Phaunos Timber Fund Limited (Phaunos) sells two of the four properties of the Eucateca teak estate, in Brazil, for $2.5 million. The combined properties represent 32% of the total 2,193 net planted hectares of teak on the estate and the sale involves an initial payment of $0.5 million with the remaining $2 million paid in stage payments between 2016 and 2018.

Timberlands

Phaunos Timber Fund sells two of four teak plantation assets from the Brazilian Eucateca estate

Nov 26, 2015. /Lesprom Network/. Phaunos Timber Fund Limited (Phaunos) sells two of the four properties of the Eucateca teak estate, in Brazil, for $2.5 million, as the company says in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

The combined properties represent 32% of the total 2,193 net planted hectares of teak on the estate and the sale involves an initial payment of $0.5 million with the remaining $2 million paid in stage payments between 2016 and 2018.

The discounted value of these payments represents a 41% premium to the $1.6 million NAV allocated to these properties.

Stephen Addicott of Stafford Timberland, the manager of Phaunos, said: "Stafford is delighted to announce the opportunistic sale of two of the four Eucateca teak properties. The two remaining properties represent, from a timber perspective, the better quality Eucateca teak stands. The sale price, at a premium to NAV, reflects the underlying agricultural value of the farms and is an excellent result for Phaunos".