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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(Mark One)
(x) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (FEE REQUIRED)
For the year ended December 31, 1993
OR
( ) TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED)
For the transition period from ............ to ............
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-6780
RAYONIER INC.
Incorporated in the State of North Carolina
I.R.S. Employer Identification No. 13-2607329
1177 SUMMER STREET, STAMFORD, CT. 06905-5529
(Principal Executive Office)
Telephone Number: (203) 348-7000
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act,
all of which are registered on the New York Stock Exchange:
Common Shares
7.5% Notes, due October 15, 2002
Medium Term Notes, due 1998-1999
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
YES (x) NO ( )
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statement
incorporated by reference in Part III of the Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [x]
The aggregate market value of the Common Shares of the registrant held by
non-affiliates of the Registrant on March 15, 1994 was approximately $953
million.
As of March 15, 1994, there were outstanding 29,565,392 Common Shares of the
Registrant.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ITEM PAGE
PART I
1. Business 1
2. Properties 9
3. Legal Proceedings 9
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders 10
PART II
5. Market for the Registrant's Common Equity and
Related Stockholder Matters 10
6. Selected Financial Data 11
7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations 13
8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 19
9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on
Accounting and Financial Disclosure 20
PART III
10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant 20
11. Executive Compensation 24
12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management 33
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions 33
PART IV
14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and
Reports on Form 8-K 35
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report of Management F-1
Report of Independent Public Accountants F-2
Statements of Consolidated Income for the
Three Years Ended December 31, 1993 F-3
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of
December 31, 1993 and 1992 F-4 to F-5
Statements of Consolidated Retained Earnings
and Statements of Consolidated Common Shares
and Cumulative Preferred Stock for the
Three Years Ended December 31, 1993 F-6
Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows for the
Three Years Ended December 31, 1993 F-7
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-8 to F-19
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(All schedules not listed below have been omitted because they are not
applicable, the required matter is not present, the amounts are insignificant
or immaterial, or the information has been otherwise supplied in the financial
statements or the notes thereto.)
Schedule V - Property, Plant and Equipment S-1 to S-2
Schedule VI - Accumulated Depreciation, Depletion
and Amortization of Property, Plant
and Equipment S-3 to S-4
Schedule X - Supplementary Income Statement Information S-5
Signatures A
Exhibit Index B to C
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PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
GENERAL
Rayonier Inc. (Rayonier or the Company) is a leading international forest
products company primarily engaged in the trading, merchandising and
manufacture of logs, timber and wood products, and in the production and sale
of high value added specialty pulps. In 1993, timber and wood products
accounted for 51 percent of sales and pulp products accounted for 49 percent of
sales. For further data on sales, operating income and identifiable assets by
segment, see Item 7- "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations" and Note 17 of the accompanying Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements.
Rayonier traces its origin to the founding of Rainier Pulp and Paper Company in
Shelton, Washington, in 1926. With the consolidation of several pulp companies
in 1937, the Company became "Rayonier Incorporated", a corporation whose stock
was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) until Rayonier became
a wholly owned subsidiary of ITT Corporation (ITT) in 1968. On February 28,
1994 (the Distribution Date), Rayonier again became an independent company when
ITT distributed all of the Common Shares of Rayonier to ITT stockholders.
Rayonier shares are publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol "RYN."
Rayonier owns, leases or controls approximately 1.5 million acres of timberland
in the United States and New Zealand. In addition, the Company operates three
pulp mills and two lumber manufacturing facilities in the United States. In
1992 the Company made two strategic moves to better balance operating assets
between pulp products and its more stable timber and wood products business. In
May 1992, the Company acquired long-term harvest rights to approximately
250,000 acres of timberland in New Zealand, and in the fourth quarter of 1992,
permanently terminated operations at the Grays Harbor Pulp Mill and Vanillin
plant, and the associated Grays Harbor Paper Company (collectively referred to
as the Grays Harbor Complex).
With customers in over 60 countries, more than half of Rayonier's 1993 sales of
$936 million were shipped to customers outside of the United States, with Asian
and Western European customers representing 36 percent and 12 percent of total
sales in 1993, respectively.
Rayonier is a North Carolina corporation with its principal executive offices
at 1177 Summer Street, Stamford, CT 06905- 5529, and its telephone number is
(203) 348-7000.
TIMBER AND WOOD PRODUCTS
Rayonier owns, buys and harvests timber stumpage, and purchases delivered logs,
in North America and New Zealand, for subsequent sale into export markets
(primarily to Japan, Korea and China), as well as to domestic lumber and pulp
mills. Rayonier also produces dimension and specialty lumber products for
residential construction and industrial uses.
Rayonier participates in the worldwide timber and wood products business in
three specific ways:
Log Trading and Merchandising -- The Company harvests logs from Company owned
parcels and from third party parcels on which the Company has acquired cutting
rights, and purchases logs on the open markets. The Company then subsequently
packages and sells these logs throughout the world.
Timberlands Management and Stumpage (Standing Timber) Sales -- The Company
manages owned, leased and otherwise controlled timber properties and, after
scientifically growing and nurturing the trees to their economic peak, sells
the cutting rights to the timber on these properties at market prices through
auction or negotiation.
Wood Products Sales -- The Company manufactures and sells lumber products for
construction and other uses both domestically and in international markets.
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Sales for the last three years by principal line of business are shown below
(in millions of dollars):
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Sales
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Timber and Wood Products 1993 1992 1991
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Log Trading and Merchandising $365 $301 $294
Timberlands Management and Stumpage
(Standing Timber) Sales 120 123 106
Wood Products Sales 47 33 24
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Total Before Intrasegment
Eliminations 532 457 424
Intrasegment Eliminations (16) (14) (22)
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Total $516 $443 $402
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LOG TRADING AND MERCHANDISING
Rayonier is a leading supplier and exporter of softwood logs. Rayonier buys and
harvests timber stumpage (cutting rights to standing timber) principally in
Northwest North America from third parties as well as from Company sources on
an arms-length basis, competitively auctioned or negotiated. The Company also
purchases, merchandises and sells purchased logs from New Zealand, both
domestically in New Zealand as well as in export markets. The sale of logs
accounted for approximately 71 percent of the Timber and Wood Products
segment's sales in 1993. In 1993, 64 percent of New Zealand's sales came from
Company-managed timberlands. In North America 8 percent was directly sourced
from Rayonier's timberlands, however, approximately another 2 percent is
purchased as logs from local dealers who had, in turn, purchased their cutting
rights from the Company's timberland stumpage sales.
The logs harvested and purchased are sold into export markets (primarily to
Japan, Korea and China), as well as to pulp and lumber mills in domestic
markets. The Company also trades Canadian and Russian timber. During 1993,
approximately 83 percent of the revenues Rayonier derived from the sale of logs
were from logs sold to export markets.
TIMBERLANDS MANAGEMENT AND STUMPAGE (STANDING TIMBER) SALES
Rayonier manages timberlands, scientifically growing and nurturing tree stands
until their economic peak for specific markets. The average rotation age for
timber destined for export markets from the Northwestern United States is 50
years (primarily hemlock and Douglas fir species). The average rotation age for
timber from the Southeastern United States is 25 years for timber sold to
sawmills and 20 years for pulp wood destined for pulp and paper mills. The
Company manages its timberlands on a sustainable yield basis in conformity with
forest industry practices.
The Company is organized to regularly sell timber stumpage in North America
through auction processes predominately to third parties. By requiring the
Company's other business sectors (e.g., Specialty Pulp Products and Log Trading
and Merchandising) to competitively bid on the stumpage, the Company believes
it can maximize the true economic return on its investment.
Also key to the success of the Company's management of timberlands has been the
extensive application of Rayonier's silvicultural expertise to species
selection for plantations, soil preparation, thinning of timber stands, pruning
of selected species and careful timing of harvest, all designed to maximize
growth and forest yields while responding to environmental needs.
As of December 31, 1993, Rayonier managed approximately 1.5 million acres of
timberlands, with approximately 863,000 acres or 58 percent located in the
Southeastern United States, approximately 379,000 acres or 25 percent located
in the Pacific Northwest (see "Rayonier Timberlands, L.P.") and approximately
253,000 acres or 17 percent located in New Zealand.
The 863,000 acres of Southeastern timberlands are located primarily in Georgia
and Florida. Their proximity to a large number of pulp, paper and lumber mills
results in significant competition for the purchase of Rayonier's timber.
Approximately 726,000 acres are owned in fee and 137,000 acres are held under
long-term leases. The Southeastern timberlands include approximately 554,000
acres of pine plantations, 290,000 acres of hardwood lands and 19,000
non-forest acres (representing main line and access roads and other acreage not
suitable for forest development). Approximately
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60 percent of the timber harvest is pulpwood, which is destined for pulp mills,
with the remaining 40 percent being higher value sawlogs, which are sold to
sawmills. Over the last five years the Company, through advanced silvicultural
practices, has been able to increase the amount of timber volume per acre
available for harvest from its Southeastern timberlands by approximately 2-3
percent per year and expects this trend to continue.
The 379,000 acres of the Company's Northwestern timberlands are located
primarily on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state, are all owned in fee
and consist almost entirely of second-growth trees. The dramatic reduction of
Northwest federal timber supply due to a shift to preservationist management
has significantly increased demand on all alternative private timber supply,
including that of the Company. These timberlands include approximately 322,000
acres of softwood stands, approximately 70 percent of which is hemlock and 30
percent Douglas fir, western red cedar and white fir. The Northwestern
timberlands also include approximately 19,000 acres of hardwood timber stands,
consisting principally of alder and maple. The remaining 38,000 acres are
classified as non-forest lands.
On May 15, 1992, Rayonier, through its wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary,
purchased for approximately $197 million from the New Zealand government forest
assets consisting primarily of Crown Forest licenses providing the right to
utilize approximately 250,000 acres of New Zealand plantation forests for a
minimum period of 35 years. Most of these timberlands consist of radiata pine
trees, with a planting-to-harvesting time of approximately 27 years,
well-suited for the highest quality lumber and panel products. These trees
typically produce up to twice as much fiber per acre, per year as the most
productive commercial tree species in the United States. Rayonier intends to
grow and harvest the New Zealand timber for both domestic New Zealand uses and
for export primarily to Pacific Rim markets. The Company believes the
acquisition was an important strategic initiative, in that it increased
Rayonier's assets employed in the Timber and Wood Products segment from 29
percent to 40 percent of total assets from 1991 to 1992, further reducing the
effects of the Specialty Pulp Products segment's cyclicality on Rayonier's
earnings and cash flows because of the more stable characteristics of the
timber stumpage business.
Rayonier seeks to maximize timberland value through reforestation and intensive
silvicultural research to improve tree growth and to systematically manage the
timberlands investment cycle by optimizing the economic returns on a species,
site and market driven basis. Management of the Company's forest resources
includes the annual planting of millions of genetically improved seedlings
developed at Rayonier or cooperative nurseries.
WOOD PRODUCTS SALES
Rayonier's two Georgia lumber mills located at Baxley and Swainsboro convert
southern yellow pine timber into dimension and specialty lumber products for
residential construction and industrial uses. The Baxley mill utilizes modern
and technologically advanced equipment, including computer and laser
technology. The other lumber mill (an integrated complex located at Swainsboro
and Lumber City, Georgia) was acquired in October 1993. The mills have a
combined annual capacity of approximately 200 million board feet of lumber and
an annual output of approximately 483,000 tons of wood chips for pulping. The
mills sell their lumber output primarily in Southeastern markets. Their entire
wood chip production, however, is shipped to Rayonier's Jesup, Georgia pulp
facility and accounts for approximately 20 percent of Jesup's pine chip
consumption. The sale of lumber accounted for approximately 9 percent of the
Timber and Wood Products segment's sales in 1993.
Sales of logs and lumber in the Timber and Wood Products segment are made
directly by Rayonier sales personnel to customers, although sales to certain
export locations are made through agents.
SPECIALTY PULP PRODUCTS
Rayonier is a leading specialty manufacturer of chemical cellulose, often
called dissolving pulp, from which customers produce a wide variety of
products, principally textile, industrial and filtration fibers, plastics and
other chemical intermediate industrial products. Rayonier believes that it is
one of the world's largest manufacturers of high grade chemical cellulose.
Rayonier also manufactures fluff pulps that customers use to produce diapers
and other sanitary products, and specialty paper pulps used in the manufacture
of products such as filters and decorative laminates.
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Sales for the last three years, by principal line of business are shown below
(in millions of dollars):
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Sales
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Specialty Pulp Products 1993 1992 1991
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Chemical Cellulose $279 $307 $325
Fluff and Specialty Paper Pulps 183 218 228
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Total $462 $525 $553
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Rayonier manufactures more than 25 different grades of pulp. The Company owns
and operates three wood pulp mills which have an aggregate annual capacity of
approximately 826,000 metric tons. Rayonier's wood pulp production facilities
are able to manufacture a broad mix of products to meet customers' needs. The
Company owns wood pulp production facilities in Jesup, Georgia; Fernandina
Beach, Florida; and Port Angeles, Washington. The Jesup facility, a kraft mill
that began operations in 1954 and was subsequently significantly expanded and
modernized, today accounts for approximately 530,000 metric tons of annual wood
pulp production capacity, or 64 percent of Rayonier's current total. The
Fernandina Beach facility began operations in 1939 and accounts for
approximately 146,000 metric tons of annual wood pulp production capacity, or
18 percent of Rayonier's current total. The Port Angeles facility began
operations in 1929 and accounts for approximately 150,000 metric tons of annual
wood pulp production capacity, or 18 percent of Rayonier's current total.
Rayonier does not convert its pulps into finished products but instead
concentrates on the production of specialty market pulps that are sold to
industrial companies producing a wide variety of products. Rayonier
manufactures its specialty pulp products to customers' specifications.
Approximately half of Rayonier's pulp sales are to export customers, with the
more important overseas markets being Western Europe (23 percent of sales) and
Japan (12 percent of sales). Over 90 percent of specialty pulp sales are made
directly by Rayonier sales personnel. In certain of the Company's export
locations, sales are made with the aid of agents.
CHEMICAL CELLULOSE
Rayonier is one of the world's leading producers of chemical cellulose, often
called dissolving pulp, which is a highly-purified form of pulp. Chemical
cellulose is used in a wide variety of products such as textile fibers, rigid
packaging, photographic film, impact-resistant plastics, high tenacity rayon
yarn for tires and industrial hoses, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents,
sausage casings, food products, thickeners for oil well drilling muds,
cigarette filters, lacquers, paints, printing inks and explosives. Chemical
cellulose accounted for approximately 60 percent of the Company's Specialty
Pulp Products' sales in 1993.
Within the chemical cellulose industry, Rayonier concentrates on the most
highly valued, technologically demanding end uses, such as cellulose acetate
and high purity cellulose ethers. In each of these markets, Rayonier believes
it is the leading supplier.
FLUFF AND SPECIALTY PAPER PULPS
Rayonier believes it is one of the top five suppliers to the fluff pulp sector.
Fluff pulp is used as an absorbent medium in products such as disposable baby
diapers, personal sanitary napkins, incontinent pads, convalescent bed pads,
industrial towels and wipes and non-woven fabrics. Fluff pulp accounted for
approximately 33 percent of the Company's pulp sales in 1993.
Rayonier is a major producer of specialty paper pulps and produces a small
volume of regular paper pulp. Customers use Rayonier's specialty paper pulps to
manufacture paper for decorative laminates for counter tops, shoe innersoles,
battery separators, circuit boards, air and oil filters and filter media for
the food industry. Specialty paper pulp sales were 5 percent of Rayonier's
total pulp sales in 1993. A small volume of regular paper pulp, less than 2
percent of total Company pulp sales, is used in the manufacture of bond, book
and printing paper.
PULP PRICING
Rayonier believes pulp industry prices are currently at or near a cyclical low.
On an inflation adjusted basis such prices are at or below historical lows.
However, while Rayonier's pricing has been adversely impacted, the Company's
higher value pulps are significantly less cyclical than commodity paper pulp.
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Because Rayonier is a non-integrated market pulp producer, its high value
product mix pricing trends tend to lag (on both the upturn and downturn) pulp
and paper industry trends which are dominated by paper, paperboard and
newsprint products. Over the past ten to twelve years, compared to commodity
paper pulp prices, the Company's price trends for fluff grades have lagged by
one to two quarters and for chemical cellulose by three to four quarters.
FOREIGN SALES AND OPERATIONS
Rayonier relies on foreign markets for its pulp and timber products with
approximately 50 percent of its sales going to foreign customers during the
past five years. In 1993, Asian markets accounted for 30 percent of U.S. sales
and Western Europe 12 percent. Exports, primarily to Asian markets, also
accounted for 78 percent of Rayonier's New Zealand sales. The Company is
therefore reasonably dependent upon strong economic growth in all international
markets including that of the United States. With alternate markets in Latin
America and the Middle East, however, the Company has been able to spread its
geographical risk when specific markets have entered economic recessions.
In recent years, substantially all of Rayonier's operating activities have been
in the United States. In May 1992, the Company purchased timber rights in New
Zealand, significantly increasing its overseas assets. Overseas assets
amounted to 15 percent of total assets as of the end of 1993, and Rayonier's
sales from non-U.S. sources in 1993 were 10 percent of total sales.
The following tables summarize the sales, operating income and identifiable
assets of the Company by geographical operating area for the three years ended
December 31, 1993 (in millions of dollars):
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Sales
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1993 1992 1991
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United States $839 $ 944 $ 968
New Zealand 93 30 11
All other 4 - -
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Total $936 $ 974 $ 979
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Operating Income (Loss) Identifiable Assets
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1993 1992 1991 1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
United States $103 $(89) $ 99 $1,24 $1,271 $1,367
New Zealand 27 5 1 226 205 5
All other (3) (3) (3) 1 - -
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Total $127 $(87) $ 97 $1,475 $1,476 $1,372
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Reference is also made to Note 17 of the accompanying Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements.
DISPOSITIONS/DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Dispositions/Discontinued Operations includes units and site facilities no
longer considered integral to Rayonier's business strategy. This segment
includes operations of Rayonier's wholly owned subsidiary, Southern Wood
Piedmont Company (SWP), the Grays Harbor Complex and other miscellaneous
operations held for disposition.
Management made a determination effective December 31, 1986, to phase out and
discontinue SWP, its treated wood and preserving business subsidiary,
establishing an after-tax provision for its discontinuation. Increases to the
after-tax provision were recorded in 1988 and 1990, primarily as a result of
revisions in Rayonier's estimate of environmental costs for closure,
post-closure, and corrective action programs at SWP. Rayonier's financial
statements reflect SWP as a discontinued operation.
Rayonier is currently actively involved in implementing cleanup and closure
programs for SWP in compliance with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA) and is in negotiations with Federal and state environmental agencies on
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such programs. The costs of the corrective action and closure programs at SWP's
nine primary manufacturing locations are affected by many factors, which has
led to increases in the reserves for such programs in the past, and may result
in increases in the future, as the effectiveness of the existing cleanup
programs is measured against applicable standards. Expenditures for such
programs will also depend on new laws, regulations and administrative
interpretations, governmental responses to programs proposed by Rayonier and
changes in environmental control technology. Although considerable progress on
cleanup was made by year-end 1993, in particular at three of SWP's nine
locations where the installation of corrective action facilities has been
completed, there is still uncertainty as to the timing and amount of
expenditures beyond 1993 at these sites and the extent and timing for
completing programs at all sites.
In 1992, Rayonier provided $180 million, pre-tax, for the loss on disposal of
assets along with the costs for severance, demolition and other close down
items associated with the disposition of the Grays Harbor Complex. In August
1993 a portion of the Grays Harbor Complex was sold for cash and notes. The
Company is still completing demolition, personnel termination, environmental
remediation and other closure programs.
As of December 31, 1993 the Company had $76 million reserved for discontinued
operations and units held for disposition. Subject to the uncertainties
discussed above, the Company believes that its reserves established to divest
or close all of these business activities are adequate. The Company further
believes that future change in estimates, if necessary, will not materially
affect the financial condition of the Company.
RAYONIER TIMBERLANDS, L.P.
In the United States, Rayonier manages timberlands and sells timber stumpage
directly through Rayonier Timberlands, L.P. (RTLP), a publicly traded master
limited partnership. Rayonier and Rayonier Forest Resources Company (RFR), a
wholly owned subsidiary, are the general partners of RTLP. Rayonier also owns
74.7 percent of the Class A Limited Partnership Units, the remaining 25.3
percent being publicly held. Class A Units participate principally in the
revenues, expenses and cash flow associated with RTLP's sales of timber through
December 31, 2000 and to a significantly lesser extent in subsequent periods.
RTLP's sales of timber after that date as well as cash flow associated with
land management activities before and after that date are principally allocable
to the Class B Limited Partnership Units, all of which have been retained by
Rayonier. RTLP, through Rayonier Timberlands Operating Company, L.P., owns,
leases and manages timberlands in the Southeastern and Northwestern United
States previously owned or leased by Rayonier, sells timber stumpage from such
timberlands and from time to time purchases and sells timberlands. RTLP's
timberlands provide a major source of wood used in Rayonier's other businesses.
Since RTLP is majority owned by the Company, RTLP is included in the Company's
consolidated financial statements as a consolidated entity. The Company's
investment in RTLP as of December 31, 1993 was $219 million, on the basis of
historical cost.
PATENTS
Rayonier has a large number of patents which relate primarily to its products
and processes. It also has pending a number of patent applications. Although,
overall, Rayonier's patents are of importance in the operation of its business,
Rayonier does not consider any of its patents or group of patents relating to a
particular product or process to be of material importance from the standpoint
of Rayonier's total business.
COMPETITION AND CUSTOMERS
Rayonier has for many years targeted the Pacific Rim as a market for its timber
and wood products. Rayonier has been involved in the marketing of pulp products
in Japan since the 1930's and in Korea and China for over 15 years. With the
acquisition of the New Zealand timberland assets described above, Rayonier
believes it is in a better position to service its existing and future Pacific
Rim customers.
The Company's domestic timberlands are located in two major timber growing
regions of the United States (the Southeast and the Northwest), where timber
markets are fragmented and very competitive. In the Northwest, stumpage sold by
Hancock Insurance Company and from Washington state owned public forests is the
most significant competition. In both the Northwest and Southeast, smaller
forest products companies and private land owners compete with the Company.
Price is the principal method of competition in this market.
Export markets for Rayonier's logs are equally competitive, with logs available
to customers from several countries and from several suppliers within each
country. Within New Zealand, major competitors include Carter Holt Harvey
Limited, Fletcher Challenge Limited and New Zealand Forestry Corporation.
Weyerhaeuser Company, International Paper
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Company and Cavenham Forest Industries, Inc. are the principal competitors to
Rayonier in the log trading business. Log customers may switch species of logs
from those sold by Rayonier to other lower-cost species sourced elsewhere.
Price is the principal method of competition with respect to the acquisition of
logs or stumpage for resale, and price and customer relationships are important
methods of competition in the sale of logs to final customers.
Rayonier's wood products, in particular lumber, compete with the products of
numerous companies, many of which are larger and have greater resources than
Rayonier. Such lumber also competes with alternative construction materials. In
most of the markets in which Rayonier is engaged, competition is primarily
through price, quality, customer relationships and technical service.
Rayonier is a major producer of specialty pulp products, including chemical
cellulose, fluff and specialty paper pulps (for example, pulps for filtration
papers) and is only a minor producer of regular paper making pulp. The
Company's products are marketed worldwide against strong competition from
domestic and foreign producers. Some of Rayonier's major competitors are
Georgia-Pacific Corporation, International Paper Company, Weyerhaeuser Company,
Buckeye Cellulose Corporation and Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags AB. Product
performance, pricing and, to a lesser extent, technical service are the
principal methods of competition.
Rayonier sells its pulp products primarily to a diversified group of major
domestic and foreign companies, with no single customer accounting for more
than 8 percent of total sales. In 1993, 46 percent of pulp product sales were
to North America, 23 percent to Western Europe, 12 percent to Japan and 10
percent to Latin America.
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
Rayonier's current and future operations are closely linked with the
environment. Timber regeneration, wildlife protection, recycling and waste
reduction, energy conservation and compliance with increasingly stringent
environmental standards are significant factors affecting operations. As a
result, Rayonier closely monitors all of its environmental responsibilities,
together with trends in environmental laws.
Historically, Rayonier has invested substantial capital in order to comply with
Federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations. During 1993,
1992, 1991 and 1990, capital expenditures attributable to environmental
compliance amounted to $3 million, $25 million, $43 million and $15 million,
respectively. By making the anticipated expenditures for its ongoing pollution
abatement program, Rayonier believes that it will continue to meet the
environmental standards now applicable to its various facilities. Failure to
meet applicable pollution control standards could result in interruption or
suspension of operations of the affected facilities, or could require
additional capital expenditures at these facilities in the future.
Rayonier believes that the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (the CAAA) will
require substantial capital expenditures by the pulp and paper industry over
the next ten years. In particular, regulations recently proposed by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA) would require incineration of
volatile pulp mill emissions and scrubbing of similar emissions from bleach
plants. While Rayonier has some of the technology to meet these proposed
regulations in place, it believes that certain parts of this proposal are not
based on sound technology and are outside the authority of the law that the EPA
seeks to apply. During the regulatory comment period, Rayonier expects to file
comments with the EPA documenting this position and seeking to have the EPA
modify these proposed regulations.
Rayonier believes that many provisions of these proposed regulations, if
adopted in their current form, would also require substantial modifications in
the operations of most mills within the industry. Other provisions of the CAAA
will require more stringent monitoring of mill emissions than has previously
been required in order to demonstrate compliance with air permits to be issued
under Title V of the CAAA. These permits will apply emission limitations on a
facility-wide basis to each of Rayonier's mill operations.
The EPA is also revising effluent guidelines applicable to pulp and paper
facilities under the Clean Water Act (the CWA). The proposed regulations, which
are designed to reduce or eliminate the discharge of chlorinated organics, are,
in some cases, based on technological requirements which would prevent Rayonier
from meeting certain product quality specifications for substantially all of
its chemical cellulose products and in other cases will increase the cost of
making such products. Sales of the Company's chemical cellulose products
accounted for approximately 30 percent of the Company's total 1993 sales.
Rayonier expects to file comments with the EPA during the CWA regulatory
comment period to challenge the technical and legal bases of these proposed
regulations and to seek to have the proposals modified by the EPA.
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These proposed regulations would also require a large reduction in the
discharge of conventional pollutants from dissolving sulfite mills (Rayonier's
Port Angeles, Washington and Fernandina Beach, Florida mills are dissolving
sulfite mills). Rayonier expects to submit comments challenging the technical
and legal bases for the proposed regulations.
The proposed regulations under the CAAA and CWA are scheduled to be promulgated
in final form by late 1995, and compliance must be achieved within three years
thereafter. Although these regulations, if not changed, may have a material
effect on Rayonier's operations, it will not be possible for Rayonier to
determine the nature or costs of such effect until the regulations are issued
in final form. The Company recently developed initial order of magnitude
estimates of the costs of complying with these regulations if they are modified
to remove the technological bases that would prevent Rayonier from
manufacturing some of its products. These estimates indicate that with
incremental capital expenditures of approximately $95 million at Jesup, $55
million at Fernandina Beach and $40 million at Port Angeles, the Company could
continue to manufacture its current product line. Such expenditures would most
likely be incurred over several years and not commence before 1995. Rayonier,
however, will continue to argue, both individually and through the industry
trade association, for modifying the proposed operating guidelines further to
eliminate errors it believes the agency has made and Rayonier will continue to
explore new and revised operating and technical process alternatives in lieu of
spending such funds. Rayonier cannot predict, however, whether these efforts
will be successful.
Over the past three years, the harvest of timber from private lands in the
state of Washington has been restricted as a result of the listing of the
northern spotted owl as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act
(ESA). These restrictions have caused RTLP to restructure and reschedule some
of its harvest plans. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is developing a
proposed rule under the ESA to redefine protective measures for the northern
spotted owl on private lands. This rule, as currently drafted, would reduce
the harvest restrictions on private lands except within specified special
emphasis areas, where restrictions would be increased. One proposed special
emphasis area is on the Olympic Peninsula, where a significant portion of
RTLP's Washington timberlands is located. The new rule may also include
guidelines for the protection of the marbled murrelet, also recently listed as
a threatened species. Separately, the state of Washington Forest Practices
Board is in the process of adopting new harvest regulations to protect the
northern spotted owl and the marbled murrelet. The State Department of Natural
Resources draft of this rule also provides for a special emphasis area to
protect the northern spotted owl on the Olympic Peninsula, which would increase
harvest restrictions on the Company's lands. The Company is unable at this
time to predict the form in which the Federal or state rules will eventually be
adopted. However, if either rule is adopted in the form proposed by the
respective agencies, the result will be some reduction in the volume of Company
timber available for harvest.
See Item 3.- "Legal Proceedings".
RAW MATERIALS
Regional timber availability continues to be restricted by legislation,
litigation and pressure from various preservationist groups. While Rayonier's
timber products business has benefited from a significant increase in log and
timber stumpage prices, this has also adversely impacted fiber costs at
Rayonier's Port Angeles pulp manufacturing facility in the Northwest.
Rayonier has pursued, and is continuing to pursue, reductions in costs of other
raw materials, supplies and contract services at the Company's pulp mills.
Lower prices have already been negotiated for caustic/chlorine. Management
foresees no constraints in pricing or availability of its key raw materials,
other than the comments concerning wood fiber above.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Rayonier believes it has one of the preeminent research facilities and staffs
in the forest products industry. Rayonier has been able to utilize this
research resource to enhance the marketing of its products to various
customers. For its pulp business, research and development efforts are directed
primarily at the development of new and improved pulp grades, improved
manufacturing efficiency, reduction of energy needs, product quality and
development of improved environmental controls. Research efforts are
concentrated at the Rayonier Research Center in Shelton, Washington. Research
activities related to Rayonier's forest resources operations include genetic
tree improvement programs as well as applied silviculture programs to identify
management practices that improve returns from the timberland asset. Research
and development expenditures were $7 million in 1993 and $8 million in both
1992 and 1991.
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EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
Rayonier currently employs approximately 2,600 people. Of this number,
approximately 2,500 are employees in the United States, of whom 60 percent are
represented by labor unions. Most hourly employees are represented by labor
unions. Generally, labor relations have been maintained in a normal and
satisfactory manner. The ten labor unions within Rayonier represent
approximately 1,500 employees at the three pulp mills and at the Rayonier
Research Center. Bargaining activity in 1993 resulted in a three-year
extension of the Port Angeles pulp mill's two labor agreements. The Fernandina
pulp mill (approximately 300 covered employees) and the Rayonier Research
Center (approximately 25 covered employees) contracts will expire on April 30,
1994 and August 31, 1994, respectively. During 1995, labor contracts of
Rayonier's Jesup mill will expire, covering approximately 875 employees.
Rayonier has in effect various plans which extend to its employees and retirees
certain group medical, dental and life insurance coverage, pension, and other
benefits. The cost of such benefit plans is borne primarily by Rayonier, with
the exception of health care, for which employees are responsible for
approximately 20 percent of premium costs.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
RTLP owns, leases or controls approximately 1.2 million acres of timberlands in
the United States previously owned or leased by Rayonier. See Note 5 of the
accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Rayonier, through its
wholly owned subsidiary, RFR, as managing general partner of RTLP, continues on
behalf of RTLP to manage such properties and sell stumpage therefrom to
Rayonier as well as unaffiliated parties. Rayonier's New Zealand subsidiary
owns or manages the forest assets on approximately 253,000 acres of plantation
forests in New Zealand. Rayonier and its wholly owned subsidiaries own or lease
various other properties used in their operations, including three pulp mills,
two lumber manufacturing facilities, a research facility, various other
timberlands, and Rayonier's executive offices. These facilities (except for the
executive offices in Stamford, Connecticut) are located in the northwestern and
southeastern portions of the United States and in New Zealand.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, SWP, are named defendants in six
cases arising out of former wood preserving operations at SWP's plant located
in Augusta, Georgia. In general, these cases, five pending in the U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of Georgia and one pending in the Superior
Court of Richmond County, Georgia, seek recovery for property damage and
personal injury or medical monitoring costs based on the alleged exposure to
toxic chemicals used by SWP in its former operations. One case, Ernest Jordan
v. Southern Wood Piedmont Co., et al., seeks certification as a class action
and damages in the amount of $700 million. Counsel for the Company believes
that the Company has meritorious defenses in all these cases. Several previous
lawsuits related to the Augusta facility have been settled for amounts not
material to the Company.
Rayonier has been named as a "Potentially Responsible Party" (PRP) or is a
defendant in actions being brought by a PRP in five proceedings instituted by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) or by state
agencies under comparable state statutes. In three of these proceedings,
Rayonier is presently considered a de minimis participant. In one proceeding,
the Company is not a de minimis participant because of the limited number of
PRP's, and the Company believes that its share of liability for total cleanup
costs (currently estimated to be between $30 million and $39 million) will be
less than 9 percent of the total. In another proceeding, the Company is not a
de minimis participant based on an analysis of the volume and type of waste
that the Company is alleged to have disposed of at the site, and the Company
believes that its share of liability for total cleanup costs (currently
estimated to be between $25 million and $32 million) will be less than 1.75
percent of the total. In each case, Rayonier has established reserves for its
estimated liability. Rayonier has also received requests for information from
the EPA in connection with two other CERCLA sites, but the Company does not
currently know to what extent, if at all, liability under CERCLA will be
asserted against Rayonier with respect to either site.
There are various other lawsuits pending against or affecting Rayonier and its
subsidiaries, some of which involve claims for substantial amounts. The
ultimate liability with respect to all actions pending against Rayonier and its
subsidiaries is not considered material in relation to the consolidated
financial condition of Rayonier and its subsidiaries.
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ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
The Company was incorporated as "Rayco, Inc." under the laws of North Carolina
on December 3, 1993 and issued 79 Common Shares to ITT Rayonier Incorporated, a
Delaware Corporation (Rayonier Delaware). By written consents effective
December 10, 1993, ITT Corporation as the sole stockholder of Rayonier Delaware
and Rayonier Delaware as the sole shareholder of the Company approved the
merger of Rayonier Delaware into the Company, with the name of the surviving
corporation being "ITT Rayonier Incorporated." As a result of such merger, the
Company's outstanding 79 Common Shares were issued to ITT. By written consents
effective December 13, 1993, ITT as the sole shareholder of the Company (a)
elected ITT executives D. Travis Engen and Robert A. Bowman to join Ronald M.
Gross, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, on the Company's Board
of Directors and (b) approved the Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation of the Company.
Subsequent to December 31, 1993, ITT as the sole shareholder of the Company
took three actions by written consent prior to the Distribution. The subject
matter of these consents and their respective effective dates were: (1)
approval of an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation changing its name to "Rayonier Inc." (consent effective February
2, 1994; Articles of Amendment were filed on February 17, 1994); (2) approval
of certain compensation plans (consent effective February 28, 1994); and (3)
election as directors of the individuals listed in Item 10 of this Form 10-K
(consent in lieu of the 1994 Annual Meeting of Shareholder effective February
28, 1994).
PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
On February 28, 1994 ITT Corporation, the Registrant's sole shareholder,
distributed, as a special dividend, all of the common shares of the Registrant.
On March 2, 1994 the common shares of the Registrant began trading on the New
York Stock Exchange. On March 15, 1994 the Company had 29,565,392 Common
Shares outstanding and 59,581 shareholders of record. For the period March 2,
1994 through March 15, 1994 the price of Rayonier Common Shares ranged from
$31.625 to $35.000 per share. In the first quarter of 1994, the Board of
Directors declared a dividend of $.18 per share payable on March 31, 1994 to
holders of record of Rayonier Common Shares on March 10, 1994.
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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following summary of historical financial data for each of the five years
ended December 31, 1993 are derived from the consolidated financial statements
of the Company. The data should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements ($ in millions except per share).
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<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31,
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1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
INCOME STATEMENT DATA:
Sales $ 936 $ 974 $ 979 $1,104 $1,082
Operating income before provision for
dispositions 130 102 97 190 224
Provision for dispositions (3) (189) (1) - - 2
Operating income (loss) 127 (87) 97 190 226
Interest expense (23) (21) (14) (12) (18)
Minority interest (23) (23) (20) (21) (19)
Income (loss) from continuing operations 52 (81) 44 109 128
Provision for discontinued operations - - - (43) -
Cumulative effect of accounting changes - (22) (2) - - -
Net income (loss) 52 (103) 44 66 128
DIVIDENDS (3) 122 18 20 61 48
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE:
Income (loss) from continuing operations before
cumulative effect of accounting changes $ 1.77 ($2.77) $ 1.50 $ 3.70 $ 4.33
Cumulative effect of accounting changes - (0.74) - - -
Income (loss) from continuing operations 1.77 (3.51) 1.50 3.70 4.33
Discontinued operations - - - (1.47) -
Net Income (loss) 1.77 (3.51) 1.50 2.23 4.33
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
Total assets $1,475 $1,476 $1,372 $1,353 $1,330
Short-term bank debt and current maturities
of long-term debt 182 102 12 32 7
Long-term debt 316 302 193 141 174
Shareholder equity 606 676 797 772 767
CASH FLOW DATA:
Capital expenditures $ 72 $ 97 $ 134 $ 100 $ 80
New Zealand acquisition - 197 - - -
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 78 78 69 64 64
EBITDA (4) 187 156 147 234 271
EBIT (5) 109 78 78 170 207
SELECTED FINANCIAL RATIOS (UNAUDITED)
Operating income before provision for
dispositions as a percentage of sales 13.9% 10.5% 9.9% 17.2% 20.7%
Return on equity 8.2% (14.1)% 5.7% 8.6% 17.6%
Total debt to capitalization 45.1% 37.4% 20.5% 18.3% 19.1%
Total debt to EBITDA - ratio 2.7x 2.6x 1.4x 0.7x 0.7x
EBIT/Interest expense - ratio 4.7x 3.7x 5.6x 13.7x 11.6x
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31,
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1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
SELECTED OPERATING DATA (UNAUDITED)
Timber and Wood Products Segment
Log Sales:
North America - million board feet 47 435 506 585 629
New Zealand - thousand cubic meters 1,375 682 259 114 57
Other - million board feet 11 - - - -
Timber Harvested:
Northwest U.S. - million board feet 143 195 189 202 270
Southeast U.S. - thousand short green tons 2,001 2,006 2,037 1,838 1,765
New Zealand - thousand cubic meters 918 636 - - -
Lumber sold - million board feet 125 118 103 113 109
Intercompany Sales
Logs - million board feet 15 25 35 31 63
Northwest U.S. Timber Stumpage - million board feet 28 44 68 69 92
Southeast U.S. Timber Stumpage -
thousand short green tons. 299 317 398 114 129
Wood Chips to Jesup pulp mill -
thousand short green tons 319 352 320 356 295
Specialty Pulp Products Segment
Chemical cellulose sales - thousand metric tons 369 399 412 403 436
Fluff and specialty paper sales - thousand metric tons(6) 352 367 409 446 318
Production as a Percentage of Capacity 85% 95% 97% 96% 92%
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(1) Represents a charge of $189 million ($121 million after-tax) to provide for
the loss on the disposal of assets along with the costs for severance,
demolition and other closedown items associated with the disposition of
certain facilities; $180 million ($115 million after-tax) of this charge
relates to the Grays Harbor Complex; as defined elsewhere herein.
(2) Represents the cumulative effect of accounting changes due to the adoption
of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 106 "Employers'
Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other than Pensions," and SFAS No.
112 "Employers' Accounting for Postemployment Benefits." These standards
were adopted as of January 1, 1992 using the immediate recognition method,
and the resulting after-tax charge of $22 million ($33 million pre-tax) is
included in net income (loss) in 1992.
(3) Pursuant to a recapitalization program, Rayonier paid a special dividend to
ITT in the fourth quarter of 1993 of $90 million. Dividends paid by
Rayonier to ITT are not indicative of future dividends. In the first
quarter of 1994, the Board of Directors declared a dividend of $.18 per
share payable on March 31, 1994 to holders of record of Rayonier Common
Shares on March 10, 1994.
(4) EBITDA is defined as earnings (income) from continuing operations before
the cumulative effect of accounting changes, provision for dispositions,
income taxes, interest expense and depreciation, depletion and
amortization.
(5) EBIT is defined as earnings (income) from continuing operations before the
cumulative effect of accounting changes, provision for dispositions, income
taxes and interest expense.
(6) Excludes wood pulp produced by the Grays Harbor pulp mill of 62, 78, 103
and 105 thousands of metric tons for the years ended December 31, 1992,
1991, 1990 and 1989, respectively.
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
On February 28, 1994, ITT Corporation (ITT), Rayonier's sole shareholder,
distributed, as a special dividend, all of the Common Shares of Rayonier to the
holders of ITT Common Stock and Series N Preferred Stock. In connection with
the Distribution, the Company changed its name from ITT Rayonier Incorporated
to Rayonier Inc. and became a publicly traded Company listed on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol "RYN." On March 1, 1994, there were
approximately 29.6 million Common Shares of Rayonier outstanding.
SEGMENT INFORMATION
The amounts and relative contributions to sales and operating income
attributable to each of Rayonier's business segments for each of the last three
years ended December 31, 1993 were as follows: ($ in millions)
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<CAPTION>
Sales Year Ended December 31
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1993 1992 1991
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Timber and Wood Products:
Log Trading and Merchandising $ 365 $ 301 $ 294
Timberlands Management and Stumpage
(Standing Timber) Sales 120 123 106
Wood Products Sales 47 33 24
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Total Before Intrasegment Eliminations 532 457 424
Intrasegment Eliminations (16) (14) (22)
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Total Timber and Wood Products 516 443 402
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Specialty Pulp Products:
Chemical Cellulose 279 307 325
Fluff and Specialty Paper Pulps 183 218 228
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Total Specialty Pulp Products 462 525 553
--- --- ---
Intersegment Eliminations (42) (34) (31)
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Total Before Dispositions 936 934 924
Dispositions -- 40 55
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Total Sales $ 936 $ 974 $ 979
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Operating Income (Loss)
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Timber and Wood Products $ 144 $ 100 $ 79
Specialty Pulp Products (4) 16 44
Corporate and Other (8) (10) (9)
Intersegment Eliminations (2) 3 (1)
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Total before Dispositions 130 109 113
Dispositions (3) (196) (16)
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Total Operating Income (Loss) $ 127 $ (87) $ 97
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BUSINESS CONDITIONS
Operating results in the forest products industry are cyclical. Rayonier's
recent operating results for the Timber and Wood Products segment have improved
due to significantly higher selling prices and increased activity resulting
from the Company's May 1992 expansion of its New Zealand operations. However,
Rayonier's recent operating results for the Specialty Pulp Products segment
have been adversely affected by lower selling prices and reduced shipments
resulting from excess capacity in the pulp industry combined with weak domestic
and international markets. As a result, sales for the Company's Specialty Pulp
Products segment declined in the last three fiscal years, affecting total
Company sales results. In 1992 and 1993, increasing Timber and Wood Products
sales have offset the Specialty Pulp Products sales decline. During the most
recent economic downturn, the Company remained profitable, except for the
effect of the pre-tax restructuring charge for the Grays Harbor Complex of $180
million, which resulted in a net loss in 1992 of $103 million.
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Specialty Pulp Products operating results in 1993 continued to decline from
prior year levels as a result of an extended period of slow economic growth and
overcapacity in the industry. The Company expects that this business segment
will continue to be under pressure in 1994.
Rayonier's results continue to be heavily dependent on the pulp industry cycle,
and the Company continues to look at the strategic value of its facilities in
light of these market conditions. In 1992 the Company permanently closed
operations at the Grays Harbor Pulp Mill and Vanillin plant, and the associated
Grays Harbor Paper Company (collectively referred to as the Grays Harbor
Complex). The Company took a charge of $189 million ($121 million after-tax)
in the year for the write-off of assets and closure costs for certain
facilities; $180 million ($115 million after-tax) of this charge related to the
Grays Harbor Complex.
The Company's two remaining sulfite mills, Port Angeles, Washington, and
Fernandina Beach, Florida, are currently facing severe margin pressure as a
result of many factors including their age and size and possible environmental
compliance costs. The mill in Port Angeles, Washington, in particular, has
faced and will likely continue to face significantly higher wood costs than
facilities in other parts of the country. The viability of these two
particular facilities will be dependent upon a resurgence of economic growth in
Rayonier's markets and, for the Port Angeles mill, the return of Northwest wood
costs to a more competitive level. If the resurgence in economic growth is
delayed, and, in the case of Port Angeles, raw material wood costs do not
become more competitive, the Company may be faced with considering other
alternatives relative to these facilities. Potential options include sale of
the facilities, a restructuring of the operations to make alternative products,
temporary mothball of the facilities, joint-venture arrangements or possible
closure and termination of operations. The net plant and equipment invested in
the Port Angeles and Fernandina pulp facilities was $101 million and $142
million, respectively, at December 31, 1993. The Company's repositioning of
strategic assets into timber and wood markets, such as the expansion of its New
Zealand timber and wood based operations, and its significant timberland
holdings, have allowed it to moderate the affect of the pulp cycle and, except
for the significant write-off of the Grays Harbor Complex in 1992, report
profitable results for the last three fiscal years.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993 COMPARED WITH THE
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1992
SALES AND OPERATING INCOME
Sales of $936 million for the year ended December 31, 1993 were $38 million (4
percent) lower than the comparable period of 1992. Operating income of $127
million for the year ended December 31, 1993 increased $214 million over the
comparable 1992 period.
Timber and Wood Products
Sales for the Timber and Wood Products segment were $516 million, an increase
of $73 million (16 percent) over 1992 sales due to significantly higher selling
prices and increased activity resulting from the Company's May 1992 major
expansion of its New Zealand operations, partially offset by lower North
American log and stumpage volume. Prices were substantially higher for
stumpage, logs and lumber products due to supply shortages caused by
environmental restrictions and litigation in the Northwest U.S., wet weather
conditions in the Southeast U.S. in the first quarter, and concerns over the
availability of timber and lumber supplies worldwide. Sales in 1993 were
adversely affected by lower timber harvest volumes in the Northwest as a result
of customers delaying stumpage harvesting due to previously contracted prices
outpacing end use export log values. Sales in 1992 included $17 million in
timberland parcel sales in the Northwest with no comparable sales during 1993.
Timber and Wood Products operating income improved $44 million (44 percent) to
$144 million reflecting significantly improved stumpage, log and lumber prices
and expanded New Zealand operations. The 1992 operating income included $16
million from the Northwest timberland parcel sales. Other operating expenses
in 1992 included several charges for contract settlements and reserves.
Specialty Pulp Products
Sales for the Specialty Pulp Products segment were $462 million, declining $63
million (12 percent) from the prior period. The decrease primarily reflects
lower selling prices and reduced volume resulting from excess capacity in the
pulp industry combined with weak domestic and international markets.
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Operating income for Specialty Pulp Products decreased $20 million to an
operating loss of $4 million, reflecting lower pulp prices, lower sales volume,
temporary market related downtime costs and higher pulpwood costs.
Dispositions
The Dispositions segment includes the results of the Grays Harbor Complex which
was closed in 1992, and other miscellaneous operations that are being held for
disposition. These operations had no sales in 1993 versus sales of $40 million
in 1992. Operating losses of this segment were $3 million in 1993,
representing a provision for disposition of other miscellaneous operations.
Operating losses of the Dispositions segment were $196 million in 1992 which
included a provision for dispositions of $189 million related to the closure of
the Grays Harbor Complex and other miscellaneous facilities. A portion of the
Grays Harbor Complex assets was sold in August 1993 for cash and notes. The
Company is still completing demolition, personnel termination, environmental
remediation and other closure programs. See Note 8 of the accompanying Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.
Intersegment sales consist primarily of pulpwood sales by the Timber and Wood
Products segment to the Company's pulp mills.
OTHER ITEMS
Commission expenses for the year ended December 31, 1993 decreased $12 million
from the prior year, as 1992 included external commissions incurred under a
sales agency agreement with ITT Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC). Effective
January 1, 1993, ITT transferred ownership of FSC to Rayonier.
Equity in the net loss of Grays Harbor Paper Company decreased $3 million from
the prior year as this joint venture company ceased operations in late 1992.
See Note 8 of the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for
further information. Interest expense increased $2 million from the prior year
reflecting higher debt levels resulting from the May 1992 New Zealand timber
rights acquisition.
INCOME TAXES
The provision for income taxes was adversely impacted by the effects of tax
reform legislation enacted August 10, 1993. This legislation increased the
corporate income tax rate from 34 percent to 35 percent retroactive to January
1, 1993 and eliminated tax benefits related to log exports for foreign sales
corporations effective in the third quarter. The provision for income taxes
includes a charge of $2 million as a result of the remeasurement of the
Company's deferred tax liability for the 1 percent increase in the corporate
income tax rate. In total, the 1993 tax reform legislation negatively impacted
results by approximately $3 million.
NET INCOME
Net income in 1993 was $52 million compared to a net loss of $103 million in
1992. As noted above, the 1992 net loss includes commission expenses of $12
million, pretax ($8 million after-tax) incurred under a sales agency agreement
with FSC and $190 million, pretax, ($123 million after-tax) of operating
losses, equity losses and closure provision relating to the Grays Harbor
Complex. In addition, in 1992 the Company recorded an after-tax charge of $22
million to reflect the cumulative effect of accounting changes for the adoption
of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 106, Employers'
Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other than Pensions" and SFAS No. 112,
"Employers' Accounting for Postemployment Benefits." Excluding the cumulative
effect of accounting changes, the FSC commission expense and the effect of the
Grays Harbor Complex related expenses recorded in 1992, net income of $52
million in 1993 increased $3 million or 6 percent over last year's comparable
net income of $49 million.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1992 COMPARED WITH THE
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1991 SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS DURING 1992
Two significant actions occurred in 1992. In May, the Company acquired rights
to approximately 250,000 acres of timber in New Zealand, the operations of
which are reported in the Timber and Wood Products segment. Second, in the
fourth quarter, the Company permanently terminated operations at the Grays
Harbor Complex. See Notes 4 and 8 of the accompanying Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements for further information. As a result, the percentage of
Rayonier's total assets employed in the Timber and Wood Products segment
increased from 29 percent at year-end 1991 to 40 percent at December 1992.
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SALES AND OPERATING INCOME
Sales of $974 million for the year ended December 31, 1992 were $5 million less
than the $979 million realized in 1991. The 1992 operating loss of $87 million
represented a decline of $184 million from 1991 operating income of $97
million, primarily due to the Company's 1992 provision for dispositions of $189
million related to the closure of the Grays Harbor Complex and other
miscellaneous facilities.
Timber and Wood Products
Sales of Timber and Wood Products of $443 million in 1992 represented an
increase of $41 million (10 percent) from 1991 sales of $402 million. The
increase primarily resulted from the Company's May 1992 expansion of its New
Zealand operations, the closing of the final two parcels of a previously
contracted timberland sale in the Northwest versus one closing in 1991, and
higher selling prices. Selling prices were higher for stumpage and logs due to
regional supply shortages caused by a decline in the availability of
competitive timber in the Northwest and a continuation of wet weather
conditions in the Southeast. Increased demand for lumber resulted in higher
prices and volume for the Company's lumber operations. Sales improvements were
partially offset by lower export log volume in the Northwest and planned timber
harvest reductions in the Southeast.
Operating income for the Timber and Wood Products segment was $100 million, an
improvement of $21 million (27 percent) from 1991, reflecting the additional
timberland sale in the Northwest region during 1992, expanded New Zealand
operations and strong pricing. These improvements were partially offset by
other 1992 operating expenses relating to contract settlements and reserves.
Specialty Pulp Products
Revenues of the Specialty Pulp Products segment for 1992 declined $28 million
(5 percent) and operating income decreased $28 million (64 percent) from the
1991 period. Most of the decrease in both revenues and operating income
resulted from lower selling prices and volumes for fluff, paper and chemical
cellulose pulp products. Pulp sales volume of 766,000 metric tons in 1992 was
27,000 metric tons or 3 percent below 1991's level. The decrease in prices
reflected excess capacity in the pulp industry combined with weak domestic and
international markets and the strengthening of the U.S. dollar. Pulp
manufacturing costs increased in 1992 primarily due to higher pulpwood costs in
the Northwest as a result of reduced timber availability and in the Southeast
due to exceptionally wet weather.
NET INCOME
The Company's equity share in the losses of a jointly owned company, Grays
Harbor Paper Company, increased $2 million during 1992 primarily as a result of
lower selling prices and volume in its paper products business segment. See
Note 8 of the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for
further information. Interest expense increased $7 million (53 percent) as a
result of higher debt levels resulting from the New Zealand acquisition of
forest assets in May 1992. Minority interest in the results of the Company's
timberlands partnership increased $3 million (14 percent) to $23 million in
1992 as a result of increased earnings attributable to that portion of the
Timber and Wood Products segment.
Continuing operations posted a loss in 1992 of $81 million, representing a $125
million decline from income of $44 million in 1991. The decline in earnings
primarily reflects the after tax effect of the $121 million charge to provide
for the closure of the Grays Harbor Complex and other miscellaneous facilities.
Net loss for 1992 of $103 million also included a charge of $22 million to
record the cumulative effect of accounting changes, reflecting the Company's
adoption of SFAS No. 106 and SFAS No. 112 as of January 1, 1992.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Cash flow from operating activities for 1993 amounted to $129 million, an
increase of $5 million from the prior year. Cash from operating activities and
an increase in debt of $95 million were mainly used for capital expenditures of
$72 million, cash dividends to ITT of $122 million, environmental remediation
and other corrective action programs at
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Rayonier's wholly owned subsidiary, Southern Wood Piedmont Company (SWP), and
various closure costs of units held for disposition of $28 million.
Cash flow from operating activities in 1992 amounted to $124 million, a
decrease of $9 million from the prior year level of $133 million. An increase
in debt of $198 million in 1992 was mainly used for the New Zealand forest
assets acquisition of $197 million. Cash from operating activities (along with
an increase in debt of $32 million in 1991) was mainly utilized for capital
expenditures of $97 million and $134 million in 1992 and 1991, respectively,
cash dividends to ITT of $18 million and $20 million in 1992 and 1991
respectively, and environmental clean-up and other corrective action programs
at SWP of $18 million and $17 million in 1992 and 1991, respectively. Capital
expenditures in 1992 were $37 million less than 1991, when additional capital
spending was required to lower sulfite emissions at the Jesup, Georgia pulp
mill to meet new Federal and State standards while also achieving cost
reductions and increased productive capacity.
The Company's EBITDA, defined as earnings (income) from continuing operations
(before the cumulative effect of accounting changes and any provision for
dispositions) before income taxes, interest expense and depreciation, depletion
and amortization, for 1993 amounted to $187 million, increasing $31 million
from the prior year, due to the higher pre-tax income reported in 1993. EBITDA
for 1992 was $156 million, also increasing from the prior year level of $147
million, but decreasing $78 million and $115 million, respectively, below the
Company's recent cyclical peak levels of $234 million in 1990 and $271 million
in 1989.
During the second quarter of 1992, the Company completed the purchase of forest
assets, primarily Crown forest licenses consisting of long-term rights to
utilize approximately 250,000 acres of plantation forest in New Zealand. These
assets were acquired from the New Zealand government for a cash purchase price
of approximately $197 million. Bridge financing for the acquisition was
partially obtained through the issuance of preferred stock to ITT (which has
been redeemed) and through additional borrowings from banks and ITT. By
October 15, 1992 the Company had completed its external financing program for
this acquisition, as described more fully below.
The forest products industry requires substantial annual capital expenditures
to maintain production facilities at peak operating efficiency and to comply
with environmental standards (see Environmental Regulation).
As of December 31, 1993, the Company had negative working capital of $39
million as compared to working capital of $7 million at December 31, 1992.
Bank loans and current maturities of long-term debt increased $80 million,
primarily to fund a $90 million dividend to ITT and a portion of intercompany
settlements of $21 million related to the Distribution. (The impact on income
for additional debt of $111 million will be approximately $8 million ($5
million, after-tax) on an annual basis, assuming an average incremental
borrowing rate of 7.7 percent). The Company's current assets also increased in
several categories, including accounts receivable by $8 million and prepaid
timber stumpage by $15 million. The Company is working with its lenders on a
program to refinance a portion of its short-term debt with long-term funding
sufficient to return to a positive working capital position. The Company
expects to complete this program in the second quarter of 1994.
The Company had net working capital of $7 million at December 31, 1992 as
compared to $138 million at the end of 1991. The Company increased its
short-term bank loans from $5 million in 1991 to $100 million at the end of
1992, primarily as a result of financing the New Zealand forest asset
acquisition.
Dividends paid by the Company on its stock during 1993 were $122 million.
Pursuant to a previously planned recapitalization program, Rayonier paid a
special dividend to ITT in the fourth quarter of 1993 of $90 million in
addition to the normal dividends on earnings. In addition, in the fourth
quarter of 1993 and the first quarter of 1994 Rayonier made payments to ITT
aggregating approximately $21 million in settlement of certain intercompany
account items. Dividends paid during 1992 and 1991 were $18 million and $20
million respectively. The Board of Directors has declared a dividend of $.18
per Rayonier Common Share for the first quarter of 1994.
The Company believes it has good relations with major regional, national and
international banks. Its interest and cash flow coverage ratios have been well
above the average of the forest products industry. As a capital intensive
company in a cyclical industry, the Company goes through periods of time where
its cash flow after capital investments requires an increase in borrowing. The
borrowings then, generally, are reduced during the business cycle upturn when
cash flows increase. It is expected that the Company will borrow funds in 1994
to support its capital program, but its debt levels will stabilize, absent any
major acquisition or new major capital program, in the 1995-1996 period.
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During the fourth quarter of 1991, Rayonier borrowed $90 million under a term
loan agreement which expires on October 31, 1997. This loan agreement was
amended in 1992 allowing Rayonier to borrow an additional $10 million. The
loan is repayable in three equal annual installments starting in October of
1995 and ending in October of 1997. The proceeds of this loan were primarily
used to retire short-term bank borrowings, pay debt owed to ITT and for other
corporate purposes. The debt bears a variable rate of interest equal to the
London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) plus 62.5 basis points.
The Company established a $140 million Medium Term Note program on April 5,
1993 pursuant to a Registration Statement filed on Form S-3 effective September
29, 1992. The Registration Statement permitted the Company to issue up to $250
million in debt securities through public offerings of which $110 million was
issued in October 1992. The Company used the net proceeds from the sale of the
7.5 percent notes to repay bank debt which was utilized as bridge financing for
the purchase of forest assets in New Zealand. During April 1993, $16 million
of medium term notes, maturing in April 1998 and 1999, were issued under this
program at an average effective cost to the Company of 6.25 percent.
As part of the Company's refinancing program, the Company expects to file with
the SEC prior to March 31, 1994 a new Registration Statement on Form S-3
covering $150 million of new debt securities. This filing will also serve as a
post-effective amendment to the above-referenced Registration Statement filed
in 1992. The Company plans to make an offering of $100 million of debentures
in the second quarter of 1994, and to increase its Medium Term Note program to
$174 million.
The most restrictive long-term debt agreement in effect at December 31, 1993
provides that the ratio of the Company's indebtedness to the sum of such
indebtedness plus consolidated tangible net worth cannot exceed 50 percent. As
of December 31, 1993, this ratio was 45 percent. In addition, at December 31,
1993, a total of $279 million of retained earnings was unrestricted as to the
payment of dividends. Under a lease to the Company of its Baxley, Georgia
sawmill entered into in 1985, the trustee on behalf of the lessor and the loan
participant has the right to require the Company to purchase the sawmill for
approximately $8.4 million because ITT has ceased to own a majority of the
Company's voting stock.
As of December 31, 1993, the Company had $498 million in debt with $317 million
funded in the bank term and public debt markets, and $181 million in the short
term bank debt market. Of the Company's short term debt, $50 million was under
committed lines, the earliest of which expires in June 1994. The remainder of
the short term debt was funded under uncommitted lines. None of the debt was
guaranteed by ITT.
At December 31, 1992 debt of $403 million represented 37 percent of the total
of debt and equity. The ratio increased to 45 percent at year end 1993 after
the Company completed its recapitalization program. The total debt to
capitalization ratio was 21 percent at the end of 1991. The increase in debt
to total capitalization during 1992 was mainly due to the financing related to
the New Zealand forest assets acquisition. The percentage of debt with fixed
interest rates was 44 percent as of December 1993 as compared to 50 percent and
56 percent at year end 1992 and 1991.
As a result of ITT's decision to make the Distribution, Rayonier's senior debt
ratings were placed under review. Moody's Investor Service confirmed the
Company's rating at Baa2 and Standard & Poor's Corporation (S&P) lowered the
Company's rating from A+ to BBB. The earlier S&P rating had carried with it an
implied support from ITT (although ITT did not have any legally enforceable
obligations with respect to Rayonier's debt). It is expected that some of the
Company's borrowing costs may rise as a result of the Distribution, but the
increased interest expense, if any, is not expected to be material.
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND UNITS HELD FOR DISPOSITION
In 1986 the Company discontinued its SWP treated wood business segment. The
Company is currently actively involved in implementing environmental
remediation and closure programs for SWP and is in negotiations with state and
environmental agencies on the scope and timing of such programs. In prior
years, the Company had provided $153 million in pre-tax reserves for
discontinued operations for closure, post-closure and corrective action
programs at SWP. The costs of the corrective action and closure programs at
SWP's nine primary manufacturing locations are affected by many factors, which
has led to increases in the reserves for such programs in the past, and may
result in increases in the future, as the effectiveness of the existing cleanup
programs is measured against applicable standards. Expenditures for such
programs will also depend on, among other things, new laws, regulations and
administrative interpretations, governmental responses to programs proposed by
the Company and changes in environmental control technology.
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Although considerable progress on cleanup was made by year end 1993, in
particular at three of SWP's nine locations where the installation of
corrective action facilities has been completed, there is still uncertainty as
to the timing and amount of expenditures beyond 1993 at these sites and the
extent and timing for completing programs at all sites. The Company currently
estimates that expenditures for environmental remediation and closure costs at
these sites during the two-year period 1994-1995 will approximate $10 million.
In the fourth quarter of 1992, the Company provided $180 million, pre-tax, for
the loss on disposal of assets along with the costs for severance, demolition
and other closedown items associated with the disposition of the Grays Harbor
Complex. A portion of the Grays Harbor Complex assets were sold in August 1993
for cash and notes.
As of December 31, 1993 the Company had $76 million reserved for discontinued
operations and units held for disposition. Subject to the uncertainties
discussed above, the Company believes that its reserves established to divest
or close all of these business activities are adequate. The Company further
believes that any future change in estimates, if necessary, will not materially
affect the financial condition of the Company.
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
The Company has become subject to increasingly stringent environmental
laws and regulations concerning air emission, water discharges and waste
disposal which, in the opinion of management, will require substantial
expenditures over the next ten years. During 1993, 1992, 1991 and 1990 the
Company spent approximately $3 million, $25 million, $43 million and $15
million, respectively, for capital projects related to environmental compliance
for its continuing operations. The Company expects to spend approximately $4
million on such projects for its continuing operations for the two-year period
1994-1995. However, recently proposed Federal environmental regulations
governing air and water discharges may require further expenditures and, if
finally enacted in their proposed form, would prevent Rayonier from meeting
certain product quality specifications for substantially all of its chemical
cellulose products and in other cases will increase the cost of making such
products. Sales of the Company's chemical cellulose products accouted for
approximately 30 percent of the Company's total 1993 sales. While these
regulations may have a material effect on the Company's operations if not
changed, it will not be possible for the Company to determine the nature or
costs of such effect until the regulations are issued in final form. The
Company recently developed initial order of magnitude estimates of the costs of
complying with these regulations if they are modified to remove the
technological bases that would prevent Rayonier from manufacturing some of its
products. These estimates indicate that with incremental capital expenditures
of approximately $95 million at Jesup, $55 million at Fernandina Beach and $40
million at Port Angeles, the Company could continue to manufacture its current
product line. Such expenditures would most likely be incurred over several
years and not commence before 1995. Rayonier, however, will continue to argue,
both individually and through the industry trade association, for modifying the
proposed operating guidelines further to eliminate errors it believes the
agency has made and Rayonier will continue to explore new and revised operating
and technical process alternatives in lieu of spending such funds. Rayonier
cannot predict, however, whether these efforts will be successful.
Over the past three years, the harvest of timber from private lands in the
state of Washington has been restricted as a result of the listing of the
northern spotted owl as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act
(ESA). These restrictions have caused RTLP to restructure and reschedule some
of its harvest plans. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is developing a
proposed rule under the ESA to redefine protective measures for the northern
spotted owl on private lands. This rule, as currently drafted, would reduce
the harvest restrictions on private lands except within specified special
emphasis areas, where restrictions would be increased. One proposed special
emphasis area is on the Olympic Peninsula, where a significant portion of
RTLP's Washington timberlands is located. The new rule may also include
guidelines for the protection of the marbled murrelet, also recently listed as
a threatened species. Separately, the state of Washington Forest Practices
Board is in the process of adopting new harvest regulations to protect the
northern spotted owl and the marbled murrelet. The State Department of Natural
Resources draft of this rule also provides for a special emphasis area to
protect the northern spotted owl on the Olympic Peninsula, which would increase
harvest restrictions on the Company's lands. The Company is unable at this
time to predict the form in which the federal or state rules will eventually be
adopted. However, if either rule is adopted in the form proposed by the
respective agencies, the result will be some reduction in the volume of Company
timber available for harvest.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
See "Index to Financial Statements" on Page ii.
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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None
PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Rayonier Articles of Incorporation provide that the number of directors
shall be not less than three and not more than twelve, with the exact number to
be fixed by the Rayonier Board of Directors from time to time. Rayonier has a
board of eight directors divided into three classes, with the term of Class I
to expire in 1995, the term of Class II to expire in 1996, and the term of
Class III to expire in 1997. This classification is conditional, however, upon
compliance of such classification with North Carolina law at the time of the
1995 annual meeting. If such classification is not in compliance with North
Carolina law at such time the Board will not be classified and all directors
will be elected annually. It is the intent of the Company that a majority of
the directors comprising the Company's Board not be employees of the Company
and that a majority of the nonemployee directors be individuals who will not be
directors of ITT.
The following table sets forth information as to the directors of the Company,
of each class, and of their original terms.
CLASS I, TERM EXPIRES IN 1995
RONALD M. GROSS, 60, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Rayonier
- - He joined Rayonier in March 1978 as President and Chief Operating Officer and
a director. He was elected Chairman in 1984. Mr. Gross serves as President and
director of RFR, the managing general partner of RTLP. From 1968 to 1978, he
was with Canadian Cellulose Company Limited of Vancouver, British Columbia,
where he held various senior positions before becoming President and Chief
Executive Officer and director in 1973. Mr. Gross is currently a director of
Lukens Inc. He serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of
Directors of the American Forest and Paper Association (AFPA) and is Vice
Chairman of the AFPA International Business Committee. He is a member of the
Investment Policy Advisory Committee of the United States Trade Representative.
Mr. Gross is a graduate of Ohio State University and the Harvard Graduate
School of Business Administration.
KATHERINE D. ORTEGA, 59, Former Treasurer of the United States - She served as
the 38th Treasurer of the United States from September 1983 through June 1989
and as Alternate Representative of the United States to the United Nations
General Assembly during 1990 to 1991. Prior to these appointments, she served
as a Commissioner of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal and as a member of the
President's Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business. Before entering
government, Ms. Ortega practiced as a certified public accountant with Peat,
Marwick, Mitchell & Co. in Los Angeles from 1969 to 1972, was Vice President of
the Pan American National Bank of East Los Angeles from 1972 to 1975 and was
President and director of the Santa Ana State Bank from 1975 to 1978. She
currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Diamond Shamrock, Inc., Ralston
Purina Company, The Kroger Co., Long Island Lighting Company, Catalyst, Quest
International and The Paul Revere Corporation and is a member of the
Comptroller General's Consultant Panel. She is a graduate of Eastern New Mexico
University, holds three honorary Doctor of Law Degrees and one honorary Doctor
of Social Science Degree.
BURNELL R. ROBERTS, 66, Chairman, Sweetheart Holdings, Inc. and Sweetheart Cup
Company (producer of plastic and paper disposable food service and food
packaging products) - He served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Mead Corporation (an integrated manufacturer of paper and forest
products and provider of electronic publishing services) from April 1982 until
his retirement in May 1992. Previously he was President of Mead from 1981 to
1982 and Senior Vice President from 1979 to 1981. He was a director of Mead
from October 1981 until May 1993. He continues to serve as a director of
National City Corporation, Cleveland, OH; Armco Inc., Pittsburgh, PA; The
Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Norwalk, CT, and DPL Inc., Dayton, OH. He also serves
as a director of the Japan Society, New York. He is a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin and the Harvard Graduate School of Business
Administration.
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CLASS II, TERM EXPIRES IN 1996
WILLIAM J. ALLEY, 64, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer,
American Brands, Inc. (diversified manufacturing and other businesses) - He
joined The Franklin Life Insurance Company in 1967 and was Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer of that organization when it was acquired by
American Brands, Inc. in 1979. He was elected to the Board of Directors of
American Brands in 1979 and subsequently held various senior executive
positions with American Brands before being elected to his present position on
June 15, 1987. He is also a director of RFR (the managing general partner of
RTLP), CIPSCO Incorporated, Bunn-O-Matic Corporation, Moorman Manufacturing
Company, The Business Council of Southwestern Connecticut (SACIA), Co-operation
Ireland, United Way of Tri- State and the Connecticut Business for Education
Coalition, Inc. and on the Advisory Board of Governors of the National Women's
Economic Alliance Foundation. He is a member of the Business Roundtable and is
also a member of The Conference Board, The Board of Overseers of the Executive
Council on Foreign Diplomats, The Ambassadors' Roundtable Advisory Council and
The Economic Club of New York. He is a graduate of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M
College, the University of Oklahoma School of Business and the University of
Oklahoma School of Law.
PAUL G. KIRK, JR., 56, of Counsel to Sullivan & Worcester (law firm) - He
became a partner in the law firm of Sullivan & Worcester in 1977 and is
presently of Counsel to the firm. He served as Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee from 1985 to 1989 and as Treasurer from 1983 to 1985.
Following his graduation from law school, Mr. Kirk became an assistant district
attorney in Massachusetts. In 1969, he went to Washington to serve as assistant
counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Administrative
Practices and Procedures. In 1971, he left the Subcommittee staff to join
Senator Edward M. Kennedy's U.S. Senate staff as special assistant. Following
his resignation in 1989 as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, he
returned to Sullivan & Worcester as a partner in general corporate practice at
the firm's Boston and Washington offices. Mr. Kirk is a director of
Kirk-Sheppard & Co., Inc., of which he also is Chairman and Treasurer. He is a
trustee of the Bradley Real Estate Trust and a director of ITT and of Hartford
Fire Insurance Company, a subsidiary of ITT. He is co-chairman of the
Commission on Presidential Debates, Chairman of the John F. Kennedy Library
Foundation Board of Directors, Chairman of the Board of the National Democratic
Institute for International Affairs, and a trustee of Stonehill College and St.
Sebastian's School. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law
School.
GORDON I. ULMER, 61, Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Connecticut
Bank and Trust Company and Retired President of Bank of New England Corporation
- - He joined Connecticut Bank and Trust Company (CBT) in 1957 and held numerous
positions before being elected President and director in 1980 and Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer in 1985. In 1988 he was elected President of the Bank
of New England Corporation (BNEC), holding company of CBT. He retired as
President of BNEC in December 1990. In January 1991, BNEC filed a petition
under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code and CBT commenced insolvency
proceedings. Mr. Ulmer also serves as a director of Hartford Fire Insurance
Company, a subsidiary of ITT, and the Old State House Association. He is a
graduate of Middlebury College, the American Institute of Banking and the
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration Advanced Management Program
and attended New York University's Graduate School of Engineering.
CLASS III, TERM EXPIRES IN 1997
RAND V. ARASKOG, 62, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, ITT
Corporation - He joined ITT in 1966 and has been Chief Executive of ITT since
1979 and Chairman since 1980. In March 1991, he assumed the title of President.
Mr. Araskog is a director of ITT and of Hartford Fire Insurance Company and ITT
Sheraton Corporation, subsidiaries of ITT, and of Alcatel Alsthom of France, in
which ITT holds a six percent interest. He is also a director of Dow Jones &
Company, Inc.; Dayton-Hudson Corporation; Shell Oil Company and the New York
Stock Exchange. He is a member of The Business Council, The Business
Roundtable, the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission. He
is a trustee of the New York Zoological Society and of the Salk Institute. In
1988, Mr. Araskog was named Officier de la Legion d'Honneur by the President
of the French Republic, Franscois Mitterand; and, in April 1991, he was awarded
the Vermeil Grand Medal of the City of Paris. In May 1991, he was awarded the
Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy in the level of Grand Officer. In 1994,
he received the order Gen. Bernardo O'Higgins (Comendador) Award by the
President of Chile. Mr. Araskog is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at
West Point and attended the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
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DONALD W. GRIFFIN, 57, President and Chief Operating Officer, Olin Corporation
(diversified manufacturing corporation) - He joined Olin in 1961 and was part
of its Brass Division marketing organization beginning in 1963. He advanced
through various managerial positions and in 1983 was elected an Olin Corporate
Vice President and appointed President of the Brass Division. He became
President of the Winchester Division of Olin in 1985, was appointed President
of Olin's Defense Systems Group in 1986 and was elected an Executive Vice
President of Olin in 1987. He became a director of Olin in 1990 and was
elected Vice Chairman of the Board for Operations on January 12, 1993. He was
elected President and Chief Operating Officer on February 24, 1994. He is also
a director of RFR (the managing general partner of RTLP), the Sporting Arms and
Ammunition Manufacturers Institute, the Wildlife Management Institute, the
National Shooting Sports Foundation, River Bend Bancshares, Inc. and Illinois
State Bank and Trust in East Alton, Illinois. He is a trustee of the Buffalo
Bill Historical Center, the Olin Charitable Trust and the National Security
Industrial Association. He is a member of the American Society of Metals, the
Association of the U.S. Army and the American Defense Preparedness Association.
He is a life member of the Navy League of the United States and the Surface
Navy Association. He is a graduate of the University of Evansville,
Evansville, Indiana, and has completed the Graduate School for Sales and
Marketing Managers at Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.
DIRECTORS' COMPENSATION
No director who is an employee of the Company is compensated for service as a
member of the Board of Directors or any Committee of the Board of Directors.
Compensation for nonemployee directors consists of an annual retainer of
$20,000, a $1,000 fee for each Board meeting attended, and a $750 fee for each
Committee meeting attended. Directors are reimbursed for travel expenses
incurred on behalf of the Company.
DIRECTORS' RETIREMENT POLICY
The Company's Board of Directors has adopted a retirement policy which provides
(i) that no person may be nominated for election or reelection as a nonemployee
director after reaching age 72 and (ii) that no employee of Rayonier or of any
of its subsidiaries (other than an employee who has served as chief executive
of Rayonier) may be nominated for election or reelection as a director after
reaching age 65, unless there has been a specific waiver by the Board of
Directors of these age requirements.
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Company's Board of Directors has four committees: Audit, Compensation and
Management Development, Environmental and Legal Affairs and Nominating
Committees.
AUDIT COMMITTEE. The Audit Committee supports the independence of the
Company's external and internal auditors and the objectivity of the Company's
financial statements. The Audit Committee (1) reviews the Company's principal
policies for accounting, internal control and financial reporting, (2)
recommends to the Company's Board of Directors the engagement or discharge of
the external auditors, (3) reviews with the external auditors the plan, scope
and timing of their audit and (4) reviews the auditors' fees and, after
completion of the audit, reviews with management the external auditors' report.
The Audit Committee also reviews, before publication, the annual financial
statements of the Company, the independence of the external auditors, the
adequacy of the Company's internal accounting control system, and the Company's
policies on business integrity and ethics and conflicts of interest. The Audit
Committee also performs a number of other review functions related to auditing
the financial statements and internal controls. The Audit Committee is
comprised of three or more non-employee directors. The current members are
Messrs. Roberts (Chairman), Kirk and Ulmer.
COMPENSATION AND MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. The Compensation and
Management Development Committee (1) reviews and makes recommendations to the
Company's Board of Directors with respect to the direct and indirect
compensation and employee benefits of the Chairman of the Board and other
elected officers of the Company, (2) reviews, administers and makes
recommendations to the Company's Board of Directors with respect to any
incentive plans and bonus plans that include elected officers and (3) reviews
the Company's policies relating to the compensation of senior management and,
generally, other employees. In addition, the Committee reviews management's
long-range planning for executive development and succession, establishes and
periodically reviews policies on management perquisites and performs certain
other review functions relating to management compensation and employee
relations policies. The
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Compensation and Management Development Committee is comprised of three or more
non-employee directors. The current members are Messrs. Alley (Chairman) and
Roberts and Ms. Ortega.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. The Environmental and Legal Affairs
Committee (1) reviews and recommends to the Company's Board of Directors
proposed actions on major environmental compliance and regulatory matters which
could have a significant impact on the Company's business and strategic
operating objectives and (2) reviews and considers major claims and litigation,
and legal, regulatory, patent and related governmental policy matters affecting
the Company. In addition, the Committee reviews and approves management
policies and programs relating to compliance with environmental matters, legal
and regulatory requirements and business ethics. The Environmental and Legal
Affairs Committee is comprised of three or more non-employee directors. The
current members are Messrs. Kirk (Chairman), Griffin and Ulmer.
NOMINATING COMMITTEE. The Nominating Committee makes recommendations
concerning the organization, size and composition of the Board of Directors and
its Committees, proposes nominees for election to the Board and its Committees
and considers the qualifications, compensation and retirement of directors. The
Nominating Committee is comprised of three or more non-employee directors. The
current members are Ms. Ortega (Chairman) and Messrs. Alley and Griffin.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Listed below is certain information as to the Company's executive officers.
NAME, POSITION WITH COMPANY, AGE AND BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
RONALD M. GROSS, 60, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer - See
information under "Board of Directors."
WALLACE L. NUTTER, 49, Executive Vice President - He was elected Executive Vice
President of Rayonier in 1987 and has overall responsibility for the specialty
pulp, log trading and wood products businesses. He was named Senior Vice
President, Operations, in 1985 and Vice President and Director, Forest Products
Operations, in 1984. He joined Rayonier in 1967 in the Northwest Forest
Operations. Mr. Nutter is a member of the Board of Governors of the National
Council for Air and Stream Improvement. He holds a B.A. in Business
Administration from the University of Washington and has completed the Advanced
Management Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
WILLIAM S. BERRY, 52, Senior Vice President, Forest Resources and Corporate
Development - He was elected Senior Vice President, Forest Resources and
Corporate Development, of Rayonier in January 1994. He was Senior Vice
President, Land and Forest Resources, of Rayonier from January 1986 to January
1994. From October 1981 to January 1986 he was Vice President and Director of
Forest Products Management. Mr. Berry joined Rayonier in 1980 as Director of
Wood Products Management. He serves as Senior Vice President of RFR, the
managing general partner of RTLP. He also serves on the Executive Boards of the
American Forest Council and the Center for Streamside Studies. Prior to joining
Rayonier, Mr. Berry was employed with Champion International and Kimberly-Clark
Corporation. He holds a B.S. in Forestry from the University of California at
Berkeley and an M.S. in Forestry from the University of Michigan.
GERALD J. POLLACK, 52, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer - He
was elected Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rayonier in
May 1992. From July 1986 to May 1992, he was Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer. Mr. Pollack joined Rayonier in June 1982 as Vice President and
Controller. Prior to joining Rayonier, Mr. Pollack was employed with Avis, Inc.
where he held a number of positions, including Vice President and Corporate
Comptroller and finally Vice President-Operations, Europe, Africa and Middle
East Divisions in England. He serves as Chief Financial Officer of RFR, the
managing general partner of RTLP. Mr. Pollack has a B.S. degree in Physics from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA in Accounting and Finance from the
Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth.
KEVIN S. O'BRIEN, 61, Senior Vice President, Pulp Marketing - He was elected
Senior Vice President, Pulp Marketing, for Rayonier in November 1989. From 1982
to 1989, he was Vice President, Strategic Planning and Development. In 1980 he
was elected a Vice President and was appointed Director of Strategic Planning
and Development. Since joining Rayonier in 1957, Mr. O'Brien has held a variety
of assignments in domestic and international sales and marketing, including an
assignment at ITT Corporate Headquarters as Product Line Manager for Natural
Resources from 1977 to 1979. He holds an A.B. in Economics from Harvard
University and an MBA from New York University.
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JOHN P. O'GRADY, 48, Senior Vice President, Human Resources - He was elected
Senior Vice President, Human Resources, of Rayonier in January 1994. He was
Vice President, Administration, of Rayonier from July 1991 to January 1994.
From December 1975 to July 1991, he held a number of human resources positions
at ITT. Prior to joining Rayonier, he was Vice President, Administration, at
ITT Federal Services Corporation from October 1983 through June 1991. Mr.
O'Grady is a Management Trustee for United Paperworkers' Health and Welfare
Trust and serves on the Board of Directors of Trenton State College Business
and Industry Council. He holds a B.S. degree in Labor Economics from the
University of Akron, an M.S. degree in Industrial Relations from Rutgers
University and a Ph.D in Management from California Western University.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table discloses compensation received by Rayonier's Chief
Executive Officer and the four other most highly paid executive officers for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE (1)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
LONG-TERM
COMPENSATION
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ANNUAL COMPENSATION AWARD OF
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STOCK ALL OTHER
NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION SALARY($) BONUS($) OTHER($) OPTIONS(3)(#) COMPENSATION(4)($)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Ronald M. Gross
Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer 421,920 185,000 64 (2) 33,000 14,767
Wallace L. Nutter
Executive Vice President 235,631 90,000 - 7,000 8,247
William S. Berry
Senior Vice President,
Forest Resources and
Corporate Development 180,000 60,000 - 4,500 6,300
Kevin S. O'Brien
Senior Vice President,
Pulp Marketing 178,962 35,000 - 2,000 6,264
Gerald J. Pollack
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 167,042 60,000 - 4,500 5,846
</TABLE>
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(1) This table does not include columns for Restricted Stock Awards and
Long-Term Incentive Plan Compensation since Rayonier had no amounts to
report for 1993.
(2) Represents tax reimbursement allowances which are intended to offset the
inclusion in taxable income of the value of certain benefits.
(3) The stock options reported are for ITT Common Stock and do not represent
options to acquire Rayonier Common Shares. In connection with the
Distribution, options to purchase ITT Common Stock which were not exercised
were canceled, and options to acquire Rayonier Common Shares have been
granted to replace the canceled ITT options. See "Stock Options
Generally".
(4) All the amounts shown in this column are company contributions under the
ITT Investment and Savings Plan and the ITT Excess Savings Plan, which are
defined contribution plans. ITT makes a matching contribution in an amount
equal to 50 percent of an employee's contribution not to exceed three
percent (3 percent) of such employee's salary. Under these plans, ITT also
makes a non-matching contribution equal to one-half of one percent (0.5
percent) of an employee's salary.
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ANNUAL BONUS PLAN
Eligible executives and key managers of Rayonier participated in an annual
incentive bonus program sponsored by ITT. Under this program, each executive
and key manager was assigned to a salary grade which had a standard bonus
associated with it expressed as a percentage of the executive's year-end base
salary rate (standard bonus). At year end, the aggregate amount of individual
standard bonuses was adjusted in accordance with a pre-established formula to
create a spendable bonus pool for the year. The formula measured actual net
income, return on total capital (ROTC) and operating funds flow (OFF) against
the approved budgeted amounts for the year for each performance measure. Net
income, ROTC and OFF performance was weighted 60 percent, 25 percent and 15
percent, respectively. The maximum spendable pool was 150 percent of the
aggregate standard bonus pool. Individual bonus amounts within the authorized
pool were determined on a discretionary basis taking into account specific
personal contributions during the year.
Bonus awards for Rayonier executive officers were subject to approval by ITT
senior line management. Bonus awards for Messrs. Gross and Nutter were subject
to final approval by the ITT Compensation and Personnel Committee.
During 1993, the standard bonus adjustment factor pursuant to the above formula
was 100 percent. In total, $1,342,000 was authorized for expenditure to 54
executives and seven middle managers, including the amounts indicated in the
Summary Compensation Table for the named executive officers.
The annual bonus program has been carried forward in substantially the same
form under the Rayonier Annual Incentive Bonus Award Plan which is administered
by the Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Rayonier Board
of Directors.
STOCK OPTIONS GENERALLY
The employees of Rayonier held as of December 31, 1993 unexercised options to
acquire 149,887 shares of ITT Common Stock, of which six executive officers
held 105,001 such unexercised options. To the extent those ITT options were not
exercised prior to the Distribution Date, Rayonier has granted to the named
executive officers substitute options to acquire Rayonier Common Shares in
substitution for the canceled options on ITT Common Stock. The substitution of
options maintained the economic value of each option, and the total number of
Rayonier options granted was determined so that the aggregate spread between
the exercise price and the fair market value with respect to the Rayonier
options equaled such aggregate spread with respect to the ITT options. As of
February 28, 1994, there were 130,319 outstanding unexercised ITT options of
which 100,667 were awarded to the six named executive officers. Under
conversion, options to acquire 382,434 Rayonier Common Shares were granted to
the employees of Rayonier in substitution for the ITT options which were
canceled. The six named executive officers were granted 295,416 of such
options to acquire Rayonier Common Shares.
Replacement of the canceled ITT options is believed to be beneficial to
Rayonier and its shareholders, since it will allow Rayonier to restore
meaningful compensation incentives to key employees.
OPTION GRANTS ON ITT COMMON STOCK TO RAYONIER EXECUTIVES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
The following table provides information on fiscal year 1993 grants of options
to the named Rayonier executives to purchase shares of ITT Common Stock.
Except as indicated above with respect to substitute stock options granted in
1994, no options to acquire Rayonier Common Shares have been granted or are
outstanding. Under the provisions of the Rayonier Substitute Stock Option
Plan, outstanding unexercised ITT options, including 1993 grants to purchase
ITT Common Stock, have been converted and carried over to Rayonier with the
same terms and conditions as were applicable under the former ITT Option Plans.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS TO PURCHASE ITT COMMON STOCK
---------------------------------------------------------- POTENTIAL REALIZABLE VALUE
NUMBER OF PERCENT OF TOTAL AT ASSUMED ANNUAL RATES OF
SECURITIES OPTIONS STOCK PRICE APPRECIATION FOR
UNDERLYING GRANTED TO OPTION TERM(4)
OPTIONS EMPLOYEES IN EXERCISE EXPIRATION ----------------------
NAME GRANTED(1)(#) 1993(2) PRICE($/SHARE)(3) DATE 5 PERCENT 10 PERCENT
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Ronald M. Gross 33,000 1.6% $92.00 10/16/2003 $1,909,324 $4,838,602
Wallace L. Nutter 7,000 0.3% 92.00 10/16/2003 405,008 1,026,370
William S. Berry 4,500 0.2% 92.00 10/16/2003 260,362 659,809
Kevin S. O'Brien 2,000 0.1% 92.00 10/16/2003 115,717 293,249
Gerald J. Pollack 4,500 0.2% 92.00 10/16/2003 260,362 659,809
</TABLE>
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(1) The numbers on this column represent the options to purchase ITT Common
Stock.
(2) Percentages are based on a total of 2,070,900 options granted to 677 ITT
employees during 1993.
(3) The exercise price per share is 100 percent of the fair market value of ITT
Common Stock on the date of grant, which was October 14, 1993. The exercise
price may be paid in cash or in shares of ITT Common Stock valued at their
fair market value on the date of exercise.
Options granted to Messrs. Gross and Nutter are not exercisable until the
trading price of ITT Common Stock equals or exceeds $115 per share for 10
consecutive trading days at which time two-thirds of the options will be
exercisable; when the trading price equals or exceeds $128.80 per share for
10 consecutive trading days, the options will be fully exercisable.
Notwithstanding the above, the options will be fully exercisable on October
16, 2002. (Converted Rayonier option grants are not exercisable until
target trading price levels of $39.19 and $43.89 per common share are
achieved as outlined herein.)
Options granted to the other three named officers will be exercisable as to
one-third on the first anniversary date of grant; two-thirds on the second
anniversary date of the grant and in full on the third anniversary of the
grant date.
(4) At the end of the term of the options granted on October 14, 1993, the
projected price of a share of ITT Common Stock would be $149.86 at an
assumed annual appreciation rate of 5 percent and $238.62 at an assumed
annual appreciation rate of 10 percent. Gains to ITT Common stockholders
at those assumed annual appreciation rates would exceed $6.8 billion and
$17.4 billion, respectively, over the term of the options.
AGGREGATED OPTION EXERCISES IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR AND FISCAL YEAR-END OPTION
VALUE
The following table provides information on option exercises in 1993 by the
named Rayonier executives and the value of each such executive's unexercised
options to acquire ITT Common Stock at December 31, 1993.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NUMBER OF SECURITIES
UNDERLYING VALUE OF UNEXERCISED
OPTIONS EXERCISED DURING 1993 UNEXERCISED IN-THE-MONEY OPTIONS
---------------------------------- OPTIONS AT 12/31/93 HELD AT 12/31/93(1)
SHARES ACQUIRED EXERCISABLE/ EXERCISABLE/
NAME ON EXERCISE(#) VALUE REALIZED UNEXERCISABLE UNEXERCISABLE
- ---- -------------- -------------- ------------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Ronald M. Gross 54,500 $1,849,605 12,000/33,000 $ 511,440/-0-
Wallace L. Nutter 5,000 158,750 32,500/ 7,000 1,228,625/-0-
William S. Berry 8,333 227,408 1,667/ 4,500 71,048/-0-
Kevin S. O'Brien 2,500 100,800 2,500/ 2,000 100,625/-0-
Gerald J. Pollack 3,500 100,500 1,834/ 4,500 75,795/-0-
</TABLE>
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(1) The values reported in this column are based on the New York Stock Exchange
consolidated trading closing price of ITT Common Stock of $91.25 at
December 31, 1993.
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ITT LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE PLAN
Under the ITT Long-Term Performance Plan, target contingent cash awards were
made on December 12, 1991 (the 1992 Class Awards) to ITT executives including
the executive officers of Rayonier. With respect to Rayonier executive
officers, under the 1992 Class Awards, the ultimate payment value of a target
award, if any, will be based upon Rayonier's return on equity (ROE) performance
during the three-year period 1993 through 1995 as measured against
predetermined ROE goals for each year. Each year of the performance period has
been assigned a specific weighting: 15 percent, 35 percent and 50 percent for
1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively. If the actual weighted average ROE
performance is less than 90 percent of the ROE goals, no payment is earned.
1992 Class Awards for the five most highly compensated executive officers of
Rayonier are listed in the table below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PERFORMANCE
OR OTHER
PERIOD UNTIL 1992 CLASS 1992 CLASS 1992 CLASS
CONTINGENT TARGET MATURATION OR AWARD AWARD AWARD
NAME AWARDS PAYOUT THRESHOLD(1) TARGET(2) MAXIMUM(3)
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Ronald M. Gross $ 700,000 12/31/95 $233,333 $ 700,000 $1,400,000
Wallace L. Nutter 300,000 12/31/95 100,000 300,000 600,000
William S. Berry 200,000 12/31/95 66,667 200,000 400,000
Kevin S. O'Brien 200,000 12/31/95 66,667 200,000 400,000
Gerald J. Pollack 180,000 12/31/95 60,000 180,000 360,000
</TABLE>
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(1) Based upon a weighted average ROE goal achievement of 90 percent, resulting
in payment of 33 1/3 percent of the target award in the first quarter of
1996.
(2) Based upon a weighted average ROE goal achievement of 100 percent,
resulting in payment of 100 percent of the target award in the first
quarter of 1996.
(3) Based upon a weighted average ROE goal achievement of 130 percent or more,
resulting in payment of 200 percent of the target award in the first
quarter of 1996.
For all 18 Rayonier participants as of December 31, 1993, an aggregate 1992
Class Award target amount of $2,790,000 is outstanding. Reserves for these
awards are maintained on the books of Rayonier. These awards are being
continued and the program is administered by the Compensation and Management
Development Committee of the Rayonier Board of Directors in accordance with the
provisions of the Long-Term Performance Plan.
The Plan provides that in the event of material changes in accounting
practices, principles, or their application, the Committee may make such
adjustments as it deems appropriate in Performance Goals and/or target values
so that the performance measurement for all purposes of this Plan with respect
to awards may be made as nearly as practicable on the same accounting basis.
In addition, the Committee may make such other adjustments as it deems
appropriate in Performance Goals and/or target values for material acquisitions
or dispositions of stock or property or for other circumstances specified by
the Committee in order to limit or avoid distortion in the operation of the
Plan that may result from such circumstances.
It is contemplated that any modification of the pre-established ROE goals
pursuant to the above provision will be disclosed to and, if required under
Federal income tax or other laws, approved by Rayonier's shareholders.
The following is a description of the compensation, benefit and retirement
plans adopted by the Company.
1994 RAYONIER INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
Rayonier desires to provide meaningful long-term incentives for its executives
and other key employees, directly related to their individual and collective
performance in enhancing shareholder value. Market-based incentives based on
Rayonier stock performance will allow Rayonier to provide significant
incentives to the key employees of Rayonier to a degree not previously
available under ITT's compensation programs. Awards of stock options and other
market-based incentives will permit key employees to profit proportionately as
shareholder value is enhanced (as evidenced by the market price for
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Rayonier Common Shares), and will also give Rayonier an effective tool to
encourage key employees to continue in the employ of Rayonier.
In order to achieve these objectives, effective prior to the Distribution, the
Board of Directors of Rayonier adopted, and ITT as its sole shareholder
approved, the 1994 Rayonier Incentive Stock Plan (the 1994 Plan). The 1994 Plan
will be administered by the Compensation and Management Development Committee
of the Rayonier Board of Directors (the Committee).
The 1994 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options (qualifying
under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended),
non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights (Rights), performance
shares and restricted stock, or any combination of the foregoing, as the
Committee may determine (collectively, Awards). The 1994 Plan will expire on
December 31, 2003.
The 1994 Plan contains a formula for establishing an annual limit on the number
of shares which may be awarded (or with respect to which non-stock Awards may
be made) in any given calendar year (the Annual Limit). The Annual Limit
formula is expressed as a percentage of Rayonier's total issued Common Shares
as of the year end immediately preceding the year of awards (Plan Year). Under
the Annual Limit formula, the maximum number of shares of Rayonier Common
Shares for which Awards may be granted under the Plan in each Plan Year shall
be 1.5 percent of the total of the issued and outstanding shares of Rayonier
Common Shares as reported in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Corporation
for the fiscal year ending immediately prior to any Plan Year. Any unused
portion of the Annual Limit for any Plan Year shall be carried forward and be
made available for awards in succeeding Plan Years.
In addition to the foregoing, in no event shall more than one million
(1,000,000) Rayonier Common Shares be cumulatively available for Awards of
incentive stock options under the 1994 Plan, and provided further, that no more
than twenty percent (20 percent) of the total number of shares available on a
cumulative basis shall be available for restricted stock and performance share
awards. For any Plan Year, no individual employee may receive stock options for
more than ten percent (10 percent) of the Annual Limit applicable to that Plan
Year.
Subject to the above limitations, Rayonier Common Shares to be issued under the
1994 Plan may be made available from the authorized but unissued Rayonier
Common Shares. In the event of a stock split or stock dividend, reorganization,
recapitalization, or other similar event affecting the price of Rayonier Common
Shares, the number of shares subject to the 1994 Plan, the number of shares
then subject to Awards and the price per share payable on exercise of options
may be appropriately adjusted by the Committee. Other than the above
adjustments, it is the Rayonier Board's policy that no options will be canceled
and reissued at a lower price unless the shareholders approve such action. For
the purpose of computing the total number of shares available for Awards under
the 1994 Plan, there shall be counted against the foregoing limitations the
number of Rayonier Common Shares subject to issuance upon exercise or
settlement of Awards and the number of Rayonier Common Shares which equal the
value of Performance Share Awards, in each case determined as at the dates on
which such Awards are granted. If any Awards under the 1994 Plan are forfeited,
terminated, expire unexercised, are settled in cash in lieu of Rayonier Common
Shares or are exchanged for other Awards, the shares which were theretofore
subject to such Awards shall again be available for Awards under the 1994 Plan
to the extent of such forfeiture or expiration of such Awards. Further, any
shares that are exchanged (either actually or constructively) by optionees as
full or partial payment to the Company of the purchase price of shares being
acquired through the exercise of a stock option granted under the 1994 Plan may
be available for subsequent Awards, provided, however, that such shares may be
awarded only to those participants who are not directors or executive officers
(as that term is defined in the rules and regulations under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act).
At the Distribution Date, 29,565,392 Rayonier Common Shares were issued and
outstanding. The Annual Limit applicable to 1994 for Awards under the 1994 Plan
is 1.5 percent thereof or 443,481 shares.
Reference is made to the "Individual Grants to Purchase ITT Common Stock" table
which sets forth information concerning the grant of ITT stock options made
effective on October 14, 1993 to Rayonier's chief executive officer and the
other named executive officers in 1993.
The Committee, made up entirely of outside directors, none of whose members may
receive any Award under the 1994 Plan, will administer the 1994 Plan,
including, but not limited to, making determinations with respect to the
designation of those employees who shall receive Awards, the number of shares
to be covered by options, Rights and restricted stock awards, the exercise
price of options (which may not be less than 100 percent of the fair market
value of Rayonier Common Shares on the date of grant), other option terms and
conditions, and the number of performance shares to be
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granted and the applicable performance objectives. The Committee may impose
such additional terms and conditions on an Award as it deems advisable. The
Committee's decisions in the administration of the 1994 Plan shall be binding
on all persons for all purposes.
The Committee may in its sole discretion delegate such administrative powers as
it may deem appropriate to the chief executive officer or other members of
senior management, except that Awards to executive officers shall be made
solely by the Committee and subject to compliance with Rule 16b-3 of the
Exchange Act.
Awards will be made, in the discretion of the Committee, to employees of
Rayonier and any of its subsidiaries (including officers and members of the
Board of Directors who are also employees) whose responsibilities and decisions
directly affect the performance of Rayonier and its subsidiaries. No final
determination has yet been made as to the number of recipients or the number of
shares to be granted during the 1994 and later plan years. During 1993, 22
employees of Rayonier, including the named officers, were awarded options under
an ITT employee stock option plan to purchase 74,300 shares of ITT Common
Stock. There were no awards to employees of Rayonier of Rights, performance
shares or restricted stock during 1993.
STOCK OPTIONS AND RELATED RIGHTS. Incentive stock options and related Rights
under the 1994 Plan must expire within ten years after grant; non-qualified
stock options and related Rights will expire not more than ten years and two
days after grant. No Right may be exercised until at least six months after it
is granted. The exercise price for options and Rights must be at least equal to
the fair market value of the Rayonier Common Shares on the date of grant. The
exercise price for options must be paid to Rayonier at the time of exercise
and, at the discretion of the Committee, may be paid in the form of cash or
already-owned Rayonier Common Shares or a combination thereof. During the
lifetime of an employee, an option must be exercised only by the individual (or
his or her estate or designated beneficiary) but no later than three months
after his or her termination of employment (or for longer periods as determined
by the Committee if termination is caused by retirement, disability or death,
but in no event later than the expiration of the original term of the option).
If an optionee voluntarily resigns or is terminated for cause, the options and
Rights are canceled immediately.
PERFORMANCE SHARES. Performance shares under the 1994 Plan are contingent
rights to receive future payments based on the achievement of individual or
Company performance objectives as prescribed by the Committee. The amounts
paid, which may be subject to a prescribed maximum, will be based on actual
performance over a period from two to five years, as determined by the
Committee, using such objective criteria as it deems appropriate including, but
not limited to, earnings per share and return on equity of Rayonier. Payments
may be made in the form of Rayonier Common Shares, cash or a combination of
Rayonier Common Shares and cash. The ultimate payments are determined by the
number of shares earned out and the price of a Rayonier Common Share at the end
of the performance period. In the event an employee terminates employment
during such a performance period, the employee will forfeit any right to
payment. However, in the case of retirement, permanent total disability, death
or cases of special circumstances, the employee may, at the discretion of the
Committee, be entitled to an award prorated for the portion of the performance
period during which he was employed by Rayonier.
RESTRICTED SHARES. Restricted Rayonier Common Shares awarded under the 1994
Plan shall be issued subject to a restriction period set by the Committee
during which time the shares may not be sold, transferred, assigned or pledged.
In the event an employee terminates employment during a restriction period, all
such shares still subject to restrictions will be forfeited by the employee and
reacquired by Rayonier. The Committee may provide for the lapse of restrictions
in installments where deemed appropriate and it may also require the
achievement of predetermined performance objectives in order for such shares to
vest. The recipient, as owner of the awarded shares, shall have all other
rights of a shareholder, including the right to vote the shares and receive
dividends and other distributions during the restriction period. The
restrictions may be waived, in the discretion of the Committee, in the event of
the awardee's retirement, permanent total disability, death or in cases of
special circumstances.
COMPENSATION UPON CHANGE OF CONTROL. The 1994 Plan provides for the automatic
protection of intended economic benefits by key employees in the event of a
change in control of Rayonier (i.e., upon the occurrence of an Acceleration
Event as defined in the 1994 Plan). Notwithstanding any other provisions of the
1994 Plan, upon the occurrence of an Acceleration Event (a) all options and
Rights will generally become immediately exercisable for a period of 60
calendar days; (b) options and Rights will continue to be exercisable for a
period of seven months in the case of an employee whose employment is
terminated other than for cause or who voluntarily terminates employment
because of a good faith belief that such employee will not be able to discharge
his or her duties; (c) Rights exercised during the 60-day period will be
settled fully in cash based on a formula price generally reflecting the highest
price paid for a Rayonier Common Share during the 60-day period preceding the
date such Right is exercised; (d) "limited stock appreciation rights" shall
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automatically be granted on all outstanding options not otherwise covered by a
Right, which shall generally be immediately exercisable in full and which shall
entitle the holders to the same exercise period and formula price referred to
in (a), (b) and (c) above; (e) outstanding performance share awards shall
automatically vest, with the valuation of such performance shares based on the
formula price; and (f) restrictions applicable to awards of restricted shares
shall be automatically waived.
Options, Rights, performance shares or restricted shares which are granted,
accelerated or enhanced upon the occurrence of a takeover (i.e., an
Acceleration Event as defined in the 1994 Plan) may give rise, in whole or in
part, to "excess parachute payments" within the meaning of Section 280G of the
Internal Revenue Code and, to such extent, will be nondeductible by Rayonier
and subject to a 20 percent excise tax to the awardee.
The Board may amend or discontinue the 1994 Plan at any time and, specifically,
may make such modifications to the Plan as it deems necessary to avoid the
application of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and the Treasury regulations issued thereunder. However, shareholder approval
is required for certain amendments, including any amendment which may (i)
increase the number of shares reserved for awards (except as provided in the
1994 Plan with respect to stock splits or other similar changes), (ii)
materially change the group of employees eligible for Awards, (iii) materially
increase the benefits accruing to participants under the 1994 Plan or (iv)
permit Awards after December 31, 2003.
RAYONIER SENIOR EXECUTIVE SEVERANCE PAY PLAN
The Rayonier Senior Executive Severance Pay Plan applies to eight Rayonier
senior executives who are United States citizens or who are employed in the
United States, including all executive officers. Under the Plan, if a
participant's employment is terminated by Rayonier, other than for cause or as
a result of other occurrences specified in the Plan, the participant is
entitled to severance pay in an amount up to 24 months' base salary depending
upon his or her length of service, but in no event more than the amount of base
salary for the number of months remaining between the termination of employment
and the participant's normal retirement date or two times the participant's
total annual compensation during the year immediately preceding such
termination.
Based upon their length of service, each of the aforementioned executive
officers is entitled to severance pay under the Plan in an amount of 24 months'
base salary, subject to the above-mentioned limitation in the event of an
earlier retirement date. The Plan includes offset provisions for other
compensation from Rayonier and requirements on the part of executives with
respect to non- competition and compliance with the Rayonier Code of Corporate
Conduct. While under the Plan severance payments would ordinarily be made
monthly over the scheduled term of such payments, Rayonier has the option to
make such payments in the form of a single lump- sum payment discounted to
present value.
If within two years after a change in corporate control (as defined in the
Plan), a participant terminates employment or is terminated, he or she will
have the option to receive severance pay in a single discounted lump-sum
payment. The current aggregate amount of the annual base salaries of such eight
senior officers is approximately $1.6 million. The annual salaries of Messrs.
Gross, Nutter, Berry, O'Brien and Pollack as of December 31, 1993 were
$430,000, $236,000, $180,000, $180,000 and $174,000, respectively.
RAYONIER INVESTMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
Many of the Company's salaried employees were participants in the ITT
Investment and Savings Plan for Salaried Employees. Effective on the
Distribution Date the Company and its participating subsidiaries adopted a
substantially similar Rayonier Investment and Savings Plan for Salaried
Employees, with a transfer of the account balances of each Company employee
participating in the ITT Investment and Savings Plan to an account for such
employee in the Rayonier Investment and Savings Plan.
Salaried employees of Rayonier and certain of its subsidiaries who become
members of the Rayonier Investment and Savings Plan may elect to make
contributions to a trust fund, through payroll deductions, of 2 percent to 16
percent of their salary up to the allowable compensation maximum for qualified
plans. The contributions of highly compensated salaried employees are limited
to lesser amounts. The employing company makes a matching contribution in an
amount equal to 50 percent of the employee's contribution, not to exceed 3
percent of each employee's salary. In addition, Rayonier makes a non-matching
contribution equal to one-half of one percent (.5 percent) of an employee's
salary. Such amounts are invested in accordance with the provisions of the
Plan. A before-tax savings feature of the Plan permits employees to have their
salaries reduced by up to the aforementioned percentages, but not in excess of
limits prescribed by
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tax law, and have such amounts contributed to the trust fund under the Plan for
their benefit. Matching company contributions become vested at the rate of 20
percent after the first year of employment and another 20 percent after each
additional year of employment, with full vesting after five years of
employment; however, full vesting takes place immediately upon the attainment
of age 65, retirement, disability, death, termination of the Plan or complete
discontinuance of company contributions. The non-matched company contribution
is fully vested immediately.
Federal legislation limits the annual contributions which an employee may make
to the Investment and Savings Plan, a tax-qualified retirement Plan.
Accordingly, Rayonier has adopted the Rayonier Excess Savings Plan which
enables an employee who is precluded by these limitations from contributing 6
percent of salary to the tax-qualified plan to make up the shortfall through
salary deferrals and thereby receive the 3 percent maximum matching company
contribution and one-half of one percent non-matching company contribution
otherwise allowable under the tax-qualified plan. Salary deferrals, company
contributions and investment earnings are entered into a book reserve account
maintained by the Company for each participant.
RAYONIER RETIREMENT PROGRAM
Most of the Company's salaried employees were participants in the ITT
Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees. Effective on the Distribution Date,
the Company and its participating subsidiaries adopted an identical
"mirror-image" Rayonier Salaried Employees Retirement Plan.
The Company's Retirement Plan covers substantially all eligible salaried
employees of the Company, including senior executive officers and other
Rayonier executives. The cost of the retirement program is borne entirely by
the Company.
The annual pension amounts to two percent of a member's average final
compensation (as defined below) for each of the first 25 years of benefit
services, plus one and one-half percent of a member's average final
compensation for each of the next 15 years of benefit service, reduced by one
and one-quarter percent of the member's primary Social Security benefit for
each year of benefit service to a maximum of 40 years; provided that no more
than one-half of the member's primary Social Security benefit is used for such
reduction. A member's average final compensation (including salary plus
approved bonus payments) is defined under the Plan as the total of (i) a
member's average annual base salary for the five calendar years of the last 120
consecutive calendar months of eligibility service affording the highest such
average plus (ii) a member's average annual compensation not including base
salary for the five calendar years of the member's last 120 consecutive
calendar months of eligibility service affording the highest such average. The
Plan also provides for undiscounted early retirement pensions for members who
retire at or after age 60 following completion of 15 years of eligibility
service. A member is vested in benefits accrued under the Plan upon completion
of five years of eligibility service.
Applicable Federal legislation limits the amount of benefits that can be paid
and compensation which may be recognized under a tax- qualified retirement
plan. The Company has adopted a non-qualified unfunded retirement plan ("Excess
Plan") for payment of those benefits at retirement that cannot be paid from the
qualified Retirement Plan. The practical effect of the Excess Plan is to
continue calculation of retirement benefits to all employees on a uniform
basis. Benefits under the Excess Plan will generally be paid directly by the
Company.
Based on various assumptions as to remuneration and years of service, before
Social Security reductions, the following table illustrates the estimated
annual benefits payable from the Retirement Program at retirement at age 65
that are paid for by the Company.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PENSION PLAN TABLE
AVERAGE YEARS OF SERVICE
FINAL -----------------
COMPENSATION 20 25 30 35 40
------------ -- -- -- -- --
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
$50,000 $ 20,000 $ 25,000 $ 28,750 $ 32,500 $ 36,250
100,000 40,000 50,000 57,500 65,000 72,500
300,000 120,000 150,000 172,500 195,000 217,500
500,000 200,000 250,000 287,500 325,000 362,500
750,000 300,000 375,000 431,250 487,500 543,750
1,000,000 400,000 500,000 575,000 650,000 725,000
</TABLE>
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The amounts shown under "Salary" and "Bonus" opposite the names of the
individuals in the Summary Compensation Table comprise their compensation which
is used for purposes of determining "average final compensation" under the
plan. The plan will recognize their service with ITT for eligibility and
vesting purposes which, as of December 31, 1993, are as follows: Mr. Gross,
15.83 years; Mr. Nutter, 26.55 years; Mr. Berry, 13.58 years; Mr. O'Brien,
34.29 years; and Mr. Pollack, 11.58 years.
RAYONIER EMPLOYEE WELFARE BENEFITS
Effective on the Distribution Date, the Company and its participating
subsidiaries adopted a broad-based employee welfare benefits program which
"mirror images" the various ITT welfare benefit programs previously available
to salaried employees. Rayonier executives will participate in the Company's
comprehensive benefits program which will include group medical and dental
coverage, group life insurance and other benefit plans, in addition to the
pension program and investment and savings plan described previously. In
addition to the coverage available generally to salaried employees under the
Rayonier welfare benefits plans, Mr. Gross has Company-provided death benefits
equal to his annual salary during active employment and reduced coverage after
retirement.
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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth information concerning Rayonier Common Shares
beneficially owned effective February 28, 1994 by (a) each of the Company's
directors and executive officers and (b) all directors and executive officers
as a group. None of the directors or executive officers, individually, nor all
the directors and executive officers as a group, beneficially owns as much as 1
percent of the outstanding Rayonier Common Shares after the Distribution. All
Common Shares are owned directly by the individual unless otherwise indicated.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AMOUNT AND NATURE OF
NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
------------------------ --------------------
<S> <C>
Rand V. Araskog 101,452
4,258(a)
Ronald M. Gross 21,701
697(b)
William J. Alley 1,000
Donald W. Griffin -
Paul G. Kirk, Jr. 252
Katherine D. Ortega -
Burnell R. Roberts 1,000
Gordon I. Ulmer 3,000
Wallace L. Nutter 184
1,708(c)
William S. Berry 169
149(b)
Gerald J. Pollack 458
86(b)
Kevin S. O'Brien -
John P. O'Grady 14
11(b)
------------
Directors and executive
officers as a group 136,139
=======
</TABLE>
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(a) Indicates Common Shares held under the ITT Investment and Saving Plan.
(b) Includes Common Shares held under the Rayonier Investment and Savings Plan.
(c) Includes 1,264 Common Shares owned by a corporation of which Mr. Nutter and
his spouse are the sole stockholders. All other Common Shares in this total are
held under the Rayonier Investment and Savings Plan.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Rayonier was a wholly owned subsidiary of ITT through February 28, 1994, ("the
Distribution Date"). Prior to the Distribution Date ITT rendered advice and
assistance to Rayonier in general engineering, plants, traffic, operating,
accounting, commercial, financial and other matters. The fee for such services
was approximately 1/4 of 1 percent of Rayonier's annual sales. The total fee
paid by Rayonier to ITT for these services amounted to $2.3 million in 1993.
As a result of the Distribution, ITT has no ownership interest in Rayonier, and
Rayonier is an independent public company. Rayonier and ITT entered into
certain agreements, described below, governing their relationship subsequent to
the Distribution and providing for the allocation of tax and certain other
liabilities and obligations arising from periods prior to the Distribution.
Copies of the forms of such agreements are filed as exhibits to this Form 10-K,
Annual Report. The following description summarizes the material terms of such
agreements, but is qualified by reference to the texts of such agreements,
which are incorporated herein by reference.
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DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
ITT and Rayonier entered into the Distribution Agreement providing for, among
other things, the principal corporate transactions required to effect the
Distribution and other arrangements between Rayonier and ITT related to the
Distribution.
The Distribution Agreement provides for the retention by ITT of all liabilities
relating to the business conducted by ITT or any subsidiary of ITT (excluding
Rayonier and its subsidiaries) and the indemnification of Rayonier with respect
to such liabilities.
The Distribution Agreement also provides for the retention by Rayonier of all
liabilities relating to the business conducted by Rayonier and its subsidiaries
(including environmental liabilities) and the indemnification of ITT with
respect to such liabilities.
The Distribution Agreement provides that neither ITT nor Rayonier will take any
action that would jeopardize the intended tax consequences of the transaction.
Specifically, each of ITT and Rayonier will maintain its status as a company
engaged in the active conduct of a trade or business, as defined in Section
355(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, until February 28,
1996.
TAX ALLOCATION AGREEMENT
ITT and Rayonier entered into a Tax Allocation Agreement (the Tax Allocation
Agreement) providing that Rayonier will pay its share of ITT's consolidated tax
liability for the tax years Rayonier is included in ITT's consolidated Federal
income tax return. The Agreement also provides for sharing of pre-closing
state taxes where appropriate as well as certain other matters.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AGREEMENT
ITT and Rayonier entered into an Employee Benefit Services and Liability
Agreement providing for the allocation of retirement, medical, disability and
other employee welfare benefit plans between ITT and Rayonier.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT
For the purpose of an orderly transition following the Distribution Date, ITT
and Rayonier entered into an Administrative Services Agreement pursuant to
which, until December 31, 1994, ITT will provide to Rayonier such corporate
administrative services as Rayonier may request, and Rayonier will provide to
ITT similar services with respect to particular ITT subsidiaries which were
formerly the management responsibility of Rayonier (the Administrative Services
Agreement). The party which provides any such services will be compensated by
the other party.
CANADIAN ASSETS PURCHASE AGREEMENT
A subsidiary of ITT and a subsidiary of Rayonier entered into a Canadian Assets
Purchase Agreement pursuant to which on February 28, 1994 the ITT subsidiary
sold to the Rayonier subsidiary certain assets located in Canada and owned by
the ITT subsidiary which are used in the Canadian operations of Rayonier. The
purchase price was equal to the net book value of the assets purchased, which
approximated $3.2 million.
DIRECTORS
Two current ITT Directors, Messrs. Rand V. Araskog and Paul G. Kirk, Jr. are
also serving on the Board of Directors of Rayonier.
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PART IV
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS OF FORM 8-K
(a) Documents filed as a part of this report:
1. See Index to Financial Statements on page ii for a list of the
financial statements filed as part of this report.
2. See Index to Financial Statement Schedules on page ii for a list of
the financial statement schedules filed as a part of this report.
3. See Exhibit Index on pages B and C for a list of the exhibits filed or
incorporated herein as part of this report.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K:
1. The Company filed, on December 10, 1993, a Form 8-K related to the
announcement by ITT Corporation, the Registrant's sole shareholder, of
its intentions to distribute, as a special dividend, all of the common
shares of the Registrant to holders of ITT Common Stock and Series N
Preferred Stock.
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REPORT OF MANAGEMENT
The management of Rayonier Inc. is responsible for the preparation and
integrity of the information contained in the accompanying financial
statements and other sections of the Annual Report. The financial statements
are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and,
where necessary, include amounts that are based on management's informed
judgments and estimates. Other information in the Annual Report is consistent
with the financial statements.
Rayonier's financial statements are audited by Arthur Andersen & Co.,
independent public accountants. Management has made Rayonier's financial
records and related data available to Arthur Andersen & Co., and believes that
the representations made to the independent public accountants are valid and
complete.
Rayonier's system of internal controls is a major element in management's
responsibility for the fair presentation of the financial statements. The
system includes both accounting controls and the internal auditing program,
which are designed to provide reasonable assurance that Rayonier's assets are
safeguarded, that transactions are properly recorded and executed in accordance
with management's authorization, and that fraudulent financial reporting is
prevented or detected.
Rayonier's internal controls provide for the careful selection and training of
personnel and for appropriate divisions of responsibility. The controls are
documented in written codes of conduct, policies and procedures that are
communicated to Rayonier's employees. Management continually monitors the
system of internal controls for compliance. Rayonier's internal auditors
independently assess the effectiveness of internal controls and make
recommendations for improvement on a regular basis. The independent public
accountants also evaluate internal controls and perform tests of procedures and
accounting records to enable them to express their opinion on Rayonier's
financial statements. They also make recommendations for improving internal
controls, policies and practices. Management takes appropriate action in
response to each recommendation from the internal auditors and the independent
public accountants.
The Board of Directors and the officers of Rayonier monitor management's
administration of Rayonier's financial and accounting policies and practices
and the preparation of financial reports.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To Rayonier Inc.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Rayonier
Inc. (a North Carolina corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of ITT
Corporation through February 28, 1994) and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1993
and 1992, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1993, as described in the Index to Financial Statements. These financial
statements and the schedules referred to below are the responsibility of
Rayonier's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements and schedules based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of Rayonier Inc. and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 1993 and 1992, and the results of their operations and their
cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1993 in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
As discussed in the accompanying notes to financial statements, in 1992,
Rayonier adopted three new accounting standards promulgated by the Financial
Accounting Standards Board, changing its methods of accounting for income
taxes, postretirement benefits other than pensions and postemployment benefits.
Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The schedules listed in the Index to
Financial Statement Schedules are presented for purposes of complying with the
Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and are not part of the basic
financial statements. These schedules have been subjected to the auditing
procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our
opinion, fairly state in all material respects the financial data required to
be set forth therein in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a
whole.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO.
Stamford, Connecticut
March 1, 1994
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RAYONIER INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED INCOME
For the Three Years Ended December 31, 1993
(Thousands of dollars, except per share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992 1991
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Sales $936,310 $973,673 $978,950
------- ------- -------
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales 780,831 821,571 846,246
Selling and general expenses 27,390 32,228 29,550
Commission expenses 885 13,115 14,707
Other operating (income) expenses, net (2,641) 4,639 (8,298)
Provision for dispositions 2,679 188,724
------- ------- ------
809,144 1,060,277 882,20
------- --------- ------
Operating income (loss) 127,166 (86,604) 96,745
Equity in net loss of
Grays Harbor Paper Company - (3,257) (1,587)
------- -------- --------
127,166 (89,861) 95,158
Interest expense (23,368) (21,327) (13,942)
Interest and miscellaneous income, net 1,608 2,004 2,562
Minority interest (22,508) (22,702) (19,884)
------- ------- -------
Income (loss) before income taxes 82,898 (131,886) 63,894
Income tax (expense) benefit (30,432) 50,366 (19,557)
------- ------- -------
Income (loss) before cumulative effect
of accounting changes 52,466 (81,520) 44,337
Cumulative effect of accounting changes (SFAS No. 106
and SFAS No. 112) net of tax benefit $11,310 - (21,956) -
------- -------- -------
Net income (loss) $ 52,466 $(103,476) $ 44,337
======= ======== =======
Earnings (loss) per common share:
Income (loss) before cumulative effect
of accounting changes $1.77 $(2.77) $1.50
==== ===== ====
Cumulative effect of accounting changes $ - $(0.74) $ -
==== ===== ====
Net income (loss) $1.77 $(3.51) $1.50
==== ===== ====
</TABLE>
The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an
integral part of these consolidated statements.
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RAYONIER INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
As of December 31, 1993 and 1992
(Thousands of dollars)
ASSETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992
---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash $ 5,989 $ 5,731
Short-term investments - 5,000
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful
accounts of $4,268 and $4,049 82,696 74,249
Inventories
Finished goods 46,516 57,457
Work in process 16,235 16,945
Raw materials 44,057 39,552
Manufacturing and maintenance supplies 26,751 26,026
--------- ---------
133,559 139,980
Deferred income taxes 10,498 18,409
Prepaid timber stumpage 55,770 40,544
Other current assets 10,752 7,624
--------- ---------
Total current assets 299,264 291,537
OTHER ASSETS 24,025 31,337
TIMBER STUMPAGE 12,480 7,881
TIMBER, TIMBERLANDS AND LOGGING ROADS,
NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION 470,077 464,123
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Land, buildings, machinery and equipment 1,149,447 1,129,209
Less - accumulated depreciation 480,518 447,643
--------- ---------
668,929 681,566
--------- ---------
$1,474,775 $1,476,444
========= =========
</TABLE>
The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an
integral part of these consolidated statements.
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RAYONIER INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
As of December 31, 1993 and 1992
(Thousands of dollars)
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER EQUITY
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992
---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable $ 67,783 $ 72,321
Bank loans 180,800 100,000
Current maturities of long-term debt 1,203 1,770
Accrued taxes 2,480 5,363
Accrued payroll and benefits 18,525 17,689
Accrued interest 4,446 5,367
Due to ITT Corporation and affiliated companies, net 2,673 10,106
Other current liabilities 32,657 40,926
Current reserves for dispositions and
discontinued operations 27,280 31,231
------- -------
Total current liabilities 337,847 284,773
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES 126,176 86,478
LONG-TERM DEBT 316,138 301,634
NONCURRENT RESERVES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Net of discontinued
operations' assets of $12,986 and $11,003) 35,920 64,439
OTHER NONCURRENT LIABILITIES 15,741 26,025
MINORITY INTEREST 36,649 37,417
SHAREHOLDER EQUITY
Common shares, 60 million shares authorized,
29,565,392 shares issued and outstanding 157,426 157,426
Retained earnings 448,878 518,252
------- -------
606,304 675,678
------- -------
$1,474,775 $1,476,444
======== ========
</TABLE>
The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an
integral part of these consolidated statements.
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RAYONIER INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED RETAINED EARNINGS
For the Three Years Ended December 31, 1993
(Thousands of dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992 1991
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Balance, beginning of year $518,252 $639,258 $614,534
Net income (loss) 52,466 (103,476) 44,337
Cash dividends to ITT Corporation (121,840) (17,530) (19,613)
------- ------- -------
Balance, end of year $448,878 $518,252 $639,258
======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED COMMON SHARES
AND CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK
For the Three Years Ended December 31, 1993
(Thousands of dollars, except for shares)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Cumulative
Common Shares Preferred Stock
------------------------- ------------------------
Shares Amount Shares Amount
------ ------ ------ ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance, January 1, 1991 29,565,392 $157,426 - $ -
---------- ------- ---------- ------
Balance, December 31, 1991 29,565,392 157,426 - -
Issuance of Cumulative
Preferred Stock - - 30,000 30,000
Redemption of Cumulative
Preferred Stock - - (30,000) (30,000)
---------- ------- ------ ------
Balance, December 31, 1992 29,565,392 157,426 - -
---------- ------- ----- -----
Balance, December 31, 1993 29,565,392 $157,426 - -
========== ======= ===== =====
</TABLE>
The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an
integral part of these consolidated statements.
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RAYONIER INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS
For the Three Years Ended December 31, 1993
(Thousands of dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992 1991
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income (loss) $ 52,466 $(103,476) $ 44,337
Cumulative effect of accounting changes - 21,956 -
------- -------- -------
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting changes 52,466 (81,520) 44,337
Non-cash items included in income
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 78,272 77,885 69,270
Deferred income taxes 47,609 (65,871) 6,865
Equity in undistributed losses of Grays Harbor Paper Company - 3,257 1,587
Write-down of property, plant and equipment - 81,804 -
Reserves for dispositions 2,679 106,920 -
Decrease in other noncurrent liabilities (10,284) (1,387) (4,239)
Change in accounts receivable, inventories and accounts payable (5,887) (13,711) (31,083)
(Increase) decrease in prepaid timber stumpage (15,226) 2,391 29,684
Change in due to ITT Corporation and affiliated companies, net (7,433) 1,927 15,823
Other changes in working capital (13,569) 12,427 924
-------- ------- --------
Cash from operating activities 128,627 124,122 133,168
======== ======= ========
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital expenditures, net of sales, retirements
and reclassifications of $167, $755 and $1,554 71,589) (96,289) (132,002)
New Zealand forest assets acquisition - (196,500) -
Expenditures for dispositions and discontinued operations (27,730) (18,213) (16,962)
Change in investments, other assets and timber stumpage (6,179) (1,394) 5,679
-------- -------- --------
Cash used for investing activities (105,498) (312,396) (143,285)
======== ======== ========
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Increase in indebtedness to ITT Corporation - 167,000 30,800
Repayments of indebtedness to ITT Corporation - (167,000) (71,100)
Issuance of debt 290,435 424,700 99,439
Repayments of debt (195,698) (226,402) (26,788)
Issuance of preferred stock - 30,000 -
Redemption of preferred stock - (30,000) -
Cash dividends to ITT Corporation (121,840) (17,530) (19,613)
(Decrease) increase in minority interest (768) 4,486 1,813
-------- -------- --------
Cash from (used for) financing activities (27,871) 185,254 14,551
======== ======== ========
CASH AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Decrease) increase in cash and short-term investments (4,742) (3,020) 4,434
Balance at beginning of year 10,731 13,751 9,317
------- -------- --------
Balance at end of year $ 5,989 $ 10,731 $ 13,751
======= ======== ========
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
Cash paid (received) during the year for
Interest $ 16,915 $ 22,562 $ 15,879
======== ======== ========
Income taxes, net of refunds $ (18,193) $ 13,835 $ (6,863)
======== ======== ========
</TABLE>
The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an
integral part of these consolidated statements.
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RAYONIER INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollar amounts in thousands unless otherwise stated)
1. THE COMPANY
On February 28, 1994, (the Distribution Date), ITT Corporation (ITT), Rayonier
Inc.'s sole shareholder, distributed, as a special dividend, all of the Common
Shares of Rayonier to the holders of ITT Common Stock and Series N Preferred
Stock (the Distribution). In connection with the Distribution, the Company
changed its name from ITT Rayonier Incorporated to Rayonier Inc. and became a
publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
"RYN." On March 1, 1994 there were approximately 29.6 million Common Shares of
Rayonier outstanding.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Rayonier Inc. and
its subsidiaries. Minority interest represents public unitholders'
proportionate share of the partners' capital of Rayonier's consolidated
subsidiary, Rayonier Timberlands, L.P. (RTLP). All significant intercompany
balances and transactions are eliminated. Rayonier's investments in
noncontrolled companies are included on the equity basis.
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior years' financial statements
to conform to current year presentation.
Research and Development
Significant costs are incurred each year for research and development programs
expected to contribute to the profitability of future operations. Such costs
are charged to income as incurred. Research and development expenditures
amounted to $7,302, $8,267 and $7,651 in 1993, 1992 and 1991, respectively.
Inventories
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market. The cost of pulp
products is determined on the first-in, first-out (FIFO) basis. Timber and
wood products are generally valued on an average cost basis. Inventory costs
include material, labor and manufacturing overhead. Physical counts of
inventories are made at least annually. Potential losses from obsolete, excess
or slow- moving inventories are provided for currently.
Prepaid Timber Stumpage/Timber Stumpage
Rayonier purchases timber stumpage from RTLP and other private and public
owners of timberlands. The timber stumpage is harvested by Rayonier for use in
its log export, pulp and wood products businesses. Timber stumpage is
classified as a current asset, Prepaid Timber Stumpage, based upon the amount
of harvest expected to occur within one year of the balance sheet date. The
remainder is classified as a noncurrent asset, Timber Stumpage.
Timber Cutting Contracts
Rayonier evaluates the realizability of its future timber harvests in the
northwestern and southeastern portions of the United States and in New Zealand
based on the estimated aggregate cost, including the cost of fee timber, timber
stumpage and timber available under cutting contracts, of such harvests and the
market sales values to be realized at the anticipated time of harvesting that
timber. Losses are recorded in the period that a determination is made that
the aggregate harvest costs in a major operating area will not be recoverable.
Timber and Timberlands
The acquisition cost of land, timber, real estate taxes, lease payments, site
preparation and other costs relating to the planting and growing of timber are
capitalized. Such costs attributed to merchantable timber are charged against
revenue at the time the timber is harvested based on the relationship of
harvested timber to the estimated volume of currently recoverable timber.
Timber and timberlands are stated at the lower of original acquisition cost,
net of timber cost depletion, or market value.
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Logging Roads
Logging roads, including bridges, are stated at cost, less accumulated
amortization. The costs of roads developed for reforestation activities are
amortized using the straight-line method over their useful economic lives
estimated at 40 years for roads and 20 years for bridges. Road costs
associated with harvestable timber access are charged to a prepaid account and
amortized as the related timber is sold, generally within two years.
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment additions are recorded at cost which includes
applicable freight, taxes, interest, construction and installation costs.
Interest capitalized in connection with major construction projects amounted to
$893 and $3,214 during 1992 and 1991, respectively. No interest costs were
capitalized during 1993. Upon ordinary retirement or sale of property,
accumulated depreciation is charged with the cost of the property removed and
credited with the proceeds of salvage value and no gain or loss is recognized.
Gains and losses with respect to any significant and unusual retirements of
assets are included in operating income.
Depreciation
Pulp manufacturing facilities are generally depreciated using the units of
production method. Depreciation on other buildings and equipment is provided
on a straight-line basis over the useful economic lives of the assets involved.
Rayonier normally claims the maximum depreciation deduction allowable for tax
purposes.
Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share
Earnings (loss) per common share have been computed, in 1992 after deducting
preferred dividends, based on the number of Rayonier Common Shares that were
outstanding on the Distribution Date. Common stock equivalents in the form of
Rayonier stock options were granted to certain Rayonier employees in
substitution for surrendered ITT options. However, these common stock
equivalents have been excluded from earnings (loss) per common share
computations due to immateriality. The number of common shares used in
earnings (loss) per common share computations was 29,565,392 for 1993, 1992 and
1991. See Notes 1, 11 and 12.
3. CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109 - Adopted by Restatement of
Prior Periods
During the second quarter of 1992, Rayonier adopted Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes," by
restating financial statements of prior periods. The new standard requires,
among other things, that an asset and liability approach be applied in
accounting for income taxes. The significant effects of the adoption of SFAS
No. 109 on the balance sheet were to increase shareholder equity by $26,812 and
to adjust deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities by a corresponding
amount. The adoption of SFAS No. 109 had no effect on net income.
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106 - Adopted with a one-time
Cumulative Adjustment to Net Income
Effective January 1, 1992, Rayonier adopted SFAS No. 106, "Employers'
Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other than Pensions," using the
immediate recognition method. The new standard requires accrual of
postretirement health care and life insurance benefit costs during the years
that an employee provides services to the Company rather than on the
pay-as-you-go basis generally in effect. Accordingly, a cumulative adjustment
(through December 31, 1991) of $31,916 pretax has been recognized at January 1,
1992.
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 112 - Adopted with a one-time
Cumulative Adjustment to Net Income
Effective January 1, 1992, Rayonier adopted SFAS No. 112, "Employers'
Accounting for Postemployment Benefits," using the immediate recognition
method. The new standard requires current recognition of costs associated with
benefits provided to former or inactive employees after employment but before
retirement. These postemployment benefits are primarily comprised of
obligations to provide medical and life insurance to employees on long-term
disability. Accordingly, a cumulative adjustment (through December 31, 1991)
of $1,350 pretax has been recognized at January 1,
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1992. Except for the one-time cumulative adjustment, the adoption of SFAS No.
112 was not material to Rayonier's results of operations.
Rayonier's cash flows were not impacted by these changes in accounting
principles.
4. NEW ZEALAND ACQUISITION
During the second quarter of 1992, the Company completed the purchase of forest
assets, primarily Crown forest licenses consisting of long-term rights to
utilize approximately 250,000 acres of plantation forest in New Zealand. These
assets were acquired from the New Zealand government for a cash purchase price
of approximately $197 million. Bridge financing for the acquisition was
obtained through the issuance of preferred stock to ITT and through additional
borrowings from banks and ITT. By October 15, 1992, the Company had completed
its financing program for this acquisition. See Notes 6, 10 and 11. The
Company harvests timber for export to Pacific Rim markets and sale locally in
New Zealand. Substantially all of the assets were purchased by, and
substantially all operations are conducted through Rayonier New Zealand
Limited, an indirect subsidiary of Rayonier.
5. RAYONIER TIMBERLANDS, L.P.
In 1985, Rayonier transferred substantially all of its timberlands business to
Rayonier Timberlands, L.P., a master limited partnership, in exchange for 20
million Class A and 20 million Class B Depositary Units. Thereafter, Rayonier
offered and sold 5.06 million Class A Units (25.3 percent) to the public.
Class A Units participate principally in the revenues and costs associated with
RTLP's sales of timber through December 31, 2000 and to a significantly lesser
extent in subsequent periods. RTLP's sales of timber after that date as well
as cash flow associated with land management activities before and after that
date are principally allocable to the Class B units, all of which have been
retained by Rayonier. Rayonier and a subsidiary, as general partners, plan to
operate and manage RTLP throughout its existence. RTLP is majority owned by
Rayonier and is included in these consolidated financial statements.
6. TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN ITT AND RAYONIER
Rayonier was a wholly owned subsidiary of ITT through February 28, 1994. See
Notes 1 and 11. ITT rendered advice and assistance to Rayonier in general
engineering, plants, traffic, operating, accounting, commercial, financial and
other matters. The fee for such services was approximately 1/4 of 1 percent of
Rayonier's annual sales. The total fee paid by Rayonier to ITT for these
services amounted to $2,326, $2,413 and $2,450 in 1993, 1992 and 1991,
respectively.
Rayonier paid sales commissions to ITT Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC)
amounting to $12,362, and $13,727 in 1992 and 1991, respectively, under a sales
agency agreement initiated in August 1988. Dividends paid to ITT were reduced
by the after tax cost of the foreign sales commissions so as not to impact the
financial condition of Rayonier due to this arrangement. Effective January 1,
1993, ITT transferred ownership of FSC to Rayonier.
On May 14, 1992, Rayonier borrowed $167 million from ITT, the proceeds of which
were utilized as bridge financing in the New Zealand acquisition. On July 28,
1992, all outstanding borrowings from ITT were replaced by bank borrowings at
variable interest rates. During 1991, Rayonier repaid $40,300 of a variable
rate loan from ITT which was borrowed in 1988 and used primarily to retire
commercial paper. The loan balance was repaid primarily with funds borrowed
from banks. See Note 10. There were no outstanding borrowings from ITT as of
December 31, 1993 and 1992. Interest expense paid to ITT amounted to $2,092
and $1,817 in 1992 and 1991, respectively. No interest expense was paid to ITT
in 1993.
Rayonier was one of several affiliates participating in the ITT Salaried
Retirement Plan as well as health care and life insurance programs for salaried
employees sponsored by ITT. See Note 13.
As a result of the Distribution, ITT has no ownership interest in Rayonier, and
Rayonier is an independent public company. Rayonier and ITT entered into
certain agreements governing their relationship subsequent to the Distribution
and providing for the allocation of tax and certain other liabilities and
obligations arising from periods prior to the Distribution.
A subsidiary of ITT and a subsidiary of Rayonier entered into a Canadian Assets
Purchase Agreement pursuant to which on February 28, 1994 the ITT subsidiary
sold to the Rayonier subsidiary certain assets located in Canada and owned by
the ITT subsidiary which are used in the Canadian operations of Rayonier. The
purchase price was equal to the net book value of the assets purchased which
approximated $3.2 million.
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7. INCOME TAXES
Prior to the Distribution Date, Rayonier and its U.S. subsidiaries were
included in ITT's consolidated U.S. Federal income tax returns, and Rayonier
remitted to ITT its current income tax liability. Rayonier computed its tax
provision in accordance with tax- sharing arrangements with ITT that prior to
1993, included the use by Rayonier of tax benefits realized by ITT as a result
of a foreign sales agency agreement between FSC and Rayonier.
The provision for income taxes was adversely impacted in 1993 by the effects of
tax reform legislation enacted August 10, 1993. This legislation increased the
corporate income tax rate from 34 percent to 35 percent retroactive to January
1, 1993 and eliminated tax benefits related to log exports for foreign sales
corporations effective in the third quarter. The provision for income taxes
includes a charge of $1,583 as a result of the remeasurement of the Company's
deferred tax liability for the 1 percent increase in the corporate income tax
rate. In total, the 1993 tax reform legislation negatively impacted results by
approximately $3 million.
Income tax data before the cumulative effect of accounting changes are as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992 1991
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Provision (benefit) for income tax
Current
U.S. federal $(18,530) $ 1,199 $ 6,781
State and local (1,216) 117 932
Foreign 2,569 - -
-------- ---------- ---------
(17,177) 1,316 7,713
------- ------ ------
Deferred
U.S. federal 39,713 (47,795) 10,870
State and local 3,292 (3,268) 974
Foreign 4,604 (619) -
------- -------- ----------
47,609 (51,682) 11,844
------ ------- ------
$ 30,432 $(50,366) $ 19,557
======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
Deferred income tax provision (benefit) represents the tax effect related to
recording revenues and expenses in different periods for financial reporting
and tax return purposes. Deferred tax assets (liabilities) include the
following at December 31, 1993 and 1992:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992
---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
Accelerated depreciation $(122,544) $(110,748)
Reserves for dispositions
and discontinued operations 23,212 52,224
Other (16,346) (9,545)
--------- ---------
$(115,678) $ (68,069)
======== ==========
</TABLE>
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A reconciliation of the tax provision (benefit) at the U.S. statutory rate to
the provision (benefit) for income tax as reported is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992 1991
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Tax (benefit) provision at U.S. statutory rate $29,014 $(44,841) $21,724
Benefit of foreign sales corporations (1,500) (3,089) (3,631)
Effect of remeasurement of deferred tax liability 1,583 - -
State and local taxes, net of federal tax benefit 1,349 (2,080) 1,258
All other, net (14) (356) 206
----- ------- ------
Provision (benefit) for income tax $30,432 $(50,366) $19,557
====== ======= ======
</TABLE>
"All other, net" represents tax provision adjustments for permanent
differences, tax credits, foreign tax rates and other items which are not
individually significant.
8. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND UNITS HELD FOR DISPOSITION
In 1986 the Company discontinued its Southern Wood Piedmont Company (SWP)
treated wood business segment. The Company is currently actively involved in
implementing cleanup and closure programs for SWP and is in negotiations with
state and environmental agencies on the scope and timing of such programs. In
prior years, the Company had provided $153 million in pre-tax reserves for
discontinued operations for closure, post-closure and corrective action
programs at SWP. The costs of the corrective action and closure programs at
SWP's nine primary manufacturing locations are affected by many factors, which
has led to increases in the reserves for such programs in the past, and may
result in increases in the future, as the effectiveness of the existing cleanup
programs is measured against applicable standards. Expenditures for such
programs will also depend on, among other things, new laws, regulations and
administrative interpretations, governmental responses to programs proposed by
the Company and changes in environmental control technology. Although
considerable progress on cleanup was made by year end 1993, in particular at
three of SWP's nine locations where the installation of corrective action
facilities has been completed, there is still uncertainty as to the timing and
amount of expenditures beyond 1993 at these sites and the extent and timing for
completing programs at all sites. The Company currently estimates that
expenditures for environmental remediation and closure costs at these sites
during the two year period 1994-1995 will approximate $10 million.
Net assets of discontinued operations as of December 31, 1993 and 1992 include
$11.5 million for receivables from insurance claims. Such receivables
represent the Company's claim for reimbursements in connection with property
damage settlements relating to SWP's former wood preserving operations.
In the fourth quarter of 1992, the Company provided $180 million, pre-tax, for
the loss on disposal of assets along with the costs for severance, demolition
and other closedown items associated with the disposition of the Grays Harbor
Pulp Mill and Vanillin plant, and the associated Grays Harbor Paper Company
(collectively referred to as the Grays Harbor Complex). In August 1993 a
portion of the Grays Harbor Complex was sold for cash and notes. The Company
is still completing demolition, personnel termination, environmental
remediation and other closure programs.
As of December 31, 1993, the Company had $76.2 million reserved for
discontinued operations and units held for disposition. Subject to the
uncertainties discussed above, the Company believes that its reserves
established to divest or close all of these business activities are adequate.
The Company further believes that any future change in estimates, if necessary,
will not materially affect the financial condition of the Company.
9. BANK LOANS
At December 31, 1993, the Company had short-term loans payable to various banks
totaling $180.8 million at interest rates ranging from 3.46 percent to 3.86
percent. At December 31, 1992, the Company's short-term loans payable to banks
totaled $100 million at interest rates ranging from 3.75 percent to 4.44
percent.
The fair value of Rayonier's short-term bank loans approximates carrying value
at December 31, 1993.
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10. LONG-TERM DEBT
As of December 31, 1993 and 1992 Rayonier's long-term debt at various interest
rates included the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Debt Issue 1993 1992
---------- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
7.5% Notes - due 2002 $110,000 $110,000
Medium Term Notes due 1998-1999 at interest rates
of 5.84% to 6.16% 16,000 -
Variable rate Term Loan Agreement - due 1995-1997 100,000 100,000
Pollution control and industrial revenue bonds -
due 1994-2015 at interest rates of 4.75% to 9.0% 90,410 91,345
All other 931 2,059
------- -------
317,341 303,404
Less: Current maturities 1,203 1,770
-------- --------
Long-term debt $316,138 $301,634
------- -------
</TABLE>
On October 15, 1992 Rayonier issued $110 million of 7.5 percent notes due
October 15, 2002 (the Notes). The Notes were issued pursuant to a Registration
Statement, filed on Form S-3 effective September 29, 1992 (the Registration
Statement), which permits the Company to issue up to $250 million in debt
securities through public offerings. The Company used the net proceeds from
the sale of the Notes to repay bank debt which was utilized as bridge financing
for the purchase of forest assets in New Zealand. See Note 4.
On April 5, 1993 the Company established a $140 million Medium Term Note
program pursuant to the Registration Statement. During April 1993, $16 million
of medium term notes, maturing in April 1998 and 1999, were issued under this
program at an average effective cost to the Company of 6.25 percent.
During the fourth quarter of 1991, Rayonier borrowed $90 million under a term
loan agreement which expires on October 31, 1997. This loan agreement was
amended in 1992 allowing Rayonier to borrow an additional $10 million. The
loan is repayable in three equal annual installments starting in October of
1995 and ending in October of 1997. The proceeds of this loan were primarily
used to retire short-term bank borrowings, pay off debt to ITT and for other
corporate purposes. The debt bears a variable rate of interest equal to the
London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) plus 62.5 basis points. At December 31,
1993, the rate of interest on this loan was 3.75 percent.
Required repayment of principal for long-term debt is as follows:
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
1994 $ 1,203
1995 33,552
1996 33,857
1997 35,562
1998 3,342
1999-2015 209,825
-------
$ 317,341
-------
</TABLE>
The estimated fair value of long-term debt as of December 31, 1993 exceeds the
carrying value of such debt by approximately $15.5 million.
The most restrictive long-term debt agreement in effect at December 31, 1993
provides that the ratio of Rayonier's indebtedness to the sum of such
indebtedness plus consolidated tangible net worth shall not exceed 50 percent.
As of December 31, 1993, this ratio was 45 percent. In addition, at December
31, 1993 a total of $279 million of retained earnings was unrestricted as to
the payment of dividends.
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11. SHAREHOLDER EQUITY
On December 13, 1993, Rayonier changed its state of incorporation from Delaware
to North Carolina by merging into a wholly owned North Carolina subsidiary
which was renamed "ITT Rayonier Incorporated." Under the terms of the merger,
the 79 issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, $100 par value, of the
Delaware corporation (all of which were held by ITT) were reconstituted as 79
Common Shares of the North Carolina corporation. Rayonier filed Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation on December 14, 1993 which increased its
authorized capitalization to 60,000,000 Common Shares and 15,000,000 Preferred
Shares. In addition, on February 17, 1994 Rayonier filed Articles of Amendment
changing its name to "Rayonier Inc." ITT continued to own all of the 79 issued
and outstanding Common Shares of Rayonier until February 28, 1994, when
Rayonier issued additional Common Shares to ITT as a stock dividend sufficient
to increase its total issued and outstanding Common Shares to approximately
29.6 million; all of these Common Shares were then distributed to holders of
ITT's Common Stock and Series N Preferred Stock, in connection with the
Distribution. All share and per share information have been retroactively
restated to reflect the stock dividend similar to a stock split.
On May 15, 1992, Rayonier issued 30,000 shares of its Cumulative Preferred
Stock $77.50 Series A to ITT for $30 million in cash to fund a portion of the
cost of the New Zealand acquisition. The shares were redeemed by the Company
on July 28, 1992 with the proceeds of short-term bank borrowings.
Dividends paid by Rayonier on its classes of stock during 1993, 1992, and 1991
were $121,840, $17,530 and $19,613, respectively. The 1993 amount includes a
fourth quarter special dividend of $90 million that was paid to ITT pursuant to
a planned recapitalization program. Dividends in 1992 include $471 paid on the
Series A Preferred Stock.
12. INCENTIVE STOCK PLANS
In 1994, prior to the Distribution, the Board of Directors adopted and ITT, as
the Company's sole shareholder, approved the 1994 Rayonier Incentive Stock Plan
(the "1994 Plan"). The 1994 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock
options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance
shares and restricted stock for up to one million shares, subject to certain
limitations. The 1994 Plan will expire on December 31, 2003. No options have
been issued under this Plan.
In the first quarter of 1994, the Company implemented a Substitute Stock Option
Plan under which options to acquire 382,434 Common Shares of Rayonier were
granted in substitution for canceled ITT options. The Rayonier options were
granted at exercise prices of $16.57 to $31.35 per share to maintain the same
economic value to the option holders that they would have had under ITT's stock
option plan. Of these shares, 168,794 are immediately exercisable.
13. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
Rayonier has several pension plans covering substantially all of its employees.
The entire cost of these plans is borne by Rayonier. Certain plans are subject
to union negotiation. Rayonier is also one of several affiliates participating
in the ITT Salaried Retirement Plan.
Effective March 1, 1994, Rayonier established the Rayonier Investment and
Savings Plan for Salaried Employees and the Rayonier Salaried Employees
Retirement Plan. These plans, as well as health care, life insurance and other
employee welfare benefits programs which represent "mirror-image" plans to the
various ITT welfare benefit programs previously available to salaried
employees, are being sponsored by Rayonier for the benefit of all salaried
active employees as of March 1, 1994. There has been no change in the status
of the Rayonier benefit plans for hourly paid employees as a result of the
Distribution.
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The following table discloses periodic pension cost for Rayonier plans and
total Rayonier pension expense for the three years ended December 31, 1993:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992 1991
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Defined Benefit Plans
Service cost $1,567 $1,668 $1,574
Interest cost 5,573 5,707 5,562
Return on assets (13,138) (5,325) (6,320)
Net amortization and deferral 6,276 (1,451) (73)
------ ------ ------
Net periodic pension cost of Rayonier plans 278 599 743
Other Pension Costs
Rayonier portion of ITT Salaried
Retirement Plan 2,581 2,938 2,460
Multi-employer plans 165 - 24
Defined contribution (savings) plans 1,294 1,329 1,267
------ ----- -----
Total Pension Expense $4,318 $4,866 $4,494
===== ===== =====
</TABLE>
The following table sets forth the funded status of the Rayonier pension plans
for hourly paid employees, the amounts recognized in the balance sheets of the
Company at December 31, 1993 and 1992 and the principal weighted average
assumptions inherent in their determinations:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992
---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
Actuarial present value of benefit obligations -
Vested benefit obligation $73,017 $67,340
====== ======
Accumulated benefit obligation $76,979 $71,175
====== ======
Projected benefit obligation $76,979 $71,448
Plan assets at fair value 83,373 77,303
------ ------
Plan assets in excess of
projected benefit obligation 6,394 5,855
Unrecognized net loss 10,223 6,491
Unrecognized past service cost 4,601 5,059
Curtailment effects and termination benefits (3,550) -
Unrecognized net assets at
January 1, 1993 and 1992 (6,382) (6,959)
------ ------
Prepaid pension asset recognized
in the balance sheets $11,286 $10,446
====== ======
Actuarial Assumptions -
Discount rate 7 .50% 8.50%
Rate of return on invested assets 9 .75% 9.75%
Salary increase assumption 5 .00% 5.00%
</TABLE>
The table for 1993 reflects the costs of curtailment and special termination
benefits of certain hourly Rayonier pension plans as a result of the closure of
the Grays Harbor Complex. See Note 8. The costs of $3,550 were recorded as
part of the 1992 charge of $180 million related to the Grays Harbor Complex
closure, and were accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 88, "Employers'
Accounting for Settlements and Curtailments of Defined Benefit Pension Plans
and for Termination Benefits."
Rayonier provides health care and life insurance benefits for certain eligible
retired employees. Benefits under these plans covering salaried retirees are
maintained through the applicable plans of ITT and, other than for the amount
of the expense recorded for the period, all asset and liability accounts are
maintained by ITT. Effective January 1, 1992, Rayonier adopted SFAS No. 106,
using the immediate recognition method for all benefits accumulated to date.
Accordingly, an expense was recorded as of that date of $23,223 for salaried
retirees and $8,693 for hourly paid retirees which is included in the
adjustment to record the cumulative effect of accounting changes. The Company
is not currently funding this obligation; however, it may pre-fund some
portions if it can be accomplished on a tax-effective basis.
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Postretirement health care and life insurance benefits expense (excluding the
cumulative catch up adjustment) was comprised of the following in 1993 and
1992:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992
---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
Service Cost $ 260 $ 239
Interest Cost 766 721
------ ------
Net periodic expense for hourly plans 1,026 960
Rayonier portion of expense for
ITT Plans for salaried employees 1,146 1,653
------ ------
Total Postretirement expense $ 2,172 $ 2,613
====== ======
</TABLE>
For 1991 the aggregate costs amounted to $2,232 under the prior accounting
method.
The following table sets forth the status of the postretirement benefit plans
other than pensions for hourly paid employees, the amounts recognized in
Rayonier's balance sheets at December 31, 1993 and 1992 and the principal
weighted average assumptions inherent in their determination:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992
---- ----
<S> <C> <C>
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation $10,623 $ 9,228
Unrecognized net loss (832) -
----- --------
Liability recognized in the balance sheet $9,791 $ 9,228
----- -----
Actuarial assumptions -
Discount rate 7.5% 8.5%
Ultimate health care trend rate 6.0% 6.6%
</TABLE>
The assumed rate of future increases in the per capita cost of health care (the
health care trend rate) was 12.1 percent for 1993, decreasing ratably to 6.0
percent in the year 2001. Increasing the table of health care trend rates by
one percent per year would have the effect of increasing the accumulated
postretirement benefit obligation by $1,100 and annual expense by $100. To the
extent that the actual experience differs from the inherent assumptions, the
effect will be amortized over the average future service of the covered active
employees.
14. LEASES AND RENTALS
As of December 31, 1993, minimum rental commitments under operating leases were
$5,142, $5,133, $4,298, $3,306 and $1,213 for 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998.
For the remaining years, such commitments amounted to $5,881, aggregating total
minimum lease payments of $24,973.
Operating lease commitments at December 31, 1993 include the 1985 sale and
leaseback of Rayonier's Baxley, Georgia sawmill assets amounting to
approximately $8.3 million, the lease on Rayonier's executive offices, which
was renegotiated and renewed in 1991, of approximately $9.0 million, the fixed
portions of the 1985 lease of equipment under a master lease agreement through
ITT of approximately $2.7 million and the 1992 lease of New Zealand office
space of $1.9 million.
Total rental expense for operating leases amounted to $5,587, $6,485 and $6,301
in 1993, 1992 and 1991, respectively.
15. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
A wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Southern Wood Piedmont Company (SWP),
which has been a discontinued operation since 1986, was formerly in the wood
preserving business and continues to incur substantial expenditures in cleaning
up its former wood preserving sites. See Note 8. In addition, Rayonier and
SWP are named defendants in six cases arising out of former wood preserving
operations at SWP's plant located in Augusta, Georgia. In general, these
cases, five pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
Georgia and one pending in the Superior Court of Richmond County, seek recovery
for property damage and personal injury or medical monitoring costs based on
the alleged exposure to toxic chemicals used by SWP in its former operations.
One case, Ernest Jordan v. Southern Wood
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Piedmont Co., et al, seeks certification as a class action and damages in the
amount of $700 million. Counsel for the Company believes that the Company has
meritorious defenses in all these cases. Several previous lawsuits related to
the Augusta facility have been settled for amounts not material to the Company.
Rayonier has been named a "Potentially Responsible Party" (PRP) or is a
defendant in actions being brought a PRP in five proceedings instituted by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) or state
agencies under comparable state statutes. In three of these proceedings,
Rayonier is presently considered a de minimis participant. In one proceeding,
the Company is not a de minimis participant because of the limited number of
PRP's, and the Company believes that its share of liability for total cleanup
costs (currently estimated to be between $30 million and $39 million) will be
less than 9 percent. In another proceeding, the Company is not a de minimis
participant based on an analysis of the volume and type of waste that the
Company is alleged to have disposed of at the site, and the Company believes
that its share of liability for total cleanup costs (currently estimated to be
between $25 million and $32 million) will be less than 1.75 percent. In each
case, Rayonier has established reserves for its estimated liability. Rayonier
has also received requests for information from the EPA in connection with two
other CERCLA sites, but the Company does not currently know to what extent, if
at all, liability under CERCLA will be asserted against Rayonier with respect
to either site.
There are various other lawsuits pending against or affecting Rayonier and its
subsidiaries, some of which involve claims for substantial sums. Rayonier's
ultimate liability with respect to all pending actions is not considered
material to its consolidated financial position.
16. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
Rayonier has become subject to increasingly stringent environmental laws and
regulations concerning air emission, water discharge and waste disposal which,
in the opinion of management, will require substantial expenditures over the
next ten years. Recently proposed Federal environmental regulations governing
air and water discharges may require further expenditures and, if finally
enacted in their proposed form, may prevent Rayonier from meeting certain
product quality specifications for substantially all of its chemical cellulose
products and in other cases will increase the cost of making such products.
Sales of the Company's chemical cellulose products accounted for approximately
30 percent of the Company's total 1993 sales. While these regulations may have
a material effect on Rayonier's operations if not changed, it will not be
possible for Rayonier to determine the nature or costs of these proposals until
the regulations are issued in detail form.
Over the past three years, the harvest of timber from private lands in the
state of Washington has been restricted as a result of the listing of the
northern spotted owl as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act
(ESA). These restrictions have caused RTLP to restructure and reschedule some
of its harvest plans. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is developing a
proposed rule under the ESA to redefine protective measures for the northern
spotted owl on private lands. This rule, as currently drafted, would reduce
the harvest restrictions on private lands except within specified special
emphasis areas, where restrictions would be increased. One proposed special
emphasis area is on the Olympic Peninsula, where a significant portion of
RTLP's Washington timberlands is located. The new rule may also include
guidelines for the protection of the marbled murrelet, also recently listed as
a threatened species. Separately, the state of Washington Forest Practices
Board is in the process of adopting new harvest regulations to protect the
northern spotted owl and the marbled murrelet. The State Department of Natural
Resources draft of this rule also provides for a special emphasis area to
protect the northern spotted owl on the Olympic Peninsula, which would increase
harvest restrictions on the Company's lands. The Company is unable at this
time to predict the form in which the Federal or state rules will eventually be
adopted. However, if either rule is adopted in the form proposed by the
respective agencies, the result will be some reduction in the volume of Company
timber available for harvest.
17. SEGMENT INFORMATION
Rayonier operates in two major industry segments. The Timber and Wood Products
segment manages timberlands and is engaged in the trading, merchandising and
manufacture of logs, timber and wood products while the Specialty Pulp Products
segment is engaged in the production and sale of high value added specialty
pulps.
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Please refer to Item 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations where business conditions and segment sales
and operating income information are provided. Additional segment information
for the three years ended December 31, 1993 was as follows (millions of
dollars):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Depreciation
Gross Plant Additions Depletion & Amortization Identifiable Assets
--------------------- ------------------------ ---------------------
1993 1992 1991 1993 1992 1991 1993 1992 1991
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Timber and
Wood Products $ 30 $ 23 $ 20 $ 21 $ 17 $ 12 $ 649 $ 591 $ 400
Specialty Pulp Products 41 71 108 56 54 48 794 822 791
Corporate and Other 1 1 1 1 1 1 31 51 50
Dispositions - 2 5 - 6 8 1 12 131
---- ---- ---- ----- ---- ---- ------- ------- ------
Total $ 72 $ 97 $134 $ 78 $ 78 $ 69 $1,475 $1,476 $1,372
=== === === === === === ===== ===== =====
</TABLE>
Geographical Operating Information - All Segments (millions of dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Sales Operating Income (Loss) Identifiable Assets
--------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------
1993 1992 1991 1993 1992 1991 1993 1992 1991
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
United States $839 $944 $968 $103 $ (89) $ 99 $1,248 $1,271 $1,367
New Zealand 93 30 11 27 5 1 226 205 5
All Other 4 - - (3) (3) (3) 1 - -
---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ---- ------ ----- -----
Total $936 $974 $979 $127 $ (87) $ 97 $1,475 $1,476 $1,372
=== === === === === === ===== ===== =====
</TABLE>
Export Sales - All Segments (millions of dollars)
Sales of products produced in various countries for export to other countries
consisted of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Operating Sales
Location Destination 1993 1992 1991
- ----------- ----------- ---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
United States Asia Pacific $282 $303 $291
Western Europe 109 146 160
All Other 62 63 62
--- --- ---
453 512 513
--- --- ---
New Zealand Asia Pacific 67 19 11
Western Europe 4 - -
All Other 2 - -
--- --- ---
73 19 11
--- --- ---
All Other 4 - -
--- --- ---
Total $530 $531 $524
=== === ===
</TABLE>
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18. QUARTERLY RESULTS FOR 1993 AND 1992 (UNAUDITED):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Quarter Ended
--------------------------------------------------------- Total
March 31 June 30 Sept. 30 Dec. 31 Year
-------- ------- -------- ------- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1993
----
Sales $216,320 $256,575 $226,445 $236,970 $936,310
======= ======= ======= ======= =======
Operating Income $ 36,649 $ 48,750 $ 24,245 $ 17,522 $127,166
======= ======= ======= ======= =======
Net Income $ 16,820 $ 24,790 $ 7,733 $ 3,123 $ 52,466
======= ======= ======= ======= =======
Earnings Per Common Share $.57 $.84 $.26 $.10 $1.77
=== === === === ====
1992
----
Sales $232,390 $235,218 $265,579 $ 240,486 $ 973,673
======= ======= ======= ======= =======
Operating Income (Loss) $ 31,944 $ 22,987 $ 31,962 $(173,497) (b) $ (86,604)
======= ======= ======= ======= =======
Net Income (Loss) $ (8,287) (a) $ 6,996 $ 12,754 $(114,939)(b) $(103,476) (a)
======= ======= ======= ======= =======
Earnings (Loss) Per Common
Share $(.28) (a) $.23 $.43 $(3.89) $(3.51) (a)
===== === === ===== =====
</TABLE>
(a) The first quarter of 1992 includes an after tax adjustment of $22.0
million to record the cumulative effect of changes in accounting
principles due to the adoption of SFAS No. 106, Employers' Accounting for
Postretirement Benefits Other than Pensions and SFAS No. 112, Employers'
Accounting for Postemployment Benefits. The cumulative effect of
accounting changes negatively impacted earnings by $.74 per common share
for the first quarter and full year 1992. Excluding the cumulative
effect of accounting changes, earnings (loss) per common share was $0.46
and $(2.77) for the first quarter and full year 1992, respectively.
(b) The fourth quarter of 1992 includes an after tax charge of $115 million
to provide for the loss on disposal of assets along with the costs for
severance, demolition and other closedown items associated with the
disposition of the Grays Harbor Complex.
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RAYONIER INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE V - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
(Thousands of dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Balance at Balance
Beginning Additions Retirements Other at End
Classification of Year at Cost or Sales Changes of Year
- -------------------------------------------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Year Ended December 31, 1993
Land and land improvements $ 7,181 $ 657 $ 44 $ 177 $ 7,971
Construction in progress 28,001 (6,504) - (731) 20,766
Buildings and permanent fixtures 88,035 4,598 2,059 47 90,621
Furniture and fixtures 20,838 2,634 1,653 607 22,426
Machinery, logging, transportation
and automotive equipment 985,154 47,955 25,621 175 1,007,663
--------- ------- ------- --------- ---------
1,129,209 49,340 29,377 275 (a) 1,149,447
Timber, net 416,636 19,343 254 (15,615)(b) 420,110
Timberlands 41,847 13 175 - 41,685
Logging Roads 6,449 3,060 - - 9,509
----------- ------- --------- --------- ---------
$ 1,594,141 $ 71,756 $ 29,806 $ (15,340) $1,620,751
=========== ======= ========= ========= =========
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Balance at Balance
Beginning Additions Retirements Other at End
Classification of Year at Cost or Sales Changes of Year
- -------------------------------------------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Year Ended December 31, 1992
Land and land improvements $ 8,542 $ 61 $ 601 $ (821) $ 7,181
Construction in progress 58,742 (27,873) 61 (2,807) 28,001
Buildings and permanent fixtures 107,608 4,259 23,740 (92) 88,035
Furniture and fixtures 20,522 1,720 2,700 1,296 20,838
Machinery, logging, transportation
and automotive equipment 1,033,993 101,229 149,844 (224) 985,154
----------- ------- --------- --------- ---------
1,229,407 79,396 176,946 (2,648)(a) 1,129,209
Timber, net 218,994 212,041 1,387 (13,012)(b) 416,636
Timberlands 42,038 25 172 (44) 41,847
Logging Roads 5,110 1,340 1 - 6,449
----------- ------- --------- --------- ---------
$ 1,495,549 $292,802(c) $ 178,506(d) $ (15,704) $1,594,141
=========== ======= ========= ========= =========
</TABLE>
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RAYONIER INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE V - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
(Thousands of dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Balance at Balance
Beginning Additions Retirements Other at End
Classification of Year at Cost or Sales Changes of Year
- -------------------------------------------- ------- ------- -------- ------- -------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Year Ended December 31, 1991
Land and land improvements $ 8,743 $ 151 $ 27 $ (325) $ 8,542
Construction in progress 66,059 (7,021) - (296) 58,742
Buildings and permanent fixtures 103,931 5,803 1,381 (745) 107,608
Furniture and fixtures 18,505 3,167 1,348 198 20,522
Machinery, logging, transportation
and automotive equipment 946,331 114,206 27,042 498 1,033,993
Assets held on capital leases 15 - - (15) -
---------- -------- ------- ------- ----------
1,143,584 116,306 29,798 (685)(a) 1,229,407
Timber, net 213,163 14,499 632 (8,036)(b) 218,994
Timberlands 39,696 2,747 1,067 662 42,038
Logging Roads 5,110 4 4 - 5,110
---------- -------- ------- ------- ----------
$1,401,553 $133,556 $31,501 $(8,059) $1,495,549
========== ======== ======= ======= ==========
</TABLE>
(a) Primarily reclassifications and transfers between affiliated companies.
(b) Includes timber depletion charged to income and applied directly against
the asset accounts of $16,499, $13,051 and $8,283 in 1993, 1992 and 1991,
respectively.
(c) Additions in 1992 include the acquisition of New Zealand forest assets.
(d) Retirements in 1992 include the writedown of Grays Harbor Complex
property, plant, and equipment.
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RAYONIER INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE VI - ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION, DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION
OF PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
(Thousands of dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Additions
Balance at Charged to Balance
Beginning Costs and Other at End
Classification of Year Expenses Retirements Changes of Year
- -------------------------------------------- ---------- --------- ----------- ------- -------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Year Ended December 31, 1993
Land improvements $ 1,757 $ 299 $ 64 $ - $ 1,992
Buildings and permanent
fixtures 43,831 3,467 1,586 - 45,712
Furniture and fixtures 12,542 2,889 1,674 185 13,942
Machinery, logging, transportation
and automotive equipment 389,513 54,700 25,842 501 418,872
------- ------ ------ ------ -------
447,643 61,355 29,166 686 480,518
Logging Roads 809 418 - - 1,227
------- ------ ------ ------ -------
$448,452 $61,773 $29,166 $ 686(a) $481,745
======= ====== ====== ===== =======
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Additions
Balance at Charged to Balance
Beginning Costs and Other at End
Classification of Year Expenses Retirements Changes of Year
- -------------------------------------------- --------- --------- ----------- ------- -------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Year Ended December 31, 1992
Land improvements $ 2,120 $ 284 $ 28 $ (619) $ 1,757
Buildings and permanent
fixtures 53,372 4,005 12,829 (717) 43,831
Furniture and fixtures 12,111 2,657 2,199 (27) 12,542
Machinery, logging, transportation
and automotive equipment 408,318 57,768 76,347 (226) 389,513
------- ------ ------ ------ -------
475,921 64,714 91,403 (1,589) 447,643
Logging Roads 689 120 - - 809
------- ------ ------ ------ -------
$476,610 $64,834 $91,403(b) $(1,589)(a) $448,452
======= ====== ====== ====== =======
</TABLE>
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RAYONIER INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE VI - ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION, DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION
OF PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
(Thousands of dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Additions
Balance at Charged to Balance
Beginning Costs and Other at End
Classification of Year Expenses Retirements Changes of Year
- -------------------------------------------- ---------- --------- ----------- ------- -------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Year Ended December 31, 1991
Land improvements $ 1,837 $ 283 $ - $ - $ 2,120
Buildings and permanent
fixtures 50,577 4,316 1,101 (420) 53,372
Furniture and fixtures 10,478 2,970 1,348 11 12,111
Machinery, logging, transportation
and automotive equipment 381,873 53,295 26,924 74 408,318
Assets held on capital leases 15 - - (15) -
------- ------ ------ ----- -------
444,780 60,864 29,373 (350) 475,921
Logging Roads 566 123 - - 689
------- ------ ------ ----- -------
$445,346 $60,987 $29,373 $ (350)(a) $476,610
======= ====== ====== ===== =======
</TABLE>
Depreciation has been provided, using straight line methods based
upon estimated useful lives except for pulp manufacturing
facilities which are depreciated under the units of production
method. These depreciation rates are as follows:
Building and permanent fixtures 10-50 years
Furniture and fixtures 5-17 years
Machinery and equipment 5-25 years
Logging equipment, including roads 5-40 years
Transportation and automotive equipment 5-10 years
(a) Primarily reclassifications and transfers between affiliated
companies.
(b) Retirements in 1992 include accumulated depreciation related to
the Grays Harbor Complex.
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RAYONIER INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE X - SUPPLEMENTARY INCOME STATEMENT INFORMATION
(Thousands of dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1993 1992 1991
---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Taxes other than payroll and income taxes $10,950 $13,258 $14,569
====== ====== ======
Maintenance and repairs $50,233 $65,778 $66,047
====== ====== ======
</TABLE>
Royalty costs, advertising costs and amortization of intangible assets
are not set forth inasmuch as such items do not exceed one percent of
total sales as shown in the related consolidated statement of income.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
RAYONIER INC.
By GEORGE S. ARESON
------------------------------
George S. Areson
March 24, 1994 Acting Corporate Controller
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this
report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
---------- ----- ----
<S> <C> <C>
RONALD M. GROSS Chairman of the Board, March 24, 1994
- ----------------------------------
Ronald M. Gross President, Chief Executive
(Principal Executive Officer) Officer and Director
GERALD J. POLLACK Senior Vice President and March 24, 1994
- ----------------------------------
Gerald J. Pollack Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
GEORGE S. ARESON Acting Corporate Controller March 24, 1994
- ----------------------------------
George S. Areson
(Principal Accounting Officer)
* Director
- ----------------------------------
William J. Alley
* Director
- ----------------------------------
Rand V. Araskog
* Director
- ----------------------------------
Donald W. Griffin
* Director
- ----------------------------------
Paul G. Kirk, Jr.
* Director
- ----------------------------------
Katherine D. Ortega
* Director
- ----------------------------------
Burnell R. Roberts
* Director
- ----------------------------------
Gordon I. Ulmer
*By GERALD J. POLLACK March 24, 1994
------------------------------
Attorney-In-Fact
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT INDEX
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit No. Description Location
- ----------- ----------- --------
<S> <C> <C>
2.1 Distribution agreement between Filed herewith
ITT Corporation and Rayonier Inc.
3.1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a)
Incorporation to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-52437).
3.2 By-Laws Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of
Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A dated December 15, 1993
(the Form 8-A).
4.1 Indenture dated as of September 1, 1992 Filed herewith
between the Company and Bankers
Trust Company, as Trustee, with respect
to certain debt securities of the Company.
4.2 First Supplemental Indenture dated as of Filed herewith
December 13, 1993
4.3 Other instruments defining the rights Not required to be filed. The Registrant
of security holders, including indentures hereby agrees to file with the Commission a
copy of any other instrument defining the
rights of holders of the Registrant's long-term
debt upon request of the Commission.
9 Voting trust agreement None
10.1 Administrative Services Agreement Filed herewith as Exhibit A to the Distribution
between ITT Corporation and Rayonier Inc. Agreement filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto.
10.2 Employee Benefits Agreement between Filed herewith as Exhibit B to the Distribution
ITT Corporation and Rayonier Inc. Agreement filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto.
10.3 Tax Allocation Agreement between Filed herewith as Exhibit C to the Distribution
ITT Corporation and Rayonier Inc. Agreement filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto.
10.4 Canadian Assets Purchase Agreement Filed herewith as Exhibit D to the Distribution
between ITT Corporation and Agreement field as Exhibit 2.1 hereto.
Rayonier Inc.
10.5 Rayonier Incentive Stock Plan Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to
the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 33-52445).
10.6 Rayonier Senior Executive Severence Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to
Pay Plan the Form 8-A.
10.7 Rayonier Investment and Savings Plan Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to
for Salaried Employees the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 33-52437).
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT INDEX
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit No. Description Location
- ----------- ----------- --------
<S> <C> <C>
10.8 Rayonier Salaried Employees Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8
Retirement Plan to the Form 8-A.
10.9 Form of Indemnification Agreement Filed herewith
between Rayonier Inc. and its
Directors and Officers
10.10 Rayonier Inc. Excess Benefit Plan Filed herewith
10.11 Rayonier Inc. Excess Savings Plan Filed herewith
10.12 Agreement for Transfer of Crown Forestry Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
Licenses among Her Majesty, the Queen, to Registrant's Form 8-K dated May 15, 1992.
as vendor, and Rayonier New Zealand
Limited, as purchaser, and Rayonier Inc.,
as guarantor
10.13 Other material contracts None
11 Statement re computation of share Not required to be filed
earnings
12 Statements re computation of ratios Filed herewith
13 Annual report to security holders, Not applicable
Form 10-Q or quarterly report to security holders
16 Letter re change in certifying accountant Not applicable
18 Letter re change in accounting principles Not applicable
19 Previously unfiled documents None
21 Subsidiaries of the Registrant Filed herewith
22 Published report regarding matters None
submitted to vote of security holders
23 Consents of experts and counsel Filed herewith
24 Powers of attorney Filed herewith
28 Information from reports furnished to Not applicable
state insurance regulatory authorities
99.1 Annual report on Form 11-K To be filed by amendment
99.2 Other additional exhibits None
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT 2.1
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT, dated as of February 11, 1994, by and
between ITT CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("ITT"), and ITT
RAYONIER INCORPORATED, a North Carolina corporation ("Rayonier").
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of ITT has determined that it is
appropriate and desirable to distribute to the holders of shares of Common
Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of ITT (the "ITT Common Stock") and
Cumulative Preferred Stock, without par value, $2.25 Convertible Series N of
ITT (the "ITT Series N Preferred Stock") all the outstanding Common Shares of
Rayonier (the "Rayonier Common Shares"); and
WHEREAS, ITT and Rayonier have determined that it is necessary and
desirable to set forth the principal corporate transactions required to effect
such distribution and to set forth other agreements that will govern certain
other matters following such distribution.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements,
provisions and covenants contained in this Agreement, the parties hereby agree
as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01 GENERAL
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and
plural forms of the terms defined):
AAA: As defined in Article V.
ACTION: any action, suit, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or
investigation by or before any court, any governmental or other regulatory or
administrative agency or commission or any arbitration tribunal.
AFFILIATE: as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as such Rule is in effect on the date hereof.
AGENT: As defined in Section 2.01 (a).
ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS: this Agreement and the following other agreements,
each of which is between ITT or an ITT Subsidiary and Rayonier or a Rayonier
Subsidiary and a copy of each of which is attached hereto as an exhibit as
designated: the Administrative Services Agreement (Exhibit A), the Employee
Benefit Services and Liability Agreement
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(Exhibit B), the Tax Allocation Agreement (Exhibit C) and the Canadian Assets
Purchase Agreement (Exhibit D).
CODE: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder, including any successor legislation.
COMMISSION: as defined in Section 4.02(b).
DISTRIBUTION: the distribution on the Distribution Date to holders of
record of shares of ITT Common Stock and ITT Series N Preferred Stock as of the
Distribution Record Date of the Rayonier Common Shares owned by ITT on the
basis of one Rayonier Common Share for each outstanding four shares of ITT
Common Stock and one Rayonier Common Share for each outstanding 3.1595 shares
of ITT Series N Preferred Stock.
DISTRIBUTION DATE: February 28, 1994 or such other date as may
hereafter be determined by ITT's Board of Directors as the date as of which the
Distribution shall be effected.
DISTRIBUTION RECORD DATE: February 24, 1994 or such other date as may
hereafter be determined by ITT's Board of Directors as the record date for the
Distribution.
EFFECTIVE TIME: 11:59 p.m., New York time, on the Distribution Date.
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS: laws, ordinances, codes, standards, administrative
rulings, regulations or guidances of any Federal, provincial, state or local
governmental authority relating to, and common law causes of action, such as
trespass and nuisance, based on, (i) the emission, discharge, release or
threatened release of Hazardous Substances into the environment (including,
without limitation, the air, surface water, ground water, land or subsurface
strata) or (ii) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment,
storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Substances.
FENCOURT LOSSES: claims paid and expenses reasonably incurred by
Fencourt Reinsurance Company, Ltd., a Bermuda company and an ITT Subsidiary
engaged in the reinsurance business, and any successors thereto or assigns
thereof after the date hereof, which claims are paid or expenses incurred under
policies effective after January 1, 1986 involving the Rayonier Business or the
SWP Business and arise out of or are based upon Environmental Laws.
GHP: GHP Leasing Company, a Delaware corporation (formerly known as
Grays Harbor Paper Company), jointly owned by Rayonier and International Paper
Company.
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES: pollutants, contaminants or hazardous or toxic
substances, materials or wastes, including, but not limited to, those defined
in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of
1980, as
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amended, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, the Toxic
Substances Control Act, as amended, petroleum, including crude oil or any
fraction thereof, and those substances regulated under any applicable law due
to their known or suspected ability to cause harm to human health or the
environment.
INDEMNIFIABLE LOSSES: any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages,
demands, costs or expenses (including, without limitation, Fencourt Losses,
reasonable attorney's fees and any and all expenses whatsoever reasonably
incurred in investigating, preparing for or defending against any Actions or
potential Actions).
INDEMNIFYING PARTY: As defined in Section 3.03.
INDEMNITEE: As defined in Section 3.03.
INSURANCE ACTIONS: As defined in Section 2.09(b).
INSURANCE RECOVERY: As defined in Section 2.09(b).
INFORMATION STATEMENT: the Information Statement sent to the holders of
shares of ITT Common Stock and ITT Series N Preferred Stock in connection with
the Distribution.
ITT: ITT Corporation, a Delaware corporation and its predecessor
Maryland corporation.
ITT AGENT: any individual retained as a consultant, agent, advisor or
independent contractor by ITT or any ITT Subsidiary on, before or following the
Distribution Date, but only during the time such individual was or is retained
by ITT or any ITT Subsidiary.
ITT EMPLOYEE: any individual employed by ITT or any ITT Subsidiary on,
before or following the Distribution Date, but only during the time such
individual was or is employed by ITT or any ITT Subsidiary.
ITT INDEMNITEES: ITT, each of its directors, officers, employees and
agents, each Affiliate of ITT and each of the heirs, executors, successors and
assigns of any of the foregoing.
ITT LIABILITIES: collectively, (i) all the Liabilities of ITT and ITT
Subsidiaries under any of the Ancillary Agreements, (ii) all the Liabilities
(whenever arising whether prior to, on or following the Effective Time) arising
out of or in connection with or otherwise relating to the management or conduct
of any business conducted by ITT or any ITT Subsidiary in the past, at the date
hereof or in the future (other than the Rayonier Business and the SWP
Business), including without limitation, the products made, sold or distributed
by, and the operations of, ITT or any ITT Subsidiary prior to, on or following
the Distribution Date, the former, present or future assets of ITT or any such
ITT
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Subsidiary or the former, present or future ITT Agents or ITT Employees (but
only with respect to the time any such Subsidiary or individual was an ITT
Subsidiary, ITT Agent or ITT Employee, respectively), and (iii) all the
Liabilities arising out of or based upon any untrue statement of material fact
contained in any portion of the Information Statement other than any portion of
the Information Statement set forth on Schedule 1.01, or the omission or
alleged omission to state in any such portion a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in
light of circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
ITT RECORDS: As defined in Section 4.01(a).
ITT SUBSIDIARY: any entity which is or was a Subsidiary of ITT on or at
any time before the Distribution Date (including without limitation Eason Oil
Company and its Subsidiaries, Carbon Industries, Inc. and its Subsidiaries and
Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation and its Subsidiaries, but not including
Rayonier, any Rayonier Subsidiary or SWP), and any Subsidiary of ITT which may
thereafter be organized or acquired, but only during the time such entity was
or is an ITT Subsidiary.
LIABILITIES: any and all debts, liabilities and obligations, absolute
or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, accrued or
unaccrued, known or unknown, whenever arising, including, without limitation,
those debts, liabilities and obligations arising under any law, rule,
regulation, Action, threatened Action, order or consent decree of any court,
any governmental or other regulatory or administrative agency or commission or
any award of any arbitration tribunal, and those arising under any contract,
guarantee, commitment or undertaking. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, "Liabilities" specifically includes any debts, liabilities and
obligations, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or
unliquidated, accrued or unaccrued, known or unknown, whenever arising, under
any Environmental Law.
RAYONIER: ITT Rayonier Incorporated, a North Carolina corporation to be
renamed "Rayonier Inc." in connection with the Distribution, and its
predecessor Delaware corporation.
RAYONIER AGENT: any individual retained as a consultant, agent, advisor
or independent contractor by Rayonier or any Rayonier Subsidiary on, before or
following the Distribution Date, but only during the time such individual was
or is retained by Rayonier or any Rayonier Subsidiary.
RAYONIER BUSINESS: the forest products and market pulp businesses and
any other businesses conducted by Rayonier or any Rayonier Subsidiary in the
past, at the date hereof or in the future, and any forest products or market
pulp business actually conducted by any ITT Subsidiary with the active
participation of Rayonier management.
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RAYONIER EMPLOYEE: any individual employed by Rayonier or any Rayonier
Subsidiary on, before or following the Distribution Date, but only during the
time such individual was or is employed by Rayonier or any Rayonier Subsidiary.
RAYONIER INDEMNITEES: Rayonier, each of its directors, officers,
employees and agents, each Affiliate of Rayonier and each of the heirs,
executors, successors and assigns of any of the foregoing.
RAYONIER LIABILITIES: collectively, (i) all the Liabilities of Rayonier
and Rayonier Subsidiaries under any of the Ancillary Agreements, (ii) all the
Liabilities (whenever arising whether prior to, on or following the Effective
Time) arising out of or in connection with or otherwise relating to the
management or conduct of the Rayonier Business in the past, at the date hereof
or in the future, including without limitation, the products made, sold or
distributed by, and the operations of, Rayonier, GHP or any Rayonier Subsidiary
prior to, on or following the Distribution Date, the former, present or future
assets of Rayonier, GHP or any Rayonier Subsidiary or the former, present or
future Rayonier Agents and Rayonier Employees (but only with respect to the
time any such Subsidiary or individual was a Rayonier Subsidiary, Rayonier
Agent or Rayonier Employee, respectively), and (iii) all the Liabilities
arising out of or based upon any untrue statement of material fact contained in
any portion of the Information Statement set forth on Schedule 1.01 or the
omission or alleged omission to state in any such portion a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made
therein, in light of circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
RAYONIER RECORDS: As defined in Section 4.01(b).
RAYONIER SUBSIDIARY: any entity which is or was a Subsidiary of
Rayonier at any time on or before the Distribution Date (including without
limitation Rayonier Timberlands, L.P. and Rayonier Timberlands Operating
Company, L.P., but not including Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation and its
Subsidiaries or SWP), and any Subsidiary of Rayonier which may thereafter be
organized or acquired, but only during the time such entity was or is a
Rayonier Subsidiary.
SUBSIDIARY: any corporation, partnership or other entity of which
another entity (i) owns, directly or indirectly, ownership interests sufficient
to elect a majority of the Board of Directors (or persons performing similar
functions) (irrespective of whether at the time any other class or classes of
ownership interests of such corporation, partnership or other entity shall or
might have such voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency) or (ii) is
a general partner or an entity performing similar functions (e.g., a trustee).
SWP: Southern Wood Piedmont Company, the current Subsidiary of
Rayonier, and all of its predecessors, including Southern Wood Piedmont
Company, the former Subsidiary of ITT, and all of its predecessors and
associated companies, any past present or future Subsidiary of any of the
foregoing companies, and any other companies or
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entities engaged in the SWP Business at any time which, directly or indirectly,
are or were wholly or partly owned by or otherwise belonged to ITT.
SWP AGENT: any individual retained as a consultant, agent, advisor or
independent contractor by SWP or any Subsidiary of SWP on, before or following
the Distribution Date, but only during the time such individual was or is
retained by SWP or any Subsidiary of SWP.
SWP BUSINESS: the wood preserving business of SWP and any successors
thereto or assigns thereof after the date hereof.
SWP EMPLOYEE: any individual employed by SWP or any Subsidiary of SWP
on, before or following the Distribution Date, but only during the time such
individual was or is employed by SWP or any Subsidiary of SWP.
SWP LIABILITIES: all the Liabilities (whenever arising whether prior
to, on or following the Effective Time) arising out of or in connection with or
otherwise relating to the management or conduct of the SWP Business in the
past, at the date hereof or in the future, including without limitation, the
products made, sold or distributed by, the plants, properties and equipment
owned or used by, the operations of, and all other past, present or future
assets of, the SWP Business, or the former, present or future SWP Agents and
SWP Employees (but only with respect to the time any such individual was a SWP
Agent or SWP Employee).
THIRD PARTY CLAIM: As defined in Section 3.04.
SECTION 1.02 REFERENCES
References to an "Exhibit" or to a "Schedule" are, unless otherwise
specified, to one of the Exhibits or Schedules attached to this Agreement, and
references to a "Section" are, unless otherwise specified, to one of the
Sections of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
DISTRIBUTION AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
SECTION 2.01 THE DISTRIBUTION. On the Distribution Date, the following
transactions shall occur:
(a) Stock Dividend to ITT. Rayonier shall issue to ITT as a stock
dividend a number of Rayonier Common Shares certified by ITT's distribution
agent, ITT Corporate Stock Services (the "Agent"). In connection therewith ITT
shall deliver to Rayonier for cancellation the share certificate currently held
by it representing 79 Common Shares and
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shall receive a new certificate representing the total number of Rayonier
Common Shares to be owned by ITT after giving effect to such stock dividend.
(b) Amendment to Rayonier Articles of Incorporation. Rayonier shall
have filed with the Secretary of State of North Carolina an amendment to its
Articles of Incorporation to change its name to "Rayonier Inc."
(c) Rayonier Directors. All existing directors of Rayonier shall have
submitted their written resignations. ITT as the sole shareholder of Rayonier
on and prior to the Distribution Date shall have taken action by written
consent in lieu of the 1994 Annual Meeting of Shareholder of Rayonier to elect
to Rayonier's Board of Directors the individuals identified in the Information
Statement as Rayonier directors for the terms specified in the Information
Statement.
(d) Delivery of Shares to Agent. ITT shall deliver to the Agent the
share certificate representing Rayonier Common Shares issued to ITT by Rayonier
pursuant to Section 2.01(a) and shall instruct the Agent to distribute, on or
as soon as practicable following the Distribution Date, such Rayonier Common
Shares to holders of record of shares of ITT Common Stock and ITT Series N
Preferred Stock on the Distribution Record Date. Rayonier shall provide all
share certificates that the Agent shall require in order to effect the
Distribution.
SECTION 2.02 CERTAIN FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS
(a) Intercompany Accounts. All intercompany receivables and payables
(other than receivables and payables otherwise specifically provided for in any
of the Ancillary Agreements) between Rayonier or any Rayonier Subsidiary, on
the one hand, and ITT or any ITT Subsidiary, on the other hand, shall, as of
the Effective Time, be settled or converted into ordinary trade accounts, as
may be agreed in writing prior to the Effective Time by duly authorized
representatives of ITT and Rayonier.
(b) Operations in Ordinary Course. Each of ITT and Rayonier covenants
and agrees that, except as otherwise provided in any Ancillary Agreement,
during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Distribution
Date, it will, and will cause any entity which is a Subsidiary of such party at
any time during such period to, conduct its business in a manner substantially
consistent with current operating practices and in the ordinary course,
including, without limitation, with respect to the payment and administration
of accounts payable and the administration of accounts receivable, the purchase
of capital assets and equipment and the management of inventories.
SECTION 2.03 ASSIGNMENT OF PATENTS.
Prior to or on the Distribution Date, ITT shall, or shall cause an ITT
Subsidiary to, assign to Rayonier or a Rayonier Subsidiary, as directed by
Rayonier, all right, title and interest to all letters patent and applications
therefor in any country owned by ITT or any
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ITT Subsidiary which originated from Rayonier or any Rayonier Subsidiary,
including without limitation the patents set forth on Exhibit E hereto.
SECTION 2.04 ASSUMPTION AND SATISFACTION OF LIABILITIES
Except as otherwise set forth in any Ancillary Agreement, from and after
the Effective Time, (a) ITT shall, and shall cause the ITT Subsidiaries to,
pay, perform and discharge in due course all ITT Liabilities and (b) Rayonier
shall, and shall cause the Rayonier Subsidiaries and SWP to, assume, pay,
perform, and discharge in due course all Rayonier Liabilities and all SWP
Liabilities.
SECTION 2.05 RESIGNATIONS
ITT shall cause all ITT Employees to resign, effective as of the
Effective Time, from all positions as officers of Rayonier or as officers or
directors of any Rayonier Subsidiary in which they serve. Rayonier shall cause
all Rayonier Employees to resign, effective as of the Effective Time, from all
positions as officers of any ITT division or as officers or directors of any
ITT Subsidiary in which they serve.
SECTION 2.06 FURTHER ASSURANCES
In case at any time after the Effective Time any further action is
reasonably necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement
and the other Ancillary Agreements or to vest Rayonier with full title to all
properties, assets, rights, approvals, immunities and franchises pertaining to
the Rayonier Business and the SWP Business, the proper officers of each party
to this Agreement shall take all such necessary action. Without limiting the
foregoing, ITT and the ITT Subsidiaries and Rayonier and the Rayonier
Subsidiaries shall use their reasonable best efforts, and Rayonier will cause
SWP to use its reasonable best efforts, to obtain all consents and approvals,
to enter into all amendatory agreements and to make all filings and
applications which may be required for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the other Ancillary Agreements, including,
without limitation, all applicable regulatory filings.
SECTION 2.07 NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES
Each of the parties hereto understands and agrees that, except as
otherwise expressly provided, no party hereto is, in this Agreement or in any
other agreement or document contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise, making
any representation or warranty whatsoever, including, without limitation, as to
title, value or legal sufficiency.
SECTION 2.08 GUARANTEES.
ITT and Rayonier shall use their best efforts to have, on or prior to
the Distribution Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, ITT or any ITT
Subsidiary removed as guarantor of or obligor for indebtedness or obligations
for which Rayonier,
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any Rayonier Subsidiary or SWP is primarily liable. Any such indebtedness or
obligation of Rayonier, a Rayonier Subsidiary or SWP guaranteed by ITT shall be
considered a "Rayonier Liability" for purposes of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.09 PENDING ACTIONS
(a) At all times from and after the Distribution Date, each of Rayonier
and ITT shall use reasonable efforts to make available to the other upon
written request its and its Subsidiaries' officers, directors, employees and
agents as witnesses to the extent that such persons may reasonably be required
in connection with any Action (including without limitation the Insurance
Actions referred to in Section 2.09(b)) in which the requesting party may from
time to time be involved (without reimbursement for such persons' salaries).
(b) The parties recognize that ITT, certain ITT Subsidiaries, Rayonier
and SWP are currently engaged in Actions (the "Insurance Actions") relating to
the liability of their insurance carriers to indemnify them for damages and
remediation costs associated with past discharges or emissions into the
environment. The first Insurance Action, seeking indemnification, was brought
by ITT Fluid Technology Corporation as plaintiff in the Superior Court, Los
Angeles County, California against the carriers, and the insurance carriers are
contesting jurisdiction in that court. The insurance carriers in turn have
brought another Insurance Action as plaintiffs for declaratory judgment in the
Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, naming the plaintiffs in the
California action and others as defendants. Rayonier will not pay any of ITT's
attorneys fees in either such Insurance Action or any Actions relating to
similar issues which may hereafter be brought to which ITT and/or any ITT
Subsidiaries are parties. Any recovery by ITT relating to any such Action,
whether received pursuant to court order, settlement or otherwise (herein
called the "Insurance Recovery") shall be shared by ITT with Rayonier on such
basis as ITT, in its sole discretion, shall determine taking into account the
following factors: (i) the gross dollar amount of claims by SWP and Rayonier
as opposed to claims by ITT or any ITT Subsidiary, (ii) the legal fees ITT has
expended in obtaining the Insurance Recovery and (iii) the relative strength
under California law of insurance company defenses regarding claims by SWP and
Rayonier as compared to claims by ITT or any ITT Subsidiary.
SECTION 2.10 CERTAIN POST-DISTRIBUTION TRANSACTIONS
(a)(i) ITT shall comply with each representation and statement made,
or to be made, to Cravath, Swaine & Moore in connection with such firm's
rendering an opinion to ITT and Rayonier as to certain tax aspects of the
Distribution and (ii) until February 28, 1996 ITT will maintain its status as a
company engaged in the active conduct of a trade or business, as defined in
Section 355(b) of the Code.
(b)(i) Rayonier shall comply with each representation and statement
made, or to be made, to Cravath, Swaine & Moore in connection with such firm's
rendering an opinion
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to ITT and Rayonier as to certain tax aspects of the Distribution and (ii)
until February 28, 1996 Rayonier will maintain its status as a company engaged
in the active conduct of a trade or business, as defined in Section 355(b) of
the Code.
(c) ITT represents and warrants to Rayonier, and Rayonier represents and
warrants to ITT, that it has no present intention to take any action prohibited
to it by this Section 2.10.
SECTION 2.11 AFFILIATION AND IDENTIFICATION INDICATIONS
Except as otherwise hereafter provided, (1) any material of any kind
existing on the Distribution Date which implicitly or explicitly indicates any
affiliation or connection between ITT or an ITT Subsidiary and Rayonier or a
Rayonier Subsidiary or SWP may be used by ITT or said ITT Subsidiary and
Rayonier or said Rayonier Subsidiary or SWP only for a period of one year after
the Distribution Date, and (2) any material of any kind of Rayonier or a
Rayonier Subsidiary or SWP existing on the Distribution Date which incorporates
any name, mark or other proprietary identification of ITT or an ITT Subsidiary,
and any material of any kind of ITT or an ITT Subsidiary existing on the
Distribution Date which incorporates any name, mark or other proprietary
identification of Rayonier or a Rayonier Subsidiary or SWP, may be used
respectively by Rayonier or said Rayonier Subsidiary or SWP and by ITT or said
ITT Subsidiary only for a period of one year after the Distribution Date.
After the Distribution Date, neither party shall otherwise represent to third
parties that it has a present business affiliation with the other. Moreover,
in no instance may any of the aforementioned materials be used after the
Distribution Date if the use of any such material by Rayonier or a Rayonier
Subsidiary or SWP would give rise to a legal commitment by ITT or an ITT
Subsidiary or if the use of any such material by ITT or an ITT Subsidiary would
give rise to a legal commitment by Rayonier or a Rayonier Subsidiary or SWP.
ARTICLE III
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 3.01 INDEMNIFICATION BY ITT
Except as otherwise specifically set forth in any other provision of
this Agreement or of any other Ancillary Agreement, ITT shall indemnify, defend
and hold harmless the Rayonier Indemnitees from and against any and all
Indemnifiable Losses of the Rayonier Indemnitees arising out of, by reason of
or otherwise in connection with the ITT Liabilities.
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SECTION 3.02 INDEMNIFICATION BY RAYONIER
Except as otherwise set forth in any other Ancillary Agreement, Rayonier
shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the ITT Indemnitees from and against
any and all Indemnifiable Losses of the ITT Indemnitees arising out of, by
reason of or otherwise in connection with the Rayonier Liabilities and the SWP
Liabilities.
SECTION 3.03 LIMITATIONS ON INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS
The amount which any party (an "Indemnifying Party") is or may be
required to pay to any other party (an "Indemnitee") pursuant to Section 3.01
or Section 3.02 shall be reduced (retroactively or prospectively) by any
insurance proceeds or other amounts actually recovered by or on behalf of such
Indemnitee in reduction of the related Indemnifiable Loss and shall also be
reduced by the amount of any deductibles paid by the Indemnitee in connection
with recovering any such insurance proceeds. If an Indemnitee shall have
received the payment required by this Agreement from an Indemnifying Party in
respect of an Indemnifiable Loss and shall subsequently actually receive
insurance proceeds or other amounts in respect of such Indemnifiable Loss, then
such Indemnitee shall pay to such Indemnifying Party a sum equal to the amount
of such insurance proceeds or other amounts actually received, up to the
aggregate amount of any payments received from such Indemnifying Party pursuant
to this Agreement in respect of such Indemnifiable Loss.
SECTION 3.04 PROCEDURE FOR INDEMNIFICATION
(a) If an Indemnitee shall receive notice or otherwise learn of the
assertion by a person (including, without limitation, any governmental entity)
who is not a party to any of the Ancillary Agreements of any claim or of the
commencement by any such person of any Action (a "Third Party Claim") with
respect to which an Indemnifying Party may be obligated to provide
indemnification pursuant to this Agreement, such Indemnitee shall give such
Indemnifying Party written notice thereof promptly after becoming aware of such
Third Party claim; provided, however, that the failure of any Indemnitee to
give notice as provided in this Section 3.04 or in the Tax Allocation Agreement
hereafter referred to shall not relieve the applicable Indemnifying Party of
its obligations under this Article III, except to the extent that such
Indemnifying Party is prejudiced by such failure to give notice. Such notice
shall describe the Third Party Claim in reasonable detail under the
circumstances. Sections 3.04(b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Agreement shall not
govern procedures for Third Party Claims relating to income tax deficiencies or
refund claims. Such procedures shall be governed by the Tax Allocation
Agreement between the parties in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C,
including Section 8(a) thereof.
(b) Subject to the proviso of the following sentence, an Indemnifying
Party shall (in the Indemnitee's name, if necessary) defend or seek to settle
or compromise any Third Party Claim, at such Indemnifying Party's own expense
and with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee. Within 30 days of
the receipt of notice from an Indemnitee in accordance with Section 3.04(a) (or
sooner, if the nature of such Third Party Claim so requires), the Indemnifying
Party shall notify the applicable Indemnitee whether the
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Indemnifying Party will assume responsibility for defending such Third Party
Claim, which notice shall specify any reservations or exceptions with respect
to such assumption of responsibility; provided, however, that an Indemnifying
Party may elect not to assume responsibility for defending a Third Party Claim
only in the event of a good faith dispute as to whether a claim was
appropriately tendered under Section 3.01 or 3.02, as the case may be, and if
the Indemnifying Party makes such election, the Indemnitee may defend or seek
to compromise or settle such Third Party Claim with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnifying Party. In the case of a Third Party Claim
described in the proviso to the preceding sentence, the costs of defense or
attempt to compromise or settle shall initially be paid by the Indemnitee
subject to ultimate determination pursuant to the dispute resolution provisions
of Article V of which party should bear such costs and pay any Liabilities with
respect to such Third Party Claim. After notice from an Indemnifying Party to
an Indemnitee of its election to assume the defense of a Third Party Claim,
such Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to such Indemnitee under this
Article III for any legal or other expenses (except expenses approved in
advance by the Indemnifying Party) subsequently incurred by such Indemnitee in
connection with the defense thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Claim or
action effected without its written consent (which shall not be unreasonably
withheld).
(c) If an Indemnifying Party elects to defend or to seek to compromise
any Third Party Claim, the appropriate Indemnitee (x) shall cooperate in all
reasonable respects with the Indemnifying Party in connection with such
defense, (y) shall not admit any liability with respect to, or settle,
compromise or discharge, such Third Party Claim without the Indemnifying
Party's prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) and
(z) shall agree to any settlement, compromise or discharge of such Third Party
Claim which the Indemnifying Party may recommend and which by its terms
obligates the Indemnifying Party to pay the full amount of the Liability in
connection with such Third Party Claim and which releases the Indemnitee
completely in connection with such Third Party Claim.
(d) In the event of payment by an Indemnifying Party to any Indemnitee
in connection with any Third Party Claim, such Indemnifying Party shall, to the
extent of such payment, be subrogated to and shall stand in the place of such
Indemnitee as to any events or circumstances with respect to which such
Indemnitee may have any right or claim relating to such Third Party Claim
against any claimant or plaintiff asserting such Third Party Claim. Such
Indemnitee shall cooperate with such Indemnifying Party in a reasonable manner,
and at the cost and expense of such Indemnifying Party, in prosecuting any
subrogated right or claim.
(e) With respect to any Third Party Claim for which the Indemnifying
Party assumes responsibility for defense, the Indemnifying Party shall inform
the Indemnitee, upon the reasonable written request of the Indemnitee, of the
status of efforts to resolve such Third Party Claim. With respect to any Third
Party Claim for which the Indemnifying Party does not assume such
responsibility, the Indemnitee shall inform the
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Indemnifying Party, upon the reasonable written request of the Indemnifying
Party, of the status of efforts to resolve such Third Party Claim.
SECTION 3.05 SURVIVAL OF INDEMNITIES
The obligations of ITT and Rayonier under this Article III shall survive
the sale or other transfer by either of them of any assets or businesses or the
assignment by either of them of any Liabilities, with respect to any
Indemnifiable Loss of the other related to such assets, businesses or
Liabilities.
ARTICLE IV
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
SECTION 4.01 PROVISION OF CORPORATE RECORDS
(a) ITT shall arrange, as soon as practicable following the
Distribution Date, for the transportation at Rayonier's cost to Rayonier of all
original agreements, documents, books, records and files (collectively
"Rayonier Records") relating to or affecting Rayonier, any Rayonier Subsidiary,
SWP, the Rayonier Business or GHP, to the extent such items are not already in
the possession of Rayonier, a Rayonier Subsidiary or SWP, subject to the
following exceptions:
(i) Rayonier recognizes that certain Rayonier Records may contain
incidental information relating to Rayonier, any Rayonier Subsidiary,
SWP, the Rayonier Business or GHP or may relate primarily to Subsidiaries
or divisions of ITT other than Rayonier, the Rayonier Subsidiaries, SWP
and GHP, and that ITT may retain such Rayonier Records and shall provide
copies of the relevant portions thereof to Rayonier; and
(ii) ITT may retain any tax returns, reports, forms or work papers,
and Rayonier shall be provided with copies of such returns, reports,
forms or work papers only to the extent that they relate to or affect
Rayonier's, the Rayonier Subsidiaries', SWP's and GHP's returns or tax
liability.
(b) Rayonier shall arrange, as soon as practicable following the
Distribution Date, for the transportation at ITT's cost to ITT of all original
agreements, documents, books, records and files (collectively "ITT Records")
relating to or affecting ITT or any ITT Subsidiary which are in the possession
of Rayonier or a Rayonier Subsidiary, subject to the following exceptions:
(i) ITT recognizes that certain ITT Records may contain incidental
information relating to ITT and the ITT Subsidiaries or may relate
primarily to Rayonier, Rayonier Subsidiaries, SWP and/or GHP, and that
Rayonier may retain
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such ITT Records and shall provide copies of the relevant portions
thereof to ITT; and
(ii) Rayonier may retain any tax returns, reports, forms or work
papers, and ITT shall be provided with copies of such returns, reports,
forms or work papers only to the extent that they relate to or affect
ITT's and the ITT Subsidiaries' returns or tax liability.
SECTION 4.02 ACCESS TO INFORMATION
(a) From and after the Distribution Date, each of ITT and Rayonier shall
afford to the other and its authorized accountants, counsel and other
designated representatives reasonable access during normal business hours,
subject to appropriate restrictions for classified information, to the
personnel, properties, books and records of such party and its Subsidiaries
insofar as such access is reasonably required by the other party.
(b) For a period of two years following the Distribution Date, each of
Rayonier and ITT shall provide to the other, promptly following such time at
which such documents shall be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission"), all documents which shall be filed by it (and, in the case
of Rayonier, by any of its Subsidiaries or SWP) with the Commission pursuant to
the periodic and interim reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder.
SECTION 4.03 CONFIDENTIALITY
Each of ITT and the ITT Subsidiaries on the one hand, and Rayonier and
the Rayonier Subsidiaries on the other hand, shall not use or permit the use of
(without the prior written consent of the other) and shall hold, and shall
cause its consultants and advisors to hold, in strict confidence, all
information concerning the other in its possession or under its control (except
to the extent that (a) such information has been in the public domain through
no fault of such party or (b) such information has been later lawfully acquired
from other sources by such party or (c) this Agreement or any other Ancillary
Agreement or any other document entered into pursuant hereto permits the use or
disclosure of such information) to the extent such information (i) relates to
the period up to the Effective Time, (ii) relates to any Ancillary Agreement or
(iii) is obtained in the course of performing services for the other party
pursuant to any Ancillary Agreement, and each party shall not (without the
prior written consent of the other) otherwise release or disclose such
information to any other person, except its auditors and attorneys, unless
compelled to disclose by judicial or administrative process or, as advised by
its counsel, by other requirements of law. To the extent either party
discloses any such information concerning the other party under circumstances
where any evidentiary privilege (including without limitation the privilege for
communications between attorney and client) would be available, the party
disclosing such information agrees to assert such privilege.
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ARTICLE V
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
In the event of any dispute between the parties hereto arising under
this Agreement, any other Ancillary Agreement or any other document entered
into pursuant hereto or any transaction contemplated hereby, the parties shall
attempt to resolve the dispute in an amicable fashion and shall continue to
perform their obligations hereunder. If the parties cannot reach an amicable
resolution of such a dispute within sixty days, the parties agree to first
endeavor in good faith to settle the dispute by mediation administered by the
American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Commercial Mediation Rules
before resorting to arbitration. Thereafter, if such dispute remains
unresolved, it shall be settled by arbitration by a single arbitrator having
expertise in the subject matter of the dispute, chosen from the AAA's Large
Complex Case panel administered by the AAA in accordance with its Commercial
Arbitration Rules and the Supplementary Procedures for Large Complex Disputes,
and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any
court having jurisdiction thereof. Any such arbitration shall be held in New
York, New York. Each party thereto shall pay its own expenses, and the fee of
the mediator and the arbitrator and the administrative fee of the AAA shall be
paid one half by ITT and one half by Rayonier.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 6.01 COMPLETE AGREEMENT; CONSTRUCTION
This Agreement, including the Exhibits and Schedules, and the other
Ancillary Agreements shall constitute the entire agreement between the parties
with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall supersede all previous
negotiations, commitments and writings with respect to such subject matter.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Agreement to the contrary, in the
event and to the extent that there shall be a conflict between the provisions
of this Agreement and the provisions of any other Ancillary Agreement, such
other Ancillary Agreement shall control.
SECTION 6.02 SURVIVAL OF AGREEMENTS
Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, all covenants and
agreements of the parties contained in this Agreement shall survive the
Distribution Date.
SECTION 6.03 EXPENSES
(a) Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement or any other
Ancillary Agreement, all costs and expenses incurred on or prior to the
Distribution Date (whether or not paid on or prior to the Distribution Date) in
connection with the preparation,
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execution, delivery and implementation of this Agreement and any other
Ancillary Agreement, the Information Statement, the Distribution and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby shall be paid by ITT,
except that Rayonier shall pay fees and expenses of counsel and other
consultants retained by Rayonier and expenses relating to the New York Stock
Exchange listing fees for the Rayonier Common Shares. Each party shall bear
its own costs and expenses incurred after the Distribution Date.
(b) A party seeking reimbursement of costs and expenses under this
Section 6.03 from another party shall render to such other party an invoice for
such costs and expenses, along with appropriate verification of such costs and
expenses, and such other party shall pay the other as soon as practicable, but
in any event within 30 days of the date of such invoice.
SECTION 6.04 GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts executed in and to be
performed in that state.
SECTION 6.05 NOTICES
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and
hand delivered or mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt
requested) or sent by any means of electronic message transmission with
delivery confirmed (by voice or otherwise) to the parties at the following
addresses (or at such other addresses for a party as shall be specified by like
notice) and will be deemed given on the date on which such notice is received:
To ITT Corporation:
1330 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
Attn: Senior Vice President
and General Counsel
To Rayonier:
1177 Summer Street
Stamford, CT 06904
Attn: Vice President
and General Counsel
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0SECTION 6.06 AMENDMENTS
This Agreement may not be modified or amended except by an agreement in
writing signed by the parties.
SECTION 6.07 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
This Agreement shall be assignable in whole in connection with a merger
or consolidation or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of a party
hereto. Otherwise this Agreement shall not be assignable, in whole or in part,
directly or indirectly, by either party hereto without the prior written
consent of the other, and any attempt to assign any rights or obligations
arising under this Agreement without such consent shall be void; provided,
however, that the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to
the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective
successors and permitted assigns.
SECTION 6.08 TERMINATION
This Agreement may be terminated and the Distribution may be amended,
modified or abandoned at any time prior to the Distribution Record Date by and
in the sole discretion of ITT without the approval of Rayonier. In the event
of such termination, neither party shall have any liability of any kind to any
other party.
SECTION 6.09 SUBSIDIARIES
Each of the parties hereto shall cause to be performed, and hereby
guarantees the performance of, all actions, agreements and obligations set
forth herein to be performed by any Subsidiary of such party which is
contemplated to be a Subsidiary of such party on and after the Distribution
Date.
SECTION 6.10 THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
Except for the provisions of Article III relating to Indemnitees, this
Agreement is solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
Subsidiaries and Affiliates and should not be deemed to confer upon third
parties any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, claim of action or other
right in excess of those existing without reference to this Agreement.
SECTION 6.11 TITLE AND HEADINGS
Titles and headings to sections herein are inserted for the convenience
of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the meaning
or interpretation of this Agreement.
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SECTION 6.12 EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
The Exhibits and schedules shall be construed with and as an integral
part of this Agreement to the same extent as if the same had been set forth
verbatim herein.
SECTION 6.13 LEGAL ENFORCEABILITY
Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in
any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent
of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof. Any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction. Without prejudice to any rights or remedies otherwise
available to any party hereto, each party hereto acknowledges that damages
would be an inadequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this
Agreement and agrees that the obligations of the parties hereunder shall be
specifically enforceable.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
ITT CORPORATION
By:/s/ Walter F. Diehl, Jr.
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Vice President
ITT RAYONIER INCORPORATED
By:/s/ Roger H. Watts
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Vice President and
General Counsel
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EXHIBIT 10.1
EXHIBIT A
TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made as of February 11, 1994 by ITT CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation ("ITT"), and ITT RAYONIER INCORPORATED, a North Carolina
corporation to be renamed "Rayonier Inc." in connection with the Distribution
hereafter referred to ("Rayonier").
BACKGROUND
The Board of Directors of ITT has determined that it is appropriate and
desirable to make a distribution (the "Distribution") to the holders of shares
of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of ITT and Cumulative Preferred
Stock, without par value, $2.25 Convertible Series N of ITT of all the
outstanding Common Shares of Rayonier; and
ITT and Rayonier recognize that it is advisable that ITT continue to provide
certain administrative and other services to Rayonier, and that Rayonier
continue to provide certain services to ITT with respect to particular ITT
subsidiaries which were formerly the management responsibility of Rayonier,
until Rayonier or ITT, as the case may be, has had a reasonable opportunity to
evaluate its continued need for the services and to investigate other sources
of the services.
AGREEMENT
The parties agree as follows:
Section 1. Performance of Services. Beginning on the date determined by ITT's
Board of Directors as the date as of which the Distribution shall be effected
(the "Distribution Date"), each party will provide, or cause one or more of its
subsidiaries to provide, to the other party and its subsidiaries on an
"as-needed" basis (as determined by the party to whom the services are to be
provided or its subsidiaries) such services as may be agreed upon between ITT
and Rayonier from time to time in writing. The party which is to provide the
services (the "Provider") will use (and will cause its subsidiaries to use) its
best efforts to provide such services to the other party (the "Recipient") and
its subsidiaries in a satisfactory and timely manner. ITT and Rayonier will
cooperate in planning the scope and timing of services provided under this
Agreement.
Section 2. Payment for Services, Expense Reimbursement.
(a) As compensation for the services performed hereunder, the Recipient will
pay the Provider (i) the allocated portion of the base salaries of the
Provider's employees providing such services and (ii) the amount of the
Provider's actual out-of-pocket costs, expenses and disbursements reasonably
incurred by the Provider related directly to the performance of any such
services and which would not reasonably have been incurred
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by the Provider to deliver such services to the businesses of the Recipient but
for the Distribution.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the parties agree that
(i) with respect to each out-of-pocket expense provided under subsection
(a)(ii) which individually is greater than $2,500, the Provider will use
(and will cause its subsidiaries to use) reasonable efforts to notify
the Recipient, prior to incurring or assessing such expense, of the
scope and effect of such expense on the related services; and
(ii) with respect to each allocated salary provided under subsection
(a)(i) and each out-of pocket expense provided under subsection (a)(ii)
which individually is greater than $25,000, the Recipient shall have 30
days following the Provider's written notice to advise the Provider if
the Recipient does not want the Provider to incur or provide on the
Recipient's behalf the services to which such salary or expense relates.
If the Provider timely receives the Recipient's written notice, such
services shall be discontinued or modified as the Provider and the
Recipient determine is appropriate.
(c) Each party will periodically, but not less frequently than quarterly,
submit to the other party for payment statements of amounts due under this
Agreement. The statement will specify the nature of the services provided, the
identity of the Recipient's department or employee(s) requesting such services,
the identity of the Provider's department or employee(s) performing such
services and any other supporting detail which the Recipient reasonably
requests. The Recipient will pay the amounts due within 30 days after the
Recipient's receipt of each statement.
Section 3. Independence. All employees and representatives of the Provider
providing the scheduled services to the Recipient will be deemed for purposes
of all compensation and employee benefits to be employees or representatives of
the Provider and not employees or representatives of the Recipient. In
performing such services, such employees and representatives will be under the
direction, control and supervision of the Provider (and not the Recipient) and
the Provider will have the sole right to exercise all authority with respect to
the employment (including termination of employment), assignment and
compensation of such employees and representatives.
Section 4. Non-exclusivity. Nothing in this Agreement precludes either party
from obtaining, in whole or in part, services of any nature which may be
obtainable from the other party from its own employees or from providers other
than the other party.
Section 5. Confidentiality. Each party (the "first party") agrees to hold in
confidence, and to use its best efforts to cause its employees and
representatives to hold in confidence, all confidential information concerning
the other party furnished to or obtained by the first party after the
Distribution Date in the course of providing and
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receiving services hereunder in a manner consistent with ITT's standard
policies in effect on the date hereof with respect to the preservation and
disclosure of confidential information concerning ITT and its subsidiaries and
operating divisions.
Section 6. Termination. Unless otherwise specifically provided in a separate
written agreement between the parties hereto (including without limitation any
other agreement entered into in connection with the Distribution), this
Agreement will continue in effect until December 31, 1994. Upon termination,
the parties will make all payments of compensation described in subsection 2(a)
to the extent that such compensation has not been fully paid prior to the
termination date.
Section 7. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts
executed in and to be performed in that state.
Section 8. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder must be in
writing and hand delivered or mailed by registered or certified mail (return
receipt requested) or sent by any means of electronic message transmission with
delivery confirmed (by voice or otherwise) to the parties at the following
addresses (or at such other address specified by like notice) and will be
deemed given on the date such notice is received:
To ITT:
ITT Corporation
1330 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
Attn: Senior Vice President
and General Counsel
To Rayonier:
Rayonier Inc.
1177 Summer Street
Stamford, CT 06904
Attn: Vice President
and General Counsel
Section 9. Waivers. The failure of either party to require strict performance
by the other party of any provision in this Agreement will not waive or
diminish that party's right to demand strict performance thereafter of that or
any other provision hereof.
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Section 10. Amendments. This Agreement may not be modified or amended except
by an agreement in writing signed by the parties.
Section 11. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be assignable in
whole in connection with a merger or consolidation or the sale of all or
substantially all the assets of a party hereto. Otherwise this Agreement shall
not be assignable, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by either party
hereto without the prior written consent of the other, and any attempt to
assign any rights or obligations arising under this Agreement without such
consent shall be void; provided, however, that the provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Section 12. Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is solely for the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates
and should not be deemed to confer upon third parties any remedy, claim,
liability, reimbursement, claim of action or other right in excess of those
existing without reference to this Agreement.
Section 13. Title and Headings. Titles and headings to sections herein are
inserted for the convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a
part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
Section 14. Legal Enforceability. Any provision of this Agreement which is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof. Any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
ITT CORPORATION
By: /S/ Walter F. Diehl, Jr.
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Vice President
ITT RAYONIER INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Roger H. Watts
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Vice President and
General Counsel
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EXHIBIT 10.02
Exhibit B to
Distribution Agreement
Employee Benefit Services and Liability Agreement
AGREEMENT, dated as of February 11, 1994, by and between ITT
CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation (which, together with its
subsidiaries, is hereinafter referred to as "ITT") and ITT RAYONIER
INCORPORATED, a North Carolina Corporation to be renamed "Rayonier
Inc." (which together with its subsidiaries is hereinafter referred
to as "Rayonier").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, ITT intends to spin off its forest products businesses by
consolidating those businesses into Rayonier (and its subsidiaries) and
distributing Rayonier stock to the stockholders of ITT as a dividend on
February 28, 1994 (the "Distribution Date"), and making Rayonier stock
available for public purchase on the New York Stock Exchange; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing transaction, ITT and
Rayonier desire to enter into an Employee Benefit Services and Liability
Agreement, signed as of February 11, 1994, (the "Benefit Agreement");
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants
contained herein, ITT and Rayonier agree as follows:
1. RETIREMENT PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES (a) Rayonier Retirement
Plan for Salaried Employees. Rayonier shall establish, effective as of the
Distribution Date, a defined benefit salaried employee retirement plan (the
"Rayonier Retirement Plan") with terms similar in all material respects to the
Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees of ITT Corporation (the "ITT Retirement
Plan"), subject to such modifications as are considered appropriate to assure
that the Rayonier Retirement Plan will obtain a favorable determination letter
from the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS"). Rayonier shall adopt such
amendments as the IRS shall require as a condition for issuing a favorable
determination letter.
(b) Rayonier Retirement Plan Eligibility Service and Benefit
Service. The Rayonier Retirement Plan shall
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include as service for all purposes of determining eligibility and vesting,
including, without limitation, eligibility service for purposes of determining
eligibility for plan membership, preretirement survivor benefits, standard
early retirement benefits, special early retirement benefits and normal
retirement benefits, all service rendered prior to the Distribution Date which
is recognized as Eligibility Service under the terms of the ITT Retirement
Plan. The Rayonier Retirement Plan (i) shall include as service for benefit
accrual purposes all service rendered prior to the Distribution Date which is
recognized as Benefit Service under the terms of the ITT Retirement Plan and
(ii) shall provide for an offset of any benefit payable from the ITT Retirement
Plan as provided in Section 1 of this Agreement.
(c) ITT Retirement Plan--Retention of Liability and Accrued
Benefits. ITT agrees that the ITT Retirement Plan shall retain liability for
accrued benefits determined under the terms and conditions of said Plan as of
the Distribution Date for (i) all Rayonier Salaried Employees (including,
without limitation, those who, as of the Distribution Date, participate in, or
are in the process of satisfying the eligibility requirements for participation
in, the ITT Retirement Plan), (ii) any former Rayonier salaried employee who,
as of the Distribution Date, is retired or entitled to receive a deferred
vested benefit and (iii) all hourly employees of Rayonier who, as of the
Distribution Date, have an accrued benefit under the ITT Retirement Plan. For
purposes of this Benefit Agreement, the term "Rayonier Salaried Employees"
means all persons employed on a salaried basis by Rayonier on the Distribution
Date and in addition shall include persons who are absent from work at Rayonier
by reason of layoff, leave of absence, short-term disability or long-term
disability. For purposes of this Section 1, the term Rayonier Salaried
Employees will also include persons employed on a salaried basis by Rayonier on
December 1, 1993. Those employees listed in Annex A who have an accrued
benefit under the ITT Retirement Plan will also be accorded the treatment
provided for in Section 1(d).
(d) ITT Retirement Plan--Recognition of Post-Distribution Date
Service and Compensation Increases for Rayonier Salaried Employees. Subject to
Sections 1(e)-(i) hereof and to the extent permitted by applicable law, for all
Rayonier Salaried Employees referred to in Section 1(c) (but in no event with
respect to any former employee of ITT
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or Rayonier whether or not such person is employed at any time after the
Distribution Date by Rayonier), (i) ITT shall recognize post-Distribution Date
service with Rayonier, but only to the extent such service is counted under
Section 1(g) hereof, of all such Rayonier Salaried Employees under the ITT
Retirement Plan for all purposes of eligibility and vesting, including, without
limitation, eligibility service for purposes of preretirement death benefits,
standard early retirement and special early retirement benefits, and normal
retirement benefits, and (ii) ITT shall recognize post-Distribution Date
compensation increases of such Rayonier Salaried Employees while they are
employed by Rayonier, but only for periods of service counted under Section
1(g) hereof, for purposes of the Average Final Compensation calculation under
the ITT Retirement Plan, provided that for each calendar year, starting in
1994, total compensation recognized for such pension purposes shall not exceed
105% of the total compensation recognized in the immediately preceding calendar
year, with pro-rata adjustment for partial years. In order to apply this
limitation consistent with the definition of Average Final Compensation under
the ITT Retirement Plan, the limit in any year will first be applied against
base salary and then against other forms of pensionable compensation.
Pensionable compensation shall generally fall within the definition of
compensation as applied by ITT in accordance with the administrative rules and
procedures for the ITT Retirement Plan.
(e) Effect of Employment with Rayonier. During any period while (i)
the arrangement under Section 1(d) continues in effect as provided herein and
(ii) any Rayonier Salaried Employee affected by the arrangement under Section
1(d) is employed with Rayonier or an affiliate thereof, including periods after
re-employment following a termination of employment occurring after the
Distribution Date, such Rayonier Salaried Employee (I) shall not be deemed
either to have terminated employment or to be in retirement status under the
ITT Retirement Plan and (II) shall not be eligible to receive payment of his or
her vested benefit or retirement allowance under the ITT Retirement Plan.
(f) Provision of Benefits. ITT at its option and in its sole
discretion, exercised for any or no reason, may satisfy its obligations under
Section 1(d) hereof by providing all or any portion of the benefits to be
provided under this Agreement (i) through the ITT Retirement Plan,
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(ii) through any successor or other tax-qualified retirement plan, and/or (iii)
outside any qualified retirement plan, including, without limitation, any such
benefits which, by reason of the limits imposed by Section 415 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), may not be paid from any
qualified retirement plan.
(g) Limited Obligation of ITT To Recognize Service and Compensation
Increases. With respect to any individual Rayonier Salaried Employee (i)
service required to be recognized and subject to the limitations under the
arrangement described in Section 1(d) hereof shall be the same years and
portions thereof of service recognized for similar purposes under the Rayonier
Retirement Plan, but no other; and (ii) compensation increases required to be
recognized and subject to the limitations under Section 1(d) hereof shall be
taken into account for the same years and portions thereof with respect to
which eligibility or benefit service is credited under the Rayonier Retirement
Plan, but no other.
(h) ITT Obligation--Effect of Post-Distribution Date Changes in the
ITT Retirement Plan. ITT's obligation under Section 1(d) hereof shall be to
maintain the arrangement under said Section in accordance with the terms of
such arrangement as applied with respect to the ITT Retirement Plan as in
effect as of the Distribution Date, without regard to any subsequent amendment
or other change to said Plan, except that any such change or amendment which
would reduce benefit accruals under said arrangement with respect to periods
after the effective date of the change or amendment but which is required
solely to comply with applicable legal requirements, and with respect to which
ITT has no optional means of compliance which if pursued would not reduce
future benefit accruals under said arrangement, shall be taken into account, to
the extent determined by ITT in its sole discretion, to reduce ITT's obligation
under Section 1(d). Any amendment to the ITT Retirement Plan (or other
arrangement provided in accordance with Section 1(f) hereof), that is identical
to an amendment to the Rayonier Retirement Plan shall not be treated as an
amendment that reduces benefit accruals.
(i) ITT Retirement Plan--Effect of Post-Distribution Date Changes in
Rayonier Retirement Plan. (1) This provision shall govern the period of time
during which the arrangement provided in Section 1(d) hereof shall
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continue with respect to all or any portion of the Rayonier Salaried Employees.
(2)(A) The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this
Section 1(i):
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"Information Event" means any failure by Rayonier to provide to ITT
information or data necessary or appropriate for ITT's administration and
implementation of the arrangement under Section 1(d) hereof, unless such
failure is cured by Rayonier within sixty (60) days after written notice by ITT
of such failure. The effective date of an "Information Event" shall be the
date sixty (60) days after such notice is received by Rayonier.
"Modification" means any amendment to or other change in the
Rayonier Retirement Plan (including, without limitation, any merger with
another plan or spin-off of any portion of the Rayonier Retirement Plan),
effective any time after the Distribution Date, which substantially reduces
benefit accruals under such plan for periods after the effective date of the
amendment or change, with respect to (i) the benefit formula, (ii) the
definition of average final compensation, (iii) the number of years taken into
account for purposes of benefit accrual, (iv) the percentage of average final
compensation taken into account for each year of service, (v) the method of
Social Security integration (to the extent discretionary on the part of
Rayonier), (vi) the optional forms of benefits, (vii) early retirement and
special early retirement provisions and/or (viii) the manner in which service
is taken into account including, without limitation, service with ITT. The
term "Modification" shall not include any amendment or other change to the
Rayonier Retirement Plan (I) required solely to comply with applicable legal
requirements and with respect to which Rayonier has no optional means of
compliance which if pursued would not result in a Modification (except for this
sentence) or (II) that is identical to an amendment to the ITT Retirement Plan
(or other arrangement provided in accordance with Section 1(f) hereof.
"Plan Termination" means any termination, under Title IV of ERISA, of
the Rayonier Retirement Plan.
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"Partial Plan Termination" means any partial termination, under
Section 411 of the Code, of the Rayonier Retirement Plan.
"Rayonier Unit" means any subsidiary or business unit of Rayonier.
"Unit Sale" means any termination, whether by sale or otherwise, of
Rayonier's majority ownership or control of any Rayonier Unit.
(2)(B) At any time after the Distribution Date, Rayonier shall
promptly notify ITT in writing of any and all amendments and changes to the
Rayonier Retirement Plan, any Plan Termination or Partial Plan Termination,
under Title IV of ERISA or Section 411 of the Code, of the Rayonier Retirement
Plan and any Unit Sale (such events to be referred to as "Notice Events"), such
notice to be given as of the earlier of (i) the effective date of the Notice
Event or (ii) the date the Notice Event is adopted or has otherwise become
subject of a legally binding and noncancelable commitment to carry out such
Notice Event. Any failure of Rayonier (i) to give such notice or (ii) to
promptly provide upon ITT's request any information or data reasonably
necessary or appropriate to accomplish the determination referred to in Section
1(i) (5) shall constitute a "Failure to Notify". The effective date of a
Failure to Notify shall be the effective date of the Notice Event with respect
to which such failure occurs.
(3) Upon the occurrence (as determined under Section 1(i)(5) hereof)
of any Modification, Plan Termination, Partial Plan Termination, Unit Sale,
Failure to Notify or Information Event (any such event to be referred to as an
"Arrangement Termination Event"), and effective as of the effective date
thereof (a "Termination Date"), the arrangement provided in Section 1(d) hereof
shall automatically and of its own accord terminate. Upon such termination,
the obligations of Rayonier under Sections 1(i) and 1(j) hereof shall
terminate, but only with respect to service and compensation increases after
such termination. Upon such termination, ITT will cause any Rayonier salaried
employees then participating in and/or having an accrued benefit under the ITT
Retirement Plan and affected by such termination to be 100 percent vested in
their accrued benefits under the ITT Retirement Plan as of the applicable
Termination Date, for service and total compensation to the applicable
Termination Date, determined under the terms and
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conditions of the ITT Retirement Plan as amended to provide for the arrangement
under Section 1(d), unless ITT shall determine, in its sole discretion, to
continue voluntarily, for such period as ITT determines, such arrangement upon
the terms provided in Section 1(d), or another arrangement upon such other
terms as ITT shall determine, but which continuation, in no event, shall be
less favorable to the affected Rayonier salaried employees than the arrangement
under Section 1(d) hereof, and provided that, upon termination by ITT of any
such voluntary continuation, which termination may occur at any time in ITT's
sole discretion, the above 100 percent vesting arrangement shall then become
effective.
(4) For any Arrangement Termination Event applicable to a particular
location or group or class of employees, this Section 1(i) will cause the
termination of the arrangement under Section 1(d) only with respect to such
location or group or class of employees, unless such Arrangement Termination
Event alone, or in combination with any prior or coincident Arrangement
Termination Event, would also constitute an Arrangement Termination Event with
respect to the entire Rayonier Retirement Plan.
(5) The occurrence of an Arrangement Termination Event shall be
determined by ITT, subject to review and agreement by Rayonier. In the event
ITT and Rayonier disagree as to such occurrence, any party may deliver to the
other a written demand for arbitration to determine such occurrence. In such
event, the American Arbitration Association shall be asked to appoint the
arbitrator to rule on the matter, such arbitrator to be a person familiar with
United States pension and employee benefit matters and such appointment to be
made and such arbitration to be held in accordance with the Commercial
Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. The
decision of the arbitrator so appointed as to the occurrence of an Arrangement
Termination Event shall be binding and conclusive upon the parties hereto.
Judgment upon any award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court
having jurisdiction thereof. Any such arbitration shall be held in New York,
New York. Each party to any arbitration shall pay its own expenses and the
fees of the arbitrator and the administrative fee of the American Arbitration
Association shall be paid one half by ITT and one half by Rayonier.
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2. SAVINGS PROGRAM -- INVESTMENT & SAVINGS PROGRAMS (a) Effective
as of the Distribution Date, Rayonier will adopt a defined contribution
investment and savings plan (the "Rayonier Savings Plan") with terms similar in
all material respects to the ITT Investment and Savings Plan for Salaried
Employees (the "ITT Savings Plan"). ITT shall cause the transfer, as soon as
practicable on or after the Distribution Date, of the accounts of all Rayonier
Salaried Employees, plus the portion of any trust earnings attributable to such
employees, from the ITT Savings Plan to the Rayonier Savings Plan, on the
following terms:
(b) ITT Preferred Stock held in the ESOP portion of the ITT Savings
Plan shall be transferred in the form of ITT Common Stock.
(c) With respect to assets held in Funds A, B, C and R of the ITT
Savings Plan, assets will be transferred in kind to the maximum extent
practicable.
(d) With respect to the assets in Fund D in the ITT Savings Plan,
assets will be transferred in cash.
3. EXCESS NON-QUALIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT PLANS (a) Excess
Pension Plans: Rayonier shall adopt Excess Pension Plans identical to ITT
Excess Pension Plans and shall assume all liabilities with respect to Rayonier
Salaried Employees accrued under such Plans after the Distribution Date. ITT
shall be responsible for any Excess Pension Plan benefits attributable to
benefit service up to the Distribution Date subject to the provisions of
Section 1(d) of this Agreement.
(b) Excess Savings Plan: Rayonier shall adopt an Excess Savings
Plan identical to ITT's Excess Savings Plan. ITT shall transfer reserves
attributable to Rayonier Salaried Employees as of the Distribution Date.
4. RAYONIER SALARIED EMPLOYEE WELFARE BENEFIT PLANS (a) Rayonier
shall establish, effective as of the Distribution Date, Salaried Employee
Welfare Benefit Plans identical to those covering the Rayonier Salaried
Employees immediately preceding the Distribution Date. Such Salaried Employee
Welfare Benefit Plans shall include coverage for life insurance, disability,
health, accident and post-retirement health and life insurance.
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(b) ITT will retain liability for post-retirement health and life
insurance benefits with respect to any former Rayonier salaried employee
covered by the ITT Salaried Medical and Dental Plan and the ITT Salaried Life
Insurance Plan who has retired as of the Distribution Date.
(c) Rayonier agrees to reimburse ITT for the present value of any
net liability for post-retirement health benefits which hereafter may be
imposed upon ITT by virtue of any legislation or regulation with respect to any
Rayonier Salaried Employee.
5. SEVERANCE As of the Distribution Date, Rayonier will provide
Severance Plans for all Rayonier Salaried Employees which are substantially
equivalent to those ITT Severance Plans covering such employees prior to the
Distribution Date. The Rayonier Severance Plans will be maintained without
modification for a minimum of one year.
6. LIFE INSURANCE (a)As of the Distribution Date, Rayonier will
establish a Life Insurance Plan for Rayonier Salaried Employees identical to
the ITT Salaried Life Insurance Plan. ITT will retain the liability for
post-retirement life insurance for any employee covered by the ITT Salaried
Life Insurance Plan who (i) has retired prior to the Distribution Date or (ii)
is eligible to retire as of the Distribution Date. ITT will transfer to
Rayonier a proportionate share of the reserves it maintains for providing
post-retirement life insurance for any other active Rayonier salaried employee
not referred to in (ii) above.
(b) As of the Distribution Date, Rayonier will establish a
supplemental, company-paid death benefit plan covering Mr. R. M. Gross,
identical to the plan which he has with ITT. ITT will transfer its reserve for
this benefit to Rayonier.
7. EXCESS LONG-TERM DISABILITY INSURANCE As of the Distribution
Date, Rayonier will establish an Excess Long-Term Disability Insurance Plan,
identical to the ITT Excess Long-Term Disability Insurance Plan covering those
eligible Rayonier salaried employees. ITT will transfer to Rayonier its
proportionate share of the reserves for this benefit.
8. BENEFIT PROGRAM PARTICIPATION (a) Except as specifically
provided herein, all Rayonier employees
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(including Rayonier Salaried Employees) will cease participation in all ITT
Benefit Plans and Programs as of the Distribution Date. ITT will remain
responsible for life insurance and medical and dental claims incurred prior to
the Distribution Date. As soon as practicable, ITT will provide an accounting
of the 1993 claims experience for Rayonier's Welfare Plans and determine any
reconciliation payment necessary.
(b) Rayonier shall recognize each Rayonier Salaried Employee's
service with ITT for purposes of determining (i) eligibility for vacation
benefits, short-term disability, and severance benefits and (ii) eligibility
for vesting under all other employee benefit plans and policies of Rayonier
applicable to Rayonier Salaried Employees, to the extent such service was
recognized by ITT for such purposes.
(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted to
restrict ITT's or Rayonier's right or authority to amend or terminate any of
its employee Benefit plans, policies or programs effective as of a date
following the Distribution Date, except as explicitly stated within this
Agreement.
9. BENEFIT COMMUNICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ITT shall be
responsible for providing communications and administrative services for
individuals who are, as of the Distribution Date, former salaried employees of
Rayonier (and their eligible dependents and survivors) who, as of the
Distribution Date, retain a benefit under ITT's Salaried Benefit Program.
10. HOLD HARMLESS/INDEMNIFICATION (a) Rayonier shall hold
harmless, indemnify and defend ITT from and against any and all costs,
expenses, claims, damages, lawsuits, reasonable attorneys' and accountants'
fees and costs, losses, deficiencies, assessments, administrative orders,
fines, penalties, actions, proceedings, judgments, liabilities and obligations
of any kind or description (a "Claim" or "Claims") asserted against, incurred
or required to be paid by ITT (regardless of when asserted or by whom),
associated with or arising under any employee benefit plan, policy, program or
arrangement established or adopted by Rayonier effective on or after the
Distribution Date or liability assumed by Rayonier, pursuant to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
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(b) ITT shall hold harmless, indemnify and defend Rayonier from and
against any and all Claims, asserted against, incurred or required to be paid
by Rayonier (regardless of when asserted or by whom), associated with or
arising under any employee benefit plan, policy, program or arrangement
maintained by ITT and not expressly assumed by Rayonier pursuant to this
Agreement, regardless of whether such Claim is asserted before, on or after the
Distribution Date.
11. INFORMATION AND DATA EXCHANGE Each party shall furnish, or
shall cause to be furnished to the other party, a list of all Benefit Plan
participants and employee data or information in its possession which is
necessary for such other party to maintain and implement any Benefit Plan or
arrangement covered by this Benefit Agreement, or to comply with the provisions
of this Benefit Agreement, and which is not otherwise readily available to such
other party. Each shall have the right, at its own cost and expense, at any
reasonable time, with reasonable intervals, during normal business hours, upon
reasonable prior written notice, to examine employee records in connection with
legitimate business purposes, and to audit, examine and make copies of or
extracts from the books, accounts and other records of the other in order to
verify the accuracy of such records insofar as they are relevant to this
Benefit Agreement. Such audit, examination, copying and extracting may be
conducted by employees of ITT or Rayonier or a firm of independent public
accountants or other experts designated by the remaining party; provided that,
prior thereto, such firm's executives deliver to the party to be audited an
appropriate confidentiality agreement.
12. SCOPE OF AGREEMENT (a) This Benefit Agreement shall be binding
upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties and their respective successors
and permitted assigns. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to create any
third-party beneficiary rights in any individual who or entity which is not a
party to this Benefit Agreement. Any assignment or delegation of this Benefit
Agreement by either party without the prior written consent of the other party
shall be void, except that no such consent shall be required with respect to an
assignment or delegation made in connection with the sale, transfer or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the businesses of either party.
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(b) This Benefit Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts
executed in and to be performed in that state.
(c) This Benefit Agreement and the Annexes attached hereto
constitute the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersede as of the Distribution Date any and all previous
agreements and understandings, oral or written, between the parties to the
extent such previous agreements and understandings address such subject matter.
No modification of this Benefit Agreement or waiver of any provision hereof or
right hereunder will be binding upon either party unless signed in writing by
an authorized representative of such party.
(d) This Benefit Agreement will continue in force on the terms and
conditions described herein until terminated or amended by mutual agreement of
the parties.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Benefit Agreement to the
contrary, all actions contemplated herein with respect to Benefit Plans which
are to be consummated pursuant to this Benefit Agreement shall be subject to
such notices to, and/or approvals by, the IRS (or other governmental agency or
entity) as are required or deemed appropriate by such Benefit Plan's sponsor.
ITT and Rayonier each agrees to use its best efforts to cause all such notices
and/or approvals to be filed or obtained, as the case may be.
(f) Any provision of this Benefit Agreement which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof. Any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
(g) From and after the Distribution Date, each of ITT and Rayonier
shall cause to be performed, and hereby guarantees the performance and payment
of, all actions, agreements, obligations and liabilities set forth herein to be
performed or paid by its subsidiaries.
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(h) No failure or delay on the part of ITT or Rayonier in exercising
any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or
discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other
right or power. No modification or waiver of any provision of this Benefit
Agreement nor consent to any departure by ITT or Rayonier therefrom shall in
any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing, and then such
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
purpose for which given.
(i) For the convenience of the parties, any number of copies of this
Benefit Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto, and each such executed
counterpart shall be deemed to be an original instrument.
13. NOTICE All notices and other communications hereunder must be
in writing and hand delivered or mailed by registered or certified mail (return
receipt requested) or sent by any means of electronic message transmission with
delivery confirmed (by voice or otherwise) to the parties at the following
addresses (or at such other address specified by like notice) and will be
deemed given on the date such notice is received:
To ITT:
ITT Corporation
1330 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
Attn: Senior Vice President, Human Resources
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To Rayonier:
Rayonier Inc.
1177 Summer Street
Stamford, CT 06904
Attn: Senior Vice President, Human Resources
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed and entered into
this Benefit Agreement, as of the date first above written.
ITT Corporation
By: /s/ Walter F. Diehl, Jr.
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Name: Walter F. Diehl, Jr.
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Title: Vice President
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ITT Rayonier Incorporated
By: /s/ John P. O'Grady
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Name: John P. O'Grady
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Title: Senior Vice President -
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Human Resources
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ANNEX A
RAYONIER FROZEN SALARIED BENEFIT CASES
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COLO LNAM FINT STDT FBDA
<S> <C> <C> <C>
348003 COLLINS R 8/9/82 8/9/82
348004 BOWERS K 1/1/90 1/1/90
348004 CALHOUN R 5/1/89 5/1/89
348004 COLE T 9/4/89 9/4/89
348008 FORD D 11/19/90 11/19/90
348008 MACK D 3/9/81 3/9/81
348017 HAMPTON J 9/4/85 9/4/85
348019 LANDRY F 9/13/84 9/13/84
348008 BAILY J 10/7/85 10/7/85
348003 MURRAY F 9/12/77 9/12/77
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T A X A L L O C A T I O N A G R E E M E N T
THIS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of February 11, 1994 by and
between ITT Corporation ("ITT") and ITT Rayonier Incorporated ("Rayonier"), on
behalf of itself and its directly or indirectly owned domestic subsidiaries
which would be eligible to join in a consolidated Federal income tax return, or
which have joined in any consolidated Federal income tax return, of ITT
(collectively the "Rayonier Group" and individually a "Rayonier Subsidiary").
WHEREAS, ITT is the common parent of an affiliated group of domestic
corporations including the Rayonier Group (the "ITT Group") which has elected
to file a consolidated Federal income tax return ("Consolidated Return");
WHEREAS, the Rayonier Group members will cease to be members of the ITT
Group upon the proposed distribution by ITT of all of its stock interest in
Rayonier to ITT's common and Series N preferred shareholders (the
"Distribution") on or about February 28, 1994 (the "Closing Date");
WHEREAS, ITT and Rayonier have entered into a Distribution Agreement
setting forth agreements governing matters following the distribution; and
WHEREAS, ITT and Rayonier desire to provide tax allocation arrangements
between each other which afford the same allocation of tax burdens and benefits
to ITT and Rayonier for transactions which occurred prior to the Closing Date
as would have been afforded to each other absent the Distribution and to
provide for certain other tax matters.
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements
herein set forth, ITT and Rayonier (on its own behalf and on behalf of each
Rayonier Subsidiary) hereby agree as follows:
1. Rayonier will join, and will cause each Rayonier Subsidiary to
join, in the Consolidated Returns for the calendar years 1993 and 1994 to the
extent they are eligible to join in such returns under the provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the "Code") and the regulations
thereunder. Rayonier will neither elect to file separate returns for such
periods nor will it cause or permit any of the Rayonier Subsidiaries to so
elect.
2. Rayonier hereby irrevocably designates, and Rayonier agrees to
cause each of the Rayonier Subsidiaries to so designate, ITT as its agent to
take any and all actions necessary or incidental to the filing of Treasury
Form 1122 (or any amendment thereto) with respect to any taxable period in
which Rayonier or any of the Rayonier Subsidiaries is a member of the ITT Group
(a "Consolidated Return Year") and Rayonier agrees to deliver, and to cause
each of the Rayonier Subsidiaries to deliver, executed copies of said Form 1122
(or any amendment thereto) to ITT, if required, with respect to any such year.
3. Rayonier agrees to cooperate with ITT, and will cause each of the
Rayonier Subsidiaries to so cooperate, in a timely manner consistent with
existing practice in filing any return or consent contemplated by this
Agreement. Rayonier also agrees to take, and will cause the appropriate
Rayonier Subsidiary to take, such action as ITT may reasonably request,
including but not limited to the filing of requests for the extension of time
within which to file tax returns, and to cooperate in connection with any
refund claim with respect to any year it is included in the ITT Group.
Rayonier further agrees to furnish timely, and to cause each of the Rayonier
Subsidiaries to so furnish, ITT with any
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and all information reasonably requested by ITT in order to carry out the
provisions of this Agreement. ITT agrees to furnish timely to Rayonier any and
all information requested by Rayonier in order to carry out the provisions of
this Agreement.
4. (a) ITT will file a Consolidated Return for its year ending
December 31, 1993. ITT and Rayonier agree to make a settlement on or before
March 1, 1994 equal to an interim amount approximating the aggregate amount of
the separate consolidated Federal income tax liability which the Rayonier Group
would have incurred if that group constituted an affiliated group eligible to
file a consolidated return for 1993 and filed a return for such period. An
appropriate adjusting payment shall be made by Rayonier or ITT on or before
October 15, 1994, based on ITT's 1993 Consolidated Return as filed.
(b) ITT will file a Consolidated Return for the period ending
December 31, 1994, which will include the Rayonier Group for the period
beginning on January 1 , 1994, and ending on the Closing Date (the "Short
Year"). Rayonier agrees to pay to ITT on or before 60 days after the Closing
Date an interim amount equal to the aggregate amount of the separate
consolidated Federal income tax liability which the Rayonier Group would have
incurred if the Rayonier Group constituted an affiliated group of corporations
eligible to file a Consolidated Return for the Short Year (based on a closing
of the books of the Rayonier Group as of the close of business on the Closing
Date) and filed such a return for such period. An appropriate adjusting
payment shall be made by Rayonier or ITT on or before October 15, 1995 based on
ITT's 1994 Consolidated Return as filed. ITT agrees to elect, to the extent
legally permitted, the depreciation method allowed in Section 168(b)(1) of the
Code and the shortest recovery periods permitted by Section 168(c) of the Code
for the Rayonier Group for any recovery property placed in service during the
Short Year. Rayonier shall refrain, and shall cause
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each of the Rayonier Subsidiaries to refrain, from making any election under
Section 13261(g)(2) of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 without the prior
written consent of ITT.
(c) In making computations of the separate consolidated Federal
income tax liability of the Rayonier Group for purposes of the Agreement, the
Rayonier Group will be deemed to have filed a separate consolidated Federal
income tax return for the Short Year and all prior taxable periods to the
extent it would have been permitted to do so as an affiliated group of
corporations.
5. (a) The computation of the amount of Federal income tax
liability of the Rayonier Group for any period in which any member of the
Rayonier Group joins in ITT's Consolidated Return shall be adjusted when
payments are made, or refunds are received, as a result of an adjustment by the
Internal Revenue Service with respect to the taxable income, loss or deduction
or tax credits of the Rayonier Group. Rayonier agrees to pay to ITT any
additional amounts (including penalties and additions to tax) on account of
increases in the Federal income tax of the Rayonier Group resulting from any
such adjustment, and ITT will pay to Rayonier any refunds to which the Rayonier
Group (or any member thereof) may be entitled, in each case, together with any
interest relating thereto at the Federal statutory rate used by the Internal
Revenue Service in computing the interest payable by or to it.
(b) Amounts due to ITT by Rayonier under this paragraph shall be
paid within 30 days of the receipt from ITT of written request therefor
provided that prior to such request there has been a payment by ITT of Federal
income tax pursuant to an adjustment as described in subparagraph (a); and any
amounts due by ITT to Rayonier as a result of the receipt of a refund shall be
paid within 30 days after such receipt. After
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expiration of either 30 day period any amounts unpaid shall bear interest
computed from the date of receipt of a request at the Federal statutory rate as
described in this paragraph.
6. (a) In the event that Rayonier, any Rayonier Subsidiary or the
Rayonier Group, in any consolidated income tax return filed for periods after
the Closing Date, incurs a Net Operating Loss ("NOL") for tax purposes, that
NOL will not be carried back to any ITT Group tax return without the specific
consent of ITT. ITT need consent only if the carryback of such NOL to an ITT
Group return will cause no detriment to ITT's tax position.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, the term "tax credits" shall
include, but shall not be limited to, the rehabilitation tax credit, foreign
tax credit, research tax credit, WIN tax credit, targeted jobs tax credit, and
the alternative minimum tax credit. ITT will reimburse Rayonier for carrybacks
of Rayonier Group NOLs or tax credits into any ITT Group return only to the
extent that such carrybacks reduce the ITT Group's tax burden after taking into
account all other tax credits and carrybacks available to the ITT Group. In
the event that ITT pays an amount to Rayonier for an NOL or tax credit
carryback and the benefit of such NOL or tax credit carryback is subsequently
modified (whether as the result of an Internal Revenue Service or foreign tax
authority's adjustment, a carryback from a subsequent year or for any other
reason), the amount previously paid shall be appropriately increased or
decreased as the case may be with interest, penalties and additions to tax as
provided in paragraph 5(a).
(c) Under the ITT Group's intercompany tax settlement rules
applicable to years in which ITT incurred Alternative Minimum Tax ("AMT"), a
portion of the ITT Group's AMT may have been charged to and paid by Rayonier
("Rayonier AMT"). Some portion of the Rayonier AMT may not yet have been
reimbursed by ITT to Rayonier after
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the tax settlements contemplated in paragraphs 4(a) and (b). After filing the
Consolidated Return which includes the Short Year, the ITT Group may have an
AMT credit carryforward, a portion of which may be allocated to Rayonier
("Rayonier AMTC C/F"). If the Rayonier AMTC C/F exceeds the unreimbursed
Rayonier AMT, Rayonier will reimburse ITT for such excess when Rayonier
realizes a tax benefit in respect of the Rayonier AMTC C/F in any Rayonier
Group tax return. If the unreimbursed Rayonier AMT exceeds the Rayonier AMTC
C/F, ITT will reimburse Rayonier for such excess when the ITT Group realizes a
tax benefit in respect of the Rayonier AMTC C/F in any tax return. In either
case, the determination of the extent to which such excess produces a benefit
in any year shall be made as if such excess were the last item to be considered
in computing the ITT Group or the Rayonier Group tax liability.
(d) Amounts equal to allowable research credits attributable to
the Rayonier Group's activities as a part of the ITT Group will be paid to
Rayonier by ITT. However, if no credit is allowed to the ITT Group, ITT will
make no payment to Rayonier. If a portion of the total credit claimed on an
ITT Group return is not allowed by the Internal Revenue Service, only a pro
rata amount (based upon that year's expenditures as finally allowed) will be
paid to Rayonier by ITT.
7. (a) Rayonier and the Rayonier Subsidiaries file income and
franchise tax returns in those states of the United States and in certain local
jurisdictions in which they carry on their business. In several states,
Rayonier and the Rayonier Subsidiaries file consolidated state tax returns with
ITT and certain ITT Subsidiaries. If any state or local income or franchise
tax audit adjustment attributable to Rayonier or a Rayonier Subsidiary
increases or decreases such consolidated tax liability for a taxable period
ending on or before the Closing Date, an amount in respect of that adjustment
shall be paid as provided in paragraph 7(c).
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(b) Tax liabilities incurred and refunds received by Rayonier or
a Rayonier Subsidiary (other than those relating to Federal, state and local
income or franchise taxes) for all foreign taxes and all taxes not measured by
income, including, but not limited to, ad valorem, capital stock, sales, use,
real and property, special assessment, franchise, automobile registration,
employment, earnings, duty and import taxes (plus interest) shall be for the
account of Rayonier.
(c) ITT will reimburse Rayonier and Rayonier will reimburse ITT,
as the case may be, for any payment by Rayonier or ITT, respectively, to a
state or local tax authority determined to be for the account of ITT or
Rayonier, respectively. The rules of paragraph 5(b) will apply to amounts
either party must pay.
8. (a) (i) Any income tax deficiencies or refund claims which arise
with respect to the tax liability of the ITT Group are attributable to
Rayonier, a Rayonier Subsidiary or the Rayonier Group and are severable from
issues not involving Rayonier, a Rayonier Subsidiary or the Rayonier Group may,
at the option of Rayonier, be defended or prosecuted by Rayonier at its own
cost and expense and with counsel and accountants of its own selection. ITT
may participate in any such prosecution or defense at its own cost and expense
(in either event such cost or expense not to include the amount of any payment
of any tax claim, interest or penalties, or of any compromise settlement or
other disposition thereof). Rayonier shall, if it exercises its option, have
control of the proceedings, but Rayonier shall not compromise or settle any
deficiency of tax or refund claim of the ITT Group without the prior written
consent of ITT, which will not be unreasonably withheld. If Rayonier exercises
its option, Rayonier shall keep ITT reasonably informed of matters relating to
such defense or prosecution. (ii) Any income tax deficiencies or refund claims
which arise with respect to the tax liability of Rayonier, a
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Rayonier Subsidiary or the Rayonier Group and which are attributable to ITT or
the ITT Group (or any member thereof) may, at the option of ITT, be defended or
prosecuted by ITT at its own cost and expense and with counsel and accountants
of its own selection. Rayonier may participate in any such prosecution or
defense at its own cost and expense (in either event such cost or expense not
to include the amount of any payment of any tax claim, interest or penalties,
or of any compromise settlement or other disposition thereof that is for the
account of ITT under this Agreement) to the extent such defense or prosecution
is severable from issues not involving Rayonier, a Rayonier Subsidiary or the
Rayonier Group. ITT shall, if it exercises its option, have control of the
proceedings, but ITT shall not compromise or settle any deficiency of tax or
refund claim of Rayonier, a Rayonier Subsidiary or the Rayonier Group without
the prior written consent of Rayonier, which will not be unreasonably withheld.
If ITT exercises its option, ITT shall keep Rayonier reasonably informed of
matters relating to such defense or prosecution. (iii) ITT and Rayonier agree
to cooperate in all reasonable respects with respect to tax deficiencies or
refund claims described in Section 8(a)(i) or (ii), which cooperation shall
include executing and filing such waivers, consents, other Treasury Department
forms, state tax authority forms, court petitions, refund claims, complaints,
powers of attorney and other documents needed from time to time in order to
defend, prosecute or resolve any such asserted income tax deficiencies or
refund claims.
(b) All computations or recomputations of Federal or state and
local income and franchise tax liability, and all computations or
recomputations of any amount or any payment (including, but not limited to,
computations of the amount of the tax liability, any loss or credit or
deduction, Federal statutory tax rate change for a year, interest, penalties,
and adjustments) and all determinations of the amount of payments or
repayments, or determinations of any other nature required to be made pursuant
to this Agreement are subject to review by Arthur Andersen & Co. If any
disagreement remains
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after any Arthur Andersen & Co. review, that disagreement will be resolved as
provided by the Distribution Agreement entered into between ITT and Rayonier in
connection with the distribution of Rayonier stock.
9. (a) In computing any Rayonier payment to ITT under paragraphs 4,
5 and 7, Rayonier, the Rayonier Group and the Rayonier Subsidiaries will
determine their tax liability as if their tax benefit transfer leases were not
in effect.
(b) Rayonier agrees to maintain, and shall cause each Rayonier
subsidiary to maintain, accurate records identifying each asset it owns subject
to a tax benefit transfer lease. Rayonier will indemnify ITT if ITT is
required to make any termination payments to any lessor with respect to such a
lease.
10. The provisions of this Agreement shall survive the Closing Date
and remain in full force until all periods of limitations, including any
extensions or waiver periods, for all of ITT's taxable periods prior to or
including the Closing Date have expired. At that time all payments required
under this Agreement shall become immediately due.
11. In the event that the Distribution is ultimately held to be a
taxable transaction, ITT will bear the entire tax liability on any gain
recognized to it. ITT will not require Rayonier to bear the cost of additional
taxes paid by ITT shareholders receiving Rayonier stock in the Distribution,
except as provided below. If Rayonier or any Rayonier Subsidiary takes any
action which materially contributes to a final determination that the
Distribution is a taxable event, Rayonier will indemnify ITT for its tax
liability and for any resulting payments ITT makes to its shareholders that
received Rayonier stock in the Distribution, whether or not ITT is legally
obligated to make such payments (it being
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understood that, although ITT may not be obligated to make such payments to
shareholders, ITT may choose to do so in settlement of an actual or threatened
claim).
12. Any notices, payments or other communications required by this
Agreement shall be made as provided in the Distribution Agreement; however,
copies of such shall, for both ITT and Rayonier, be sent to the attention of
the Director of Taxes.
13. ITT shall indemnify Rayonier for any Federal or state income or
franchise taxes for any taxable period (or portion of a taxable period) ending
before or including the Closing Date for which the Rayonier Group or any
Rayonier Subsidiary may be liable solely as a result of the operation of
Treasury Regulation Sections 1.1502-6 and 1.1502-77 or any state counterpart
statute or regulation.
14. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts executed in and to be
performed in that state, and shall be binding on the successors and assignees
of the parties hereto.
15. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties
hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
written tax sharing or tax allocation agreements, memoranda, negotiations and
oral understandings, if any, and may not be amended, supplemented or discharged
except by performance or by an instrument in writing signed by both of the
parties hereto.
16. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
ITT Corporation
BY /s/ Richard T. Irwin
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Vice President
ITT Rayonier Incorporated
BY /s/ Gerald J. Pollack
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Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT 10.04
EXHIBIT D
TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
CANADIAN ASSETS PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS ASSETS PURCHASE AGREEMENT made as of February 11, 1994 by and between
ITT Industries of Canada Ltd., a federal corporation incorporated under the
laws of Canada (the "Seller"), and Rayonier Canada Limited, a federal
corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada (the "Purchaser").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Seller owns the Purchased Assets (as hereinafter defined);
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire that the Seller sell the Purchased
Assets to the Purchaser, and that the Purchaser purchase the Purchased Assets
from the Seller;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I. Definitions.
Whenever used in this Agreement the following terms shall have the
following respective meanings:
"Adjusted Net Worth" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.1(b);
"Associate" means with respect to any entity any other entity directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
specified entity. For purposes of this definition control means ownership of
more than 50% of the shares having power to elect directors or persons
performing a similar function;
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"Assumed Liabilities" means the liabilities of the Seller set forth in
Exhibit A;
"Benefit Plans" means plans, contracts, agreements, practices, policies or
arrangements, whether oral or written, providing for any bonuses, deferred
compensation, pension, retirement benefits, excess benefits, profit sharing,
stock bonuses, stock options, stock purchases, life, accident and health
insurance, hospitalization, savings, holiday, vacation, severance pay, sick
pay, sick leave, disability, tuition refund, service awards, company car,
scholarship, relocation, or any other employee or executive benefits;
"Business" means the business of the Seller relating to the growing,
purchase and sale of timber;
"Closing" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2;
"Closing Balance Sheet" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.4(a)(ii);
"Closing Date" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.2;
"Closing Payment" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.3(b);
"Contracts" means contracts, agreements, plans, leases, licenses and
franchises;
"Controlled Real Property" means Real Property and Improvements owned,
leased or controlled on or prior to the Closing Date by the Seller in respect
of the Business or any predecessor thereof and the Quebec Real Property;
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"Distribution Agreement" means the agreement of that name dated as of
February 11, 1994 by and between ITT Corporation ("ITT") and ITT Rayonier
Incorporated ("Rayonier") providing for the principal corporate transactions
required to effect the distribution of all the outstanding common shares of
Rayonier to the holders of shares of common stock and cumulative preferred
stock $2.25 convertible series N of ITT;
"Distribution Date" shall have the same meaning as in the Distribution
Agreement;
"Environmental Laws" means Laws relating to, and common law causes of
action, such as trespass and nuisance, based on, (i) emission, discharge,
release or threatened release of Hazardous Substances, into the environment
(including, without limitation, the air, surface water, ground water, land or
subsurface strata) or (ii) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transport, or handling of Hazardous Substances;
"Excluded Assets" means the assets set forth in Exhibit B;
"Hazardous Substances" means pollutants, contaminants or hazardous or toxic
substances, materials or wastes including, but not limited to, those defined in
the Waste Management Act, S.B.C. Chapter 41, as amended or replaced, petroleum,
including crude oil or any fraction thereof and those substances regulated
under any applicable Law due to their known or suspected ability to cause harm
to human health or the environment;
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"Improvements" means buildings and other improvements;
"Indemnifying Party" means an indemnitor under this Agreement;
"Indemnitee" means a Purchaser Indemnitee or a Seller Indemnitee;
"Laws" means laws, ordinances, codes, standards, administrative rulings or
regulations of any federal, provincial, state or local governmental authority;
"Losses" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.2;
"Purchase Price" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.1(b);
"Purchased Assets" means: (i) all the assets of the Seller used or held for
use primarily or exclusively in the Business, other than Excluded Assets,
including but not limited to the following:
(a) Land and land improvements;
(b) Buildings and other improvements;
(c) Machinery and equipment;
(d) Furniture and fixtures;
(e) Inventories of finished goods, raw material and work in
process;
(f) Accounts receivable;
(g) Prepaid expenses;
(h) Contracts, including leases;
(i) Customer lists and business records;
(j) goodwill; and,
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(ii) the Quebec Real Property;
"Purchaser" has the meaning ascribed thereto on page 1 of this Agreement;
"Purchaser Indemnitee" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1;
"Quebec Real Property" means the Real Property identified on Exhibit C;
"Real Property" means real property and interests in real property;
"Reference Balance Sheet" means the three column balance sheet attached
hereto as Exhibit D showing for illustrative purposes in the second column
thereof the adjustments which should have been made to determine Adjusted Net
Worth if the Closing had taken place on the date of such balance sheet;
"Seller" has the meaning ascribed thereto on page 1 of this Agreement;
"Seller Indemnitee" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.1.
ARTICLE II. Purchase and Sale
2.1. Terms of Purchase and Sale.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement at the Closing:
(a) The Seller shall sell, assign and transfer the Purchased Assets
to the Purchaser and the Purchaser shall purchase the Purchased Assets from the
Seller.
(b) In consideration for the Purchased Assets, the Purchaser shall
pay to the Seller a purchase price (the "Purchase
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Price") equal to the Adjusted Net Worth as of the Closing Date, as determined
pursuant to Section 2.4. The term "Adjusted Net Worth" shall mean the book
value as of the close of business on the Closing Date of the Purchased Assets
less the Assumed Liabilities determined in accordance with Canadian generally
accepted accounting principles.
(c) The Purchaser shall assume and agree to pay, perform and
discharge when due the assumed Liabilities.
2.2. The Closing. Consummation of the sale and purchase of the Business
(the "Closing") shall take place on the Distribution Date at the offices of ITT
Corporation, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019. The date of
Closing is herein called the "Closing Date."
2.3. Closing Deliveries. At the Closing:
(a) The Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser the documents referred
to in Section 2.8 and shall deliver to the Purchaser possession of the
Purchased Assets;
(b) The Purchaser shall deliver to the Seller CDN $3,668,529 (the
"Closing Payment") by wire transfer in immediately available funds; and
(c) The Seller and the Purchaser each shall deliver such other
documents as may be reasonably requested by the other.
2.4. Determination of Adjusted Net Worth.
Adjusted Net Worth shall be determined following the Closing Date as
follows:
(a) As soon as practicable after the Closing Date the Seller shall
deliver to the Purchaser an adjusted balance sheet
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(the "Closing Balance Sheet") which shall be presented in the same three-column
format as the Reference Balance Sheet and shall present:
(i) in column 1 a balance sheet of the assets and liabilities of the
Business as of the Closing Date,
(ii) in column 2 the assets in column 1 which are not Purchased Assets
and the liabilities in column 1 which are not Assumed Liabilities, and
(iii) in column 3 the Adjusted Net Worth.
Columns 1 and 3 of the Closing Balance Sheet shall present fairly in all
material respects the assets and liabilities of the Business and the Adjusted
Net Worth, respectively, as of the Closing Date in conformity with Canadian
generally accepted accounting principles. The Purchaser shall cooperate fully
with the Seller in the preparation of the Closing Balance Sheet. Further,
during such period employees of the Purchaser shall be entitled to access to
the Seller's work papers prepared in connection with the Closing Balance Sheet
and shall be entitled to review and discuss such work papers with the Seller.
(b) The Purchaser may dispute the Adjusted Net Worth as shown on the
Closing Balance Sheet by notifying the Seller in writing within 30 days after
receipt of the Closing Balance Sheet. If the Purchaser does not so notify the
Seller within such period, the Adjusted Net Worth as shown on the Closing
Balance Sheet shall be final, binding and conclusive on the parties. If the
Purchaser does so notify the Seller, the
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Purchaser and the Seller shall attempt to reconcile their differences, and any
resolution by them as to any disputed amounts shall be final, binding and
conclusive on the parties.
(c) If the Purchaser and the Seller are unable to reach a resolution
with respect to all of the items specified in the notice referred to in Section
2.4(b) within 20 days after the date of receipt by the Seller of such notice,
then either party may submit the items remaining in dispute for resolution to
Arthur Andersen or to such other accounting firm of national recognition
mutually acceptable to the Purchaser and the Seller (the "Independent
Accounting Firm"), which shall, within 20 days after such submission or such
longer period as the Independent Accounting Firm may require, determine and
report to the Seller and the Purchaser upon such remaining disputed items, and
such determination shall be final, binding and conclusive on the parties
hereto. The fees and disbursements of the Independent Accounting Firm shall be
borne half by the Purchaser and half by the Seller.
2.5. Settlement of Purchase Price.
If the Adjusted Net Worth as finally determined pursuant to Sections
2.4 (b) or (c) results in a Purchase Price which exceeds the Closing Payment,
the Purchaser shall, within five business days after such final determination,
pay such excess to the Seller. If the Adjusted Net Worth as finally determined
pursuant to Sections 2.4 (b) or (c) results in a Purchase price which is less
than the Closing Payment, the Seller shall, within five business days after
such final determination, pay such
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difference to the Purchaser. The party making such payment shall pay interest
thereon to the other party for the period from the Closing Date to the date of
payment at the annual rate announced from time to time by Royal Bank of Canada,
Toronto, Ontario, as the base rate charged by it for loans to prime commercial
customers. Payment of such excess (or difference) and interest thereon shall
be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds.
2.6. Assignment and Assumption.
Except as otherwise provided in Article III hereof (relating to
employees and employee benefits), the Contracts which are Purchased Assets
shall be assigned to the Purchaser at the Closing. Nothing in this Agreement
shall be construed as an attempt to assign any Contract which by its terms or
by law is not assignable without the consent of the other party or parties
thereto, unless such consent shall have been given. If any required consent is
not obtained, the Seller will cooperate with the Purchaser in any reasonable
arrangement designed to provide for the Purchaser the benefits under any such
Contract.
2.7. No Representations or Warranties. Each of the parties hereto
understands and agrees that no party hereto is in this Agreement or in any
other document contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise making any
representation or warranty whatsoever including, without limitation, as to
title, value or legal sufficiency.
2.8. Instruments of Conveyance. In order to effectuate the sale,
conveyance, transfers and assignments contemplated by Sections 2.1 and 2.6
hereof, the Seller will execute and deliver
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at the Closing all such deeds, bills of sale and other documents or instruments
of conveyance, transfer or assignment as shall be necessary or appropriate to
vest in or to confirm in the Purchaser such title to all of the Purchased
Assets as the Seller has.
ARTICLE III. Employees and Employee Benefits
3.1. Employees and Employee Benefit Definitions.
"Effective Date" means the day next following the Closing Date;
"Effective Time" shall mean 12:01 a.m. Vancouver, B.C. time of the
Effective Date;
"Employment Payments" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
3.3(b);
"Employees" means all persons employed or engaged by Seller in
connection with the Business on the Closing Date including without limitation
those persons who are absent from work on account of disability, illness or
injury, but specifically excluding from the meaning thereof Former Employees as
defined below;
"Former Employees" means all persons (a) who were not employed by
Seller on the Closing Date but who were formerly employed by Seller in
connection with the Business and (b) whose service with Seller ceased prior to
the Closing Date as a result of retirement or other termination of employment.
"Transferred Employees" means all the Employees who become employees
of Purchaser effective as of the Effective Time;
"Vacation Pay" has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.3(c).
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3.2. Employment and Employee Benefits.
(a) Purchaser shall on or prior to the Closing Date and effective as of
the Effective Time offer to employ each and all of the Employees on
substantially equivalent terms and conditions of employment, including, without
limitation, compensation, working conditions and employee benefits, as applied
to such Employees on the Closing Date.
(b) Except to the extent provided otherwise in Section 3.3., Purchaser
shall not adopt any of the employee plans, benefits, policies, agreements or
arrangements of Seller covering the Employees or assume any liabilities arising
thereunder.
(c) Purchaser shall not assume any obligations for any benefits payable or
any other liabilities with respect to Former Employees and their dependents.
(d) Nothing in this Agreement shall require Purchaser to retain any
Transferred Employee for any period of time after the Closing Date and, subject
to Sections 3.3. and 3.5., and requirements of applicable law, Purchaser
reserves the right, at any time after the Closing Date, to terminate such
employment and amend, modify or terminate any term and condition of employment
including, without limitation, any employee benefit plan, program, policy,
practice or arrangement or the compensation of any of the Employees.
3.3 Purchaser Liability - Transferred Employees.
(a) In the event any Transferred Employee's employment with the Purchaser
is terminated after the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall pay and provide
notice and severance pay benefits calculated and determined as required by
applicable employment laws;
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(b) Purchaser shall bear and discharge any and all liability for:
(i) wages, salaries, commission, bonuses; and
(ii) premiums for unemployment insurance, workers Compensation,
benefit plan payments and other employee benefits or claims, (collectively,
the "Employment Payments"),
accrued or earned after the Effective Time by Transferred Employees.
All other Employment Payments in respect of Transferred Employees accrued
or earned prior to the Effective Time shall remain the responsibility of
Seller.
(c) Purchaser shall bear and discharge any and all liability for holiday
pay and accumulated vacation with pay credits or entitlements (collectively,
"Vacation Pay") accrued or earned prior to the Effective Time for Transferred
Employees.
(d) Appropriate adjustments in respect of the Employment Payments and
Vacation Pay as of the Effective Time shall be made on the Closing Date.
3.4. Group Insurance Benefits.
(a) Seller shall be responsible for any liability for all claims,
expenses, and treatments, including administrative expenses related thereto,
which are in fact covered and payable under the terms of the Seller's group
insurance contracts incurred prior to the Effective Time irrespective of
whether any such claim is filed or submitted after the Effective Time.
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(b) The Purchaser shall be responsible for any liability for all claims,
expenses and treatments, including administrative expenses related thereto,
which are in fact covered and payable under the terms of the Purchaser's group
insurance contracts incurred from and subsequent to the Effective Time.
3.5. Recognition of Prior Service. Purchaser shall recognize each
Transferred Employee's service with the Seller for purposes of determining:
(i) eligibility for vacation benefits, short term disability or weekly
accident and sickness benefits, and severance benefits; and
(ii) eligibility and vesting under all other employee benefit plans
and policies of Purchaser applicable to Transferred Employees.
3.6. Retirees. Notwithstanding anything otherwise set forth above, the
parties agree that the Purchaser shall assume no liability for assets,
liabilities or administrative services, costs or expenses for employees of the
Business who have effectively retired prior to the Closing Date.
ARTICLE IV. Indemnification
4.1. Indemnification.
(a) From and after the Closing the Purchaser agrees to indemnify the
Seller, and its officers, directors, employees and agents (individually a
"Seller Indemnitee" and collectively the
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"Seller Indemnitees") and to hold each Seller Indemnitee harmless from and
against all damages, losses and expenses (including reasonable expenses of
investigation and attorneys' fees) ("Losses") caused by or arising out of any:
(i) breach of the covenants of the Purchaser set forth in Article III;
(ii) liability under, violation of or non-compliance with any
Environmental Law (whether now existing or hereinafter enacted or adopted)
resulting from acts or omissions on or prior to the Closing Date of the
Seller in respect of the Business, any predecessor thereof or any
predecessor in interest to the Controlled Real Property;
(iii) liability under any Environmental Law (whether now existing or
hereinafter enacted or adopted) resulting from the presence on or prior to
the Closing Date of any Hazardous Substance on any Controlled Real
Property;
(iv) liability for removal, remediation, cleanup or costs of response
required under any Environmental Law (whether now existing or hereinafter
enacted or adopted) resulting from the manufacture, processing, use,
generation, storage, transport, disposal, emission or discharge on or prior
to the Closing Date of any Hazardous Substance by the Seller in respect of
the Business, any predecessor thereof or any predecessor in interest to any
Controlled Real Property; and,
(v) failure of the Purchaser to discharge any Assumed Liabilities.
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(b) From and after the Closing the Seller agrees to indemnify the
Purchaser and its officers, directors, employees and agents (individually a
"Purchaser Indemnitee" and collectively the "Purchaser Indemnitees") and to
hold each Purchaser Indemnitee harmless from and against all Losses caused by
or arising out of any breach of the covenants of the Seller set forth in
Article III.
4.2. Indemnification Procedure as to Third Party Claims. The provisions of
Section 3.04 of the Distribution Agreement shall apply with respect to any
third party claim indemnified pursuant to this Agreement.
ARTICLE V Miscellaneous
5.1. Books and Records. At reasonable times after the Closing (a) the
Purchaser shall make available to the Seller for inspection and copying the
books and records which are Purchased Assets to the extent reasonably required
by the Seller for tax, financial reporting and other purposes and (b) the
Seller shall make available to the Purchaser for inspection and copying any of
Seller's books and records relating to the Business which are not Purchased
Assets to the extent reasonably required by the Purchaser for such purposes.
Neither the Seller on the one hand nor the Purchaser on the other hand will
dispose of any of such books and records without first offering them to the
other.
5.2. Further Assurances and Assistance. The Seller and the Purchaser agree
that after the Closing each will execute and deliver to the other any and all
documents, and take such further
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acts, in addition to those expressly provided for herein, that may be necessary
or appropriate to effectuate the provisions of this Agreement.
5.3. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and hand delivered or mailed by registered or certified mail (return
receipt requested) or sent by any means of electronic message transmission with
delivery confirmed (by voice or otherwise) to the parties at the following
addresses (or at such other addresses for a party as shall be specified by like
notice) and will be deemed given on the date on which such notice is received:
if to Purchaser, to:
Rayonier Canada Ltd.
c/o Rayonier Inc.
18000 International Blvd., Suite 900
SeaTac, WA 98118-4283
Attn: Northeast Counsel
with a copy to:
Rayonier Incorporated
1177 Summer Street
Stamford, CT 06904
Attn: Vice President
and General Counsel
if to Seller to:
ITT Industries of Canada, Ltd.
Suite 1800 Royal Trust Tower
P.O. Box 138
Toronto-Dominion Centre
Toronto, Ontario M5K 1H1
Attn: General Counsel
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with a copy to
ITT Corporation
1330 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
Attn: Senior Vice President
and General Counsel
5.4. Transaction Expenses. Costs and expenses (including, without
limitation, legal and accounting fees and expenses) incurred by the parties
with respect to the negotiation of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid as provided in Section 6.03 of
the Distribution Agreement.
5.5. Miscellaneous Taxes and Expenses. Any sales, use or other tax or
recording cost imposed upon the transfer of the assets and business to be
acquired by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement shall be paid by the
Purchaser. All ad valorem property taxes and all rentals, water, electricity,
gas, telephone and other similar and usual expenses in respect of the Business
shall be apportioned as of the Closing Date to the extent not provided for on
the Closing Balance Sheet.
5.6. Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns, provided that neither party may assign,
delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this
Agreement without the consent of the other party hereto, except that the
Purchaser may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer its rights
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under this Agreement to an Associate of the Purchaser, provided that such
assignment, delegation or transfer shall not relieve the Purchaser of its
obligations hereunder.
5.7. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts
executed and to be performed in that state.
5.8. Disputes. Any controversy or claim arising out of this Agreement, or
the breach thereof, shall be resolved in accordance with the provisions of
Article V of the Distribution Agreement provided, however, the provisions of
Article V of such Agreement shall not apply with respect to controversies or
claims arising out of the provisions of Section 2.4 of this Agreement or breach
thereof.
5.9. Entire Agreement; Third Party Rights. This Agreement and the
Schedules hereto constitute the entire understanding of the parties, supersede
any prior agreements or understandings, written or oral, between the parties
with respect to the subject matter thereof, and are not intended to confer upon
any other person any rights or remedies.
5.10. Amendment; Waiver. This Agreement shall not be amended or modified
except by written agreement executed by each of the parties hereto. No
provision hereof shall be deemed waived except in writing executed by the
waiving party.
5.11. Effect of Captions. The captions in this Agreement are included for
convenience only and shall not in any way affect the interpretation or
construction of any of the provisions hereof.
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5.12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if
the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their respective authorized representatives as of the day and year
first above written.
ITT INDUSTRIES OF CANADA LTD.
BY: /s/ Robert G. Eisner
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RAYONIER CANADA LIMITED
By: /s/ Wallace L. Nutter
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Exhibit A
Assumed Liabilities
All liabilities of the Seller in respect of the Business other than
liabilities in respect of:
income taxes relating to the period prior to
Closing
intercompany borrowings.
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Exhibit B
Excluded Assets
Cash, except the following:
Petty cash
Royal Bank of Canada Account #122-172-0 Mill Fund
Royal Bank of Canada Account #122-163-9 Forestry Fund
Royal Bank of Canada Account #122-165-4 Silvicultural Fund
Insurance policies and coverages
Any rights to the name or mark "ITT".
Refunds for income taxes paid or relating to the period prior to
Closing.
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Exhibit C
Quebec Real Property
The follwoing lands registered in the Cadastre Renove du Canton de
Babel, division d'enrigstrement de Saguenay, Ville Port Cartier:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
LOT NUMBER AREA (SQ. METRES)
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<S> <C>
1079-1 25,757
1079-3 53,140
1089-1 25,953
1089-2 627
1174-1 3,717
1174-2 86,499
1174-3 16,180
2706 778
2707 19,980
2803 28,180
2894 2,250
1153 19,520
1154 18,640
</TABLE>
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Exhibit D - Reference Balance Sheet
COMPUTATION OF RAYONIER CANADA NET BOOK VALUE
CLOSING BALANCE SHEET
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1993 - PERIOD 13 LEDGER
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ADJUSTED
BALANCE ASSETS NOT BALANCE
AS OF PURCHASED/ AS OF
12/31/93 LIABILITIES NOT 12/31/93
ACCOUNT DESCRIPTION CD$ ASSUMED CD$
<S> <C> <C> <C>
REVOLVING FUND - OUTSTANDING CHECKS (3,571,480.45) (3,571,480.45) 0.00
PETTY CASH 200.00 0.00 200.00
NOTES RECEIVABLE 264,677.49 0.00 264,677.49
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE - TRADE 1,600,395.52 0.00 1,600,395.52
ACCRUED RECEIVABLE - TRADE 0.00 0.00 0.00
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE - TORONTO 650,668.56 650,668.56 0.00
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE - RAYONIER 29,845.76 0.00 29,845.76
ACCRUED INTEREST RECEIVABLE 6,490.04 0.00 6,490.04
SUNDRY RECEIVABLES 101,521.58 0.00 101,521.58
RAW MATERIALS - LOGS 585,816.20 0.00 585,816.20
FINISHED GOODS - LUMBER 2,783.58 0.00 2,783.58
OTHER INVENTORIES 386,022.68 0.00 386,022.68
CONTRACTOR ADVANCES 5,181.87 0.00 5,181.87
STUMPAGE 1,353,550.19 0.00 1,353,550.19
OTHER SPECIAL DEPOSITS
FUND ACCOUNTS (HELD IN TRUST) 441,538.92 0.00 441,538.92
CORRESPONDING LIABILITY (441,538.92) 0.00 (441,538.92)
OTHER DEPOSITS 113,036.11 0.00 113,036.11
ADVANCES TO EMPLOYEES 1,081.42 0.00 1,081.42
PREPAID ACCOUNTS 97,588.26 0.00 97,588.26
OTHER CURRENT ASSETS 72,351.73 0.00 72,351.73
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TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 1,699,730.54 (2,920,811.89) 4,620,542.43
QUEBEC LAND 0.00 (120,600.00) 120,600.00
GROSS PLANT, PROP. & EQUIP. 197,644.48 0.00 197,644.48
ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION (43,950.11) 0.00 (43,950.11)
------------------ ------------------ ------------------
NET PLANT, PROP. & EQUIP. 153,694.37 (120,600.00) 274,294.37
LONG-TERM ASSETS 156,721.50 0.00 156,721.50
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TOTAL ADJUSTED ASSETS 2,010,146.41 (3,041,411.89) 5,051,558.30
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REVOLVING FUND - OUTSTDING CHECKS 0.00 0.00 0.00
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE - RAYONIER 0.00 0.00 0.00
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE - TORONTO 0.00 0.00 0.00
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE - TRADE 268,238.22 0.00 268,238.22
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE - STUMPAGE 14,804.57 0.00 14,804.57
OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES 1,099,986.84 0.00 1,099,986.84
------------------ ------------------ ------------------
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 1,383,029.63 0.00 1,383,029.63
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES 0.00 0.00 0.00
------------------ ------------------ ------------------
TOTAL ADJUSTED LIABILITIES 1,383,029.63 0.00 1,383,029.63
================== ================== ==================
NET BOOK VALUE 627,116.78 (3,041,411.89) 3,668,528.67
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT E
TO DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
PART 1 - Issued Patents
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
==========================================================================================================================
Country Patent Issue Application Filing
Number Date Number Date
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
AUSTR
120471 06/12/91 84103167.7 03/22/84
372412 02/15/83 3832 07/24/80
BELGM
120471 06/12/91 84103167.7 03/22/84
820891 04/10/75 10/10/74
CANAD
1007648 03/29/77 188328 12/17/73
1025850 02/07/78 179175 08/20/73
1037468 08/29/78 233677 08/18/75
1037469 08/29/78 233680 08/18/75
1048055 02/06/79 256054 06/30/76
1050225 03/13/79 211228 10/11/74
1050255 03/13/79 211110 10/09/74
1053878 05/08/79 233988 08/22/75
1061336 08/28/79 256564 07/08/76
1067263 10/04/79 211262 10/11/74
1069746 01/15/80 231546 06/15/75
1074027 03/18/80 262893 10/07/76
1082403 07/29/80 248028 03/16/76
1082691 07/29/80 272650 02/25/77
1082692 07/29/80 272651 02/25/77
1082693 07/29/80 272675 02/25/77
1082694 07/29/80 272714 02/25/77
1087771 10/14/80 311232 09/13/78
1087772 10/14/80 311233 09/13/78
1095673 02/17/81 252808 05/18/76
1097253 03/10/81 184857 08/17/77
1097254 03/10/81 284912 08/17/77
1101589 05/19/81 303967 05/24/78
1105365 07/21/81 310586 09/05/78
1106364 08/04/81 323363 03/13/79
1117669 02/02/82 320880 02/06/79
1119388 03/09/82 347068 03/05/80
1141758 02/22/83 367506 12/23/80
1142305 03/08/83 356554 07/18/80
1149219 07/05/83 389138 10/30/81
1153852 09/20/83 355377 07/03/80
1162819 02/28/84 389140 10/30/81
1184904 04/02/85 418999 01/06/83
1208631 07/29/86 449964 03/20/84
1283406 04/23/91 556888 01/20/88
FINLN
68529 10/10/85 812964 09/23/81
69311 01/10/86 830038 01/06/83
69549 03/10/86 812965 09/23/81
74309 01/11/88 811968 06/23/81
79725 02/12/90 841220 03/27/84
FRANC
51230 07/04/84 81108847.5 10/24/81
120471 06/12/91 84103167.7 03/22/84
7902456 10/15/84 7902456 01/31/79
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT E
PART 1 - Issued Patents
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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Country Patent Issue Application Filing
Number Date Number Date
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
8016008 03/09/87 8016008 07/21/80
8026894 04/07/86 8026894 12/18/80
GERWE
3027033 10/11/90 3027033 07/16/80
3047351 01/03/91 3017351 12/16/80
3164599 07/04/84 3164599 10/24/81
3484688.3 06/12/91 P 34 84 688.3 03/22/84
HOLLN
8102857 06/15/81
51230 07/04/84 81108847.5 10/24/81
120471 06/12/91 84103167.7 03/22/84
188810 09/08/92 8004199 07/22/80
ITALY
51230 07/04/84 81108847.5 10/24/81
120471 06/12/91 84103167.7 03/22/84
1193545 07/08/88 23633A/80 07/23/80
1194822 09/28/88 26850 12/22/80
JAPAN
1306435 03/13/86 102302 07/25/80
1339238 09/29/86 189393 12/26/80
1339252 09/29/86 173161 10/30/81
1495456 05/16/89 56022 03/13/86
1506557 07/13/89 173162 10/30/81
1587435 11/19/90 40287 02/28/85
LIECH
51230 07/04/84 81108847.5 10/24/81
120471 06/12/91 84103167.7 03/22/84
LUXMB
120471 06/12/91 84103167.7 03/22/84
MEXIC
7152 11/13/87 9723 10/26/81
7287 04/14/88 9724 10/26/81
161160 08/09/90 200247 02/06/84
162684 06/17/91 187926 06/22/81
NORWA
153343 02/26/86 811900 06/04/81
158810 11/02/88 813664 10/29/81
165932 05/02/91 840717 02/24/84
SPAIN
503323 02/15/82 503323 06/23/81
506718 04/21/92 506718 10/30/81
SWEDN
51230 07/04/84 81108847.5 10/24/81
120471 06/12/91 84103167.7 03/22/84
SWITZ
51230 07/04/84 81108847.5 10/24/81
120471 06/12/91 84103167.7 03/22/84
648071 02/28/85 3923 06/15/81
TAIWN
21588 03/27/85 73100320 01/27/84
UNIKN
51230 07/04/84 81108847.5 10/24/81
120471 06/12/91 84103167.7 03/22/84
</TABLE>
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EXHIBIT E
PART 1 - Issued Patents
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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Country Patent Issue Application Filing
Number Date Number Date
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
2013646 07/12/82 7903226 01/30/79
2055107 04/13/83 8023958 07/22/80
2066145 05/25/83 8040179 12/16/80
USA
4018681 04/19/77 631370 11/12/75
4022631 05/10/77 578934 05/19/75
4044090 08/23/88 594325 07/09/75
4056675 11/01/77 662132 02/27/76
4064166 12/20/77 673614 04/05/76
4073660 02/14/78 715223 08/18/76
4076932 02/28/78 662137 02/27/76
4076933 02/28/78 662138 02/27/76
4082617 04/04/78 715422 08/18/76
4086418 04/25/78 662134 02/27/76
4118350 10/03/78 833077 09/14/77
4120836 10/17/78 833076 09/14/77
4123398 10/31/78 800186 05/25/77
4131705 12/26/78 830471 09/06/77
4155804 05/22/79 559174 03/17/75
4162359 07/24/79 886285 03/13/78
4248842 02/03/81 17388 03/05/79
4295929 10/20/81 131813 03/19/80
4302252 11/24/81 145333 04/30/80
4341807 07/17/82 202741 10/31/80
4374027 02/15/83 14853 02/26/79
4374702 02/22/83 313726 10/22/81
4378381 03/29/83 202740 10/31/80
4399275 08/16/83 337447 01/06/82
4402899 09/06/83 283069 07/13/81
4452721 06/05/84 441689 11/15/82
4452722 06/05/84 441628 11/15/82
4464287 08/07/84 441550 11/15/82
4481076 11/06/84 479555 03/28/83
4481077 11/06/84 479556 03/28/83
4483743 11/20/84 434724 10/18/82
4487634 12/11/84 441684 11/15/82
4500546 02/19/85 441686 11/15/82
4551305 11/05/85 544384 10/21/83
4728727 03/01/88 007772 01/28/87
5169931 12/08/92 704448 05/23/91
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EXHIBIT E
PART 2 - Pending Applications
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Country Application Filing
Number Date
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JAPAN
4-150001 05/19/92
NORWA
P921878 05/12/92
USA 07/942507 09/09/92
07/963853 10/20/92
07/960483 10/09/92
08/007741 01/22/93
08/164624 12/08/93
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<PAGE> 1
Exhibit 4.1
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INDENTURE
ITT RAYNONIER INCORPORATED
to
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
as Trustee
Dated as of September 1, 1992
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
Definitions and Other Provisions
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of General Application
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<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 1.01. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
SECTION 1.02. Compliance Certificate and Opinions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION 1.03. Forms of Documents Delivered to
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION 1.04. Acts of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SECTION 1.05. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 1.06. Notice to Holders; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 1.07. Conflict With Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 1.08. Effect of Headings and Table of
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 1.09. Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 1.10. Separability Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 1.11. Benefits of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 1.12. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 1.13. Nonbusiness Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ARTICLE II
Security Forms
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<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 2.02. Form of Face of Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 2.03. Form of Reverse of Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 2.04. Additional Provisions Required in
Global Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SECTION 2.05. Form of Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ARTICLE III
The Securities
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<S> <C> <C>
SECTION 3.01. Title and Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
SECTION 3.02. Denominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and
Dating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 3.04. Temporary Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
</TABLE>
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Contents, p. 2
<TABLE>
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Page
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
SECTION 3.05. Registration, Transfer and Exchange . . . . . . 29
SECTION 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SECTION 3.07. Payment of Interest: Interest Rights
Preserved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 3.08. Persons Deemed Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 3.09. Cancelation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 3.10. Computation of Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ARTICLE IV
Satisfaction and Discharge
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
SECTION 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SECTION 4.02. Application of Trust Money . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 4.03. Defeasance Upon Deposit of Funds or
Government Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 4.04. Repayment to Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 4.05. Indemnity for Government Obligations . . . . . . 39
SECTION 4.06. Reinstatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ARTICLE V
Remedies
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
SECTION 5.01. Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
SECTION 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity: Rescission
and Annulment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits
for Enforcement by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 5.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 5.06. Application of Money Collected . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 5.07. Limitation on Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
SECTION 5.08. Unconditional Right of Holders To
Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 5.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies . . . . . . . 47
SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 5.12. Control by Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 5.14. Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws . . . . . . . . 50
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<CAPTION>
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ARTICLE VI
The Trustee
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
SECTION 6.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities . . . . . . 50
SECTION 6.02. Notice of Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
SECTION 6.03. Certain Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . 52
SECTION 6.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or
Issuance of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 6.05. May Hold Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 6.06. Money Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SECTION 6.07. Compensation and Reimbursement . . . . . . . . . 54
SECTION 6.08. Disqualification: Conflicting
Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 6.09. Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
Successor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor . . . . . 58
SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ARTICLE VII
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
SECTION 7.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and
Addresses of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 7.02. Preservation of Information;
Communications to Holders . . . . . . . . . . . 60
SECTION 7.03. Reports by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SECTION 7.04. Reports by Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ARTICLE VIII
Consolidation Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
SECTION 8.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on
Certain Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SECTION 8.02. Successor Corporation Substituted . . . . . . . 66
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<S> <C>
(d)(2) 6.01(c)(2)
(d)(3) 6.01(c)(3)
(e) 5.14
#316 (a) 1.01
(a)(1)(A) 5.12
(a)(1)(B) 5.13
(a)(2) Not Applicable
(b) 5.08
(c) 1.04(f)
#317 (a)(1) 5.03
(a)(2) 5.04
(b) 10.03
#318 (a) 1.07
</TABLE>
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any
purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
<PAGE> 6
INDENTURE, dated as of September 1, 1992, between ITT
RAYONIER INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
called the "Company") having its principal office at 1177 Summer
Street, Stamford, Connecticut 06904, and Bankers Trust Company,
a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (hereinafter called
the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debt
securities in series (hereinafter called the "Securities") of substantially the
tenor hereinafter provided, and to provide the terms and conditions upon which
the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered.
All things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the
Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the
Company, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a
valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with their and its terms, have
been done.
NOW THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any
series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
SECTION 1.01. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
<PAGE> 7
2
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with
respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such
accounting principles which are generally accepted at the date or time of such
computation; provided, that when two or more principles are so generally
accepted, it shall mean that set of principles consistent with those in use by
the Company; and
(4) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act" when used with respect to any Holder has the meaning specified
in Section 1.04.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly
or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the
Company or any committee of that board duly authorized to act hereunder.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of Directors or officers
of the Company to which authority to act on behalf of the Board of Directors
has been delegated, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
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3
"Business Day" means every day except a day on which banking
institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or
executive order to close.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or
if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor corporation.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, the written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by the President or a Vice
President, and by the Treasurer, an Associate Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means the total amount of assets
(less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting
therefrom (i) all current liabilities (excluding any thereof which are by their
terms extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor thereon to a time
more than 12 months after the time as of which the amount thereof is being
computed), and (ii) all segregated goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents,
unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangibles, all as set
forth on the most recent balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries and prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee in
The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, which as of the date of
execution of this Indenture is located at Four Albany Street, New York, New
York 10006, Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Group.
"Corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies and
business trusts.
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4
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series
issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to
Section 3.01 with respect to such series (or any successor thereto)
"Dollars" or the use of "$" shall mean United States dollars.
"Event of Default" unless otherwise specified in the supplemental
indenture creating a series of Securities, has the meaning specified in Article
V.
"Funded Debt" means all indebtedness for borrowed money having a
maturity of more than 12 months from the date as of which the amount thereof is
to be determined or having a maturity of less than 12 months but by its terms
being renewable or extendible beyond 12 months from such date at the option of
the borrower.
"Global Security" means a Security in the form prescribed in Section
2.04 evidencing all or part of a series of Securities, issued to the Depositary
or its nominee for such Series, and registered in the name of such Depositary
or nominee.
"Government Obligations" means, with respect to the Securities of any
series, securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States of
America or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting
as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America and which
in either case, are full faith and credit obligations of the United States of
America and are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof
and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in
Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as custodian with
respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on
or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the
account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as
required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from
the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount
received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the
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5
specific payment of interest on or principal of the Government Obligation
evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Securities Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof
and shall include the terms of each particular series of Securities established
as contemplated by Section 3.01.
"Interest Payment Date" means as to each series of Securities the
Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Securities.
"Interest Rate" means the rate of interest specified or determined as
specified in each Security as being the rate of interest payable on such
Security.
"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other
encumbrance.
"Maturity" when used with respect to any Security means the date on
which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or
herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Mortgage" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge or
security interest of any kind.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the President
or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Associate Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company.
"Original Issue Date" means the date of issuance specified as such in
each Security.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
a declaration
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6
of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02.
"Outstanding" means, as of the date of determination, all Securities
theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancelation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment money in the necessary amount has
been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust
for the Holders of such Securities; and
(iii) Securities in substitution for or in lieu of which other
Securities have been authenticated and delivered or which have been paid
pursuant to Section 3.06, unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is
presented that any such Securities are held by Holders in whose hands such
Securities are valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned
by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected
in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall
be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith
may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction
of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities
and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor. Upon request
of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers'
Certificate listing and identifying all Securities, if any, known by the
Company to be owned or held by or for the account of the Company, or any other
obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such obligor, and,
subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, the Trustee shall be entitled to
accept such Officers' Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein
set forth and of the fact that all Securities not
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listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.
"Paying Agent" means the Trustee or any Person authorized by the
Company to pay the principal of or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint
venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization
or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment" means, with respect to the Securities of any
series, the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on the Securities of such series are payable pursuant to Section
3.01.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in lieu
of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Security.
"Principal Property" means all timberlands, land, buildings,
machinery and equipment, and leasehold interests and improvements in respect of
the foregoing, which would be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the
Company and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, excluding all such tangible property located outside the
United States, Canada or New Zealand (including their respective territories
and possessions) and excluding any such property which, in the opinion of the
Board of Directors set forth in a Board Resolution, is not material to the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date with respect to the Securities of a series means, unless otherwise
provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to Securities of a series, the
date which is 15 days next preceding such Interest Payment Date (whether or not
a Business Day).
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee means any
officer within the Corporate Trust and
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Agency Group (or any successor group) of the Trustee including without
limitation any vice president, any assistant vice president, any assistant
secretary or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above-designated officers, and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer
to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge and familiarity with
the particular subject.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary (a) substantially all of
the property of which is located in the United States, Canada or New Zealand
(including their respective territories and possessions) and which owns a
Principal Property, provided that no such Subsidiary shall be a Restricted
Subsidiary if pursuant to this clause (a) (i) the total assets of such
Subsidiary are less than 10% of the total assets of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries (including such Subsidiary) in each case as set forth
on the most recent fiscal year-end balance sheets of such Subsidiary and the
Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries, respectively, and computed in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or (ii) in the
judgment of the Board of Directors, as evidenced by a Board Resolution, such
Subsidiary is not material to the financial condition of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) that is designated as a
Restricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors, as evidenced by a Board
Resolution.
"Sale and Lease-Back Transactions" means any arrangement with any
bank, insurance company or other lender or investor, or to which any such
lender or investor is a party, providing for the leasing by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary for a period, including renewals, in excess of three
years of any Principal Property of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary which
has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary to such lender or investor or to any Person to which funds have been
or are to be advanced by such lender or investor on the security of such
Principal Property.
"Securities" or "Security" means any debt securities or debt
security, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
"Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 3.05.
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"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means
a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.
"Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon means the date specified
in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or
such installment of interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means (i) any corporation of which at the time of
determination the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries owns or controls
directly or indirectly more than 50% of the outstanding shares of voting stock
or (ii) any other Person (other than a corporation) in which the Company or one
or more Subsidiaries directly or indirectly owns or controls more than 50% of
the voting interests therein or otherwise has the power to direct the policies,
management and affairs thereof.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder,
and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended by the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990, and as in force at the date
as of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section 9.05.
"Value" means with respect to a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, as
of any particular time, the amount equal to the greater of (i) the net proceeds
of the sale or transfer of the Principal Property leased pursuant to such Sale
and Lease-Back Transaction or (ii) the fair market value, in the good faith
opinion of the Board of Directors, of such Principal Property at the time of
entering into such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, in either case divided
first by the number of full years of the term of the lease and then multiplied
by the number of full years of such term remaining at the time of
determination, without regard to any renewal or extension options contained in
the lease.
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"Vice President" when used with respect to the Company, means any
vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added
before or after the title "vice president".
SECTION 1.02. Compliance Certificate and Opinions. Upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under
any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent (including
covenants compliance with which constitute a condition precedent), if any,
provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such
counsel all such conditions precedent (including covenants compliance with
which constitute a condition precedent), if any, have been complied with,
except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the
furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this
Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the
certificates provided pursuant to Section 10.06) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 1.03. Forms of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case
where several matters are required to
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be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not
necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of,
only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one
document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to
some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any
such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several
documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to
such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 1.04. Acts of Holders. (a) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be given to or taken by Holders may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as
herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when
such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is
hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and
the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments.
Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such
agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company and any
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agent of the Trustee or the Company, if made in the manner provided in this
Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer
authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the
individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution
thereof. Where such execution is by a Person acting in other than his
individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of his authority.
(c) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient and in
accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may determine.
(d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Securities
Register.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future
Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
(f) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record
date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to take any action
under this Indenture by vote or consent. Except as otherwise provided herein,
such record date shall be the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation
of such consent or vote or the date of the most recent list of Securityholders
furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.01 prior to such solicitation.
If a record date is fixed, those persons who were Securityholders at such
record date (or their duly designated proxies) and only those persons, shall be
entitled to take such action by vote or consent or to revoke any vote or
consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders
after such record date; provided, however, that unless such vote or consent is
obtained from the Holders (or their duly designated proxies) of the requisite
principal amount of
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outstanding Securities prior to the date which is the 120th day after such
record date, any such vote or consent previously given shall automatically and
without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect.
SECTION 1.05. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company. Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given
or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing
to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Product
Manager Regular Unsecured or, which may be given to the Trustee by the
Company by facsimile communications at the Trustee's facsimile number
which on the date of execution of this Indenture is (212) 250-6392 or
(212) 250-6961, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient
for every purpose (except as otherwise provided in Section 5.01 hereof)
hereunder if in writing and mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to the
Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified
in the first paragraph of this instrument and to the attention of the
Corporate Secretary or at any other address previously furnished in
writing to the Trustee by the Company or, which may be given to the
Company by the Trustee by facsimile communications at the Company's
facsimile number which on the date of execution of this Indenture is (203)
964-4335.
SECTION 1.06. Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture
provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently
given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his
address as it appears in the Securities Register, not later than the latest
date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such
notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the
failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such
notice may be waived in writing by the
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Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and
such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by
Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a
condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
SECTION 1.07. Conflict With Trust Indenture Act. If, and to the
extent that, any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts
with the duties imposed by any of, or with another provision (an "incorporated
provision") included in this Indenture by operation of, Sections 310 to 318,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act such imposed duties or incorporated
provision shall control.
SECTION 1.08. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article
and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only
and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 1.09. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements
in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether
so expressed or not.
SECTION 1.10. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 1.11. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or
in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the
parties hereto, any Paying Agent and their successors and assigns and the
Holders of the Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy
or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 1.12. Governing Law. This Indenture, and the Securities
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York.
SECTION 1.13. Nonbusiness Days. In any case where any Interest
Payment Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or the Securities)
payment of interest or principal need not be made on such date, but may be made
on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made
on the Interest
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Payment Date or at the Stated Maturity, and no interest shall accrue for the
period from and after such Interest Payment Date or Stated Maturity, as the
case may be.
ARTICLE II
Security Forms
SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally. The Securities of each series and
the Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the forms
set forth in this Article, or in such other form or forms as shall be
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this
Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification
and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply
with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of the Securities. Any such legends or endorsements shall be
furnished to the Trustee in writing. If the form of Securities of any series
is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an
appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to
the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 with respect to
the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be substantially
in the form set forth in this Article.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved
or produced by any combination of these methods, if required by any securities
exchange on which the Securities may be listed, on a steel engraved border or
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the
rules of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
SECTION 2.02. Form of Face of Security. [If the Security is an
Original Issue Discount Security, insert: For purposes of Section 1271 of the
United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the issue price of
this
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Security is % of its principal amount and the Issue Date is , 19 ].
ITT RAYONIER INCORPORATED
[Title of Security]
No. ______ $______________
ITT RAYONIER INCORPORATED, a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of Delaware (hereinafter called the "Company", which term includes any
successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to _________________, or registered assigns,
the principal sum of ________________________________________________ Dollars
on ______________________________ [If the Security is to bear interest prior to
Maturity insert: and to pay interest thereon from ________ or from the most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for, semiannually on _________ and _________ in each year, commencing ________
at the rate of ___ per annum, on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for
or made available for payment [If applicable insert: and (to the extent that
the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of ___%
per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue instalment of
interest]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for,
on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to
the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities)
is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the _____ or _____ (whether or not a Business Day), as
the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest
not so punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (or
within any grace period related to such interest payment set forth in such
Indenture) will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder and may either be
paid to the person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee (notice
whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10
days prior to such Special Record Date) or be paid at any time in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange
on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as
may be
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required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture].
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity insert: The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear
interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of
such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or
duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on
demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on
demand shall bear interest at the rate of ____% per annum (to the extent that
the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue
from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest
has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on
demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable,
insert: any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in _____, in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert: ;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be
made by (i) check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Securities Register ] or (ii) wire transfer upon
terms established from time to time by the Company reasonably satisfactory to
the Paying Agent.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
ITT RAYONIER INCORPORATED,
by
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President
Attest:
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Secretary
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Bankers Trust Company,
as Trustee
by
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Authorized Signatory
Dated:
SECTION 2.03. Form of Reverse of Security. This Security is one of
a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the
"Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an
Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1992 (herein called the "Indenture"),
between the Company and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee (herein called the
"Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to
which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby
made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties
and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on
the face hereof [, limited in aggregate principal amount to $_________]. The
Securities are general unsecured obligations of the Company and will rank pari
passu with all other Securities issued under the Indenture.
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[If applicable, insert: The Securities of this series are not
redeemable prior to the stated maturity of the principal hereof and will not be
subject to any sinking fund.]
[If applicable, insert: The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' and not more than 60 days' notice by
mail, [if applicable, insert: (1) on __________ in any year commencing with
the year _____ and ending with the year _____ through operation of the sinking
fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal
amount, and (2)] at any time [on or after ______ 19__], as a whole or in part,
at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed
as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [on or before
______________, ___ % and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning
__________ of the years indicated,
Redemption Redemption
Year Price Year Price
---- ---------- ---- ----------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert: (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Record Date referred to on the face hereof, all as
provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert: The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' and not more than 60 days' notice by
mail, (1) on ___________ in any year commencing with the year ___ and ends with
the year ___________ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at
the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table
below, and (2) at any time [on or after ___________], as a whole or in part, at
the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise
than through operation of
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the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth
in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning _________
of the years indicated,
Redemption Price
For Redemption Redemption Price For
Through Operation Redemption Otherwise
of the Than Through Operation
Year Sinking Fund of the Sinking Fund
---- ----------------- ----------------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on
_________ in each year beginning with the year ______ and ending with the year
____ of [not less than] $ [("mandatory sinking fund") and not more than
$ ] aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series.
[Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than
through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent
[mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made] [in the
inverse order in which they become due.]
In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security
or Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued
in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancelation hereof.
The Indenture contains provisions for satisfaction, discharge and
defeasance of the entire indebtedness on this Security, upon compliance by the
Company with certain conditions set forth therein.
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, - If an
Event of Default with respect to
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Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and
with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, - If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amounts shall be equal to [INSERT FORMULA FOR DETERMINING THE
AMOUNT]. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and
payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in
each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the
principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall
terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with
the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities
at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in
principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on
behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by
the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate,
and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
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If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed
for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the
Company at its written request. After any such payment, Holders entitled to
the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registerable in the
Securities Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of
transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security are payable,
duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Securities Registrar duly executed by, the
Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or
more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the
same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $_____ and any integral multiple thereof.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company
or the Trustee shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company
under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of
or by reason of such obligations or their
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creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder waives and releases all such
liability. This waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue
of the Securities.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be
printed on the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of
such numbers as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers placed thereon.
This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the
Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the other side of this Security.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and
without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
ITT Rayonier Incorporated
1177 Summer Street
Stamford, Connecticut 06904
Attention of Corporate Secretary
SECTION 2.04. Additional Provisions Required in Global Security.
Any Global Security issued hereunder shall, in addition to the provisions
contained in Sections 2.02 and 2.03 bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
"Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative
of the Depositary to the Issuer or its agent for registration of
transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered
in the name of the nominee of the Depositary or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary (and any
payment is made to the nominee of the Depositary or to such other entity
as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, the nominee of
the Depositary, has an interest herein."
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SECTION 2.05. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. This
is one of the Securities referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.
Bankers Trust Company,
as Trustee
by
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Authorized Signatory
Dated:
ARTICLE III
The Securities
SECTION 3.01. Title and Terms. The aggregate principal amount of
Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is
unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series up to an aggregate
principal amount of Securities as from time to time may be authorized by the
Board of Directors. All Securities of each series under this Indenture shall
in all respects be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits hereof with
respect to such series without preference, priority or distinction on account
of the actual time of the authentication and delivery or Stated Maturity of the
Securities of such series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a
Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers' Certificate, or established in
one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities
of a series:
(a) the title of the Securities of such series, which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities;
(b) the limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or
11.06); provided,
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however, that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may
be increased above such amount by a Board Resolution to such effect;
(c) the Stated Maturity or Maturities on which the principal of the
Securities of such series is payable;
(d) the rate or rates, if any, at which the Securities of such series
shall bear interest, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest
shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on
any Interest Payment Date;
(e) the place or places where the principal of and interest on the
Securities of such series shall be payable, the place or places where the
Securities of such series may be presented for registration of transfer or
exchange, and the place or places where notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of the Securities of such series may be made;
(f) the period or periods within or the date or dates on which, if
any, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which
the Securities of such series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the
option of the Company;
(g) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or
purchase the Securities of such series pursuant to any sinking fund,
amortization or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof
and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and
the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be
redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(h) the denominations in which any Securities of such series shall be
issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof;
(i) the modifications, if any, in the Events of Default or covenants
of the Company set forth herein with respect to the Securities of such
series;
(j) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of such series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof;
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(k) the additions or changes, if any, to this Indenture with respect
to the Securities of such series as shall be necessary to permit or
facilitate the issuance of the Securities of such series in bearer form,
registerable or not registerable as to principal, and with or without
interest coupons;
(l) any index used to determine the amount of payments of principal
of and premium, if any, on the Securities of such series and the manner in
which such amounts will be determined;
(m) the issuance of a temporary Global Security representing all of
the Securities of such series and exchange of such temporary Global
Security for definitive Securities of such series;
(n) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or
in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case,
the Depositary for such Global Securities, which Depositary shall be a
clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended;
(o) the appointment of any Paying Agent or Agents for the Securities
of such series; and
(p) any other terms of the Securities of such series (which terms
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided herein or in
or pursuant to such board Resolution and set forth in such Officers'
Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
SECTION 3.02. Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be
in registered form without coupons and shall be issuable in denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01.
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SECTION 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its President or one
of its Vice Presidents under its corporate seal reproduced or impressed thereon
and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The
signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or
facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals
who were at the time of the execution thereof the proper officers of the
Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of
them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery
of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company to
the Trustee for authentication. Securities may be authenticated on original
issuance from time to time and delivered pursuant to such procedures acceptable
to the Trustee ("Procedures") as may be specified from time to time by Company
Order.
Prior to the delivery of a Security in any such form to the Trustee
for authentication, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee the following:
(a) a Company Order requesting the Trustee's authentication and
delivery of all or a portion of the Securities of such series, and if less
than all, setting forth procedures for such authentication;
(b) the Board Resolution by or pursuant to which such form of
Security has been approved, and the Board Resolution, if any, by or
pursuant to which the terms of the Securities of such series have been
approved, and, if pursuant to a Board Resolution, an Officers' Certificate
describing the action taken;
(c) An Officers' Certificate dated the date such certificate is
delivered to the Trustee, stating that all conditions precedent provided
for in this Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of
Securities in such form and with such terms have been complied with; and
(d) An Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the form of such
Securities has been duly authorized and
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approved in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; (ii) the
terms of such Securities have been duly authorized and determined in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, or, if such terms are to
be determined pursuant to Procedures, when so determined such terms shall
have been duly authorized and determined in conformity with the provisions
of this Indenture; and (iii) Securities in such form when completed by
appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Company to the
Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture,
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this
Indenture within the authorization as to aggregate principal amount
established from time to time by the Board of Directors, and sold in the
manner specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will be the legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency
and other similar laws generally affecting creditors' rights, to general
equitable principles and to such other qualifications as such counsel
shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such
Securities;
provided, however, that the Trustee shall be entitled to receive the documents
referred to in Clauses (b), (c) and (d) above only at or prior to the first
request of the Company to the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such
series.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized
signatories, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated
and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 3.04. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company
Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which
are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in
any denomination, substantially of
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the tenor of the definitive Securities of such series in lieu of which they are
issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities, the temporary
Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities upon surrender of
the temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company in The City of
New York, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancelation of any
one or more temporary Securities, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations having the
same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and having the same terms as such
temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in
all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Securities.
SECTION 3.05. Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Company
shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register
in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of
Securities. Such register is herein sometimes referred to as the "Securities
Register". The Trustee is hereby appointed "Securities Registrar" for the
purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein
provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at the
Place of Payment, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or
more new Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations, of a
like aggregate principal amount, of the same Original Issue Date and Stated
Maturity and having the same terms.
At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other
Securities of the same issue and series of any authorized denominations, of a
like aggregate principal amount, of the same Original Issue Date and Stated
Maturity and having the same terms, upon surrender of the
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Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange
shall (if so required by the Company or the Securities Registrar) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Securities Registrar, duly executed by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any transfer or exchange of
Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Securities.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, any Global Security of a series
shall be exchangeable pursuant to this Section 3.05 for Securities registered
in the names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Security or its
nominee only if (i) such Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time
such Depositary ceases to be eligible to be a clearing agency under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in any such case the Company may
appoint a successor Depositary, and the Company does not appoint a successor
Depositary within 90 days after the Company receives notice or becomes aware of
such unwillingness, inability, or ineligibility, (ii) the Company executes and
delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that such Global Security shall be so
exchangeable or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of such series. Any Global Security
that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable
for Securities registered in such names as such Depositary shall direct.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, a Global
Security may not be transferred except
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as a whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global Security to a nominee
of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or
another nominee of such Depositary.
Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall be required, pursuant to
the provisions of this Section, (a) to issue, transfer or exchange any Security
of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days
before the day of selection for redemption of Securities pursuant to Article XI
and ending at the close of business on the day of mailing of notice of
redemption or (b) to transfer or exchange any Security so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security to be
redeemed in part, any portion thereof not to be redeemed.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any agent of the Trustee, any
Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or
liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account
of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
SECTION 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If
any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee together with such
security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save
each of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same issue
and series of like tenor and principal amount, having the same Original Issue
Date and Stated Maturity and bearing the same Interest Rate as such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security, and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
If there be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and
(ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them
harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that
such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the issuing Company
shall execute and upon its written request the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of the same issue and series of like tenor and principal amount, having the
same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and bearing the same Interest
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Rate as such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security, and bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee and its agents and
counsel) connected therewith.
Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional
contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to
the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 3.07. Payment of Interest: Interest Rights Preserved.
Interest on any Security of any series which is payable, and is punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date, shall be paid to the Person
in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest in respect of Securities of such series, except that, unless otherwise
provided in the Securities of such series, interest payable on the Stated
Maturity of a Security shall be paid to the Person to whom principal is paid.
The initial payment of interest on any Security of any series which is issued
between a Regular Record Date and the related Interest Payment Date shall be
payable as provided in such Security or in the Board Resolution pursuant to
Section 3.01 with respect to the related series of Securities.
Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not timely paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (or within any grace period
related to such
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interest payment set forth in Section 5.01(1) hereof) for Securities of such
series (herein called "Defaulted Interest"), shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue
of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the
Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest
to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series in respect of which
interest is in default (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The
Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each Security and the date of the proposed payment, and
at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money
equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted
Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such
deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to
be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted
Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more
than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed
payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the
notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company
of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company,
shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to
each Holder of a Security of such series at his address as it appears in the
Securities Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.
The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the expense of the
Company, cause a similar notice to be published at least once in a newspaper,
customarily published in the English language on each Business Day and of
general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, but such
publication shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of such
Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest
and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities
of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
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registered on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant
to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities of the series in respect of which interest is
in default may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange (or by the Trustee if the Securities are not listed), if, after notice
given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this
Clause, such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu
of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid,
and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 3.08. Persons Deemed Owners. The Company, the Trustee and
any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name any
Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal (and premium, if any) of and (subject to Section
3.07) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether
or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any
agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
SECTION 3.09. Cancelation. All Securities surrendered for payment,
redemption, transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than
the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and
Securities surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose shall be
promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee
for cancelation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder
which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all
Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this
Indenture. All canceled Securities shall be destroyed by the Trustee and the
Trustee shall deliver to the Company a certificate of such destruction.
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SECTION 3.10. Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a
year of 360 days, consisting of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
SECTION 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of
Securities (except as to (i) any surviving rights of transfer, substitution and
exchange of Securities, (ii) rights hereunder of Holders to receive payments of
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities and other
rights, duties and obligations of the Holders as beneficiaries hereof with
respect to the amounts, if any, so deposited with the Trustee and (iii) the
rights and obligations of the Trustee hereunder) and the Trustee, on written
demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of that Series theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities of such series which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as
provided in Section 3.06 and (ii) Securities of such series for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated
and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company
or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.03) have
been delivered to the Trustee canceled or for cancelation; or
(B) all such Securities of that series not theretofore canceled
or delivered to the Trustee for cancelation
(i) have become due and payable,
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(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity
within one year of the date of deposit, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of
notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the
expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds
in trust for such purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge
the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered
to the Trustee canceled or for cancelation, for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the
case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the
Stated Maturity or redemption date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company with respect to the Securities of such series;
and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series have been complied
with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect
to the Securities of such series, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee
under Section 6.07 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the
Trustee under Section 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 10.03 shall
survive.
SECTION 4.02. Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions
of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all money deposited with the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.01 or money or Government Obligations deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03, or received by the Trustee in respect of
Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.03,
shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions
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of the Securities of such series in respect of which it was deposited and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Persons entitled
thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment
such money or obligations have been deposited with or received by the Trustee;
provided, however, such moneys need not be segregated from other funds except
to the extent required by law.
SECTION 4.03. Defeasance Upon Deposit of Funds or Government
Obligations. (a) Unless pursuant to Section 3.01 provision is made that this
Section shall not be applicable to the Securities of any series then, subject
to Sections 4.03(b) and (c) and 4.06, the Company at any time may terminate (i)
all its obligations under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of any
series ("legal defeasance option") or (ii) its obligations under the covenants
set forth in Sections 8.01(a)(2), 10.04, 10.05, 10.06, 10.07, 10.08 and 10.09,
the operation of any Event of Default based on the failure of the Company to
comply with such covenants, and the operation of clause (7) of Section 5.01
("covenant defeasance option"), in each case with respect to the Securities of
any series. The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option
notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option.
If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option with respect to
the Securities of any series, payment of such Securities may not be accelerated
because of an Event of Default. If the Company exercises its covenant
defeasance option with respect to the Securities of any series, payment of such
Securities may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in
clause (7) of Section 5.01 or because of the failure of the Company to comply
with any of the covenants set forth in Sections 8.01(a)(2), 10.04, 10.05,
10.06, 10.07, 10.08 and 10.09.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request
of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those
obligations that the Company terminates.
(b) Notwithstanding clause (a) above, (i) the Company's obligations
in Sections 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 3.08, 3.10, 4.02, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 6.07, 6.10,
10.02 and 10.03 (in respect of the Securities of any series for which it has
exercised its legal defeasance option) and (ii) all
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provisions other than those terminated pursuant to Section 4.03(a)(ii) (in
respect of the Securities of any series for which it has exercised its covenant
defeasance option) shall survive until such Securities have been paid in full.
Thereafter, the Company's obligations in Sections 4.05 and 6.07 with respect to
such Securities shall survive.
(c) The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its
covenant defeasance option with respect to the Securities of any series only
if:
(1) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee money
or Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on
such Securities to Stated Maturity or redemption, as the case may be;
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a
nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressing their
opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without
reinvestment of the deposited Government Obligations plus any deposited
money without investment will provide cash at such times and in such
amounts (but, in the case of the legal defeasance option only, not more
than such amounts) as will be sufficient to pay principal and interest
when due on all such Securities to Stated Maturity or redemption, as the
case may be;
(3) 123 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 123-day
period no Default specified in Section 5.01(5) or (6) occurs which is
continuing at the end of the period;
(4) no Default with respect to such Securities has occurred and is
continuing on the date of such deposit and after giving effect thereto;
(5) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other
agreement binding on the Company;
(6) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute, or
is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment
Company Act of 1940;
(7) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the
Company has
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received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of this Indenture there has been
a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the
effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that,
the holders of such Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes solely as a result of such legal defeasance
and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such legal
defeasance had not occurred;
(8) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the
holders of such Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes solely as a result of such covenant defeasance
and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant
defeasance had not occurred; and
(9) the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the
defeasance and discharge of such Securities as contemplated by this
Article IV have been complied with.
Before or after a deposit, the Company may make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of such Securities at a future
date in accordance with Article XI.
SECTION 4.04. Repayment to Company. The Trustee and the Paying
Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon written request any excess
money or securities held by them at any time. Such written request shall be
accompanied by an opinion of the type specified in Subsection (2) of Section
4.03(c) to the effect that such excess exists and the basis for such
conclusion.
SECTION 4.05. Indemnity for Government Obligations. The Company
shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge
imposed on or assessed against deposited Government Obligations or the
principal and interest received on such Government Obligations.
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SECTION 4.06. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is
unable to apply any money or Government Obligations to the payment of the
Securities of any series in accordance with this Article IV by reason of any
legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, the Company's obligations under this Indenture and such Securities
shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to
this Article IV until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to
apply all such money or Government Obligations in accordance with this Article
IV; provided, however, that, if the Company has made any payment of interest
on or principal of any such Securities because of the reinstatement of its
obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of
such Securities to receive such payment from the money or Government
Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE V
Remedies
SECTION 5.01. Events of Default. "Event of Default" wherever used
herein with respect to the Securities of any series, means any one of the
following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it
shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or
pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or
regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that
series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default
for a period of 30 days;
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any,
on) any Security of that series at its Maturity;
(3) default in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund or
analogous obligation when the same becomes due by the terms of the
Securities of such series;
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture
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(other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose
breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with) and
continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there
has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the
Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25%
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written
notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied
and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder;
(5) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in
the premises adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving
as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any
substantial part of its property or ordering the winding up or liquidation
of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed
and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;
(6) the institution by the Company of proceedings to be adjudicated
a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law, or the consent by it to the filing of any such petition
or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of any
substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for
the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its
inability to pay its debts generally as they become due and its
willingness to be adjudicated a bankrupt, or the taking of corporate
action by the Company in furtherance of any such action;
(7) an event of default, as defined in any indenture or instrument
evidencing or under which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has at
the date of this Indenture or shall hereafter have outstanding at
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least $10,000,000 aggregate principal amount of indebtedness for borrowed
money, shall happen and be continuing and such indebtedness shall have
been accelerated so that the same shall be or become due and payable prior
to the date on which the same would otherwise have become due and payable,
and such acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled within 30 days
after notice thereof shall have been given to the Company by the Trustee
(if such event be known to it), or to the Company and the Trustee by the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
that series at the time Outstanding; provided, however, that for the
purposes of this subsection (7), the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
shall not be deemed in default if it shall be contesting in good faith its
liability for the payment of the principal in question, and shall have
been advised by its counsel that it has a meritorious defense thereto; and
provided further that if such event of default under such indenture or
instrument shall be remedied or cured by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary (as the case may be) or waived by the holders of such
indebtedness, then the Event of Default hereunder by reason thereof shall
be deemed likewise to have been thereupon remedied, cured or waived
without further action upon the part of either the Trustee or any of the
Holders; or
(8) any other Event of Default with respect to Securities of that
series.
SECTION 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity: Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee
or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the
Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion
of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all
the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in
writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any
such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become
immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due
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has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul
such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue installments of interest on all Securities of
that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities
of that series which have become due otherwise than by such
declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate borne
by the Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is legally
enforceable, interest upon overdue installments of interest at the
rate borne by the Securities,
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series,
other than the nonpayment of the principal of Securities of that series
which has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or
waived as provided in Section 5.13.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement
by Trustee. The Company covenants that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on
any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default
continues for a period of 30 days;
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(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (and premium,
if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof; or
(3) default is made in the payment of any sinking or purchase fund
or analogous obligation when the same becomes due by the terms of the
Securities of any series;
and any such default continues for any period of grace provided with respect to
the Securities of such series, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee,
pay to it, for the benefit of the Holder of any such Security (or the Holders
of any such series in the case of Clause (3) above), the whole amount then due
and payable on any such Security (or on the Securities of any such series in
the case of Clause (3) above) for principal (and premium, if any) and interest,
with interest, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable, upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and upon overdue
installments of interest, at such rate or rates as may be prescribed therefor
by the terms of any such Security (or of Securities of any such series in the
case of Clause (3) above); and, in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 6.07.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute
a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of
the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect
and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or
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agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted
herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 5.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the
pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the
Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be
due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company
for the payment of overdue principal (and premium, if any) or interest) shall
be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the
Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary
or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 6.07 and of the Holders allowed in such
judicial proceeding;
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and
(iii) unless prohibited by law or applicable regulation, to vote on
behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other
person performing similar functions;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or
other similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by
each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders,
to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it and any predecessor Trustee under
Section 6.07.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities
or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
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SECTION 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the
Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating
thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in
its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment
shall, after provision for the payment of all the amounts owing the Trustee and
any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.07, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 5.06. Application of Money Collected. Any money collected
or to be applied by the Trustee with respect to a series of Securities pursuant
to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates
fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account
of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the
Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and
upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee under Section 6.07;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon such
series of Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, in
respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
due and payable on such series of Securities for principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled
thereto.
SECTION 5.07. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Securities of
any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or
otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver,
assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other similar official) or for
any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that
series;
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(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to
the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default
in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(5) no written direction inconsistent with such written request has
been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other
Holders of Securities, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference
over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture,
except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of
all such Holders.
SECTION 5.08. Unconditional Right of Holders To Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture,
the Holder of any Security shall have the right which is absolute and
unconditional to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
(subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the respective Stated
Maturities expressed in such Security and to institute suit for the enforcement
of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent
of such Holder.
SECTION 5.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee
or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for
any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder,
then and in every such case the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall,
subject to any determination
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in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former
positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and
the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise
provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.06, no right or remedy herein
conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be
exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to
the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right
and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or
otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any
other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. Except as otherwise
provided in the last paragraph of Section 3.06, no delay or omission of the
Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or remedy
accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or
constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.
Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the
Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed
expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 5.12. Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on
the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series; provided that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, the Trustee shall
have the right to decline to follow such direction if the Trustee in good
faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee,
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determine that the proceeding so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to
the Holders not joining in any such direction or would involve the Trustee
in personal liability.
SECTION 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less
than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series
may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any
past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except
a default:
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest on any Security of such series, or in the payment of any sinking
or purchase fund or analogous obligation with respect to the Securities of
such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any
Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for
every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 5.14. Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture
agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be
deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any
suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any
suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the
filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of
such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made
by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to
any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or
group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any
Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any) or interest on any
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Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security.
SECTION 5.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company
covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any
time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the
benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at
any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance
of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants
that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein
granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE VI
The Trustee
SECTION 6.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities. (a) Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or
opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements
of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or
opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to
be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to
examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent man
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would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own
affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act, or its own willful misconduct except that
(1) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect
of Subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment
made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be
proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts; and
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with
the direction of Holders pursuant to Section 5.12 relating to the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy
available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred
upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series.
(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it.
(e) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision
of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.
SECTION 6.02. Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the
occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any
series, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities of such
series, as their names and addresses appear in the Securities Register, notice
of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have
been cured or waived;
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provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series
the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the
board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors
and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the
withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of Securities of
such series. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any
event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event
of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
SECTION 6.03. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions
of Section 6.01:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, Security or other paper or document believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall
be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any
resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless
other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of
bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer's Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such
counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization
and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable
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security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, indenture, Security or other paper or document, but the Trustee in
its discretion may make such inquiry or investigation into such facts or
matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make
such inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books,
records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder.
SECTION 6.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the
use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 6.05. May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Paying Agent,
Securities Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or
any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject
to Sections 6.08 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Securities Registrar
or such other agent.
SECTION 6.06. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in
trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any
money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
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SECTION 6.07. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation
for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee
of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee and each of its officers, directors,
attorneys in fact and agents for, and to hold each such person harmless
against, any loss, claim, liability or expense incurred without negligence
or bad faith on such person's part, arising out of or in connection with
the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or the Procedures or
the performance of its duties hereunder or under the Procedures, including
the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability
and of complying with any process served upon the Trustee or any of its
officers in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its
powers or duties hereunder. The Company will indemnify and hold the
Trustee harmless against any loss, liability or expense (including
attorneys' fees) resulting from any act or omission to act on the part of
the Company or any such Holder in connection with any agreement related to
a Holder receiving payment by wire transfer or which the Paying Agent may
incur as a result of making any payment in accordance with any agreement.
This indemnification shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company
under this Section, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Securities upon
all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds
held in trust for the payment of amounts due on the Securities.
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The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate and
indemnify the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute
additional indebtedness under this Indenture and shall survive the resignation
or removal of the Trustee, the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and
any rejection or termination of this Indenture under any applicable bankruptcy
law.
If the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 501(5) or (6) has occurred, those expenses
(including the reasonable charges and expenses of its agents and attorneys) and
its compensation for services shall be preferred over the status of the Holders
in any reorganization or similar proceeding and the parties hereto, and the
Holders, by their acceptance of the Securities, hereby agree that such
expenses, compensation and indemnity are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable bankruptcy law.
SECTION 6.08. Disqualification: Conflicting Interests. The
Trustee for the Securities of any series issued hereunder shall be subject to
the provisions of Section 3.10(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Nothing herein
shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the application
referred to in the second to last paragraph of Section 3.10(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 6.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall
at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
(a) a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United States of America or of any State, Territory or the District of
Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers
and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, state, territorial
or District of Columbia authority, or
(b) a corporation or other Person organized and doing business under
the laws of a foreign government that is permitted to act as Trustee
pursuant to a rule, regulation or order of the Commission, authorized
under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, and subject to
supervision or examination by authority of such foreign government or a
political subdivision thereof substantially equivalent to supervision or
examination applicable to United States institutional trustees,
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in either case having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000.
If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purpose of this Section, the combined capital and
surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
Neither the Company nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by or under common control with the Company shall serve as Trustee
for the Securities of any series issued hereunder. If at any time the Trustee
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter
specified in this Article.
SECTION 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor
Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 6.11.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the
Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the
Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have
been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee
and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.08 after written
request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 and
shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by
any such Holder, or
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(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of
acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause with
respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series. If, within one year after such
resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be
appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring
Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its
acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to
the Securities of such series and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by
the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted
appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, subject to Section 5.14,
on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series
by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
to the Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear
in the Securities
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Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust
Office.
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. (a) In case
of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all
Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon
payment of all sums due to the retiring trustee under Section 6.07 hereof,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all
the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the
Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary
or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee
all the rights, powers, trust and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with
respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed
necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be
vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the
provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate
the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees cotrustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust
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or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the
execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts, and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series
to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of
the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall
execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trust referred
to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible
under this Article.
SECTION 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or
any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder;
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the
part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated, and in case
any Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee
may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor Trustee
or in the name of such successor Trustee, and in all cases the certificate of
authentication shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the
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Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee
shall have.
SECTION 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act,
excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to
Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated.
ARTICLE VII
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
SECTION 7.01. Company To Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(a) semiannually, not more than 15 days after June 1 and December 1,
a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names
and addresses of the Holders as of such June 1 and December 1, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a
list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior
to the time such list is furnished,
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Securities Registrar.
SECTION 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications to
Holders. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the,
most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the
names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Securities Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as
provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) If three or more Holders (hereinafter referred to as
"applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee
reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security for a period of
at least six
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months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that
the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders with respect to their
rights under this Indenture or under the Securities and is accompanied by a
copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose
to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five business days after the
receipt of such application, at its election, either
(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at
the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders
whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time
by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), and as to the
approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other
communication, if any, specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to
such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such
applicants, mail to each Holder whose name and address appear in the
information preserved at the time by the Trustee, in accordance with Section
7.02(a), a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified
in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of
the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the
reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender, the
Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together
with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect
that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best
interests of the Holders or would be in violation of applicable law. Such
written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission,
after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written
statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such
objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such
objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for
hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an
order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such
Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the
renewal of such tender; otherwise the
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Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants
respecting their application.
(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same,
agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such
information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with
Section 7.02(b), regardless of the source from which such information was
derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of
mailing any material pursuant to a request under Section 7.02(b).
SECTION 7.03. Reports by Trustee. (a) On or before July 15 of
each year commencing with the year 1993, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to
all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Securities Register, a
brief report dated as of the preceding May 15 with respect to any of the
following events which may have occurred during the twelve months preceding the
date of such report (but if no such event has occurred within such period, no
report need be transmitted):
(1) any change to its eligibility under Section 6.09 and its
qualifications under Section 6.08;
(2) the creation of or any material change to a relationship
specified in Section 310(b)(1) through Section 310(b)(10) of the Trust
Indenture Act;
(3) the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee
elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made
by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the date of such report,
and for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or
charge, prior to that of the Securities, on any property or funds held or
collected by it as Trustee, except that the Trustee shall not be required
(but may elect) to report such advances if such advances so remaining
unpaid aggregate not more than 1/2 of 1% of the principal amount of the
Securities Outstanding on the date of such report;
(4) any change to the amount, interest rate and maturity date of all
other indebtedness owing by the Company (or by any other obligor on the
Securities) to the Trustee in its individual capacity, on the date of such
report, with a brief description of any property held as collateral
security therefor, except an
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indebtedness based upon a creditor relationship arising in any manner
described in Section 6.13(b)(2), (3), (4) or (6);
(5) any change to the property and funds, if any, physically in the
possession of the Trustee as such on the date of such report;
(6) any additional issue of Securities which the Trustee has not
previously reported; and
(7) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties
hereunder which it has not previously reported and which in its opinion
materially affects the Securities, except action in respect of a default,
notice of which has been or is to be withheld by the Trustee in accordance
with Section 6.02.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders, as their
names and addresses appear in the Securities Register, a brief report with
respect to the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects
so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the
Trustee (as such) since the date of the last report transmitted pursuant to
Subsection (a) of this Section (or if no such report has yet been so
transmitted, since the date of execution of this instrument) for the
reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that
of the Securities, on property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, and
which it has not previously reported pursuant to this Subsection, except that
the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if
such advances remaining unpaid at any time aggregate 10% or less of the
principal amount of the Securities Outstanding at such time, such report to be
transmitted within 90 days after such time.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon
which the Securities are listed and also with the Commission. The Company will
notify the Trustee whenever the Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
SECTION 7.04. Reports by Company. The Company will
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is
required to file the same with the
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Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents
and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as
the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe)
which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if
the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports
pursuant to either of said Sections, then it will file with the Trustee
and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed
from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and
periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant
to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in respect of a
security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be
prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such
additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance
by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may
be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(3) transmit by mail, as may be required by the rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, to all
Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Securities Register,
within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries
of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the
Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section.
ARTICLE VIII
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
SECTION 8.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
(a) The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation
or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, and no Person shall consolidate with or merge into the
Company or convey, transfer or lease its
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properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another
corporation or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, the corporation formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which
acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and
assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or
any state or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the Securities and
the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the
Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and any such
supplemental indenture complies with this Article and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been
complied with; and the Trustee, subject to Section 6.01, may rely upon
such Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence
that such transaction complies with this Section 8.01.
(b) If, upon any consolidation or merger of the Company with or
into any other corporation, or upon any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or
substantially all the assets of the Company to any other corporation, any of
the property or assets of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary would
thereupon become subject to any mortgage, lien or pledge, the Company, prior to
or simultaneously with such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or
lease will secure the Securities of each series outstanding hereunder, equally
and ratably with any other obligations of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary then entitled
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thereto, by a direct lien on all such property and assets prior to all liens
other than any theretofore existing thereon.
SECTION 8.02. Successor Corporation Substituted. Upon any
consolidation or merger by the Company with or into any other corporation, or
any conveyance, transfer or lease by the Company of its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Section 8.01, the
successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is
merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to,
and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company
under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had
been named as the Company herein; and in the event of any such conveyance,
transfer or lease the Company shall be discharged from all obligations and
covenants under the Indenture and the Securities and may be dissolved and
liquidated.
Such successor corporation may cause to be signed, and may issue
either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the
Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by
the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor
corporation instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and
limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and
shall deliver any Securities which previously shall have been signed and
delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication
pursuant to such provisions and any Securities which such successor corporation
thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee on its behalf
for the purpose pursuant to such provisions. All the Securities so issued
shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture
as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date
of the execution hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease
such changes in phraseology and form may be made in the Securities thereafter
to be issued as may be appropriate.
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ARTICLE IX
Supplemental Indentures
SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into
one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the
Company, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the
Company herein and in the Securities contained; or
(2) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to
or with the Trustee; or
(3) to provide for the issuance under this Indenture of Securities
in bearer form (including Securities registerable as to principal only)
and to provide for exchangeability of such Securities for Securities
issued hereunder in fully registered form, and to make all appropriate
changes for such purpose; or
(4) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 2.01 or 3.01; or
(5) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to
be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that
such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company; or
(6) to add any additional Events of Default; or
(7) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture;
provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only
when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the
execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit
of such provision; or
(8) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be inconsistent
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with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with
respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided
such action shall not materially adversely affect the interest of the
Holders of Securities of any series; or
(9) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or
more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant
to the requirements of Section 6.11(b).
SECTION 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental
indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the
Company, when authorized by Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an
indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of
this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of
Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of interest on, any Outstanding Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of principal of
an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
5.02, or change the Place of Payment, or the coin or currency in which any
Outstanding Security or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the
right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or
after the Stated Maturity thereof, or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required
for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions
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of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences)
provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or
Section 10.10, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each Security affected thereby.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or
other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for
the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies
the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such
covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under
this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section
to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing,
or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by
this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to,
enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the
execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture
shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture
shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of
Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every
supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
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SECTION 9.06. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee,
bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for
in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new
Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the
Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such supplemental indenture may be
prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE X
Covenants
SECTION 10.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. The
Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that
by no later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date any payment of
principal (and premium, if any) or interest is due, it will duly and punctually
pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of
that series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 10.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will
maintain in each Place of Payment for any series, an office or agency where
Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment and an
office or agency where Securities may be surrendered for transfer or exchange
and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company initially appoints
the Trustee, acting through its Corporate Trust Office, as its agent for said
purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
change in the location of any such office or agency. If at any time the
Company shall fail to maintain such office or agency or shall fail to furnish
the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices
and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee,
and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for
any or all of such
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purposes, and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided,
however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the
Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of
Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation and any change in
the location of any such office or agency.
SECTION 10.03. Money for Security Payments To Be Held in Trust. If
the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any
series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities of such series,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a
sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so
becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its
failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will,
prior to each due date of the principal of or interest on any Securities,
deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium,
if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal and premium (if any) or
interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will
promptly notify the Trustee of its failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that
such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest on Securities in trust for the benefit
of the persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such
Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any payment of
principal (and premium, if any) or interest; and
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(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held
in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the
Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the
Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the
Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then
held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium,
if any) or interest on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two years after
such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable
shall (unless otherwise required by mandatory provision of applicable escheat
or abandoned or unclaimed property law) be paid on Company Request to the
Company, or (if then held by the Company) shall (unless otherwise required by
mandatory provision of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property
law) be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall
thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for
payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such
Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the
expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in
the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general
circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such
money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall
not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 10.04. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Company will
pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall
become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied
or imposed upon the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or upon the income,
profits or property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and (2) all
lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law
become a lien upon the property of the Company or any
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Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax,
assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 10.05. Maintenance of Properties. The Company will cause
all properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of
any Restricted Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair
and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to
be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and
improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so
that business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and
advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this
Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the operation and
maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the
judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, desirable in the conduct of
its business or the business of any Restricted Subsidiary and not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 10.06. Statement as to Compliance. The Company shall
deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each calendar year of
the Company ending after the date hereof, a certificate of the principal
executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting
officer of the Company covering the preceding calendar year, stating whether or
not to the best knowledge of the signer thereof the Company is in default in
the performance, observance or fulfillment of or compliance with any of the
terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture, and if the
Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and
status thereof of which they may have knowledge. For the purpose of this
Section 10.06, compliance shall be determined without regard to any grace
period or requirement of notice provided pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture.
SECTION 10.07. Organizational Existence. Subject to Article VIII,
the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and
keep in full force and effect the organizational existence and rights (charter
and statutory) of itself and of each Restricted Subsidiary;
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provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such
right if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof
is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any
material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 10.08. Limitations upon Liens. (a) The Company will not,
nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, issue, assume or guarantee any
indebtedness for money borrowed secured by a Lien upon any Principal Property
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or on any shares of capital stock
of any Restricted Subsidiary (whether such Principal Property or shares of
stock are now owned or hereafter acquired) without in any such case making or
causing to be made effective provision (and the Company covenants that in any
such case it shall make or cause to be made effective provision) whereby the
Securities of each series then Outstanding, other than series which by their
terms are not entitled to the benefits of this Section, will be secured equally
and ratably with, or prior to, such indebtedness or guarantee; it being
understood that in such event the Company may also so secure any other such
indebtedness of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary entitled thereto,
subject to any applicable priority of payment.
(b) The provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section shall not,
however, apply to any indebtedness secured by any one or more of the following:
(1) Liens on property, or shares of stock of or guaranteed by any
corporation existing at the time such corporation becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary;
(2) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition of such
property by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or Liens on property
which secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price of such
property upon the acquisition of such property by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary, or Liens on property which secure any such
indebtedness incurred or guaranteed by the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary incurred or guaranteed for the purpose of financing all or any
part of the purchase price of such property or the construction of such
property (including improvements to existing property) within 180 days
after the latest of the acquisition, completion of construction (including
any improvements on an existing property) or commencement of operation of
such
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property; provided that such Lien shall not extend to or cover any
property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than such
property hereafter acquired or previously unimproved property theretofore
owned and the principal amount of Funded Debt secured by such Lien shall
not exceed (a) in the case of any timberlands or pollution control
facility, 100% of the lesser of (i) the cost of such acquisition,
construction or improvement of such property to the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) the fair value of such acquisition,
construction or improvement of such property at the time of such
acquisition, construction or improvement, and (b) in the case of any other
type of property, 75% of the lesser of (i) the cost of such acquisition,
construction or improvement of such property to the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) the fair value of such acquisition,
construction or improvement of such property at the time of such
acquisition, construction or improvement;
(3) Liens securing such indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary
owing to the Company or to a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) Liens on property of a corporation existing at the time such
corporation is merged into or consolidated with the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of a purchase, lease or other
acquisition of the properties of a corporation or other Person as an
entirety by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(5) Liens on property of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in
favor of the United States of America or any State thereof, or any
department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the
United States of America or any State thereof, or in favor of any other
country, or any political subdivision thereof, to secure any indebtedness
incurred or guaranteed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the
purchase price or the cost of construction of the property subject to such
Liens within 180 days after the latest of the acquisition, completion of
construction (including improvements on existing property) or commencement
of operation of such property; or
(6) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions,
renewals or replacements) in whole or in part of any Liens referred to in
the
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foregoing clauses (1) to (5), inclusive; provided, however, that the
principal amount of such indebtedness secured thereby shall not exceed the
principal amount of such indebtedness so secured at the time of such
extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or
replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the property which
secured the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements and
construction on such property).
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.08,
the Company and any one or more Restricted Subsidiaries may without securing
any of the Securities issue, assume or guarantee indebtedness secured by any
Lien which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions in an
aggregate amount which, together with all other indebtedness of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries issued, assumed or guaranteed under the provisions
of this subsection (c) (not including indebtedness permitted to be secured
under clauses (1) through (6) of Section 10.08(b)) plus the Value of Sale and
Lease-Back Transactions (not including any such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction
the proceeds of which have been applied in the manner set forth in clause (b)
of Section 10.09) does not at the time exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets.
SECTION 10.09. Limitation on Sale and Lease-Backs. The Company
will not itself, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into
any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction (other than with the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary) unless either:
(a) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could, under Section
10.08, create Funded Debt secured by a Lien on the Principal Property to
be leased in an amount equal to or exceeding the Value of such Sale and
Lease-Back Transaction without equally and ratably securing the Securities
of each series; or
(b) the Company (and in any such case the Company covenants and
agrees that it will do so), within four months after the effective date of
such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, applies an amount equal to the
greater of (i) the net proceeds of the sale of the Principal Property
leased pursuant to such transaction or (ii) the fair market value of the
Principal Property so leased at the time of entering into such transaction
(as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith) to the voluntary
retirement of Funded Debt of the
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Company ranking at least pari passu with the Securities of each series.
SECTION 10.10. Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may omit
in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or condition set forth
in Sections 10.04, 10.05, 10.07, 10.08 and 10.09, inclusive, with respect to
the Securities of any series if before or after the time for such compliance
the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or
condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or
condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver
shall become effective, the obligations of the Company in respect of any such
covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE XI
Redemption of Securities
SECTION 11.01. Applicability of This Article. Redemption of
Securities (whether by operation of a sinking fund or otherwise) as permitted
or required by any form of Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be
made in accordance with such form of Security and this Article; provided,
however, that if any provision of any such form of Security shall conflict with
any provision of this Article, the provision of such form of Security shall
govern. Except as otherwise set forth in the form of Security for such series,
each Security shall be subject to partial redemption only in the amount of
$1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000.
SECTION 11.02. Election To Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election
of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a
Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of
less than all of the Securities of any particular series and having the same
terms, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the date fixed for
redemption (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee)
notify the Trustee of such date and of the principal amount of Securities of
that series to be redeemed.
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SECTION 11.03. Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed. If less
than all the Securities of a particular series and having the same terms are to
be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, not more than 60 days prior to the date
fixed for redemption, in such manner as in its sole discretion it shall deem
appropriate and fair, the Securities or portions thereof of such series to be
redeemed. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for partial redemption and the principal amount thereof to
be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be
redeemed.
SECTION 11.04. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be
given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not later than 30 days, and
not earlier than 60 days, prior to the date fixed for redemption, to each
Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address as it appears on the
Security Register.
With respect to Securities of each series to be redeemed, each
notice of redemption shall state:
(a) the date fixed for redemption for Securities of such series;
(b) the redemption price at which Securities of such series are to
be redeemed;
(c) if less than all Outstanding Securities of such particular
series and having the same terms are to be redeemed, the identification
(and, in the case of partial redemption, the respective principal amounts)
of the particular Securities to be redeemed;
(d) that on the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price at
which such Securities are to be redeemed will become due and payable upon
each such Security or portion thereof, and that interest thereon, if any,
shall cease to accrue on and after said date;
(e) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered
for payment of the redemption price at which such Securities are to be
redeemed; and
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(f) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. The notice if mailed in
the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, a failure
to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any
Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the
validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security.
SECTION 11.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to 12:00 noon
(New York City time) on the redemption date specified in the notice of
redemption given as provided in Section 11.04, the Company will deposit with
the Trustee or with one or more paying agents an amount of money sufficient to
redeem on the redemption date all the Securities so called for redemption at
the applicable redemption price.
SECTION 11.06. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If any
notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 11.04, the
Securities or portion of Securities with respect to which such notice has been
given shall become due and payable on the date and at the place or places
stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price. On presentation and
surrender of such Securities at a place of payment in said notice specified,
the said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and
redeemed by the Company at the applicable redemption price.
Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder
thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities of the
same series, of authorized denominations, in aggregate principal amount equal
to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented and having the same
Original Issue Date, Stated Maturity and terms. If a Global Security is so
surrendered, such new Security will also be a new Global Security.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed
and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
ITT RAYONIER INCORPORATED,
by /s/ Gerald J. Pollack
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Name: Gerald J. Pollack
Title: Sr VP & CFO
Attest:
/s/ John B. Canning
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Secretary
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee,
by /s/ Linda A. Rakolta
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Name: LINDA A. RAKOLTA
Title: VICE PRESIDENT
Attest:
/s/ Valerie Junbar
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EXHIBIT 4.2
This FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (hereinafter called this "Supplemental
Indenture"), dated as of December 13, 1993, made by and between ITT RAYONIER
INCORPORATED, a North Carolina corporation (hereinafter called the "Surviving
Company") having its principal office at 1177 Summer Street, Stamford,
Connecticut 06904, and BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, a New York banking corporation,
as Trustee (hereinafter called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE SURVIVING COMPANY
ITT Rayonier Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the
"Predecessor Company"), and the Trustee have entered into an indenture, dated
as of September 1, 1992 (the "Indenture") to provide for the issuance from time
to time of unsecured debt securities of the Predecessor Company in series
(hereinafter called the "Securities"). The Surviving Company was incorporated
under the name "Rayco, Inc." in accordance with the laws of North Carolina on
December 3, 1993 and issued all of its outstanding stock to the Predecessor
Company. On the date hereof, the Predecessor Company has merged with and into
the Surviving Company and, as a result thereof, the Surviving Company has
changed its name to "ITT Rayonier Incorporated" and acquired all assets and
assumed all liabilities of the Predecessor Company. Such transaction is
hereinafter referred to as the "Merger."
Section 8.01 of the Indenture specifies certain requirements in the event
of a merger of the Predecessor Company into another corporation, among which is
that the corporation into which the Predecessor Company is merged expressly
assume, by supplemental indenture, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the Securities and the
performance of every covenant of the Indenture on the part of the Predecessor
Company to be performed or observed.
Section 9.01(a) of the Indenture provides that the Surviving Company and
the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holders of Securities, enter into a
supplemental indenture in form satisfactory to the Trustee to evidence the
succession of the Surviving Company to the Predecessor Company and the
assumption by the Surviving Company of the covenants of the Predecessor Company
in the Indenture and in the Securities contained.
The Surviving Company has determined that this Supplemental Indenture is
permitted pursuant to Section 9.01(a) of the Indenture without the consent of
any Holders of Securities heretofore issued and outstanding.
NOW THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises, it is mutually covenanted and
agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities or of any series thereof, as follows:
1
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ARTICLE I
Definitions
Section 1.01. Definitions. For all purposes of this Supplemental
Indenture, the terms defined in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture
shall have the meanings therein specified; any terms defined in the Indenture
and not defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as in the Indenture.
ARTICLE II
Concerning the Surviving Company
Section 2.01. Representation as to Corporate Organization. The
Surviving Company hereby represents that it is a corporation duly organized and
validly existing in good standing under the laws of North Carolina, a state of
the United States of America.
Section 2.01 Assumption of Obligations by Surviving Company. The
Surviving Company, as the corporation surviving the Merger, hereby expressly
assumes, and acknowledges that effective upon the consummation of the Merger it
had assumed by operation of law, the due and punctual payment of the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the Securities and the performance
of every covenant of the Indenture on the part of the Predecessor Company to be
performed or observed.
ARTICLE III
Miscellaneous
Section 3.01. Effect of Supplemental Indenture. This Supplemental
Indenture supplements the Indenture and shall be a part and subject to the
terms thereof. Except as supplemented hereby, the Indenture shall continue in
full force and effect; and every Holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter
authenticated and delivered under the Indenture shall be bound thereby.
Section 3.02 Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 3.03 No Representations. The Trustee makes no representation as
to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture. The recitals
contained herein shall be taken as statements of the Surviving Company and the
Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
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This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but
all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be
hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
ITT RAYONIER INCORPORATED
by /s/ Gerald J. Pollack
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Gerald J. Pollack
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
Attest:
/s/ John B. Canning
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John B. Canning
Secretary
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
by /s/ Susan Johnson
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Name: Susan Johnson
Title: Assistant Vice President
Attest:
/s/ Wanda Camacho
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(Assistant) Secretary
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EXHIBIT 10.09
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Director or Officer
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, effective as of _______________, 1994 between Rayonier Inc., a
North Carolina corporation (the "Company"), and ____________________ (the
"Indemnitee").
WHEREAS, it is essential that the Company attract and maintain
responsible, qualified directors and corporate officers; and
WHEREAS, the Indemnitee is a director or corporate officer of the Company;
and
WHEREAS, both the Company and the Indemnitee recognize the increased risk
of litigation and other claims being asserted against directors and corporate
officers of public companies in today's environment, as well as the possibility
that in certain control situations a threat of litigation may be employed to
deter them from exercising their best judgment in the interest of the Company,
and the consequent need to allocate the risk of personal liability through
indemnification and insurance; and
WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company
(the "Charter") requires the Company to indemnify and advance expenses to its
directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted from time to time by law
and the Indemnitee is willing to serve or continue to serve as a director or
corporate officer of the Company provided that he be indemnified as provided
herein; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of the Indemnitee's need for substantial
protection against personal liability and of the Indemnitee's reliance on the
Charter, and in part to provide Indemnitee with specific contractual assurance
that the protection promised by the Charter will be available to the Indemnitee
(regardless of, among other things, any amendment to or revocation of the
Charter or any change in the composition of the Company's Board of Directors or
any acquisition transaction involving the Company), the Company wishes to
provide in this Agreement for the indemnification of and the advancement of
expenses to the Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law and as set
forth in this Agreement, and, to the extent insurance is maintained, for the
continued coverage of Indemnitee under the Company's directors and officers
liability insurance policies.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the Indemnitee
continuing to serve the Company directly or, at its request, another
enterprise, and
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intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto do hereby covenant and
agree as follows:
01. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
(a) CHANGE IN CONTROL: Shall be deemed to have occurred if after the date
hereof (i) a report on Schedule 13D shall be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the "Act") disclosing that any person, other than the Company or any
employee benefit plan sponsored by the Company, is the beneficial owner (as the
term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) directly or indirectly, of twenty
percent or more of the total voting power represented by the Company's then
outstanding Voting Securities (calculated as provided in paragraph (d) of Rule
13d-3 under the Act in the case of rights to acquire Voting Securities); or
(ii) any person, other than the Company or any employee benefit plan sponsored
by the Company, shall purchase shares pursuant to a tender offer or exchange
offer to acquire any Voting Securities of the Company (or securities
convertible into such Voting Securities) for cash, securities or any other
consideration, provided that after consummation of the offer, the person in
question is the beneficial owner directly or indirectly, of twenty percent or
more of the total voting power represented by the Company's then outstanding
Voting Securities (all as calculated under clause (i)); or (iii) the
stockholders of the Company shall approve (A) any consolidation or merger of
the Company in which the Company is not the continuing or surviving corporation
(other than a merger of the Company in which holders of Common Shares of the
Company immediately prior to the merger have the same proportionate ownership
of Common Shares of the surviving corporation immediately after the merger as
immediately before), or pursuant to which Common Shares of the Company would be
converted into cash, securities or other property, or (B) any sale, lease,
exchange of other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related
transactions) of all or substantially all the assets of the Company; or (iv)
there shall have been a change in the composition of the Board of Directors of
the Company at any time during any consecutive twenty-four month period such
that "continuing directors" cease for any reason to constitute at least a 70%
majority of the Board. For purposes of this clause, "continuing directors"
means those members of the Board who either were directors at the beginning of
such consecutive twenty-four month period or were elected by or on the
nomination or recommendation of at least a 70% majority of the then-existing
Board. So long as there has not been a Change in Control within the meaning of
clause (iv), the Board of Directors may adopt by a 70% majority vote of the
"continuing directors" a resolution to the effect that a prior Change of
Control within the meaning of clauses (i) or (ii) is no longer applicable for
the purposes of future Expenses in connection with future Proceedings to which
this Agreement relates.
(b) EXPENSES: Expenses of every kind incurred in connection with a
Proceeding, including counsel fees. Expenses shall include, without
limitation, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees,
travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone and
fax charges, postage, delivery service charges, costs associated with
procurement of surety bonds or loans or other costs associated with the
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stay of a judgment, penalty or fine, and all other disbursements or expenses of
the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending,
preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, or being or preparing to be a
witness in a Proceeding.
(c) INDEPENDENT COUNSEL: A lawyer or law firm that is experienced in
matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years
has been, retained to represent: (i) the Company or the Indemnitee in any
matter, or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for
indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term
"Independent Counsel" shall not include any person who, under the applicable
standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of
interest in representing either the Company or the Indemnitee in an action to
determine Indemnitee's rights under this Agreement. Independent Counsel may
be, but need not be, a member(s) of the bar of North Carolina.
(d) PROCEEDING: Any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative and
whether formal or informal. A "Proceeding" may be instituted by another party,
or by or in the right of the Company, or by the Indemnitee. The term
"Proceeding" shall also include any preliminary inquiry or investigation that
the Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the institution of a
"Proceeding".
(e) REVIEWING PARTY: Any appropriate person or body consisting of (i) a
member or members of the Company's Board of Directors or (ii) any other person
or body duly appointed by the Board who is not a party to the particular
Proceeding for which the Indemnitee is seeking indemnification, or (iii)
Independent Counsel.
(f) VOTING SECURITIES: Any securities of the Company which vote generally
in the election of directors.
2. TERM OF AGREEMENT: This Agreement shall continue until and terminate
upon the later of (i) the tenth anniversary after the date that the Indemnitee
shall have ceased to serve as a director or officer of the Company (or in any
other capacity in respect of which he has rights of indemnification hereunder);
or (ii) the final termination of all pending Proceedings in respect of which
Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement of Expenses
hereunder, including any Proceeding commenced by the Indemnitee to enforce the
Indemnitee's rights under this Agreement.
3. RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCE; HOW DETERMINED.
(a) In the event the Indemnitee was, is or becomes a party to or witness
or other participant in, or is threatened to be made a party to or witness or
other participant in, a Proceeding by reason of (or arising in whole or in part
out of) Indemnitee's present or former status as a director, officer or
fiduciary of the Company, or Indemnitee having served at the request of the
Company as a director, officer, employee, trustee, agent or fiduciary of
another corporation, joint venture, employee benefit plan, trust or other
enterprise, the Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee to the fullest extent
permitted by
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law in effect on the date hereof (and to such greater extent as applicable law
may hereafter permit) against the obligation to pay any and all Expenses,
judgments, settlements, penalties, or fines (including any interest assessed,
and including any excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan)
incurred on account of or with respect to such Proceeding. Such
indemnification shall be made as soon as practicable, but in any event no later
than sixty days after written demand is presented to the Secretary of the
Company. This Agreement shall be effective as well with respect to any such
Proceedings which relate to acts or omissions occurring or allegedly occurring
prior to the execution of this Agreement, and regardless of whether the Company
may have been incorporated in a different jurisdiction at the time of such acts
or omissions.
(b) In connection with any such Proceeding, if so requested by the
Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, within two business days of such
request, any and all reasonable Expenses to the Indemnitee (an "Expense
Advance"). An Expense Advance shall be made without awaiting the results of
the Proceeding giving rise to the Expenses or the outcome of any further
Proceeding to determine the Indemnitee's right to indemnification hereunder,
and without making any preliminary determination as to the Indemnitee's state
of mind at the time of the activities in question.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to
indemnify under this Section 3 a person made a party to a Proceeding if (i) the
Indemnitee is not successful within the meaning of Section 6 and (ii) the
appropriate Reviewing Party specified in subsection (e) below shall have
affirmatively determined (in a written opinion in any case in which Independent
Counsel referred to in Section 4 hereof is involved, a copy of which shall be
delivered to the Indemnitee) that the Indemnitee's activities in question were
at the time taken known or believed by him to be clearly in conflict with the
best interests of the Company. The obligation of the Company promptly to make
an Expense Advance(s) pursuant to subsection (b) above is unqualified, is not
subject to any means or other credit test, and shall be enforceable by the
Indemnitee in summary judicial proceedings; but shall be subject, however, to
the condition subsequent that if, when and to the extent the Reviewing Party
may subsequently determine that the Indemnitee's activities were at the time
taken known or believed by him to be clearly in conflict with the best
interests of the Company, then the Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed
by the Indemnitee for all such amounts theretofore advanced. The obligation of
the Indemnitee to make such reimbursement shall be unsecured and without
interest. The Indemnitee hereby undertakes so to reimburse the Company, the
receipt of which unsecured and interest free undertaking is hereby accepted by
the Company as the sole condition of advancing the Indemnitee's Expenses
pursuant to subsection (b) above. If the Indemnitee has commenced legal or
arbitration proceedings to secure a determination that the Indemnitee should be
indemnified hereunder, the Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the
Company for any Expense Advance until a final determination is made by the
court or the arbitrators as the case may be that the Indemnitee's activities
were at the time taken known or believed by him to be clearly in conflict with
the best interests of the Company.
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(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, prior to a
Change in Control, the Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification
pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Proceeding initiated by the
Indemnitee unless the Board of Directors has authorized or consented to the
initiation of such Proceeding. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, a
Proceeding shall not be deemed to have been "initiated" by the Indemnitee where
its primary purpose is to enforce the Indemnitee's rights under this Agreement.
(e) If there has not been a Change in Control, the Reviewing Party shall
be as determined by the Board of Directors, either in the specific case or
under procedures adopted by the Board. If there has been a Change in Control
(other than one approved in advance by a majority of the company's Board of
Directors who were elected by the public shareholders prior to such Change in
Control), the Reviewing Party shall be the Independent Counsel referred to in
Section 4.
(f) If there has been a Change in Control and any dispute arises under
this Agreement, the parties agree that at the Indemnitee's option such dispute
shall be resolved by binding arbitration proceedings in accordance with the
rules of the American Arbitration Association and the results of such
proceedings shall be conclusive on both parties and shall not be subject to
judicial interference or review on any ground whatsoever, including without
limitation any claim that the Company was wrongfully induced to enter into this
agreement to arbitrate such a dispute. The Company shall pay the cost of any
arbitration proceedings under this Agreement. The Indemnitee shall be entitled
to advancement of his Expenses in connection with such proceedings and,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subsection (c) above, the
Indemnitee shall be obligated to reimburse the Company for his Expenses in
connection with such arbitration proceedings only if it is finally and
specifically determined by the arbitrators that the Indemnitee's position in
initiating the arbitration was frivolous and completely without merit.
4. INDEPENDENT COUNSEL.
(a) The Company agrees that if there is a Change in Control of the Company
(other than a Change of Control which has been approved in advance by a
majority of the Company's Board of Directors who were elected by the public
shareholders prior to such Change in Control) then with respect to all matters
thereafter arising concerning the rights of the Indemnitee to indemnity
payments and Expense Advances under the Charter, this Agreement or any other
agreement or Company by-law now or hereafter in effect relating to
indemnification, the Company shall (unless otherwise agreed by the Indemnitee)
seek legal advice exclusively from Independent Counsel selected by the
Indemnitee and approved by the Company (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld). Such counsel, among other things, shall render its
written opinion to the Company and to the Indemnitee as to whether the
Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified under this Agreement. The Company
agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Counsel and
fully to indemnify such counsel against any
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and all expenses (including attorney's fees), claims, liabilities and damages
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or such counsel's engagement
pursuant hereto.
(b) Following the initial selection of Independent Counsel by the
Indemnitee the Company may within seven (7) days deliver to the Indemnitee a
written objection to such selection. Such objection may be asserted only on
the ground that the Independent Counsel selected does not satisfy the
definition of Independent Counsel in subsection 1(c) and the objection shall
set forth with particularity the factual basis for such assertion. Absent a
proper and timely objection, the person, persons or firm selected shall act as
Independent Counsel. If such written objection is made, the Indemnitee may
select alternate Independent Counsel. If the Company objects to the alternate
selection the Indemnitee may either seek a judicial determination that such
objections were inappropriate or else the Indemnitee may direct that the
Company select Independent Counsel by lot from among the North Carolina firms
having more than 25 attorneys and having a rating of "av" or better in the then
current Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Such selection by lot shall be made
by the principal financial officer of the Company in the presence of the
Indemnitee (and the Indemnitee's legal counsel, or either or neither of them as
the Indemnitee may elect). Such law firms shall be contacted in the order of
their selection, requesting each firm to accept engagement to make the
determination required, until one of such firms accepts such engagement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in lieu of selection of alternate Independent
Counsel after the Company has objected to the Indemnitee's first or second
selection, the Indemnitee may request and direct that the Independent Counsel
method be dispensed with and that any dispute be decided by arbitration as
provided in subsection 3(f).
(c) Considering that a fundamental purpose of this Agreement is to provide
for and ensure the timely advance of an Indemnitee's Expenses in any event, if
there is a Change of Control and the Indemnitee must commence arbitration
proceedings to secure an advance of his Expenses, the arbitrators shall have
discretion to award punitive damages to the Indemnitee if it is found that the
Company's failure to advance the Indemnitee's expenses makes such an award
appropriate in the circumstances.
5. INDEMNIFICATION FOR ENFORCEMENT EXPENSES. The Company shall indemnify
the Indemnitee against any and all Expenses (including attorneys' fees) and, if
requested by the Indemnitee, shall (within two business days of such request)
advance such expenses to the Indemnitee, which are incurred by the Indemnitee
in connection with any Proceeding initiated by the Indemnitee for: (i)
indemnification or advancement of Expenses by the Company under the North
Carolina Business Corporation Act (the "NCBCA"), the Charter, this Agreement,
or any other agreement or Company by-law, vote of shareholders or resolution of
the Board now or hereafter in effect relating to indemnification; or (ii)
recovery under any directors' and officers' liability insurance policies
maintained by the Company. The Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person,
persons or entity making the determination with respect to the Indemnitee's
entitlement to indemnification under this Agreement. Any expenses incurred by
the Indemnitee in so cooperating shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of
the determination as to the
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Indemnitee's entitlement to indemnification) and the Company hereby indemnifies
and agrees to hold the Indemnitee harmless therefrom.
6. SUCCESS; PARTIAL INDEMNITY, ETC. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Agreement, to the extent that the Indemnitee has been successful on the
merits or otherwise in defense of any or all claims made against him in a
Proceeding or in defense of any issue or matter therein, including dismissal
without prejudice, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Expenses
incurred in connection therewith. If the Indemnitee is entitled under any
provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a
portion of the Expenses, judgments, settlements, penalties or fines paid as a
result of a Proceeding but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof,
the Company shall nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee for the portion thereof
to which the Indemnitee is entitled.
7. BURDEN OF PROOF. In connection with any determination by the Reviewing
Party or otherwise as to whether the Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified
hereunder, the person or persons or entity or body making such determination
shall presume that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this
Agreement and the burden of overcoming such presumption by clear and convincing
evidence shall be on the Company. The termination of any claim, action, suit
or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court
approval) or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent,
shall not create a presumption that the Indemnitee's activities were at the
time taken known or believed by him to be clearly in conflict with the best
interests of the Company, or that a court has determined that indemnification
is not permitted. In addition, neither the failure of the Reviewing Party to
have made a determination as to the Indemnitee's state of mind, nor an actual
determination by the Reviewing Party that the Indemnitee had a state of mind
prior to the commencement of arbitration (if applicable) or legal proceedings
to secure a determination that the Indemnitee should be indemnified under this
agreement and applicable law, shall be a defense to the Indemnitee's claim or
create a presumption of any kind. The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to
act, of any director, officer, agent, fiduciary or employee of the Company
shall not be imputed to the Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to
indemnification under this Agreement.
8. NONEXCLUSIVITY, ETC. The rights of the Indemnitee hereunder shall be
in addition to any other rights the Indemnitee may have under the Charter, the
North Carolina Business Corporation Act (the "NCBCA"), any by-law of the
Company, any other agreement, a vote of shareholders or a resolution of the
Board of Directors or otherwise. To the extent that a change in the NCBCA
(whether by statute or judicial decision) permits greater indemnification by
agreement than would be afforded currently under the Charter and this
Agreement, it is the intent of the parties that the Indemnitee shall enjoy by
this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change.
9. CONTRIBUTION. In the event the indemnification provided for in Section
3 of this Agreement is unavailable to the Indemnitee in connection with any
Proceeding under any Federal law, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying the
Indemnitee, shall contribute
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to the Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in such proportion as deemed fair
and reasonable by the Reviewing Party, in light of all the circumstances of the
Proceeding giving rise to such Expenses, in order to reflect (i) the relative
benefits received by the Company and the Indemnitee as a result of the event(s)
and/or transaction(s) giving rise to such Proceeding, and (ii) the relative
fault of each.
10. LIABILITY INSURANCE. To the extent the Company maintains an insurance
policy or policies providing directors' and officers' liability insurance, the
Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies, in accordance with its
or their terms, to the maximum extent of the coverage available for any Company
director or officer.
11. PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS. No legal action shall be brought and no cause
of action shall be asserted by or in the right of the Company against the
Indemnitee, the Indemnitee's spouse, heirs, executors or personal or legal
representatives after the expiration of two years from the date of accrual of
such cause of action, and any claim or cause of action of the Company shall be
extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing of a
legal action within such two-year period; provided, however, that if any
shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of
action such shorter period shall govern.
12. PROCEDURES VALID. The Company shall be precluded from asserting in
any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Agreement
that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding
and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such
arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.
If a determination is made that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification,
the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or
arbitration
13. AMENDMENTS, ETC. No supplement, modification or amendment of this
Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties
hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed
or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not
similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
14. SUBROGATION. In the event of payment under this Agreement, the
Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights
of recovery of the Indemnitee, who shall execute an appropriate document in
favor of the Company to secure such rights.
15. NO DUPLICATION OF PAYMENTS. The Company shall not be liable under
this Agreement to make any payment in connection with any Proceeding to the
extent the Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment (under any
insurance policy, the Charter, Company by-laws or otherwise) of the amounts
otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.
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16. BINDING EFFECT, ETC. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective
successors, assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase,
merger or consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the
business and/or assets of the Company), spouses, heirs, executors and personal
and legal representatives. This Agreement shall continue in effect regardless
of whether Indemnitee continues to serve as a director or corporate officer of
the Company or of any other entity at the Company's request. In the event of
his demise, this agreement shall be enforceable by the Indemnitee's legal
representatives as fully as if the Indemnitee had survived.
17. SEVERABILITY; HEADINGS; PRONOUNS. The provisions of this Agreement
shall be severable in the event that any of the provisions hereof (including
any provision within a single section, paragraph or sentence) is held by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable
in any respect, and the validity and enforceability of any such provision in
every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any
way impaired and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by
law. The headings of the Sections of this Agreement are inserted for
convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement
or to affect the construction thereof. The masculine pronoun wherever used in
this Agreement includes the corresponding feminine pronoun.
18. NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS; NOTICES. The Indemnitee agrees promptly to
notify the Company in writing upon being served with any summons, citation,
subpoena, complaint, indictment, information or other document relating to any
Proceeding or matter which may be subject to indemnification or advancement of
Expenses covered hereunder. All notices, requests, demands and other
communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly given (i) upon delivery if delivered by hand and receipted for by the
party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, or
(ii) on the third business day after mailing if mailed by certified or
registered mail with postage prepaid, and addressed as follows: If to the
Indemnitee, as shown after the Indemnitee's signature below; and if to the
Company, to Corporate Secretary, Rayonier Inc., 1177 Summer Street, Stamford,
CT 06905-5529 or such other address as may have been furnished in writing to
the Indemnitee by the Company or to the Company by the Indemnitee, as the case
may be.
19. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina applicable
to contracts made and to be performed in such state without giving effect to
the principles of conflicts of laws.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.
RAYONIER INC.
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EXHIBIT 10.10
RAYONIER, INC.
EXCESS BENEFIT PLAN
EFFECTIVE AS OF MARCH 1, 1994
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INTRODUCTION
This Excess Benefit Plan has been authorized by the Board of Directors of
Rayonier, Inc. to be applicable effective on and after March 1, 1994 to pay
supplemental benefits to employees who have qualified or may qualify for
benefits under the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees of Rayonier Inc.
All benefits payable under this Plan, which is intended to constitute both an
unfunded excess benefit plan under Section 3(36) of Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA") and a
nonqualified, unfunded deferred compensation plan for a select group of
management employees under Title I of ERISA, shall be paid out of the general
assets of the Company. The Company may establish and fund a trust in order to
aid it in providing benefits due under the Plan.
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RAYONIER, INC.
EXCESS BENEFIT PLAN
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I DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
II AMOUNT AND PAYMENT OF EXCESS RETIREMENT BENEFITS
2.01 Amount of Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.02 Vesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.03 Payment of Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.04 Change of Beneficiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.05 Restoration to Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
III GENERAL PROVISIONS
3.01 Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.02 Duration of Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
IV ADMINISTRATION
4.01 Modification, Amendment, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.02 Termination and Discontinuance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.03 Special Provisions Upon Change of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.04 Administration and Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.05 Appointment of Subcommittees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.06 No Contract of Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.07 Facility of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4.08 Withholding Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.09 Nonalienation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.10 Forfeiture for Cause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4.11 Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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RAYONIER, INC.
EXCESS BENEFIT PLAN
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.01 Definitions. The following terms when capitalized herein shall have the
meanings assigned below.
1.02 Affiliated Company. Means any company not participating in the Plan
which is a member of a controlled group of corporations (as defined in
Section 414(b) of the Code) which also includes as a member the Company;
any trade or business under common control (as defined in Section 414(c)
of the Code) with the Company, any organization (whether or not
incorporated) which is a member of an affiliated service group (as
defined in section 414(m) of the Code) which includes the Company; and
any other entity required to be aggregated with the Company pursuant to
regulations under Section 414(o) of the Code. For purposes of this
Plan, the definitions in Sections 414(b) and (c) of the Code shall be
modified as provided in Section 415(h) of the Code.
1.03 Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of Rayonier, Inc.
1.04 Change in Control. Means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) a report on Schedule 13D shall have been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Act") disclosing that
any person other than the Company or any employee benefit plan
sponsored by the Company, is the beneficial owner (as the term
is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Act) directly or indirectly,
of twenty percent or more of the
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total voting power represented by the Company's then
outstanding Voting Securities (calculated as provided in
paragraph (d) of Rule 13d-3 under the Act in the case of rights
to acquire voting Securities); or
(ii) any person other than the Company or any employee benefit plan
sponsored by the Company, shall purchase shares pursuant to a
tender offer or exchange offer to acquire any Voting Securities
Stock of the Company (or securities convertible into such
Voting Securities), for cash, securities or any other
consideration, provided that after consummation of the offer,
the person in question is the beneficial owner directly or
indirectly, of twenty percent or more of the total voting power
represented by the Company's then outstanding Voting Securities
(all as calculated under clause (i)); or
(iii) the stockholders of the Company shall approve (A) any
consolidation or merger of the Company in which the Company is
not the continuing or surviving corporation (other than a
merger of the Company in which holders of Common Shares of the
Company immediately prior to the merger have the same
proportionate ownership of Common Shares of the surviving
corporation immediately after the merger as immediately before)
or pursuant to which Common Shares of the Company would be
converted into cash, securities or other property, or (B) any
sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or
a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all
the assets of the Company; or
(iv) there shall have been a change in the composition of the Board
of Directors of the Company at any time during any consecutive
twenty-four month period such that "continuing directors" cease
for any reason to constitute at least a 70% majority of the
Board.
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For purposes of this clause, (iv) "continuing directors" means
those members of the Board who either where directors at the
beginning of such consecutive twenty-four month period or were
elected by or on the nomination or recommendation of at least a
70% majority of the then existing Board.
So long as there has not been a Change in Control within the meaning of
clause (iv), the Board of Directors may adopt by a 70% majority vote of
the "continuing directors" a resolution to the effect that a prior
change of control within the meaning of clauses (i) or (ii) is no longer
applicable for the purposes of Section 4.03.
For purposes of this Section 1.04 "Voting Securities" means any
Securities of the Company which vote generally in the election of
directors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Change in Control shall be deemed to
have occurred with respect to a particular Participant if the Change in
Control results from actions or events in which such Participant is a
participant in a capacity other than solely as an officer, employee or
director of the Company.
1.05 Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
1.06 Committee. The Committee responsible for the administration of the
Retirement Plan.
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1.07 Company. Rayonier Inc. or any successor by merger, purchase or
otherwise, with respect to its employees and those of its divisions,
subsidiaries and affiliated companies which are designated as
participating companies, with respect to their employees, under the
Retirement Plan.
1.08 Compensation. An employee's compensation as defined under the
Retirement Plan for purposes of Article II.
1.09 ERISA. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time.
1.10 Excess Benefit Plan. The portion of the Plan which is intended to
constitute an unfunded excess benefit plan under Section 3(36) of Title
I of ERISA.
1.11 Participant. Each participant in the Retirement Plan whose annual
benefit exceeds the limitations imposed by Code Sections 415(b) or
415(e) shall participate in the Excess Benefit Portion of the Plan.
Each Participant in the Retirement Plan whose benefit is limited by
reason of the Code Section 401(a)(17) limitation on Compensation shall
participate in the Select Management Portion. A Participant's
participation in the Plan shall terminate upon the Participant's death
or termination of employment with the Company unless a benefit is
payable with respect to the Participant or his beneficiary under the
provisions of Article II.
1.12 Plan. The Rayonier Inc. Excess Benefit Plan, as set forth herein or as
amended from time to time.
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1.13 Plan Year. The calendar year.
1.14 Retirement Allowance. Annual payments under the Retirement Plan.
1.15 Retirement Plan. The Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees of Rayonier
Inc.
1.16 Select Management Portion. The portion of the Plan which is intended to
constitute a nonqualified, unfunded deferred compensation plan for a
select group of management employees under Title I of ERISA.
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ARTICLE II
AMOUNT AND PAYMENT OF
EXCESS RETIREMENT BENEFITS
2.01 Amount of Benefits. The benefits under this Article II with respect to
a Participant shall be a monthly payment for the life of the Participant
equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the monthly retirement income which
would have been payable to the Participant over his lifetime under
Section 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, or 4.05 of the Retirement Plan,
whichever is applicable, beginning at the Participant's Annuity Starting
Date as defined under the Retirement Plan, determined without regard to
the provisions contained in Section 4.08 of the Retirement Plan relating
to the maximum limitation on pensions, and without regard to the
limitation on Compensation and Final Average Compensation contained in
Section 1.11 and Section 1.17, respectively, of the Retirement Plan,
over (ii) the sum of the following amounts:
A) the amount actually payable to the Participant under the
Retirement Plan;
B) the amount of the benefit payable to the Participant under the
Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees of ITT Corporation; and
C) the amount of the benefit payable to the Participant under any ITT
Excess Pension Plan.
For purposes of this Section 2.01, if any benefit to be subtracted is
payable in a form other than a single life annuity commencing on the
Participant's Annuity Starting Date, as defined under the Retirement
Plan, such benefit shall be converted to a single life annuity,
commencing on such date, of equivalent actuarial value. In determining
the amount of the
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benefit to be subtracted, equivalent actuarial value shall be computed
on the basis set forth in Section 1.16 of the Retirement Plan.
2.02 Vesting.
(a) A Participant's vested Percentage in the benefits payable under
this Article II shall be the same as the Participant's vested
percentage in his Retirement Allowance.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, in the
event of a Change in Control, all Participants shall become fully
vested in the benefits provided under this Plan.
2.03 Payment of Benefits.
(a) Following a Participant's retirement or other termination of
employment with the Company, other than by reason of death, the
Participant shall receive the benefit payable under Section 2.01
above in the same form and at the same time as the Participant
receives a Retirement Allowance under the Retirement Plan. If the
form of payment is other than an annuity over the life of
Participant, such benefit shall be adjusted as provided in Section
4.06 of the Retirement Plan to reflect such different payment
form.
(b) In the event a Participant dies while in active service with the
Company, the Participant's beneficiary as designated pursuant to
Section 4.07 of the Retirement Plan, if any, shall receive a
monthly payment for the life of the beneficiary equal to the
excess, if any, of (i) the monthly income which would have been
payable to such beneficiary under Section 4.07 of the Retirement
Plan, without regard to the
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provisions of Section 4.08 of the Retirement Plan relating to the
maximum limitation on pensions, and without regard to the
limitation on Compensation and Average Final Compensation
contained in Section 1.11 and Section 1.17, respectively, of the
Retirement Plan, over (ii) the amount actually payable to such
beneficiary under the Retirement Plan plus the amount payable to a
beneficiary under the Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees of
ITT Corporation and any ITT Excess Pension Plan.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section 2.03, if the lump sum value of the benefits payable to or
on behalf of a Participant under this Article II, determined in
accordance with Section 4.10(b) of the Retirement Plan, is less
than $15,000, then such lump sum amount shall be paid to such
Participant, or such Participant's spouse, as the case may be, as
soon as practicable following the date such benefits would
otherwise have commenced, in lieu of an annuity.
2.04 Change of Beneficiary. In the event the benefit is payable under this
Article II to the Participant in a form other than an annuity for the
life of the Participant following the Participant's retirement or other
termination of employment with the Company, other than by reason of
death, the Participant may, at any time, upon written notice to the
Committee, change the beneficiary under this Plan to anyone, including
his estate. In the event of a change of beneficiary hereunder, no
consent of the beneficiary previously designated will be required.
However, payments under this Plan to any beneficiary named by the
Participant shall be payable in the same amount and for the same
duration as the benefits that would have been payable to the person
named as beneficiary by the Participant when his benefits under the Plan
commence.
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2.05 Restoration to Service. If a Participant who retired or otherwise
terminated employment with the Company is restored to service, any
payment of a benefit hereunder shall cease. Upon his subsequent
retirement or termination, his benefits hereunder shall be recomputed in
accordance with the provisions of this Article II and shall be reduced
by the equivalent actuarial value, as defined in Section 1.16 of the
Retirement Plan, of the benefit payments from the Plan he received prior
to his age 65, if any.
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ARTICLE III
GENERAL PROVISIONS
3.01 Funding.
(a) All amounts payable in accordance with this Plan shall constitute
a contractual general unsecured obligation of the Company. Such
amounts, as well as any administrative costs relating to the Plan,
shall be paid out of the general assets of the Company, to the
extent not paid from the assets of any trust established pursuant
to paragraph (b) below.
(b) The Company may, for administrative reasons, establish a grantor
trust for the benefit of Participants in the Plan. The assets
placed in said trust shall be held separate and apart from other
Company funds, and shall be used exclusively for the purposes set
forth in the Plan and the applicable trust agreement, subject to
the following conditions:
(i) the creation of said trust shall not cause the Plan to be
other than "unfunded" for purposes of Title I of ERISA;
(ii) the Company shall be treated as "grantor" of said trust for
purposes of Section 677 of the Code; and
(iii) the agreement of said trust shall provide that its assets
may be used upon the insolvency of the Company to satisfy
claims of the Company's general creditors, and that the
rights of such general creditors are enforceable by them
under federal and state law.
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3.02 Duration of Benefits. Benefits shall accrue under the Plan on behalf
of a Participant only for so long as the provisions of Sections 415 or
401(a)(17) of the Code limit the Retirement Allowance that is payable
under the Retirement Plan.
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ARTICLE IV
ADMINISTRATION
4.01 Modification, Amendment, Etc. The Board of Directors reserves the right
to modify, amend, in whole or in part, discontinue benefit accrual
under, or terminate the Plan at any time. However, no modification or
amendment shall be made to Section 4.02 and no modification,
discontinuance, amendment or termination shall adversely affect the
right of any Participant to receive the benefits accrued as of the date
of such modification, discontinuance, amendment, or termination.
4.02 Termination and Discontinuance. If the Company terminates the Plan, or
discontinues benefit accruals thereunder, Participants shall be fully
vested in their accrued benefits. Benefits under the Plan shall be paid
in the manner and at the times indicated in Article II, unless the Board
of Directors shall determine otherwise. The Plan will be deemed to be
terminated when all the liabilities of the Plan have been discharged.
4.03 Special Provisions Upon Change of Control. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Plan to the contrary, upon the occurrence of a Change
in Control the benefit that would become payable to or on behalf of a
Participant under Article II as if the Participant terminated employment
with the Company on the date of the Change in Control shall become
payable. All benefits previously payable and the benefits that become
payable under this Section 4.03 shall be paid in a lump sum determined
in accordance with Section 4.10(b) of the Retirement Plan.
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4.04 Administration and Interpretation. Full power and authority to
construe, interpret and administer the Plan shall be vested in the
Committee. Any interpretation of the Plan by the Committee or any
administrative act by the Committee shall be final and binding on all
Participants. All rules relating to the quorum of the Committee and to
the conduct of its business shall also apply to the Committee in
administering this Plan.
4.05 Appointment of Subcommittees. The members of the Committee may appoint
from their number such committees with such powers as they shall
determine, may authorize one or more of their number or any agent to
execute or deliver any instrument or instruments in their behalf, and
may employ such counsel, agents and other services as they may require
in carrying out their duties. Subject to the limitations of the Plan,
the Committee shall, from time to time, establish rules and regulations
for the administration of the Plan and the transaction of its business
and shall maintain or cause to be maintained all records which it shall
deem necessary for purposes of the Plan.
4.06 No Contract of Employment. The establishment of the Plan shall not be
construed as conferring any legal rights upon any person for a
continuation of employment, nor shall it interfere with the rights of
the Company to discharge any employee and to treat him without regard to
the effect which such treatment might have upon him as a Participant in
the Plan.
4.07 Facility of Payment. In the event that the Committee shall find that a
Participant is unable to care for his affairs because of illness or
accident, the Committee may direct that any benefit payment due him,
unless claim shall have been made therefor by a duly appointed legal
representative, be paid to his spouse, a child, a parent or other blood
relative, or to
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a person with whom he resides, and any such payment so made shall be a
complete discharge of the liabilities of the Company and the Plan
therefor.
4.08 Withholding Taxes. The Company shall have the right to deduct from each
payment to be made under the Plan and any trust any required withholding
taxes.
4.09 Nonalienation. Subject to any applicable law, no benefit under the Plan
shall be subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale,
transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or charge, and any attempt to
do so shall be void, nor shall any such benefit be in any manner liable
for or subject to garnishment, attachment, execution or levy, or liable
for or subject to the debts, contracts, liabilities, engagements or
torts of a Participant.
4.10 Forfeiture for Cause. In the event that a Participant shall at any time
be convicted for a crime involving dishonesty or fraud on the part of
such Participant in his relationship with the Company, all benefits that
would otherwise be payable to him under the Plan shall be forfeited.
4.11 Construction.
(a) The Plan shall be construed, regulated and administered under the
laws of the State of North Carolina, to the extent not preempted
by the ERISA or other federal law.
(b) When used herein, the masculine pronoun shall include the feminine
pronoun, and the singular shall include the plural, where
appropriate.
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First Draft: March 21, 1994
EXHIBIT 10.11
RAYONIER INC.
EXCESS SAVINGS PLAN
(Effective as of March 1, 1994)
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RAYONIER INC.
EXCESS SAVINGS PLAN
(Effective as of March 1, 1994)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I. The Plan
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1.1 Establishment of the Plan 1
1.2 Purpose 1
Article II. Definitions
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2.1 Definitions 2
2.2 Gender and Number 3
Article III. Participation
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3.1 Eligibility 4
3.2 Commencement 4
Article IV. Contributions
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4.1 Accounts 5
4.2 Excess Basic Savings 5
4.3 Excess Matching Company Contributions 5
4.4 Excess Retirement Contributions
4.5 Adjustment to Accounts 6
4.6 Vesting 6
4.7 Benefit Payments 6
4.8 Death Benefits 6
Article V. Rights of Participants
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5.1 Contractual Obligation 7
5.2 Unsecured Interest 7
Article VI. Administration
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6.1 Administration 8
6.2 Indemnification 8
6.3 Expenses 8
6.4 Tax Withholding 9
6.5 Claims Procedure 9
Article VII. Miscellaneous
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7.1 Nontransferability 11
7.2 Rights Against the Company 11
7.3 Amendment or Termination 11
7.4 Applicable Law 11
7.5 Illegality of Particular Provision 12
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RAYONIER INC.
EXCESS SAVINGS PLAN
(Effective as of March 1, 1994)
Article I. The Plan
1.1 Establishment of the Plan. Rayonier Inc. hereby establishes an
unfunded supplemental retirement plan for eligible salaried Employees,
effective as of March 1, 1994 known as the "Rayonier Inc. Excess Savings Plan"
(hereinafter referred to as the "Plan").
1.2 Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to provide Employees with excess
contributions lost due to restrictions on defined contribution plans under
sections 401(a)(17), 401(k), 401(m), 402(g), and 415 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, which primarily impact higher-paid Employees. The
intent is to provide these Employees with excess contributions under this Plan
that, when added to such Employees' Accounts under the Rayonier Inc. Savings
and Investment Plan, will be similar to contributions other Employees can
receive under such plans. The Plan is intended to be an unfunded plan under
the Employee Retirement Income Security of 1974, as amended, that is maintained
for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of
management or highly compensated employees.
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Article II. Definitions
2.1 Definitions. Capitalized terms used in the Plan shall have the
respective meanings set forth below:
(a) "Account" shall have the meaning set forth in the Qualified Plan.
(b) "Basic Savings" shall have the meaning set forth in the Qualified
Plan.
(c) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(d) "Company" means Rayonier Inc. or any subsidiary, and any successor
thereto.
(e) "Employee" means a person employed by the Company.
(f) "Excess Account" means an account established for the Participant on
the books of the Company under Article IV.
(g) "Matching Company Contribution" shall have the meaning set forth in
the Qualified Plan.
(h) "Participant" means an Employee who participates in the Plan pursuant
to Article III.
(i) "Plan Administrator" means the entity described in Article VI.
(j) "Plan Year" means the plan year of the Qualified Plan.
(k) "Qualified Plan" means the Rayonier Investment and Savings Plan for
Salaried Employees, which is intended to be qualified under section
401(a) of the Code.
(l) "Retirement Contribution" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Qualified Plan.
(m) "Salary" shall have the meaning set forth in the Qualified Plan, but
without regard to the limits set forth in section 401(a)(17) of the
Code.
(n) "Salary Reduction Agreement" means a written agreement between the
Company and the Participant to defer a portion of the Participant's
Salary, as described in Article IV.
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(o) "Termination of Employment" means the retirement, resignation, death,
or voluntary or involuntary cessation of a Participant's employment
relationship with the Company.
(p) "Valuation Date" means the valuation date under the Qualified Plan.
2.2 Gender and Number. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise,
the masculine pronoun whenever used shall include the feminine and neuter
pronoun, and the singular shall include the plural.
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Article III. Participation
3.1 Eligibility. Each management Employee or highly compensated Employee
who is designated by the Plan Administrator, who participates in the Qualified
Plan, and who satisfies either of the following conditions shall be eligible to
participant in this Plan:
(a) such Employee's Basic Savings for the Plan Year are restricted or
reduced on account of the limitations of sections 401(a)(17),
401(k)(3), 401(m)(3) or 402(g) of the Code; or
(b) Retirement Contributions for such Employee are reduced or restricted
on account of the limitations of section 401(a)(17) or section 415 of
the Code.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Employee shall be eligible to participate in
the Plan only if the Employee has made the maximum Basic Savings permitted
under the terms of the Qualified Plan.
3.2 Commencement. Each Employee who is eligible to become a Participant
under section 3.1 shall become a Participant on the later of (a) March 1, 1994,
or (b) the first day of the month coincident with or next following the date he
satisfies the eligibility requirements.
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Article IV. Contributions
4.1 Accounts. The Company shall establish and maintain an Excess Account
for each Participant. During each Plan Year, the Company shall credit to such
Excess Account the amounts described in this Article IV.
4.2 Excess Basic Savings. Prior to the beginning of each Plan Year, the
Participant may enter into a Salary Reduction Agreement with the Company, under
which the Participant elects to defer up to 6 percent of the Salary that would
otherwise be payable to him each payroll period during the Plan Year: provided,
however, that such Salary shall first be reduced by the maximum amount of Basic
Savings that may be contributed by the Participant to the Qualified Plan for
the Plan Year. Such election shall be irrevocable and shall remain in effect
for the Plan Year. The Company shall credit the above amounts to the
Participant's Excess Account as of the payroll period to which the deferral
relates.
4.3 Excess Matching Company Contributions. During each Plan Year, the
Company shall credit to a Participant's Excess Account an amount that is equal
to 50 percent of the amount credited under section 4.2. Such amount shall be
credited to the Participant's Excess Account as of the same dates that the
Matching Company Contributions are allocated to the Participant's Account under
the Qualified Plan.
4.4 Excess Retirement Contributions. During each Plan Year, the Company
shall credit to a Participant's Excess Account an amount that is equal to the
difference between the amount in (a) and the amount in (b) where--
(a) is an amount equal to one-half of one percent of the Member's Salary
for the Plan Year, and
(b) is an amount equal to the amount of the Retirement Contribution
allocated to the Participant's Account for such Plan Year pursuant to
the Qualified Plan.
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The above amounts shall be credited to the Participant's Excess Account as of
the same dates that the Retirement Contribution under the Qualified Plan is
actually allocated to the Participant's Account under the Qualified Plan.
4.5 Adjustment to Accounts. As of each Valuation Date, the Excess
Account of each Participant shall be credited or debited with a gain or loss
equal to the adjustment that would be made if assets equal to the Excess
Account had been invested in the Fixed Income Fund.
4.6 Vesting. A Participant shall have a nonforfeitable right to amounts
credited to the Excess Account on his behalf when and to the extent he would
have had a nonforfeitable right if such amounts had been contributed to the
Qualified Plan.
4.7 Benefit Payments. Upon the Participant's Termination of Employment
for reasons other than death, the Participant shall receive a single sum cash
payment equal to the amount credited to his Excess Account. No payments shall
be made under this Article IV prior to a Participant's Termination of
Employment.
4.8 Death Benefits. In the event of the death of the Participant prior
to full payment of amounts credited to the Participant's Excess Account, the
unpaid amounts shall be paid as soon as practicable in a single sum cash
payment to the beneficiary designated under the Qualified Plan.
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Article V. Rights of Participants
5.1 Contractual Obligation. It is intended that the Company is under a
contractual obligation to make payments under this Plan when due. The benefits
under this Plan shall be paid out of the general assets of the Company.
5.2 Unsecured Interest. No special or separate fund shall be established
and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure the payment of benefits
hereunder. No Participant hereunder shall have any right, title, or interest
whatsoever in any specific asset of the Company. Nothing contained in this
Plan and no action taken pursuant to its provisions shall create or be
construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship, between
the Company and a Participant or any other person. To the extent that any
person acquires a right to receive payments under this Plan, such right shall
be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the Company.
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Article VI. Administration
6.1 Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Company as
Plan Administrator. The Plan Administrator shall, in its sole discretion, be
authorized to construe and interpret all provisions of the Plan, to adopt rules
and practices concerning the administration of the same, and to make any
determinations and calculations necessary or appropriate hereunder. The
determination of the Plan Administrator as to any disputed question arising
under this Plan, including questions of construction and interpretation, shall
be final, binding, and conclusive on all persons. The Plan Administrator may
appoint one or more individuals and delegate such of its powers and duties as
it deems desirable to any such individual, in which case every reference herein
made to the Plan Administrator shall be deemed to mean or include the
individuals as to matters within their jurisdiction. Such individuals shall be
such officers or other Employees of the Company and such other persons as the
Plan Administrator may appoint.
6.2 Indemnification. To the extent permitted by law, all agents and
representatives of the Plan Administrator shall be indemnified by the Company
and saved harmless against any claims, and the expenses of defending against
such claims, resulting from any action or conduct relating to the
administration of the Plan, except claims arising from gross negligence,
willful neglect, or willful misconduct.
6.3 Expenses. The cost of benefit payments from this Plan and the
expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company.
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6.4 Tax Withholding. The Company may withhold from a payment any
federal, state, or local taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to
such payment and such sums as the Company may reasonably estimate are necessary
to cover any taxes for which the Company may be liable and which may be
assessed with regard to such payment.
6.5 Claims Procedure.
(a) Submission of Claims. Claims for benefits under the Plan shall be
submitted in writing to the Plan Administrator or to an individual
designated by the Plan Administrator for this purpose.
(b) Denial of Claim. If any claim for benefits is wholly or partially
denied, the claimant shall be given written notice within 90 days
following the date on which the claim is filed, which notice shall
set forth--
(1) the specific reason or reasons for the denial;
(2) specific reference to pertinent Plan provisions on which the
denial is based;
(3) a description of any additional material or information
necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an
explanation of why such material or information is necessary;
and
(4) an explanation of the Plan's claim review procedure.
If special circumstances require an extension of time for processing
the claim, written notice of an extension shall be furnished to the
claimant prior to the end of the initial period of 90 days following
the date on which the claim is filed. Such an extension may not
exceed a period of 90 days beyond the end of said initial period.
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If the claim has not been granted, and if written notice of the
denial of the claim is not furnished within 90 days following the
date on which the claim is filed, the claim shall be deemed denied
for the purpose of proceeding to the claim review procedure.
(c) Claim Review Procedure. The claimant or his authorized
representative shall have 60 days after receipt of written
notification of denial of a claim to request a review of the denial
by making written request to the Plan Administrator, and may review
pertinent documents and submit issues and comments in writing within
such 60-day period.
Not later than 60 days after receipt of the request for review, the
Plan Administrator shall render and furnish to the claimant a written
decision, which shall include specific reasons for the decision and
shall make specific references to pertinent Plan provisions on which
it is based. If special circumstances require an extension of time
for processing, the decision shall be rendered as soon as possible,
but not later than 120 days after receipt of the request for review,
provided that written notice and explanation of the delay are given
to the claimant prior to commencement of the extension. Such
decision by the Plan Administrator shall not be subject to further
review. If a decision on review is not furnished to a claimant
within the specified time period, the claim shall be deemed to have
been denied on review.
(d) Exhaustion of Remedy. No claimant shall institute any action or
proceeding in any state or federal court of law or equity, or before
any administrative tribunal or arbitrator, for a claim for benefits
under the Plan, until he has first exhausted the procedures set forth
in this section.
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Article VII. Miscellaneous
7.1 Nontransferability. In no event shall the Company make any payment
under this Plan to any assignee or creditor of a Participant or of a
beneficiary, except as otherwise required by law. Prior to the time of a
payment hereunder, a Participant or a beneficiary shall have no rights by way
of anticipation or otherwise to assign or otherwise dispose of any interest
under this Plan, nor shall rights be assigned or transferred by operation of
law.
7.2 Rights Against the Company. Neither the establishment of the Plan,
nor any modification thereof, nor any payments hereunder, shall be construed to
give any Participant the right to be retained in the employ of the Company or
to interfere with the right of the Company to discharge the Participant at any
time.
7.3 Amendment or Termination. The Plan may be amended, modified, or
terminated at any time by the Company except that, without the consent of any
Participant or his beneficiary, if applicable, no such amendment, modification,
or termination shall reduce or diminish such person's right to receive any
benefit accrued hereunder prior to the date of such amendment, modification, or
termination. Notice of such amendment, modification, or termination shall be
given in writing to each Participant and beneficiary of a deceased Participant
having an interest in the Plan.
7.4 Applicable Law. This instrument shall be binding on all successors
and assignees of the Company and shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina to the extent not
superseded by the laws of the United States.
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7.5 Illegality of Particular Provision. The illegality of any particular
provision of this document shall not affect the other provisions, and the
document shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid provision were
omitted.
* * * * * * * * * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Rayonier Inc. has caused this instrument to be
executed, effective March 1, 1994, on this _____ day of _______________, 19__.
RAYONIER INC.
By:
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ATTEST:
By:
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EXHIBIT 12
RAYONIER INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(Unaudited, thousands of dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31,
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1993 1992 1991 1990 1989
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Earnings:
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations
before Cumulative Effect of
Accounting Changes $52,466 $(81,520) $44,337 $109,274 $127,956
Add (Deduct):
Undistributed Equity (Income) Loss - 3,257 1,587 1,536 (32)
Income Tax 30,432 (50,366) 19,557 48,121 63,595
Minority Interest 22,508 22,702 19,884 21,451 18,956
Amortization of Capitalized Interest 1,411 1,486 1,134 1,061 1,180
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106,817 (104,441) 86,499 181,443 211,655
Adjustments to Earnings for Fixed Charges:
Interest and Other Financial Charges 23,368 21,327 13,942 12,394 17,827
Interest Factor Attributable to Rentals 1,760 1,870 1,902 2,184 1,887
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25,128 23,197 15,844 14,578 19,714
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Earnings as Adjusted $131,945 $(81,244) $102,343 $196,021 $231,369
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Fixed Charges:
Fixed Charges above $ 25,128 $ 23,197 $ 15,844 $ 14,578 $ 19,714
Capitalized Interest - 893 3,214 460 362
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Total Fixed Charges 25,128 24,090 19,058 15,038 20,076
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Dividends on Preferred Stock (Pre-tax
income basis) - 714 - - -
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Total Fixed Charges and Preferred
Dividend Requirement $ 25,128 $ 24,804 $ 19,058 $ 15,038 $ 20,076
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Ratio of Earnings as Adjusted to Total Fixed
Charges and Preferred Dividend Requirement 5.25 * 5.37 13.04 11.52
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Effective Tax Rate 37% (38%) 31% 31% 33%
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</TABLE>
* Earnings are inadequate to cover total fixed charges and preferred dividend
requirement by $106,048.
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000 POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints GERALD J. POLLACK and JOHN B. CANNING his or her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power in each to act without the other
and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in the name of
such person and in each of his or her offices and capacities in Rayonier Inc.
(the "Company") the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1993 of the Company, and to file the same, and any amendments
thereto, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Dated: March 21, 1994
/s/ William J. Alley
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Name: William J. Alley
Title:
/s/ Rand V. Araskog
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Name: Rand V. Araskog
Title:
/s/ Donald W. Griffin
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Name: Donald W. Griffin
Title: Director
/s/ Paul G. Kirk
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Name: Paul G. Kirk
Title:
/s/ Katherine D. Ortega
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Name: Katherine D. Ortega
Title:
/s/ Burnell R. Roberts
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Name: Burnell R. Roberts
Title:
/s/ Gordon I. Ulmer
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Name: Gordon I. Ulmer
Title:
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EXHIBIT 21
SUBSIDIARIES
JURISDICTION
IN WHICH
ORGANIZED
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Rayonier Timberlands, L.P. Delaware
Rayonier Timberlands Operating Company, L.P. Delaware
Rayonier New Zealand Limited New Zealand
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EXHIBIT 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To Rayonier Inc.:
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation of
our report included in this Form 10-K, into the Company's previously filed Form
S-3 Registration Statement File No. (33-51972).
Arthur Andersen & Co.
Stamford, Connecticut,
March 24, 1994
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000 POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints GERALD J. POLLACK and JOHN B. CANNING his or her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power in each to act without the other
and with full power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in the name of
such person and in each of his or her offices and capacities in Rayonier Inc.
(the "Company") the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1993 of the Company, and to file the same, and any amendments
thereto, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Dated: March 21, 1994
/s/ William J. Alley
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Name: William J. Alley
Title:
/s/ Rand V. Araskog
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Name: Rand V. Araskog
Title:
/s/ Donald W. Griffin
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Name: Donald W. Griffin
Title: Director
/s/ Paul G. Kirk
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Name: Paul G. Kirk
Title:
/s/ Katherine D. Ortega
-------------------------
Name: Katherine D. Ortega
Title:
/s/ Burnell R. Roberts
-------------------------
Name: Burnell R. Roberts
Title:
/s/ Gordon I. Ulmer
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Name: Gordon I. Ulmer
Title:
