---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000052827-24-000153"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RYN"
cik: "0000052827"
company_name: "RAYONIER INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T21:58:34.720360+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rayonier shareholders elect all nine director nominees, approve say-on-pay, and ratify auditor at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected with at least 95% of votes cast; terms expire at 2025 annual meeting.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 129,336,018 for (96%), 3,775,808 against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for 2024 approved: 139,343,136 for (99.6%), 636,610 against.
- Annual meeting held on May 16, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000052827-24-000153
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RYN
- cik: 0000052827
- company_name: RAYONIER INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52827/000005282724000153/0000052827-24-000153-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52827/000005282724000153/ryn-20240516.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000052827-24-000153.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 440f3556b21faeb31c6788b929ee5f6766c58059
  claim: RAYONIER INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Non-binding Advisory Vote on the Compensation of Our Named Executive Officers 129,336,018 3,775,808 239,860
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52827/000005282724000153/0000052827-24-000153-index.htm
- claim_id: 8d85659ed37a8f33706f00dd66ceebe7e1040e37
  claim: RAYONIER INC shareholders approved Election of all nine director nominees to terms expiring at the 2025 annual meeting at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: shareholders of the Company (1) approved the election of all nine of the director nominees to terms expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52827/000005282724000153/0000052827-24-000153-index.htm
- claim_id: cb84c14949f7fecf5502d06296d51a7473bcabb5
  claim: RAYONIER INC shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young, LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 139,343,136 636,610 91,142
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52827/000005282724000153/0000052827-24-000153-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.