Form 8-k
 
 
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 — October 15, 2002
 
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-6780
 
 
RAYONIER INC.
 
Incorporated in the State of North Carolina
I.R.S. Employer Identification Number l3-2607329
 
50 North Laura Street, Jacksonville, Florida 32202
(Principal Executive Office)
 
Telephone Number:    (904) 357-9100
 
 

 
RAYONIER INC.
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
      
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Item 5.     Other Events
    
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ITEM 5.     OTHER EVENTS
 
Incorporated by reference is a press release issued by Rayonier Inc. on October 15, 2002, attached as Exhibit 99.
 
ITEM 7.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
 
See Exhibit Index on Page 3.

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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.
 
 
 
 
October 15, 2002


   
RAYONIER INC. (Registrant)
 
 
By:             /s/    Hans E. Vanden Noort
Name:    Hans E. Vanden Noort
Title:      Vice President and Corporate Controller

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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
EXHIBIT NO.
   
DESCRIPTION
   
LOCATION
99
   
Press release titled, Rayonier Pays Off $78 Million
10-Year Notes, issued October 15, 2002.
   
Filed herewith

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