0000052827-15-000022.txt : 20150519 0000052827-15-000022.hdr.sgml : 20150519 20150519145732 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000052827-15-000022 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150514 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20150519 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150519 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RAYONIER INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000052827 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 132607329 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NC FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-06780 FILM NUMBER: 15876091 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 WATER STREET STREET 2: SUITE 1400 CITY: JACKSONVILLE STATE: FL ZIP: 32202 BUSINESS PHONE: 9043579100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 225 WATER STREET STREET 2: SUITE 1400 CITY: JACKSONVILLE STATE: FL ZIP: 32202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ITT RAYONIER INC /CT/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940422 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ITT RAYONIER INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 a20158-kannualmeeting.htm 8-K 2015 8-K Annual Meeting
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
May 14, 2015
RAYONIER INC.
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-6780
Incorporated in the State of North Carolina
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number 13-2607329
225 Water Street, Suite 1400
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
(Principal Executive Office)
Telephone Number: (904) 357-9100
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RAYONIER INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 




Item 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company was held on May 14, 2015 (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, shareholders of the Company (1) approved all nine of the director nominees for the ensuing year, (2) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, and (3) ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015.
The final voting results were as follows:
  
 
 
 
Broker
Election of Directors, Terms Expire in 2016
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Non-Votes
Richard D. Kincaid
94,841,176
2,905,199
166,020
19,202,989
John A. Blumberg
95,272,039
2,473,507
166,849
19,202,989
Dod A. Fraser
95,149,360
2,480,718
282,317
19,202,989
Scott R. Jones
95,319,664
2,416,053
176,678
19,202,989
Bernard Lanigan, Jr.
96,736,205
987,661
188,529
19,202,989
Blanche L. Lincoln
95,129,354
2,618,178
164,863
19,202,989
V. Larkin Martin
94,986,761
2,390,118
535,516
19,202,989
David L. Nunes
95,206,443
2,426,968
278,984
19,202,989
Andrew G. Wiltshire
96,909,018
817,379
185,998
19,202,989
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Broker
 
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Non-Votes
Advisory Vote on the Compensation of Our Named Executive Officers
91,594,812
5,820,843
496,740
19,202,989
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Broker
 
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Non-Votes
Ratification of Auditors
113,934,662
2,385,673
795,049
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of l934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
RAYONIER INC. (Registrant)
 
 
 
BY:
 
/s/ MARK R. BRIDWELL
 
 
Mark R. Bridwell
 
 
Vice President, General Counsel and
 
 
Corporate Secretary
May 19, 2015

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