---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000052827-26-000081"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RYN"
cik: "0000052827"
company_name: "RAYONIER INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-14T20:17:37+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T20:46:58.429676+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Rayonier shareholders elect all 10 directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify KPMG

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected with >93% support; Scott R. Jones received 237M for, 17M against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 241.5M for, 12.5M against, 0.5M abstain.
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for 2026 approved: 270.1M for, 7.1M against, 0.3M abstain.
- Annual meeting held May 14, 2026; final voting tallies filed on Form 8-K.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000052827-26-000081
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RYN
- cik: 0000052827
- company_name: RAYONIER INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-14T20:17:37+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52827/000005282726000081/0000052827-26-000081-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52827/000005282726000081/ryn-20260514.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000052827-26-000081.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  RAYONIER INC shareholders approved Election of all ten director nominees at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: approved the election of all ten of the director nominees to terms expiring at the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52827/000005282726000081/0000052827-26-000081-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RAYONIER INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52827/000005282726000081/0000052827-26-000081-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RAYONIER INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on the compensation of named executive officers at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: approved, on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/52827/000005282726000081/0000052827-26-000081-index.htm

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