Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Assets Held for Sale

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Assets Held for Sale
9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Assets Held for Sale
Assets Held for Sale

In accordance with its strategy to dispose of non-core and under-performing assets, the following assets have been classified as assets held for sale as of June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2017:

(in thousands)
Carrying Value
 
June 30,
 
September 30,
 
2018
 
2017
Office Building
$

 
$
3,214

Nursery - Gainesville

 
6,500

Chancey Bay (Citrus Grove)

 
4,179

Gal Hog

 
70

Breeding Herd

 
5,858

Trailers
637

 
1,162

Island Pond (Citrus Grove)
5,878

 

Rawle (Citrus Grove)
3,680

 

Parcels on East Ranch
100

 

     Total Assets Held For Sale
$
10,295

 
$
20,983



On May 2, 2018, the Company sold its Gal Hog property for approximately $7,300,000 and recognized a gain of approximately $6,709,000.

On March 30, 2018, the Company sold property located on its Winter Haven location for approximately $225,000 and recognized a loss of approximately $50,000. This asset was classified as an asset held for sale during the first quarter of fiscal 2018.

On February 12, 2018, the Company sold its property at Chancey Bay for approximately $4,200,000 and realized a loss of approximately $51,000. As part of the transaction, the Company agreed to pay the purchaser rent of $200,000 in exchange for Alico retaining the rights of harvesting and selling of the fruit in the 2017/2018 harvest season.

On February 9, 2018, the Company sold its nursery located in Gainesville for approximately $6,500,000 and realized a gain of approximately $111,000.

On January 25, 2018, the Company sold its breeding herd to a third party for approximately $7,800,000. As part of this transaction, the purchaser is also leasing grazing and other rights on the Alico Ranch from the Company at a rate of $100,000 per month.

On January 19, 2018, the Company sold certain trailers to a third party for $500,000. The Company received $125,000 and the remaining portion is to be paid in accordance with a promissory note, which bears interest at 5%, over three years.

On October 30, 2017, the Company sold its corporate office building in Fort Myers, Florida for $5,300,000 and realized a gain of approximately $1,751,000. The sales agreement provides that the Company lease back a portion of the office space for five years.

The Company recorded an impairment loss in operating expenses of approximately $4,131,000 during fiscal year 2017 on these assets classified as assets held for sale at September 30, 2017.

The Company has used a portion of the proceeds to pay down debt (see Note 5. "Long-Term Debt and Lines of Credit") and repurchase common shares in the open market, and plans to use the remaining cash proceeds from the sale of these assets towards future working capital requirements and other corporate purposes.

In June 2018, the Company's Board of Directors approved listing its Island Pond and Rawle properties, as well as property located on the East Ranch, for sale. As a result, the Company reclassified the net book value of the properties of approximately $9,660,000 to assets held for sale as of June 30, 2018. The estimated fair value of the Island Pond property was less than the net book value, and, as such, the Company recorded an impairment in operating expenses of approximately $1,855,000 as a result of the reclassification. The estimated fair value of the Island Pond property exceeded the net book value, and no impairment was recognized as a result of the reclassification.

On June 29, 2018, the Company executed a contract to sell 1,294 acres for a parcel of property located at the East Ranch for approximately $3,200,000.