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Sino-Forest Reports Strong Third Quarter 2010 Results


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Nov 10, 2010, 06:00 ET

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To Strengthen Market Leadership Position With the Addition of 500,000 Hectares Through Acquisition and Replanting

TORONTO, Nov. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Sino-Forest Corporation ("Sino-Forest") (TSX:TRE) announced its financial results today for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2010. All amounts in this release are expressed in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.

Third Quarter and Nine Months 2010 Financial Highlights

    -   Revenue increased 63% to $0.6 billion and 50% YTD to $1.2 billion
    -   EBITDA up 61% to $455 million (43% YTD to $775 million)
    -   Net Income (after a $24-million non-cash tax charge related to prior
        years) rose 12% and 29% YTD*
    -   Diluted EPS was $0.47, after giving effect to a $0.09 non-cash tax
        charge related to prior years*
    -   Cash Flow From Operating Activities increased 48% in Q3 (34% YTD)


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    (US$ millions,              Third Quarter               Nine months
     except margins          ended September 30         ended September 30
     and per share         2010     2009   Change     2010     2009   Change
     amounts)                 $        $        %        $        $        %
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    Revenue               599.5    367.0       63  1,156.3    768.6       50
    Gross Profit(1)       221.0    144.6       53    439.5    292.4       50
    Gross Profit Margin     37%      39%   (2%pts)     38%      38%        0
    EBITDA(2)             455.0    282.0       61    775.2    542.3       43
    Net Income            118.0    105.6       12    224.5    173.7       29
    Diluted Earnings Per
     Share*              0.47     0.47       (1)    0.92     0.86        6
    Cash Flow From
     Operating Activities 326.4    234.2       39    478.1    558.5      (14)
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    Notes (1) and (2) are at the end of this release

    * During the third quarter of 2010, Sino-Forest recorded an additional
        tax provision in the amount of $24.3 million or $0.09 per share
        relating to the application of a higher deemed profit rate to the
        years 2007, 2008 and 2009 as a result of changes to PRC tax laws and
        Sino-Forest's interpretation of such changes. The diluted EPS before
        this non-cash tax charge was $0.56.

Allen Chan, Chairman and CEO of Sino-Forest said, "We are very pleased to report another strong quarter as demand for wood fibre continues to increase with China's economic growth. We further strengthened our positions in the PRC's emerging markets, while benefiting from the increased demand for wood as a result of infrastructure development and real estate construction in the PRC. During the third quarter, we resumed our planting programme, which was temporarily delayed by heavy rainfall in the previous quarter. We are in the process of replanting approximately 30,000 hectares in Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong Provinces."

Mr. Chan added, "To fund our growth initiatives, we raised $600 million last month from a notes offering, which was very well received. In that regard, we extend our gratitude to the long-time and new investors for their confidence in Sino-Forest's long-term strategic business plan and in our capability to successfully execute it. We remain committed to sustainable forestry practices and to aligning our strategies with the PRC Central Government's master plan which encourages a greener and more balanced economy."

Mr. Chan continued, "With the $1.4 billion cash on hand, we plan to expand our geographical reach to the central and western regions of China where we intend to enter into agreements in the near future for the acquisition of an incremental 300,000 hectares of mature saleable trees to the existing base of our commercial plantations. After investing over 16 years in scientific silviculture applications and biotech R&D, we have amassed significant intellectual capital and a solid track record of developing and cultivating fast-growing species that produce high-yield output. We also intend to plant 200,000 hectares over the next two years in our southwest home base, further expanding Sino-Forest's vast portfolio of sustainable plantations. We believe that with this added strategy, in addition to the planned acquisitions, our plantation size will increase substantially from 756,800 hectares to over 1.3 million hectares."

Business Segment Highlights

The following table presents the total revenue breakdown for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009:

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                                             Third Quarter     Third Quarter
                                        ended Sep 30, 2010 ended Sep 30, 2009
                                            $'000        %    $'000        %
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Wood Fibre Operations
      Plantation Fibre                    474,871     79.2  295,831     80.6
      Trading of Wood Logs                107,603     17.9   60,400     16.4
    Manufacturing and Other Operations     17,016      2.9   10,731      3.0
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total                                 599,490    100.0  366,962    100.0
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Our revenue increased $233 million in the third quarter of 2010 from last year, due primarily to sales gains of $179 million in plantation fibre and $47 million in trading of wood logs.

Wood Fibre Operations

Plantation Fibre

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                                            Third Quarter ended Sep 30, 2010
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      Vol.      Av.
                                                      sold    price    Total
                                         Hectares           per m(3) revenue
                                                  '000 m(3)       $    $'000
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Standing timber                        14,642    2,500       65  161,461
    Harvested logs                         25,808    3,878       81  313,410
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total                                  40,450    6,378       74  474,871
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------


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                                            Third Quarter ended Sep 30, 2009
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      Vol.      Av.
                                                      sold    price    Total
                                         Hectares           per m(3) revenue
                                                  '000 m(3)       $    $'000
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Standing timber                        18,681    2,793       63  176,919
    Harvested logs                         10,771    1,477       81  118,912
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total                                  29,452    4,270       69  295,831
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Revenue from sales of plantation fibre increased 60.5% to $474.9 million in Q3 2010, compared to $295.8 million in the same period in 2009, mainly due to an increase in revenue from harvested logs. The average sales per hectare increased 16.9% to $11,740 per hectare in Q3 2010, compared to $10,045 per hectare in the same period last year.

The average yield per hectare sold as standing timber was 171 m(3) in Q3 2010, 14% higher than in the same quarter in 2009 (150 m(3)). The average yield per hectare sold as harvested logs increased 9% to 150 m(3) for Q3 2010 compared to 137 m(3) last year.

During the three months ended September 30, 2010, we sold approximately 16,896 hectares of plantation trees, which were acquired under our master agreements, mainly in Hunan and Guangxi. As of September 30, 2010, we had approximately 756,800 hectares of forest plantations, an increase of 60% from Q3 2009.

Trading of Wood Logs

Revenue from trading of imported and domestic wood products and logs increased 78.2% to $107.6 million in Q3 2010, compared to $60.4 million in Q3 2009, primarily due to a higher volume of Russian wood logs sold.

Manufacturing and Other Operations Revenue

Revenue from this business segment increased 58.6% to $17.0 million in Q3 2010, compared to $10.7 million in the same period in 2009, mainly due to higher sales of engineered wood flooring.

Gross Profit

Gross profit increased 52.8% to $221.0 million in Q3 2010, compared to $144.6 million in the same period in 2009. Gross profit margin decreased to 36.9% of revenue in Q3 2010, compared to 39.4% in Q3 2009, mainly due to lower gross profit margin from plantation fibre operations.

Gross Profit Margin

Plantation Fibre

Gross profit margin from sales of standing timber remained at $33 per m(3) in Q3 2010, even though margin percentage decreased to 50.8% from 52.8% in Q3 2009. The gross profit margin from sales of harvested logs was 42.2% or $34 per m(3) in Q3 2010, compared to 38.3% or $31 per m(3) in the same period in 2009. These increases were mainly due to a decrease in average timber cost per m(3) as a result of better yield per hectare in Q3 2010.

Trading of Wood Logs

Gross profit margin from trading of imported and domestic wood products and logs decreased to 4.8% in Q3 2010, compared to 7.2% in the same period in 2009.

Manufacturing and Other Operations

Gross profit margin from our manufacturing and other operations decreased to 7.9% in the three months ended September 30, 2010 from 11.8% in Q3 2009.

Selling, General and Administration Expenses

Our SG&A expenses increased 76.8% to $24.3 million in Q3 2010, compared to $13.8 million in Q3 2009. This was mainly due to increased accrued incentive compensation, R&D costs and consultancy services fees, and incremental costs of newly acquired subsidiaries in 2010.

Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes was $48.2 million in the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to $10.2 million in the same period in 2009. The increase was the result of a $23.9 million tax provision due to higher earned income and an increase in the deemed profit percentage rate to 15% used in recording the income tax provision in Q3 2010 compared to a 10% rate in Q3 2009 as a result of changes to PRC tax laws and Sino-Forest's interpretation thereof. Furthermore, due to such changes, an additional $24.3 million provision was recorded in the quarter as Sino-Forest applied a deemed profit percentage rate of 15% in certain provinces in the PRC where Sino-Forest did business in the 2007, 2008 and 2009 years, rather than the previously applied 10% rate.

Net Income for the Period

As a result of the foregoing, net income for the period increased 11.8% to $118.0 million in the three months ended September 30, 2010, compared to $105.6 million in the same period in 2009. Overall net income for the period as a percentage of revenue decreased to 19.7% in the three months ended September 30, 2010, compared to 28.8% in the same period in 2009.

Cash flows from operating activities of continuing operations

Net cash provided from operating activities increased to $326.4 million in Q3 2010, compared to $234.2 million in the same period in 2009. The increase was due to an increase in cash provided by operations, offset by the increase in cash used in working capital, which mainly resulted from a net effect of the increase in accounts receivables, inventories, prepaid expenses, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities.

Capital Expenditures

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                                         Three months ended September 30
                                              2010                2009
                                      Hectares $'million  Hectares $'million
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Tree acquisition                    69,569     464.5    61,981     279.7
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Tree acquisition - acq of
     subsidiaries                                      -                   -
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Re-planting and maintenance of
     plantations                                     8.4                14.5
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Panel manufacturing and others                   4.5                 3.0
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Panel manufacturing & others -
     acq of subsidiaries                             3.6                   -
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total                                          481.0               297.2
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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                                           Nine months ended September 30
                                              2010                2009
                                      Hectares $'million  Hectares $'million
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Tree acquisition                   145,653     852.1   179,072     677.8
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Tree acquisition - acq of
     subsidiaries                       86,786     283.1                   -
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Re-planting and maintenance of
     plantations                                    24.9                28.2
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Panel manufacturing and others                  17.5                10.8
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Panel manufacturing & others -
     acq of subsidiaries                            10.2                   -
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total                                        1,187.8               716.8
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Recent Development

On November 2, 2010, Sino-Forest announced the acquisition of MFVL Limited, a New Zealand plantation company that owns approximately 13,000 hectares of freehold land with at present approximately 5.6 million m(3) total recoverable volume of radiata pine. Sino-Forest will continue to support Omnicorp's growth plan and subject to certain approvals including from Omnicorp minority shareholders, the shares of MFVL will be transferred to Omnicorp, at cost plus all costs and expenses reasonably incurred. Omnicorp is focused on importing quality fibre into the PRC from jurisdictions outside of the PRC.

Outlook

The draft 12th Five-year plan (2011-2015) was approved at the PRC Central Government's 5th plenary meeting, which took place in October 2010. Although the plan is subject to revision and final approval at the next National Plenary Committee to be held in March 2011, it is generally perceived that the Central Government intends to make China less dependent on exports and more reliant on domestic consumer spending, and plans to improve livelihoods in rural villages through urbanization and employment creation. Based on the draft plan, the Central Government also intends to shift towards better and greener growth, to accelerate rural modernization through construction of affordable housing and improvements in agriculture, infrastructure as well as coordinated regional development. Therefore, we remain very optimistic about China's domestic growth and demand for wood fibre. We remain committed to sustainable, long-term planting in China by sowing scientifically advanced seedlings, which we have developed through R&D aimed at achieving higher fibre quality and yield output at our planted plantations.

Notice of Conference Call

Sino-Forest will hold a conference call for analysts and investors to discuss its third quarter results on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 8:30 am EST / 9:30 pm HKT. To participate, please dial +1-647-427-7450 for local and international callers, or for North America toll-free access 888-231-8191. Alternatively, to listen to the live webcast and replay in a listen-only mode, go to Sino-Forest's website under "Investor Relations - Earnings Releases" or click on the following link: http://www.sinoforest.com/earningsreleases.asp.

About Sino-Forest Corporation

Sino-Forest is a leading, commercial forest plantation operator in China. Its principal businesses include the ownership and management of forest plantation trees and sales of standing timber, wood logs, and complementary manufacturing of downstream engineered-wood products. Sino-Forest also holds a majority interest in Omnicorp Limited (HK:0094), a Hong Kong listed investment holding company with access to concession forest in Suriname, South America. Sino-Forest's common shares have traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol TRE since 1995. Learn more at www.sinoforest.com.

Note (1) to the Financial Highlights table: Gross profit for any period is defined as total revenue less cost of sales. Gross profit is presented as additional information because we believe that it is a useful measure for certain investors to determine our operating performance. Gross profit is not a recognized term under Canadian GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income as an indicator of our operating performance or any other measure of performance derived in accordance with Canadian GAAP. Because it is not a Canadian GAAP measure, gross profit may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.

Note (2) to the Financial Highlights table: EBITDA for any period is defined as income from continuing operations for the period after adding back depreciation and amortization and depletion of timber holdings in cost of sales, for the period. EBITDA is presented as additional information because we believe that it is a useful measure for certain investors to determine our operating cash flow and historical ability to meet debt service and capital expenditure requirements. EBITDA is not a measure of financial performance under Canadian GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities, a measure of liquidity or an alternative to net income as indicators of our operating performance or any other measures of performance derived in accordance with Canadian GAAP.

Cautionary note: No stock exchange or regulatory authority has approved or disapproved of information contained herein. Certain information included in this news release is forward-looking and is subject to important risks and uncertainties. When used in this news release, the words "believe", "intend", "estimate", "expect", "plan" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such words. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations. The results or events predicted in these statements may differ materially from actual results or events and are no guarantees of future performance of Sino-Forest. Factors which could cause results or events to differ from current expectations include, among other things: our ability to acquire rights to additional standing timber, our ability to meet our expected plantation yields, the cyclical nature of the forest products industry and price fluctuation in and the demand and supply of logs, our reliance on joint venture partners, authorized intermediaries, key customers, suppliers and third party service providers, our ability to operate our production facilities on a profitable basis, changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates, and PRC economic, political and social conditions and government policy, and stock market volatility, other factors not currently viewed as material could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forwarding-looking statements. For additional information with respect to certain of these and other factors, see the reports filed by Sino-Forest Corporation with applicable Canadian securities administrators. Sino-Forest Corporation disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

                       CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND
                                  RETAINED EARNINGS
         (Expressed in thousands of United States dollars, except for
                 earnings per share information) (Unaudited)

                              Three months ended           Nine months ended
                                    September 30,               September 30,
                              2010          2009          2010          2009
                                 $             $             $             $
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Revenue                599,490       366,962     1,156,263       768,615

    Costs and expenses
    Cost of sales          378,504       222,324       716,811       476,206
    Selling, general and
     administration         24,333        13,760        59,673        44,849
    Depreciation and
     amortization            1,187         1,160         3,463         3,450
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           404,024       237,244       779,947       524,505
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Income from
     operations
     before the
     undernoted            195,466       129,718       376,316       244,110
    Interest expense       (31,341)      (17,323)      (89,225)      (51,154)
    Interest income          1,920         2,580         8,912         6,760
    Exchange losses         (1,493)         (217)       (2,386)         (580)
    (Loss) gain on
     changes in fair
     value of financial
     instruments              (432)        1,938        (4,419)        3,545
    Other income               453             -           908         1,272
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Income before
     income taxes          164,573       116,696       290,106       203,953
    Provision for
     income taxes          (48,199)      (10,199)      (66,550)      (22,515)
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Net income from
     continuing
     operations            116,374       106,497       223,556       181,438
    Net loss from
     discontinued
     operations               (274)         (880)         (970)       (7,767)
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Net income before
     non-controlling
     interests             116,100       105,617       222,586       173,671
    Non-controlling
     interests               1,936             -         1,935             -
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Net income for the
     period                118,036       105,617       224,521       173,671
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Earnings per share
    Basic, for net
     income for the
     period                   0.48          0.48          0.92          0.87
    Diluted, for net
     income for the
     period                   0.47          0.47          0.92          0.86
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Earnings per share
     from continuing
     operations
    Basic, for net
     income for the
     period                   0.48          0.48          0.93          0.91
    Diluted, for net
     income for the
     period                   0.47          0.48          0.92          0.90
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Loss per share from
     discontinued
     operations
    Basic, for net loss
     for the period          (0.00)        (0.00)        (0.00)        (0.04)
    Diluted, for net loss
     for the period          (0.00)        (0.00)        (0.00)        (0.04)
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Retained earnings
    Retained earnings,
     beginning of period 1,160,759       837,611     1,054,257       769,557
    Net income for the
     period                118,036       105,617       224,521       173,671
    Transfer from
     statutory reserve           -             -            17             -
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Retained earnings,
     end of period       1,278,795       943,228     1,278,795       943,228
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------



               CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
        (Expressed in thousands of United States dollars) (Unaudited)

                              Three months ended           Nine months ended
                                    September 30,               September 30,
                              2010          2009          2010          2009
                                 $             $             $             $
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Net income for
     the period            118,036       105,617       224,521       173,671
    Other comprehensive
     income:
      Unrealized gains on
       foreign currency
       translation of
       self-sustaining
       operations           35,627         1,096        50,640         1,590
      Unrealized gains on
       financial assets
       designated as
       available-for-sale      485         6,650         2,490        10,955
      Reversal of unrealized
       gains on financial
       assets designated as
       available-for-sale     (485)            -        (2,490)            -
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Other comprehensive
     income                 35,627         7,746        50,640        12,545
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Comprehensive income   153,663       113,363       275,161       186,216
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------



                         CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
        (Expressed in thousands of United States dollars) (Unaudited)

                                                         As at         As at
                                                  September 30,  December 31,
                                                          2010          2009
                                                             $             $
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ASSETS
    Current
    Cash and cash equivalents                          816,551     1,102,366
    Short-term deposits                                 32,788        70,387
    Accounts receivable                                406,105       282,306
    Inventories                                         89,348        45,978
    Prepaid expenses and other                          86,255        54,747
    Convertible bonds                                        -        29,446
    Assets of discontinued operations                        -         1,531
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total current assets                             1,431,047     1,586,761
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Timber holdings                                  2,992,447     2,183,489
    Capital assets, net                                 99,761        77,377
    Intangible assets                                  162,697           636
    Other assets                                       122,054       115,636
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     4,808,006     3,963,899
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
    Current
    Bank indebtedness                                  122,524       103,991
    Current portion of long-term debt                   87,670             -
    Accounts payable and accrued liabilities           400,836       250,287
    Income taxes payable                                10,854         7,346
    Liabilities of discontinued operations              12,803        12,156
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total current liabilities                          634,687       373,780
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Long-term debt                                   1,066,303       925,466
    Future income tax liabilities                       78,743             -
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total liabilities                                1,779,733     1,299,246
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Non-controlling interests                           45,362             -
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Shareholders' equity
    Equity portion of convertible senior notes         158,883       158,883
    Share capital                                    1,255,793     1,213,495
    Contributed surplus                                 12,999        12,200
    Accumulated other comprehensive income             274,788       224,148
    Statutory reserve                                    1,653         1,670
    Retained earnings                                1,278,795     1,054,257
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total shareholders' equity                       2,982,911     2,664,653
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                     4,808,006     3,963,899
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Commitments and Contingencies



                    CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
        (Expressed in thousands of United States dollars) (Unaudited)

                              Three months ended           Nine months ended
                                    September 30,               September 30,
                              2010          2009          2010          2009
                                 $             $             $             $
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    CASH FLOWS FROM
     OPERATING ACTIVITIES
    Net income for the
     period                118,036       105,617       224,521       173,671
    Net loss from
     discontinued
     operations                274           880           970         7,767
    Add (deduct) items
     not affecting cash
      Depletion of timber
       holdings included
       in cost of sales    258,380       151,079       395,436       294,716
      Depreciation and
       amortization          2,010         1,160         5,630         3,450
      Accretion of
       convertible senior
       notes                 6,610         3,354        19,267         9,764
      Stock-based
       compensation            696         1,173         2,868         3,498
      Loss (gain) on
       changes in fair
       value of financial
       instruments             432        (1,937)        4,419        (3,545)
      Unrealized exchange
       losses (gains)         (860)          193        (1,779)          196
      Other                    846        (1,047)         (850)       (1,091)
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           386,424       260,472       650,482       488,426

    Net change in non-cash
     working capital
     balances              (59,995)      (26,308)     (172,347)       70,071
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Cash flows from
     operating activities
     of continuing
     operations            326,429       234,164       478,135       558,497
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Cash flows (used in)
     from operating
     activities of
     discontinued
     operations               (166)          232          (491)       (2,342)
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    CASH FLOWS USED IN
     INVESTING ACTIVITIES
    Additions to timber
     holdings             (411,542)     (303,930)     (776,259)     (729,703)
    Increase in other
     assets                (36,649)      (14,457)      (48,698)      (20,065)
    Additions to capital
     assets                 (7,628)       (2,932)      (22,398)       (8,805)
    Decrease (increase)
     in non-pledged
     short-term deposits     5,245        (5,122)       13,165        (6,600)
    Business acquisitions     (856)            -         3,163             -
    Acquisition of
     convertible bonds           -             -             -          (200)
    Proceeds from disposal
     of capital assets           9             -           142           111
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Cash flows used in
     investing activities (451,421)     (326,441)     (830,885)     (765,262)
    Cash flows from
     investing activities
     of discontinued
     operations                  -        14,981         1,478        24,120
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    CASH FLOWS FROM
     (USED IN) FINANCING
     ACTIVITIES
    Payment on deferred
     financing costs             -       (14,027)       (5,893)      (14,027)
    (Decrease) increase
     in bank indebtedness  (31,923)        1,835        16,485         3,860
    Decrease (increase)
     in pledged short-term
     deposits               25,171          (213)       24,997         1,089
    Issuance of shares,
     net of issue costs          -             -         4,896       323,947
    Payment on derivative
     financial instrument        -        (2,890)            -        (5,781)
    Issuance of a
     long-term debt         24,750             -        24,750             -
    Repayment of a
     long-term debt              -             -          (530)            -
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Cash flows from
     (used in) financing
     activities             17,998       (15,295)       64,705       309,088
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Effect of exchange
     rate changes on cash
     and cash equivalents      979            21         1,243           (72)
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Net (decrease) increase
     in cash and cash
     equivalents          (106,181)      (92,338)     (285,815)      124,029
    Cash and cash
     equivalents,
     beginning of period   922,732       657,538     1,102,366       441,171
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Cash and cash
     equivalents, end of
     period                816,551       565,200       816,551       565,200
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Supplemental cash
     flow information
    Cash payment for
     interest charged to
     income                 34,780        22,783        70,828        50,047
    Interest received        1,478           646         3,907         1,833
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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