2015 8-K Annual Meeting
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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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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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