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<title>ryam-20230930</title></head><body><div style="display:none"><ix:header><ix:hidden><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:AmendmentFlag" format="ixt:fixed-false" id="f-21">False</ix:nonNumeric><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:EntityCentralIndexKey" id="f-22">0001597672</ix:nonNumeric></ix:hidden><ix:references xml:lang="en-US"><link:schemaRef xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="ryam-20230930.xsd"></link:schemaRef></ix:references><ix:resources><xbrli:context id="c-1"><xbrli:entity><xbrli:identifier scheme="http://www.sec.gov/CIK">0001597672</xbrli:identifier></xbrli:entity><xbrli:period><xbrli:startDate>2023-09-30</xbrli:startDate><xbrli:endDate>2023-09-30</xbrli:endDate></xbrli:period></xbrli:context></ix:resources></ix:header></div><div id="ifc4d02ae15a8478baeee032c8a11e0d1_1"></div><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:5pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES </span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">FORM <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:DocumentType" id="f-1">8-K</ix:nonNumeric> </span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">CURRENT REPORT</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF </span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:DocumentPeriodEndDate" format="ixt:date-monthname-day-year-en" id="f-2">September 30, 2023</ix:nonNumeric></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><img src="ryam-20230930_g1.jpg" alt="Logo.jpg" style="height:101px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:350px"/></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">COMMISSION FILE NUMBER <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:EntityFileNumber" id="f-3">001-36285</ix:nonNumeric> </span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Incorporated in the State of <ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode" format="ixt-sec:stateprovnameen" id="f-4">Delaware</ix:nonNumeric> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">I.R.S. 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Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#167;240.12b-2 of this chapter). </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Emerging growth company </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="c-1" name="dei:EntityEmergingGrowthCompany" format="ixt-sec:boolballotbox" id="f-20">&#9744;</ix:nonNumeric></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act  </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#9744;</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:5pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><div id="ifc4d02ae15a8478baeee032c8a11e0d1_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;padding-left:58.5pt;text-indent:-58.5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.157%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:87.643%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Item 5.02</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;padding-left:58.5pt;text-indent:-58.5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.157%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:87.643%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Item 5.02(b)</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;padding-left:49.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-49.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Departure of Directors or Certain Officers</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:109%">Thomas I. Morgan tendered his resignation from the Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) of Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) effective 5:00 p.m. (EDT) on September 30, 2023. Mr. Morgan&#8217;s resignation is due to personal reasons and does not involve any disagreement on any matter relating to the Company&#8217;s operations, policies or practices.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;padding-left:49.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-49.5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.157%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:87.643%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Item 5.02(d)</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;padding-left:49.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-49.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Election of Directors</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Effective October 1, 2023, the Company&#8217;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.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">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&#8217;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&#8217;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&#8217;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.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#212529;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">A copy of the press release announcing the election of Mr. Yokley is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.157%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:87.643%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Item 9.01</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;padding-left:49.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-49.5pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Financial Statements and Exhibits</span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(d) Exhibits</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.432%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:94.368%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99.1</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit991pressrelease.htm">Press release entitled &#8220;</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit991pressrelease.htm">RYAM Elects Bryan D. Yokley to the Board of Directors</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit991pressrelease.htm">&#8221; issued </a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit991pressrelease.htm">O</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit991pressrelease.htm">c</a><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="exhibit991pressrelease.htm">tober 2, 2023</a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">104</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as Inline XBRL</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:4pt;text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1</span></div></div></div><div id="ifc4d02ae15a8478baeee032c8a11e0d1_10"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Signature</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:9pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">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.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:14pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:62.573%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.208%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:92.592%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.</span></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">/s/ Richard Colby Slaughter</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Richard Colby Slaughter</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;margin-top:4pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">October 2, 2023 </span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2</span></div></div></div></body></html>
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ryam-20230930
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
September 30, 2023
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
Check the appropriate box below if the form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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).
Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act
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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
(d) 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
1
Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of l934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.
By:
/s/ Richard Colby Slaughter
Richard Colby Slaughter
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
October 2, 2023
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