"Some of you have asked about cash..."-Asked by investors
-Asked by Board
-Asked to present to BOD next meeting
-Variety of factors to consider...
-1. Balance sheet preservation. 2. Safety CAPEX. 3. Funding projects (this is what Warren Buffett hates BTW, and why he doesn’t go into capital intensive industries).
-Trade at huge discount to book values, vs. the 20% premium the other investors have.
-We believe return on shareholder investment will improve as they move to greener sawtimber and the duty goes away.
-"We are seriously evaluating the suggestion that we implement as share repurchase program"
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Q&A:
- What’s a reasonable range EBITDA in Q3 per Hamir @ CIBC
- They are conservative
- Expect full year EBITDA of at least double the consensus $6 to $8M.
- How are you maximizing returns?
- 5% to Japan
- 12.5% to China
- 12.5% to Canada
- 70%+ to USA
- Govt’ grant benefits for Q3.
- Looking at it now
- Expecting a run up in revenuce, and DQ from further subsidy
- Not at the level of the Q2 subsidy where they saw $2M
- What's the dead live mix in Mack? Per Paul Quinn
- 45% green
- Had been as low at 30% greeen