THE LYME TIMBER COMPANY LP Investing in Timberland and Conservation Assets
Schoodic Woods LLC Overview
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23 South Main St. | Hanover NH 03755 | 603.643.3300 | www.lymetimber.com
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Peter R. Stein Managing Director
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THE LYME TIMBER COMPANY OVERVIEW
− Lyme Timber is a private timberland investment management organization that invests in rural properties
with high conservation/habitat values and partners with the leading conservation NGOs in the US to achieve superior investment returns as well as permanent conservation at a landscape scale. − Sample conservation partners include The Nature Conservancy, The Conservation Fund, The Trust for
Public Land and regional and local land trusts
− The Company’s principals have completed more than 100 transactions with land conservation NGOs and public agencies and have over 75 years of experience in land valuation, the design and negotiation of conservation easements, and timberland operations.
− 95% of lands managed by Lyme are certified as sustainably managed under the criteria of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC); 65% of the Company’s lands are dual certified under both FSC and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI).
A Brief History:
1976 – formation of The Lyme Timber Company
1992 – establishment of LTC Conservation Advisory Services
2002 – establishment of Fund I
2006 – establishment of Fund II
2010 – establishment of Fund III
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First investment by Fund III…
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• 3,200 acres
• Adjacent to Acadia National Park
• Undeveloped and primarily forested
• Contains more than a mile of shore frontage and 2 miles of shared boundaries with Acadia National Park
• Includes 15 acre Sargent’s Island
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• Conservation partners include:
• Maine Coast Heritage Trust
• Acadia National Park
• Friends of Acadia National Park
• others
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Initial transaction design:
Lyme purchases property in fee for $12 million
Maine Coast Heritage Trust secures an option for the purchase of a conservation easement within 5 years
$5 million low interest rate loan from MCHT
$1 million option consideration payment
Lyme and partners (MCHT, ANP, Friends of ANP) work together to pull together public and private funding for a conservation easement sale/purchase
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Private philanthropy
Lyme sells conservation easement
Lyme sells encumbered property to private individual or donates underlying fee land to Acadia National Park
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Final Deal Structure:
Lyme purchases property in fee for $12 million
Maine Coast Heritage Trust secures an option for the purchase of a conservation easement within 5 years if foundation does not conserve the property as promised
$1 million option consideration payment Lyme is approached by private foundation with interest in buying Lyme out of contract with seller so it can donate the land to Acadia National Park themselves
Lyme immediately sells equity interest to foundation, remains managing member because foundation would like to remain anonymous
Lyme negotiates with seller and puts a down payment on property
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