Pope & Talbot announces Peter T. Pope to resign from board of directors

May 11, 2007. /Lesprom Network/. Pope & Talbot, Inc. announced on May 10, 2007 that Peter T. Pope will resign from the board of directors effective May 10, 2007. Under the company's corporate governance guidelines, it is company policy, unless waived under special circumstances, that a member of the board of directors retires effective as of the first annual shareholders meeting after the member's seventy-second birthday. Mr. Pope has been a director of the company since 1962, and was chairman of the board and chief executive officer from 1971 until his retirement on July 31, 1999. Following his retirement in 1999, Peter continued on as chairman of the board until July 31, 2000. Pope & Talbot is a pulp and wood products company. The company is based in Portland, Oregon and trades on the New York Stock Exchange. Pope & Talbot was founded in 1849 and produces pulp and softwood lumber in the U.S. and Canada. Markets for the company's products include: the U.S.; Europe; Canada; South America; Japan; and other Pacific Rim countries.