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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)
August 23, 2018 (August 17, 2018)
RAYONIER INC.
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-6780
Incorporated in the State of North Carolina
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number 13-2607329
1 Rayonier Way
Wildlight, Florida 32097
(Principal Executive Office)
Telephone Number: (904) 357-9100
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 
Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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ITEM 8.01.
OTHER EVENTS
On August 17, 2018, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida entered an order (the “Order”) preliminarily approving a Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement, dated April 16, 2018 (the “Stipulation”), and the proposed derivative settlement (the “Settlement”) set forth therein of the action captioned Molloy v. Boynton, et al., Case No. 3:17-cv-01157-TJC-MCR (M.D. Fla.).

Pursuant to the Order, Rayonier Inc. is filing with this Current Report on Form 8-K a Notice of Proposed Settlement (the “Notice”), attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. A hearing to consider final approval of the Settlement is scheduled to be held on October 16, 2018, as set forth in the Notice.

ITEM 9.01.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d)
Exhibits.
 
The following is filed as an Exhibit to this Report.
Exhibit No.
 
Exhibit Description
 
99.1
 


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SIGNATURE
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. (Registrant)
 
 
 
BY:
 
/s/ MARK R. BRIDWELL
 
 
Mark R. Bridwell
 
 
Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary

August 23, 2018



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