ryam-20230930

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 001-36285

Incorporated in the State of Delaware

I.R.S. Employer Identification Number 46-4559529

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.

1301 Riverplace Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida 32207

(Principal Executive Office)

Telephone Number: (904) 357-4600

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

RYAM

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 5.02			Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers


Item 5.02(b)			Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

Thomas I. Morgan tendered his resignation from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (the “Company”) effective 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on September 30, 2023. Mr. Morgan’s resignation is due to personal reasons and does not involve any disagreement on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.


Item 5.02(d)			Election of Directors

Effective October 1, 2023, the Company’s Board elected Bryan D. Yokley as a Class II independent director of the Company to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company and thereafter until his successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Effective October 1, 2023, Mr. Yokley was also appointed to each of the Audit Committee and the Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Yokley and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as a director. In addition, there are no transactions in which Mr. Yokley has an interest that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Upon his election to the Board, Mr. Yokley will receive compensation equivalent to the compensation of the other non-employee directors (as described in the Company’s most recent Proxy Statement filed with the SEC), except that Mr. Yokley will receive a prorated 2023-2024 annual cash retainer and a prorated number of restricted stock units of the Company, to vest on the earlier of the first anniversary of the date of grant or the next annual meeting of the stockholders at which one or more members of the Board are standing for re-election, as long as Mr. Yokley has not voluntarily left the Board prior to such date. Additionally, in connection with Mr. Yokley’s election to the Board, the Company and Mr. Yokley will enter into an indemnification agreement in substantially the same form that the Company has entered into with each of the Company’s existing directors. The form of such indemnification agreement was previously filed by the Company as an exhibit to its Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form 10 filed with the SEC.

A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Yokley is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.


Item 9.01			Financial Statements and Exhibits


99.1			Press release entitled “RYAM Elects Bryan D. Yokley to the Board of Directors ” issued O c tober 2, 2023
104			Cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as Inline XBRL

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of l934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.

By:			/s/ Richard Colby Slaughter
			Richard Colby Slaughter
			Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary