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Gunns will fund the purchase with the placement of 5.7 million Gunns Limited shares and a cash payment of $1.58 million to the vendors.
"The investment by Gunns recognises the strategic importance to the forest industry of further consolidation," the company said in a statement to the ASX.
Based in Lismore and Launceston, FEA operates hardwood and softwood sawmills at Bell Bay in Tasmania.