Payment of dividend and allotment of sharesOct 31, 2014 15:00
St Peter Port, Guernsey, 31 October 2014
Payment of dividend and allotment of shares
St Peter Port, Guernsey, 31 October 2014 - The Forest Company Limited, a closed-ended investment company, incorporated and registered in Guernsey, announces that in accordance with the dividend declared by the Board on 10 April 2014, shareholders on the register on the record date of 1 May 2014 have today received a dividend of 25 US cents per Ordinary and Class A Ordinary share.
Pursuant to the Circular and Form of Election regarding the Scrip Dividend Alternative announced on 11 September 2014, 134,334 Ordinary shares have been allotted today at an issue price of US$9.04 per share.
Further, 8,413 Ordinary Shares (the "Bonus Award Shares") have been allotted to Mr Rainer Häggblom, the Chairman of the Board, in accordance with the terms of the Bonus Award Deed dated 9 July 2012. The Bonus Award Shares are held in escrow pending the satisfaction of the Vesting Condition of the Bonus Award Deed.
| Class of Share | Number issued | Resultant total shares in issue |
| Ordinary shares | 142,747 | 19,028,483 |
| Class A Ordinary shares | 8,853 | 24,210,655 |
| Total | 151,600 | 43,239,138 |
Accordingly, an application has been submitted to the Channel Islands Securities Exchange Authority Limited to list 142,747 Ordinary shares and listing is expected to be effective on 31 October 2014.
About The Forest Company:
The Forest Company combines socially and environmentally responsible forestry investments with unique potential for stable and attractive returns through participation in the value chain of competitive and sustainable industries.
The Forest Company Limited is a closed-ended investment company, incorporated and registered in Guernsey in 2007, to take advantage of investment opportunities in trees, timberland and timber related assets. The Company focuses on forest plantations in areas with high biological growth rates, such as Brazil and Colombia. To date The Forest Company has raised USD 355 million in equity capital through private placements to institutional investors and family offices. Thus far, the Company has committed capital to five projects, which include both greenfield and standing plantations located in Brazil and Colombia.
The Company aims to build a diversified timberland portfolio in terms of age, class and species that is intended to maximise the risk/return profile. The Company believes that this approach will generate both long-term capital appreciation for shareholders and an attractive and sustainable income yield. For more information, visit www.theforestcompany.se.
Timber Capital Limited is the investment manager to The Forest Company.
For additional information, please contact:
ir@theforestcompany.se, The Forest Company, +1 55 11 3087 1015
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Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
This document is an advertisement and does not constitute a prospectus or offering memorandum or an offer in respect of any securities and is not intended to provide the basis for any decision in respect of The Forest Company Limited or other evaluation of any securities of The Forest Company Limited or any other entity and should not be considered as a recommendation that any investor should subscribe for or purchase any such securities. Neither the issue of this document nor any part of its contents constitutes an offer to sell or invitation to purchase any securities of The Forest Company Limited or any other entity or any persons holding securities of The Forest Company Limited.