Assets held for sale
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Assets held for sale |
Note 8. Assets held for sale
At September 30, 2014 the assets held for sale comprised of the following:
Purchase and Sale Agreement
On August 8, 2014, we entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement, (the Purchase Agreement) with Terra Land Company (Terra) to sell approximately 30,959 gross acres of land located in Hendry County, Florida used for sugarcane production for a base purchase price of $91,436,000. The base purchase price was subject to a valuation adjustment in the event that either the net farmable acres or net support acres of the land were more or less than the amounts in the Purchase Agreement by one percent (1%) or greater.
On November 21, 2014, via various amendments to the Purchase Agreement, we completed the sale to Global Ag Properties USA LLC of approximately 36,000 gross acres of land located in Henry County, Florida used for sugarcane production for a purchase price of $97,900,000 pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement dated August 8, 2014. Global is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Terra. We have also assigned our interest in the USSC Lease to Global in conjunction with the sale. The parties have made customary representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in the Purchase Agreement.
As a result of the disposition of our sugarcane land, we are no longer involved in sugarcane and, as of November 21, 2014 the Improved Farmland segment was no longer material to our business.
Our sugarcane land has been classified as assets held for sale as of September 30, 2014, however the sugarcane operation has not been classified as a discontinued operation due to the Company's continuing involvement and continuing cash outflows in the operation pursuant to a Post-Closing Agreement in association with the Global land sale. |