pulp and Paper Mills for Willamette from 1997 to 1998. Prior to 1997, he held a number of management positions at Willamette in its pulp and fine paper businesses. He joined Willamette in 1980.

 

William R. Corbin     was executive vice president, Industrial Wood Products and International Business Groups from 2004 until he retired in February 2006. He was executive vice president, Wood Products from 1999 to 2004; executive vice president, Timberlands and Distribution, from 1995 to 1999; and executive vice president, Wood Products from 1992, when he joined the company, to 1995.

 

Robert A. Dowdy    has been senior vice president and general counsel since 2004 and was vice president, general counsel from 1997 to 2004. He joined Weyerhaeuser in 1972 and held various legal positions with the company prior to 1997.

 

Daniel S. Fulton    has been president of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, a subsidiary of the company, since 2001. He was president and chief executive officer of Weyerhaeuser Realty Investors, Inc., a subsidiary of the company, from 1998 to 2000; its chief operating officer from 1996 to 1997; and its chief investment officer from 1994 to 1995. He joined Weyerhaeuser in 1975 and has held various management and investment positions with the company and its subsidiaries.

 

Thomas F. Gideon    has been senior vice president, Timberlands since February 2005. He joined Weyerhaeuser in 1978 and held numerous human resources positions in Wood Products before moving into Western Timberlands in 1996. He assumed the role of director of sales and marketing for Western Timberlands in 1998 and became vice president in early 2003.

 

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Richard E. Hanson    has been executive vice president and chief operating officer since 2003. He was executive vice president, Timberlands from 2002 to 2003 and was senior vice president, Timberlands, from 1999 to 2002. He was vice president, Western Timberlands from 1996 to 1998. He joined Weyerhaeuser in 1969 and has held numerous management positions in timberlands, wood products and paper businesses.

 

Michael A. Jackson    has been senior vice president, Cellulose Fiber and White Papers since 2004. He was vice president, Fine Paper from 2002 to 2004; vice president, Business Papers from 2000 to 2002; vice president, Recycling from 1998 to 2000; and vice president, quality/human resources for Containerboard Packaging from 1993 to 1998. He joined the company in 1977 and held a number of sales and management roles.

 

James R. Keller    has been senior vice president, Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling since 2002. From 1997 to 2002, he was vice president and general manager, Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling. He joined Weyerhaeuser in 1974 and has held numerous management positions in containerboard, newsprint and liquid packaging board, shipping containers and timberlands.

 

Sandy D. McDade    has been senior vice president, Industrial Wood Products and International since October 2005. He was senior vice president, Canada from 2003 to 2005; vice president, Strategic Planning from 2000 to 2003, and corporate secretary from 1993 to 2000. He joined Weyerhaeuser in 1980 and worked as a corporate and transaction lawyer until 2000.

 

Susan M. Mersereau    has been senior vice president, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer since 2003. She was vice president, Organizational Effectiveness for Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling from 1998 to 2003; vice president, Business Services and Aviation from 1992 to 1998; and vice president, Weyerhaeuser Information Systems from 1988 to 1992. She joined Weyerhaeuser in 1980 as a program manager and has held various information system management positions.

 

Craig D. Neeser    has been senior vice president, Canada since August 2005. He was vice president, British Columbia from 2003 to 2005, and was Vice President, BC Coastal Group from 1999 to 2003. He joined Weyerhaeuser in 1999 with the company’s acquisition of MacMillan Bloedel. He began his career with MacMillan Bloedel in 1977 and has held leadership positions in manufacturing, timberlands and marketing management.

 

Edward P. Rogel    has been senior vice president, Human Resources since 2003. He was vice president, Human Resources Operations from 2000 to 2003. He joined Weyerhaeuser in 1969 and has held numerous human resources positions with Weyerhaeuser in timberlands, wood products and pulp businesses, in addition to holding corporate-wide responsibilities.

 

Steven R. Rogel    has been the company’s president and chief executive officer since 1997. He has been a director of the company since 1997 and has been chairman of the board since 1999. Prior to joining the company, he served as the president and chief executive officer of Willamette Industries, Inc. from 1995 to 1997, and as its president and chief operating officer from 1991 to 1995. He is a director of the Kroger Company and Union Pacific Corporation, and serves on the National Executive Board Boy Scouts of America. He is the former Chairman of the American Forest & Paper Association, and the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc.

 

Richard J. Taggart    has been executive vice president and chief financial officer since 2003. He started his career with Weyerhaeuser in 1974 as a project manager in Wood Products. After leaving Weyerhaeuser in 1985, he became the head of finance for the U.S. subsidiary of CANFOR, a Canadian forest products company. Since rejoining Weyerhaeuser in 1990, he has served as finance and planning director for Engineered Fiber Products; vice president, Investor Relations; vice president and treasurer; and vice president, Finance.

 

George H. Weyerhaeuser, Jr.    has been senior vice president, Technology since 1998 and was president and chief executive officer of Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of the company, from 1993 to 1998. From 1990 to 1993, he was vice president, Manufacturing, Pulp, Paper and Packaging. He joined Weyerhaeuser in 1978 and has held various positions, including sawmill supervisor, vice president and mill manager for Containerboard, Pulp, Paper and Packaging.

 

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Audit Committee Financial Expert

As of December 25, 2005, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors consisted of Robert J. Herbold, Martha R. Ingram, Donald F. Mazankowski and D. Michael Steuert. Mr. Herbold retired as a director as of the board meeting on February 16, 2006. Each member is independent as defined under the New York Stock Exchange rules. The Board of Directors has determined that each Audit Committee member has sufficient knowledge in financial and accounting matters to serve on the Committee and that Mr. Steuert is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by SEC rules.

 

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

 

Information with respect to executive compensation contained in the Notice of 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement for the company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held April 20, 2006, under the headings “Directors’ Compensation,” “Compensation Committee Report on Executive Management Compensation,” and “Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

Information with respect to security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management contained in the Notice of 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement for the company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held April 20, 2006, under the heading “Beneficial Ownership of Common Shares” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

 

Information with regard to certain relationships and related transactions contained in the Notice of 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement for the company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held April 20, 2006, under the headings “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

 

Information with respect to principal accounting fees and services in the Notice of 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement for the company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held April 20, 2006, under the heading “Relationships with Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS

 

Code of Ethics

The company has adopted a code of ethics that applies to all employees, including the principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. The code of ethics was amended on December 15, 2005, and a copy is incorporated in the exhibits to this 10-K by reference and is available on the company’s website at www.weyerhaeuser.com. A copy of the code of ethics is available upon request.

 

Corporate Governance Guidelines

The company has adopted corporate governance guidelines. The company’s corporate governance guidelines are available on the company’s website at www.weyerhaeuser.com. A copy of the corporate governance guidelines is available upon request.

 

EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

Financial Statement Schedule   Page Number(s)
in Form 10-K

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Financial Statement Schedule

  99

Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

  100

 

All other financial statement schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is included in the consolidated financial statements, or the notes thereto, in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” above.

 

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EXHIBITS

 

3

    

(i)     Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to 1999 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2000 — Commission File Number 1-4825)

(ii)    Bylaws

10

     Material Contracts
        

(a)    Agreement with S. R. Rogel (incorporated by reference to 1997 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 1998 — Commission File Number 1-4825)

(b)    Arrangement with Marvin D. Cooper (incorporated by reference to 2002 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2003 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(c)    Form of Executive Change of Control Agreement (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2006 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(d)    Form of Executive Severance Agreement (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2006 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(e)    Form of Executive Change of Control Agreement (Weyerhaeuser Company Limited and Weyerhaeuser Company) (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2006 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(f)     Weyerhaeuser Company Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan approved by shareholders on April 13, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2005 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(g)    Form of Weyerhaeuser Company 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan Stock Option Agreement (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2006 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(h)    Form of Weyerhaeuser Company 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan Performance Plan Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2006 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(i)     Form of Weyerhaeuser Company 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan SAR Grant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2006 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(j)     Form of Weyerhaeuser Company 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan Tandem SAR Grant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2006 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(k)    Weyerhaeuser Company Annual Incentive Plan for Salaried Employees (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 25, 2005 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(l)     Weyerhaeuser Company Comprehensive Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to 2004 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2005 — Commission File Number 1-4825)

(m)   Weyerhaeuser Company Salaried Employees Supplemental Retirement Plan (incorporated by reference to 2004 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2005 — Commission File Number 1-4825)

(n)    Compensation for Directors (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2005 — Commission File Number 1-4825)

(o)    Fee Deferral Plan for Directors of Weyerhaeuser Company (incorporated by reference to 2004 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2005 — Commission File Number 1-4825)

(p)    Fee Deferral Plan for Canadian Directors of Weyerhaeuser Company (incorporated by reference to 2004 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2005 — Commission File Number 1-4825)

 

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(q)    Amended and Restated Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2002, among Weyerhaeuser Company, the Lenders named therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as syndication agent, and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. and Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown Inc., as co-documentation agents, as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2003 (incorporated by reference to 2003 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2004 – Commission File Number 1-4825).

(r)     Five Year Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2004, among Weyerhaeuser Company, Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Bank of America, N.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, LTD., as Documentation Agents, Morgan Stanley Bank, as Co-Documentation Agent, and the lenders, swing line banks and initial fronting banks named therein (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2005 — Commission File Number 1-4825)

(s)     Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of February 17, 2005, between Coastal Acquisition LTD and Weyerhaeuser Company Limited (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 23, 2005 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

12

     Statements regarding computation of ratios

14

     Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 2005 — Commission File Number 1-4825)

21

     Subsidiaries of the Registrant

23

     Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

31

     Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

32

     Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350)

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on February 21, 2006.

 

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY
/s/ STEVEN R. ROGEL
Steven R. Rogel
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant in the capacities indicated on February 21, 2006.

 

/s/ STEVEN R. ROGEL


     

/s/ ARNOLD G. LANGBO


Steven R. Rogel

Principal Executive Officer,
Director and Chairman of the Board

     

Arnold G. Langbo

Director

/s/ RICHARD J. TAGGART


     

Richard J. Taggart

Principal Financial Officer

     

Donald F. Mazankowski

Director

/s/ STEVEN J. HILLYARD


     

/s/ N. W. PIASECKI


Steven J. Hillyard

Principal Accounting Officer

     

Nicole W. Piasecki

Director

/s/ RICHARD F. HASKAYNE


     

/s/ RICHARD H. SINKFIELD


Richard F. Haskayne

Director

     

Richard H. Sinkfield

Director

/s/ MARTHA R. INGRAM


     

/s/ D. MICHAEL STEUERT


Martha R. Ingram

Director

     

D. Michael Steuert

Director

/s/ JOHN I. KIECKHEFER


     

/s/ JAMES N. SULLIVAN


John I. Kieckhefer

Director

     

James N. Sullivan

Director

       

/s/ CHARLES R. WILLIAMSON


       

Charles R. Williamson

Director

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Board of Directors and Shareholders

Weyerhaeuser Company:

 

Under date of February 21, 2006, we reported on the consolidated balance sheet of Weyerhaeuser Company and subsidiaries as of December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, cash flows and shareholders’ interest and comprehensive income for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 25, 2005, which report is included in this annual report on Form 10-K. In connection with our audits of the aforementioned consolidated financial statements, we also audited the related consolidated financial statement schedule in this annual report on Form 10-K. This financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audits.

 

In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.

 

As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, Weyerhaeuser Company and subsidiaries adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations, in 2003. Also, as discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, Weyerhaeuser Company and subsidiaries adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, in 2004.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

Seattle, Washington

February 21, 2006

 

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE

 

Schedule II – Valuation And Qualifying Accounts

 

For the three years ended December 25, 2005

Dollar amounts in millions

 

Description   Balance at
Beginning
of Period
   Charged
to Income
   Deductions
From/
(Additions to)
Reserve
   Balance at
End of
Period

Weyerhaeuser

                          

Reserve deducted from related asset accounts:

                          

Doubtful accounts — Accounts receivable

                          

2005

  $ 17    $ 6    $ 8    $ 15
   

2004

  $ 16    $ 11    $ 10    $ 17
   

2003

  $ 13    $ 14    $ 11    $ 16
   

Real Estate and Related Assets

                          

Reserves and allowances deducted from related asset accounts:

                          

Receivables

                          

2005

  $ 4    $    $ 1    $ 3
   

2004

  $ 6    $    $ 2    $ 4
   

2003

  $ 6    $ 3    $ 3    $ 6
   

Mortgage-related financial instruments

                          

2005

  $    $    $    $
   

2004

  $    $    $    $
   

2003

  $ 1    $    $ 1    $
   

Investments in unconsolidated entities held as assets

                          

2005

  $ 3    $ 1    $    $ 4
   

2004

  $ 3    $    $    $ 3
   

2003

  $ 3    $ 1    $ 1    $ 3
   

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibits:

 

3

    

(i)     Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to 1999 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2000 — Commission File Number 1-4825)

(ii)    Bylaws

10

     Material Contracts
        

(a)    Agreement with S. R. Rogel (incorporated by reference to 1997 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 1998 — Commission File Number 1-4825)

(b)    Arrangement with Marvin D. Cooper (incorporated by reference to 2002 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2003 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(c)    Form of Executive Change of Control Agreement (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2006 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(d)    Form of Executive Severance Agreement (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2006 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(e)    Form of Executive Change of Control Agreement (Weyerhaeuser Company Limited and Weyerhaeuser Company) (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2006 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(f)     Weyerhaeuser Company Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan approved by shareholders on April 13, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2005 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(g)    Form of Weyerhaeuser Company 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan Stock Option Agreement (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2006 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(h)    Form of Weyerhaeuser Company 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan Performance Plan Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2006 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(i)     Form of Weyerhaeuser Company 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan SAR Grant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2006 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(j)     Form of Weyerhaeuser Company 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan Tandem SAR Grant Agreement (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2006 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(k)    Weyerhaeuser Company Annual Incentive Plan for Salaried Employees (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 25, 2005 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

(l)     Weyerhaeuser Company Comprehensive Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to 2004 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2005 — Commission File Number 1-4825)

(m)   Weyerhaeuser Company Salaried Employees Supplemental Retirement Plan (incorporated by reference to 2004 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2005 — Commission File Number 1-4825)

(n)    Compensation for Directors (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2005 — Commission File Number 1-4825)

(o)    Fee Deferral Plan for Directors of Weyerhaeuser Company (incorporated by reference to 2004 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2005 — Commission File Number 1-4825)

(p)    Fee Deferral Plan for Canadian Directors of Weyerhaeuser Company (incorporated by reference to 2004 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2005 — Commission File Number 1-4825)

 

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(q)    Amended and Restated Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2002, among Weyerhaeuser Company, the Lenders named therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as syndication agent, and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. and Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown Inc., as co-documentation agents, as amended by the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2003 (incorporated by reference to 2003 Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2004 – Commission File Number 1-4825).

(r)     Five Year Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2004, among Weyerhaeuser Company, Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Citibank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Bank of America, N.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, LTD., as Documentation Agents, Morgan Stanley Bank, as Co-Documentation Agent, and the lenders, swing line banks and initial fronting banks named therein (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2005 — Commission File Number 1-4825)

(s)     Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of February 17, 2005, between Coastal Acquisition LTD and Weyerhaeuser Company Limited (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 23, 2005 – Commission File Number 1-4825)

12

     Statements regarding computation of ratios

14

     Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 2005 – Commission File 1-4825)

21

     Subsidiaries of the Registrant

23

     Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

31

     Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

32

     Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350)

 

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EX-3.(II) 2 dex3ii.htm BYLAWS Bylaws

Exhibit 3(ii)

 

BYLAWS

OF

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY

 

(as amended through February 16, 2006)

 

ARTICLE I

 

PRINCIPAL OFFICE

 

The principal office of this corporation, and its registered office in the State of Washington, is the Weyerhaeuser Headquarters Building, 33663 Weyerhaeuser Way South, Federal Way, Washington.

 

The registered agent of the corporation is the Secretary of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE II

 

SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

 

1. (a) The annual meeting of shareholders at which the Directors are elected shall be held at 9:00 a.m. on the third Thursday in April at the registered office of the corporation, or at such other time or place within or without the State of Washington as may be designated by the Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing directors, and for the transaction only of such other business as is properly brought before the meeting, in accordance with these bylaws.

 

(b) To be properly brought before the meeting, business must be of a nature that is appropriate for consideration at an annual meeting and must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a shareholder. In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before the annual meeting by a shareholder, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation. To be timely, each such notice must be given, either by personal delivery or by United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary of the corporation, not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 100 days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to shareholders, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made, whichever first occurs. Each such notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the shareholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (w) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (x) the name and address of record of the shareholder proposing such business, (y) the class or series and number of shares of the corporation which are owned by the shareholder, and (z) any material interest of the shareholder in such business.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be transacted at the annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any shareholder of any business properly brought before the annual meeting, in accordance with these bylaws.

 

2. Special meetings of shareholders shall be held at such time and place as shall be stated in the notice of special meeting solely for such purpose or purposes as may be stated in the notice of said meeting. Except as otherwise specifically required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the common shares as to dividends or upon liquidation, special meetings of shareholders may be called only by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors (as defined in Section 1 of Article III).

 

3. The record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at each annual or special meeting of shareholders shall be the close of business on the eighth Friday preceding each such meeting, provided, however, that the Board of Directors may by resolution fix a different record date for any particular meeting of shareholders.

 

4. Every shareholder shall furnish in writing to the principal transfer agent, his post office address at which notice of shareholders’ meetings and any other notices or communications pertaining to the corporation’s affairs or business may be served upon or mailed to him; and every shareholder shall forthwith advise the principal transfer agent in writing of any change of address.

 

ARTICLE III

 

DIRECTORS

 

1. The business and affairs of this corporation shall be managed under the direction of a Board of Directors consisting of not fewer than nine (9) nor more than thirteen (13) directors, the exact number to be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors, each director to hold office until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. Whenever used in these bylaws, the phrase “entire Board of Directors” shall mean that number of directors fixed by the most recent resolution adopted pursuant to the preceding sentence prior to the date as of which a determination of the number of directors then constituting the entire Board of Directors shall be relevant for any purpose under these bylaws. Subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the common shares as to dividends or upon liquidation, nominations for the election of directors may be made by the Board of Directors or a committee appointed by the Board of Directors or by any shareholder entitled to vote generally in the election of directors. However, any shareholder entitled to vote generally in the election of directors may nominate one or more persons for election as directors at a meeting only if written notice of such shareholder’s intent to make such nomination or nominations has been given,

 

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either by personal delivery or by United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary of the corporation not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 100 days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to shareholders, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such notice of the date of meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made, whichever first occurs. Each such notice to the Secretary shall set forth: (i) the name and address of record of the shareholder who intends to make the nomination; (ii) a representation that the shareholder is a holder of record of shares of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice; (iii) the name, age, business and residence addresses, and principal occupation or employment of each nominee; (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the shareholder; (v) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such shareholder as would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (vi) the consent of each nominee to serve as a director of the corporation if so elected. The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the corporation. The presiding officer of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedure, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded. In the event that there shall be a vacancy on the Board of Directors, a person may be appointed as a director to fill such vacancy by vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. Any director appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors shall stand for election by the shareholders at the next annual meeting of shareholders.

 

2. Meetings of the Board of Directors, regular or special, may be held at any place within or without the State of Washington. The times and places for holding meetings of the Board of Directors may be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors or (unless contrary to a resolution of the Board of Directors) in the notice of the meeting. Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors by means of conference telephone or similar communication equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.

 

3. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors may be held immediately following the adjournment of the annual meeting of shareholders at the place at which the annual meeting of shareholders is held or at such other time or place fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

4. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary or by any two or more directors. Notice of each special meeting of the Board shall, if mailed, be addressed to each director at the address designated by him for that purpose or, if none is designated, at his last known address and be mailed on or before the third day before the date on which the meeting is to be held; or such

 

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notice shall be sent to each director at such address by telegraph, cable, wireless, telex or other electronic means of transmission, or be delivered to him personally, not later than the day before the date on which such meeting is to be held. Every such notice shall state the time and place of the meeting but need not state the purposes of the meeting, except to the extent required by law. If mailed, each notice shall be deemed given when deposited, with postage thereon prepaid, in a post office or official depository under the exclusive care and custody of the United States Postal Service. Such mailing shall be by first class mail.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES

 

1. (a) The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate three or more of their number to constitute an Executive Committee, and shall include therein the Chairman of the Board. The Executive Committee, except to the extent limited in the aforesaid resolution or by law, shall have and exercise, in the interval between meetings of the Board of Directors, the authority and powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business of the corporation.

 

(b) Meetings of the Executive Committee may be held at any time and at any place upon call of the Chairman of the Board or the Secretary or any two members of the Committee. Notice, which need not state the purpose of the meeting, shall be given orally, in writing or by telegraph, facsimile or other electronic means not less than twenty-four hours prior to the time of the holding of said meeting, except that if a meeting is held at a time and place fixed in a resolution of the Executive Committee or the Board of Directors, no notice shall be required. Members of the Executive Committee may participate in a meeting of the Executive Committee by means of conference telephone or similar communication equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.

 

(c) Three of the members of the Executive Committee, or a majority of the members if a majority is greater than three, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of three of the members of the Executive Committee, or a majority of the members if a majority is greater than three, present at a meeting shall be the act of the Executive Committee. All action taken by the Executive Committee shall be reported to the next meeting of the Board of Directors, unless before such meeting a copy of said minutes shall have been given to each Director.

 

2. (a) The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, define the powers, authority, and functions of, designate the number of members and name the Chairmen and other members of such other committees of the Board of Directors as the Board shall from time to time determine.

 

(b) Meetings of such a committee may be had at any time and at any place upon call of the Chairman of the committee, the Chairman of the Board or any other two members of the committee. Notice, which need not state the purpose of the meeting, shall be given orally, in writing or by telegraph, facsimile or other electronic means not less than twenty-four

 

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hours prior to the time of the holding of said meeting, except that if a meeting is held at a time and place fixed in a resolution of the Committee, or the Board of Directors, no notice shall be required. Members of such committees may participate in a meeting of the committee by means of conference telephone or similar communication equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.

 

(c) A majority of the members of such a committee shall constitute a quorum of the committee for the transaction of its business and the act of a majority of the members of the committee present at a meeting shall be the act of the committee. All action taken by such a committee shall be reported to the next meeting of the Board of Directors, unless before such meeting a copy of the minutes of the committee meeting shall have been given to each Director.

 

ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS

 

1. The officers of this corporation shall include those elected by the Board of Directors and those appointed by the chief executive officer. The officers of this corporation to be elected by the Board of Directors shall be: a Chairman of the Board of Directors; a President; one or more Executive Vice Presidents; one or more Senior Vice Presidents; a Secretary; a Treasurer; a General Counsel; a Controller; and a Director of Taxes. The officers of this corporation which may from time to time be appointed by the chief executive officer shall be the Vice Presidents and such additional officers and assistant officers of this corporation as he may determine.

 

2. At its annual meeting the Board of Directors shall elect such of the officers of this corporation as are to be elected by it and each such officer shall hold office until the next such annual meeting or until a successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his death, resignation, retirement or removal by the Board of Directors. A vacancy in any such office may be filled for the unexpired portion of the term at any meeting of the Board of Directors. Such of the officers of this corporation as are appointed by the chief executive officer shall serve for such periods of time as he may determine or until a successor shall have been appointed or until his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office.

 

3. Any Director or officer may resign his office at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing and delivered to and filed with the Secretary, except that a resignation of the Secretary shall be delivered to and filed with the chief executive officer. A resignation so made shall be effective upon its delivery unless some other time be fixed in the resignation, and then from the date so fixed.

 

4. The Board of Directors may appoint and remove at will such agents and committees as the business of the corporation shall require, each of whom shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may from time to time be prescribed or assigned by the chief executive officer, the Board of Directors or by other provisions of these bylaws.

 

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ARTICLE VI

 

POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS

 

1. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, and the shareholders. The Chairman shall advise with and assist the President in any possible way, and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Board or the President.

 

2. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall be vested with general authority and control of its affairs, and over the officers, agents and employees of the corporation, subject to the Board of Directors. He shall, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee and the shareholders, and shall perform all the duties devolving upon him by law as the chief executive officer of the corporation. He shall from time to time report to the Board of Directors any information and recommendations concerning the business or affairs of the corporation which may be proper or needed, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect, and shall perform such other duties and services, not inconsistent with law or these bylaws, as pertain to his office, or as are required by the Board of Directors.

 

3. (a) The Executive Vice Presidents, the Senior Vice Presidents and the Vice Presidents shall have and exercise such powers and discharge such duties as may from time to time be conferred upon and delegated to them respectively, by the chief executive officer, or by these bylaws, or by the Board of Directors.

 

(b) In the absence of the chief executive officer or in the case of his inability to act, the President, or in the absence of the President or in the case of his inability to act, the most senior Executive Vice President present, or in the absence or inability to act of any Executive Vice President, the most senior Senior Vice President present, shall be vested with all the powers and shall perform all the duties of said chief executive officer during his absence or inability to act, or until his successor shall have been elected.

 

4. (a) The Treasurer shall attend to the collection, receipt and disbursement of all moneys belonging to the corporation. He shall have authority to endorse, on behalf of the corporation, all checks, notes, drafts, warrants and orders, and he shall have custody over all securities of the corporation. He shall have such additional powers and such other duties as he may from time to time be assigned or directed to perform by these bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the chief executive officer.

 

(b) The Assistant Treasurers, in the order of their seniority, shall have all of the powers and shall perform the duties of the Treasurer in case of the absence of the Treasurer or his inability to act, and shall have such other powers and duties as they may from time to time be assigned or directed to perform.

 

5. (a) The Secretary shall have the care and custody of the corporate and stock books and the corporate seal of the corporation. He shall attend all meetings of the shareholders, and, when possible, all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee, and

 

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shall record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in books kept for that purpose. He shall sign such instruments in behalf of the corporation as he may be authorized by the Board of Directors or by law to do, and shall countersign, attest and affix the corporate seal to all certificates and instruments where such countersigning or such sealing and attestation are necessary to the true and proper execution thereof. He shall see that proper notice is given of all meetings of the shareholders of which notice is required to be given, and shall have such powers and duties as he may from time to time be assigned or directed to perform by these bylaws, by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer.

 

(b) The Assistant Secretaries, in the order of their seniority, shall have all of the powers and shall perform the duties of the Secretary in case of the absence of the Secretary or his inability to act, and shall have such other powers and duties as they may from time to time be assigned or directed to perform.

 

6. The General Counsel shall attend all meetings of the shareholders and, upon request, meetings of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the corporation, and act as advisor thereof, and shall have general supervision of all legal matters of the corporation, and at all times be subject to the direction of the chief executive officer and the Board of Directors of the corporation.

 

7. (a) The Controller shall be the chief accounting officer of the corporation with authority over and custody of the financial and property books and records of the corporation. He shall maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities and transactions of the corporation; and shall have such additional powers and duties as he may from time to time be assigned or directed to perform by these bylaws or by the Board of Directors or by the chief executive officer.

 

(b) The Assistant Controllers, in the order of their seniority, shall have all of the powers and shall perform the duties of the Controller in case of the absence of the Controller or his inability to act, and shall have such other powers and duties as they may from time to time be assigned or directed to perform.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

CERTIFICATES OF STOCK

 

1. All certificates of stock shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board of Directors, shall be numbered in the order of their issue, shall be dated, shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President, an Executive Vice President, a Senior Vice President, or a Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, provided, that where any such certificate is manually countersigned by a Registrar, other than the corporation or its employee, the signatures of the Chairman of the Board, President, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Vice President, Secretary, or Assistant Secretary, and the Transfer Agent upon such certificates may be facsimiles. In case any officer or officers who shall have signed or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used on any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers of the corporation, whether because of death, resignation, or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates shall have been delivered by the corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be issued and delivered by the corporation as

 

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though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures were used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the corporation.

 

2. The corporation shall, if and whenever the Board of Directors so determines, maintain one or more transfer offices each in charge of a Transfer Agent designated by the Board of Directors where the shares of the corporation shall be directly transferable; and likewise, one or more registration offices each in charge of a Registrar designated by the Board of Directors where such certificates shall be registered. One person or corporation may be designated as both Transfer Agent and Registrar. When any such transfer and registration office or offices are maintained and the Transfer Agent or Agents and Registrar or Registrars shall have been designated for such office or offices, no certificate for shares of the corporation shall be valid unless countersigned by a Transfer Agent so designated and by a Registrar so designated.

 

3. Except as otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or a resolution of the Board of Directors of this corporation, transfer of fractional shares shall not be made upon the records or books of the corporation, nor shall certificates for fractional shares be issued by the corporation.

 

4. The corporation may issue a new certificate in place of any certificate theretofore issued by it alleged to have been lost or destroyed. The Board of Directors shall require the owner of the lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate, or his legal representative, to give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as it may direct, to indemnify the corporation against any claim that shall be made against it on account of the alleged loss or destruction of such certificate.

 

5. The Board of Directors may make such additional rules and regulations, not contrary to law or these bylaws, as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

CONTRACTS

 

The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name and on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances; and unless so authorized by the Board of Directors or by these bylaws, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or undertaking, or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or on any account.

 

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ARTICLE IX

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

The fiscal year of this corporation shall be the period beginning with the opening of business on the first Monday following the last Sunday of the preceding fiscal year, and ending with the close of business for the last Sunday of the following December.

 

ARTICLE X

 

CORPORATE SEAL

 

The corporate seal shall be the one of which an impression is affixed in the left hand margin hereof, bearing the words:

 

“WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY

 

CORPORATE SEAL

 

STATE OF WASHINGTON”

        

 

ARTICLE XI

 

NOTICES AND WAIVERS

 

1. Whenever notice is required under these bylaws or by statute, and such notice is given by mail, the time of giving such notice shall be deemed to be the time when the same is placed in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to the party to be notified, at his last known address.

 

2. Any shareholder, officer, director or member of the Executive Committee may waive at any time any notice required to be given under these bylaws, either by separate writing or directly upon the face of the records.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

1. This corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved (including, without limitation, as a witness) in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer or employee, or who is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise, or employee benefit plan

 

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(hereinafter an “indemnitee”) against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the fullest extent and in the manner set forth in and permitted by the Business Corporation Act of the State of Washington, and any other applicable law, as from time to time in effect. Such right of indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the person may be entitled apart from the foregoing provisions. For purposes of this Article “director, officer or employee” shall include persons who hold such positions in this corporation or in a wholly owned subsidiary, or hold, at the written request of an officer of this corporation, an equivalent position in another enterprise. The rights granted by this Article shall apply whether or not the person continues to be a director, officer or employee at the time liability or expense is incurred and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. The right to indemnification conferred in this section shall be a contract right.

 

2. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article XII shall include the right to be paid by this corporation the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”). An advancement of expenses shall be made upon delivery to this corporation of a written affirmation of the indemnitee of the indemnitee’s good faith belief that the indemnitee has met the standard of conduct described in RCW 23B.08.510 and an undertaking, by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that the indemnitee did not meet the standard of conduct.

 

3. This corporation shall have power to the fullest extent permitted by the Business Corporation Act of the State of Washington to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is, or was, a director, officer, employee or agent of this corporation or is or was serving at the request of this corporation as an officer, director, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise, or employee benefit plan against any liability asserted against him or incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not this corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under the provisions of Section 1 of this Article XII or under the Business Corporation Act of the State of Washington or any other provision of law.’”

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

1. These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new bylaws enacted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors (if notice of the proposed alteration or amendment is contained in the notice of the meeting at which such vote is taken or if all directors are present) or at any regular meeting of the shareholders (or at any special meeting thereof duly called for that purpose) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented and entitled to vote at such meeting (if notice of the proposed alteration or amendment is contained in the notice of such meeting).

 

2. Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 1 of this Article XIII to the contrary, either (i) the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all shares of the corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, or (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire

 

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Board of Directors with the concurring vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors, voting separately and as a subclass of directors, shall be required to alter, amend or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with, Sections 1 and 2 of Article II, Section 1 of Article III, Article XII and this Section 2 of this Article XIII. For purposes of this Article XIII, the term “Continuing Director” shall mean any member of the Board of Directors who was a member of the Board of Directors on August 13, 1985 or who is elected to the Board of Directors after August 13, 1985 upon the recommendation of a majority of the Continuing Directors, voting separately and as a subclass of directors on such recommendation.

 

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EX-12 3 dex12.htm STATEMENTS REGARDING COMPUTATION OF RATIOS Statements regarding computation of ratios

EXHIBIT 12

 

Weyerhaeuser Company and Subsidiaries

Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

     Fifty-two weeks ended

 
    

Dec. 25,

2005


   

Dec. 26,

2004


 

Available earnings:

                

Earnings before interest expense, amortization of debt expense and income taxes

   $ 1,796,763     $ 2,866,113  

Add interest portion of rental expense

     59,153       60,244  

Deduct undistributed earnings of equity affiliates

     (9,277 )     (38,039 )
    


 


Available earnings

   $ 1,846,639     $ 2,888,318  
    


 


Fixed charges:

                

Interest expense incurred:

                

Weyerhaeuser Company and subsidiaries excluding Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company and other related subsidiaries

   $ 676,494     $ 822,667  

Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company and other related subsidiaries

     53,117       56,841  
    


 


Subtotal

     729,611       879,508  

Less intercompany interest

     2,678       (47 )
    


 


Total interest expense incurred

     732,289       879,461  

Amortization of debt expense

     17,814       15,269  

Interest portion of rental expense

     59,153       60,244  
    


 


Total fixed charges

   $ 809,256     $ 954,974  
    


 


Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

     2.28       3.02  
    


 



Weyerhaeuser Company with its Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company and Other Related Subsidiaries

Accounted for on the Equity Method, but Excluding the Undistributed Earnings of Those Subsidiaries

Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

     Fifty-two weeks ended

 
    

Dec. 25,

2005


   

Dec. 26,

2004


 

Available earnings:

                

Earnings before interest expense, amortization of debt expense, and income taxes

   $ 1,725,071     $ 2,773,714  

Add interest portion of rental expense

     52,849       54,873  

Deduct undistributed earnings of equity affiliates

     10,639       (7,880 )

Deduct undistributed earnings before income taxes of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company and other related subsidiaries

     (734,195 )     (609,758 )
    


 


Available earnings

   $ 1,054,364     $ 2,210,949  
    


 


Fixed charges:

                

Interest expense incurred

   $ 676,494     $ 822,667  

Amortization of debt expense

     17,814       15,269  

Interest portion of rental expense

     52,849       54,873  
    


 


Total fixed charges

   $ 747,157     $ 892,809  
    


 


Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

     1.41       2.48  
    


 


EX-21 4 dex21.htm SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT Subsidiaries of the Registrant

EXHIBIT 21 – Subsidiaries of the Registrant

 

Name


  

State or

Country of

Incorporation


  

Percentage

Ownership of

Immediate

Parent


Columbia & Cowlitz Railway Company

   Washington    100

DeQueen & Eastern Railroad Company

   Arkansas    100

Fisher Lumber Company

   California    100

Golden Triangle Railroad

   Mississippi    100

Gryphon Asset Management, Inc.

   Delaware    100

Gryphon Investments of Nevada, Inc.

   Nevada    100

Jasmine Forests, LLC

   Delaware    100

Jewell Forests, LLC

   Delaware    100

Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad Company

   Mississippi    100

Mountain Tree Farm Company

   Washington    50

North Pacific Paper Corporation

   Delaware    50

Norpac Resources LLC

   Delaware    100

Optiframe Software, LLC

   Delaware    50

Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad Company

   Oklahoma    100

ver Bes’ Insurance Company

   Vermont    100

Westwood Shipping Lines, Inc.

   Washington    100

Weyerhaeuser de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.

   Mexico    100

Weyerhaeuser Asset Management LLC

   Delaware    100

Weyerhaeuser Forestlands International, Inc.

   Washington    100

RII Weyerhaeuser World Timber Fund, LP

   Delaware    50

World Timberfund Holdings Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100

Green Triangle Forest Products Limited

   British Virgin Islands    100

Weyerhaeuser Global Finance Company

   Oregon    100

 

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Weyerhaeuser International, Inc.

  Washington   100

Southern Cone Timber Investors Holding Company, LLC

  Delaware   100

Southern Cone Timber Investors Limited

  Cayman Islands   50

Los Piques S.A.

  Uruguay   100

Vandora S.A.

  Uruguay   100

Weyerhaeuser Products Limited

  United Kingdom   100

Weyerhaeuser (Asia) Limited

  Hong Kong   100

Weyerhaeuser Brasil Participações Ltda.

  Brazil   100

Aracruz Produtos de Madeira S.A.

  Brazil   66 2/3

Weyerhaeuser China, Ltd.

  Washington   100

Weyerhaeuser Europe Holdings

  Ireland   100

Weyerhaeuser Europe Limited

  Ireland   100

Weyerhaeuser Sarasate Limited

  Ireland   100

Weyerhaeuser Holdings Limited

  British Columbia   100

Weyerhaeuser Company Limited

  Canada   100

317298 Saskatchewan Ltd.

  Saskatchewan   100

Forest License A49782 Holdings Ltd.

  British Columbia   99

MacMillan Bloedel Pembroke Limited Partnership

  Ontario   100

Sturgeon Falls Repulping Limited

  Ontario   100

Sturgeon Falls Limited Partnership

  Ontario   100

Wapawekka Lumber Ltd.

  Saskatchewan   51

Weyerhaeuser (Annacis) Limited

  British Columbia   100

Weyerhaeuser Australia Pty Ltd.

  Australia   100

Pine Solutions Australia Pty Limited

  Australia   70

CCA Timbers (Vic) Pty Ltd.

  Australia   100

K1 Holdings Pty Limited

  Australia   100

Hanaki Pty Ltd.

  Australia   100

Kaiyou Pty Ltd.

  Australia   100

Weyerhaeuser (Barbados) SRL

  Barbados   100

 

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Marlborough Capital Corp. SRL

   Barbados    100

Weyerhaeuser (BVI) Ltd.

   British Virgin Islands    100

Weyerhaeuser New Zealand Holdings Inc.

   New Zealand    100

Nelson Forest Products Company

   New Zealand    100

Nelson Forest Joint Venture

   New Zealand    51

Weyerhaeuser New Zealand Inc.

   New Zealand    100

Weyerhaeuser (Carlisle) Ltd.

   Barbados    100

Camarin Limited

   Barbados    100

Weyerhaeuser (Delta) Limited

   British Columbia    100

Weyerhaeuser (Ottawa) Limited

   British Columbia    100

Weyerhaeuser Saskatchewan Ltd.

   Saskatchewan    100

Wapawekka Lumber Limited Partnership

   Saskatchewan    51

Weyerhaeuser Services Limited

   British Columbia    100

Weyerhaeuser (Hong Kong) Limited

   Hong Kong    100

Weyerhaeuser Japan Ltd.

   Japan    100

Weyerhaeuser Japan Ltd.

   Delaware    100

Weyerhaeuser Korea Ltd.

   Korea    100

Weyerhaeuser Taiwan Ltd.

   Delaware    100

Weyerhaeuser Uruguay S.A.

   Uruguay    100

Weyerhaeuser (Mexico) Inc.

   Washington    100

Weyerhaeuser Raw Materials, Inc.

   Delaware    100

Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company

   Washington    100

Pardee Homes

   California    100

Marmont Realty Company

   California    100

Pardee Homes of Nevada

   Nevada    100

The Quadrant Corporation

   Washington    100

TMI, Inc.

   Texas    100

Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company of Nevada

   Nevada    100

Weyerhaeuser Realty Investors, Inc.

   Washington    100

Winchester Homes, Inc.

   Delaware    100

 

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Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Development Company

   Washington    100

WREDCO I LLC

   Delaware    100

WREDCO II LLC

   Delaware    100

Weyerhaeuser Sales Company

   Nevada    100

Weyerhaeuser USA LLC

   Delaware    100

American Cemwood Corporation

   Oregon    100

MB Administrative Services Inc.

   Delaware    100

WFS II LLC

   Delaware    100

Weyerhaeuser Financial Investments, Inc.

   Nevada    100

Weyerhaeuser Venture Company

   Nevada    100

Las Positas Land Co.

   California    100

WAMCO, Inc.

   Nevada    100

Willamette Mexican Holding Company

   Oregon    100

WY Carolina Holdings, LLC

   Delaware    100

WY Georgia Holdings 2004 LLC

   Delaware    100

WY Tennessee Holdings, LLC

   Delaware    100

 

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EX-23 5 dex23.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Exhibit 23

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

The Board of Directors and Shareholders

Weyerhaeuser Company:

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333-84127, 333-66412, 333-72356, and 333-104752 on Form S-3; Nos. 333-82376 and 333-86232 on Form S-4 and Nos. 333-74311, 333-89925, 333-53010, 333-86114, 333-113422, and 333-119184 on Form S-8) of Weyerhaeuser Company and subsidiaries of our reports dated February 21, 2006, with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of Weyerhaeuser Company and subsidiaries as of December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, cash flows and shareholders’ interest and comprehensive income for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 25, 2005, and the related financial statement schedule, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 25, 2005 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 25, 2005, which reports appear in the December 25, 2005 annual report on Form 10-K of Weyerhaeuser Company and subsidiaries.

 

Our reports refer to the adoption by Weyerhaeuser Company and subsidiaries of the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations, in 2003 and the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003) Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, in 2004.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

Seattle, Washington

February 21, 2006

 

 

EX-31 6 dex31.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(A) Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)

EXHIBIT 31

 

Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

I, Steven R. Rogel, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Weyerhaeuser Company;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a–15(e) and 15d–15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: February 21, 2006

/s/ Steven R. Rogel


Steven R. Rogel

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer


I, Richard J. Taggart, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Weyerhaeuser Company;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a–15(e) and 15d–15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  c) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  d) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: February 21, 2006

/s/ Richard J. Taggart


Richard J. Taggart

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32 7 dex32.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14(B) Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b)

EXHIBIT 32

 

Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b)

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and

Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code

 

Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code, each of the undersigned officers of Weyerhaeuser Company, a Washington corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that:

 

The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K dated February 21, 2006 (the “Form 10-K”) fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and information contained in the Form 10-K fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ Steven R. Rogel


Steven R. Rogel
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Dated: February 21, 2006

/s/ Richard J. Taggart


Richard J. Taggart
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Dated: February 21, 2006

 

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code and is not being filed as part of the Form 10-K or as a separate disclosure document.

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