Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
Item 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Rayonier Inc.
REGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
From time to time, the Company may issue its common shares in exchange for units in the Operating Partnership. Such shares are issued based on an exchange ratio of one common share for each unit in the Operating Partnership. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, the Company issued 729,551 common shares in exchange for an equal number of units in the Operating Partnership pursuant to the agreement of the Operating Partnership.
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
In February 2016, the Board of Directors approved the repurchase of up to $100 million of Rayonier’s common shares (the “share repurchase program”) to be made at management’s discretion. The program has no time limit and may be suspended or discontinued at any time. There were no shares repurchased under this program in the first quarter of 2023. As of March 31, 2023, there was $87.7 million, or approximately 2,637,656 shares based on the period-end closing stock price of $33.26, remaining under this program.
The following table provides information regarding our purchases of Rayonier common shares during the quarter ended March 31, 2023:
Period Total Number of Shares Purchased (a) Average Price Paid per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (b) Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (c)
January 1 to January 31 1,167 $34.96 — 2,410,785
February 1 to February 28 — — — 2,612,521
March 1 to March 31 — — — 2,637,656
Total 1,167 —
(a) Includes 1,167 shares repurchased to satisfy tax withholding requirements related to the vesting of shares under the Rayonier Incentive Stock Plan. The price per share surrendered is based on the closing price of the Company’s common shares on the respective vesting dates of the awards.
(b) Purchases made in open-market transactions under the $100 million share repurchase program announced on February 10, 2016.
(c) Maximum number of shares authorized to be purchased under the share repurchase program at the end of January, February and March are based on month-end closing stock prices of $36.39, $33.58 and $33.26, respectively.
Rayonier, L.P.
UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
There were no unregistered sales of equity securities made by the Operating Partnership during the quarter ended March 31, 2023.
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Pursuant to the Operating Partnership’s limited partnership agreement, limited partners have the right to redeem their units in the Operating Partnership for cash, or at our election, shares of Rayonier Common Stock on a one-for-one basis. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, 729,551 units in the Operating Partnership held by limited partners were redeemed in exchange for shares of Rayonier Common Stock.
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Item 6. EXHIBITS
10.1 2023 Performance Share Award Program*
Filed herewith
22.1 List of Guarantor Subsidiaries
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 22.1 to the Registrant’s June 30, 2022 Form 10-Q
31.1 Rayonier Inc. - Chief Executive Officer’s Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) and pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Filed herewith
31.2 Rayonier Inc. - Chief Financial Officer’s Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) and pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Filed herewith
31.3 Rayonier, L.P. - Chief Executive Officer’s Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) and pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Filed herewith
31.4 Rayonier, L.P. - Chief Financial Officer’s Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) and pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Filed herewith
32.1 Rayonier Inc. - Certification of Periodic Financial Reports Under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Furnished herewith
32.2 Rayonier, L.P. - Certification of Periodic Financial Reports Under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Furnished herewith
101 The following financial information from Rayonier Inc. and Rayonier, L.P.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2023, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (“XBRL”), includes: (i) the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 of Rayonier Inc.; (ii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 of Rayonier Inc.; (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 of Rayonier Inc.; (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 of Rayonier Inc.; (v) the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 of Rayonier, L.P.; (vi) the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 of Rayonier, L.P.; (vii) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Capital for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 of Rayonier, L.P.; (viii) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 of Rayonier, L.P.; and (ix) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of Rayonier Inc. and Rayonier, L.P.
Filed herewith
104 The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q from the quarter ended March 31, 2023, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101).
Filed herewith
* Management contract or compensatory plan
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
RAYONIER INC.
By: /s/ APRIL TICE
April Tice
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Duly Authorized Officer, Principal Accounting Officer)
Date: May 5, 2023
RAYONIER, L.P.
By: RAYONIER INC., its sole general partner
By: /s/ APRIL TICE
April Tice
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
(Duly Authorized Officer, Principal Accounting Officer)
Date: May 5, 2023
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