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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, 1996
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(g) 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 1997-1999
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 statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of the Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. ( )
The aggregate market value of the Common Shares of the registrant held by non-
affiliates of the Registrant on March 11, 1997, was approximately
$1,108,000,000.
As of March 11,1997, there were outstanding 29,164,188 Common Shares of the
Registrant.
The registrant's definitive proxy statement filed or to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A involving the
election of directors at the annual meeting of the shareholders of the
registrant scheduled to be held on May 16, 1997, is incorporated by reference in
Part III of the Form 10-K.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item Page
PART I
1. Business 1
2. Properties 8
3. Legal Proceedings 8
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders 8
* Executive Officers of Rayonier 9
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 20
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 20
12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management 20
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions 20
PART IV
14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K 21
* Included pursuant to Instruction 3 to Item 401(b) of Regulation S-K.
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report of Management F-1
Report of Independent Public Accountants F-1
Statements of Consolidated Income for the
Three Years Ended December 31, 1996 F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of
December 31, 1996 and 1995 F-3 to F-4
Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows for the
Three Years Ended December 31,1996 F-5
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-6 to F-19
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
Financial statement schedules 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.
Signatures A
Exhibit Index B to F
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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
manufacturing of logs, timber and wood products, and in the production and sale
of high-value-added specialty pulps. Rayonier owns, leases or controls
approximately 1.5 million acres of timberland in the United States and New
Zealand. In addition, in 1996 the Company operated three pulp mills and three
lumber manufacturing facilities in the United States. Following the announced
closure of the Port Angeles, WA, pulp mill on February 28, 1997 the Company will
operate two pulp mills.
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 Industries, Inc. (ITT), formerly known as ITT
Corporation, in 1968. On February 28, 1994, 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 is a North Carolina corporation with its principle executive offices at
1177 Summer Street, Stamford, CT 06905-5529, and its telephone number is (203)
348-7000.
Rayonier operates in two major business segments, Timber and Wood Products and
Specialty Pulp Products. In 1996, Timber and Wood Products accounted for 49
percent of sales and Specialty Pulp Products accounted for 44 percent of sales.
The remaining 7 percent of sales were made by the Company's Port Angeles, WA,
pulp mill, and are classified in Dispositions. With customers in 70 countries,
55 percent of Rayonier's 1996 sales of $1.18 billion were made to customers
outside of the United States, with Asia Pacific and Western European customers
representing 36 percent and 11 percent of total sales in 1996, respectively. 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 - Segment Information of the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements.
Timber and Wood Products
Rayonier's Timber and Wood Products business segment is composed of three
principal lines of business: (1) Log trading and merchandising, (2) Timberlands
management and stumpage and (3) Wood products. Sales for the last three years by
principal line of business were as follows (in millions of dollars):
Sales
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Timber and Wood Products 1996 1995 1994
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Log trading and merchandising $ 332 $ 393 $ 347
Timberlands management and stumpage 159 168 173
Wood products 104 75 79
Intrasegment eliminations (13) (18) (21)
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Total $ 582 $ 618 $ 578
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Log Trading and Merchandising
Rayonier is a leading supplier and exporter of softwood logs. The sale of logs
accounted for approximately 57 percent of the Timber and Wood Products segment's
sales in 1996. 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.
In 1996, 66 percent of New Zealand sales volume was sourced from Company-managed
timberlands. In North America, 8 percent of sales volume was directly sourced
from Rayonier's timberlands, however, additional logs were purchased from local
dealers who had, in turn, purchased their cutting rights from the Company's
timberland stumpage sales.
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The logs harvested and purchased are sold into export markets (primarily Japan,
Korea and China), as well as to pulp and lumber mills in domestic markets. The
Company also trades Canadian, Chilean and Russian timber. During 1996,
approximately 70 percent of the revenues Rayonier derived from the sale of logs
were from logs sold to export markets.
Timberlands Management and Stumpage
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 45-50
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 pulpwood 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 through auction
processes predominately to third parties. By requiring the Company's other
business sectors (e.g., Specialty Pulp Products, Wood 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.
Another 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.
Rayonier manages approximately 1.5 million acres of timberlands as of December
31, 1996 as follows in (000's):
Fee Long Term
Region Total Acres % Owned Acres Leased Acres
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Southeast U.S. 857 59% 746 111
Northwest U.S. 379 26% 379 --
New Zealand 226 15% -- 226
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Total 1,462 100% 1,125 337
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The following table sets forth Rayonier's timberland acres by region and by
timber classification in (000's):
Softwood Hardwood
Region Plantation Lands Non-Forest Total
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Southeast U.S. 550 292 15 857
Northwest U.S. 324 18 37 379
New Zealand (1) 226 -- -- 226
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Total 1,100 310 52 1,462
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(1) Excludes approximately 74 thousand acres of native bush estate that is not
harvestable.
The following table sets forth the estimated volumes of merchantable timber on
Rayonier's timberlands by location and type, as of December 31, 1996.
Estimated Merchantable Timber Inventory
Region Softwood Hardwood Total
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Northwest U.S., in million board feet 2,158 211 2,369
Southeast U.S., in thousands of short green tons 9,783 6,770 16,553
New Zealand, in thousands of cubic meters 16,015 250 16,265
Total, in thousands of cunits 13,753 2,368 16,121
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The merchantable timber inventory volumes represent an estimate of the amount of
standing timber at its earliest age that could, under varying economic
conditions, be harvested. Estimates by the Company for management purposes are
based on its continuing inventory system, which involves periodic statistical
sampling of the timberlands, with updating adjustments made on the basis of
growth estimates, harvest information and market conditions. The estimated
merchantable timber inventory is not a reflection of the amount of timber that
will be available to be cut in any specific period of time, nor is future growth
predicted.
The total timber inventory is expressed in cunits, a unit of measure for
standing timber equal to 100 cubic feet of solid wood. A cunit is a common unit
of measure used to consolidate regional information based on local commercial
measurements such as thousand board feet (MBF), tons or cubic meters. The
conversion ratios can vary by region, age class and species. Management of the
Company has determined the total timber inventory utilizing cunit conversion
factors of approximately 0.43 MBF, 3.8 tons and 2.6 cubic meters.
The 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 49
percent of the timber harvest is pulpwood, which is destined for pulp mills,
with the remaining 51 percent representing higher value sawlogs and chip'n saw
logs, 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 percent per year and expects this trend to continue.
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. These timberlands include softwood stands, approximately
72 percent of which is hemlock and 28 percent is Douglas fir, western red cedar
and white fir. The Northwestern timberlands also include hardwood timber stands,
consisting principally of alder and maple.
Rayonier, through its wholly owned New Zealand subsidiary, holds forest assets
consisting primarily of Crown Forest licenses providing the right to utilize
approximately 226,000 acres of New Zealand plantation forests for a minimum
period of 35 years. Approximately 85 percent of these timberlands consist of
radiata pine trees, with a planting-to-harvesting time of approximately 27
years, well-suited for high 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. The remaining 15
percent is Douglas fir and other species. Rayonier grows and harvests the New
Zealand timber for both domestic New Zealand uses and for export primarily to
the Pacific Rim markets.
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
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 operations (an integrated complex located at Swainsboro and
Lumber City, Georgia) were acquired in October 1993. In 1996, the Company
completed a $13 million modernization of the Swainsboro lumber mill, increasing
capacity by 33 percent with improvement in quality and yield. The two mills have
a combined annual capacity of approximately 250 million board feet of lumber
and, in 1996 an output of approximately 450,000 tons of wood chips for pulping.
The mills sell their lumber output primarily in Southeastern markets.
Substantially all of the wood chip production, however, is sold (at market
price) to Rayonier's Jesup, Georgia pulp facility and accounted for
approximately 20 percent of Jesup's 1996 pine chip consumption.
Rayonier's third lumber manufacturing facility, which was acquired in 1995, is
located in Plummer, Idaho. The facility consists of a lumber mill and
remanufacturing plant, with annual capacity of 70 million board feet and 12
million board feet, respectively. The remanufacturing plant has been on a
limited production schedule since June 1996.
The Company is constructing a $120 million medium-density fiberboard facility in
New Zealand with an annual capacity of 140,000 cubic meters and utilities
infrastructure capacity for an additional 140,000 cubic meters. The Company
expects the facility to begin operations in mid-1997.
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The sale of lumber accounted for approximately 18 percent of the Timber and Wood
Products segment's sales in 1996. 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.
In 1996, the Company operated three wood pulp mills in the U.S. Following the
closure of the Port Angeles, WA pulp mill on February 28, 1997, the Company owns
and operates two pulp mills in the United States at Jesup, GA, and Fernandina
Beach, FL with an annual aggregate capacity of 684,000 metric tons. Rayonier's
wood pulp production facilities are able to manufacture more than 25 different
grades of pulp to meet customers' needs. The Jesup facility, a kraft mill that
began operations in 1954 and was subsequently significantly expanded and
modernized, today accounts for approximately 534,000 metric tons of annual wood
pulp production capacity, or 78 percent of Rayonier's current total. The
Fernandina Beach facility began operations in 1939 and accounts for
approximately 150,000 metric tons of annual wood pulp production capacity, or 22
percent of Rayonier's current total.
Sales for the last three years for the Company's Jesup, GA and Fernandina Beach,
FL mills by principal line of business were as follows (in millions of dollars):
Sales
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Specialty Pulp Products 1996 1995 1994
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Chemical cellulose $ 328 $ 288 $ 223
Fluff and specialty paper pulps 186 252 186
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Total $ 514 $ 540 $ 409
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Rayonier concentrates on the production of specialty market pulps to customers'
specifications that are sold to industrial companies producing a wide variety of
products. Over half of Rayonier's pulp sales are to export customers, primarily
in Asia Pacific and Western Europe. 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 64 percent of the Company's Specialty Pulp Products'
sales in 1996.
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 fluff pulp users. 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
28 percent of the Company's pulp sales in 1996.
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
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separators, circuit boards, air and oil filters and filter media for the food
industry. Specialty paper pulp sales were 6 percent of Rayonier's total pulp
sales in 1996. A small volume of regular paper pulp, approximately 2 percent of
total Company pulp sales, is used in the manufacture of bond, book and printing
paper.
Pulp Pricing
Pulp industry prices are cyclical. The prices of Rayonier's pulp products
generally begin to rise midway through the business cycle and lag commodity pulp
price increases by up to a year. Beginning in the fourth quarter of 1995 through
the second quarter of 1996, an industry-wide inventory correction resulted in a
reduction in fluff pulp prices of over 50 percent. Second quarter 1996 was the
low point with fluff pulp prices recovering somewhat in the second half of the
year before trending downward again late in the fourth quarter. First quarter
1996 chemical cellulose price increases contributed to full year 1996 average
prices being slightly higher than 1995 prices. In the third quarter, chemical
cellulose prices declined slightly from the first half levels. The near term
outlook is for pulp prices to continue to decline until industry inventory
levels are in line with demand. The Company's production costs declined in 1996
as key raw material costs fell with lower product prices.
Because Rayonier is a non-integrated market pulp producer, its high-value
product mix 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 fifteen 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 57 percent of its sales going to foreign customers during the past
five years. In 1996, Asian markets accounted for 36 percent of U.S. sales and
Western Europe 11 percent. Exports, primarily to Asian markets, also accounted
for 53 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.
Overseas assets amounted to 20 percent of total assets as of the end of 1996,
and Rayonier's sales from non-U.S. sources in 1996 were 10 percent of total
sales.
See Note 17 - Segment Information of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Dispositions and Discontinued Operations
Dispositions and discontinued operations include units and site facilities no
longer considered integral to Rayonier's business strategy. This includes
Rayonier's wholly owned subsidiary, Southern Wood Piedmont Company (SWP), its
Port Angeles, WA pulp mill, its interest in the Grays Harbor, Washington, pulp
and paper complex, and other miscellaneous operations held for disposition.
Dispositions
During the fourth quarter of 1996, Rayonier recorded a disposition charge of $79
million after-tax, or $2.63 per share, primarily related to the planned closure
of the Port Angeles, WA, pulp mill on February 28, 1997. Following interim
results of a strategic study of the Company's pulp business, the Company
concluded that the mill was not competitive in world markets because of
long-term high wood costs due to federal environmental restrictions on Northwest
timber harvests, viscose pulp capacity additions in lower cost regions of the
world and anticipated large expenditures for new environmental regulations. The
pretax charge of $125 million includes a $77 million loss on disposal of mill
assets with a net book value of $84 million, accruals of $40 million for
severance, relocation, demolition, environmental clean-up and other items
associated with the disposition, and $8 million for loss on disposal of other
non-strategic assets. The liquidation of working capital and tax benefits
associated with the closure are expected to offset cash closure costs.
In 1992, Rayonier provided $180 million, pretax, for the loss on disposal of
assets along with the costs for severance, demolition and other close-down items
associated with the disposition of its interest in the Grays Harbor, WA, pulp
and paper complex. The Company has substantially completed all programs
associated with this charge.
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Discontinued Operations
In the fourth quarter of 1996, the Company adopted Statement of Position 96-1
"Environmental Remediation Liabilities" issued by the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants. The statement specifically identifies future,
long-term monitoring and administration expenditures as remediation liabilities
that need to be accrued on the balance sheet as an existing obligation. Adoption
of the pronouncement is mandatory for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
1996 but the Company elected early adoption of the statement in 1996 resulting
in a cash neutral pretax charge of $155 million, $98 million after-tax, or $3.28
per share. Although the Company had already accrued for clean-up and closure
remediation liabilities associated with its Southern Wood Piedmont Company (SWP)
wood treating business (discontinued in 1986), the cash expenditures for
monitoring and administration activities of approximately $4 million pretax, or
8 cents per share, annually for the last three years had been expensed as
incurred. These monitoring costs are expected to continue on an annual basis,
plus inflation, for approximately 25-30 years as mandated by state and federal
regulations. The Company's annual cash flow will not be impacted by the adoption
of the accounting pronouncement.
Although operations have ceased, SWP is involved in several environmental
remediation programs and is in negotiations with various state and federal
agencies regarding the scope and timing for remaining programs. Future
environmental cost is dependent on the outcome of such negotiations and may also
be affected by new laws, regulations and administrative interpretations, and
changes in environmental remediation technology. Accordingly, although
considerable progress on clean-up has been made, there is still uncertainty as
to the timing and amount of future expenditures for completing environmental
programs at the SWP sites and certain other non-operating locations.
Rayonier currently estimates that expenditures for environmental remediation and
monitoring costs for discontinued operations and assets to be disposed of during
1997-1998 will total approximately $36 million. As of December 31, 1996,
Rayonier had reserves of $224 million for environmental obligations and closure
costs. The Company believes that any future changes in estimates, if necessary,
will not materially affect its financial condition or results of operations.
Rayonier Timberlands, L.P.
In the United States, Rayonier manages almost all of its 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, with
the remaining 25.3 percent being publicly held. Revenues, expenses and cash flow
associated with RTLP's normal timber harvesting are allocated 95 percent to all
Class A Units (24 percent to the publicly held Class A Units) through December
31, 2000 and 4 percent to all Class A Units (1 percent to publicly held Class A
Units) thereafter. 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 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, 1996 was $124 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 16 years.
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 Northwest U.S., stumpage sold by
John
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Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. and from Washington state-owned public forests
are the most significant competition. In both the Northwest U.S. and Southeast
U.S., 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
(recently purchased by a consortium led by Fletcher Challenge Forests, Citifor,
and Brierley Investments Ltd). Weyerhaeuser Company, International Paper Company
and Willamette Industries Inc. are the principal competitors to Rayonier in the
log trading business in North America. 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
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 Rayonier's markets, 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. In 1996, 37 percent of pulp product sales were
to the U.S., 27 percent to Asia Pacific, 22 percent to Western Europe, and 9
percent to Latin America.
Environmental Matters
See Environmental Regulation in Item 7 - Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Note 15 - Legal Proceedings of
the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Raw Materials
Regional timber availability continues to be restricted by legislation,
litigation and pressure from various preservationist groups and is also subject
to cyclical swings in lumber and paper and pulp markets. While Rayonier's timber
products business has benefited from a significant increase in log and timber
stumpage prices over the last several years, this increase also adversely
impacted fiber costs at Rayonier's recently closed Port Angeles pulp
manufacturing facility in the Northwest in the same period and more recently,
fiber costs to its mills in the Southeast. Recent prices have declined in line
with economic conditions in our markets.
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.
However, strength in worldwide economies over the past few years has caused the
prices of some of the Company's process chemicals to increase above normal
inflation. Management foresees no constraints in pricing or availability of its
key raw materials, other than the comments concerning wood fiber and process
chemicals above.
Research and Development
Rayonier believes it has always maintained one of the preeminent pulp research
facilities and staff in the forest products industry. Rayonier has been able to
utilize this research resource to enhance the marketing of its pulp 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 now
concentrated at the newly constructed Rayonier Research Center, adjacent to the
pulp mill in Jesup, Georgia. The research center was relocated from Shelton,
Washington, during 1996.
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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 Company's timberland
assets.
Research and development expenditures were $11 million, $8 million, and $7
million in 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.
Employee Relations
Rayonier currently employs approximately 2,700 people. Of this number,
approximately 2,500 are employees in the United States, of which 52 percent are
covered by labor contracts. Most hourly employees are represented by one of nine
labor unions (two of which represent Port Angeles mill workers, and will
terminate upon the mill closure on February 28, 1997). Generally, labor
relations have been maintained in a normal and satisfactory manner.
Labor union contracts with Rayonier represent approximately 1,300 employees at
the three pulp mills. Upon closure of the Port Angeles facility, the number of
union employees will be reduced by 300. Bargaining activity in 1995 resulted in
a seven-year labor agreement with the four unions that represent the 680 hourly
employees at the Jesup pulp mill. Labor contracts for the Fernandina pulp mill
were extended in early 1997.
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 1.1 million acres of timberlands in
the United States previously owned or leased by Rayonier. See Note 3 - Rayonier
Timberlands, L.P. of the 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 226,000 acres of
plantation forests in New Zealand. Rayonier and its wholly owned subsidiaries
own or lease various other properties used in their operations, including two
pulp mills, three 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
See Note 15 - Legal Proceedings of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Item 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
No matter was submitted to a vote of security holders of Rayonier during the
fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by this report.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF RAYONIER
Ronald M. Gross, 63, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer - After
joining Rayonier in March 1978 as President and Chief Operating Officer and a
director, he was elected Chief Executive Officer in 1981 and Chairman in 1984;
he assumed his present position in July 1996. He also serves as President and a
director of Rayonier Forest Resources Company ("RFR"), the managing general
partner of Rayonier Timberlands, L.P., a master limited partnership affiliated
with Rayonier, and is a director of Lukens Inc. and the Pittston Company. Mr.
Gross is a graduate of Ohio State University and the Harvard Graduate School of
Business Administration.
Wallace L. Nutter, 53, President and Chief Operating Officer - He was elected to
his current position on July 19, 1996, and was elected a director of Rayonier on
the same date. He joined Rayonier in 1967 in the Northwest Forest Operations and
was named Vice President and Director, Forest Products Operations, in 1984,
Senior Vice President, Operations, in 1985 and Executive Vice President in 1987.
Mr. Nutter is a director of RFR and a member of the Board of Governors of the
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement. He graduated from the
University of Washington and the Harvard Graduate School of Business
Administration Advanced Management Program.
William S. Berry, 55, Executive Vice President, Forest Resources and Corporate
Development - He was elected to his present position in October 1996 after being
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. He also serves on the Executive Board of
the Center for Streamside Studies. 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, 55, 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. He serves as Chief Financial Officer of RFR. He is a member of the
New York Advisory Board of The Allendale Insurance Co., the financial management
committee of the American Forest & Paper Association and the Financial Executive
Institute. Mr. Pollack has a B.S. degree in Physics from Rensselaer Polytech
Institute and an MBA in Accounting and Finance from the Amos Tuck School at
Dartmouth.
John P. O'Grady, 51, Senior Vice President, Administration - He was elected
Senior Vice President, Human Resources, of Rayonier in January 1994 and Senior
Vice President, Administration, effective January 1996. 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 Corporation.
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 Trenton State College Advisory Council. He holds a B.S. degree in Labor
Economics from the University of Akron, and an M.S. degree in Industrial
Relations from Rutgers University and a Ph.D. in Management from California
Western University.
William A. Kindler, 54, Vice President, Specialty Pulp - He joined Rayonier in
August 1996 and was elected Vice President, Specialty Pulp, in October 1996.
Prior to coming to Rayonier, Mr. Kindler was with James River Corporation for 26
years where he held a number of senior management positions, most recently as
Vice President, General Manager, Printing Papers (November 1988 until March
1994) and as Vice President, Product Supply, Consumer Products (March 1994 until
August 1996). He holds a B.A. in Chemistry from Western Washington University
and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Pulp and Paper Technology from the Institute of Paper
Chemistry.
Kenneth P. Janette, 51, Vice President and Corporate Controller - He joined
Rayonier in August 1994 and was elected Vice President and Corporate Controller
in October 1994. From 1992 to 1994 he was Vice President and Corporate
Controller of Sunkyong America, Inc., a Korean international trading company,
which he joined in 1990 as Corporate Controller. He was with AMAX Inc. from 1977
to 1990, most recently as Assistant Corporate Controller and Director of
Auditing, and was with Arthur Andersen and Co. from 1968 to 1977. He received a
B.S. in Accounting in 1967 and an MBA in Finance in 1968 from the University of
Rochester.
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Part II
Item 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER
MATTERS
On February 28, 1994, ITT, the Registrant's sole shareholder, distributed, as a
special dividend, all of the common shares of the Registrant. February 18, 1994
was the first trading day for Rayonier Common Shares on a when-issued basis.
Regular trading commenced on March 2, 1994.
Rayonier Common Shares - Market Prices and Dividends (unaudited)
Composite
1996 High Low Volume Dividend
- ---- ---- --- ------ --------
First Quarter $ 37.25 $ 33.13 5,692,000 $ .29
Second Quarter 38.63 35.00 5,965,700 .29
Third Quarter 41.25 37.75 4,006,600 .29
Fourth Quarter 40.00 37.38 5,163,000 .29
1995
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First Quarter $ 31.88 $ 28.25 6,480,000 $ .25
Second Quarter 35.75 30.63 6,300,000 .25
Third Quarter 40.63 35.38 3,750,000 .25
Fourth Quarter 39.25 31.50 6,020,000 .25
The above table reflects the range of market prices of Rayonier Common Shares as
reported in the consolidated transaction reporting system of the New York Stock
Exchange, the only exchange on which this security is listed, under the trading
symbol RYN.
On February 21, 1997, Rayonier announced a one cent increase in its quarterly
dividend. The first quarter dividend of 30 cents per share is payable on March
31, 1997 to shareholders of record on March 10, 1997.
There were approximately 28,195 holders of record of Rayonier Common Shares on
February 28, 1997.
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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, 1996 are derived from the consolidated financial statements
of the Company. The data should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements (dollar amounts in millions, except per share data).
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31
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1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Operations:
Sales $ 1,178 $ 1,260 $ 1,069 $ 936 $ 974
Operating income before provision for
dispositions 159 234 169 130 102
Provision for dispositions (125)(1) -- -- (3) (189)(3)
Operating income (loss) 34 234 169 127 (87)
Income (loss) from continuing operations -- 142 70 52 (81)
Provision for discontinued operations (98)(2) -- -- -- --
Cumulative effect of accounting changes -- -- -- -- (22)
Net income (loss) (98) 142 70 52 (103)
Per Common Share:
Income (loss) from continuing operations $ (--) $ 4.75 $ 2.36 $ 1.77 $ (2.77)
Provision for discontinued operations (3.28) -- -- -- --
Cumulative effect of accounting changes -- -- -- -- (0.74)
Net income (loss) (3.28) 4.75 2.36 1.77 (3.51)
Dividends 1.16 1.00 .72 4.12(4) .59
Book value 21.29 25.95 22.15 20.51 22.85
Financial Condition:
Total assets $ 1,598 $ 1,648 $ 1,524 $ 1,488 $ 1,487
Total debt 433 450 483 498 403
Book value 623 769 655 606 676
Cash Flow:
Cash flow from operations $ 236 $ 213 $ 190 $ 118 $ 133
Capital expenditures 187 143 101 72 97
Custodial capital spending 83 72 67 65 92
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 97 96 90 78 78
EBITDA(5) 236 303 229 187 156
EBIT(6) 139 207 139 109 78
Free cash flow(7) 119 107 90 36 24
Dividends 34 30 21 122(4) 18
Performance Ratios:
Operating income to sales(8) 13% 19% 16% 14% 10%
Return on equity(9) -- 20% 11% 8% (11%)
Return on assets(9) -- 9% 5% 4% (6%)
Debt to capital 41% 37% 43% 45% 37%
Other:
Number of employees 2,700 2,900 2,700 2,600 2,800
Timberlands, thousands of acres 1,462 1,473 1,501 1,495 1,496
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31
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1996 1995 1994 1993 1992
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Selected Operating Data (unaudited)
Timber and Wood Products
Log sales
North America - million board feet 284 351 306 266 435
New Zealand - thousand cubic meters 1,671 1,682 1,623 1,375 682
Other - million board feet 16 17 9 11 --
Timber harvested
Northwest U.S. - million board feet 193 175 194 143 195
Southeast U.S. - thousand short green tons 2,281 2,218 2,184 2,001 2,006
New Zealand - thousand cubic meters 1,097 1,133 1,155 918 636
Lumber sold - million board feet 280 213 197 125 118
Intercompany sales
Logs - million board feet 12 22 13 15 20
Northwest U.S. timber stumpage -
million board feet 23 32 36 28 44
Southeast U.S. timber stumpage -
thousand short green tons 158 292 199 299 317
Specialty Pulp Products
Chemical cellulose sales - thousand metric tons(10) 349 342 311 275 298
Fluff and specialty paper pulp sales -
thousand metric tons(11) 332 308 350 330 344
Production as a percent of capacity 101% 99% 96% 88% 95%
</TABLE>
(1) Includes a charge of $125 million ($79 million after-tax) related to the
closure of the Port Angeles mill and write-off of other non-strategic
assets.
(2) Includes a charge to implement AICPA Statement of Position 96-1 related to
future environmental monitoring costs.
(3) Includes a $180 million ($115 million after-tax) charge related to the
disposition of the Grays Harbor Complex.
(4) Includes a $90 million ($3.04 per Common Share) special dividend paid to
ITT.
(5) EBITDA is defined as earnings from continuing operations before significant
non-recurring items, provision for dispositions, interest expense, income
taxes and depreciation, depletion and amortization.
(6) EBIT is defined as earnings from continuing operations before significant
non-recurring items, provision for dispositions, interest expense and
income taxes.
(7) Free cash flow is defined as income from continuing operations before
dispositions plus depreciation, depletion and amortization, deferred income
taxes and changes in working capital, less custodial capital spending and
prior-year dividend levels.
(8) Based on operating income before provision for dispositions.
(9) Based on income (loss) from continuing operations, including charges for
pulp mill disposition.
(10) Excludes sales by the Port Angeles mill of 94, 98, 117, 94 and 101 for the
years 1996-1992, respectively.
(11) Excludes sales by the Port Angeles mill of 18, 36, 12, 22 and 23 for the
years 1996-1992, respectively, and sales by the Grays Harbor mill of 62 in
1992.
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Item 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Segment Information
The amounts and relative contributions to sales and operating income
attributable to each of Rayonier's business segments for each of the three years
ended December 31, 1996 were as follows (in millions of dollars):
Year Ended December 31
-----------------------------------
Sales 1996 1995 1994
- ----- ---- ---- ----
Timber and Wood Products
Log trading and merchandising $ 332 $ 393 $ 347
Timberlands management and stumpage 159 168 173
Wood products 104 75 79
Intrasegment eliminations (13) (18) (21)
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Total Timber and Wood Products 582 618 578
------- ------- -------
Specialty Pulp Products
Chemical cellulose 328 288 223
Fluff and specialty paper pulps 186 252 186
------- ------- -------
Total Specialty Pulp Products 514 540 409
------- ------- -------
Intersegment eliminations (6) (20) (9)
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Total before dispositions 1,090 1,138 978
Dispositions 88 122 91
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Total sales $ 1,178 $ 1,260 $ 1,069
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Operating Income
Timber and Wood Products $ 127 $ 141 $ 163
Specialty Pulp Products 57 103 23
Corporate and other (16) (12) (8)
Intersegment eliminations -- -- 1
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Total before dispositions 168 232 179
Dispositions (134) 2 (10)
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Total operating income $ 34 $ 234 $ 169
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Change in Ownership
On February 28, 1994, ITT Industries, Inc. (ITT), formerly known as ITT
Corporation, distributed all outstanding Common Shares of Rayonier to ITT
stockholders, resulting in Rayonier becoming an independent, publicly held
company.
Business Conditions
Rayonier's 1996 net loss of $98 million, or $3.28 per share, included two
significant non-cash charges. The Company provided a $155 million reserve ($98
million after-tax, or $3.28 per share) to implement AICPA Statement of Position
96-1 related to future environmental monitoring obligations at its discontinued
Southern Wood Piedmont Company (SWP) wood treating business and a charge of $125
million ($79 million after-tax, or $2.63 per share) primarily for the closure of
the Port Angeles, WA, pulp mill on February 28, 1997. The mill was not
competitive in world markets because of high wood costs due to federal
environmental restrictions on Northwest timber harvests, viscose pulp capacity
additions in lower cost regions of the world and anticipated large expenditures
for new environmental regulations. Excluding these non-recurring charges,
earnings were $79 million, or $2.63 per share, compared to $142 million, or
$4.75 per share, earned in 1995. Prior year results included a non-recurring
gain on a New Zealand timberland sale of $35 million ($24 million after-tax, or
$0.80 per
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share). The results for 1996 reflect weaker prices for fluff and paper pulp
grades and continued softness in Asian wood markets.
Rayonier's operating results are cyclical and primarily driven by international
economic factors. In 1996, approximately 55 percent of Rayonier sales were made
to customers outside the United States, down from 59 percent in 1995. Weak
economies in Japan and Korea, together with a strengthening U.S. dollar, reduced
sales prices on stumpage and log sales from the Northwest U.S. and New Zealand.
Significant inventory swings between 1994 and 1996 among producers and users of
pulp and paper products, both domestic and international, altered industry
supply and demand factors, resulting in wide price fluctuations among those
three years.
The prices of Rayonier's pulp products generally begin to rise midway through
the business cycle and lag commodity pulp price increases by up to a year.
Beginning in the fourth quarter of 1995 through the second quarter of 1996, an
industry-wide inventory correction resulted in a reduction in fluff pulp prices
of over 50 percent, as well as a decline in Southeast U.S. pine prices of 10
percent. Second quarter 1996 was the low point with fluff pulp prices recovering
somewhat in the second half of the year. First quarter 1996 chemical cellulose
price increases contributed to full year 1996 average prices being slightly
higher than 1995 prices. In the third quarter, chemical cellulose prices
declined slightly from the first half levels. The near term outlook is for pulp
prices to continue to decline until industry inventory levels are in line with
demand. The Company's production costs declined in 1996 as key raw material
costs fell with lower product prices.
Rayonier's capital spending is focused on expansion of its New Zealand
operations, acquisitions and growth in the Timber and Wood Products businesses,
and quality and productivity improvements in Specialty Pulp Products. These
investments are expected to help moderate the cyclical effects of the pulp
market cycle, improve bottom-of-the-cycle earnings and add value to existing
assets. See Liquidity and Capital Resources.
In 1985, Rayonier transferred substantially all of its U.S. timberlands business
to Rayonier Timberlands, L.P. (RTLP), a master limited partnership. Under the
terms of the RTLP Partnership Agreement, minority unitholders currently share
approximately 24 percent of the partnership's profits. The minority interest in
RTLP's earnings was $27 million in 1996, $30 million in 1995, and $32 million in
1994, reducing Rayonier's net income by 58 cents per share in 1996, 63 cents per
share in 1995, and 69 cents per share in 1994. Effective January 1, 2001, the
minority participation in the earnings of RTLP will be reduced from
approximately 24 percent to approximately 1 percent and Rayonier's participation
will increase from 76 percent to 99 percent.
The Company's sulfite pulp mill in Fernandina Beach, FL, continues to face
margin pressure during parts of the industry business cycle. The viability of
the Fernandina mill will be dependent upon the strength of pulp markets, the
mill's ability to continue to reduce costs and improve product mix and the
favorable resolution of environmental issues. If it appears that the mill cannot
meet the Company's expected returns over time, the Company may consider
alternatives to operating the mill, including restructuring or closure. At
December 31, 1996, the net plant and equipment invested at Fernandina Beach
totaled $136 million.
Results of Operations, 1996 vs. 1995
Sales and Operating Income
Sales declined 7 percent to $1.18 billion in 1996, reflecting lower fluff and
paper pulp prices as well as reduced North American log trading volume and lower
New Zealand log pricing. Operating income for the year was $34 million, down
from $234 million in 1995, due to the disposition charge of $125 million
associated with the planned closure of the Port Angeles pulp mill, and to lower
fluff pulp pricing.
Timber and Wood Products
Sales of Timber and Wood Products declined 6 percent to $582 million, and
operating income declined 10 percent to $127 million. The declines were due
to lower export log volumes and margins, and lower stumpage prices,
partially offset by significantly improved wood products results.
Log trading and merchandising sales, which include the Company's New
Zealand log sales, were $332 million compared to $393 million in 1995. The
16 percent decline was due to lower North American log trading volume.
Operating income declined due to continued weakness in Asian wood markets,
as New Zealand in particular was adversely impacted by soft Korean export
markets.
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Timberlands management and stumpage sales of $159 million decreased 6
percent from 1995. Operating income also decreased as lower stumpage prices
in both the Northwest and Southeast regions, resulting from weak export and
domestic log markets, offset increased harvest activity in the Northwest.
Wood products sales increased 39 percent in 1996 due to higher sales
volumes and price improvements. Wood products results improved
significantly from 1995 due to higher lumber prices and volumes, lower raw
material costs and improved conversion costs. The Company expects to incur
operating losses in connection with the start-up of its New Zealand MDF
facility, mostly during the last half of 1997, that will partially offset
anticipated profits at its other wood products facilities.
Specialty Pulp Products
Sales of $514 million for the Company's Jesup and Fernandina mills were $25
million lower than the prior year and operating income of $57 million was
$45 million below 1995's level. Significantly lower fluff and specialty
paper pulp selling prices were partially offset by higher chemical
cellulose prices, on average, with the increase realized mostly during the
first half of the year, and improved production cost per ton. Fluff pulp
prices improved in the third quarter, following a sharp inventory
correction that began in late 1995, but faltered late in the fourth
quarter. Production cost per ton declined $5 to an average of $639 per ton
in 1996.
Intersegment
Intersegment sales of $6 million in 1996 were less than the $20 million
recorded in 1995 due to lower log sales from the Timber and Wood Products
segment to the Specialty Pulp Products and Dispositions segments.
Dispositions
Port Angeles full year pulp sales of $88 million were $34 million below
prior year due to curtailed production as a result of lower market prices.
An operating loss, prior to closure charges, of $10 million was $12 million
worse than the prior year.
During the fourth quarter of 1996, Rayonier recorded a disposition charge
of $79 million after-tax, or $2.63 per share, primarily related to the
planned closure of the Port Angeles, WA, pulp mill, on February 28, 1997.
Following interim results of a strategic study of the Company's pulp
business, the Company concluded that the mill was not competitive in world
markets because of long-term high wood costs due to federal environmental
restrictions on Northwest timber harvests, viscose pulp capacity additions
in lower cost regions of the world and anticipated large expenditures for
new environmental regulations. The pretax charge of $125 million includes a
$77 million loss on disposal of mill assets with a net book value of $84
million, accruals of $40 million for severance, relocation, demolition,
environmental clean-up and other items associated with the disposition, and
$8 million for loss on disposal of other non-strategic assets. The
liquidation of working capital and tax benefits associated with the closure
are expected to offset cash closure costs.
Other Income/Expense
Interest expense for 1996 decreased $6 million to $28 million as a result of
lower average debt, lower interest rates and higher capitalized interest.
Rayonier purchases forward exchange contracts to offset the impact of New
Zealand/U.S. dollar exchange fluctuations on operating results. The net gain on
these contracts, which is included in Interest and miscellaneous income was $6
million in 1996 compared to $1 million for 1995. In 1996, movement of the New
Zealand/U.S. dollar exchange rate had an adverse effect on the Company's New
Zealand operating income of $2 million. In 1996 the New Zealand/U.S. dollar
exchange rate increased from 0.65 on January 1, 1996 to 0.71 on December 31,
1996.
Minority interest in the earnings of RTLP decreased $2 million to $27 million in
1996 due to lower partnership earnings resulting primarily from lower stumpage
prices in both the Northwest and Southeast regions, offset partially by
increases in volume.
The prior year non-recurring gain relates to the sale of a 75 percent interest
in approximately 9 percent of the Company's New Zealand timber holdings to a
timber investment fund. The transaction resulted in a non-recurring pretax gain
of $35 million, $24 million after-tax, or $0.80 per share.
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Income Taxes
Excluding the tax benefits for the two significant non-cash charges which were
booked at statutory rates, the effective tax rate for 1996 was 29.1 percent and
reflects the 1996 recognition of a tax asset related to a prior year transaction
following resolution of various uncertainties. The 1995 effective tax rate of
31.6 percent reflected the benefits of foreign source income and tax credits on
exported pulp sales. Rayonier's required 1996 cash payments for income taxes
were significantly lower than 1995 due to lower earnings and favorable treatment
for tax purposes of transactions undertaken by the Company to control
environmental remediation and monitoring costs.
Discontinued Operations
In the fourth quarter of 1996, the Company adopted Statement of Position 96-1
"Environmental Remediation Liabilities" issued by the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants. The statement specifically identifies future,
long-term monitoring and administration expenditures as remediation liabilities
that need to be accrued on the balance sheet as an existing obligation. Adoption
of the pronouncement is mandatory for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
1996, but the Company elected early adoption of the statement in 1996 resulting
in a cash neutral pretax charge of $155 million ($98 million after-tax, or $3.28
per share). Although the Company had already accrued for clean-up and closure
remediation liabilities associated with its SWP wood treating business
(discontinued in 1986), the cash expenditures for monitoring and administration
activities of approximately $4 million pretax, or 8 cents per share, annually
for the last three years had been expensed as incurred. These monitoring costs
are expected to continue on an annual basis, plus inflation, for approximately
25-30 years as mandated by state and federal regulations. The Company's annual
cash flow will not be impacted by the adoption of the accounting pronouncement.
Results of Operations, 1995 vs. 1994
Sales and Operating Income
Sales rose 18 percent to $1.26 billion in 1995, reflecting stronger pulp selling
prices and log sales volumes. Operating income for the year was $234 million, up
38 percent from 1994.
Timber and Wood Products
Sales of Timber and Wood Products rose 7 percent to $618 million, while
operating income declined 13 percent to $141 million. The sales improvement
came in log trading and merchandising volume sold to Pacific Rim markets.
Operating income declined, primarily due to lower margins on wood products
as a result of lower lumber prices and higher log costs. The favorable
effects of increased income from log trading volume and higher Southeast
U.S. stumpage prices were offset by lower volume and margins from Northwest
U.S. stumpage sales.
Log trading and merchandising sales, which include the Company's New
Zealand log sales, increased in 1995 due to higher volumes in both the U.S.
and New Zealand. In the U.S., slightly lower export prices were more than
offset by increased export volume. In New Zealand, strong domestic demand
resulted in improved operating results despite higher operating costs
caused by appreciation of the New Zealand dollar.
Timberlands management and stumpage sales and margins were down in 1995, as
higher Southeast U.S. prices were more than offset by lower Northwest U.S.
prices and volume. In the Southeast U.S., increased demand from the pulp
and paper industry resulted in improved stumpage prices. Overall harvest
volume was relatively flat, in line with the Company's harvest planning
targets. In the Northwest U.S., weak export log markets resulted in a
decline in contract prices and lower customer harvest activity.
In 1995, lumber prices declined due to reduced domestic U.S. construction
activity and higher imports of lumber from Canada. Also in 1995, wood costs
increased significantly, driven by competitive demand from the pulp and
paper industry. As a result, wood products sales and operating margins
declined from 1994.
Specialty Pulp Products
Sales of Specialty Pulp Products for the Company's Jesup and Fernandina
mills rose $131 million to $540 million, up 32 percent, and operating
income rose $80 million to $103 million. The gains resulted from higher
sales prices for both fluff pulp and chemical cellulose products. In
addition, operating rates for the Company's pulp mills improved over 1994.
These gains were partially offset by higher wood and chemical costs.
In 1995, the Company took several steps to enhance the competitiveness of
the Specialty Pulp Products segment. In the third quarter, the Company
announced the relocation of its pulp research facility from Shelton, WA, to
a new $10 million research facility at Jesup, GA, and its pulp marketing
group from Stamford, CT, to Jesup, GA. In the
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fourth quarter, the Company recorded a charge of $5 million related to
closing its woodyard operations at the Jesup, GA, pulp mill as part of an
ongoing program to reduce costs.
Other Income/Expense
Interest expense for 1995 increased $3 million to $34 million as a result of
higher average short-term interest rates, which more than offset the benefits of
a lower average debt level.
Minority interest in the earnings of RTLP decreased $3 million to $30 million in
1995 due to lower partnership earnings resulting primarily from lower Northwest
U.S. volume and prices partly offset by higher selling prices for Southeast U.S.
stumpage.
In September 1995, the Company completed the sale of a 75 percent interest in
approximately 9 percent of its New Zealand timber holdings to a timber
investment fund, which entered into a joint venture with the Company. The
transaction resulted in a non-recurring pretax gain of $35 million ($24 million
after-tax, or $0.80 per share). Rayonier manages the joint venture, which
involves 23,000 acres of timber on New Zealand's North Island.
Income Taxes
The 1995 effective tax rate of 31.6 percent was favorable to the 1994 tax rate
of 35.2 percent. The improvement reflected benefits from reorganizations made
following the spin-off from ITT as well as tax benefits on increased pulp export
sales.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash flow from operating activities in 1996 was $236 million, or approximately
$8 per share, up $23 million from 1995. The favorable change was primarily due
to reduced working capital requirements partially offset by lower net income.
This cash flow helped to finance capital expenditures of $187 million, dividends
of $34 million, the repurchase of Common Shares of $17 million and reduce net
borrowings by $17 million.
Cash from operating activities in 1995 increased $23 million to $213 million.
Cash from operating activities financed capital expenditures of $143 million,
dividends of $30 million and repayment of borrowings of $33 million.
During the first quarter of 1996, the Company began a Common Share repurchase
program to minimize the dilutive effect on earnings per share of its employee
incentive stock plans. The number of shares that may be repurchased each year is
limited to the greater of 1.5 percent of the Company's outstanding shares or the
number of incentive shares actually issued to employees during the year. The
Company repurchased 437,800 shares in 1996 at an average cost of $37.74 for $17
million. In February 1997, the Company announced a one-year increase in the
share repurchase program to $50 million for 1997.
In 1996, EBITDA (defined as earnings from continuing operations before
significant non-recurring items, provision for dispositions, interest expense,
income taxes and depreciation, depletion and amortization) was $236 million, or
$7.86 per share, down $67 million from 1995. In 1995, EBITDA was $303 million,
or $10.10 per share compared to $229 million, or $7.72 per share in 1994. Free
cash flow (defined as income from continuing operations before dispositions plus
depreciation, depletion and amortization, deferred income taxes and changes in
working capital, less custodial capital spending and prior-year dividend levels)
increased $12 million to $119 million in 1996.
Debt declined $17 million in 1996 to $433 million. The non-recurring charges in
the fourth quarter increased the year-end debt-to-capital ratio to 41 percent
from 37 percent at December 31, 1995. At December 31, 1994, debt was $483
million, or 43 percent of capital. The percentage of debt with fixed interest
rates was 50 percent as of December 31, 1996, compared with 48 percent in 1995
and 45 percent in 1994. In addition, at December 31, 1996, the Company had
outstanding interest rate swap agreements that effectively converted $180
million of floating rate obligations to fixed rates ranging from 5.35 to 5.39
percent. The agreements commenced in January 1996 and mature in 1997 and 1998.
The most restrictive long-term debt covenant in effect at December 31, 1996,
provided that the ratio of total debt to EBITDA not exceed four to one. As of
December 31, 1996, the ratio was two to one. In addition, $308 million of
retained earnings was unrestricted as to the payment of dividends.
Capital spending for the year of $187 million represented a new high for the
Company, and reflects $62 million in spending for the Company's New Zealand
medium-density-fiberboard (MDF) facility (total cost of approximately $120
million) with
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a scheduled completion date in mid-1997, as well as $9 million for the new pulp
research facility in Jesup, GA. Rayonier expects to invest between $320-$350
million in capital projects during the two-year period 1997-1998. Capital
projects include cost improvement and productivity programs at the Jesup, GA,
pulp mill, completion of the New Zealand MDF facility, cost improvements at
other facilities and projects to comply with new environmental requirements. As
some of the new environmental regulations are promulgated, additional capital
spending may be required to ensure continued compliance with environmental
standards. See Environmental Regulation.
The Company has unsecured credit facilities totaling $300 million, which are
used for direct borrowings and as support for $135 million of outstanding
commercial paper. As of December 31, 1996, Rayonier had $165 million available
under its revolving credit facilities. In addition, the Company has on file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission shelf registration statements to offer an
additional $141 million of new public debt securities.
The Company believes that internally generated funds, combined with available
external financing, will enable Rayonier to fund capital expenditures, share
repurchases, working capital and other liquidity needs for the foreseeable
future.
Dispositions and Discontinued Operations
Although operations ceased in 1986, SWP is involved in several environmental
remediation programs and is in negotiations with various state and federal
agencies regarding the scope and timing for remaining programs. Future
environmental cost is dependent on the outcome of such negotiations and may also
be affected by new laws, regulations and administrative interpretations, and
changes in environmental remediation technology. Accordingly, although
considerable progress on clean up has been made, there is still uncertainty as
to the timing and amount of future expenditures for completing environmental
programs at the SWP sites and certain other non-operating locations.
Rayonier currently estimates that expenditures for environmental remediation and
monitoring costs for discontinued operations and assets to be disposed of during
1997-1998 will total approximately $36 million. As of December 31, 1996,
Rayonier had reserves of $224 million for environmental obligations and closure
costs. The Company believes that any future changes in estimates, if necessary,
will not materially affect its financial condition or results of operations.
Environmental Regulation
Rayonier is subject to stringent environmental laws and regulations concerning
air emissions, water discharges and waste disposal that, in the opinion of
management, will require substantial expenditures over the next ten years.
During 1996, 1995 and 1994 Rayonier spent approximately $6 million, $1 million
and $1 million, respectively, for capital projects related to environmental
compliance for continuing operations. During the two-year period 1997-1998,
Rayonier expects to spend approximately $21 million on such projects, a
substantial portion of which relates to compliance with Federal environmental
regulations governing air and water discharges that were first proposed in 1993.
The proposed regulations would require further expenditures by the Company and,
if finally enacted in their proposed form, would prevent the Company from
meeting certain product quality specifications for substantially all of its
chemical cellulose products, and would increase the cost of making its remaining
pulp products. Sales of chemical cellulose products for the Company's Jesup and
Fernandina mills accounted for approximately 28 percent of 1996 sales. However,
in July 1996, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it
anticipates that technologies other than those which formed the basis of the
proposed water regulations will be used to establish the final regulations for
dissolving pulp mills. The agency said that it would await the results of
studies being undertaken by the Company and other manufacturers of chemical
cellulose before proposing final regulations.
While the proposed regulations would have a material adverse effect on
operations if not changed, it will not be possible for Rayonier to make a final
determination of the nature or costs of such effect until the regulations are
issued in final form. Rayonier has developed order of magnitude estimates of the
costs of complying with these regulations if they are modified to remove the
technological requirements that would prevent the Company from manufacturing
some of its products. These estimates indicate that with total capital
expenditures of approximately $100 million at Jesup and $30 million at
Fernandina Beach, it could continue to manufacture the current product line.
Such expenditures include those already planned for 1997 and 1998 and the
remaining expenditures would most likely be incurred over several years beyond
1998. In view of the EPA's July 1996 announcement, however, the Company now
expects that its actual costs to comply with these regulations will probably be
less with implementation required at later dates. Rayonier will continue to
argue, both individually and through an industry trade association, for
modifying the proposed operating guidelines further to eliminate errors it
believes the agency has made, and the Company will continue to explore new and
revised operating and technical process alternatives in lieu of spending such
funds. Rayonier cannot predict whether these efforts will be successful.
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Over the past six 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 and the marbled murrelet as a threatened species under the
Endangered Species Act (ESA). These restrictions have caused Rayonier to
restructure and reschedule some of its harvest plans. In May of 1996, the
Washington Forest Practices Board adopted a permanent rule for the protection of
the northern spotted owl which included increased regulation within a "Special
Emphasis Area" (SEA) on a portion of the Company's lands on the Olympic
Peninsula. As a result of Rayonier's efforts in working cooperatively with the
Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife, approximately half of
Rayonier's lands originally slated for inclusion in the SEA were placed in a
separate area covered by a voluntary Wildlife Plan. Management of the Company
believes this voluntary Wildlife Plan will allow more flexibility in planning
and conducting timber harvest activities, while at the same time providing more
and better habitat for the northern spotted owl over the long term than the
regulatory regime of the SEA would have done. The Washington state northern
spotted owl rule is not expected to have a significant impact on the overall
harvest activities of the Company. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is also in
the process of developing a proposed rule under the ESA to redefine protective
measures for the northern spotted owl on private lands. It now appears likely
that this rule, if adopted, will not differ substantially from the Washington
state rule in its impacts on the Company's lands. The Washington state Forest
Practices Board is also in the process of adopting a rule for the protection of
the marbled murrelet. Rayonier is unable at this time to predict the form in
which this rule will finally be adopted or the extent of the impact on its
operations.
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Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
See Index to Financial Statements on Page ii.
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
The information called for by Item 10 with respect to directors is incorporated
herein by reference to the definitive proxy statement involving the election of
directors filed or to be filed by Rayonier with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days after the end of the
fiscal year covered by this Form 10-K.
The information called for by Item 10 with respect to executive officers is set
forth above in Part I under the caption Executive Officers of Rayonier.
Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information called for by Item 11 is incorporated herein by reference to the
definitive proxy statement referred to above in Item 10.
Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The information called for by Item 12 is incorporated herein by reference to the
definitive proxy statement referred to above in Item 10.
Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Rayonier was a wholly owned subsidiary of ITT Industries Inc. (ITT), formerly
known as ITT Corporation, through February 28, 1994. On February 28, 1994, ITT
distributed all of the Common Shares of Rayonier to the holders of ITT Common
and Series N Preferred Stock in a spin-off. As a result of the spin-off, 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 spin-off and providing for the allocation
of tax and certain other liabilities and obligations arising from periods prior
to the spin-off. Copies of the forms of such agreements were filed as exhibits
to the 1993 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.
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
spin-off. 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
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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 spin-off, ITT and
Rayonier entered into an Administrative Services Agreement pursuant to which,
until December 31, 1995, ITT provided to Rayonier such corporate administrative
services as Rayonier may request, and Rayonier provided 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 provided any such services was 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
One current director of ITT Industries, Inc., Rand V. Araskog, also serves on
the Board of Directors of Rayonier.
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, C, D, E and F for a list of the exhibits
filed or incorporated herein as part of this report.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K:
1. Rayonier Inc. filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on October 9, 1996,
announcing that it will adopt the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants Statement of Position (SOP) on accounting for
environmental remediation and monitoring liabilities.
2. Rayonier Inc. filed a Current Report on Form 8-K on October 21, 1996,
announcing its intention to close its Port Angeles, WA, pulp mill by
mid-1997.
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REPORT OF MANAGEMENT
Rayonier management is responsible for the preparation and integrity of the
information contained in the accompanying financial statements. The statements
were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and,
where necessary, include amounts that are based on management's best judgments.
Rayonier's system of internal controls includes accounting controls and an
internal audit program. This system is designed to provide reasonable assurance
that Rayonier's assets are safeguarded, transactions are properly recorded and
executed in accordance with management's authorization, and 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 independent public
accountants, Arthur Andersen LLP, evaluate and test internal controls as part of
their annual audit and make recommendations for improving internal controls.
Management takes appropriate action in response to each recommendation. The
Board of Directors and the officers of Rayonier monitor the administration of
Rayonier's policies and procedures and the preparation of financial reports.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To the Shareholders of Rayonier Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Rayonier
Inc. (a North Carolina corporation) and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and
1995, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1996, as
described in the Index to Financial Statements. These financial statements are
the responsibility of Rayonier's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements 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 31,1996 and 1995, and the results of their operations and their
cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1996 in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Stamford, Connecticut
January 21, 1997
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RAYONIER INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED INCOME
For the Year Ended December 31,
(Thousands of dollars, except per share data)
1996 1995 1994
----------- ----------- -----------
SALES $ 1,178,040 $ 1,260,492 $ 1,069,494
----------- ----------- -----------
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales 981,337 994,982 877,439
Selling and general expenses 39,409 37,043 28,697
Other operating income, net (1,210) (5,210) (5,989)
Provision for dispositions 124,587 -- --
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1,144,123 1,026,815 900,147
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OPERATING INCOME 33,917 233,677 169,347
Interest expense (27,662) (33,615) (31,065)
Interest and miscellaneous
income, net 7,762 3,131 2,207
Minority interest (27,474) (29,897) (32,419)
Non-recurring gain -- 34,763 --
----------- ----------- -----------
(LOSS) INCOME FROM CONTINUING
OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES (13,457) 208,059 108,070
Income tax benefit (expense) 13,297 (65,711) (38,038)
----------- ----------- -----------
(LOSS) INCOME FROM CONTINUING
OPERATIONS (160) 142,348 70,032
Provision for discontinued
operations, net (98,239) -- --
----------- ----------- -----------
NET (LOSS) INCOME $ (98,399) $ 142,348 $ 70,032
=========== =========== ===========
(LOSS) INCOME FROM CONTINUING
OPERATIONS PER COMMON SHARE $ (-) $ 4.75 $ 2.36
=========== =========== ===========
NET (LOSS) INCOME PER COMMON SHARE $ (3.28) $ 4.75 $ 2.36
=========== =========== ===========
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,
(Thousands of dollars)
ASSETS
1996 1995
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CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and short-term investments $ 3,432 $ 10,932
Accounts receivable, less allowance for
doubtful accounts of $4,674 and $4,420 123,435 128,478
Inventories 154,914 170,078
Timber stumpage purchases 31,416 49,464
Other current assets 13,223 15,412
Deferred income taxes 23,168 15,208
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Total current assets 349,588 389,572
OTHER ASSETS 50,026 47,239
TIMBER STUMPAGE PURCHASES 23,341 29,396
TIMBER, TIMBERLANDS AND LOGGING ROADS,
NET OF DEPLETION AND AMORTIZATION 490,298 476,463
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Land, buildings, machinery and equipment 1,190,786 1,292,059
Less - accumulated depreciation 506,308 586,796
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684,478 705,263
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$1,597,731 $1,647,933
========== ==========
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,
(Thousands of dollars)
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
1996 1995
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CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable $ 87,609 $ 102,938
Bank loans and current maturities 2,243 3,040
Accrued taxes 11,497 9,941
Accrued payroll and benefits 18,340 26,554
Accrued interest 5,154 5,268
Other current liabilities 55,976 39,943
Current reserves for dispositions and
discontinued operations 40,003 16,047
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Total current liabilities 220,822 203,731
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES 89,484 160,574
LONG-TERM DEBT 430,667 446,696
NON-CURRENT RESERVES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS 183,975 23,542
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 30,529 25,204
MINORITY INTEREST 18,864 18,815
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common Shares, 60,000,000 shares authorized,
29,282,455 and 29,653,278 shares issued
and outstanding 145,679 159,032
Retained earnings 477,711 610,339
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623,390 769,371
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$1,597,731 $1,647,933
========== ==========
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 Year Ended December 31,
(Thousands of dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net (loss) income $ (98,399) $ 142,348 $ 70,032
Non-cash items included in income
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 96,910 95,988 90,200
Deferred income taxes (80,235) 16,617 3,007
Write-off of property, plant and equipment 94,164 -- --
Reserve for dispositions and discontinued
operations 192,623 -- --
Disposition of New Zealand timber assets -- 9,440 --
Increase in other non-current liabilities 5,325 1,509 7,954
Change in accounts receivable, inventories
and accounts payable 2,678 (55,645) 8,499
Decrease (increase) in current timber
stumpage purchases 16,025 (2,126) 8,432
Decrease (increase) in other current assets 2,189 (2,720) (1,940)
Increase in accrued liabilities 9,261 12,156 8,769
Reduction in reserve for dispositions (5,000) (4,933) (5,221)
---------- ---------- ----------
CASH FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 235,54l 2l2,634 189,732
---------- ---------- ----------
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital expenditures, net of sales and
retirements
of $11,544, $3,931 and $1,678 (175,200) (139,395) (98,953)
Expenditures for dispositions and discontinued
operations,
net of tax benefits of $1,185, $5,493 and (2,049) (9,352) (7,713)
$4,571
Change in timber stumpage purchases and
other assets (1,433) 3,232 (29,690)
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CASH USED FOR INVESTING ACTIVITIES (178,682) (145,515) (136,356)
---------- ---------- ----------
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Issuance of debt 40,472 35,437 267,084
Repayments of debt (57,298) (68,923) (282,003)
Dividends paid (34,229) (29,629) (21,290)
Repurchase of Common Shares (16,522) -- --
Issuance of Common Shares 3,169 1,451 155
Increase (decrease) in minority interest 49 (3,701) (14,133)
---------- ---------- ----------
CASH USED FOR FINANCING ACTIVITIES (64,359) (65,365) (50,187)
---------- ---------- ----------
CASH AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Decrease) increase In cash and short-term
investments (7,500) 1,754 3,189
Balance, beginning of year 10,932 9,178 5,989
---------- ---------- ----------
Balance, end of year $ 3,432 $ 10,932 $ 9,178
========== ========== ==========
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow
information
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest $ 30,440 $ 34,208 $ 30,996
========== ========== ==========
Income taxes $ 7,462 $ 41,760 $ 23,705
========== ========== ==========
</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. NATURE OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS
On February 28, 1994, ITT Industries, Inc. (ITT), formerly known as ITT
Corporation, distributed all outstanding Common Shares of Rayonier Inc.
(Rayonier or the Company) to ITT stockholders, resulting in Rayonier becoming an
independent, publicly held company.
Rayonier operates in two major industry segments, Timber and Wood Products and
Specialty Pulp Products.
Timber and Wood Products
The Company owns, buys and harvests timber stumpage, and purchases delivered
logs, primarily in North America and New Zealand, for subsequent sale into
export markets (primarily Japan, Korea and China), as well as to domestic lumber
and pulp mills. Rayonier owns, leases or controls 1.5 million acres of
timberlands in the United States and New Zealand. Rayonier also operates three
lumber manufacturing facilities that produce dimension and custom lumber
products for residential construction and industrial uses.
Specialty Pulp Products
Rayonier is a leading specialty manufacturer of high-grade chemical cellulose,
often called dissolving pulp, from which customers produce a wide variety of
products, including textiles, industrial and filtration fibers, plastics and
other chemical intermediate products. 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. In 1996, Rayonier operated three mills in the United States.
Following the announced closure of the Port Angeles, WA, pulp mill on February
28, 1997, the Company will operate two pulp mills in the United States at Jesup,
GA, and Fernandina Beach, FL, with an aggregate annual capacity of 684,000
metric tons. Over half of Rayonier's pulp production is sold to export
customers, primarily in Western Europe and Asia.
The Company's sulfite pulp mill in Fernandina Beach, FL, continues to face
margin pressure during parts of the industry business cycle. The viability of
the Fernandina mill will be dependent upon the strength of pulp markets, the
mill's ability to continue to reduce costs and improve product mix and the
favorable resolution of environmental issues. If it appears that the mill cannot
meet the Company's expected returns over time, the Company may consider
alternatives to operating the mill, including restructuring or closure. At
December 31, 1996, the net plant and equipment invested at Fernandina Beach
totaled $136 million.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Rayonier 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.
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior years' financial statements to
conform to the current year's presentation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires the use of certain estimates by management (e.g.,
useful economic lives of assets) in determining the reported amount of assets
and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts
of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ
from those estimates.
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Cash and Short-Term Investments
Cash and short-term investments include cash, time deposits and readily
marketable debt securities with maturities at date of acquisition of three
months or less.
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 currently.
Timber Stumpage Purchases and Timber Cutting Contracts
Rayonier purchases timber stumpage for use in its log trading, pulp and wood
products businesses. The purchases are classified as current for stumpage
expected to be harvested within one year of the balance sheet date. The
remainder is classified as a non-current asset.
Rayonier evaluates the realizability of timber stumpage purchases and timber
cutting contracts based on the estimated aggregate cost of such harvests and the
sales values to be realized. 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 accumulated 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
merchantable timber. Timber and timberlands are stated at the lower of original
cost, net of timber cost depletion, or market value.
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
$2,664, $1,346, and $194 during 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively. 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,
with no gain or loss 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 buildings and other 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.
Research and Development
Significant costs are incurred for research and development programs expected to
contribute to the profitability of future operations. Such costs are expensed as
incurred. Research and development expenditures amounted to $11,000, $8,442, and
$7,477 in 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.
Income Taxes
Income taxes on foreign operations are provided based upon the statutory tax
rates of the applicable foreign country. Additional U.S. income taxes have not
been provided on approximately $61 million of undistributed foreign earnings as
the Company intends to permanently reinvest such earnings in expanding foreign
operations.
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Earnings (loss) per Common Share
Earnings (loss) per Common Share (EPS) are determined based on the weighted
average number of Common Shares and dilutive Common Share equivalents
outstanding during the period. Earnings per Common Share for January 1, 1994 to
February 28, 1994 were computed based on the number of Rayonier Common Shares
that were outstanding on February 28. 1994, the date of Rayonier's spin-off from
ITT. The number of Common Shares used in earnings (loss) per Common Share
computations was 29,978,012, 29,982,883, and 29,697,054 for 1996, 1995 and 1994,
respectively.
Foreign Currency Translation
For significant foreign operations, including Rayonier's New Zealand-based
operations, the U.S. dollar is the functional currency. Monetary assets and
liabilities of foreign subsidiaries are translated into U.S. dollars at current
exchange rates. Non-monetary assets such as inventories, timber and property,
plant and equipment are translated at historical rates. Income and expense items
are translated at average exchange rates prevailing during the year, except that
inventories, depletion and depreciation charged to operations are translated at
historical rates. Exchange gains and losses arising from translation are
recognized currently in Other operating income, net.
3. RAYONIER TIMBERLANDS, L,P.
In 1985, Rayonier transferred substantially all of its U.S. timberlands business
to Rayonier Timberlands, L.P., a master limited partnership, in exchange for 20
million Class A and 20 million Class B Depository Units. Thereafter, Rayonier
offered and sold 5.06 million Class A Units (25.3 percent) to the public. The
Partnership Agreement provides that RTLP continues in existence until December
31, 2035, but that the Initial Term of the Partnership will end on December 31,
2000. Class A Units participate principally in the revenues and costs associated
with RTLP's sales of timber through the Initial Term 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.
RTLP is included in these consolidated financial statements. The following table
summarizes the sales and operating income of RTLP, for the three years ended
December 31, 1996, by region.
1996 1995 1994
--------- --------- ---------
Sales
Northwest U.S. $ 91,691 $ 95,168 $ 115,261
Southeast U.S. 56,215 65,100 51,260
--------- --------- ---------
$ 147,906 $ 160,268 $ 166,521
========= ========= =========
Operating income
Northwest U.S. $ 68,083 $ 73,393 $ 94,576
Southeast U.S. 44,849 51,693 39,157
Corporate and other (1,715) (1,778) (1,724)
--------- --------- ---------
$ 111,217 $ 123,308 $ 132,009
========= ========= =========
The minority interest in RTLP's earnings was $27,474, $29,897, and $32,419 in
1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively. This reduced Rayonier's net income by
$17,413, $18,985 and $20,586 in 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively. Effective
January 1, 2001, the minority participation in the earnings of RTLP will be
reduced from approximately 24 percent to approximately 1 percent, and Rayonier's
participation will increase from 76 percent to 99 percent. On a pro-forma basis
using 1996 results, this increased Company participation would have improved
earnings per share by 58 cents.
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4. INCOME TAXES
For periods prior to the February 28, 1994 spin-off, Rayonier computed its tax
provision at statutory rates in accordance with tax-sharing arrangements with
ITT. The provision for income taxes consists of the following:
1996 1995 1994
-------- -------- --------
Current:
U.S. federal $ 5,446 $ 36,564 $ 30,018
State and local 2,290 2,779 2,157
Foreign 1,596 4,258 (1,715)
-------- -------- --------
9,332 43,601 30,460
-------- -------- --------
Deferred:
U.S. federal (70,108) 12,386 6,288
State and local (6,469) 1,081 318
Foreign (2,813) 8,643 972
-------- -------- --------
(79,390) 22,110 7,578
-------- -------- --------
$(70,058) $ 65,711 $ 38,038
======== ======== ========
Deferred income taxes represent the tax effects related to recording revenues
and expenses in different periods for financial reporting and tax return
purposes. Deferred tax assets (liabilities) at December 31, 1996 and 1995 were
related to the following principal timing differences:
1996 1995
---------- ----------
Accelerated depreciation and depletion $ (130,586) $ (145,076)
Reserves for dispositions and
discontinued operations 69,601 13,138
All other, net (5,331) (13,428)
---------- ----------
$ (66,316) $ (145,366)
========== ==========
A reconciliation of the income tax provision at the U.S. statutory rate to the
provision for income taxes as reported is as follows:
1996 1996* 1995 1994
-------- -------- -------- --------
Income tax provision at U.S. $(58,960) $ 38,896 $ 72,821 $ 37,825
statutory rate
State and local taxes, net of (2,716) 1,806 2,509 1,609
federal tax benefit
Foreign operations (4,988) (4,988) (4,697) (1,670)
Foreign sales corporations (2,391) (2,391) (3,816) (608)
All other, net (1,003) (1,003) (1,106) 882
-------- -------- -------- --------
Provision for income taxes $(70,058) $ 32,320 $ 65,711 38,038
======== ======== ======== ========
Effective tax rate (41.6)% 29.1% 31.6% 35.2%
* Excluding the tax benefits of $102 million for the two significant non-cash
charges in 1996.
All other, net includes tax provision adjustments for permanent differences, tax
credits and other items that are not individually significant.
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5. INVENTORIES
Rayonier's inventories included the following at December 31, 1996 and 1995
1996 1995
--------- ---------
Finished goods $ 68,441 $ 71,307
Work in process 20,128 25,681
Raw materials 39,650 44,350
Manufacturing and maintenance supplies 26,695 28,740
--------- ---------
$ 154,914 $ 170,078
========= =========
6. RESERVES FOR DISPOSITIONS AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Dispositions
During the fourth quarter of 1996, Rayonier recorded a disposition charge of $79
million after-tax, or $2.63 per share, primarily related to the planned closure
of the Port Angeles, WA, pulp mill on February 28, 1997. Following interim
results of a strategic study of the Company's pulp business, the Company
concluded that the mill was not competitive in world markets because of long-
term high wood costs due to federal environmental restrictions on Northwest
timber harvests, viscose pulp capacity additions in lower cost regions of the
world and anticipated large expenditures for new environmental regulations. The
pretax charge of $125 million includes a $77 million loss on disposal of mill
assets with a net book value of $84 million, accruals of $40 million for
severance, relocation, demolition, environmental clean-up and other items
associated with the disposition, and $8 million for loss on disposal of other
non-strategic assets. The liquidation of working capital and tax benefits
associated with the closure are expected to offset cash closure costs.
In 1992, Rayonier provided $180 million, pretax, for the loss on disposal of
assets along with the costs for severance, demolition and other close-down items
associated with the disposition of its interest in the Grays Harbor, WA, pulp
and paper complex. The Company has substantially completed all programs
associated with this charge.
Discontinued Operations
In the fourth quarter of 1996, the Company adopted Statement of Position 96-1
"Environmental Remediation Liabilities" issued by the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants. The statement specifically identifies future,
long- term monitoring and administration expenditures as remediation liabilities
that need to be accrued on the balance sheet as an existing obligation. Adoption
of the pronouncement is mandatory for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
1996 but the Company elected early adoption of the statement in 1996 resulting
in a cash neutral pretax charge of $155 million, $98 million after-tax, or $3.28
per share. Although the Company had already accrued for clean-up and closure
remediation liabilities associated with its Southern Wood Piedmont Company (SWP)
wood treating business (discontinued in 1986), the cash expenditures for
monitoring and administration activities of approximately $4 million pretax, or
8 cents per share, annually for the last three years had been expensed as
incurred. These monitoring costs are expected to continue on an annual basis,
plus inflation, for approximately 25-30 years as mandated by state and federal
regulations. The Company's annual cash flow will not be impacted by the adoption
of the accounting pronouncement.
Although operations have ceased, SWP is involved in several environmental
remediation programs and is in negotiations with various state and federal
agencies regarding the scope and timing for remaining programs. Future
environmental cost is dependent on the outcome of such negotiations and may also
be affected by new laws, regulations and administrative interpretations, and
changes in environmental remediation technology. Accordingly, although
considerable progress on clean up has been made, there is still uncertainty as
to the timing and amount of future expenditures for completing environmental
programs at the SWP sites and certain other non-operating locations.
As of December 31, 1996 and 1995, Rayonier had $11.5 million of receivables from
insurance claims included in Other assets. Such receivables represent the
Company's claim for reimbursements in connection with property damage
settlements relating to SWP's discontinued wood preserving operations.
Rayonier currently estimates that expenditures for environmental remediation and
monitoring costs for discontinued operations and assets to be disposed of during
1997-1998 will total approximately $36 million. As of December 31,1996,
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Rayonier had reserves of $224 million for environmental obligations and closure
costs. The Company believes that any future changes in estimates, if necessary,
will not materially affect its financial condition or results of operations.
7. UNUSUAL ITEMS
In September 1995, the Company completed the sale of a 75 percent interest in
approximately 9 percent of its New Zealand timber holdings to a timber
investment fund, which entered into a joint venture with the Company. The
transaction resulted in a non-recurring pretax gain of $34,763, $23,946 after-
tax, or $0.80 per share. Rayonier manages the joint venture, which involves
23,000 acres of timber on New Zealand's North Island.
8. DEBT
Rayonier's debt included the following at December 31, 1996 and 1995:
1996 1995
--------- ---------
Short-term bank loans at a weighted
average rate of 6.34% $ 15,514 $ 18,816
Commercial paper at discount rates
of 5.59% to 5.90% 135,000 115,000
Medium-term notes due 1997-1998 at
variable interest rates 67,000 100,000
Medium-term notes due 1998-1999
at fixed interest rates
of 5.84% to 6.16% 16,000 16,000
7.5% notes due 2002 110,000 110,000
Pollution control and industrial
revenue bonds due 1997-2015 at fixed
interest rates of 5.0% to 8.0% 88,910 89,275
All other 486 645
--------- ---------
Total debt 432,910 449,736
Less:
Short-term bank loans 14 2,516
Current maturities 2,229 524
--------- ---------
Long-term debt $ 430,667 $ 446,696
========= =========
Rayonier has revolving credit agreements with a group of banks that provide the
Company with unsecured credit facilities totaling $300 million and expiring in
1997 and 2001. The revolving credit facilities are used for direct borrowings
and as credit support for a commercial paper program. As of December 31, 1996,
the Company had $135 million of outstanding commercial paper, no outstanding
direct borrowings and $165 million of available borrowings under its revolving
credit facilities.
On March 29, 1994, the Company filed a shelf registration statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on Form S-3 covering $150 million of new debt
securities. The registration statement also served as a post-effective amendment
to a 1992 registration statement, which, as amended, permitted Rayonier to offer
up to $174 million of medium-term notes. On August 18, 1994, Rayonler issued
$100 million of variable rate medium-term notes. An additional $33 million of
medium term notes were issued in 1995 to replace maturing notes. The notes
outstanding as of December 31, 1996 mature in 1997 and 1998 and bear interest at
a variable rate of three-month LIBOR plus 0.29 percent to 0.40 percent. As of
December 31, 1996, the interest rates on the variable rate medium-term notes
ranged from 5.83 percent to 5.93 percent. The proceeds of these notes were used
to retire a variable rate term loan. In addition, through currently effective
shelf registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Rayonier may offer up to $141 million of new public debt securities.
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Required repayments of debt are as follows:
1997 $ 2,243
1998 36,342
1999 17,475
2000 2,420
2001 186,685
2002-2015 187,745
---------
$ 432,910
=========
Medium-term notes, commercial paper and short-term bank loans totaling $184.5
million are classified as long-term debt because the Company has the ability and
intends to refinance such maturities through continued short-term borrowings,
available committed credit facilities or long-term borrowings. The most
restrictive long-term debt covenant in effect at December 31,1996 provided that
the ratio of total debt to EBITDA not exceed four to one. As of December 31,
1996, the ratio was two to one. In addition, $308 million of retained earnings
was unrestricted as to the payment of dividends.
9. INTEREST RATE SWAP AGREEMENTS
Rayonier uses interest rate swap agreements to manage exposure to interest rate
fluctuations. Outstanding agreements involve the exchange of floating rate
interest payments for fixed rate interest payments over the life of the
agreement without the exchange of any underlying principal amounts. Rayonier's
credit exposure is limited to the fair value of the agreements, and the Company
only enters into agreements with highly rated counterparties. The Company does
not enter into interest rate swap agreements for trading or speculative purposes
and matches the terms and contract notional amounts to existing debt or debt
expected to be refinanced. The net amounts paid or received under interest rate
swap agreements are recognized as an adjustment to interest expense.
At December 31, 1996 the Company had interest rate swap agreements with a total
notional value of $180 million, of which $55 million expires in 1997 and $125
million expires in 1998. The agreements effectively convert floating rate
obligations to fixed rates ranging from 5.35 to 5.39 percent.
10. SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
An analysis of the activity in Rayonier's Common Shares and retained earnings
for the three years ended December 31, 1996 is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Common Shares Total
----------------------------- Retained Stockholders'
Shares Amount Earnings Equity
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance, January 1, 1994 29,565,392 $ 157,426 $ 448,878 $ 606,304
Net income -- -- 70,032 70,032
Dividends paid -- -- (21,290) (21,290)
Incentive stock plans 9,415 155 -- 155
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Balance. December 31, 1994 29,574,807 157,581 497,620 655,201
Net income -- -- 142,348 142,348
Dividends paid -- -- (29,629) (29,629)
Incentive stock plans 78,471 1,451 -- 1,451
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Balance, December 31, 1995 29,653,278 159,032 610,339 769,371
Net loss -- -- (98,399) (98,399)
Dividends paid -- -- (34,229) (34,229)
Incentive stock plans 66,977 3,169 -- 3,169
Repurchase of Common Shares (437,800) (16,522) -- (16,522)
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Balance, December 31, 1996 29,282,455 $ 145,679 $ 477,711 $ 623,390
=========== =========== =========== ===========
</TABLE>
In 1996, Rayonier began to repurchase its Common Shares in order to minimize the
dilutive effect of employee incentive stock plans on earnings per share.
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11. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
At December 31, 1996 and 1995, the estimated fair values of Rayonier's financial
instruments were as follows:
1996 1995
--------------------- -----------------------
Carrying Fair Carrying Fair
Amount Value Amount Value
------ ----- ------ -----
Cash and short-term investments $ 3,432 $ 3,432 $ 10,932 $ 10,932
Debt 432,910 440,195 449,736 464,999
Foreign currency contracts 1,504 1,504 (247) (247)
Interest rate swap agreements -- 428 -- (460)
Rayonier uses the following methods and assumptions in estimating the fair value
of its financial instruments:
Cash and Short-Term Investments
The carrying amount is equal to fair market value.
Debt
The Company's short-term bank loans and floating rate debt approximate fair
value. The fair value of fixed rate long-term debt is based upon quoted market
prices for these or similar issues, or rates currently available to the Company
for debt with similar terms and maturities.
Foreign Currency Contracts
The fair value of foreign currency contracts is based on dealer-quoted market
prices of comparable instruments and are reported at mark to market values if
not considered a hedge for accounting purposes.
Interest Rate Swap Agreements
The fair value of interest rate swap agreements is based upon the estimated cost
to terminate the agreements, taking into account current interest rates and
creditworthiness of the counterparties.
12. INCENTIVE STOCK PLANS
The 1994 Rayonier Incentive Stock Plan (the 1994 Plan) provides for the grant of
incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights,
performance shares and restricted stock, subject to certain limitations. Under
the 1994 Plan, the Company may grant options to its employees for up to 4.5
million Common Shares. The exercise price of each option equals the market price
of the Company's stock on the date of grant, and an option's maximum term is 10
years. Options vest in one-third increments over a three-year period starting
from the date of grant.
Restricted stock granted under the 1994 Plan vest after three years. During 1996
and 1995, 27,500 and 6,000 restricted shares were granted with grant-date fair
values of $33.38 and $30.00 for 1996 and 1995, respectively.
In 1996, 1995 and 1994, 48,000, 82,500 and 88,500 Common Shares, respectively,
were reserved for contingent performance shares. The actual number of
performance shares to be issued is contingent upon the Company's total
shareholder return, as defined, compared with a competitive peer group of 12
companies within the forest products industry over a three-year period. The
grant-date fair values of the 1996, 1995 and 1994 performance shares were
$33.38, $30.00 and $28.88, respectively.
Under the Substitute Stock Option Plan, which was implemented during 1994, the
Company granted options to acquire 382,434 Rayonier Common Shares in
substitution for canceled ITT options. Exercise prices were greater than the
market price on the date of grant for 213,640 of these options, while the
remaining options had exercise prices less than the market price on the date of
grant. The option terms range from 6 to 10 years, and have varying vesting
requirements in order to maintain the same economic value to the option holders
that they would have had under ITT's stock option plan.
The Company applies APB Opinion No. 25 "Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees" in accounting for its stock plans. The compensation cost recognized
was $3,737, $2,338 and $311 in 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively. Under FASB
Statement No. 123 "Accounting for Stock Based Compensation", net income (loss)
and earnings (loss) per share would have been reduced by $1,008 or $0.03 per
share and $522 or $0.02 per share for 1996 and 1995, respectively. The fair
value of
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each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions used for
grants in 1996, 1995, and 1994, respectively: dividend yield of 3.1 percent for
all years; expected volatility of 22.5 percent for all years; risk-free interest
rates of 5.6 percent, 7.9 percent and 6.8 percent; and an expected life of 7.5
years for all years.
A summary of the status of the Company's stock option plans as of December 31,
1996, 1995 and 1994, and changes during the years then ended is presented below:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
----------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------
Weighted Weighted Weighted
Number Average Number Average Number Average
of Exercisable of Exercisable of Exercisable
Shares Price Shares Price Shares Price
-------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Options outstanding at
beginning of year 974,614 $ 28.64 721,019 $ 27.14 -- --
Granted:
Substitute Stock
Option Plan -- -- -- -- 382,434 $ 25.29
1994 Incentive
Stock Plan 355,000 $ 33.53 346,000 $ 30.03 350,000 $ 28.89
Exercised (39,477) $ 27.79 (72,471) $ 20.02 (9,415) $ 16.57
Canceled (21,849) $ 31.38 (19,934) $ 29.72 (2,000) $ 28.88
-------- -------- --------
Outstanding at end of year l,268,288 $ 29.99 974,614 $ 28.64 721,019 $ 27.14
======== ======== ========
Options exercisable at
year-end 596,001 $ 28.13 264,140 $ 25.14 191,465 $ 19.97
Weighted-average fair value
of options granted
during year $ 8.39 $ 9.20 $ 9.41
</TABLE>
The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at
December 31, 1996:
Options Outstanding
-------------------
Weighted
Range Number Weighted Average Options Average
of Outstanding Remaining Exercisable Exercise
Exercise Prices at 12/3l/96 Contractual Life at 12/3l/96 Price
- --------------- ----------- ---------------- ----------- -----
$16.57 -19.72 100,668 3.9 100,668 $ 18
$28.88 -31.35 819,620 7.5 494,333 $ 30
$33.38 -39.38 348,000 9.0 1,000 $ 34
13. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
Employee benefit plan liabilities are estimated using actuarial estimates and
management assumptions. These estimates are based on historical information,
along with certain assumptions about future events. Changes in assumptions, as
well as changes in actual experience, could cause these estimates to change.
Pension Plans
Rayonier has pension plans covering substantially all of its employees. The cost
is borne by Rayonier. Certain plans are subject to union negotiation. Prior to
March 1, 1994, Rayonier's salaried employees participated in the ITT Salaried
Retirement Plan. The liability associated with employment under the ITT Salaried
Retirement Plan was retained by ITT. 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 benefit programs, which
represent mirror-image plans to the various ITT welfare benefit programs
previously available to salaried employees, are sponsored by Rayonier for the
benefit of all active salaried employees as of March 1, 1994. There was no
change in the status of the Rayonier benefit plans for hourly paid employees as
a result of the spin-off.
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The following table sets forth net periodic pension cost of Rayonier plans and
total pension expense for the three years ended December 31:
1996 1995 1994
-------- -------- -------
Defined Benefit Plans
Service cost $ 5,136 $ 4,022 $ 4,152
Interest cost 7,311 6,348 5,666
Return on assets (14,254) (23,105) (4,409)
Net amortization and deferral 6,672 15,463 (2,756)
-------- -------- -------
Net periodic pension cost of 4,865 2,728 2,653
Rayonler plans
Other Pension Cost
Rayonier portion of ITT Salaried
Retirement Plan -- -- 530
Defined contribution plans 2,326 1,872 1,581
-------- -------- -------
Total pension expense $ 7,191 $ 4,600 $ 4,764
======== ======== =======
The following table sets forth the funded status of the Rayonier pension plans,
the amounts recognized in the balance sheets of the Company at December 31, 1996
and 1995 and the principal weighted average assumptions inherent in their
determination:
1996 1995
--------- ---------
Actuarial Present Value of Benefit Obligations
Vested benefits $ 94,878 $ 85,300
========= =========
Accumulated benefits $ 101,064 $ 90,874
========= =========
Projected benefits $ 105,899 $ 92,386
Plan assets at fair value 110,397 101,698
--------- ---------
Plan assets in excess of projected benefits 4,498 9,312
Unrecognized net gain (6,532) (3,336)
Unrecognized past service cost 12,851 7,460
Unrecognized net assets (4,369) (4,505)
--------- ---------
Prepaid pension asset $ 6,448 $ 8,931
========= =========
Actuarial Assumptions (%)
Discount rate 7.50 7.50
Rate of return on invested assets 9.75 9.75
Salary increase assumption 5.00 5.00
Postretirement Health and Life
Rayonier provides health care and life insurance benefits for certain employees
upon retirement. A reserve of $3,924 was transferred from ITT to Rayonier in
1994 to cover the postretirement benefit obligation for active salaried
employees as of March 1, 1994. The Company is not currently funding this
obligation; however, it may fund some portions in the future if it can be
accomplished on a tax-effective basis. The liability for salaried employees
retiring prior to March 1, 1994 was retained by ITT.
The following table sets forth postretirement health care and life insurance
benefits expense for the three years ended December 31:
1996 1995 1994
------- ------- -------
Service cost $ 429 $ 598 $ 618
Interest cost 1,254 1,847 1,642
Net amortization and deferral (289) 319 448
------- ------- -------
Net periodic expense of Rayonier plans 1,394 2,764 2,708
Multi-employer plans 393 -- --
Rayonier portion of expense for
ITT plans for salaried employees -- -- 212
------- ------- -------
Total postretirement benefits expense $ 1,787 $ 2,764 $ 2,920
======= ======= =======
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The following table sets forth the status of the Rayonier postretirement benefit
plans other than pensions, the amounts recognized in the balance sheets of the
Company at December 31, 1996 and 1995 and the principal weighted average
assumptions inherent in their determination:
l996 1995
-------- --------
Accumulated postretirement benefit $ 17,915 $ 24,903
obligation
Unrecognized net loss (9,328) (8,111)
Unrecognized prior service cost 8,482 (173)
-------- --------
Liability recognized in the balance sheet $ 17,069 $ 16,619
======== ========
Actuarial Assumptions (%)
Discount rate 7.50 7.50
Ultimate health care trend rate 5.00 5.00
The assumed rate of future increases in the per capita cost of health care (the
health care trend rate) was 9.0 percent for 1996, decreasing ratably to 5.0
percent in the year 2001. Increasing the table of health care trend rates by one
percentage point per year would have the effect of increasing the accumulated
postretirement benefit obligation by $511 and the annual expense by $46.
14. COMMITMENTS
The Company leases certain buildings, machinery and equipment under various
operating leases. As of December 31 1996, minimum rental commitments under
operating leases were $6,057, $5,127, $4,689, $4,344 and $9,881 for 1997,
1998,1999, 2000 and 2001, respectively. For the remaining years, such
commitments amounted to $5,501, aggregating total minimum lease payments of
$35,599. Total rental expense for operating leases amounted to $5,609, $7,373
and $6,068 in 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively. Additionally, the Company has
indirectly guaranteed approximately $26.8 million of debt that is secured by
equipment used by its vendors to provide products to the Company.
15. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Rayonier has been named a Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) or is a defendant
in actions being brought by a PRP in six 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 two of these proceedings, Rayonier is considered a
de minimis participant. In each of the other proceedings, the Company is not a
de minimis participant because of the limited number of PRPs. Rayonier has
established reserves of $4.5 million for its estimated liability in all of these
proceedings.
On November 19, 1994, Rayonier's wholly-owned subsidiary, Southern Wood Piedmont
Company (SWP) was named one of six PRPs in the Tennessee Products Site CERCLA
action. SWP was included in the action because of coal tar derivative deposits
found in Chattanooga Creek, which is included as part of the Tennessee Products
Site. Counsel for the Company believe that the site is geographically divisible
and that SWP is not responsible for any clean-up costs upstream of its former
plant site. Consequently, it is not yet clear what, if any, remediation will be
required of SWP.
SWP is an intervenor in an action brought in the U.S. District Court for the
Western District of Louisiana by the EPA against Marine Shale Processors, Inc.
(MSP). SWP had shipped over 170,000 tons of materials containing hazardous waste
for thermal processing by MSP. A jury verdict in SWP's favor helped to limit
SWP's potential liability for material sent to MSP under CERCLA. However, this
verdict was vacated by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
on April 18, 1996 and remanded for a new trial. SWP has filed two motions for
summary judgment. Counsel for SWP believes that the motions have merit and could
lead to a favorable result in the litigation or a settlement.
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 expected to
materially impact its consolidated financial position or results of operations.
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16. ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
Rayonier is subject to stringent environmental laws and regulations concerning
air emissions, water discharges and waste disposal that, in the opinion of
management, will require substantial expenditures over the next ten years.
Federal environmental regulations governing air and water discharges that were
first proposed in 1993 would require further expenditures by the Company and, if
finally enacted In their proposed form, would prevent the Company from meeting
certain product quality specifications for substantially all of its chemical
cellulose products, and would increase the cost of making its remaining pulp
products. Sales of chemical cellulose products for the Company's Jesup and
Fernandina mills accounted for approximately 28 percent of 1996 sales. However,
in July 1996, the EPA announced that it anticipates that technologies other than
those which formed the basis of the proposed water regulations will be used to
establish the final regulations for dissolving pulp mills. The agency said that
it would await the results of studies being undertaken by the Company and other
manufacturers of chemical cellulose before proposing final regulations. While
the proposed regulations would have a material adverse effect on operations if
not changed, it will not be possible for Rayonier to make a final determination
of the nature or costs of such effect until the regulations are issued in final
form.
Over the past six 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 and the marbled murrelet as a threatened species under the
Endangered Species Act (ESA). These restrictions have caused Rayonier to
restructure and reschedule some of its harvest plans. In May of 1996, the
Washington Forest Practices Board adopted a permanent rule for the protection of
the northern spotted owl which included increased regulation within a "Special
Emphasis Area" (SEA) on a portion of the Company's lands on the Olympic
Peninsula As a result of Rayonier's efforts in working cooperatively with the
Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife, approximately half of
Rayonier's lands originally slated for inclusion in the SEA were placed in a
separate area covered by a voluntary Wildlife Plan. Management of the Company
believes this voluntary Wildlife Plan will allow more flexibility in planning
and conducting timber harvest activities, while at the same time providing more
and better habitat for the northern spotted owl over the long term than the
regulatory regime of the SEA would have done. The Washington state northern
spotted owl rule is not expected to have a significant impact on the overall
harvest activities of the Company. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is also in
the process of developing a proposed under the ESA to redefine protective
measures for the northern spotted owl on private lands. It now appears likely
that this rule, if adopted, will not differ substantially from the Washington
state rule in its impacts on the Company's lands. The Washington state Forest
Practices Board is also in the process of adopting a rule for the protection of
the marbled murrelet. Rayonier is unable at this time to predict the form in
which this rule will finally be adopted or the extent of the impact on its
operations.
17. SEGMENT INFORMATION
Please refer to "Item 7 - Segment Information" where information regarding
business segment sales and operating income is provided. Additional segment
information for the three years ended December 31 is as follows (millions of
dollars);
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Depreciation,
Gross Plant Additions Depletion and Amortization Identifiable Assets
------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------
1996 1995 1994 1996 1995 1994 1996 1995 1994
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Timber and
Wood Products $ 109 $ 72 $ 42 $ 28 $ 26 $ 25 $ 797 $ 737 $ 685
Specialty Pulp 71 65 55 60 59 55 703 708 656
Products
Corporate and 1 3 1 -- 1 1 49 49 37
other
Dispositions 6 3 3 9 10 9 49 154 146
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Total $ 187 $ 143 $ 101 $ 97 $ 96 $ 90 $1,598 $1,648 $1,524
====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ======
</TABLE>
Custodial capital spending was $83 million, $72 million and $67 million in 1996,
1995 and 1994, respectively. Custodial capital spending is defined as capital
expenditures to maintain current earnings level over the cycle, keep facilities
and equipment in safe and reliable condition, and in compliance with regulatory
requirements.
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Geographical Operating Information -- All Segments (millions of dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Sales Operating Income Identifiable Assets
------------------------------ -------------------------------- ------------------------------
1996 1995 1994 1996 1995 1994 1996 1995 1994
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
United States $1,059 $1,126 $ 945 $ 32 $ 222 $ 160 $1,275 $1,393 $1,291
New Zealand 96 106 98 5 13 12 301 237 222
All other 23 28 26 (3) (1) (3) 22 18 11
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Total $1,178 $1,260 $1,069 $ 34 $ 234 $ 169 $1,598 $1,648 $1,524
====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ====== ======
</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 1996 % 1995 % 1994 %
- -------- ----------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
United States Asia Pacific $327 54 $368 53 $266 51
Western Europe 138 23 146 21 108 21
All other 78 12 102 15 68 13
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
543 89 616 89 442 85
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
New Zealand Asia Pacific 47 8 61 9 54 10
United States 4 -- 3 -- 7 2
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
51 8 64 9 61 12
All other Primarily Asia
Pacific 13 3 14 2 20 3
---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
Total $607 100 $694 100 $523 100
==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ====
</TABLE>
18. NEW ZEALAND - RELATED FOREIGN CURRENCY EXPOSURE AND RISK MANAGEMENT
A significant portion of the revenue from Rayonier's New Zealand operations is
in U.S. dollars or significantly affected by the New Zealand dollar/U.S. dollar
exchange rate. However, most of its cash operating costs are incurred in New
Zealand dollars with New Zealand dollar expenses exceeding New Zealand dollar
revenues. During 1996 and 1995, Rayonier entered into forward exchange contracts
to help mitigate the adverse impact of foreign currency fluctuations on the
Company's New Zealand net currency exposure. Rayonier's forward contracts are
intended to cover anticipated operating needs and therefore do not "hedge" firm
contracts or commitments in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 52. As a result, the gains and losses on these contracts are
included in income based on mark to market values at reporting dates. In 1996,
the maximum foreign currency contracts outstanding at any point in time totaled
$77,103. At December 31, 1996, the Company held foreign currency contracts
maturing through June 1997 totaling $19,627.
The following summarizes the contribution to Rayonier's earnings from New
Zealand operations after consideration of foreign exchange effects (millions of
dollars):
1996 1995 1994
---- ---- ----
Operating income on a 1994
exchange rate basis $ 10 $ 16 $ 12
Effect of exchange rate changes (5) (3) --
---- ---- ----
Operating income as reported 5 13 12
Gain from foreign exchange contracts 6 1 --
---- ---- ----
Contribution from New Zealand
operations $ 11 $ 14 $ 12
==== ==== ====
The Company believes that it has been able to mitigate most of the effect of
exchange rate fluctuations of the New Zealand dollar through risk management
activities, thereby normalizing the contribution of its New Zealand operations
toward what it would have been without exchange rate movements. The Company
plans to continue this program but will continue to limit its mark to market
exposure so as not to have a material effect on EPS if exchange rates move
rapidly.
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19. QUARTERLY RESULTS FOR 1996 AND 1995 (UNAUDITED)
(thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Total
Quarter Ended Year
------------------------------------------------------ -----------
March 31 June 30 Sept. 30 Dec. 31
--------- --------- --------- ---------
1996
- ----
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Sales $ 293,980 $ 296,667 $ 285,104 $ 302,289 $ 1,178,040
Operating income (loss) $ 59,892 $ 32,949 $ 31,049 $(89,973)a $ 33,917
Net income (loss) $ 31,477 $ 15,404 $ 15,568 $(160,848)b $ (98,339)
Earnings (loss) per Common Share $ 1.05 $ .51 $ .52 $(5.36)b $ (3.28)
1995
- ----
Sales $ 285,832 $ 313,564 $ 333,913 $ 327,183 $ 1,260,492
Operating income $ 54,844 $ 53,691 $ 61,357 $ 63,785 $ 233,677
Net income $ 25,149 $ 26,338 $ 57,038c $ 33,823 $ 142,348
Earnings per Common Share $ .84 $ .88 $ 1.90c $ 1.13 $ 4.75
</TABLE>
a Includes a pretax charge of $125 million for dispositions, primarily for
the planned closure of the Port Angeles pulp mill. See Note 6.
b Includes a charge of $79 million after-tax, or $2.63 per share primarily
for the planned closure of the Port Angeles pulp mill and a charge of $98
million after-tax, or $3.28 per share to implement AICPA Statement of
Position 96-1 related to future environmental monitoring costs. See Note 6.
c Includes a non-recurring pretax gain of $35 million, $24 million after-tax,
or $0.80 per share. See Note 7.
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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 KENNETH P. JANETTE
----------------------------------------
Kenneth P. Janette
March 21, 1997 Vice President and 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.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
* Chairman of the
- --------------------------------- Board, Chief
Ronald M. Gross Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) and Director
GERALD J. POLLACK Senior Vice March 21, 1997
- --------------------------------- President and Chief
Gerald J. Pollack Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
KENNETH P. JANETTE Vice President and March 21, 1997
- --------------------------------- Corporate Controller
Kenneth P. Janette
(Principal Accounting Officer)
* President, Chief
- --------------------------------- Operating Officer
Wallace L. Nutter and Director
* Director
- ---------------------------------
Rand V. Araskog
* Director
- ---------------------------------
Donald W. Griffin
* Director
- ---------------------------------
Paul G. Kirk, Jr.
* Director
- ---------------------------------
Katherine D. Ortega
* Director
- ---------------------------------
Burnell R. Roberts
* Director
- ---------------------------------
Carl S. Sloane
* Director
- ---------------------------------
Nicholas L. Trivisonno
* Director
- ---------------------------------
Gordon I. Ulmer
* By GERALD J. POLLACK March 21, 1997
-------------------------------
Attorney-In-Fact
A
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EXHIBIT INDEX
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit No. Description Location
- ----------- ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
2.1 Distribution agreement between ITT Corporation and Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to
Rayonier Inc. the Registrant's December 31, 1993 Form 10-K
3.1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) 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 to
the Registrant's December 31, 1995 Form 10-K
4.1 Indenture dated as of September 1, 1992 between the Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
Company and Bankers Trust Company, as Trustee, with the Registrant's December 31, 1993 Form 10-K
respect to certain debt securities of the Company
4.2 First Supplemental Indenture dated as of December 13, Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to
1993 the Registrant's December 31, 1993 Form 10-K
4.3 $100 million 364-day Revolving Credit Agreement dated Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
as of April 14, 1995 among Rayonier Inc. as Borrower the Registrant's March 31, 1995 Form 10-Q
and the banks named therein as Banks, Citibank, N.A.
as Administrative Agent and Citicorp Securities, Inc.
and the Toronto-Dominion Bank as Arrangers
4.4 $200 million Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to
April 14, 1995 among Rayonier Inc. as Borrower and the Registrant's March 31, 1995 Form 10-Q
the banks named therein as Banks, Citibank, N.A. as
Administrative Agent and Citicorp Securities, Inc.
and the Toronto-Dominion Bank as Arrangers
4.5 Amendment No.1, dated as of June 16, 1995 to the $100 Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
million 364-day Revolving Credit Agreement dated as the Registrant's June 30, 1996 Form 10-Q
of April 14, 1995 among Rayonier Inc. as Borrower and
the banks named therein as Banks, Citibank, N.A. as
Administrative Agent and Citicorp Securities, Inc.
and the Toronto-Dominion Bank as Arrangers
4.6 Amendment No. 2, dated as of April 12, 1996 to the Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to
$100 million 364-day Revolving Credit Agreement dated the Registrant's June 30, 1996 Form 10-Q
as of April 14, 1995 among Rayonier Inc. as Borrower
and the banks named therein as Banks, Citibank, N.A.
as Administrative Agent and Citicorp Securities, Inc.
and the Toronto-Dominion Bank as Arrangers
</TABLE>
B
<PAGE> 46
EXHIBIT INDEX
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit No. Description Location
- ----------- ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
4.7 Amendment No. 1, dated as of June 16, 1995 to the Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to
$200 million Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of the Registrant's June 30, 1996 Form 10-Q
April 14, 1995 among Rayonier Inc. as Borrower and
the banks named therein as Banks, Citibank, N.A. as
Administrative Agent and Citicorp Securities, Inc.
and the Toronto-Dominion Bank as Arrangers
4.8 Amendment No. 2, dated as of April 12, 1996 to the Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to
$200 million Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of the Registrant's June 30, 1996 Form 10-Q
April 14, 1995 among Rayonier Inc. as Borrower and
the banks named therein as Banks, Citibank, N.A. as
Administrative Agent and Citicorp Securities, Inc.
and the Toronto-Dominion Bank as Arrangers
4.9 Other instruments defining the rights of security Not required to be filed. The Registrant
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 between ITT Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
Corporation and Rayonier Inc. the Registrant's December 31, 1993 Form 10-K
10.2 Employee Benefits Agreement between ITT Corporation Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to
and Rayonier Inc. the Registrant's December 31, 1993 Form 10-K
10.3 Tax Allocation Agreement between ITT Corporation and Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to
Rayonier Inc. the Registrant's December 31, 1993 Form 10-K
10.4 Canadian Assets Purchase Agreement between ITT Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to
Corporation and Rayonier Inc. the Registrant's December 31, 1993 Form 10-K
10.5 Rayonier 1994 Incentive Stock Plan Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to
the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 33-52445)
</TABLE>
C
<PAGE> 47
EXHIBIT INDEX
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit No. Description Location
- ----------- ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
10.6 Rayonier Senior Executive Severance Pay Plan Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to
the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A dated December 15, 1993 (the Form 8-A)
10.7 Rayonier Investment and Savings Plan for Salaried Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to
Employees the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 33-52437)
10.8 Supplement to Rayonier Investment and Savings Plan Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to
for Salaried Employees including the First, Second, the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Third, Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Rayonier Form S-8 (File No. 33-65291)
Investment and Savings Plan for Salaried Employees
10.9 Rayonier Salaried Employees Retirement Plan Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to
the Form 8-A
10.10 Form of Indemnification Agreement between Rayonier Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to
Inc. and its Directors and Officers the Registrant's December 31, 1993 Form 10-K
10.11 Rayonier Inc. Excess Benefit Plan Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to
the Registrant's December 31, 1993 Form 10-K
10.12 Rayonier Inc. Excess Savings and Deferred Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to
Compensation Plan the Registrant's December 31, 1995 Form 10-K
10.13 First Amendment to the Rayonier Inc. Excess Filed herewith
Savings and Deferred Compensation Plan
10.14 Form of Rayonier Inc. Excess Savings and Deferred Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to
Compensation Plan Agreements the Registrant's December 31, 1995 Form 10-K
10.15 Form of Indemnification Agreement between Registrant Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
and directors of Rayonier Forest Resources Company, the Registrant's March 31, 1994 Form 10-Q
its wholly owned subsidiary which is Managing General
Partner of Rayonier Timberlands, L.P., who are not
also directors of Registrant
10.16 Description of Rayonier 1994 Incentive Stock Plan Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
Contingent Performance Share Awards the Registrant's June 30, 1994 Form 10-Q
10.17 Form of Rayonier 1994 Incentive Stock Plan Contingent Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
Performance Share Award Agreement the Registrant's June 30, 1994 Form 10-Q
</TABLE>
D
<PAGE> 48
EXHIBIT INDEX
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit No. Description Location
- ----------- ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
10.18 Form of Rayonier 1994 Incentive Stock Plan Restricted Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to
Share Award Agreement the Registrant's December 31, 1995 Form 10-K
10.19 Form of Rayonier 1994 Incentive Stock Non-qualified Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to
Stock Option Award Agreement the Registrant's December 31, 1995 Form 10-K
10.20 Rayonier Substitute Stock Option Plan Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to
the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 33-52891)
10.21 Form of Rayonier Substitute Stock Option Award Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to
Agreements the Registrant's December 31, 1995 Form 10-K
10.22 Split-Dollar Life Insurance Agreement dated June 22, Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to
1994 between Rayonier Inc. and Ronald M. Gross the Registrant's June 30, 1994 Form 10-Q
10.23 Deferred Compensation /Supplemental Retirement Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to
Agreement dated June 28, 1994 between Rayonier Inc. the Registrant's June 30, 1994 Form 10-Q
and Ronald M. Gross
10.24 Other material contracts None
11 Statement re computation of per share earnings Not required to be filed
12 Statements re computation of ratios Filed herewith
13 Annual report to security holders, Form 10-Q or Not applicable
quarterly report to security holders
16 Letter re change in certifying accountant Not applicable
18 Letter re change in accounting principles Not applicable
21 Subsidiaries of the Registrant Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21 to the
Registrant's December 31, 1993 Form 10-K
22 Published report regarding matters submitted to vote None
of security holders
23 Consents of experts and counsel Filed herewith
24 Powers of attorney Filed herewith
27 Financial data schedule Filed herewith
</TABLE>
E
<PAGE> 49
EXHIBIT INDEX
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit No. Description Location
- ----------- ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
28 Information from reports furnished to state insurance Not applicable
regulatory authorities
99 Additional exhibits None
</TABLE>
F
<PAGE> 1
Exhibit 10.13
First Amendment to
Rayonier Inc. Excess Savings and Deferred Compensation Plan
Section 4.6 of the Rayonier Inc. Excess Savings and Deferred Compensation Plan
hereby is amended, effective as of January 1, 1997, to read in its entirety as
follows:
"4.6 Adjustment to Accounts
As of each Valuation Date, the Excess Base Salary Deferral Account and the
Bonus Deferral Account of each Participant shall be credited or debited on the
books of the Company with a gain or loss equal to the adjustment that would be
made if assets equal to each such Account had been invested with a rate of
return equal to the rate of return of 10-Year Treasury Notes (adjusted monthly)
plus 1.5 percent. As of each Valuation Date, the Excess Savings Account of each
Participant shall be credited or debited on the books of the Company with a
gain or loss equal to the adjustment that would be made if assets equal to such
Account had been invested in Fund C, as described in section 6.1 of the
Qualified Plan, or in any successor to Fund C."
Dated: January 14,1997
John P. O'Grady
Senior Vice President
Administration
<PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 12
RAYONIER INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(Unaudited, thousands of dollars)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Year Ended December 31,
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1996 l995 1994 1993 1992
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Earnings:
Income (loss) from continuing operations
before cumulative effect of
accounting changes $ (160) $ 142,348 $ 70,032 $ 52,466 $ (81,520)
Add (deduct):
Undistributed equity (income) loss -- -- -- -- 3,257
Income tax (13,297) 65,711 38,038 30,432 (50,366)
Minority interest 27,474 29,897 32,419 22,508 22,702
Amortization of capitalized interest 4,505 1,963 1,644 1,411 1,486
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
18,522 239,919 142,133 106,817 (104,441)
Adjustments to earnings for fixed charges: 27,662 33,615 31,065 23,368 21,327
Interest and other financial charges 2,187 1,444 1,474 1,760 1,870
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Interest factor attributable to rentals 29,849 35,059 32,539 25,128 23,197
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Earnings as adjusted $ 48,371 $ 274,978 $ 174,672 $ 131,945 $ (81,244)
========= ========= ========= ========= =========
Fixed charges:
Fixed charges above $ 29,849 $ 35,059 $ 32,539 $ 25,128 $ 23,197
Capitalized interest 2,664 1,346 194 -- 893
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Total fixed charges 32,513 36,405 32,733 25,128 24,090
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Dividends on preferred stock (pre-tax
income basis) -- -- -- -- 714
--------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Total fixed charges and preferred
dividend requirement $ 32,513 $ 36,405 $ 32,733 $ 25,128 $ 24,804
========= ========= ========= ========= =========
Ratio of earnings as adjusted to total fixed
charges and preferred dividend requirement 1.49 7.55 5.34 5.25 *
========= ========= ========= ========= =========
Effective tax rare (42)% 32% 35% 37% (38)%
========= ========= ========= ========= =========
</TABLE>
* Earnings are inadequate to cover total fixed charges and preferred dividend
requirement by $106,048.
<PAGE> 1
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
Registration Statements on Forms S-3 (File Nos. 33- 51972 and 33-52855).
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Stamford, Connecticut
March 27, 1997
<PAGE> 1
EXHIBIT 24
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, 1996 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, 1997
/s/ RONALD M. GROSS
- -------------------
Ronald M. Gross
Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer and Director
/s/ WALLACE L. NUTTER
- ---------------------
Wallace L. Nutter
President, Chief Operating
Officer and Director
/S/ RAND V. ARASKOG
- -------------------
Rand v Araskog
Director
/s/ DONALD W. GRIFFIN
- ----------------------
Donald W. Griffin
Director
/s/ PAUL G. KIRK. JR
- --------------------
Paul G. Kirk, Jr.
Director
/s/ KATHERINE D. ORTEGA
- -----------------------
Katherine D. Ortega
Director
/s/ BURNELL R. ROBERTS
- ----------------------
Burnell R. Roberts
Director
/s/ CARL S. SLOANE
- ------------------
Carl S Sloane
Director
/s/ NICHOLAS L. TRIVISONNO
- --------------------------
Nicholas L. Trivisonno
Director
/s/ GORDON I. ULMER
- -------------------
Gordon I. Ulmer
Director
<TABLE> <S> <C>
<ARTICLE> 5
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
<S> <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE> 12-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1996
<PERIOD-START> JAN-01-1996
<PERIOD-END> DEC-31-1996
<CASH> 3,432
<SECURITIES> 0
<RECEIVABLES> 128,109
<ALLOWANCES> 4,674
<INVENTORY> 154,914
<CURRENT-ASSETS> 349,588
<PP&E> 1,190,786
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<TOTAL-ASSETS> 1,597,731
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<BONDS> 430,667
145,679
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<COMMON> 0
<OTHER-SE> 477,711
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<SALES> 1,178,040
<TOTAL-REVENUES> 1,178,040
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<TOTAL-COSTS> 981,337
<OTHER-EXPENSES> 57,911
<LOSS-PROVISION> 124,587
<INTEREST-EXPENSE> 27,662
<INCOME-PRETAX> (13,457)
<INCOME-TAX> (13,297)
<INCOME-CONTINUING> (160)
<DISCONTINUED> (98,239)
<EXTRAORDINARY> 0
<CHANGES> 0
<NET-INCOME> (98,399)
<EPS-PRIMARY> (3.28)
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