Deltic Timber Corporation NEWS RELEASE

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April 26, 2012 Investor Relations

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Deltic Timber Announces Class I Directors Elected and Declares Quarterly Dividend

EL DORADO, AR - Deltic Timber Corporation (NYSE-DEL) announced at its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, management's nominees as Class I Directors, Ray C. Dillon, Robert C. Nolan, and Robert B. Tudor, III, were elected to serve three-year terms as Directors of the Company. The Company's stockholders also approved the appointment of KPMG, LLP as the Company's independent auditors for 2012.
In other business, the Company's stockholders approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the overall compensation of the Company's named executive officers and approved an amendment to extend the Company's 2002 Stock Incentive Plan until April 26, 2022.
At its meeting held following the stockholders' meeting, the Board of Directors of Deltic Timber Corporation (NYSE-DEL) acted to declare a quarterly dividend of $0.075 a share on the Common Stock of Deltic Timber Corporation. The dividend is payable June 15, 2012, to holders of record June 1, 2012. The Board also re-elected all of the Company's incumbent executive officers to their respective current positions.

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