-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, N+xk8cK7hYip9kQ41xmR7j+WZElo+ItQrpuK5jUREt4yfZY06Njh5Kdvfpj6pi6M auLzQ28wEZnyRkgpm96AGQ== 0001181431-05-057666.txt : 20051025 0001181431-05-057666.hdr.sgml : 20051025 20051025155914 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-05-057666 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051025 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20051025 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20051025 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: 051154490 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 NORTH LAURA ST STREET 2: SUITE 1900 CITY: JACKSONVILLE STATE: FL ZIP: 32202 BUSINESS PHONE: 9043579100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 NORTH LAURA ST STREET 2: SUITE 1900 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 rrd95305.htm CO-PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICERS Prepared By R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form 8-K
 
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):  10/25/2005
 
RAYONIER INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Commission File Number:  1-6780
 
North Carolina
  
13-2607329
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
  
Identification No.)
 
50 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, Florida
32202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
 
904-357-9100
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Items to be Included in this Report

 
Item 5.02.    Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
 
As previously announced, Gerald J. Pollack, the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial officer of Rayonier Inc. (the "Company") plans to retire early next year at age 64. In connection with Mr. Pollack's retirement, on October 21, 2005, the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors named Carl E. Kraus, Senior Vice President, Finance and Hans E. Vanden Noort, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer as "co-principal financial officers" for the purposes of providing the certifications required by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, beginning with the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005.

Mr. Kraus, 58, has served as the Company's Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Investment Officer of TerraPointe, LLC since September 2005. Prior to joining Rayonier, Mr. Kraus was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with Kramont Realty Trust in Plymouth, PA. From 1999 to 2002, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer wi th Philips International Realty Corp., a New York-based REIT. Mr. Vanden Noort, 46, has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer since August 2005 and previously served as Vice President and Corporate Controller. Prior to joining Rayonier, Mr. Vanden Noort was with Baker Hughes, Inc. for 12 years in Houston where he was Vice President of Finance and Administration for its Baker Process division.

 

 

Signature(s)
 
Pursuant to the Requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the Undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
      
 
RAYONIER INC.
 
 
Date: October 25, 2005.
     
By:
 
/s/    Hans E. Vanden Noort
               
Hans E. Vanden Noort
               
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
 
 
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