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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 23, 2016
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 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company was held on May 23, 2016 (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 2016.
The final voting results were as follows:
  
 
 
 
Broker
Election of Directors, Terms Expire in 2017
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Non-Votes
Richard D. Kincaid
100,487,657
2,059,831
186,657
13,182,876
John A. Blumberg
101,190,245
793,522
750,378
13,182,876
Dod A. Fraser
101,183,452
800,842
749,851
13,182,876
Scott R. Jones
101,435,669
550,466
748,010
13,182,876
Bernard Lanigan, Jr.
101,787,865
755,419
190,861
13,182,876
Blanche L. Lincoln
101,406,217
584,174
743,754
13,182,876
V. Larkin Martin
100,727,799
1,264,544
741,802
13,182,876
David L. Nunes
100,832,238
1,147,545
754,362
13,182,876
Andrew G. Wiltshire
102,014,606
536,158
183,381
13,182,876
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Broker
 
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Non-Votes
Advisory Vote on the Compensation of Our Named Executive Officers
99,633,711
2,686,484
413,950
13,182,876
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Broker
 
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Non-Votes
Ratification of Auditors
114,330,219
830,319
756,483
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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 24, 2016

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