EX-4.9 10 dex49.htm ISSUER WARRANT TRANSACTION AMENDMENT Issuer Warrant Transaction Amendment

EXHIBIT 4.9

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

P.O. Box 161

60 Victoria Embankment

London EC4Y 0JP

England

October 15, 2007

Rayonier Inc.

50 North Laura Street

Jacksonville, FL 32202

Re: Issuer Warrant Transaction Amendment

Rayonier Inc. (“Issuer”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch (“Dealer”) have entered into a confirmation dated as of October 10, 2007 (the “Confirmation”) relating to Warrants on shares of common stock (no par value) of Issuer issued by Issuer to Dealer. This letter agreement (this “Amendment”) amends the terms and conditions of the Transaction (the “Transaction”) evidenced by the Confirmation.

Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, all references in the Confirmation to the “Transaction” will be deemed to be to the Transaction as amended hereby. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Confirmation.

1. Amendments. The Confirmation is hereby amended as follows:

a. Number of Warrants and Expiration Date. The Numbers of Warrants and Expiration Dates specified in the Confirmation are hereby replaced in their entirety with the Numbers of Warrants and Expiration Dates set forth on Annex A attached hereto.

b. Additional Premium. The “Premium” shall be USD7,234,500.

c. Capped Number. The number “3,192,578” set forth in Section 8(e) of the Confirmation is hereby replaced with the number “3,831,094”.

2. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective upon execution by the parties hereto.

3. No Additional Amendments or Waivers. Except as amended hereby, all the terms of the Transaction and provisions in the Confirmation shall remain and continue in full force and effect and are hereby confirmed in all respects.

4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if all of the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

5. Governing Law. The provisions of this Amendment shall be governed by the New York law (without reference to choice of law doctrine).


Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our agreement by executing this Amendment and returning it in the manner indicated in the attached cover letter.

 

Yours faithfully,
 

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as agent for

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

  By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory
  Name:  

Confirmed as of the date first above written:

 

RAYONIER INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


Annex A

For each Component of the Transaction, the Number of Warrants and Expiration Date are set forth below.

 

Component Number

 

Number of Warrants

 

Expiration Date

1.

  38,311   January 15, 2013

2.

  38,311   January 16, 2013

3.

  38,311   January 17, 2013

4.

  38,311   January 18, 2013

5.

  38,311   January 22, 2013

6.

  38,311   January 23, 2013

7.

  38,311   January 24, 2013

8.

  38,311   January 25, 2013

9.

  38,311   January 28, 2013

10.

  38,311   January 29, 2013

11.

  38,311   January 30, 2013

12.

  38,311   January 31, 2013

13.

  38,311   February 1, 2013

14.

  38,311   February 4, 2013

15.

  38,311   February 5, 2013

16.

  38,311   February 6, 2013

17.

  38,311   February 7, 2013

18.

  38,311   February 8, 2013

19.

  38,311   February 11, 2013

20.

  38,311   February 12, 2013

21.

  38,311   February 13, 2013

22.

  38,311   February 14, 2013

23.

  38,311   February 15, 2013

24.

  38,311   February 19, 2013

25.

  38,311   February 20, 2013

26.

  38,311   February 21, 2013

27.

  38,311   February 22, 2013

28.

  38,311   February 25, 2013

29.

  38,311   February 26, 2013

30.

  38,311   February 27, 2013

31.

  38,311   February 28, 2013

32.

  38,311   March 1, 2013

33.

  38,311   March 4, 2013

34.

  38,311   March 5, 2013

35.

  38,311   March 6, 2013

36.

  38,311   March 7, 2013

37.

  38,311   March 8, 2013

38.

  38,311   March 11, 2013

39.

  38,311   March 12, 2013

40.

  38,311   March 13, 2013

41.

  38,311   March 14, 2013

42.

  38,311   March 15, 2013

43.

  38,311   March 18, 2013

44.

  38,311   March 19, 2013

45.

  38,311   March 20, 2013

46.

  38,311   March 21, 2013

47.

  38,311   March 22, 2013

48.

  38,311   March 25, 2013

49.

  38,311   March 26, 2013

50.

  38,308   March 27, 2013