Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol
Exchange
COMMON STOCK, $0.00 PAR VALUE
RYN
New York Stock Exchange
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Rayonier Inc. (the “Company”) was held on May 20, 2021 (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 a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, and (3) ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young, LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2021.
The final voting results were as follows:
Broker
Election of Directors, Terms Expire in 2022
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Non-Votes
Dod A. Fraser
118,587,178
2,162,034
124,430
7,775,963
Keith Bass
119,805,687
956,542
111,413
7,775,963
Scott R. Jones
120,007,352
754,824
111,466
7,775,963
V. Larkin Martin
98,930,641
21,833,831
109,170
7,775,963
Meridee A. Moore
120,045,100
718,928
109,614
7,775,963
Ann C. Nelson
119,830,283
911,122
132,237
7,775,963
David L. Nunes
119,798,354
950,897
124,391
7,775,963
Matthew J. Rivers
120,075,726
663,515
134,401
7,775,963
Andrew G. Wiltshire
119,209,713
1,539,895
124,034
7,775,963
Broker
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Non-Votes
Non-binding Advisory Vote on the Compensation of Our Named Executive Officers
118,839,872
1,773,392
260,378
7,775,963
Broker
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Non-Votes
Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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