CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. has commenced an underwritten offering of 4,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock. CatchMark expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 600,000 shares of Class A common stock in the offering solely to cover overallotments, if any.

Raymond James, Stifel, and RBC Capital Markets are serving as joint book-running managers for the offering. FBR Capital Markets & Co. is serving as the lead manager for the offering.

The offering is being made as a public offering under CatchMark's effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-218466). The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement for the offering may be obtained by contacting: Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Attention: Syndicate Department, 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, FL 33716, telephone: (800) 248-8863, email: [email protected]; or Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Attention: Syndicate Department, One South Street, 15th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202, telephone: (855) 300‐7136, email: [email protected].