The following table summarizes operating income (loss), pro forma operating income (loss),⁵ and Adjusted EBITDA⁵ for the current quarter and comparable prior year period:

Year-to-date cash provided by operating activities was $173.8 million versus $208.9 million in the prior year period. Year-to-date cash available for distribution (CAD)⁵ was $105.7 million, which decreased $9.1 million versus the prior year period due to lower Adjusted EBITDA⁵ ($19.2 million) and higher cash taxes paid ($0.8 million), partially offset by lower cash interest paid (net) ($11.0 million).

"We delivered solid operational results in the third quarter, despite macroeconomic challenges that continue to adversely impact our timber businesses," said Mark McHugh, President and CEO. "We achieved total Adjusted EBITDA of $71.8 million, representing a 9% decrease versus the prior year quarter, primarily driven by a lower contribution from our New Zealand Timber segment."

"In our Southern Timber segment, Adjusted EBITDA was comparable to the prior year quarter, as significantly higher non-timber income was largely offset by a 13% decline in harvest volumes and 3% lower weighted-average net stumpage realizations. In our Pacific Northwest Timber segment, Adjusted EBITDA improved 12% versus the prior year quarter, as a 10% increase in harvest volumes and favorable costs were partially offset by a 7% decrease in weighted-average net stumpage realizations. In our New Zealand Timber segment, Adjusted EBITDA declined 38% relative to the prior year quarter, primarily driven by lower carbon credit sales and a 16% decrease in weighted-average net stumpage realizations due to elevated shipping costs."

"In our Real Estate segment, Adjusted EBITDA improved 5% versus the prior year quarter, as higher per-acre prices were partially offset by lower acres sold."

"During the third quarter, we also significantly advanced our $1 billion disposition initiative, which led to the closing of several large transactions following the end of the quarter. Additional details regarding our recent disposition activity have been provided in a separate press release issued concurrent with this release."

Southern Timber

Third quarter sales of $62.0 million decreased $2.0 million, or 3%, versus the prior year period. Harvest volumes decreased 13% to 1.57 million tons versus 1.81 million tons in the prior year period, primarily driven by wet ground conditions that constrained production as well as softer demand from lumber mills. Average pine sawtimber stumpage realizations decreased 5% to $27.46 per ton versus $28.85 per ton in the prior year period, primarily due to softer demand from sawmills and an unfavorable geographic mix. Average pine pulpwood stumpage realizations increased 4% to $17.21 per ton versus $16.54 per ton in the prior year period, primarily driven by improved demand from pulp mills and weather-related constraints on competing supply in certain markets. Overall, weighted-average net stumpage realizations (including hardwood) decreased 3% to $20.77 per ton versus $21.48 per ton in the prior year period. Non-timber sales of $16.7 million increased $6.8 million versus the prior year period, primarily driven by higher pipeline easement revenues and growth in our land-based solutions business. Operating income of $19.8 million increased $1.2 million versus the prior year period as higher non-timber income ($6.2 million) and lower costs ($0.1 million) were partially offset by lower volumes ($2.6 million), higher depletion expense ($1.4 million), and lower net stumpage realizations ($1.1 million).

Third quarter Adjusted EBITDA⁵ of $37.9 million was $0.2 million above the prior year period.

Pacific Northwest Timber

Third quarter sales of $27.2 million decreased $2.1 million, or 7%, versus the prior year period. Harvest volumes increased 10% to 319,000 tons versus 290,000 tons in the prior year period. Average delivered prices for domestic sawtimber decreased 12% to $95.27 per ton versus $108.20 per ton in the prior year period due to a combination of weaker demand from domestic lumber mills and an unfavorable species / product mix, as a lower proportion of Douglas-fir sawtimber was harvested in the current year period. Average delivered pulpwood prices decreased 9% to $30.14 per ton versus $33.09 per ton in the prior year period, primarily due to softer mill demand in the region. Operating income of $0.8 million versus an operating loss of $0.6 million in the prior year period was driven by lower depletion expense ($1.3 million), lower costs ($0.8 million), and higher volumes ($0.4 million), partially offset by lower net stumpage realizations ($1.1 million).

Third quarter Adjusted EBITDA⁵ of $8.7 million was 12%, or $0.9 million, above the prior year period.

New Zealand Timber

Third quarter sales of $66.8 million decreased $3.7 million, or 5%, versus the prior year period. Sales volumes decreased 1% to 686,000 tons versus 690,000 tons in the prior year period. Average delivered prices for export sawtimber increased 10% to $104.48 per ton versus $95.23 per ton in the prior year period, as higher shipping costs were partially passed on to export customers through increased prices. Average delivered prices for domestic sawtimber increased 2% to $64.89 per ton versus $63.45 per ton in the prior year period. Despite higher delivered log prices, net stumpage realizations declined 16% versus the prior year quarter, largely due to elevated shipping and production costs. Third quarter non-timber / carbon credit sales totaled $8.9 million versus $15.6 million in the prior year period, primarily due to a lower volume of carbon credits sold as compared to the prior year period. Operating income of $8.9 million decreased $8.6 million versus the prior year period due to lower carbon credit income ($6.6 million), lower net stumpage realizations ($2.6 million), higher costs ($0.2 million), and lower volumes ($0.1 million), partially offset by favorable foreign exchange impacts ($0.5 million) and lower depletion rates ($0.3 million).

Third quarter Adjusted EBITDA⁵ of $14.6 million was 38%, or $8.9 million, below the prior year period.

Real Estate

Third quarter sales of $30.1 million decreased $1.1 million versus the prior year period, while operating income of $8.6 million decreased $0.6 million versus the prior year period. Sales and operating income decreased versus the prior year period due to lower acres sold (2,916 acres sold versus 4,281 acres sold in the prior year period), partially offset by higher weighted-average prices ($8,835 per acre versus $5,781 per acre in the prior year period).

Improved Development sales of $12.0 million included $7.9 million from the Wildlight development project north of Jacksonville, Florida, $3.6 million from the Heartwood development project south of Savannah, Georgia, and $0.5 million from the sale of an industrial-use parcel in Kitsap County, Washington ($266,000 per acre). Sales in Wildlight consisted of two residential pod sales totaling 104 acres for $7.7 million ($74,000 per acre) and two small non-residential sales totaling $0.2 million. Sales in Heartwood consisted of an 8.8-acre commercial parcel for $3.6 million ($410,000 per acre). This compares to Improved Development sales of $3.1 million in the prior year period.

Rural sales of $13.8 million consisted of 2,800 acres at an average price of $4,916 per acre. This compares to prior year period sales of $20.5 million, which consisted of 3,799 acres at an average price of $5,386 per acre.

There were no Timberland & Non-Strategic sales in the third quarter. This compares to prior year period sales of $1.1 million, which consisted of 466 acres at an average price of $2,266 per acre.

Third quarter Adjusted EBITDA⁵ of $19.9 million increased $1.1 million versus the prior year period.

Trading

Third quarter sales of $9.0 million increased $2.2 million versus the prior year period, primarily due to higher volumes and prices. Sales volumes of 76,000 tons increased 24% versus the prior year period. The Trading segment generated an operating loss of $0.1 million, which was consistent with the prior year period.

Other Items

Third quarter corporate and other operating expenses of $10.5 million increased $1.1 million versus the prior year period, primarily due to $0.9 million of costs related to disposition initiatives² and higher compensation and benefits expenses, partially offset by lower professional services fees.

Third quarter interest expense of $10.0 million decreased $2.6 million versus the prior year period, primarily due to lower average outstanding debt.

Third quarter income tax expense decreased $0.5 million versus the prior year period. The New Zealand subsidiary is the primary driver of income tax expense.

Outlook

"Based on our year-to-date results and our expectations for the fourth quarter, we now expect full-year net income attributable to Rayonier of $343 to $359 million, EPS of $2.30 to $2.40, pro forma EPS of $0.36 to $0.40, and Adjusted EBITDA of $275 to $290 million," added McHugh. "Our revised expectations for the year reflect slightly lower harvest volumes due to our recently announced timberland dispositions. As communicated previously, our prior financial guidance excluded the potential impact of 2024 asset sales as part of the $1 billion disposition target that we announced in November 2023. Our revised guidance reflects the impact of removing forecasted harvest volume from the disposition properties, as harvesting activities generally ceased on these properties around mid-year in preparation for the sale process."

"In our Southern Timber segment, we now expect full-year harvest volumes of approximately 7.0 million tons and Adjusted EBITDA slightly below the lower end of our prior guidance range due to the disposition of approximately 91,000 acres in Oklahoma as well as weather-related impacts in certain markets. In our Pacific Northwest Timber segment, we now expect full-year harvest volumes of approximately 1.2 million tons and Adjusted EBITDA slightly below the lower end of our prior guidance range due to the disposition of approximately 109,000 acres in Washington. In our New Zealand Timber segment, we expect full-year harvest volumes in line with our prior guidance of 2.4 to 2.5 million tons, while we expect Adjusted EBITDA modestly below our prior guidance range due to lower carbon credit sales, softer export markets, and elevated shipping costs. In our Real Estate segment, we continue to expect strong fourth quarter closing activity and full-year Adjusted EBITDA within our prior guidance range, contingent on the timing of several large transactions."

Conference Call

A conference call and live audio webcast will be held on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 10:00 AM (ET) to discuss these results.

Access to the live audio webcast will be available at www.rayonier.com. A replay of the webcast will be archived on the Company’s website and available shortly after the call.

Investors may listen to the conference call by dialing 888-604-9366 (domestic) or 517-308-9338 (international), passcode: RAYONIER. A replay of the conference call will be available one hour following the call until Friday, December 6, 2024, by dialing 800-395-6236 (domestic) or 203-369-3270 (international), passcode: 4077.

Complimentary copies of Rayonier press releases and other financial documents are also available by calling (904) 357-9100.

About Rayonier

Rayonier is a leading timberland real estate investment trust with assets located in some of the most productive softwood timber growing regions in the United States and New Zealand. As of September 30, 2024, Rayonier owned or leased under long-term agreements approximately 2.7 million acres of timberlands located in the U.S. South (1.84 million acres), U.S. Pacific Northwest (417,000 acres) and New Zealand (411,000 acres). More information is available at www.rayonier.com.

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Forward-Looking Statements - Certain statements in this press release regarding anticipated financial outcomes including Rayonier’s earnings guidance, if any, business and market conditions, outlook, expected dividend rate, Rayonier’s business strategies, expected harvest schedules, timberland acquisitions and dispositions, the anticipated benefits of Rayonier’s business strategies, and other similar statements relating to Rayonier’s future events, developments or financial or operational performance or results, are "forward-looking statements" made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements are identified by the use of words such as "may," "will," "should," "expect," "estimate," "believe," "intend," "project," "anticipate" and other similar language. However, the absence of these or similar words or expressions does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. While management believes that these forward-looking statements are reasonable when made, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and undue reliance should not be placed on these statements.

The following important factors, among others, could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements that may have been made in this document: the cyclical and competitive nature of the industries in which we operate; fluctuations in demand for, or supply of, our forest products and real estate offerings, including any downturn in the housing market; entry of new competitors into our markets; changes in global economic conditions and geopolitical tensions, including the war in Ukraine and escalating tensions between China and Taiwan as well as in the Middle East; business disruptions arising from public health crises and outbreaks of communicable diseases; fluctuations in demand for our products in Asia, and especially China; the uncertainties of potential impacts of climate-related initiatives; the cost and availability of third-party logging, trucking and ocean freight services; the geographic concentration of a significant portion of our timberland; our ability to identify, finance and complete timberland acquisitions and/or to complete dispositions; changes in environmental laws and regulations regarding timber harvesting, delineation of wetlands, endangered species and development of real estate generally, that may restrict or adversely impact our ability to conduct our business, or increase the cost of doing so; adverse weather conditions, natural disasters and other catastrophic events such as hurricanes, wind storms and wildfires; the lengthy, uncertain and costly process associated with the ownership, entitlement and development of real estate, especially in Florida and Washington, including changes in law, policy and political factors beyond our control; the availability of financing for real estate development and mortgage loans; changes in tariffs, taxes or treaties relating to the import and export of our products or those of our competitors; changes in key management and personnel; and our ability to meet all necessary legal requirements to continue to qualify as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") and changes in tax laws that could adversely affect beneficial tax treatment.

For additional factors that could impact future results, please see Item 1A - Risk Factors in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and similar discussion included in other reports that we subsequently file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Forward-looking statements are only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no duty to update its forward-looking statements except as required by law. You are advised, however, to review any further disclosures we make on related subjects in our subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures - To supplement Rayonier’s financial statements presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP"), Rayonier uses certain non-GAAP measures, including "cash available for distribution," "pro forma operating income (loss)," "pro forma net income," and "Adjusted EBITDA," which are defined and further explained in this communication. Reconciliation of such measures to the nearest GAAP measures can also be found in this communication. Rayonier’s definitions of these non-GAAP measures may differ from similarly titled measures used by others. These non-GAAP measures should be considered supplemental to, and not a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.

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