UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
July 29, 2011
RAYONIER INC.
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-6780
Incorporated in the State of North Carolina
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number 13-2607329
1301 Riverplace Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida 32207
(Principal Executive Office)
Telephone Number: (904) 357-9100
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07(b).
In Rayonier Inc.'s (the “Company”) proxy statement provided to shareholders in connection with the Company's 2011 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”), the Board of Directors recommended that shareholders vote, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, in favor of an annual frequency for future “say-on-pay” votes to approve the compensation paid to the named executive officers as disclosed in the Company's proxy statements. On July 22, 2011, the Company's Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, approved an annual frequency for future say-on-pay votes.
The results of the shareholder votes at the Annual Meeting were disclosed by the Company in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 25, 2011 (the “Original Report”). This Current Report on Form 8-K/A amends the Original Report solely for the purpose of disclosing the Company's decision on the frequency of future say-on-pay votes.
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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/ HANS E. VANDEN NOORT | |
Hans E. Vanden Noort | ||
Senior Vice President and | ||
Chief Financial Officer | ||
July 29, 2011
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