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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 14A

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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 18, 2017.

 

   

 

RAYONIER INC.

 

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RAYONIER INC.

225 WATER STREET

SUITE 1400

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32202

ATTN: LAURA L. DAVIS

   

Meeting Information

 

Meeting Type:         Annual Meeting

For holders as of:    March 17, 2017

Date:  May 18, 2017        Time:  4:00 PM EDT

Location:  DoubleTree Hotel Jacksonville Riverfront

           1201 Riverplace Blvd.

             Jacksonville, Florida 32207

 

     

 

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                    Voting  Items                          

 

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:

 

  1.  

Election of Directors

 

   

Nominees:

 

    1a.   

Richard D. Kincaid

 

    1b.   

John A. Blumberg

 

    1c.   

Dod A. Fraser

 

    1d.   

Scott R. Jones

 

    1e.   

Bernard Lanigan, Jr.

 

    1f.   

Blanche L. Lincoln

 

    1g.   

V. Larkin Martin

 

    1h.   

David L. Nunes

 

    1i.   

Andrew G. Wiltshire

 

 

 

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Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement.

 

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The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 year on the following proposal:

 

3.  

To recommend, by non-binding vote, whether the vote of our named executive officers’ compensation should occur every one, two or three years.

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:

 

4.  

Approval of the material terms under the Rayonier Non-Equity Incentive Plan, as amended, for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

5.  

Approval of the material terms under the Rayonier Incentive Stock Plan, as amended, for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

6.  

Approval of an annual limit on awards to Non-Employee Directors under the Rayonier Incentive Stock Plan.

 

7.   Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for 2017.

 

NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 


       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
   

 

   

 

       
       
       
       
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