Weyerhaeuser Announces Completion of Timberland Transactions

In a transaction originally reported in September 2020, Weyerhaeuser today (11/20) announced the completion of two separate transactions in which it purchased timberlands from and sold timberlands to funds managed by Hancock Natural Resources Group, a Manulife Investment Management Company. In the transaction Weyerhaeuser purchased 85,000 acres of timberlands in mid-coastal Oregon in one transaction and sold 149,000 acres in southern Oregon in a separate transaction, for a net cost of approximately $40 million in cash. The company expects no tax liability in conjunction with the sale.