11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
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Feb. 28, 2015
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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS |
On March 11, 2015, the Company and Arkansas River Farms, LLC, a newly formed Colorado limited liability company (Arkansas River Farms), an affiliate of C&A Companies, Inc., a Colorado corporation, and Resource Land Holdings, L.L.C., a Colorado limited liability company, entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the Purchase and Sale Agreement). The Purchase and Sale Agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Company will sell approximately 14,641 acres of real property located in Bent, Otero and Prowers Counties, Colorado, together with certain rights, easements, and benefits appurtenant to the land, including all improvements, all sand and gravel, 25% of the Companys mineral rights, water rights (including 18,448.44 shares of stock in the FLCC and 45 shares of stock in the Lower Arkansas Water Management Association), and all water taps and rights to acquire water taps associated with the land and the wells located on the land, to Arkansas River Farms for approximately $53 million in cash, subject to certain adjustments. The Purchase and Sale Agreement has been approved by the Board and is subject to shareholder approval.
The Company will continue to operate the assets as held for use and will continue to lease the farms to area farmers until the sale has been completed. The assets will remain in Investments in Water and Water Systems until shareholder approval and the completion of due diligence at which time the assets will be transferred to Land and Water Held for Sale. The assets being sold have a book value of approximately $69 million, or 68% of Pure Cycles total assets as of February 28, 2015. Upon shareholder approval and completion of the sale the Company will record a loss of approximately $16 million.
See the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 17, 2015, and, when filed with the SEC, the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for additional information. |