Doman Building Materials Group Ltd. Announces Sale of Remaining Timberland Holdings
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Doman Building Materials Group Ltd. (“Doman” or the “Company”) (TSX:DBM) announced today that a wholly owned subsidiary has sold all of its remaining private timberland holdings in southeast British Columbia, Canada, to the Nature Conservancy of Canada.
During its nine years of ownership of the timberlands, Doman voluntarily adhered to rigorous statutory standards for sustainable forest management over private timberlands, including the planting of approximately 10 million new seedlings. Doman no longer will be materially involved in the harvesting aspect of the forestry business.
“The Nature Conservancy of Canada will be a unique long-term steward for these very special alpine forest lands. We are very pleased to have come to an agreement with them, which ensures these lands will be in great hands for many years to come and for many generations to enjoy,” said Amar S. Doman, Chairman of the Board.
The transaction closed today, and net proceeds from the sale will be used to further strengthen the Company’s balance sheet.
About Doman Building Materials Group Ltd.
Founded in 1989, Doman is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol DBM.
As Canada’s only fully integrated national distributor in the building materials and related products sector, Doman operates several distinct divisions with multiple treating plants, planing and specialty facilities and distribution centres coast-to-coast in all major cities across Canada and coast-to-coast across the United States.
Strategically located across Canada, Doman Building Materials Canadaoperates distribution centres coast-to-coast, and Doman Treated Wood Canadaoperates multiple treating plants near major cities. In the United States: headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Doman Lumberoperates 21 treating plants, two specialty planing mills and five specialty sawmills located in nine states, distributing, producing and treating lumber, fencing and building material servicing the central U.S.; Doman Tucker Lumberoperates three treating plants, specialty sawmilling operations and a captive trucking fleet serving the U.S. east coast; Doman Building Materials USA and Doman Treated Wood USA serve the U.S. west coast with multiple locations in California and Oregon; and in the state of Hawaii the Honsador Building Products Groupservices 15 locations across all the islands. The Company’s Canadian operations also include ownership and management of private timberlands and forest licenses, and agricultural post-peeling and pressure treating through its Doman Timber operations.
For additional information on Doman Building Materials Group Ltd., please refer to the Company’s filings on SEDAR+ and the Company’s website www.domanbm.com
For further information regarding Doman please contact:
Ali Mahdavi
Investor Relations
416-962-3300
ali.mahdavi@domanbm.com
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These statements are based on management’s current expectations regarding future events and operating performance, and on information currently available to management, speak only as of the date of this press release and are subject to risks which are described in the Company’s current Annual Information Form dated March 31, 2025 (“AIF”) and the Company’s public filings on the Canadian Securities Administrators’ website at www.sedarplus.ca (“SEDAR+”) and as updated from time to time, and would include, but are not limited to, dependence on market economic conditions, risks related to the impact of geopolitical conflicts, local, national, and international health concerns, including but not limited to COVID-19 or other viruses, epidemics or pandemics, sales and margin risk, acquisition and integration risks and operational risks related thereto, competition, information system risks, technology risks, cybersecurity risks, availability of supply of products, interest rate risks, inflation risks, risks associated with the introduction of new product lines, product design risk, product liability risk, modern slavery and supply chain risks, environmental risks, climate change risks, political risks, volatility of commodity prices, inventory risks, customer and vendor risks, contract performance risk, availability of credit, credit risks, performance bond risk, currency risks, insurance risks, tax risks, risks of legislative or regulatory changes, international trade and tariff risks, operational and safety risks, resource industry risks, resource extraction risks, risks relating to remote operations, forestry management and silviculture, fire and natural disaster risks, key executive risk and litigation risks. These risks and uncertainties may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the statements. Such statements reflect management’s current views and are based on certain assumptions. Some of the key assumptions include, but are not limited to, assumptions regarding the performance of the Canadian and the United States (“US”) economies, the impact of COVID-19, other viruses, epidemics, pandemics or health risks, interest rates, exchange rates, inflation, capital and loan availability, commodity pricing, the Canadian and the US housing and building materials markets; the impact of international trade matters on the Company, its suppliers, customers, cost of goods, sales pricing and the overall economic environment; post-acquisition operation of a business; the amount of the Company’s cash flow from operations; tax laws; laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, including the impacts of climate change, and natural resources; and the extent of the Company’s future acquisitions and capital spending requirements or planning in respect thereto, including but not limited to the performance of any such business and its operation; availability or more limited availability of access to equity and debt capital markets to fund, at acceptable costs, the Company’s future growth plans, the implementation and success of the integration of acquisitions, the ability of the Company to refinance its debts as they mature; the direct and indirect effect of the US housing market and economy; exchange rate fluctuations between the Canadian and US dollar; retention of key personnel; the Company’s ability to sustain its level of sales and earnings margins; the Company’s ability to grow its business long-term and to manage its growth; the Company’s management information systems upon which it is dependent are not impaired, ransomed or unavailable; the Company’s insurance is sufficient to cover losses that may occur as a result of its operations as well as the general level of economic activity, in Canada and the US, and abroad, discretionary spending and unemployment levels; the effect of general economic conditions; market demand for the Company’s products, and prices for such products; the effect of forestry, land use, environmental and other governmental regulations; and the risk of losses from fires, floods and other natural disasters and unemployment levels. They are, by necessity, only estimates of future developments and actual developments may differ materially from these statements due to a number of known and unknown factors. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. All forward-looking information in this press release is qualified by these cautionary statements. Although the forward-looking information contained in this press release is based on what management believes are reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements.
In addition, there are numerous risks associated with an investment in the Company’s common shares and senior unsecured notes, which include but are not limited to the factors and risks described in the periodic and other reports filed by Doman with Canadian securities commissions and available on SEDAR+ in the “Risk Factors” sections of Doman’s AIF, as may be updated from time to time. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. We caution that the foregoing factors that may affect future results are not exhaustive. When relying on our forward-looking statements to make decisions with respect to Doman, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events.
Neither Doman nor any of its associates or directors, officers, partners, affiliates, or advisers, provides any representation, assurance or guarantee that the occurrence of the events expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements in these communications will actually occur. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Except as required by applicable securities laws and legal or regulatory obligations, Doman is not under any obligation, and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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