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Hello Pat: I am curious about your thoughts on Acadian Timber. Thanks much.

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Acadian Timber, $12.40, symbol ADN on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 16.7 million; Market cap: $207.5 million; www.acadiantimber.com), supplies forest products in Eastern Canada and the northeastern U.S. Acadian owns and manages 1.1 million acres of timberlands in New Brunswick and Maine and provides management services for 1.3 million acres of Crown-licensed forests. With a total of 2.4 million acres under management, Acadian is the second-largest timberland operator in New Brunswick and Maine. It also owns and operates a forest nursery in Second Falls, New Brunswick. The company’s products include softwood and hardwood sawlogs, pulpwood and biomass (wood waste for burning in power plants). It sells these goods to over 100 regional customers. Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (symbol BAM.A on Toronto) holds a 44.9% interest in Acadian. In the three months ended June 29, 2013, Acadian’s revenue rose 9.5%, to $15.6 million from $14.3 million a year earlier. Cash flow per share rose 9.1%, to $0.12 from $0.11. Acadian holds cash of $5.4 million,…