UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  __________________________________________________
FORM 10-Q 
  __________________________________________________

xQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 20162017
or
oTRANSITION 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
  __________________________________________________ 
Washington 91-0470860
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
  
220 Occidental Avenue South
Seattle, Washington
 98104-7800
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(206) 539-3000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 __________________________________________________

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    o  No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    x  Yes    o  No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” andfiler,” “smaller reporting company”company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer xAccelerated filer oNon-accelerated filer o
   Smaller reporting companyo Emerging growth company o
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). o  Yes    x  No
As of October 21, 2016, 748,058,32923, 2017, 754,829,417 shares of the registrant’s common stock ($1.25 par value) were outstanding.
 


TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
PART IFINANCIAL INFORMATION 
ITEM 1.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ITEM 2.
ITEM 3.
ITEM 4.
   
PART IIOTHER INFORMATION 
ITEM 1.
ITEM 1A.
ITEM 2.
ITEM 3.NA
ITEM 4.NA
ITEM 5.NA
ITEM 6.
 




FINANCIAL INFORMATION

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
QUARTER ENDED 
YEAR-TO-DATE
ENDED
QUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE
ENDED
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER-SHARE FIGURESSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016
Net sales$1,709
 $1,355
 $4,769
 $3,980
$1,872
 $1,709
 $5,373
 $4,769
Costs of products sold1,314
 1,073
 3,661
 3,123
1,374
 1,328
 3,982
 3,702
Gross margin395
 282
 1,108
 857
498
 381
 1,391
 1,067
Selling expenses22
 24
 67
 73
22
 22
 66
 67
General and administrative expenses78
 55
 248
 184
75
 80
 238
 253
Research and development expenses5
 4
 14
 12
4
 5
 12
 14
Charges for integration and restructuring, closures and asset impairments (Note 15)
16
 2
 141
 16
14
 16
 178
 141
Other operating costs (income), net (Note 16)

 31
 (47) 56
Charges for product remediation (Note 16)
190
 
 240
 
Other operating costs (income), net (Note 17)
(12) (3) 2
 (56)
Operating income274
 166
 685
 516
205
 261
 655
 648
Equity earnings from joint ventures (Note 7)
9
 
 21
 
1
 9
 1
 21
Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit (costs) credits(16) 13
 (46) 37
Interest income and other15
 9
 34
 27
11
 15
 29
 34
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest(114) (87) (323) (254)(98) (114) (297) (323)
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes184
 88
 417
 289
103
 184
 342
 417
Income taxes (Note 17)
(22) 44
 (64) 36
Income taxes (Note 18)
27
 (22) (31) (64)
Earnings from continuing operations162
 132
 353
 325
130
 162
 311
 353
Earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes (Note 3)
65
 59
 123
 111

 65
 
 123
Net earnings227
 191
 476
 436
130
 227
 311
 476
Dividends on preference shares (Note 5)

 (11) (22) (33)
 
 
 (22)
Net earnings attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders$227
 $180
 $454
 $403
$130
 $227
 $311
 $454
Earnings per share attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders, basic (Note 5):
       
Earnings per share attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders, basic (Note 5):
      
Continuing operations$0.22
 $0.24
 $0.47
 $0.56
$0.17
 $0.22
 $0.41
 $0.47
Discontinued operations0.08
 0.11
 0.17
 0.22

 0.08
 
 0.17
Net earnings per share$0.30
 $0.35
 $0.64
 $0.78
$0.17
 $0.30
 $0.41
 $0.64
Earnings per share attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders, diluted (Note 5):
       
Earnings per share attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders, diluted (Note 5):
      
Continuing operations$0.21
 $0.23
 $0.46
 $0.56
$0.17
 $0.21
 $0.41
 $0.46
Discontinued operations0.09
 0.12
 0.18
 0.21

 0.09
 
 0.18
Net earnings per share$0.30
 $0.35
 $0.64
 $0.77
$0.17
 $0.30
 $0.41
 $0.64
Dividends paid per share$0.31
 $0.31
 $0.93
 $0.89
$0.31
 $0.31
 $0.93
 $0.93
Weighted average shares outstanding (in thousands) (Note 5):
              
Basic749,587
 514,301
 708,395
 518,121
753,535
 749,587
 752,301
 708,395
Diluted754,044
 517,088
 712,205
 521,455
756,903
 754,044
 756,058
 712,205
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.



WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(UNAUDITED)
QUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE
ENDED
QUARTER ENDED 
YEAR-TO-DATE
ENDED
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016
Net earnings$227
 $191
 $476
 $436
$130
 $227
 $311
 $476
Other comprehensive income (loss):              
Foreign currency translation adjustments(5) (43) 34
 (78)24
 (5) 35
 34
Actuarial gains, net of tax expense of $15, $25, $40 and $7529
 55
 70
 161
Prior service costs, net of tax benefits of $0, $1, $0, and $0(1) (1) (3) (3)
Actuarial gains, net of tax expense of $12, $15, $62 and $4018
 29
 90
 70
Prior service costs, net of tax benefit of $0, $0, $1 and $0(1) (1) (5) (3)
Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities
 (1) 1
 
1
 
 2
 1
Total other comprehensive income23
 10
 102
 80
42
 23
 122
 102
Comprehensive income attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders$250
 $201
 $578
 $516
Total comprehensive income$172
 $250
 $433
 $578
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.



WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(UNAUDITED)
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 30,
2016
 DECEMBER 31,
2015
SEPTEMBER 30,
2017
 DECEMBER 31,
2016
ASSETS      
Current assets:      
Cash and cash equivalents$769
 $1,011
$497
 $676
Receivables, less allowances of $2 and $1412
 276
Receivables, less discounts and allowances of $1 and $1485
 390
Receivables for taxes5
 30
65
 84
Inventories (Note 6)
368
 325
340
 358
Prepaid expenses and other current assets150
 63
130
 114
Assets of discontinued operations (Note 3)
1,652
 1,934
Total current assets3,356
 3,639
1,517
 1,622
Property and equipment, less accumulated depreciation of $3,364 and $3,2871,476
 1,233
Property and equipment, less accumulated depreciation of $3,393 and $3,3061,534
 1,562
Construction in progress202
 144
225
 213
Timber and timberlands at cost, less depletion charged to disposals14,424
 6,479
13,627
 14,299
Minerals and mineral rights, net321
 14
Minerals and mineral rights, less depletion312
 319
Investments in and advances to joint ventures (Note 7)
73
 
33
 56
Goodwill40
 40
40
 40
Deferred tax assets122
 254
240
 293
Other assets317
 302
259
 224
Restricted financial investments held by variable interest entities615
 615
615
 615
Total assets$20,946
 $12,720
$18,402
 $19,243
   
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY     
Current liabilities:      
Current maturities of long-term debt (Note 10)
$1,981
 $
$62
 $281
Notes payable1
 4
Accounts payable234
 204
259
 233
Accrued liabilities (Note 9)
533
 427
702
 692
Liabilities of discontinued operations (Note 3)
578
 690
Total current liabilities3,327
 1,325
1,023
 1,206
Long-term debt (Note 10)
6,329
 4,787
5,933
 6,329
Long-term debt (nonrecourse to the company) held by variable interest entities511
 511
511
 511
Deferred pension and other postretirement benefits875
 987
Deferred pension and other postretirement benefits (Note 8)
1,201
 1,322
Deposit from contribution of timberlands to related party (Note 7)
429
 
416
 426
Other liabilities285
 241
273
 269
Total liabilities11,756
 7,851
9,357
 10,063
Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)


 



  
      
Equity:      
Mandatory convertible preference shares, series A: $1.00 par value; $50.00 liquidation; authorized 40,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding: 0 and 13,799,711 shares
 14
Common shares: $1.25 par value; authorized 1,360,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding: 747,932,527 and 510,483,285 shares935
 638
Common shares: $1.25 par value; authorized 1,360,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding: 753,050,533 and 748,528,131 shares941
 936
Other capital8,264
 4,080
8,391
 8,282
Retained earnings1,101
 1,349
1,050
 1,421
Cumulative other comprehensive loss (Note 13)
(1,110) (1,212)(1,337) (1,459)
Total equity9,190
 4,869
9,045
 9,180
Total liabilities and equity$20,946
 $12,720
$18,402
 $19,243
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED) 
YEAR-TO-DATE ENDEDYEAR-TO-DATE ENDED
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016
Cash flows from operations:      
Net earnings$476
 $436
$311
 $476
Noncash charges (credits) to earnings:      
Depreciation, depletion and amortization428
 359
394
 428
Basis of real estate sold49
 13
48
 49
Deferred income taxes, net96
 10
9
 96
Pension and other postretirement benefits (Note 8)
5
 32
72
 5
Share-based compensation expense53
 22
29
 53
Charges for impairment of assets23
 14
153
 23
Equity (earnings) loss from joint ventures (Note 7)
(18) 18
(1) (18)
Net gains on dispositions of assets and operations(121) (30)
Foreign exchange transaction (gains) losses (Note 16)
(11) 41
Net gains on disposition of assets and operations(15) (121)
Foreign exchange transaction (gains) losses (Note 17)

 (11)
Change in:      
Receivables less allowances(96) (41)(113) (96)
Receivable for taxes37
 11
Receivable/payable for taxes(116) 37
Inventories49
 (9)4
 49
Prepaid expenses(3) (2)(9) (3)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities61
 (47)184
 61
Pension and postretirement contributions (Note 8)
(83) (59)(59) (83)
Distributions received from joint ventures5
 
Distributions of earnings received from joint ventures (Note 7)
1
 5
Other(64) (32)(45) (64)
Net cash from operations886
 736
847
 886
Cash flows from investing activities:      
Capital expenditures for property and equipment(260) (276)(213) (260)
Capital expenditures for timberlands reforestation(43) (33)(46) (43)
Acquisition of timberlands(10) (34)
 (10)
Proceeds from sale of assets and operations379
 7
423
 379
Proceeds from contribution of timberlands to related party (Note 7)
440
 
Distributions received from joint ventures34
 
Proceeds from contribution of timberlands to related party
 440
Distributions of investment received from joint ventures (Note 7)
23
 34
Cash and cash equivalents acquired in Plum Creek merger (Note 4)
9
 

 9
Other42
 12
5
 42
Cash from (used in) investing activities591
 (324)
Cash from investing activities192
 591
Cash flows from financing activities:      
Cash dividends on common shares(700) (460)(699) (700)
Cash dividends on preference shares(22) (22)
 (22)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt1,698
 
Payments of debt(723) 
Repurchase of common stock (Note 5)
(2,003) (484)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt (Note 10)
225
 1,698
Payments on long-term debt (Note 10)
(831) (723)
Proceeds from borrowings on line of credit (Note 10)
100
 
Payments on line of credit (Note 10)
(100) 
Repurchase of common stock
 (2,003)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options89
 48
Other40
 22
(2) (8)
Cash used in financing activities(1,710) (944)(1,218) (1,710)
      
Net change in cash and cash equivalents(233) (532)(179) (233)
      
Cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations at beginning of period1,011
 1,577
676
 1,011
Cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations at beginning of period1
 3

 1
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period1,012
 1,580
676
 1,012
      
Cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations at end of period769
 1,046
497
 769
Cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations at end of period10
 2

 10
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$779
 $1,048
$497
 $779
      
Cash paid (received) during the period for:      
Interest, net of amount capitalized of $5 and $4$367
 $290
Interest, net of amount capitalized of $6 and $5$315
 $367
Income taxes$(26) $4
$129
 $(26)
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


INDEX FOR NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
FOR THE QUARTERS AND YEAR-TO-DATEYEARS-TO-DATE ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 20162017 AND 20152016

NOTE 1: BASIS OF PRESENTATION

We are a corporation that has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (REIT). We expect to derive most of our REIT income from investments in timberlands, including the sale of standing timber. As a REIT, we generally are not subject to federal corporate level income taxes on REIT taxable income that is distributed to shareholders. We are required to pay corporate income taxes on earnings of our Taxabletaxable REIT Subsidiary (TRS)subsidiaries (TRSs), which includes our manufacturing businessesWood Products segment and the portionportions of our Timberlands and Real Estate, and Energy &and Natural Resources (Real Estate & ENR) segments' income included in the TRS.segments.

Our consolidated financial statements provide an overall view of our results and financial condition. They include our accounts and the accounts of entities we control, including:
majority-owned domestic and foreign subsidiaries and
the results of Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. (Plum Creek), for the period from February 19, 2016 (the merger date), to September 30, 2016 (see Note 4: Merger with Plum Creek), and
variable interest entities in which we are the primary beneficiary.

They do not include our intercompany transactions and accounts, which are eliminated.

We account for investments in and advances to unconsolidated equity affiliates using the equity method, with taxes provided on undistributed earnings. This means that we record earnings and accrue taxes in the period earnings are recognized by our unconsolidated equity affiliates.

Throughout these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, unless specified otherwise, references to “Weyerhaeuser,” “we,” “the company” and “our” refer to the consolidated company.

The accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. Except as otherwise disclosed in these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, such adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature. The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to interim financial statements; certainstatements. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally providedincluded in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United Statesour annual Consolidated Financial Statements have been condensed or omitted. These quarterly Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.2016. Results of operations for interim periods should not necessarily be regarded as necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year.

RECLASSIFICATIONS

We have reclassified certain balances and results from the prior year to be consistent with our 20162017 reporting. This makes year-to-year comparisons easier. Our reclassifications had no effect on consolidated net earnings or equity.

Our reclassifications present 1) ourthe adoption of new accounting pronouncements and 2) the results of discontinued operations separately from results of continuing operations on our Consolidated Statement of Operations, Consolidated Balance Sheet and in the related footnotes. Note 3: Discontinued Operations provides information about our discontinued operations.

As a resultRefer to discussion of the merger, we have revised our business segments. Results for fiscal periods prior to 2016 have been revised to conform to the new segments and to exclude discontinued operations. accounting pronouncements below.Note 2: Business Segments provides information about our revised business segments.



NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2014-09, a comprehensive new revenue recognition model that requires an entity to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers at an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. In August 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-14, which deferred the effective date for an additional year. In March 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-08, which does not change the core principle of the guidance; however, it does clarify the implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations. In April 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-10, which clarifies two aspects of ASU 2014-09: identifying performance obligations and the licensing implementation guidance. In May 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-12, which amends ASU 2014-09 to provide improvements and practical expedients to the new revenue recognition model. We planIn December 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-20, which amends ASU 2014-09 for technical corrections and to correct for unintended application of the guidance. In February 2017, FASB issued ASU 2017-05, which clarifies the scope of ASC 610-20 and impacts accounting for partial sales of nonfinancial assets.

The company expects to adopt these accounting standard updates onand implement the new revenue recognition guidance effective January 1, 2018, and have not yet determined whether we will use2018. The new standard is required to be applied retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented (full retrospective transition method) or retrospectively with the retrospective or cumulative effect transitionof initially applying it recognized at the date of initial application (cumulative effect method). We expect to adopt using the cumulative effect method. We anticipateexpect that this standard will increase the volumeadoption of disclosures about ourthe new revenue transactions, butrecognition guidance will not materially impact our consolidated financial statements.

In April 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-03, which amends the presentation of debt issuance costs on the consolidated balance sheet. Under the new guidance, debt issuance costs are presented as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the debt liability rather than as an asset. The new guidance is effective retrospectively for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2015. We adopted on January 1, 2016, and have reclassified balances of debt issuance costs accordingly in our consolidatedoperating results, balance sheet, and in related disclosures for all periods presented.

In May 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-07, which clarifies the presentation within the fair value hierarchy of certain investments held withinor cash flows. We expect an impact to our pension plan. The new guidance is effective retrospectively for fiscal periods starting after December 15, 2015. This new guidance removes the requirement to categorize within the fair value hierarchy investments for which fair value is measured using the net asset value per share as a practical expedient and, instead, permits separate disclosure. Upon adoption these investments are presented separatelyfinancial reporting from the fair value hierarchy and reconciled to total investments in our consolidated financial statements and relatedadding expanded disclosures. We adopted on January 1, 2016.

In July 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-11, which simplifies the measurement of inventories valued under most methods, including our inventories valued under FIFO – the first-in, first-out – and moving average cost methods. Inventories valued under LIFO – the last-in, first-out method – are excluded. Under this new guidance, inventories valued under these methods would be valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value, with net realizable value defined as the estimated selling price less reasonable costs to sell the inventory. The new guidance is effective prospectively for fiscal periods starting after December 15, 2016, and early adoption is permitted. We expect to adoptadopted ASU 2015-11 on January 1, 2017, and dodetermined this pronouncement does not expect adoption to materiallyhave a material impact on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In September 2015, FASB issued ASU 2015-16, which results in the ability to recognize, in current period earnings, any changes in provisional amounts during the measurement period after the closing of an acquisition, instead of restating prior periods for these changes. We adopted on January 1, 2016. Measurement period adjustments related to our merger with Plum Creek did not have a material impact to earnings or cash flows for the quarter and year-to-date period ended September 30, 2016.

In February 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-02, which requires lessees to recognize assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by those leases and requires both capital and operating leases to be recognized on the balance sheet. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and early adoption is permitted. We expect to adopt ASU 2016-02 on January 1, 2019, and are evaluating the impact on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In March 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-09, which simplifies several aspects of accounting for share-based payment transactions, including income tax consequences, award classification, cash flows reporting, and forfeiture rate application. Specifically, the update requires all excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies to be recognized as income tax expense or benefit in the income statement with a cumulative-effect adjustment to equity as of the beginning of the period of adoption. The update allows excess tax benefits to be classified along with other income tax cash flows as an operating activity on the statement of cash flows. When accruing compensation cost, an entity can make an entity-wide accounting policy election to either estimate the number of awards expected to vest or to account for forfeitures as they occur with a cumulative-effect adjustment to equity as of the beginning of the period


of adoption. The update requires cash paid by an employer when directly withholding shares for tax-withholding purposes to be classified as a financing activity on the statement of cash flows, applied retrospectively. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. As permitted, we elected to adopt early, and applied the different aspects as prescribed by the standard effective January 1, 2016. The adoption of this guidance represents a change in accounting policy and did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. Shares withheld by the employer for tax-withholding purposes for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, of $11 million were retrospectively reclassified from an operating activity to a financing activity in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

In August 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-15, which reduces diversity in practice in how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows. These transactions include: debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs, settlement of zero-coupon debt instruments, contingent consideration payments made after a business combination, proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims, proceeds from the settlement of corporate-owned life insurance policies, distributions received from equity method investments, beneficial interests in securitization transactions, and separately identifiable cash flows and application of the predominance principle. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and early adoption is permitted. We have adopted this update effective July 1, 2016, and our adoption did not materially impact our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

In October 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-16, which requires immediate recognition of the income tax consequences upon intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory. The new guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and early adoption is permitted. We expect to adoptadopted this accounting standard update on January 1, 2017. As a result of this adoption, our opening balance sheet was adjusted through "Retained earnings" to include a deferred tax asset of $22 million for prior period intra-entity transfers. Adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows or Consolidated Statement of Operations.

In March 2017, FASB issued ASU 2017-07, which requires that an employer report the service cost component of pension and other postretirement benefit costs in the Consolidated Statement of Operations in the same line item or items as other compensation costs arising from services rendered by the pertinent employees. This requirement is consistent with how we have historically presented our pension service costs. The other requirement of ASU 2017-07 is to present the remaining components of pension and other postretirement benefit costs (i.e., interest, expected return on plan assets, amortization of actuarial gains or losses, and amortization of prior service credits or costs) in the Consolidated Statement of Operations separately from the service cost component and outside a subtotal of income from operations. The new guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and doearly adoption is permitted. We adopted this accounting standard as of January 1, 2017. As a result, we reclassified amounts related to other components of pension and other post retirement benefit costs from their prior financial statements captions ("Costs of products sold," "General and administrative expenses," and "Other operating costs (income), net") into a new financial statement caption titled "Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit (costs) credits" in our Consolidated Statement of Operations. The adoption of ASU 2017-07 did not expect adoption to materiallyimpact "Net earnings," nor did it impact our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

Consolidated Balance Sheet.


NOTE 2: BUSINESS SEGMENTS

Reportable business segments are determined based on the company’s management approach. The management"management approach," as defined by FASB ASC 280, “Segment Reporting,Reporting. The management approach is based on the way the chief operating decision maker organizes the segments within a company for making decisions about resources to be allocated and assessing their performance.

During fiscal year 2016, the company’s chief operating decision maker changed the information regularly reviewed for making decisions to allocate resources and assess performance. As a result, the company will report its financial performance based on three business segments: Timberlands, Real Estate & ENR, and Wood Products. Prior to revising our segment structure, activities related to the Real Estate & ENR business segment were reported as part of the Timberlands business segment.

Amounts for all periods presented have been reclassified throughout the consolidated financial statements and disclosures to conform to the new segment structure.

We are principally engaged in growing and harvesting timber,timber; manufacturing, distributing, and selling products made from trees, as well astrees; maximizing the value of every acre we own through the sale of higher and better use (HBU) propertiesproperties; and monetizing reserves of minerals, oil, gas, coal, and other natural resources on our timberlands. The following is a brief description of each of our reportable business segments and activities:
Timberlands – which includes logs, timber and our Uruguay operations;leased recreational access;
Real Estate & ENR – which includes sales of HBUtimberlands; rights to explore for and non-core timberlands,extract hard minerals, oil and gas coalproduction and other natural resources,coal; and equity interests in our Real Estate Development Ventures (as defined and described in Note 7: Related Parties); and
Wood Products – which includes softwood lumber, engineered wood products, oriented strand board, plywood,structural panels, medium density fiberboard and building materials distribution.
Discontinued operations as presented herein consist of the operations of our former Cellulose Fibers segment, and relate to assets and liabilities that have been reclassified as discontinued operations on our balance sheet as of September 30, 2016. All periods presented have been revised to separate the results of discontinued operations


from the results of our continuing operations. Refer to Note 3: Discontinued Operationsfor more information regarding our discontinued operations.

On October 12, 2016, we announced the exploration of strategic alternatives for our timberlands and manufacturing operations in Uruguay. We intend to consider a broad range of alternatives, including continuing to hold and operate the business, or a sale.
An analysis and reconciliation of our business segment information to the respective information in the Consolidated Statements of Operations is as follows:
QUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDEDQUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016
Sales to unaffiliated customers:              
Timberlands$484
 $310
 $1,342
 $961
$491
 $484
 $1,446
 $1,342
Real Estate & ENR48
 22
 125
 69
82
 48
 181
 125
Wood Products1,177
 1,023
 3,302
 2,950
1,299
 1,177
 3,746
 3,302
1,709
 1,355
 4,769
 3,980
1,872
 1,709
 5,373
 4,769
Intersegment sales:              
Timberlands216
 210
 631
 625
179
 216
 544
 631
Wood Products17
 20
 61
 61

 17
 
 61
233
 230
 692
 686
179
 233
 544
 692
Total sales1,942
 1,585
 5,461
 4,666
2,051
 1,942
 5,917
 5,461
Intersegment eliminations(233) (230) (692) (686)(179) (233) (544) (692)
Total$1,709
 $1,355
 $4,769
 $3,980
$1,872
 $1,709
 $5,373
 $4,769
Net contribution to earnings:              
Timberlands$122
 $107
 $376
 $363
Timberlands (1)
$131
 $122
 $267
 $376
Real Estate & ENR(1)(2)
15
 19
 42
 52
47
 15
 96
 42
Wood Products170
 85
 413
 218
Wood Products (3)
40
 170
 389
 413
307
 211
 831
 633
218
 307
 752
 831
Unallocated items(3)(4)
(9) (36) (91) (90)(17) (9) (113) (91)
Net contribution to earnings298
 175
 740
 543
201
 298
 639
 740
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest(114) (87) (323) (254)(98) (114) (297) (323)
Earnings from continuing operations before income taxes184
 88
 417
 289
103
 184
 342
 417
Income taxes(22) 44
 (64) 36
27
 (22) (31) (64)
Earnings from continuing operations162
 132
 353
 325
130
 162
 311
 353
Earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes(5)65
 59
 123
 111

 65
 
 123
Net earnings227
 191
 476
 436
130
 227
 311
 476
Dividends on preference shares
 (11) (22) (33)
 
 
 (22)
Net earnings attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders$227
 $180
 $454
 $403
$130
 $227
 $311
 $454

(1)
Net contribution to earnings for the Timberlands segment includes a noncash pretax impairment charge of $147 million, recorded during second quarter 2017. This impairment was a result of our agreement to sell our Uruguayan operations, which was announced in June 2017 and completed on September 1, 2017. Refer to Note 3: Discontinued Operations and Other Divestituresfor more information regarding this transaction.
(2)
The Real Estate & ENR segment includes the equity earnings from, and investments in and advances to our Real Estate Development Ventures (as defined and described in Note 7: Related Parties), which are accounted for under the equity method.
(2)(3)
Net contribution to earnings for the Wood Products segment includes pretax charges of $190 million and $240 million incurred in the quarter and year-to-date period ended September 30, 2017, respectively, to accrue for estimated costs to remediate an issue with certain I-joists coated with our Flak Jacket® Protection product. Refer to Note 16: Charges for Product Remediation for additional details.
(4)Unallocated items are gains or charges not related to, or allocated to, an individual operating segment. They include a portion of items such as: share-based compensation, pension and postretirement costs, foreign exchange transaction gains and losses associated with financing, equity earnings from our Timberland Venture, (as defined and described in Note 7: Related Parties), the elimination of intersegment profit in inventory and the LIFO reserve. Additionally, amounts shown for 2016 include equity earnings from our former Timberland Venture. As of August 31, 2016, the Timberland Venture became a fully consolidated, wholly-owned subsidiary and therefore eliminated our equity method investment at that time.
(3)(5)As a result
Discontinued operations as presented herein consist of reclassifyingthe operations of our former Cellulose Fibers segment assegment. Refer to Note 3: Discontinued Operations and Other Divestituresfor more information regarding our discontinued operations, Unallocated items also includes retained indirect corporate overhead costs previously allocated to the former segment.




A reconciliation of our business segment total assets to total assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheet is as follows:operations.
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 30,
2016
 DECEMBER 31,
2015
Total Assets:   
Timberlands and Real Estate & ENR(1)
$15,810
 $7,260
Wood Products1,846
 1,541
Unallocated items1,638
 1,985
Discontinued operations1,652
 1,934
Total$20,946
 $12,720
(1)Assets attributable to the Real Estate & ENR business segment are combined with total assets for the Timberlands segment because we do not produce separate balance sheets internally.





NOTE 3: DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND OTHER DIVESTITURES

OPERATIONS DIVESTED

On November 8, 2015, WeyerhaeuserOctober 12, 2016, we announced that the board authorized the exploration of strategic alternatives for its Cellulose Fibersour Uruguay timberlands and manufacturing operations, which was part of our Timberlands business segment. On June 2, 2017, the Weyerhaeuser Board of Directors approved an equity purchase agreement with a consortium led by BTG Pactual's Timberland Investment Group (TIG), including other long-term investors, pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell, in exchange for $403 million in cash, all of its equity interest in the subsidiaries that collectively owned and operated its Uruguayan timberlands and manufacturing operations.

On MaySeptember 1, 2017, we completed the sale of our Uruguay timberlands and manufacturing operations for approximately $403 million of cash proceeds. Due to the impairment of our Uruguayan operations recorded during second quarter 2017 (refer to Note 15: Charges for Integration and Restructuring, Closures and Asset Impairments), no material gain or loss was recorded as a result of this sale. As of September 30, 2017, no assets or liabilities related to our Uruguayan operations remain on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

The sale of our Uruguayan operations was not considered a strategic shift that had or will have a major effect on our operations or financial results, and therefore did not meet the requirements for presentation as discontinued operations.

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

During 2016, we entered into an agreementthree separate transactions to sell our Cellulose Fibers pulp business to International Paper for $2.2business. As a result of these transactions, the company recognized a pretax gain on disposition of $789 million and total cash proceeds of $2.5 billion in cash. The pulp business consiststhe second half of five pulp mills located in Columbus, Mississippi; Flint River, Georgia; New Bern, North Carolina; Port Wentworth, Georgia and Grande Prairie, Alberta, and two modified fiber mills located in Columbus, Mississippi and Gdansk, Poland. This transaction is expected to close in fourth quarter 2016 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory review. We will continue to operate separately from International Paper until the transaction closes.2016. These transactions consisted of:

On June 15, 2016, we entered into an agreement to sellsale of our Cellulose Fibers liquid packaging board business to Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd., for $285 million in cash. Our liquid packaging board business consisted of one mill located in Longview, Washington. OnLtd, which closed on August 31, 2016, we completed the 2016;
sale and recognized a pre-tax gain of $60 million, which is included in "Earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes" on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

On October 4, 2016, we entered an agreement to sell our interest in ourCellulose Fibers printing papers joint venture to One Rock Capital Partners, LLC. The transaction includes the printing papers mill located in Longview, Washington. This transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarterLLC, which closed on November 1, 2016; and
sale of 2016 and is subject to customary closing conditions. The printing papers joint venture will continue to operate separately from One Rock until the transaction closes.

The assets and liabilities of theour Cellulose Fibers pulp business along with our investment in our printing papers joint venture, met the criteria necessary to be classified as held-for-sale during second quarter 2016 and continue to meet those criteria as of September 30,International Paper, which closed on December 1, 2016. It is our expectation that the sales of these assets are probable and will be completed within one year.

ResultsThe results of operations for our pulp and liquid packaging board businesses, along with our interest in our printing papers joint venture, have beenwere reclassified to discontinued operations. These operations were previously reported as the Cellulose Fibers segment.during our 2016 reporting year. These results have been summarized in "Earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes" on our Consolidated Statement of Operations for each period presented. The related assets and liabilities of these operations met the criteria for classification as "held for sale" and have been reclassified as discontinued operations on our Consolidated Balance Sheetfor each date presented. We did not reclassify our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows to reflect discontinued operations.

We expect to use after-tax proceeds from our sales of our discontinued operations for repayment of long-term debt.



The following table presents net earnings from discontinued operations. As all discontinued operations were sold in 2016, no assets or liabilities remain as of September 30, 2017, or December 31, 2016.
QUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDEDQUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2016
Total net sales$420
 $471
 $1,306
 $1,385
$420
 $1,306
Costs of products sold350
 372
 1,110
 1,181
350
 1,110
Gross margin70
 99
 196
 204
70
 196
Selling expenses3
 3
 10
 10
3
 10
General and administrative expenses7
 5
 24
 21
7
 24
Research and development expenses
 2
 3
 5

 3
Charges for integration and restructuring, closures and asset impairments(1)
13
 1
 44
 1
13
 44
Other operating income, net(2) (5) (21) (19)(2) (21)
Operating income49
 93
 136
 186
49
 136
Equity loss from joint venture
 (5) (3) (18)
 (3)
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest(2) (1) (5) (5)(2) (5)
Earnings from discontinued operations before income taxes47
 87
 128
 163
47
 128
Income taxes(23) (28) (46) (52)(23) (46)
Net earnings from operations24
 59
 82
 111
24
 82
Net gain on divestiture of Liquid Packaging Board41
 
 41
 
41
 41
Net earnings from discontinued operations$65
 $59
 $123
 $111
$65
 $123
(1)Charges for integration and restructuring, closures and asset impairments consist of costs relatedrelate to our strategic evaluation of the Cellulose Fibers businesses and transaction-related costs.

The following table shows carrying values for assets and liabilities classified as discontinued operations as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015.
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 30, 2016 DECEMBER 31, 2015
Assets   
Cash and cash equivalents$10
 $1
Receivables, less allowances182
 211
Inventories173
 243
Prepaid expenses12
 14
Property and equipment, net1,130
 1,339
Construction in progress94
 51
Timber and timberlands at cost, less depletion charged to disposals
 1
Investments in and advances to joint ventures51
 74
Total assets of discontinued operations$1,652
 $1,934
Liabilities   
Accounts payable$107
 $122
Accrued liabilities89
 118
Long-term debt88
 88
Deferred income taxes280
 336
Other liabilities14
 26
Total liabilities of discontinued operations$578
 $690



Cash flows from discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, and September 30, 2015 are as follows:
 QUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities$58
 $75
 $192
 $248
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities$259
 $(27) $225
 $(85)
 QUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2016
Net cash provided by operating activities$58
 $192
Net cash provided by investing activities$259
 $225



NOTE 4: MERGER WITH PLUM CREEK

On February 19, 2016, we merged with Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. (Plum Creek). Plum Creek was a REIT that primarily owned and managed timberlands in the United States. Plum Creek also produced wood products, developed opportunities for mineral and other natural resource extraction, and sold real estate properties. The merger combined two industry leaders. The breadth and diversity of our combined timberlands, real estate, energy and natural resources assets, and wood products operations position Weyerhaeuser to capitalize on the improving housing market and to continue to capture HBU land values across the combined portfolio.

Under the merger agreement, each issued and outstanding share of Plum Creek common stock was exchanged for 1.60 Weyerhaeuser common shares, with cash paid in lieu of any fractional shares. Upon consummation of the merger, all outstanding Plum Creek stock options (all fully vested as of the merger date) and restricted stock units were converted into Weyerhaeuser stock options and restricted stock units, after giving effect to the 1.60 exchange ratio. Because the Plum Creek stock options were fully vested and relate to services rendered to Plum Creek prior to the merger, the replacement stock options were also fully vested and their fair value is included in the consideration transferred. Replacement restricted stock units relate to services to be performed post-merger and therefore were not included in consideration transferred. See additional details about replacement share-based payment awards in Note 14: Share-based Compensation.
The acquisition of total assets of $10.0 billion was a noncash investing and financing activity comprised of $6.4 billion in equity consideration transferred and $3.6 billion of liabilities assumed. See Note 10: Long-term Debt and Lines of Credit for additional details of indebtedness assumed.

The following table summarizes the equity consideration transferred in the merger:
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER-SHARE FIGURES  
Number of Plum Creek common shares outstanding(1)
174,307,267
 
Exchange ratio per the merger agreement1.60
 
Weyerhaeuser shares issued in exchange for Plum Creek equity(2)
278,901,479
 
Price per Weyerhaeuser common share(3)
$22.87
 
Aggregate value of Weyerhaeuser common stock issued $6,378
Fair value of stock options(4)
 5
Estimated consideration transferred $6,383
(1)The number of shares of Plum Creek common stock issued and outstanding as of February 19, 2016.
(2)Total shares issued net of partial shares settled in cash.
(3)The closing price of Weyerhaeuser common stock on the NYSE on February 19, 2016.
(4)The estimated fair value of Plum Creek stock options for pre-merger services rendered.

We recognized $14 million and $132 million of merger-related costs that were expensed during the quarter and year-to-date period ended September 30, 2016, respectively. We also recognized $14 million of merger-related costs that were expensed during the fourth quarter of 2015. See Note 15: Charges for Integration and Restructuring, Closures, and Asset Impairments for descriptions of the components of merger-related costs. These costs are included in "Charges for integration and restructuring, closures and asset impairments" in our Consolidated Statement of Operations.



As a result of progress made to integrate financial systems since the merger date, the amount of revenue and loss before income taxes from acquired Plum Creek operations is no longer practicable to disclose for the quarter and and year-to-date period ended September 30, 2016.

Summarized unaudited pro forma information that presents combined amounts as if this merger occurred at the beginning of 20152016 is as follows:
QUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDEDQUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER-SHARE FIGURESSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2016
Net sales$1,709
 $1,763
 $4,925
 $5,081
$1,709
 $4,925
Net earnings from continuing operations attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders$172
 $198
 $438
 $382
$172
 $438
Earnings from continuing operations per share attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders, basic and diluted$0.23
 $0.25
 $0.58
 $0.48
$0.23
 $0.58

Pro forma net"Net earnings from continuing operations attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders excludeshareholders" excludes $10 million and $144 million of non-recurring merger-related costs (net of tax) incurred in the quarter and year-to-date period ended September 30, 2016, respectively. No non-recurring merger-related costs were incurred during the quarter or year-to-date period ended September 30, 2015. Pro forma data may not be indicative of the results that would have been obtained had these events occurred at the beginning of the periods presented, nor is it intended to be a projection of future results.

Weyerhaeuser has accounted for the merger transaction as the acquirer and has applied the acquisition method of accounting. Under the acquisition method, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed by Weyerhaeuser from Plum Creek were recorded as of the date of the acquisition at their respective estimated fair values.

The fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed were preliminarily determined using the income, cost or market approaches. The fair value measurements were generally based on significant inputs that are not observable in the market and thus represent Level 3 measurements as defined in ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, with the exception of certain long-term debt instruments assumed in the acquisition that can be valued using observable market inputs and are therefore Level 2 measurements. The income approach was primarily used to value acquired timberlands, minerals and mineral rights, equity investments in the Timberland Venture (as defined and described in Note 7: Related Parties) and Real Estate Development Ventures (as defined and described in Note 7: Related Parties), and the Note Payable to Timberland Venture (as defined and described in Note 7: Related Parties). The income approach estimates fair value for an asset based on the present value of cash flow projected to be generated by the asset. Projected cash flows are discounted at rates of return that reflect the relative risk of achieving the cash flows and the time value of money. The cost approach, which estimates value by determining the current cost of replacing an asset with another of equivalent economic utility, was used, as appropriate, for property and equipment. The cost to replace a given asset reflects the estimated reproduction or replacement cost for the property, less an allowance for loss in value due to depreciation. The market approach was primarily used to value higher and better use real estate tracts included within acquired timberlands, certain land and building assets included within acquired property and equipment, and long-term debt instruments. The market approach estimates fair value for an asset based on values of recent comparable transactions.

The initial allocation of purchase price was recorded using preliminary estimated fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon the best information available to management at the time. The purchase price allocation was updated in the third quarter 2016. The measurement period adjustments reflect additional information obtained to record the fair value of certain assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on facts and circumstances existing as of the acquisition date. Measurement period adjustments reflected below did not have a material impact to earnings and had no impact to cash flows for the quarter or year-to-date period ended September 30, 2016.



Initial and updated preliminary estimated fair values of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the merger date are as follows:
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSFEBRUARY 19,
2016
 MEASUREMENT PERIOD ADJUSTMENTS SEPTEMBER 30,
2016
Current assets$128
 $1
 $129
Timber and timberlands8,124
 23
 8,147
Minerals and mineral rights312
 4
 316
Property and equipment272
 5
 277
Equity investment in Timberland Venture876
 (29) 847
Equity investment in Real Estate Development Ventures88
 (4) 84
Other assets163
 (4) 159
Total assets acquired9,963
 (4) 9,959
      
Current liabilities610
 
 610
Long-term debt2,056
 
 2,056
Note Payable to Timberland Venture837
 1
 838
Other liabilities77
 (5) 72
Total liabilities assumed3,580
 (4) 3,576
      
Net assets acquired$6,383
 $
 $6,383

These estimated fair values are preliminary in nature and subject to further adjustments, which could be material. We have not identified any material unrecorded pre-merger contingencies where the related asset, liability or impairment is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. We are in the process of finalizing our valuations related to the following:
timber and timberlands,
minerals and mineral rights, and
other contractual rights and obligations.
Our valuations will be finalized when certain information arranged to be obtained has been received and our review of that information has been completed. Prior to the finalization of the purchase price allocation, if information becomes available that would indicate it is probable that such events had occurred and the amounts can be reasonably estimated, such items will be included in the final purchase price allocation.


NOTE 5: NET EARNINGS PER SHARE AND SHARE REPURCHASES

NET EARNINGS PER SHARE

Our basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to Weyerhaeuser shareholders were:
$0.17 during third quarter 2017 and $0.41 during year-to-date 2017; and
$0.30 during third quarter 2016 and $0.64 during year-to-date 2016; and
$0.35 during third quarter 2015 and $0.78 during year-to-date 2015.

Our diluted earnings per share attributable to Weyerhaeuser shareholders were:
$0.30 during third quarter 2016 and $0.64 during year-to-date 2016; and
$0.35 during third quarter 2015 and $0.77 during year-to-date 2015.2016.

Basic earnings per share is net earnings available to common shareholders divided by the weighted average number of our outstanding common shares, including stock equivalent units where there is no circumstance under which those shares would not be issued.



Diluted earnings per share is net earnings available to common shareholders divided by the sum of the weighted average number of our outstanding common shares and the effect of our outstanding dilutive potential common shares:
QUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDEDQUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED
SHARES IN THOUSANDSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016
Weighted average number of outstanding common shares – basic749,587
 514,301
 708,395
 518,121
753,535
 749,587
 752,301
 708,395
Dilutive potential common shares:              
Stock options3,185
 1,969
 2,660
 2,459
2,437
 3,185
 2,754
 2,660
Restricted stock units814
 348
 723
 352
551
 814
 529
 723
Performance share units458
 470
 427
 523
380
 458
 474
 427
Total effect of outstanding dilutive potential common shares4,457
 2,787
 3,810
 3,334
3,368
 4,457
 3,757
 3,810
Weighted average number of outstanding common shares – dilutive754,044
 517,088
 712,205
 521,455
756,903
 754,044
 756,058
 712,205
We use the treasury stock method to calculate the dilutive effect of our outstanding stock options, restricted stock units and performance share units. Share-based payment awards that are contingently issuable upon the achievement of specified performance or market conditions are included in our diluted earnings per share calculation in the period in which the conditions are satisfied.

As described below, on July 1, 2016, all outstanding Preference Shares were converted into common shares. For all periods presented the Preference Shares were antidilutive as determined using the if-converted method.

Potential Shares Not Included in the Computation of Diluted Earnings per Share

The following shares were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because they were either antidilutive or the required performance or market conditions were not met. Some or all of these shares may be dilutive potential common shares in future periods.
QUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDEDQUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED
SHARES IN THOUSANDSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016
Stock options1,835
 6,579
 1,835
 6,579
1,381
 1,835
 1,381
 1,835
Performance share units361
 351
 361
 351
556
 361
 556
 361
Preference shares
 24,987
 
 24,987

STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAMMandatory Convertible Preference Shares

We repurchased 9,775,873 sharesissued 13.8 million 6.375 percent Mandatory Convertible Preference Shares, Series A on June 24, 2013, the majority of common stock for $306 million (including transaction fees) during third quarter 2016 and 67,816,810 shares of common stock for $2.0 billion (including transaction fees) year-to-date 2016 under the 2016 Share Repurchase Authorization. The 2016 Share Repurchase Authorization was approved in November 2015 by our Board of Directors and authorized management to repurchase up to $2.5 billion ofwhich remained outstanding shares subsequent to the closing of our merger with Plum Creek. This new authorization replaced the August 2015 share repurchase authorization. Transaction fees incurred for repurchases are not counted as use of funds authorized for repurchases under the 2016 Share Repurchase Authorization. All common stock purchases under the stock repurchase program were made in open-market transactions. As of Septemberthrough June 30, 2016, we had remaining authorization of $500 million for future stock repurchases.

We record share repurchases upon trade date as opposed to the settlement date when cash is disbursed. We record a liability to account for repurchases that have not been cash settled. There were no unsettled repurchases as of September 30, 2016or December 31, 2015.



MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERENCE SHARES

2016. On July 1, 2016, all outstanding 6.375%6.375 percent Mandatory Convertible Preference Shares, Series A (Preference Shares) converted into Weyerhaeuser common shares at a rate of 1.6929 Weyerhaeuser common shares per Preference Share. The company issued a total of 23.2 million Weyerhaeuser commonThere were no preference shares in conjunction with the conversion, based on 13.7 million Preference Shares outstanding as of the conversion date.

In accordance with the terms of the Preference Shares, the number of Weyerhaeuser common shares issuable on conversion was determined based on the average volume weighted average price of $29.54 for Weyerhaeuser common shares over the 20-trading-day period beginning June 1,December 31, 2016, and ending on June 28, 2016.or September 30, 2017.


NOTE 6: INVENTORIES

Inventories include raw materials, work-in-process and finished goods.
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 30,
2016
 DECEMBER 31,
2015
SEPTEMBER 30,
2017
 DECEMBER 31,
2016
LIFO Inventories:









Logs$8

$5
$5

$18
Lumber, plywood and panels48

48
44

51
Medium density fiberboard11

10
Other products14

11
14
 10
FIFO or moving average cost inventories:









Logs27

36
19

21
Lumber, plywood, panels and engineered wood products83

75
81

71
Other products104

84
81

92
Materials and supplies84

66
85

85
Total$368

$325
$340

$358

LIFO – the last-in, first-out method – applies to major inventory products held at our U.S. domestic locations. The FIFO – the first-in, first-out method – or moving average cost methods apply to the balance of our domestic raw material and product inventories as well as for all material and supply inventories and all foreign inventories. If we used FIFO for all LIFO inventories, our stated inventories would have been higher by $69$70 million as of September 30, 2016,2017, and $67$71 million as ofDecember 31, 2015.2016.


NOTE 7: RELATED PARTIES

We use the equity method to account forThis note provides details about our investments in various joint ventures. The following tables summarize the current period equity earnings or loss from our respective balances of our investments in and advances to each of our joint ventures:transactions with related parties. Our related parties consist of:
 QUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015
Equity earnings from joint ventures:       
Timberland Venture$8
 $
 $20
 $
Real Estate Development Ventures1
 
 1
 
Total$9
 $
 $21
 $
        
     SEPTEMBER 30,
2016
 DECEMBER 31, 2015
Investment in and advances to joint ventures:       
Real Estate Development Ventures    $73
 $



Through our merger with Plum Creek on February 19, 2016, we acquired equity interests in the Real Estate Development Ventures and(as defined below), which are accounted for using the Timberland Venture. Additionally, through the merger Weyerhaeuser assumed the benefitsequity method and obligations associated with the formation of
our Twin Creeks Timber, LLC, a timberland venture (Twin Creeks Venture). The Twin Creeks Venture was funded with initial capital contributions on April 1, 2016.Venture.

Real Estate Development Ventures

WestRock-Charleston Land Partners, LLC (WR-CLP) is a limited liability company which holds residential and commercial real estate development properties, currently under development (Class A Properties) and higher-value timber and development lands (Class B Properties) (referred(Class A Properties and Class B Properties referred to collectively as the Real Estate Development Ventures). We have a 3 percent interest in Class A Properties and a 50 percent interest in Class B Properties. WestRock Company is the other member of WR-CLP and owns 97 percent of the Class A Properties and 50 percent of the Class B Properties. The Company uses the equity method for both its Class A and Class B interests. Our share of the equity earnings areof WR-CLP is included in the net contribution to earnings of our Real Estate & ENR segment.

WR-CLP is a variable interest entity and is financed by regular capital calls from the manager of WR-CLP in proportion to a member’s ownership interest. If a member does not make a capital contribution, the member’s ownership interest is diluted. We are committed to make additional capital contributions of up to $26 million during the remaining term of the venture which expires in 2020. We do not intend to provide any additional sources of financing for WR-CLP.

We are not the primary beneficiary of WR-CLP. We consider the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of WR-CLP to be the day-to-day operating decisions along with the oversight responsibilities for the real estate development projects and properties. WestRock Company (the other equity member) has the power to direct the activities of WR-CLP that most significantly impact its economic performance through its ability to manage the day-to-day operations of WR-CLP. WestRock Company also has the ability to control all management decisions associated with all Class A and Class B Properties through its majority representation on the board of directors for the Class A Properties and due to its equal representation on the board of directors for the Class B Properties.

Our maximum exposure to loss is $73 million, theThe carrying amount of our investment in WR-CLP is $33 million at September 30, 2016, plus any required future capital contributions.

Timberland Venture

Beginning on the date of2017, and $56 million at December 31, 2016. The change in our merger with Plum Creek until August 31, 2016, we held preferred and common interests in Southern Diversified Timber, LLC, a timberland joint venture (Timberland Venture), which included 100 percent of the preferred interests and 9 percent of the common interests. The Timberland Venture’s other member, an affiliate of Campbell Global LLC (TCG Member), held 91 percent of the Timberland Venture’s common interests. The activities of the Timberland Venture consisted primarily of owning, growing, managing and sustaining its Southern timberlands, entering into cutting contracts with an affiliate of Campbell Global LLC for the sale and harvest of timber and owning a promissory note payable to the Timberland Venture (Note Payable to Timberland Venture) and collecting interest thereon. Our investment in WR-CLP during 2017 is due to a $23 million cash return of investment received during 2017. Additionally, we had $1 million of equity earnings from the joint ventures during third quarter and year-to-date 2017. These equity earnings were distributed during third quarter 2017. We record our share of the equitynet earnings of the Timberland Venture was not attributed to one of our business segments, and was reportedwithin "Equity earnings from joint ventures" in Unallocated Items.

On August 31, 2016, the Timberland Venture redeemed TCG Member’s interest. Upon the redemption, the Timberland Venture distributed all of the timberlands, a portion of the cash balance, and other net assets to TCG Member equal in total to the fair value of TCG Member's adjusted capital account. Following the redemption and distribution of assets to TCG Member, the Timberland Venture's remaining assets consisted of cash and a note receivable from Weyerhaeuser.

As we now hold all of the equity interests in the Timberland Venture, we have consolidated it as a wholly-owned subsidiary and eliminated our equity method investment in the Timberland Venture. As a result, the Note Payable to Timberland Venture is now eliminated for financial reporting purposes in consolidation as it is now intercompany indebtedness and therefore no longer appears on our Consolidated Balance Sheet.

In conjunction with the redemption of TCG Member, we remeasured our previously held equity interest to fair value at August 31, 2016, resulting in recognition of a gain of $6 million in "Interest income and other" on our Consolidated Statement of Operations duringin the third quarter of 2016.period which earnings are recorded by the affiliates.



Twin Creeks Venture

On April 1, 2016, we contributed approximately 260,000 acres of our southern timberlands with an agreed-upon value of approximately $560 million to Twin Creeks Timber, LLC (Twin Creeks Venture), in exchange for cash of approximately $440 million and a 21 percent ownership interest. The other members contributed cash of approximately $440 million for a combined 79 percent ownership interest.

The Twin Creeks Venture is expected to raise total committed capital of up to $950 million from its investors over the next several years. We expect to maintain a 21 percent ownership interest and to contribute additional capital of up to $85 million during the next several years. Unless extended by unanimous vote of all the investors, the term of the Twin Creeks Venture is 15 years.
In conjunction with contributing to the venture, we entered into a separate agreementagreements to manage the timberlands owned by the Twin Creeks Venture, including harvesting activities, marketing and log sales activities, and replanting and silviculture activities. ThisThese management agreement guaranteesagreements guaranteed the Twin Creeks Venture an annual return equal to 3 percent of the venturecontributed value of the managed timberlands in the form of minimum quarterly payments from us equal to 3 percent of the fair value of the managed timberlands.Weyerhaeuser. We arewere also required to annually distribute 75 percent of any profits earned by us in excess of the minimum quarterly payments. The management agreement iswas cancellable at any time by Twin Creeks Timber, LLC, andor otherwise willwould expire after three years.on April 1, 2019.
The guaranteed return that the management agreement requires Weyerhaeuser to provideSubsequent to the Twin Creeks Venture constitutes continuing involvement in the timberlands we contributedquarter ended September 30, 2017, but prior to the venture. This continuing involvement prohibits recognitionissuance of these financial statements, we announced the contribution as a sale and requires applicationredemption of the deposit method to account for the cash payment received. By applying the deposit method to the contribution of timberlands to the venture:
our receipt of $440 million proceeds from the contribution of timberlands to the venture was recorded as a noncurrent liability – "Deposit from contribution of timberlands to related party" – on our Consolidated Balance Sheet;
the contributed timberlands will continue to be reported within the "Timber and timberlands at cost, less depletion charged to disposals" on our Consolidated Balance Sheetwith no change in value;
no gain or loss was recognized in our Consolidated Statement of Operations; and
our balance sheet does not reflect our 21 percent ownership interest in the Twin Creeks Venture.Venture for $108 million in cash. We do not expect to recognize a material gain or loss on the redemption of our ownership interest. Effective December 31, 2017, we will also terminate the agreements under which we have managed the Twin Creeks timberlands. Following termination of these agreements, Weyerhaeuser will have no further responsibilities or obligations related to Twin Creeks. In conjunction with the redemption and termination discussed above, we have also entered into an agreement to sell 100,000 acres of our timberlands to Twin Creeks for $203 million. The sale, which will include 80,000 acres of timberlands in Mississippi and 20,000 acres in Georgia, is expected to close by the end of fourth quarter 2017.
The receipt of $440 million was classified as a cash flow from investing activities
Changes in our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows. The cash proceeds from our contribution of timberlands were used to fund our share repurchases described in Note 5: Net Earnings per Share and Share Repurchases.
The "Deposit from contributionscontribution of timberlands to related party" liability balance will subsequently increase for additional payments received from the venture (e.g., distributions) and decrease for any payments by us to the venture (e.g., the guaranteed return payments) with no corresponding impact to earnings. These cash flows are included in "Other" cash flows from investing activities in our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.during 2017 were as follows:
All revenues and expenses from our harvest and sale of standing timber from the contributed timberland will continue to be reported in our Consolidated Statement of Operations and attributed to our Timberlands business segment as though the contribution had not occurred.

DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS 
Balance as of December 31, 2016$426
Lease payments to Twin Creeks Venture(13)
Distributions from Twin Creeks Venture3
Balance at September 30, 2017$416



NOTE 8: PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

The components of net periodic benefit costs (credits) are:
PENSIONPENSION
QUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDEDQUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016
Service cost(1)
$13
 $14
 $37
 $42
$9
 $13
 $26
 $37
Interest cost70
 65
 207
 198
66
 70
 198
 207
Expected return on plan assets(125) (115) (371) (354)(101) (125) (306) (371)
Amortization of actuarial loss39
 44
 117
 135
48
 39
 145
 117
Amortization of prior service cost1
 1
 3
 3
1
 1
 3
 3
Accelerated pension costs included in Plum Creek merger-related costs (Note 15)

 
 5
 

 
 
 5
Total net periodic benefit cost (credit) - pension$(2) $9
 $(2) $24
$23
 $(2) $66
 $(2)

(1)Service cost includes $3 million and $5$10 million for quartersthe quarter and year-to-date ended September 30, 2016, and September 30, 2015, respectively, and $10 million and $13 million for the year-to-date periods ended September 30, 2016, and September 30, 2015, respectively, for employees that were part of our Cellulose Fibers segment.divestitures. These charges are included in our results of discontinued operations.

 OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS
 QUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015
Interest cost$2
 $2
 $7
 $7
Amortization of actuarial loss2
 2
 6
 7
Amortization of prior service credit(2) (2) (6) (6)
Total net periodic benefit cost - other postretirement benefits$2
 $2
 $7
 $8

ASSUMED PLANS FROM MERGER WITH PLUM CREEK

Upon our merger with Plum Creek, we assumed one qualified pension plan and two nonqualified pension plans. All active participants in these plans became fully vested and the plans were frozen as of February 19, 2016. The cumulative funded status of the assumed plans as of February 19, 2016, was a net liability of $62 million.
 OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS
 QUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016
Interest cost$2
 $2
 $6
 $7
Amortization of actuarial loss2
 2
 6
 6
Amortization of prior service credit(2) (2) (6) (6)
Total net periodic benefit cost - other postretirement benefits$2
 $2
 $6
 $7

The expected return on assets for the qualified plan assumed is 7 percent. Assets of $47 million related to the nonqualified plans are held in a grantor trust and are subject to the claims of creditors in the event of bankruptcy. As a result, these are not considered plan assets and have not been netted against the nonqualified pension liability. These assets are included in "Other assets" in ourConsolidated Balance Sheet.

During first quarter 2016,On January 1, 2017, we recognized $5 millionadopted ASU 2017-07, which affects where components of pension benefitand other postretirement costs from change in control provisions for certain Plum Creek executives. These enhanced pension benefits were triggered by changes in control and retention decisions made afterare presented on the completionConsolidated Statement of the merger (seeOperations. Refer to Note 15: Charges1: Basis of Presentation for Integration and Restructuring, Closures and Impairments). We did not recognize any additional costs for change in control provisions during the second or third quarters of 2016.further information.

During third quarter 2016, we made $37 million of nonqualified pension benefits payments, which included a portion of the enhanced benefits triggered by change in control provisions. These were paid using proceeds from sales of assets held in grantor trusts.



FAIR VALUE OF PENSION PLAN ASSETS AND OBLIGATION

We estimate the fair value of pension plan assets based upon the information available during the year-end reporting process. In some cases, primarily private equity funds, the information available consists of net asset values as of an interim date, cash flows between the interim date and the end of the year and market events. We updatedupdate the year-end estimated fair value of pension plan assets to incorporate year-end net asset values reflected in financial statements received after we have filed our Annual Report on Form 10-K. During second quarter 2016,2017, we recorded an increase in the fair value of the pension assets of $7$17 million, or less than 1 percent. We also updated our census data that is used to estimate our projected benefit obligation for our pension and other postretirement benefit plans. As a result of that update, during second quarter 2016,2017, we recorded an increasea decrease to the projected benefit obligation of $1$10 million, or less than 1 percent. The net effect was a $6$27 million increaseimprovement in the funded status.

Consistent with accounting for the merger as the acquirer in a business combination (see Note 4: Merger with Plum Creek), pension assets and benefit obligations for plans assumed from Plum Creek were re-measuredstatus compared to reflect their fair value as of the merger date. This included updating asset values, updating discount rates to reflect market conditions as of the date of the merger, and freezing benefit accruals. The fair value of these items as of February 19, 2016, were as follows:

$137 million qualified pension plan assets;
$149 million qualified pension plan projected benefit obligation; and
$50 million nonqualified pension plan projected benefit obligation.

No adjustments were made to the fair value of assets or projected benefit obligations of plans assumed from Plum Creek during the second or third quarter.December 31, 2016.

EXPECTED CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFIT PAYMENTS

In 20162017 we expect to:
be required to contribute approximately $17$23 million for our Canadian registered plan;
be required to contribute or make benefit payments for our Canadian nonregistered plans of $3 million;
make benefit payments of $57$26 million for our U.S. nonqualified pension plans, including $38 million of benefit payments for plans assumed from Plum Creek to be paid out of assets held in grantor trusts;plans; and
make benefit payments of $22$21 million for our U.S. and Canadian other postretirement plans.

We do not anticipate making a contribution to our U.S. qualified pension plans for 2016.in 2017.


NOTE 9: ACCRUED LIABILITIES

Accrued liabilities were comprised of the following:
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 30,
2016
 DECEMBER 31,
2015
SEPTEMBER 30,
2017
 DECEMBER 31,
2016
Wages, salaries and severance pay$140
 $117
$132
 $178
Pension and other postretirement benefits50
 44
48
 49
Vacation pay35
 30
35
 33
Taxes – Social Security and real and personal property37
 17
38
 20
Interest89
 102
85
 120
Customer rebates and volume discounts37
 31
46
 39
Deferred income54
 28
60
 40
Accrued income taxes4
 139
Product remediation accrual (Note 16)
179
 
Other91
 58
75
 74
Total$533
 $427
$702
 $692




NOTE 10: LONG-TERM DEBT AND LINES OF CREDIT

This note provides details about our:
long-term debt assumed in the Plum Creek merger and
new term loans issued.

LONG-TERM DEBT ASSUMED IN THE PLUM CREEK MERGER

Through our merger with Plum Creek, we assumed long-term debt instruments consisting of:
two issuances of publicly traded Senior Notes;
an Installment Note (defined and described below); and
the Note Payable to Timberland Venture (defined and described below).

Concurrent with the merger, we repaid in full the outstanding balances of Plum Creek's Revolving Line of Credit and Term Loan using $720 million of cash on hand.

Senior Notes

The assumed Senior Notes are publicly traded and were issued by Plum Creek Timberlands, L.P. (PC Timberlands) and were fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Weyerhaeuser Company as of the acquisition date. During the third quarter 2016, PC Timberlands was merged into Weyerhaeuser Company and Weyerhaeuser Company assumed the obligations. There were two separate issuances of Senior Notes: $569 million (principal) of 4.70 percent notes which mature in 2021 and $325 million (principal) of 3.25 percent notes which mature in 2023. The Senior Notes are redeemable prior to maturity; however, they are subject to a premium on redemption, which is based upon interest rates of U.S. Treasury securities having similar average maturities.

Through preliminary acquisition accounting the Senior Notes were recognized at estimated fair values of $614 million for the 4.70 percent notes and $324 million for the 3.25 percent notes as of the acquisition date. The differences between cash interest payments and the amounts recorded as interest expense at the effective market rates will adjust the carrying values of the notes to the principal amounts at maturity.

Installment Note

We assumed an installment note (Installment Note) payable to WestRock Land and Development, LLC (WR LD) that was issued in connection with Plum Creek's acquisition of certain timberland assets. The principal balance of the Installment Note is $860 million. Following the issuance, WR LD pledged the installment note to certain banks. The annual interest rate on the Installment Note is fixed at 5.207 percent. Interest is paid semi-annually with the principal due upon maturity in December 2023. The term may be extended at the request of the holder if the company at the time of the request intends to refinance all or a portion of the Installment Note for a term of five years or more. The Installment Note is generally not redeemable prior to maturity except in certain limited circumstances and could be subject to a premium on redemption.

We receive patronage refunds under the Installment Note. Patronage refunds are distributions of profits from banks in the farm credit system, which are cooperatives that are required to distribute profits to their members. Patronage distributions, which are made in either cash or stock, are received in the year after they were earned and are recorded as offsets to interest expense.

Through preliminary acquisition accounting, the Installment Note was recognized at an estimated fair value of $893 million as of the acquisition date. The difference between the cash interest payments and the amount being recorded as interest expense at the effective market rate will reduce the carrying value of the Installment Note to the principal amount at the maturity date.

Note Payable to Timberland Venture

We assumed the Note Payable to Timberland Venture, which has a principal balance of $783 million. The annual interest rate on the Note Payable to Timberland Venture is fixed at 7.375 percent. Interest is paid quarterly with the


principal due upon maturity. The note matures on October 1, 2018, but may be extended until October 1, 2020, at our election. The note is not redeemable prior to maturity.

Through preliminary acquisition accounting, the Note Payable to Timberland Venture was recognized at an estimated fair value of $838 million as of the acquisition date. The difference between the cash interest payments and the amount being recorded as interest expense at the effective market rate will reduce the carrying value of the note to the principal amount at the maturity date.

On August 31, 2016, the Timberland Venture redeemed TCG Member's interest and Weyerhaeuser obtained full ownership of the Timberland Venture's equity. As a result, we consolidated the Timberland Venture as a wholly-owned subsidiary and the Note Payable to Timberland Venture is therefore eliminated for financial reporting purposes upon consolidation as it is now intercompany indebtedness. The redemption transaction and consolidation is described in Note 7: Related Parties.

NEW TERM LOANS ISSUED

During February 2016 and subsequent to completion of the Plum Creek merger,March 2017, we entered into a $600 million 18-monthnew $1.5 billion five-year senior unsecured term loan maturingrevolving credit facility that expires in August 2017.March 2022. This replaced a $1 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility that was set to expire September 2018. The entire amount is available to Weyerhaeuser Company. Borrowings are currently at LIBOR plus 1.05 percent. Ata spread or at other interest rates mutually agreed upon between the borrower and the lending banks. As of September 30, 2016, we had $600 million outstanding under this facility.2017, there were no borrowings outstanding.

During March 2016,July 2017, we entered intoprepaid a $1.9 billion 18-month senior unsecured$550 million variable-rate term loan maturingoriginally set to mature in September2020 (2020 term loan). The 2020 term loan was prepaid using available cash of $325 million as well as borrowing proceeds from a new $225 million variable-rate term loan set to mature in 2026 (2026 term loan).

During August 2017, we paid our $281 million 6.95% debentures, originally set to mature in August 2017. Borrowings are currently at LIBOR plus 1.05 percent. At September 30, 2016, we had $1,100 million outstanding under this facility.





NOTE 11: FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The estimated fair values and carrying values of our long-term debt consisted of the following:
SEPTEMBER 30,
2016
 DECEMBER 31,
2015
SEPTEMBER 30,
2017
 DECEMBER 31,
2016
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS
CARRYING 
VALUE
 
FAIR VALUE
(LEVEL 2)
 
CARRYING 
VALUE
 
FAIR VALUE
(LEVEL 2)
CARRYING 
VALUE
 
FAIR VALUE
(LEVEL 2)
 
CARRYING 
VALUE
 
FAIR VALUE
(LEVEL 2)
Long-term debt (including current maturities):              
Fixed rate$6,063
 $7,204
 $4,238
 $4,967
$5,771
 $6,872
 $6,061
 $6,925
Variable rate2,247
 2,250
 549
 550
224
 225
 549
 550
Total Debt$8,310
 $9,454
 $4,787
 $5,517
$5,995
 $7,097
 $6,610
 $7,475

To estimate the fair value of fixed rate long-term debt, we used the following valuation approaches:
market approach – based on quoted market prices we received for the same types and issues of our debt; or
income approach – based on the discounted value of the future cash flows using market yields for the same type and comparable issues of debt.

We believe that our variable rate long-term debt instruments have net carrying values that approximate their fair values with only insignificant differences.

The inputs to these valuations are based on market data obtained from independent sources or information derived principally from observable market data. The difference between the fair value and the carrying value represents the theoretical net premium or discount we would pay or receive to retire all debt at the measurement date.

FAIR VALUE OF OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

We believe that our other financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, mutual fund investments held in grantor trusts, receivables, and payables, have net carrying values that approximate their fair values with only insignificant differences. This is primarily due to the short-term nature of these instruments and the allowance for doubtful accounts.



NOTE 12: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

This note provides details about our:
legal proceedings and
environmental matters.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are party to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. We are not currently a party to any legal proceeding that management believes could have a material adverse effect on our long-term consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. See Note 17:18: Income Taxes for a discussion of a tax proceeding involving Plum Creek REIT'sCreek's 2008 U.S. federal income tax return.

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

Our environmental matters include:
site remediation and
asset retirement obligations.

Site Remediation

Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) – commonly known as the Superfund – and similar state laws, we:
are a party to various proceedings related to the cleanup of hazardous waste sites and
have been notified that we may be a potentially responsible party related to the cleanup of other hazardous waste sites for which proceedings have not yet been initiated.

We have received notification from the Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA) and have acknowledged that we are a potentially responsible party in a portion of the Kalamazoo River Superfund site in southwest Michigan. Our involvement in the remediation site is based on our former ownership of the Plainwell, Michigan mill located within the remediation site. In 2015, we received invitations fromSeveral other companies also operated upstream pulp mills within the EPAremediation site. We are currently cooperating with the other parties to negotiatejointly implement an administrative order issued by the EPA on consent for a contaminant removal action forApril 14, 2016, with respect to a portion of the site comprising a stretch of the river approximately 1.7 miles long that the EPA refersreferred to as the Otsego Township Dam Area. Several other companies also operated upstream pulp mills, and two other parties received the same invitations. On April 14, 2016, the EPA issued an administrative order to the company and the other parties, the terms and scope of which are generally consistent with the company’s and the other parties’ discussions with the EPA. The company and the other parties have begun to jointly implement the administrative order. At this time weWe do not expect to incur material losses related to the implementation of this administrative order; however, we may incur additional costs, as yet not specified, in connection with remediation tasks resulting from other areas of the administrative order.site. The company, along with others, was named as a defendant by Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP, Fort James Corporation and Georgia-Pacific LLC in an action seeking contribution under CERCLA for remediation costs relating to the site. The trial has been concluded but a decision on cost contribution and allocation has not yet been rendered by the Court.

As of September 30, 2016,2017, our total accrual for future estimated remediation costs on the active Superfund sites and other sites for which we are responsible was approximately $37$46 million. These reserves are recorded in "Accrued liabilities" (current) and "Other liabilities" (noncurrent) on our Consolidated Balance Sheet. The accrual has not changed materially since the end of 2015.



Asset Retirement Obligations

We have obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets consisting primarily of reforestation obligations related to forest management licenses in Canada and obligations to close and cap landfills. As of September 30, 2016,2017, our accrued balance for these obligations was $28$30 million. These obligations are recorded in "Accrued liabilities" (current) and "Other liabilities" (noncurrent) on our Consolidated Balance Sheet. The accruals have not changed materially for continuing operations since the end of 2015.2016.

Some of our sites have materials containing asbestos. We have met our current legal obligation to identify and manage these materials. In situations where we cannot reasonably determine when materials containing asbestos might be removed from the sites, we have not recorded an accrual because the fair value of the obligation cannot be reasonably estimated.

PRODUCT REMEDIATION CONTINGENCY

In July 2017, the company announced it was implementing a solution to address concerns regarding our TJI® Joists with Flak Jacket® Protection product. The company has determined that an odor in certain newly constructed homes is related to a recent formula change to the Flak Jacket coating that included a formaldehyde-based resin. This issue is isolated to Flak Jacket product manufactured after December 1, 2016, and does not affect any of the company’s other products. We recorded a pretax charge of $190 million and $240 million in the quarter and year-to-date period ended September 30, 2017, respectively, to accrue for remediation costs. Refer to Note 16: Charges for Product Remediation for further information.


NOTE 13: CUMULATIVE OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

Changes in amounts included in our cumulative other comprehensive income (loss) by component are:
 PENSIONOTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS  PENSION OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS 
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSForeign currency translation adjustmentsActuarial lossesPrior service costsActuarial lossesPrior service creditsUnrealized gains on available-for-sale securitiesTotalForeign currency translation adjustmentsActuarial lossesPrior service costs Actuarial lossesPrior service creditsUnrealized gains on available-for-sale securitiesTotal
Beginning balance as of December 31, 2015$207
$(1,372)$(11)$(77)$35
$6
$(1,212)
Beginning balance as of December 31, 2016$232
$(1,651)$(9) $(67)$29
$7
$(1,459)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications34
(16)
3

1
22
35
1
(3) 

2
35
Income taxes
3

(1)

2

(10)1
 


(9)
Net other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications34
(13)
2

1
24
35
(9)(2) 

2
26
Amounts reclassified from cumulative other comprehensive income (loss)(1)

117
3
6
(6)
120

145
3
 6
(6)
148
Income taxes
(40)(1)(2)1

(42)
(49)(1) (3)1

(52)
Net amounts reclassified from cumulative other comprehensive income (loss)
77
2
4
(5)
78

96
2
 3
(5)
96
Total other comprehensive income (loss)34
64
2
6
(5)1
102
35
87

 3
(5)2
122
Ending balance as of September 30, 2016$241
$(1,308)$(9)$(71)$30
$7
$(1,110)
(1) Actuarial losses and prior service credits (cost) are included in the computation of net periodic benefit costs (credits). See Note 8: Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans.
Ending balance as of September 30, 2017$267
$(1,564)$(9) $(64)$24
$9
$(1,337)
(1) Actuarial losses and prior service credits (cost) are components of net periodic benefit costs (credits). See Note 8: Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans.


NOTE 14: SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

In year-to-date 2016, we granted 6,121,835 stock options, 1,954,796 restricted stock units (RSUs), 495,079 performance share units (PSUs) and 106,752 stock appreciation rights. In addition, 1,166,591 outstanding RSUs and 288,780 outstanding PSUs vestedShare-based compensation activity during year-to-date 2016. 2017 included the following:
SHARES IN THOUSANDSGranted Vested
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)763
 710
Performance Share Units (PSUs)348
 160

A total of 3,034,3494.5 million shares of common stock were issued as a result of RSU vesting, PSU vesting and stock option exercises.

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION RESULTING FROM OUR MERGER WITH PLUM CREEKRESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

IncludedThe weighted average fair value of the RSUs granted in 2017 was $32.79. The vesting provisions for RSUs granted in 2017 were as follows:
vest ratably over four years;
immediately vest in the award activity above are replacement awards granted as a resultevent of the merger with Plum Creek. Eligible outstanding Plum Creek stock options, restricted stock unit and deferred stock unit awards were converted into equivalent equity awards with respect to Weyerhaeuser Common Shares, after giving effect to the appropriate adjustments to reflect the consummation of the merger. In total, we issued replacement awards consisting of 1,953,128 stock options and 1,248,006 RSUs. We also assumed 289,910 value management awards (VMAs) through the merger with Plum Creek.death while employed or disability;


continue to vest upon retirement at an age of at least 62, but a portion of the grant is forfeited if retirement occurs before the one-year anniversary of the grant;
continue vesting for one year in the event of involuntary termination when the retirement criteria has not been met; and
will be entirely forfeited upon termination of employment in all other situations including early retirement prior to age 62.

Replacement Stock Option AwardsPERFORMANCE SHARE UNITS

The weighted average grant date fair value of PSUs granted in 2017 was $37.93.

The final number of shares granted in 2017 will range from 0 percent to 150 percent of each grant's target, depending upon actual company performance.

The ultimate number of PSUs earned is based on two measures:
our relative total shareholder return (TSR) ranking measured against the S&P 500 over a three year period and
our relative TSR ranking measured against an industry peer group of companies over a three year period.

The vesting provisions for PSUs granted in 2017 were as follows:
vest 100 percent on the third anniversary of the grant date if the individual remains employed by the company;
fully vest in the event the participant dies or becomes disabled while employed;
continue to vest upon retirement at an age of at least 62, but a portion of the grant is forfeited if retirement occurs before the one year anniversary of the grant;
continue vesting for one year in the event of involuntary termination when the retirement criteria has not been met and the employee has met the second anniversary of the grant date; and
will be entirely forfeited upon termination of employment in all other situations including early retirement prior to age 62.

The replacementWeighted Average Assumptions Used in Estimating the Value of Performance Share Units Granted in 2017
 Performance Share Units
Performance period1/1/2017 - 12/31/2019 
Valuation date average stock price (1)
$32.79 
Expected dividends3.74%
Risk-free rate0.68%1.55%
Expected volatility22.71%24.07%
(1) Calculated as an average of the high and low prices on grant date.

STOCK OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

We granted no stock optionoptions or stock appreciation rights during 2017, nor do we expect to make any such grants during the remainder of 2017.

VALUE MANAGEMENT AWARDS

Value Management Awards (VMAs) are relative performance equity incentive awards issued as a resultgranted to certain former employees of Plum Creek and assumed by the company in connection with the Plum Creek merger. In accordance with the terms of the merger, with Plum Creek have similar exercise provisions as the terms of our current awards. All replacement stock option awards were fully vested prior to the date of the merger, so no expense will be recorded. The value of the replacement stock option awards was $5 million, which was included in the equity consideration issued in the merger as described in Note 4: Merger with Plum Creek.

Replacement Restricted Stock Unit Awards

The replacement RSUs issued as a result of the merger with Plum Creek have similar vesting provisions as the terms of existing Weyerhaeuser restricted stock unit awards. Expense for replacement RSUs will continue to be recognized over the remaining service period unless a qualifying termination occurs. A qualifying termination of an awardee will result in acceleration of vesting and expense recognition in the period that the qualifying termination occurs. Qualifying terminations during year-to-date 2016 resulted in accelerated vesting of 686,096 of the replacement RSUs and recognition of $15 million of expense. This accelerated expense is included in merger-related integration costs as described in Note 15: Charges for Integration and Restructuring, Closures and Asset Impairments.

Value Management Awards

Following the merger, theall VMAs assumed were valued at target. All outstanding VMAs, if earned, will veston December 31, 2017, will vest at “target” level performance of $100 per unit and will be paid in the first quarter of 2018. The VMAs are classified and accounted for as liabilities, as they will be settled in cash upon vesting. The expense recognized over the remaining performance period will equal the cash value of an award as of the last day of the performance period multiplied by the number of awards that are earned. Expense for VMAs will continue to be recognized over the remaining service period unless a qualifying termination occurs. A qualifying termination of an awardeeany holder of a VMA award before December 31, 2017, will result in acceleration ofaccelerate vesting and expense recognition in the period that the qualifying termination occurs. Qualifying terminations during year-to-date 2016 resulted in $6 million of expense recognized. This accelerated expense is included in merger-related integration costs as described in Note 15: Charges for Integration and Restructuring, Closures and Asset Impairments.

STOCK OPTIONS

Excluding replacement awards granted as a result of the merger, the weighted average exercise price of stock options granted to date in 2016 was $23.09. The vesting and post-termination vesting terms for stock options granted to date in 2016 were as follows:
vest ratably over four years, except for the replacement stock option awards granted as a result of the Plum Creek merger, which were fully vested as of the grant date;
vest or continue to vest in the event of death while employed, disability or retirement at an age of at least 62;
continue to vest upon retirement at an age of at least 62, but a portion of the grant forfeits if retirement occurs before the one year anniversary of the grant;
continue to vest for one year in the event of involuntary termination when the retirement criteria has not been met; and
stop vesting for all other situations including early retirement prior to age 62.



Weighted Average Assumptions Used in Estimating the Value of Stock Options Granted in 2016
Stock Options(1)
Expected volatility25.43%
Expected dividends5.37%
Expected term (in years)4.95
Risk-free rate1.28%
Weighted average grant date fair value
$2.73
(1)Weighted average assumptions presented do not include the replacement stock option awards issued as consideration for our merger with Plum Creek.

RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

Excluding replacement awards granted as a result of the merger, the weighted average fair value of the RSUs granted in 2016 was $23.09. The vesting provisions for RSUs granted in 2016 were as follows:
vest ratably over four years;
immediately vest in the event of death while employed or disability;
continue to vest upon retirement at an age of at least 62, but a portion of the grant forfeits if retirement occurs before the one year anniversary of the grant;
continue vesting for one year in the event of involuntary termination when the retirement criteria has not been met; and
will forfeit upon termination of employment in all other situations including early retirement prior to age 62.

PERFORMANCE SHARE UNITS

The weighted average grant date fair value of PSUs granted in 2016 was $20.83.

The final number of shares granted in 2016 will range from 0 percent to 150 percent of each grant's target, depending upon actual company performance.

The ultimate number of PSUs earned is based on three measures:
our relative total shareholder return (TSR) ranking measured against the S&P 500 over a three year period;
our relative TSR ranking measured against an industry peer group of companies over a three year period; and
achievement of Plum Creek merger cost synergy targets.

The vesting provisions for PSUs granted in 2016 were as follows:
vest 100 percent on the third anniversary of the grant date as long as the individual remains employed by the company;
fully vest in the event the participant dies or becomes disabled while employed;
continue to vest upon retirement at an age of at least 62, but a portion of the grant forfeits if retirement occurs before the one year anniversary of the grant;
continue vesting for one year in the event of involuntary termination when the retirement criteria has not been met and the employee has met the second anniversary of the grant date; and
will forfeit upon termination of employment in all other situations including early retirement prior to age 62.



Weighted Average Assumptions Used in Estimating the Value of Performance Share Units Granted in 2016
 Performance Share Units
Performance period1/1/2016 – 12/31/2018 
Valuation date closing stock price$23.09 
Expected dividends5.37%
Risk-free rate0.48%0.93%
Expected volatility23.57%28.09%

STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

Stock appreciation rights are re-measured to reflect the fair value at each reporting period. The following table shows the weighted average assumptions applied to all outstanding stock appreciation rights as of September 30, 2016.

Weighted Average Assumptions Used to Re-measure the Value of Stock Appreciation Rights as of September 30, 2016
Stock Appreciation Rights
Expected volatility23.08%
Expected dividends4.14%
Expected term (in years)2.21
Risk-free rate0.86%
Weighted average fair value
$7.07

The vesting and post-termination vesting terms for stock appreciation rights granted in 2016 are the same as for stock options described above.





NOTE 15: CHARGES FOR INTEGRATION AND RESTRUCTURING, CLOSURES AND ASSET IMPAIRMENTS


QUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDEDQUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016
Integration and restructuring charges related to our merger with Plum Creek:       Integration and restructuring charges related to our merger with Plum Creek:      
Termination benefits$4
 $
 $52
 $
$
 $4
 $6
 $52
Acceleration of share-based compensation related to qualifying terminations (Note 14)

 
 21
 
Acceleration of pension benefits related to qualifying terminations (Note 8)

 
 5
 
Acceleration of share-based compensation and pension related benefits related to qualifying terminations
 
 
 26
Professional services6
 
 45
 
5
 6
 10
 45
Other integration and restructuring costs4
 
 9
 
1
 4
 4
 9
Total integration and restructuring charges related to our merger with Plum Creek14
 
 132
 
6
 14
 20
 132
Charges related to closures and other restructuring activities:              
Termination benefits1
 
 4
 1

 1
 2
 4
Other closures and restructuring costs1
 1
 3
 1
2
 1
 3
 3
Total charges related to closures and other restructuring activities2
 1
 7
 2
2
 2
 5
 7
Impairments of long-lived assets
 1
 2
 14
6
 
 153
 2
Total charges for integration and restructuring, closures and impairments$16

$2

$141

$16
$14
 $16
 $178
 $141

INTEGRATION, RESTRUCTURING AND CLOSURES

During 2017, we incurred and accrued for termination benefits (primarily severance) and non-recurring professional services costs directly attributable to our merger with Plum Creek.

During 2016, we incurred and accrued for termination benefits (primarily severance), accelerated share-based payment costs, and accelerated pension benefits based upon actual and expected qualifying terminations of certain employees as a result of restructuring decisions made subsequent to the merger. We also incurred non-recurring professional services costs for investment banking, legal and consulting, and certain other fees directly attributable to our merger with Plum Creek.

During 2015, we recognized a noncash impairment charge of $13 million in first quarter 2015 related to a nonstrategic asset held in Unallocated Items that was sold in second quarter 2015. The fair value of the asset was determined using significant unobservable inputs (level 3) based on discounted cash flow model.

Changes in accrued severance related to restructuring during the year-to-date period ended September 30, 2016,2017, were as follows:
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS
Accrued severance as of December 31, 2015$5
Accrued severance as of December 31, 2016$26
Charges56
8
Payments(33)(20)
Accrued severance as of September 30, 2016$28
Accrued severance as of September 30, 2017$14

Accrued severance is recorded within the "Wages, salaries and severance pay" component of "Accrued liabilities" on our Consolidated Balance Sheet as detailed in Note 9: Accrued Liabilities. The majority of the accrued severance balance as of September 30, 2016,2017, is expected to be paid within one year.

IMPAIRMENTS OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS

In second quarter 2017, we recognized an impairment charge to the timberlands and manufacturing assets of our Uruguayan operations. On June 2, 2017, our Board of Directors approved an agreement to sell all of the Company's equity in the Uruguayan operations to a consortium led by BTG Pactual's Timberland Investment Group (TIG.) As a result of this agreement, the related assets met the criteria to be classified as held for sale at June 30, 2017. This designation required us to record the related assets at fair value, less an amount of estimated selling costs, and thus recognize a $147 million noncash pretax impairment charge. This amount was recorded in the Timberlands segment. The fair value of the related assets was primarily based on the agreed upon cash purchase price of $403 million. On September 1, 2017, we announced the completion of the sale. Refer to Note 3: Discontinued Operations and Other Divestituresfor further details of the Uruguayan operations sale.

Additionally, in September 2017, we recognized an impairment charge of $6 million related to a non-strategic asset in our Wood Products segment. The fair value of the asset was determined using a contract value associated with a pending asset sale.

NOTE 16:CHARGES FOR PRODUCT REMEDIATION

In July 2017, the company announced it was implementing a solution to address concerns regarding our TJI® Joists with Flak Jacket® Protection product. The company has determined that an odor in certain newly constructed homes is related to a recent formula change to the Flak Jacket coating that included a formaldehyde-based resin. This issue is isolated to Flak Jacket product manufactured after December 1, 2016, and does not affect any of the company’s other products. The company also announced it will cover the cost to either remediate or replace affected joists. The company estimates that approximately 2,400homes are affected.




The company recorded a liability of $50 million in second quarter 2017 based on the preliminary information that was available at that time. As remediation work has progressed, the company has obtained additional information and experience about the scope of the required remediation efforts and associated costs. Accordingly, we have adjusted our liability to account for the higher than originally expected cost per home for remediation, a modest increase in the estimated number of homes affected, as well as additional homebuilder and homeowner reimbursements. We recorded pretax charges of $190 million and $240 million in the quarter and year-to-date period ended September 30, 2017, respectively, to accrue for expected costs associated with the remediation. The charges are attributable to our Wood Products segment and were recorded in "Charges for product remediation," on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. As of September 30, 2017, $61 million has been paid out in relation to our remediation efforts. The remaining accrual of $179 million is recorded in "Accrued liabilities" on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The company ultimately expects a significant portion of the total expense will be covered by insurance, however, as of the date of these financial statements no amounts related to potential recoveries have been recorded.


NOTE 17: OTHER OPERATING COSTS (INCOME), NET

Other operating costs (income), net:
includes both recurring and occasional income and expense items and
can fluctuate from year to year.

ITEMS INCLUDED IN OTHER OPERATING COSTS (INCOME), NET
QUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDEDQUARTER ENDED YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016
Gain on disposition of nonstrategic assets$(8) $(1) $(54) $(7)
Gain on disposition of non-strategic assets (1)
$(5) $(8) $(14) $(54)
Foreign exchange losses (gains), net(2)1
 20
 (11) 41
(3) 1
 
 (11)
Litigation expense, net2
 6
 23
 17
8
 2
 14
 23
Other, net5
 6
 (5) 5
(12) 2
 2
 (14)
Total other operating costs (income), net$
 $31
 $(47) $56
$(12) $(3) $2
 $(56)

Gain on disposition of nonstrategic assets included a $36 million pretax gain recognized in the first quarter of 2016 on the sale of our Federal Way, Washington headquarters campus.
Foreign exchange losses (gains) result from changes in exchange rates, primarily related to our Canadian operations.
(1)Gain on disposition of non-strategic assets included a $36 million pretax gain recognized in the first quarter of 2016 on the sale of our Federal Way, Washington headquarters campus. The remaining gains on disposition of non-strategic assets includes sales such as redundant offices and nurseries.
(2)Foreign exchange losses (gains) result from changes in exchange rates, primarily related to our Canadian operations.


NOTE 17:18: INCOME TAXES
As a REIT, we generally are not subject to federal corporate level income taxes on REIT taxable income that is distributed to shareholders. We are required to pay corporate income taxes on earnings of our TRS,wholly-owned TRSs, which includes our manufacturing businessesWood Products segment and portions of our Timberlands and Real Estate & ENR segments' earnings.

The quarterly provision for income taxes is based on the current estimate of the annual effective tax rate. Our 20162017 estimated annual effective tax rate for our TRSTRSs is approximately 3334 percent, which is lower than the U.S. domestic


statutory federal tax rate primarily due to lower foreign tax rates applicable to foreign earnings, partially offset by state income taxes.earnings.

FollowingONGOING IRS MATTER

In connection with the merger with Plum Creek, we acquired equity interests in first quarterSouthern Diversified Timber, LLC, a timberland joint venture (Timberland Venture) with an affiliate of Campbell Global LLC (TCG Member). On August 31, 2016, our income tax receivablesthe Timberland Venture redeemed TCG Member's interest and deferred income tax balances for our TRS have been adjusted to include Plum Creek’s TRS, which include $4 million in federal income tax receivables and $65 million in deferred income tax assets arising from temporary differences between the tax bases and book basesbecame a fully consolidated, wholly-owned subsidiary of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the merger. See Note 4: Merger with Plum Creekfor additional details.

ONGOING IRS MATTERWeyerhaeuser. 

We received a Notice of Final Partnership Administrative Adjustment (FPAA), dated July 20, 2016, from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in regard to Plum Creek REIT’sCreek’s 2008 U.S. federal income tax treatment of the transaction forming the Timberland Venture. The IRS is asserting that the transfer of the timberlands to the Timberland Venture was a taxable transaction to the companyPlum Creek at the time of the transfer rather than a nontaxable capital contribution. We have filed a petition in the U.S. Tax Court and will vigorously contest this adjustment.

In the event that we are unsuccessful in this tax litigation, we could be required to recognize and distribute gain to shareholders of approximately $600 million and pay built-in gains tax of approximately $100 million. We would also be required to pay interest on both of those amounts, which would be substantial. We expect that asAs much as 80 percent of any such gain distribution could be made with our common stock, and shareholders would be subject to tax on the distribution at the applicable capital gains tax rate. Alternatively, we could elect to retain the gain and pay corporate-level tax to minimize interest costs to the company.

Although the outcome of this process cannot be predicted with certainty, we are confident in our position based on U.S. tax law and believe we will be successful in defending it. Accordingly, no reserve has been recorded related to this matter.




MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (MD&A)

NOTE ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This report contains statements concerning our future results and performance that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements may appear throughout this report. These statements:
forward-looking statements generally are identified by words such as “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” and expressions such as “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar words and expressions. Forward-looking statements are based on variousour current expectations and assumptions we make and
may are not be accurate becauseguarantees of future performance. The realization of our expectations and the accuracy of our assumptions are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties surrounding the assumptions that we make.

Factors listed in this section – as well as other factors not included – may cause our actual results to differ significantly from our forward-looking statements. There is no guarantee that any of the events anticipated by our forward-looking statements will occur. Or if any of the events occur, there is no guarantee what effect they will have on our operations or financial condition.

We will not update our forward-looking statements after the date of this report.

FORWARD-LOOKING TERMINOLOGY

Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often use words such as expects, may, should, will, believes, anticipates, estimates, projects, intends, plans, targets and approximately. They may use the positive or negative or other variation of those and similar words.

STATEMENTS

We make forward-looking statements in this report concerning our plans, strategies, intentions and expectations, including with respect to estimated taxes and tax rates, expectations relating to shares, share repurchases, share compensation, dilution and dividends, expected results of legal proceedings and the sufficiency of litigation reserves, expected uses of cash, expectations relating to pension contributions and benefit payments, and our expectations relating to the U.S. housing market, economic conditions, strength of the U.S. dollar and demand for our products.

We base our forward-looking statements on a number of factors, including the expected effect of:
the economy,
laws and regulations,
adverse litigation outcomes and the adequacy of reserves,
changes in accounting principles,
contributions to pension plans,
projected benefit payments,
projected tax treatment, rates and credits, and
other related matters.

You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all such factors and, consequently, you should not consider any such list to be a complete set of all potential risks or uncertainties. Should other risks or uncertainties materialize, or should our underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, actual results could differ materially from past results as well as from our estimated or projected results.



RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES AND ASSUMPTIONS

Major risks and uncertainties – and assumptions that we make – that affect our business and may cause actual results to differ materially from thesethose described in the forward-looking statementsstatements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to:
the effect of general economic conditions, including employment rates, interest rate levels, housing starts, general availability of financing for home mortgages and the relative strength of the U.S. dollar;
market demand for ourthe company's products, including market demand for our timberland properties with higher and better uses, which is related to, among other factors, the strength of the various U.S. business segments and U.S. and international economic conditions;
changes in currency exchange rates and restrictions on international trade;
performance of our manufacturing operations, including maintenance and capital requirements;
potential disruptions in our manufacturing operations;
the level of competition from domestic and foreign producers;
raw material availability and prices;
our ability to successfully realize the effect of weather;
expected benefits from the risk of loss from fires, floods, windstorms, hurricanes, pest infestation and other natural disasters;
energy prices;merger with Plum Creek;
the successful execution of our internal plans and strategic initiatives, including without limitation the realization ofrestructuring and cost and operational synergies;reduction initiatives;
the successful and timely execution and integration of our strategic acquisitions, including our ability to realize expected benefits and synergies, and the successful and timely execution of our strategic divestitures, each of which is subject to a number of risks and conditions beyond our control including, but not limited to, timing and required regulatory approvals;
raw material availability and prices;
the effect of weather;
the risk of loss from fires, floods, windstorms, hurricanes, pest infestation and other natural disasters;
energy prices;
transportation and labor availability and costs;
federal tax policies, interpretations or rulings;policies;
the effect of forestry, land use, environmental and other governmental regulations;
legal proceedings;
performance of pension fund investments and related derivatives;
the effect of timing of retirements and changes in the market price of our common stock on charges for share-based compensation;
the accuracy of our estimates of costs and expenses related to contingent liabilities;
changes in accounting principles; and
other factors described under “Risk Factors”risks and uncertainties identified in our 20152016 Annual Report on Form 10-K, andwhich are incorporated herein by reference, as well as those set forth from time to time in our Registration Statement on Form S-4/A filed on December 23, 2015.other public statements and other reports and filings with the SEC.

EXPORTING ISSUES

We are a large exporter, affected by:
economic activity in Europe and Asia, especially Japan and China;
currency exchange rates – particularly the relative valueForward-looking statements speak only as of the U.S. dollar, Canadian dollar, eurodate they are made, and yen; andwe undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events, or otherwise.
restrictions on international trade or tariffs imposed on imports.




RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

In reviewing our results of operations, it is important to understand these terms:

Sales realizations for Timberlands and Wood Products refer to net selling prices – this includes selling price plus freight, minus normal sales deductions. Real Estate transactions are presented at the contract sales price before commissions and closing costs, net of any credits.
Net contribution to earnings does not include interest expense and income taxes.

In the following discussion, unless otherwise noted, references to increases or decreases in income and expense items, sales realizations, shipment volumes, and net contributions to earnings are based on the quarter and year-to-date period ended September 30, 2016,2017, compared to the quarter and year-to-date period ended September 30, 2015.2016.

Our merger with Plum Creek during first quarter 2016 significantly impacted the comparability of our consolidated operating results between 2016 and 2015. As a result of progress made to integrate financial processes and systems since the merger date, the results beginning on February 19, 2016, from acquired Plum Creek operations and the respective impacts of these results on our current period results are impracticable to disclose in the quarter and year-to-date period ended September 30, 2016. Our prior period results do not include pre-merger results of Plum Creek operations.

When compared to historical Plum Creek results, the post-merger results of the acquired operations are significantly impacted by the following items:

Increased depletion charges and increased basis of real estate sold as a result of applying acquisition accounting to Timber and timberlands assets acquired as described in Note 4: Merger with Plum Creekand



ECONOMIC AND MARKET CONDITIONS AFFECTING OUR OPERATIONS

The demand for logs within our Timberlands segment is directly affected by production levels of domestic wood-based building products. The strength of the U.S. housing market strongly affects demand in our Wood Products segment, as does repair and remodeling activity. Our Timberlands segments. As publishedsegment, specifically the Western region, is also affected by export demand. Japanese housing starts are a key driver of export log demand in Japan.
In the first nine months of 2017, housing starts averaged 1.19 million total units on a seasonally adjusted annual basis according to the U.S. Census Bureau,Bureau. Single family units accounted for 70 percent of total housing starts 2017 year to date. While total housing start growth has slowed in 2017, there has been a shift in construction from multifamily units which are down 8 percent year over year, to single family units, which have increased 9 percent over the same period. This shift to the more wood intensive single family construction has been positive for 2015 were 1.11 million units.wood product demand. We continue to expect improving U.S. housing starts and anticipate a level of approximately 1.181.21 million units in 2016 as2017, a result of3 percent increase compared to 2016. We attribute this continued improvement primarily to employment growth, improving consumer confidence and continued historically low mortgage rates. In the first nine months of 2016, housing starts averaged 1.15 million total units on a seasonally adjusted annual basis according
According to the U.S. Census Bureau and single family units averaged 0.77 million as a seasonally adjusted annual rate. This is consistent with expectations for 7 percent to 8 percent year-over-year growth in housing starts. Repair and remodeling activity is also a driver of wood product demand. The Joint Center for Housing of Harvard University, is projecting an increase in remodeling expendituresthe Leading Indicator of 8.6Remodeling Activity (LIRA), has increased by 6.9 percent in 2016first half of 2017 and is expected to average just under 6.7 percent year over 2015.year for 2017.

U.S. wood product markets advanced in the first half of 2017, consistent with growth in homebuilding and remodeling segments, as described above. According to Forest Economic Advisors, LLC (FEA), North American lumber consumption is expected to grow at a 4 to 5 percent rate in 2017. Consistent with this expectation, demand for logs increased with wood products production within our Western region. This coupled with higher market prices in third quarter 2017 drove higher realizations within this region. In the South, log supplies kept pace with increased demand, leaving prices flat to slightly down year-to-date.
Log inventories in Chinese ports have been stable through September 2017 as reported by International Wood Markets China Bulletin. Log and lumber demand in China remain strong due to higher construction activity. In Japan, housing starts for January through August 2017 are up 1 percent from the same period last year.
We expect demand from China and Japan in 2017 to be similar to modestly improved from demand experienced in 2016.
Our Real Estate, & ENREnergy and Natural Resources segment is affected by the health of the U.S. economy and especially the U.S. housing sector which influencesof the real estate market.economy. According to the Realtors Land Institute of the National Association of Realtors, land transaction prices and volumes of rural timber properties sold in 2016 grew 5 percent over 2015 sales. Additionally, sales of these types of properties are expected to be the same or strongergrow 3 percent in 20162017 when compared to 2015.2016.

Demand
SOFTWOOD LUMBER AGREEMENT

We operate a total of 19 softwood lumber mills with a total capacity of 4.9 billion board feet. Three of these mills are located in Canada, produce approximately 900 million board feet annually, and sell products in Canada, Asia, and the U.S.
On April 24, 2017, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a preliminary determination that it would implement countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber shipments to the U.S. The rate applicable to Weyerhaeuser is 19.88 percent and became effective as of April 28, 2017. The U.S. Department of Commerce also announced that retroactive deposits at the 19.88 percent rate will be collected from certain Canadian lumber producers, including Weyerhaeuser, for logssoftwood lumber shipments from our Timberlands segment is affected by production levels of wood-based building products.Canada to the U.S. wood product markets advanced induring the first nine months of 2016, consistent with homebuilding and remodeling segments and helped by a rising single family share of total housing starts. Single family starts are up 10 percent year90-day period prior to date over the same period last yearApril 28, 2017.
The preliminary countervailing duties were suspended on a seasonally adjusted basis. Demand for logs increased with wood products production, and log supplies kept pace, leaving prices relatively flat year to date for western and southern sawlogs and southern pulpwood. Our western holdings are also affected by export demand. Log inventories in Chinese ports were lower in 2016 thanAugust 26, 2017, at which time we effectively stopped accruing for the same period in 2015 and demand was modestly improved over 2015. Japan housing starts for January through August 2016 are up 5 percent fromexpense.  The suspension of the same periodcountervailing duties will last year. Housing starts are a key driveruntil the US International Trade Commission reaches its final determination of wood product and log demand in Japan. We expect demand from China and Japan in 2016injury, which is expected to be similar to 2015.in December of this year.

On June 26, 2017, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a preliminary determination that it would implement anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood lumber shipments to the U.S. The rate applicable to Weyerhaeuser is 6.87 percent and became effective as of June 30, 2017. The U.S. Department of Commerce also announced that retroactive deposits at the 6.87 percent rate will be collected from certain Canadian lumber producers, including Weyerhaeuser, for softwood lumber shipments from Canada to the U.S. during the 90-day period prior to June 30, 2017.
Year-to-date 2017, we recorded an expense of approximately $9 million in our Wood Products segment related to the retroactive countervailing and antidumping duties. We have also expensed prospective duties as incurred, which as of September 30, 2017 totaled $7 million. As of


September 30, 2017, we have expensed a total of $5 million quarter-to-date 2017 and $16 million year-to-date 2017 for retroactive and prospective duties combined.



CONSOLIDATED RESULTS

How We Did Third Quarter 2017 and Year-to-Date 20162017
QUARTER ENDED
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE

YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
QUARTER ENDED
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE

YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER-SHARE FIGURESSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015
2016 VS.
2015

SEPTEMBER 2016
SEPTEMBER 2015
2016 VS. 
2015
SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016
2017 VS.
2016

SEPTEMBER 2017
SEPTEMBER 2016
2017 VS. 
2016
Net sales$1,709
 $1,355
 $354
 $4,769
 $3,980
 $789
$1,872
 $1,709
 $163
 $5,373
 $4,769
 $604
Costs of products sold1,314
 1,073
 241
 3,661
 3,123
 538
1,374
 1,328
 46
 3,982
 3,702
 280
Operating income274
 166
 108
 685
 516
 169
205
 261
 (56) 655
 648
 7
Earnings of discontinued operations, net of tax65
 59
 6
 123
 111
 12
Earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax
 65
 (65) 
 123
 (123)
Net earnings attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders227
 180
 47
 454
 403
 51
130
 227
 (97) 311
 454
 (143)
Earnings per share attributable to Weyerhaeuser shareholders, basic$0.30
 $0.35
 $(0.05) $0.64
 $0.78
 $(0.14)$0.17
 $0.30
 $(0.13) $0.41
 $0.64
 $(0.23)
Earnings per share attributable to Weyerhaeuser shareholders, diluted$0.30
 $0.35
 $(0.05) $0.64
 $0.77
 $(0.13)$0.17
 $0.30
 $(0.13) $0.41
 $0.64
 $(0.23)

Comparing Third Quarter 20162017 with Third Quarter 20152016

Net sales

Net sales increased $354$163 million – 2610 percent – primarily attributable to the following factors:
Timberlands segmentWood Products sales to unaffiliated customers increased $174$122 million – 56 percent – due to higher delivered logs sales volumes primarily attributable to acquired Plum Creek operations. This increase was partially offset by lower average sales realizations. The decrease in average sales realizations is primarily attributable to the increase in sales volume for the South, which has lower average sales realizations compared to the West. The South comprised 33 percent of net sales for the quarter compared with 21 percent of net sales for third quarter 2015.
Real Estate & ENR segment sales increased $26 million – 11810 percent – primarily due to increased average sales realizations across all product lines, as well as, increased sales volumes within our engineered solid section and engineered I-joists product lines. Additionally, upon completion of the sales of our former Cellulose Fibers businesses, chips previously sold to Cellulose Fibers are now sales to unaffiliated customers.
Real Estate & ENR sales to unaffiliated buyers increased $34 million – 71 percent – primarily attributable to a $33 million increase in net real estate sales. This is attributable to increases in volume of timberland acres sold, and increased ENR sales volume attributable to the operations acquired in our merger with Plum Creek, partially offset by a decrease in average price realized per timberland acre.
Timberlands sales to unaffiliated customers increased $7 million – 1 percent – primarily attributable to an increase in Western Timberlands average sales realizations for delivered logs. These increases were partially offset by decreased Southern average sales realizations and decreased Northern delivered log sales volumes.
Costs of products sold

Costs of products sold increased $46 million – 3 percent – primarily attributable to the following:
Intercompany eliminations of costs of products sold decreased $54 million, therefore increasing consolidated cost of products sold. This reduction in intercompany costs of products sold is primarily due to the completion of the sales of our former Cellulose Fibers businesses. Chips and logs previously sold to Cellulose Fibers are now sales to unaffiliated customers and therefore have related cost of products sold.
Wood Products segment costs of products sold increased $25 million – 3 percent – primarily due to an increase in log and manufacturing costs, offset by a decrease in sales volume.
Real Estate & ENR segment costs of products sold increased $5 million – 19 percent – attributable to higher sales volumes and higher basis of real estate sold.
These increases to costs of products sold were offset by decreased Timberlands segment costs of products sold, which decreased $42 million –8 percent – primarily due to decreases in sales volumes and reduced silvicultural activities due to weather.

Operating income

Operating income decreased $56 million – 21 percent – primarily attributable to "Charges for product remediation" – $190 million. Refer to Note 16: Charges for Product Remediationfor further information. Excluding this charge, operating income increased $134 million, which is primarily due to increased gross margin, as explained above.

Net earnings attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders

Our Net earnings attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders decreased $97 million – 43 percent. Excluding 2016 "Earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax," net earnings attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders decreased $32 million. This is attributable to decreased operating income, as described above, and:


a $29 million increase in expense related to "Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit (costs) credits" due to a decrease in the expected return on our plan assets and an increase in the amortization of actuarial losses.
an $8 million decrease in "Equity earnings from joint ventures." This is attributable to equity earnings from our Timberland Venture, which effective August 31, 2016, is consolidated as a wholly-owned subsidiary.
These are partially offset by:
a decrease in "Interest expense, net of capitalized interest" – $16 million. Refer to Interest Expense for further detail.
a change from an income tax expense in third quarter 2016 to an income tax benefit in third quarter 2017 – $49 million. Refer to Income Taxes for further information.
"Earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax," decreased $65 million as all discontinued operations were sold in 2016.

Comparing Year-to-Date 2017 with Year-to-Date 2016
Net sales

Net sales increased $154$604 million – 1513 percent – primarily attributable to the following factors:
Wood Products sales to unaffiliated customers increased $443 million – 13 percent – primarily due to increased medium density fiberboardaverage sales generated fromrealizations within our operations acquired from our merger with Plum Creek; increased oriented strand board and structural lumber product lines. Additionally, upon completion of the sales of our former Cellulose Fibers businesses, chips previously sold to Cellulose Fibers are now sales to unaffiliated customers.
Timberlands sales to unaffiliated customers increased $104 million – 8 percent – primarily due to an increase in Southern and plywood averageOther (primarily Twin Creeks) delivered log sales realizations; andvolumes. In addition to the increased lumber and plywood sales volumes, Timberlands net sales also increased due to increased recreational lease revenue.
Real Estate & ENR sales to unaffiliated buyers increased $56 million – 45 percent – primarily due to increased net real estate sales attributable to increases in volume of acres sold. Additionally, our net energy and natural resources sales increased, attributable to the operations acquired in our merger with Plum Creek.

Costs of products sold

Costs of products sold increased $241$280 million – 228 percent – primarily attributable to the following:
Timberlands segmentIntercompany eliminations of costs of products sold increased $161decreased $147 million, primarily due to:
increased sales volumes as described above and higher depletion rates in the South and West for acquired Plum Creek timberlands, which were measured at fair value as of the merger date; and
increased silviculture and reforestation costs, which is attributable to the significant increase in our timberlands holdings resulting from the merger;
Real Estate & ENR segmenttherefore increasing consolidated cost of products. This reduction in intercompany costs of products sold increased $23 millionis primarily due to increased real estatethe completion of the sales of our former Cellulose Fibers businesses. Chips and ENRlogs previously sold to Cellulose Fibers are now sales volume as explained above, coupled with an increase in the average basisto unaffiliated customers and therefore have related cost of real estate sold attributable to measuring acquired Plum Creek land at fair value in acquisition accounting; andproducts sold.
Wood Products segment costs of products sold increased $66$134 million – 5 percent – primarily due to increased sales volume as described above. Thisan increase is partially offset by lower resinin log and manufacturing costs, per unit.offset by a decrease in sales volume.


These increases to costs of products sold were offset by decreased Timberlands segment costs of products sold, which decreased $15 million – 1 percent – primarily due to continued focus on merger synergies and operational excellence as well as lower sales volumes in the West.

Operating income

Operating income increased $108$7 million – 651 percent – primarily attributable to increased net salesgross margin, as described above, and costs of products sold explained above.
decreased "General and administrative expenses" – $15 million. These increases were partially offset by by:
increased "Charges for product remediation" – $240 million. Refer to Note 16: Charges for Product Remediation for further detail.
a $14$58 million increase to charges for integration and restructuring, closures and asset impairments, which is attributable to integration costsin expense related to our merger with Plum Creek."Other operating costs (income), net." This is primarily due to:

a decrease in gains on disposition of non-strategic assets, primarily attributable to a $36 million pretax gain recognized in the first quarter of 2016 on the sale of our Federal Way, Washington headquarters campus.
a decrease in foreign exchange gains – $11 million – primarily related to debt held by our Canadian entity.
Refer to Note 17: Other Operating Costs (Income), net for further information.
increased "Charges for integration and restructuring, closures and asset impairments" – $37 million. This is attributable to a $147 million noncash impairment charge recognized during second quarter 2017 in relation to the company agreeing to sell its Uruguayan operations. This was partially offset by a $112 million decrease in charges related to our merger with Plum Creek. Refer to Note 15: Charges for Integration and Restructuring, Closures and Asset Impairments for further information.
Net earnings attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders

Our Net earnings attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders decreased $143 million – 31 percent. Excluding 2016 "Earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax," net earnings attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders increased $47decreased $20 million, – 26 percent. Excludingprimarily attributable to:
an $83 million increase in expense related to "Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit (costs) credits" due to a decrease in the expected return on plan assets and an increase in the amortization of actuarial losses.
a $20 million decrease in "Equity earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax, net earningsjoint ventures." This is attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders increased $41 million – 34 percent – primarily attributable to the variances in net sales, costs of products sold and operating incomeequity earnings from our Timberland Venture, which effective August 31, 2016, is consolidated as explained above. The increase isa wholly-owned subsidiary.
These decreases were partially offset by a $66 million increase in income taxes from continuing operations attributable to:by:
increased earnings for our TRS due primarily to the improved performance of our Wood Products segment and
exhaustion of our remaining federal tax credit and net operating loss carryforwards during 2016.
a $33 million decrease in income tax expense. Refer to Income Taxes for further information.
a decrease in "Interest expense, net of capitalized interest" – $26 million. Refer to Interest Expense for further detail.
a decrease in "Dividends on preference shares" – $22 million. On July 1, 2016, all outstanding Preference Shares converted to Weyerhaeuser common shares. Refer to Note 5: Net Earnings Per Share and Share Repurchases for further information.
"Earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax," decreased $6$123 million – 10 percent – primarily due to:
lower average sales realizations and sales volumes for pulp and liquid packaging board; and
increased charges for restructuring, closures and asset impairments, which consists of costs related to our strategic evaluation of the Cellulose Fibers businesses and transaction-related costs.
Theseas all discontinued operations were partially offset by:
lower costs of products sold, primarily due to lower sales and ceasing depreciation when Cellulose Fibers manufacturing assets were classified as held-for-sale in the second quarter 2016;
lower equity loss from our printing papers joint venture; and
the net gain on the divestiture of liquid packaging board recognized in third quarter 2016.

Comparing Year-to-Date 2016 with Year-to-Date 2015

Net sales

Net sales increased $789 million – 20 percent – attributable to:
Timberlands segment sales increased $381 million – 40 percent – primarily due to acquired Plum Creek operations. This increase was partially offset by lower average sales realizations. The decrease in average sales realizations is primarily attributable to the increase in sales volume for the South, which has lower average sales realizations compared to the West. The South comprised 31 percent of net sales for year-to-date 2016 compared with 19 percent of net sales for the 2015 year-to-date period.
Real Estate & ENR segment sales increased $56 million – 81 percent – attributable to increased volume of timberland acres sold and increased ENR sales volume attributable to the operations acquired in our merger with Plum Creek, and an increase in average price realized per acre sold.
Wood Products segment sales increased $352 million – 12 percent – primarily due to increased medium density fiberboard sales generated from our operations acquired from our merger with Plum Creek; increased oriented strand board and plywood average sales realizations; and increased lumber, oriented strand board, plywood, and engineered solid section sales volumes.

Costs of products sold

Costs of products sold increased $538 million – 17 percent – primarily attributable to the following:
Timberlands segment costs of products sold increased $351 million, primarily due to increased sales volumes, as explained above and to higher depletion rates in the South and West for acquired Plum Creek timberlands, which were measured at fair value;


Real Estate & ENR segment costs of products sold increased $50 million attributable to increased real estate and ENR sales volumes as explained above; and
Wood Products segment costs of products sold increased $153 million primarily due to increased sales volume as explained above. This increase was partially offset by lower log, resin, and manufacturing costs per unit.

Operating income

Operating income increased $169 million – 33 percent – primarily due to the following:
increased gross margin as described above – $251 million,
noncash gain on foreign exchange debt held by our Canadian entity – $53 million, and
a pretax gain related to the sale of our Federal Way headquarters campus – $36 million.
These increases were partially offset by:
a $125 million increase in charges for integration and restructuring, closures and asset impairments, primarily attributable to 2016 integration costs related to our merger with Plum Creek – $132 million; and
a $64 million increase in general and administrative expenses attributable primarily to acquired Plum Creek operations.
These increases are partially offset by a noncash impairment charge recognized in first quarter 2015 related to a nonstrategic asset that was sold in second quarter 2015 – $13 million.

Net earnings attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders

Our net earnings attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders increased $51 million – 13 percent. Excluding earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax, net earnings attributable to Weyerhaeuser common shareholders increased $39 million – 13 percent – primarily attributable to the variances in net sales, costs of products sold and operating income as explained above, partially offset by $100 million increase in income taxes from continuing operations resulting from increased taxable earnings generated by our TRS.
Earnings from discontinued operations, net of tax, increased $12 million – 11 percent – primarily due to:
lower costs of products sold, primarily due to lower sales and ceasing depreciation when Cellulose Fibers manufacturing assets were classified as held-for-sale in the second quarter 2016,
a decrease in the equity loss from our printing papers joint venture, and
the gain on the divestiture of the liquid packaging board business recognized in third quarter of 2016.
These were partially offset by:
lower average sales realizations for pulp and liquid packaging board and lower sales volumes for liquid packaging board,
increased income tax expense due to the gain on the divestiture of the liquid packaging board business, and
increased charges for integration and restructuring, closures and asset impairments, which consists of costs related to our strategic evaluation of the Cellulose Fibers businesses and transaction-related costs.


TIMBERLANDS

Compared to 2015, the changes to the results of operations for our Timberlands segment are primarily attributable to the addition of approximately 6.3 million acres of Plum Creek timberlands, which produced over 18 million tons of harvest volumes in 2015. The merger results in expansion of our Southern timberlands from 4.0 million acres to 7.4 million acres – an 85 percent increase – and our Western timberlands from 2.6 million acres to 3.0 million acres – a 15 percent increase. The merger also added 2.5 million acres across West Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Michigan, Wisconsin and Montana, which we refer to as our Northern timberlands. Increases to our sales volumes are primarily attributable to the significant increases in the size of our timberlands holdings by region, particularly in the South and North regions.



The composition of our sales volume by region was also altered by the merger, as the South and North regions, which have lower average sales realizations compared to the West, now comprise a greater portion of our overall sales. Additionally, within the South the acquired timberlands alter the overall sales mix, as lower realization pulpwood sales have increased and higher realization grade logs have decreased as a percentage of total sales, resulting in lower average sales realizations overall for the region.

As a result of of applying acquisition accounting to Timber and timberlands assets acquired as described in Note 4: Merger with Plum Creek, depletion rates have increased significantly in 2016 compared to 2015. When combined with increased sales volumes, these higher depletion rates drive the significant increases in our costs of products sold in 2016 compared to 2015 for the periods presented.

How We Did Third Quarter 2017 and Year-to-Date 20162017
QUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGEQUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGE
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS.
2015
 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS. 
2015
SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS.
2016
 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS. 
2016
Net sales to unaffiliated customers:                      
Delivered logs(1):
                      
West$217
 $196
 $21
 $664
 $627
 $37
$221
 $217
 $4
 $673
 $664
 $9
South160
 64
 96
 415
 180
 235
155
 160
 (5) 451
 415
 36
North29
 
 29
 61
 
 61
25
 29
 (4) 68
 61
 7
Other11
 6
 5
 25
 17
 8
17
 11
 6
 48
 25
 23
Subtotal delivered logs sales417
 266
 151
 1,165
 824
 341
418
 417
 1
 1,240
 1,165
 75
Stumpage and pay-as-cut timber24
 13
 11
 62
 27
 35
23
 24
 (1) 52
 62
 (10)
Products from international operations(2)
21
 20
 1
 58
 69
 (11)
Uruguay operations(2)
23
 21
 2
 63
 58
 5
Recreational and other lease revenue15
 7
 8
 29
 18
 11
16
 15
 1
 45
 29
 16
Other7
 4
 3
 28
 23
 5
11
 7
 4
 46
 28
 18
Subtotal net sales to unaffiliated customers484
 310
 174
 1,342
 961
 381
491
 484
 7
 1,446
 1,342
 104
Intersegment sales:                      
United States149
 138
 11
 446
 426
 20
125
 149
 (24) 381
 446
 (65)
Other67
 72
 (5) 185
 199
 (14)54
 67
 (13) 163
 185
 (22)
Subtotal intersegment sales216
 210
 6
 631

625
 6
179
 216
 (37) 544
 631
 (87)
Total sales$700
 $520
 $180
 $1,973
 $1,586
 $387
$670
 $700
 $(30) $1,990
 $1,973
 $17
Costs of products sold$559
 $398
 $161
 $1,527
 $1,176
 $351
$517
 $559
 $(42) $1,512
 $1,527
 $(15)
Operating income and Net contribution to earnings$122
 $107
 $15
 $376
 $363
 $13
$131
 $122
 $9
 $267
 $376
 $(109)
(1)The WesternWest region includes Washington and Oregon. The SouthernSouth region includes Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. The NorthernNorth region includes West Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Michigan, Wisconsin and Montana. Other includes our Canadian operations and the timberlands of the Twin Creeks Venture that we manage.
(2)
Includes logs, plywood and hardwood lumber harvested or produced by our international operations in Uruguay. On June 2, 2017, we agreed to sell all of our equity interest in the subsidiaries that collectively own and operate our Uruguayan timberlands and manufacturing operations. The held for sale designation of the assets and liabilities of the Uruguayan operations caused us to record a $147 million impairment within the Timberlands business segment during second quarter 2017. On September 1, 2017, we announced the completion of the sale. Refer to Note 2: Business Segments as well as Note 3: Discontinued Operations and Other Divestitures for further information.




Comparing Third Quarter 20162017 with Third Quarter 20152016

Net sales – unaffiliated customers

Net sales to unaffiliated customers increased $174$7 million – 561 percent – primarily due to:
a $6 million increase in Other delivered logs, primarily attributable to increases in delivered logs sales volumes from the Twin Creeks Venture (refer to Note 7: Related Parties for further information regarding our Twin Creeks Venture).
a $96$4 million increase in Western log sales, primarily attributable to a 18 percent increase in average sales realizations for delivered logs. This increase was partially offset by a 14 percent decrease in delivered log sales volumes.
a $4 million increase in "Other" sales, primarily attributable to increased chip sales in Canada, which we previously sold to our former Cellulose Fibers segment and were intersegment sales during the third quarter 2016.


These increases were partially offset by:
a $5 million decrease in Southern log sales as a result of a 1663 percent increasedecrease in average sales realizations.
a $4 million decrease in Northern log sales, primarily attributable to a 15 percent decrease in delivered logs sales volumes primarily attributable to acquired Plum Creek operations, partially offset by a 6 percent decrease in average sales realizations for delivered logs;
a $29 million increase in Northern log sales attributable to the operations added in our merger with Plum Creek; and
a $21 million increase in Western log sales as result of an 11 percent increase in delivered logs sales volumes primarily attributable to acquired Plum Creek operations and to more favorable fire season harvest conditions compared to third quarter 2015.

Intersegment sales

Intersegment sales increased $6decreased $37 million – 317 percent – primarily due to increased intersegment sales in the United States – $11 million. This is attributable to higher intersegment log sales volumes attributable to the Montana operations acquired from Plum Creek, as well as an increase in average sales realizations. The increase in the United States was partially offset by a decrease in Canadachip and log intersegment sales, – $5 million – primarily attributablewhich were previously sold to lower log sales volumes.our Cellulose Fibers business segment.

Costs of products sold

Costs of products sold increased $161decreased $42 million – 408 percent – primarily due to a 903 percent increasedecrease in sales volumes attributable to the operations acquired in our merger with Plum Creek and to higher depletion rates in the South and West for acquired Plum Creek timberlands, which were measured at fair value as of the merger date. Silviculture costs also increased as a result of the increased timberlands acreage.volumes.

Operating income and Net contribution to earnings

Operating income and Net contribution to earnings increased $15$9 million – 147 percent – primarily attributable to the changes in net sales and costs of products sold as explained above. The increase in gross margin was partially offset by higher selling, general, and administrative expenses due to our integration with Plum Creek.

Comparing Year-to-Date 2016 with Year-to-Date 2015

Net sales – unaffiliated customers

Net sales to unaffiliated customers increased $381 million – 40 percent – primarily due to:
a $235 million increase in Southern log sales as a result of a 141 percent increase in delivered logs sales volumes primarily attributable to adding acquired Plum Creek operations, partially offset by a 4 percent decrease in average sales realizations of delivered logs due to mix of sawlogs and pulp logs;
a $61 million increase in Northern log sales, which were acquired upon our merger with Plum Creek; and
a $37 million increase in Western log sales as a result of an 8 percent increase in delivered logs sales volumes primarily attributable to adding acquired Plum Creek operations, partially offset by a 2 percent decrease in average sales realizations for delivered logs.

Intersegment sales

Intersegment sales increased $6 million – 1 percent – primarily due to increased intersegment sales in the United States – $20 million. This is attributable to higher intersegment log sales volumes attributable to the Montana operations acquired from Plum Creek, as well as an increase in average sales realizations. The increase in the United States was partially offset by a decrease in Canada intersegment sales – $14 million. This decrease is


attributable to lower log sales volumes and average log sales realizations, partially offset by higher chip sales volumes.

Costs of products sold

Costs of products sold increased $351 million – 30 percent – primarily due to a 69 percent increase in sales volumes attributable to the operations acquired in our merger with Plum Creek and to higher depletion rates in the South and West for acquired Plum Creek timberlands, which were measured at fair value as of the merger date.

Operating income and Net contribution to earnings

Operating income and Net contribution to earnings increased $13 million – 4 percent – primarily attributable to the changes in net sales and costs of products sold as explained above.
Comparing Year-to-Date 2017 with Year-to-Date 2016

Net sales - unaffiliated customers

Net sales to unaffiliated customers increased $104 million – 8 percent – primarily due to:
a $36 million increase in Southern log sales, primarily attributable to a 12 percent increase in delivered log sales volumes. This increase was partially offset by a 3 percent decrease in average sales realizations.
a $23 million increase in Other delivered logs primarily attributable to increases in delivered logs sales volumes from the Twin Creeks Venture (refer to Note 7: Related Parties for further information regarding our Twin Creeks Venture).
a $9 million increase in Western log sales, attributable to a 10 percent increase in average sales realizations. This increase was partially offset by a 7 percent decrease in delivered log sales volumes.
a $7 million increase in Northern log sales, attributable to a 13 percent increase in delivered log sales volumes. This increase was partially offset by a 1 percent decrease in average sales realizations.

Intersegment sales

Intersegment sales decreased $87 million – 14 percent – due to a decrease in chip and log intersegment sales, which were previously sold to our Cellulose Fibers business segment.

Costs of products sold

Costs of products sold decreased $15 million – 1 percent – primarily due to a 7 percent decrease in sales volumes.

Operating income and Net contribution to earnings

Operating income and Net contribution to earnings decreased $109 million – 29 percent – primarily attributable to the $147 million noncash pretax impairment charge recognized in relation to the Uruguayan sale agreement (refer toNote 3: Discontinued Operations and Other Divestitures). The impairment charge was partially offset by the changes in net sales and costs of products sold as explained above.



THIRD-PARTY LOG SALES VOLUMES AND FEE HARVEST VOLUMES
QUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGEQUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGE
VOLUMES IN THOUSANDS (1)(2)
SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS.
2015
 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS. 
2015
SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS.
2016
 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS. 
2016
Third party log sales – tons:                      
West2,209
 1,992
 217
 6,705
 6,207
 498
1,910
 2,209
 (299) 6,210
 6,705
 (495)
South4,538
 1,707
 2,831
 11,659
 4,844
 6,815
4,527
 4,538
 (11) 13,105
 11,659
 1,446
North503
 
 503
 1,005
 
 1,005
428
 503
 (75) 1,135
 1,005
 130
Uruguay117
 194
 (77) 352
 556
 (204)
Other263
 127
 136
 601
 384
 217
424
 263
 161
 1,226
 601
 625
Total7,630
 4,020
 3,610
 20,322
 11,991
 8,331
Total (3)
7,289
 7,513
 (224) 21,676
 19,970
 1,706
Fee harvest volumes – tons:                      
West2,744
 2,548
 196
 8,525
 7,967
 558
2,230
 2,744
 (514) 7,539
 8,525
 (986)
South6,992
 3,648
 3,344
 19,083
 10,548
 8,535
6,953
 6,992
 (39) 19,799
 19,083
 716
North678
 
 678
 1,392
 
 1,392
565
 678
 (113) 1,570
 1,392
 178
Uruguay242
 220
 22
 789
 725
 64
Other191
 
 191
 372
 
 372
569
 191
 378
 1,384
 372
 1,012
Total10,847
 6,416
 4,431
 30,161
 19,240
 10,921
Total (3)
10,317
 10,605
 (288) 30,292
 29,372
 920

(1)The West region includes Washington and Oregon. The South region includes Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. The North region includes West Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Montana. Other includes our Canadian operations and the timberlands of the Twin Creeks Venture that we manage.
(2)BeginningWestern logs are primarily transacted in the first quarter of 2016, we reportthousand board feet (MBF) but are converted to ton equivalents for external reporting purposes.
(3)
Total volumes exclude third party log sales and fee harvest volumes in tons. Prior period volumes have been converted from cubic metersour Uruguayan operations, which we sold during third quarter 2017. Refer to tons using annualized 2015 conversion factors as follows:Note 3: Discontinued Operations and Other Divestituresfor further information regarding this sale.
West: 1.056 m3 = 1 ton
South: 0.818 m3 = 1 ton
Canada: 1.244 m3 = 1 ton
Uruguay: 0.907 m3 = 1 ton




REAL ESTATE, ENERGY &AND NATURAL RESOURCES

How We Did Third Quarter 2017 and Year-to-Date 20162017
QUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGEQUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGE
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS.
2015
 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS. 
2015
SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS.
2016
 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS. 
2016
Net sales:           
Net sales to unaffiliated buyers:           
Real estate$31
 $15
 $16
 87
 50
 37
$64
 $31
 $33
 128
 87
 41
Energy and natural resources17
 7
 10
 38
 19
 19
18
 17
 1
 53
 38
 15
Total$48
 $22
 $26
 $125
 $69
 $56
$82
 $48
 $34
 $181
 $125
 $56
Costs of products sold$26
 $3
 $23
 $65
 $15
 $50
$31
 $26
 $5
 $67
 $65
 $2
Operating income$14
 $19
 $(5) $41
 $52
 $(11)$46
 $14
 $32
 $95
 $41
 $54
Equity earnings from joint venture1
 
 1
 1
 
 1
1
 1
 
 1
 1
 
Net contribution to earnings$15
 $19
 $(4) $42
 $52
 $(10)$47
 $15
 $32
 $96
 $42
 $54

The timing of real estate sales is a function of many factors, including the general state of the economy, demand in local real estate markets, the ability to obtain entitlements, the ability of buyers to obtain financing, the number of competing properties listed for sale, the seasonal nature of sales (particularly in the northern states), the plans of adjacent landowners, our expectation of future price appreciation, the timing of harvesting activities, and the availability of government and not-for-profit funding (especially for conservation sales). In any period the average sales price per acre will vary based on the location and physical characteristics of parcels sold.

Land added as a result of our merger with Plum Creek generally carries a higher per acre cost basis compared to our other acreage as a result of measuring acquired land at fair value in acquisition accounting. As a result, our costs of products sold will vary period-to-period based on the sales mix of acquired Plum Creek acres versus acres owned by Weyerhaeuser prior to the merger.

Comparing Third Quarter 20162017 with Third Quarter 20152016

Net sales - Unaffiliated buyers

Net sales to unaffiliated buyers increased $26$34 million – 71 percent – primarily attributable to:
Netto a $33 million increase in net real estate sales increased $16 million,sales. This is attributable to increases in volume of timberlands acres sold. This increase wassold, partially offset by a decrease in average price realized per acre dueacre.



Costs of products sold
Costs of products sold increased $5 million – 19 percent – attributable to mixhigher sales volumes and higher basis of propertiesreal estate sold.

Net contribution to earnings

Net contribution to earnings for the quarter increased $32 million – 213 percent – primarily attributable to increased gross margin as explained above.

Comparing Year-to-Date 2017 with Year-to-Date 2016

Net sales - Unaffiliated buyers

Net sales to unaffiliated buyers increased $56 million – 45 percent – attributable to:
Net real estate sales increased $41 million – 47 percent – attributable to increases in volume of acres sold, partially offset by a decrease in average price realized per acre.
Net energy and natural resources sales increased $10$15 million – 39 percent – due primarily to increasedincreases in sales volumes attributable to the operations acquired in our merger with Plum Creek.

Costs of products sold

Costs of products sold increased $23$2 million primarily due– 3 percent – attributable to increased real estatecosts of products sold in Energy and natural resources, attributable to increased ENR sales volumes, as explained above.volumes.

Net contribution to earnings

Net contribution to earnings for the quarter decreased $4increased $54 million – 21129 percent – attributable to increased gross margin as a result of increased generalexplained above.

REAL ESTATE SALES STATISTICS
 QUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGE
 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS.
2016
 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS. 
2016
Acres sold35,749
 12,853
 22,896
 59,009
 38,098
 20,911
Average price per acre$1,784
 $2,354
 $(570) $2,081
 $2,271
 $(190)


WOOD PRODUCTS

How We Did Third Quarter 2017 and administrative expenses. The increase in general and administrative expenses is the result of allocating corporate overhead to the business segment in third quarter 2016, whereas in third quarter 2015 it did not receive a separate corporate allocation.Year-to-Date 2017
 QUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGE
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS.
2016
 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS. 
2016
Net sales:           
Structural lumber$525
 $495
 $30
 $1,541
 $1,412
 $129
Engineered solid section131
 119
 12
 378
 343
 35
Engineered I-joists93
 79
 14
 251
 218
 33
Oriented strand board243
 199
 44
 671
 544
 127
Softwood plywood45
 48
 (3) 136
 133
 3
Medium density fiberboard48
 49
 (1) 146
 113
 33
Other products produced68
 51
 17
 206
 143
 63
Complementary building products146
 137
 9
 417
 397
 20
Total$1,299
 $1,177
 $122
 $3,746

$3,303
 $443
Costs of products sold$1,005
 $980
 $25
 $2,933
 $2,799
 $134
Operating income and Net contribution to earnings$40
 $170
 $(130) $389
 $413
 $(24)



Comparing Year-to-DateThirdQuarter 2017 with Third Quarter 2016 with Year-to-Date 2015

Net sales

Net sales increased $56$122 million – 81 percent – attributable to:

Net real estate sales increased $37 million – 74 percent – attributable to increases in volume of timberlands acres sold and an increase in average price realized per acre.
Net energy and natural resources sales increased $19 million, due primarily to increased sales volumes attributable to the operations acquired in our merger with Plum Creek.
Costs of products sold

Costs of products sold increased $50 million, primarily due to increased real estate and ENR sales volumes, as explained above.

Net contribution to earnings

Net contribution to earnings decreased $10 million – 1910 percent – primarily attributable to increased general and administrative expenses. The increase in general and administrative expenses is the result of allocating corporate overhead to the business segment in 2016, whereas in 2015 it did not receive a separate corporate allocation.

REAL ESTATE SALES STATISTICS
 QUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGE
 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS.
2015
 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS. 
2015
Acres sold12,853
 5,030
 7,823
 38,098
 20,625
 17,473
Average price per acre$2,354
 $2,635
 $(281) $2,271
 $2,175
 $96


WOOD PRODUCTS

How We Did Third Quarter and Year-to-Date 2016
 QUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGE
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS.
2015
 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS. 
2015
Net sales:           
Structural lumber$495
 $455
 $40
 $1,412
 $1,339
 $73
Engineered solid section119
 116
 3
 343
 323
 20
Engineered I-joists79
 79
 
 218
 216
 2
Oriented strand board199
 151
 48
 544
 435
 109
Softwood plywood48
 33
 15
 133
 102
 31
Medium density fiberboard51
 
 51
 112
 
 112
Other products produced49
 49
 
 143
 145
 (2)
Complementary building products137
 140
 (3) 397
 390
 7
Total$1,177
 $1,023
 $154
 $3,302

$2,950
 $352
Costs of products sold$980
 $914
 $66
 $2,799
 $2,646
 $153
Operating income and Net contribution to earnings$170
 $85
 $85
 $413
 $218
 $195
Upon our merger with Plum Creek, we acquired five manufacturing facilities in Montana. The sales and net contribution to earnings of these facilities beginning on the merger date of February 19, 2016, are included in the


results of our Wood Products segment. The results of the two acquired plywood facilities are reported in softwood plywood and the two acquired lumber facilities are reported in structural lumber.
The Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) facility supplies high-quality MDF to a wide range of customers throughout North America. Some of the more common uses for our MDF include furniture and cabinet components, architectural moldings, doors, store fixtures, core material for hardwood plywood, face material for softwood plywood, commercial wall paneling and substrate for laminate flooring.

We permanently closed two of the five acquired Plum Creek mills, the lumber facility and softwood plywood facility in Columbia Falls, Montana, during the third quarter of 2016. The closure of these facilities will allow us to align the available log supply with our manufacturing capacity, including adding shifts at our Kalispell, Montana facilities, to position our Montana operations for long-term success.

Comparing ThirdQuarter 2016 with Third Quarter 2015

Net sales

Net sales increased $154 million – 15 percent, primarily due to:
a $51 million increase in medium density fiberboard sales generated from operations acquired in our merger with Plum Creek;
a $4844 million increase in oriented strand board sales, attributable to a 3228 percent increase in average sales realizations;realizations, partially offset by a 5 percent decrease in sales volumes.
a $40$30 million increase in structural lumber sales, attributable to a 812 percent increase in average realizations; andsales realizations, partially offset by a 5 percent decrease in sales volumes.
a $15$17 million increase in plywoodother products produced, primarily attributable to increased chip sales, which were previously sold to our former Cellulose Fibers segment and were intersegment sales during third quarter 2016. Upon completion of the sales of our former Cellulose Fibers businesses, chips previously sold to Cellulose Fibers are sales to unaffiliated customers.
a $14 million increase in engineered I-joists, attributable to a 15 percent increase in sales volumes and a 4 percent increase in average sales realizations.
a $12 million increase in engineered solid section, attributable to a 7 percent increase in average sales realizations and a 273 percent increase in shipment volumes, with the volume increase due in part to acquired Plum Creek operations.sales volumes.

Costs of products sold

Costs of products sold increased $66$25 million – 73 percent – primarily due to increasedan increase in log and manufacturing costs, offset by a decrease in sales volume in most product lines, mostlyvolume.
Operating income and Net contribution to earnings

Operating income and Net contribution to earnings decreased $130 million – 76 percent – primarily attributable to volumes produced and sold by operations acquired from our merger with Plum Creek. This increase isto:
increased "Charges for product remediation" – $190 million. Refer to Note 16: Charges for Product Remediation for further information.
a $6 million impairment on non-strategic assets recognized during third quarter 2017. Refer to Note 15: Charges for Integration and Restructuring, Closures and Asset Impairments for further detail.
increased "Other operating costs, net," related to retroactive and prospective countervailing and antidumping duties – $5 million. Refer to Softwood Lumber Agreement for further information.

These increases were partially offset by lower resinincreased gross margin, as explained above.

Comparing Year-to-Date 2017 with Year-to-Date 2016

Net sales

Net sales increased $443 million – 13 percent – primarily due to:
a $129 million increase in structural lumber sales, attributable to a 12 percent increase in average sales realizations, partially offset by a 2 percent decrease in sales volumes.
a$127 million increase in oriented strand board sales, attributable to a 24 percent increase in average sales realizations, partially offset by a 1 percent decrease in sales volumes.
a $63 million increase in other products produced, primarily attributable to increased chip sales, which were previously sold to our former Cellulose Fibers segment and were intersegment sales during year-to-date 2016. Upon completion of the sales of our former Cellulose Fibers businesses, chips previously sold to Cellulose Fibers are sales to unaffiliated customers.
a $35 million increase in engineered solid section, attributable to a 8 percent increase in sales volumes and a 2 percent increase in average sales realizations.
a $33 million increase in engineered I-joists, attributable to a 13 percent increase in sales volumes and a 2 percent increase in average sales realizations.
a $33 million increase in medium density fiberboard sales, attributable to a 20 percent increase in sales volumes and a 7 percent increase in average sales realizations.

Costs of products sold

Costs of products sold increased $134 million – 5 percent – primarily due to an increase in log and manufacturing costs, per unit.offset by a decrease in sales volume.



Operating income and Net contribution to earnings

Operating income and Net contribution to earnings increased $85decreased $24 million – 1006 percent – primarily attributable to the changes in net sales and costs of products soldto:
increased "Charges for product remediation" – $240 million. Refer to Note 16: Charges for Product Remediation for further information.
increased "Other operating costs, net," primarily related to retroactive and prospective countervailing and antidumping duties – $16 million. Refer to Softwood Lumber Agreement for further information.
a $6 million impairment on non-strategic assets recognized during third quarter 2017. Refer to Note 15: Charges for Integration and Restructuring, Closures and Asset Impairments for further detail.

These increased charges were partially offset by increased gross margin, as explained above.

Comparing Year-to-Date 2016 with Year-to-Date 2015

Net sales

Net sales increased $352 million – 12 percent, primarily attributable to:
a $112 million increase in medium density fiberboard sales generated from operations acquired in our merger with Plum Creek;
a $109 million increase in oriented strand board sales, attributable to a 22 percent increase in average sales realizations and a 2 percent increase in shipment volumes;
a $73 million increase in lumber sales, attributable to a 5 percent increase in shipment volumes;
a $31 million increase in plywood sales, attributable to a 27 percent increase in shipment volumes and 6 percent increase in average sales realizations; and


a $20 million increase in engineered solid section, attributable to a 11 percent increase in shipment volumes, partially offset by a 4 percent decrease in average sales realizations.

Costs of products sold

Costs of products sold increased $153 million – 6 percent, primarily due to increased sales volume in most product lines, mostly attributable to volumes produced and sold by operations acquired from our merger with Plum Creek. This increase was partially offset by lower log, resin, and manufacturing costs per unit.

Operating income and Net contribution to earnings

Operating income and Net contribution to earnings increased $195 million – 89 percent, primarily attributable to the changes in net sales and costs of products sold as explained above.

THIRD-PARTY SALES VOLUMES
QUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGEQUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGE
VOLUMES IN MILLIONS(1)
SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS.
2015
 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS. 
2015
SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS.
2016
 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS. 
2016
Structural lumber – board feet1,233
 1,224
 9
 3,634
 3,474
 160
1,172
 1,233
 (61) 3,548
 3,634
 (86)
Engineered solid section – cubic feet6.2
 5.6
 0.6
 17.7
 16.0
 1.7
6.4
 6.2
 0.2
 19.2
 17.7
 1.5
Engineered I-joists – lineal feet53
 52
 1
 147
 143
 4
60
 53
 7
 166
 147
 19
Oriented strand board – square feet (3/8”)776
 778
 (2) 2,296
 2,249
 47
741
 776
 (35) 2,274
 2,296
 (22)
Softwood plywood – square feet (3/8”)127
 100
 27
 368
 290
 78
117
 127
 (10) 358
 368
 (10)
Medium density fiberboard – square feet (3/4”)58
 64
 (6) 177
 147
 30
(1)Sales volumes include sales of internally produced products and products purchased for resale primarily through our distribution business.



PRODUCTION AND OUTSIDE PURCHASE VOLUMES

Outside purchase volumes are primarily purchased for resale through our distribution business. Production volumes are produced for sale through our own sales organizations and through our distribution business. Production of oriented strand board and engineered solid section are also used to manufacture engineered I-joists.


QUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGEQUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGE
VOLUMES IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS.
2015
 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS. 
2015
SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS.
2016
 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS. 
2016
Structural lumber – board feet:                      
Production1,130
 1,087
 43
 3,464
 3,217
 247
1,093
 1,130
 (37) 3,391
 3,464
 (73)
Outside purchase65
 92
 (27) 193
 279
 (86)52
 65
 (13) 152
 193
 (41)
Total1,195
 1,179
 16
 3,657
 3,496
 161
1,145
 1,195
 (50) 3,543
 3,657
 (114)
Engineered solid section – cubic feet:                      
Production5.7
 5.2
 0.5
 17.2
 15.8
 1.4
6.4
 5.7
 0.7
 19.3
 17.2
 2.1
Outside purchase
 
 
 
 
 
0.4
 
 0.4
 1.4
 
 1.4
Total5.7
 5.2
 0.5
 17.2
 15.8
 1.4
6.8
 5.7
 1.1
 20.7
 17.2
 3.5
Engineered I-joists – lineal feet:                      
Production49
 50
 (1) 141
 141
 
58
 49
 9
 161
 141
 20
Outside purchase3
 2
 1
 7
 4
 3
6
 3
 3
 12
 7
 5
Total52
 52
 
 148
 145
 3
64
 52
 12
 173
 148
 25
Oriented strand board – square feet (3/8”):                      
Production777
 746
 31
 2,259
 2,150
 109
744
 777
 (33) 2,256
 2,259
 (3)
Outside purchase102
 77
 25
 261
 223
 38
105
 102
 3
 309
 261
 48
Total879
 823
 56
 2,520
 2,373
 147
849
 879
 (30) 2,565
 2,520
 45
Softwood plywood – square feet (3/8”):                      
Production105
 67
 38
 304
 191
 113
88
 105
 (17) 284
 304
 (20)
Outside purchase22
 27
 (5) 66
 91
 (25)21
 22
 (1) 62
 66
 (4)
Total127
 94
 33
 370
 282
 88
109
 127
 (18) 346
 370
 (24)
Medium density fiberboard – square feet (3/4"):Medium density fiberboard – square feet (3/4"):        
Production63
 68
 (5) 182
 155
 27
Outside purchase
 
 
 
 
 
Total63
 68
 (5) 182
 155
 27


UNALLOCATED ITEMS

Unallocated items are gains or charges from continuing operations not related to or allocated to an individual operating segment. They include a portion of items such as: share-based compensation, pension and postretirement costs, foreign exchange transaction gains and losses associated with financing, equity earnings from our Timberland Venture, the elimination of intersegment profit in inventory and the LIFO reserve. As a result of reclassifying our former Cellulose Fibers segment as discontinued operations, Unallocatedunallocated items also includes retained indirect corporate overhead costs previously allocated to the former segment.



NET CONTRIBUTION TO EARNINGS – UNALLOCATED ITEMS
QUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGEQUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGE
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS.
2015
 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS. 
2015
SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS.
2016
 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS. 
2016
Unallocated corporate function expense$(21) $(14) $(7) $(62) $(48) $(14)$(19) $(21) $2
 $(55) $(62) $7
Unallocated share-based compensation(4) 6
 (10) (5) 10
 (15)(1) (4) 3
 (7) (5) (2)
Unallocated pension and postretirement credits11
 2
 9
 33
 8
 25
Unallocated pension service costs(1) (2) 1
 (3) (4) 1
Foreign exchange gain (loss)(1) (20) 19
 13
 (40) 53
3
 (1) 4
 
 13
 (13)
Elimination of intersegment profit in inventory and LIFO2
 3
 (1) (6) 7
 (13)3
 2
 1
 (6) (6) 
Gain on sale of non-strategic asset1
 
 1
 45
 2
 43
Gains on sales of non-strategic assets4
 1
 3
 8
 45
 (37)
Charges for integration and restructuring, closures and asset impairments:                      
Plum Creek merger- and integration-related costs(14) 
 (14) (132) 
 (132)(6) (14) 8
 (20) (132) 112
Other restructuring, closures, and asset impairments(1) (1) 
 (2) (15) 13

 (1) 1
 
 (2) 2
Other(5) (21) 16
 (29) (41) 12
5
 (5) 10
 (13) (29) 16
Operating income (loss)(32) (45) 13
 (145) (117) (28)(12) (45) 33
 (96) (182) 86
Equity earnings from joint venture(1)8
 
 8
 20
 
 20

 8
 (8) 
 20
 (20)
Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit (costs) credits (2)
(16) 13
 (29) (46) 37
 (83)
Interest income and other15
 9
 6
 34
 27
 7
11
 15
 (4) 29
 34
 (5)
Net contribution to earnings$(9) $(36) $27
 $(91) $(90) $(1)$(17) $(9) $(8) $(113) $(91) $(22)
(1)The quarter and year-to-date period ended 2016 includes equity earnings from our Timberland Venture, which effective August 31, 2016, is consolidated as a wholly-owned subsidiary.
(2)
During first quarter 2017 we adopted ASU 2017-07, which requires us to show components of pension and other postretirement benefit costs (interest, expected return on plan assets, amortization of actuarial gains or losses, and amortization of prior service credits or costs) on the Consolidated Statement of Operations as a line item outside of operating income. We reclassified these components for all periods shown above. Refer to Note 1: Basis of Presentation for further details.

Comparing Third Quarter 20162017 with Third Quarter 20152016

Changes in Unallocated Items were primarily related to:
a $29 million increase in expense related to "Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit (costs) credits" due to a decrease in the expected return on our plan assets and an increase in the amortization of actuarial losses.
charges related to our merger with Plum Creek decreased $8 million. Refer to Note 15: Charges for Integration and Restructuring, Closures and Asset Impairments.
Comparing Year-to-Date 2017 with Year-to-Date 2016

Changes in Unallocated Items were primarily related to:
charges recognized in third quarter 2016 related to our merger with Plum Creek (referdecreased $112 million. Refer to Note 15: Charges for Integration and Restructuring, Closures and Asset Impairments) $14 million;.
an increase in expense related to "Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit (costs) credits" due to a decrease in noncash foreign exchange lossesthe expected return on debt held by our Canadian entity – $19 million;plan assets and
equity earnings from our investment an increase in the Timberland Ventureamortization of actuarial losses$8 million – which was acquired in our merger with Plum Creek.$83 million.

Comparing Year-to-Date 2016 with Year-to-Date 2015

Changes in Unallocated Items were primarily related to:
charges recognized year-to-date 2016 related to our merger with Plum Creek (refer to Note 15: Charges for Integration and Restructuring, Closures and Asset Impairments) $132 million;
a $37 million decrease in gains on sales of non-strategic assets, primarily due to a $36 million pretax gain recognized in first quarter 2016 related to the sale of our Federal Way, Washington headquarters campus, which is recorded in "Other operating costs (income), net" in our Consolidated Statement of Operations.
a decrease in equity earnings from our joint venture$36 million;$20 million. As of August 31, 2016, the Timberland Venture became a fully consolidated, wholly owned subsidiary and therefore eliminated our equity method investment at that time. Refer to Note 18: Income Taxes for further information.
noncash foreign exchange on debt held by our Canadian entity changed from a loss year-to-date 2015 to a gain year-to-date 2016 – $53 million;
equity earnings from our investment in the Timberland Venture – $20 million – which was acquired in our merger with Plum Creek; and
a noncash impairment charge recognized in first quarter 2015 related to a nonstrategic asset that was sold in second quarter 2015 – $13 million.




INTEREST EXPENSE

Our interest expense, net of capitalized interest incurred was:
$98 million for the third quarter 2017 and $297 million for year-to-date 2017; and
$114 million for the third quarter 2016 and $323 million for the year-to-date 2016
$87 million for the third quarter 2015 and $254 million for the year-to-date 2015
2016.

Interest expense increased $27decreased $16 million compared to third quarter 20152016 and $69$26 million compared to year-to-date 20152016 primarily due to the decreased average outstanding debt in 2017 versus 2016. During first quarter 2016, we entered into two term loans totaling $2.5 billion, both of which were paid in full and terminated in fourth quarter 2016. As such, only the results for 2016 included interest incurred on the long-term debt assumed in the Plum Creek merger and the term loans we entered into in first quarter 2016. See additional details in Note 10: Long-Term Debt and Lines of Credit.these loans.


INCOME TAXES

Our provision for income taxes for our continuing operations was:
$(27) million for the third quarter 2017 and $31 million year-to-date 2017; and
$22 million for the third quarter 2016 and $64 million year-to-date 2016 and
$(44) million for the third quarter 2015 and $(36) million year-to-date 2015.2016.

The increase to ourOur provision for income taxes both in the third quarter and year-to-date 2016, is attributable to:
increasedprimarily driven by earnings generated by our taxable REIT subsidiaries. Overall performance results for our TRS due primarily to the improved performance of our Wood Products segment and
exhaustion of our remaining federal tax credit and net operating loss carryforwards during 2016.business segments can be found in Consolidated Results.

Refer to Note 17:18: Income Taxes for additional information.


LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

We are committed to maintaining an appropriate capital structure that enables us to:
protect the interests of our shareholders and lenderslenders; and
havemaintain access at all times to all major financial markets.

CASH FROM OPERATIONS

Consolidated net cash provided by our operations was:
$847 million for year-to-date 2017; and
$886 million for year-to-date 2016 and
$736 million for year-to-date 2015.2016.

Comparing Year-to-Date 20162017 with Year-to-Date 20152016

Net cash provided by our operations increased $150decreased $39 million, primarily due to:
increased cash flows from our business segments of $370 million; and
a decrease in cash paid for income taxes of $30 million.

These increases were partially offset by:
decreased operating cash flows from discontinued operations of $56 million;$192 million and
an increase in cash paid for interestincome taxes of $77 million corresponding with our increased average indebtedness; and$155 million.
cash payments made in 2016 related to the Plum Creek merger of $85 million. Cash payments for merger-related costs were comprised of:
investment banking and other professional services fees – $6 million;
termination benefits – $33 million;
settlement of Value Management Awards – $5 million;


pension and postretirement benefits – $37 million; and
other merger-related costs – $4 million.

These decreases were offset by increased cash flows from our business segments of $347 million. See Performance Measures for our Adjusted EBITDA by segment.

CASH FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Consolidated net cash provided by (used in) investing activities was:
$192 million for year-to-date 2017; and
$591 million for year-to-date 2016 and
$(324) million for year-to-date 2015.2016.

Comparing Year-to-Date 20162017 with Year-to-Date 20152016

Net cash from investing activities increased $915decreased $399 million, primarily due to:to the following non-recurring cash inflows that occurred in 2016:
$440 million of proceeds from our contribution of timberlands to the Twin Creeks joint venture in second quarter 2016;Venture;
$287 million of proceeds from the sale of our liquid packaging board business in the third quarter 2016; and
$9270 million of proceeds from the sale of nonstrategic assets, including our former corporateFederal Way, Washington headquarters property; andcampus.
$34These were offset by approximately $403 million of cash distributions constituting a returnproceeds from the sale of our investmentUruguayan operations in our various joint ventures.the third quarter 2017.




Summary of Capital Spending by Business Segment
YEAR-TO-DATE ENDEDYEAR-TO-DATE ENDED
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016
Timberlands$77
 $58
$79
 $77
Real Estate & ENR1
 
2
 1
Wood Products152
 165
176
 152
Unallocated Items10
 1
2
 10
Discontinued operations63
 85

 63
Total$303
 $309
$259
 $303

We anticipate thatexpect our net capital expenditures for 2017 to be $435 million, which is comparable to 2016 – excluding acquisitions – will be approximately $540 million.capital spending for continuing operations. The amount we spend on capital expenditures could change due to:

capital allocation priorities,
Our agreement to sell our pulp manufacturing business to International Paper (see Note 3: Discontinued Operations) provides for reimbursement of certain expenditures we incur to complete ongoing capital projects at our Port Wentworth pulp mill. According tofuture economic conditions,
environmental regulations,
changes in the terms of the agreement, we anticipate that we will be reimbursed for approximately $30 millioncomposition of our anticipated 2016 net capital expenditures following the closebusiness,
weather and
timing of the sale to International Paper, which is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2016.equipment purchases.

CASH FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Consolidated net cash used in financing activities was:
$1,218 million for year-to-date 2017; and
$1,710 million for year-to-date 2016 and
$944 million for year-to-date 2015.2016.

Comparing Year-to-Date 20162017 with Year-to-Date 20152016

Net cash used in financing activities increased $766decreased $492 million primarily due to the following:
repayment of Plum Creek's line of credit and term loan outstanding at the merger date – $720 million,


increasea $2.0 billion decrease in cash paid to repurchase common shares – $1.5 billion,in 2016;
repayment of Plum Creek's outstanding debt at the merger date in 2016 in the amount of $720 million; and
increasea $22 million decrease in cash dividends paid – $240 million.on preference shares.

These outflows were offset by $1.7 billionof cash proceeds from issuance of new term loan credit facilities subsequentduring 2016, as compared to the merger date.$225 million of cash proceeds from issuance of new term loans in 2017. Additionally, payments of long-term debt increased by $108 million in year-to-date 2017.

RevolvingLines of Credit Facility

Weyerhaeuser Company hasDuring March 2017, we entered into a new $1.5 billion five-year senior unsecured revolving credit facility that expires in March 2022. This replaces a $1 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility that matures inwas set to expire September 2018. ThereAs of September 30, 2017, there were no borrowings under our credit facility in year-to-date 2016 or 2015, and as of September 30, 2016, the entire $1 billion remained available for borrowing.

Assumed Debt and Debt Repayments

In connection with the merger with Plum Creek, Weyerhaeuser Company either assumed or repaid Plum Creek's outstanding long-term debt instruments. The long-term debt instruments assumed consisted of:
two issuances of publicly traded Senior Notes,
an Installment Note and
the Note Payable to Timberland Venture.outstanding.

For additional information on long-term debt instruments assumed, seeRefer to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Note 10: Long-Term Debt and Lines of Credit. for further information.

Concurrent with the merger, Weyerhaeuser repaid in full the outstanding balances of Plum Creek's Revolving Line of Credit and Term Loan using $720 million of cash on hand. There were no payments of debt in 2015.

In the next 12 months $1,981 million of long-term debt is scheduled to mature, including the Term Loan Credit Facilities discussed below.

Term Loan Credit Facilities

In February 2016, Weyerhaeuser Company entered into a $600 million 18-month senior unsecured term loan maturing in August 2017. As of September 30, 2016, we had $600 million outstanding under this facility.

In March 2016, Weyerhaeuser Company entered into a $1.9 billion 18-month senior unsecured term loan maturing in September 2017. As of September 30, 2016, we had $1.1 billion outstanding under this facility.

Debt Covenants

As of September 30, 2016,2017, Weyerhaeuser Company was in compliance with allits debt covenants. There have been no significant changes during third quarter 20162017 to the debt covenants presented in our 20152016 Annual Report on Form 10-K for our existing long-term debt instruments. The debt covenants for the Senior Notes assumed through our merger with Plum Creek

Term Loan Payment and the debt covenants for the new term loans issued in February 2016 and March 2016 do not differ materially from our debt covenants presented in our 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K.Replacement

On April 28, 2016, the Installment Note PayableJuly 24, 2017 we prepaid a $550 million variable-rate term loan originally set to mature in 2020 (2020 term loan). The 2020 term loan was amendedprepaid using available cash of $325 million as well as borrowing proceeds from a new $225 million variable-rate term loan set to align the agreement's debt covenants withmature in 2026 (2026 term loan).

During August 2017, we paid our term loans' covenants.$281 million 6.95% debentures, originally set to mature in August 2017.

When calculating compliance in accordance with financial debt covenants, we exclude the impactRefer to Note 10: Long-Term Debt and Lines of our pension and other post-retirement plans recorded within cumulative other comprehensive income from adjusted shareholders' interest (equity). The excluded amounts are $1,358 million and $1,425 million and are equal to the cumulative actuarial losses and prior service costsCredit for our pension and post-retirement plans at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively (see Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - Note 13: Cumulative Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)).further information.



Option Exercises

We received cash proceeds from the exercise of stock options of:
$89 million in 2017; and
$48 million in year-to-date 2016 and
$29 million in year-to-date 2015.2016.

Our average stock price was $33.01 and $29.74 for year-to-date 2017 and $32.18 in year-to-date 2016, and 2015, respectively.

Paying Dividends and Repurchasing Stock

We paid cash dividends on common shares of:
$699 million in 2017; and
$700 million in year-to-date 2016 and
$460 million in year-to-date 2015.2016.

The increaseslight decrease in dividends paid is due in part to an increase in our quarterlydecreased common shares outstanding at the dividend from $0.29 to $0.31 per share in the third quarter of 2015 and in part to an increase in total shares outstanding.record dates.

We repurchased 9,775,873 shares of common stock for $306 million (including transaction fees) during third quarter 2016 and 67,816,810 shares for $2.0 billion (including transaction fees) during year-to-date 2016 under the 2016 Share Repurchase Authorization. The 2016 Share Repurchase Authorization was approved in November 2015 by our Board of Directors and authorized management to repurchase up to $2.5 billion of outstanding shares subsequent to the closing of our merger with Plum Creek. This new authorization replaced the August 2015 shareshares. During third quarter 2017, we did not repurchase authorization. Transaction fees incurred for repurchases are not counted as use of funds authorized for repurchases under the 2016 Share Repurchase Authorization. All common stock purchases under the stock repurchase program were made in open-market transactions.any shares. As of September 30, 2016,2017, we had remaining authorization of $500 million for future stock repurchases.

We record share repurchases upon the trade date as opposed to the settlement date when cash is disbursed. We record a liability to account for repurchases that have not been cash settled. There were no unsettled repurchases as of September 30, 2016 or December 31, 2015.2017.


PERFORMANCE MEASURES

We use Adjusted Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (Adjusted EBITDA) as a key performance measure to evaluate the performance of the consolidated company and our business segments. This measure should not be considered in isolation from and is not intended to represent an alternative to our results reported in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP). However, we believe Adjusted EBITDA provides meaningful supplemental information for investors about our operating performance, better facilitates period to period comparisons, and is widely used by analysts, lenders, rating agencies and other interested parties.

Our definition of Adjusted EBITDA may be different from similarly titled measures reported by other companies. Due to recent organizational changes and our February 19, 2016 merger with Plum Creek, effective for 2016, we have revised our definition of Adjusted EBITDA to add back the basis of real estate sold. We have revised our prior-period presentation to conform to our current reporting.

Adjusted EBITDA, as we define it, is operating income from continuing operations adjusted for depreciation, depletion, amortization, basis of real estate sold, unallocated pension and postretirementservice costs not allocated to business segments (primarily interest cost, expected return on plan assets, amortization of actuarial loss and amortization of prior service cost/credit), and special items. Adjusted EBITDA excludes results from joint ventures.



ADJUSTED EBITDA BY SEGMENT
QUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGEQUARTER ENDED 
AMOUNT OF
CHANGE
 YEAR-TO-DATE ENDED AMOUNT OF CHANGE
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSSEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS.
2015
 SEPTEMBER 2016 SEPTEMBER 2015 2016 VS. 
2015
SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS.
2016
 SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPTEMBER 2016 2017 VS. 
2016
Adjusted EBITDA by Segment:                      
Timberlands$223
 $158
 $65
 $642
 $518
 $124
$220
 $223
 $(3) $684
 $642
 $42
Real Estate & ENR37
 21
 16
 99
 65
 34
74
 37
 37
 154
 99
 55
Wood Products203
 111
 92
 509
 297
 212
278
 203
 75
 759
 509
 250
463
 290
 173
 1,250
 880
 370
572
 463
 109
 1,597
 1,250
 347
Unallocated Items(29) (45) 16
 (67) (103) 36
(3) (29) 26
 (68) (67) (1)
Total$434
 $245
 $189
 $1,183
 $777
 $406
Adjusted EBITDA$569
 $434
 $135
 $1,529
 $1,183
 $346



We reconcile Adjusted EBITDA by segment to net earnings"Net earnings" for the consolidated company and to operating income"Operating income" for the business segments, as those are the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measures for each. The table below reconciles Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter ended September 30, 2016:2017:
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSTimberlands Real Estate & ENR Wood Products Unallocated Items TotalTimberlands Real Estate & ENR Wood Products Unallocated Items Total
Adjusted EBITDA by Segment:                  
Net earnings        $227
        $130
Earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes        (65)        
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest        114
        98
Income taxes        22
        (27)
Net contribution to earnings$122
 $15
 $170
 $(9) $298
$131
 $47
 $40
 $(17) $201
Equity earnings from joint ventures
 (1) 
 (8) (9)
 (1) 
 
 (1)
Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit costs (credits)
 
 
 16
 16
Interest income and other
 
 
 (15) (15)
 
 
 (11) (11)
Operating income122
 14
 170
 (32) 274
Operating income (loss)131
 46
 40
 (12) 205
Depreciation, depletion and amortization101
 4
 33
 
 138
89
 4
 37
 2
 132
Basis of real estate sold
 19
 
 
 19

 24
 
 
 24
Non-operating pension and postretirement credits
 
 
 (11) (11)
Special items(1)

 
 
 14
 14
Unallocated pension service costs
 
 
 1
 1
Special items(1)(2)

 
 201
 6
 207
Adjusted EBITDA$223
 $37
 $203
 $(29) $434
$220
 $74
 $278
 $(3) $569

(1)
Special items include: $14attributable to Wood Products includes: $190 million of product remediation charges, a $6 million impairment on a non-strategic asset and $5 million of retroactive and prospective countervailing and antidumping duties.
(2)Special items attributable to Unallocated Items include $6 million of Plum Creek merger-related costs.



The table below reconciles Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter ended September 30, 2015:2016:
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSTimberlands Real Estate & ENR Wood Products Unallocated Items TotalTimberlands Real Estate & ENR Wood Products Unallocated Items Total
Adjusted EBITDA by Segment:                  
Net earnings        $191
        $227
Earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes        (59)        (65)
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest        87
        114
Income taxes        (44)        22
Net contribution to earnings$107
 $19
 $85
 $(36) $175
$122
 $15
 $170
 $(9) $298
Equity earnings from joint ventures
 
 
 
 

 (1) 
 (8) (9)
Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit costs (credits)
 
 
 (13) (13)
Interest income and other
 
 
 (9) (9)
 
 
 (15) (15)
Operating income107
 19
 85
 (45) 166
Operating income (loss)122
 14
 170
 (45) 261
Depreciation, depletion and amortization51
 
 26
 2
 79
101
 4
 33
 
 138
Basis of real estate sold
 2
 
 
 2

 19
 
 
 19
Non-operating pension and postretirement credits
 
 
 (2) (2)
Unallocated pension service costs
 
 
 2
 2
Special items(1)

 
 
 14
 14
Adjusted EBITDA$158
 $21
 $111
 $(45) $245
$223
 $37
 $203
 $(29) $434

(1)Special items include $14 million of Plum Creek merger-related costs.




The table below reconciles Adjusted EBITDA for the year-to-date period ended September 30, 2017:
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSTimberlands Real Estate & ENR Wood Products Unallocated Items Total
Adjusted EBITDA by Segment:         
Net earnings        $311
Earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes        
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest        297
Income taxes        31
Net contribution to earnings$267
 $96
 $389
 $(113) $639
Equity earnings from joint ventures
 (1) 
 
 (1)
Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit costs (credits)
 
 
 46
 46
Interest income and other
 
 
 (29) (29)
Operating income (loss)267
 95
 389
 (96) 655
Depreciation, depletion and amortization270
 11
 108
 5
 394
Basis of real estate sold
 48
 
 
 48
Unallocated pension service costs
 
 
 3
 3
Special items(1)(2)(3)
147
 
 262
 20
 429
Adjusted EBITDA$684
 $154
 $759
 $(68) $1,529

(1)Special items attributable to Timberlands include $147 million of impairment charges related to our Uruguayan operations.
(2)Special items attributable to Wood Products includes: $240 million product remediation charges, $16 million of retroactive and prospective countervailing and antidumping duties and a $6 million impairment on a non-strategic asset.
(3)Special items attributable to Unallocated Items include $20 million of Plum Creek merger-related costs.


The table below reconciles Adjusted EBITDA for the year-to-date period ended September 30, 2016:
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSTimberlands Real Estate & ENR Wood Products Unallocated Items TotalTimberlands Real Estate & ENR Wood Products Unallocated Items Total
Adjusted EBITDA by Segment:                  
Net earnings        $476
        $476
Earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes        (123)        (123)
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest        323
        323
Income taxes        64
        64
Net contribution to earnings$376
 $42
 $413
 $(91) $740
$376
 $42
 $413
 $(91) $740
Equity earnings from joint ventures
 (1) 
 (20) (21)
 (1) 
 (20) (21)
Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit costs (credits)
 
 
 (37) (37)
Interest income and other
 
 
 (34) (34)
 
 
 (34) (34)
Operating income (loss)376
 41
 413
 (145) 685
376
 41
 413
 (182) 648
Depreciation, depletion and amortization266
 9
 96
 4
 375
266
 9
 96
 4
 375
Basis of real estate sold
 49
 
 
 49

 49
 
 
 49
Non-operating pension and postretirement credits
 
 
 (33) (33)
Unallocated pension service costs
 
 
 4
 4
Special items(1)

 
 
 107
 107

 
 
 107
 107
Adjusted EBITDA$642
 $99
 $509
 $(67) $1,183
$642
 $99
 $509
 $(67) $1,183

(1)
(1)     Special items include: $132 million of Plum Creek merger-related costs, $36 million gain on sale of non-strategic assets and $11 million of legal expense.

















The table below reconciles Adjusted EBITDA for the year-to-date period ended September 30, 2015:
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSTimberlands Real Estate & ENR Wood Products Unallocated Items Total
Adjusted EBITDA by Segment:         
Net earnings        $436
Earnings from discontinued operations, net of income taxes        (111)
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest        254
Income taxes        (36)
Net contribution to earnings$363
 $52
 $218
 $(90) $543
Equity earnings from joint ventures
 
 
 
 
Interest income and other
 
 
 (27) (27)
Operating income (loss)363
 52
 218
 (117) 516
Depreciation, depletion and amortization155
 
 79
 9
 243
Basis of real estate sold
 13
 
 
 13
Non-operating pension and postretirement credits
 
 
 (8) (8)
Special items(1)

 
 
 13
 13
Adjusted EBITDA$518
 $65
 $297
 $(103) $777

(1)    Special items include: a $13 million noncash impairment charge related to a nonstrategic asset.


CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

OurThere have been no significant changes during third quarter 2017 to our critical accounting policies are discussedpresented in our 20152016 Annual Report on Form 10-K. As a result of the impact to our financial statements from our merger with Plum Creek, we now consider the following accounting policies to be critical accounting policies. The following are information updates, and should be read in conjunction with, the critical accounting policies disclosed in our 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Timber Depletion

We record depletion – the costs attributed to timber harvested – as trees are harvested.
To calculate our depletion rate, which is updated annually, we:
take the total carrying cost of the timber and
divide by the total timber volume estimated to be harvested during the harvest cycle.

Estimating the volume of timber available for harvest over the harvest cycle requires the consideration of the following factors:
effects of fertilizer and pesticide applications,
changes in environmental regulations and other regulatory restrictions,
limits on harvesting certain timberlands,
changes in harvest plans,
scientific advancement in seedling and growing technology; and
changes in weather patterns.

In addition, the duration of the harvest cycle varies by geographic region and species of timber.



Depletion rate calculations do not include estimates for:
future silviculture or sustainable forest management costs associated with existing stands,
future reforestation costs associated with a stand’s final harvest; and
future volume in connection with the replanting of a stand subsequent to its final harvest.

A 5 percent decrease in our estimate of future harvest volumes would have:
increased depletion expense by $4 million for third quarter 2016 and $10 million for year-to-date 2016; and
increased depletion expense by $1 million for third quarter 2015 and $5 million for year-to-date 2015.

Business Combinations

We recognize identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition date fair values. Goodwill as of the acquisition date is measured as the excess of consideration transferred over the net of the acquisition date fair values of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed. While we use our best estimates and assumptions for the purchase price allocation process to value assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date, our estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. As a result, during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, we record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to any goodwill previously recorded (or to earnings in the event that no goodwill was previously recorded) to the extent that we identify adjustments to the preliminary purchase price allocation. Beginning January 1, 2016, we have adopted ASU 2015-16, which eliminates the requirement to retrospectively apply measurement period adjustments to the preliminary purchase price allocation and revise comparative information on the income statement and balance sheet for any prior periods affected. We will recognize measurement period adjustments and any resulting effect on earnings during the period in which the adjustment is identified. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the values of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to our condensed consolidated statements of operations.


QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

LONG-TERM INDEBTEDNESS OBLIGATIONS

The following summary of our long-term indebtedness obligations includes:
all future cash obligations arising from our long-term indebtedness;
scheduled principal repayments for the next five years and after;
weighted average interest rates for debt maturing in each of the next five years and after; and
estimated fair values of outstanding obligations.

We estimate the fair value of our debt instruments using quoted market prices we received for the same types and issues of our debt or on the discounted value of the future cash flows using market yields for the same type and comparable issues of debt. Changes in market rates of interest affect the fair value of our fixed-rate debt.

SUMMARY OF LONG-TERM INDEBTEDNESS PRINCIPAL OBLIGATIONS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 20162017
DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONSDOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN MILLIONS 
20162017201820192020THEREAFTERTOTALFAIR VALUE20172018201920202021THEREAFTERTOTALFAIR VALUE
Fixed-rate debt(1)$
$281
$62
$500
$
$5,169
$6,012
$7,204
$
$62
$500
$
$719
$4,450
$5,731
$6,872
Average interest rate%6.95%7.00%7.38%%6.16%6.30%N/A
%7.00%7.38%%5.56%6.38%6.37%N/A
Variable-rate debt(1)$
$1,700
$
$
$550
$
$2,250
$2,250
$
$
$
$
$
$225
$225
$225
Average interest rate%1.53%%%2.15%%1.68%N/A
%%%%%2.84%2.84%N/A

(1) Excludes $39 million of unamortized discounts, capitalized debt expense and fair value step-up (related to Plum Creek merger).


CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

EVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

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 rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2016,2017, based on an evaluation of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of that date.

CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROLS

As a result of our February 2016 merger with Plum Creek, the company is implementing internal controls over significant processes specific to the acquisition that management believes are appropriate in consideration of related integration of operations, systems, control activities, and accounting for the merger and merger-related transactions. As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q,During 2017, we are in the process of further integratingintegrated the acquired Plum Creek operations into our overall internal controls over financial reporting.

Except as described above, no changes occurred in the company’s internal control over financial reporting during third quarter 20162017 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting.


LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Refer to “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Note 12: Legal Proceedings, Commitments and Contingencies.”


RISK FACTORS

There have been no material changes with respect to the risk factors disclosed in our 20152016 Annual Report on Form 10-K.


UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

INFORMATION ABOUT COMMON SHARE REPURCHASES DURING THIRD QUARTER 2016There have been no share repurchases during the third quarter and year-to-date 2017.

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY
DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
COMMON SHARE REPURCHASES DURING THIRD QUARTERTOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES (OR UNITS) PURCHASED AVERAGE PRICE PAID PER SHARE (OR UNIT) TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES (OR UNITS) PURCHASED AS PART OF PUBLICLY ANNOUCED PLANS OR PROGRAMS MAXIMUM NUMBER (OR APPROXIMATE DOLLAR VALUE) OF SHARES (OR UNITS) THAT MAY YET BE PURCHASED UNDER THE PLANS OR PROGRAMS
July 1 – July 318,579,989
 $31.16
 8,579,989
 $538,928,998
August 1 – August 311,195,884
 32.55
 1,195,884
 500,000,011
September 1 – September 30
 
 
 500,000,011
Total repurchases during third quarter9,775,873
 $31.33
 9,775,873
 $500,000,011

During third quarter 2016, we repurchased 9,775,873 shares of common stock for $306 million (including transaction fees) under the 2016 Share Repurchase Authorization. We repurchased 67,816,810 shares of common stock for $2.0 billion (including transaction fees) during year-to-date 2016 under the 2016 Share Repurchase Authorization. The 2016 Share Repurchase Authorization was approved in November 2015 by our Board of Directors and authorized management to repurchase up to $2.5 billion of outstanding shares subsequent to the closing of our merger with Plum Creek. This new authorization replaced the August 2015 share repurchase authorization. Transaction fees incurred for repurchases are not counted as use of funds authorized for repurchases under the 2016 Share Repurchase Authorization. All common stock purchases under the stock repurchase program were made in open-market transactions. As of September 30, 2016, we had remaining authorization of $500 million for future stock repurchases.None.

We record share repurchases upon trade date as opposed to the settlement date when cash is disbursed. We record a liability to account for repurchases that have not been cash settled. There were no unsettled repurchases as of September 30, 2016, or December 31, 2015.
MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

OTHER INFORMATION

None.


EXHIBITS
4.1Supplemental Indenture No. 2 dated September 28, 2016, by and between Weyerhaeuser Company, as Successor Issuer, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, relating to the 4.70% Notes due 2021 and the 3.25% Notes due 2023 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 1-4825, filed on September 30, 2016)
4.2Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated February 19, 2016 by and among Plum Creek Timberlands, L.P., as Issuer, Weyerhaeuser Company, as Successor Guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 1-4825, filed on February 19, 2016)
4.3Indenture dated November 14, 2005, by and among Plum Creek Timberlands, L.P., as Issuer, Weyerhaeuser Company, as successor to Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., as Guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 1-4825, filed on February 19, 2016)
4.4Officer’s Certificate dated November 15, 2010, executed by Plum Creek Timberlands, L.P., as Issuer, establishing the terms and form of the 4.70% Notes due 2021 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 1-4825, filed on February 19, 2016)
4.5
Officer’s Certificate dated November 26, 2012, executed by Plum Creek Timberlands, L.P., as Issuer, establishing the terms and formStatements regarding computation of the 3.25% Notes due 2023 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, File No. 1-4825, filed on February 19, 2016)
  
10.1Redemption Agreement dated as of August 30, 2016 by and among Southern Diversified Timber, LLC, Weyerhaeuser NR Company, TCG Member, LLC, Plum Creek Timber Operations I, L.L.C., TCG/Southern Diversified Manager, LLC, Southern Diversified, LLC, Campbell Opportunity Fund VI, L.P., and Campbell Opportunity Fund VI-A, L.P.
12.1Statements regarding computation of ratios
31.1
  
  
100.INSXBRL Instance Document
  
100.SCHXBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
  
100.CALXBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
  
100.DEFXBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
  
100.LABXBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
  
100.PREXBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

*Exhibits and schedules to this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The company will furnish a copy of any such omitted exhibits and schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request but may request confidential treatment for any exhibit or schedule so furnished.



Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY
 Date:October 28, 201627, 2017
   
 By:/s/ Jeanne M. Hillman
  Jeanne M. Hillman
  Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

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