Sino-Forest falls 20% on analyst report
The Canadian Press
Posted: Jun 2, 2011 4:54 PM ET
Last Updated: Jun 2, 2011 4:54 PM ET
Shares of Sino-Forest Corp. were down more than 20 per cent Thursday before shares were halted from trading after a damning analyst report that rated the company a "strong sell."
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada stopped trading in the Mississauga-based company's shares "pending company contact."
Messages to the company by The Canadian Press were not immediately returned.
Sino-Forest owns and manages tree plantations in China, sells standing timber and wood logs, and makes engineered-wood products.
The company also holds a majority interest in Greenheart Group Ltd., a Hong Kong-listed investment company with forest operations in Suriname, South America and New Zealand.
A financial analyst report by Muddy Waters Research raised questions Thursday about Sino-Forest's financial reporting and operations.
Muddy Waters placed an estimated value of less than $1 for Sino-Forest shares.
Sino-Forest shares were down $3.75 at $14.46 when trading was halted Thursday afternoon.
Earlier this week, Sino-Forest said says some of its subsidiaries have struck deals to buy forests in Shaanxi and Yunnan provinces in China.
The company said through its Chinese subsidiaries the company's wholly-owned subsidiary Sino-Panel (China) Investments Ltd. has acquired up to 260,000 hectares of matured plantation forest.
The company can also lease the underlying land over a number of years.
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