Sino-Forest Announces CCAA Filing to Pursue Third Party Sale Transaction Or Restructuring with Noteholders; Commences Action Against Muddy Waters

Sino-Forest Corporation

today announced that it has reached agreement with an ad hoc committee of its noteholders on the material terms of a transaction which would involve either a sale of the Company to a third party or a restructuring under which the noteholders would acquire substantially all of the assets of the Company, including the shares of all of its direct subsidiaries which own, directly or indirectly, all of the business operations of the Company. The Ad Hoc Committee represents a significant portion of the holders of the Company's 5% Convertible Senior Notes due 2013, 10.25% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2014, 4.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 and 6.25% Guaranteed Senior Notes due 2017.