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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 OR 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October&nbsp;28, 2013 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>501 South 5th Street, Richmond, Virginia</B></TD>
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name or former address, if changed since last report.) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below
if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>ITEM&nbsp;1.01</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On October&nbsp;28, 2013, MeadWestvaco
Corporation (&#147;MWV&#148;), together with MWV Community Development and Land Management, LLC, MWV Community Development, Inc., each of which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of MWV, entered into a Master Purchase and Sale Agreement (the &#147;Master
PSA&#148;) with Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., Plum Creek Timberlands, L.P., Plum Creek Marketing, Inc., Plum Creek Land Company and Highland Mineral Resources, LLC (collectively &#147;Plum Creek&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Master PSA provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Plum Creek will acquire all of MWV&#146;s U.S.
forestlands, consisting of approximately 501,000 acres of timberlands in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, and related mineral assets for approximately $934 million (which is subject to adjustment in accordance with the
terms of the Master PSA), of which approximately $74 million will be in cash and $860 million will be in the form of a 10-year installment note from Plum Creek that MWV intends to securitize or otherwise finance after the closing of the transactions
contemplated by the Master PSA (the &#147;Transactions&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the Master PSA provides that, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth therein, Plum Creek will invest approximately $152 million (which is subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Master PSA) in cash in a newly formed partnership (the &#147;Land Development Partnership&#148;)
that will own and operate MWV&#146;s approximately 109,000 acres of diversified development lands in the Charleston, S.C., region. The Land Development Partnership will consist of two joint ventures. One joint venture will consist of MWV&#146;s
active development projects, to which Plum Creek will contribute approximately $12.5 million in cash and hold a 5% interest (with MWV holding the remaining 95% interest). The other joint venture will consist of MWV&#146;s long-term development
projects, to which Plum Creek will contribute approximately $140 million in cash and hold a 50% interest (with MWV holding the remaining 50% interest). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The closing of the Transactions, which is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2013, is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of
customary closing conditions. The Master PSA contains certain termination rights for the parties, including, among others, the right to terminate the Master PSA if the closing of the Transactions has not occurred on or prior to March&nbsp;31, 2014.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Master PSA contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of each of the parties. The Master PSA also contains
indemnification obligations of the parties with respect to breaches of representations, warranties and covenants and certain other specified matters. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing description of the Transactions and the Master PSA does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the Master PSA, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto, and is incorporated into this report by reference. The Master PSA and the above description of the Master PSA have been included to provide investors and security holders with information
regarding the terms of the Master PSA. They are not intended to provide any other factual information about MWV, Plum Creek or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. The Master PSA contains representations and warranties and covenants of each
of MWV, on the one hand, and Plum Creek, on the other hand, made solely for the benefit of the other. The assertions embodied in those representations and warranties and the obligations embodied in those covenants are qualified by information in
confidential disclosure schedules and exhibits that the parties have exchanged in connection with signing the Master PSA. The disclosure schedules and exhibits contain information that modifies, qualifies and creates exceptions to the
representations and warranties and covenants set forth in the Master PSA. Moreover, the representations and warranties in the Master PSA were used for the purpose of allocating risk between </P>

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MWV, on the one hand, and Plum Creek, on the other hand. Accordingly, you should read the representations and warranties and covenants in the Master PSA not in isolation but only in conjunction
with the other information about MWV and Plum Creek, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates that the respective companies include in reports, statements and other filings they make with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) <I>Exhibits.</I> </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Master Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated October 28, 2013, by and among MeadWestvaco Corporation, MWV Community Development and Land Management, LLC and MWV Community Development, Inc., as sellers, and Plum Creek Timberlands, L.P.,
Plum Creek Marketing, Inc., Plum Creek Land Company and Highland Mineral Resources, LLC, as purchasers, and Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., for the sole purpose set forth in Section 43 thereof.</TD></TR>
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the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: October 29, 2013</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ John J. Carrara</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Master Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated October 28, 2013, by and among MeadWestvaco Corporation, MWV Community Development and Land Management, LLC and MWV Community Development, Inc., as sellers, and Plum Creek Timberlands, L.P.,
Plum Creek Marketing, Inc., Plum Creek Land Company and Highland Mineral Resources, LLC, as purchasers, and Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., for the sole purpose set forth in Section 43 thereof.</TD></TR>
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Form 8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 OR 15(d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 28, 2013
MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
1-31215
37-1797999
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
501 South 5th Street, Richmond, Virginia
23219-0501
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (804) 444-1000
Not Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below
if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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ITEM 1.01
ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.
On October 28, 2013, MeadWestvaco
Corporation ("MWV"), together with MWV Community Development and Land Management, LLC, MWV Community Development, Inc., each of which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of MWV, entered into a Master Purchase and Sale Agreement (the "Master
PSA") with Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., Plum Creek Timberlands, L.P., Plum Creek Marketing, Inc., Plum Creek Land Company and Highland Mineral Resources, LLC (collectively "Plum Creek").
The Master PSA provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Plum Creek will acquire all of MWV's U.S.
forestlands, consisting of approximately 501,000 acres of timberlands in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, and related mineral assets for approximately $934 million (which is subject to adjustment in accordance with the
terms of the Master PSA), of which approximately $74 million will be in cash and $860 million will be in the form of a 10-year installment note from Plum Creek that MWV intends to securitize or otherwise finance after the closing of the transactions
contemplated by the Master PSA (the "Transactions").
In addition, the Master PSA provides that, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth therein, Plum Creek will invest approximately $152 million (which is subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Master PSA) in cash in a newly formed partnership (the "Land Development Partnership")
that will own and operate MWV's approximately 109,000 acres of diversified development lands in the Charleston, S.C., region. The Land Development Partnership will consist of two joint ventures. One joint venture will consist of MWV's
active development projects, to which Plum Creek will contribute approximately $12.5 million in cash and hold a 5% interest (with MWV holding the remaining 95% interest). The other joint venture will consist of MWV's long-term development
projects, to which Plum Creek will contribute approximately $140 million in cash and hold a 50% interest (with MWV holding the remaining 50% interest).
The closing of the Transactions, which is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2013, is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of
customary closing conditions. The Master PSA contains certain termination rights for the parties, including, among others, the right to terminate the Master PSA if the closing of the Transactions has not occurred on or prior to March 31, 2014.
The Master PSA contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of each of the parties. The Master PSA also contains
indemnification obligations of the parties with respect to breaches of representations, warranties and covenants and certain other specified matters.
The foregoing description of the Transactions and the Master PSA does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the Master PSA, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto, and is incorporated into this report by reference. The Master PSA and the above description of the Master PSA have been included to provide investors and security holders with information
regarding the terms of the Master PSA. They are not intended to provide any other factual information about MWV, Plum Creek or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. The Master PSA contains representations and warranties and covenants of each
of MWV, on the one hand, and Plum Creek, on the other hand, made solely for the benefit of the other. The assertions embodied in those representations and warranties and the obligations embodied in those covenants are qualified by information in
confidential disclosure schedules and exhibits that the parties have exchanged in connection with signing the Master PSA. The disclosure schedules and exhibits contain information that modifies, qualifies and creates exceptions to the
representations and warranties and covenants set forth in the Master PSA. Moreover, the representations and warranties in the Master PSA were used for the purpose of allocating risk between
MWV, on the one hand, and Plum Creek, on the other hand. Accordingly, you should read the representations and warranties and covenants in the Master PSA not in isolation but only in conjunction
with the other information about MWV and Plum Creek, or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates that the respective companies include in reports, statements and other filings they make with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ITEM 9.01
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit
No.
Description of Exhibit
2.1
Master Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated October 28, 2013, by and among MeadWestvaco Corporation, MWV Community Development and Land Management, LLC and MWV Community Development, Inc., as sellers, and Plum Creek Timberlands, L.P.,
Plum Creek Marketing, Inc., Plum Creek Land Company and Highland Mineral Resources, LLC, as purchasers, and Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., for the sole purpose set forth in Section 43 thereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION
Date: October 29, 2013
By:
/s/ John J. Carrara
Name:
John J. Carrara
Title:
Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description of Exhibit
2.1
Master Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated October 28, 2013, by and among MeadWestvaco Corporation, MWV Community Development and Land Management, LLC and MWV Community Development, Inc., as sellers, and Plum Creek Timberlands, L.P.,
Plum Creek Marketing, Inc., Plum Creek Land Company and Highland Mineral Resources, LLC, as purchasers, and Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., for the sole purpose set forth in Section 43 thereof.