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style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#ia725e033dfc14ddea6ce27ffc1d482c9_7">Table of Contents</a></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:5pt;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="margin-bottom:5pt;text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;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="id64f390f0b06427883736447c0adc307_D20210828-20210828" name="dei:DocumentType" 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13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Securities registered pursuant to Section&#160;12(b) of the Act:</span><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:36.820%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:24.815%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:35.065%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></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:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Title of each class</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 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id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmE3MjVlMDMzZGZjMTRkZGVhNmNlMjdmZmMxZDQ4MmM5L3NlYzphNzI1ZTAzM2RmYzE0ZGRlYTZjZTI3ZmZjMWQ0ODJjOV8xL2ZyYWc6MTBkOGRiYjJkMGMyNDdiMTk4ZjJlNzdjMmNlM2UwZTUvdGFibGU6YTQzOTdmY2U0NWQzNGI0MjgzM2I3ZTkwMzEwZDJjN2IvdGFibGVyYW5nZTphNDM5N2ZjZTQ1ZDM0YjQyODMzYjdlOTAzMTBkMmM3Yl8xLTAtMS0xLTA_08c86cbc-8053-4df0-b3de-e5af8ec4f388">Common Stock, $0.01 par value</ix:nonNumeric></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:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="id64f390f0b06427883736447c0adc307_D20210828-20210828" name="dei:TradingSymbol" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmE3MjVlMDMzZGZjMTRkZGVhNmNlMjdmZmMxZDQ4MmM5L3NlYzphNzI1ZTAzM2RmYzE0ZGRlYTZjZTI3ZmZjMWQ0ODJjOV8xL2ZyYWc6MTBkOGRiYjJkMGMyNDdiMTk4ZjJlNzdjMmNlM2UwZTUvdGFibGU6YTQzOTdmY2U0NWQzNGI0MjgzM2I3ZTkwMzEwZDJjN2IvdGFibGVyYW5nZTphNDM5N2ZjZTQ1ZDM0YjQyODMzYjdlOTAzMTBkMmM3Yl8xLTEtMS0xLTA_36b863a3-1983-4129-a8b5-d7ad6dd614d9">RYAM</ix:nonNumeric></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:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><ix:nonNumeric contextRef="id64f390f0b06427883736447c0adc307_D20210828-20210828" format="ixt-sec:exchnameen" name="dei:SecurityExchangeName" id="id3VybDovL2RvY3MudjEvZG9jOmE3MjVlMDMzZGZjMTRkZGVhNmNlMjdmZmMxZDQ4MmM5L3NlYzphNzI1ZTAzM2RmYzE0ZGRlYTZjZTI3ZmZjMWQ0ODJjOV8xL2ZyYWc6MTBkOGRiYjJkMGMyNDdiMTk4ZjJlNzdjMmNlM2UwZTUvdGFibGU6YTQzOTdmY2U0NWQzNGI0MjgzM2I3ZTkwMzEwZDJjN2IvdGFibGVyYW5nZTphNDM5N2ZjZTQ1ZDM0YjQyODMzYjdlOTAzMTBkMmM3Yl8xLTItMS0xLTA_fc7f4c75-3ba8-49e9-a70f-c5b240f699b5">The New York Stock Exchange</ix:nonNumeric></span></td></tr></table></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New 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><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 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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="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></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="ia725e033dfc14ddea6ce27ffc1d482c9_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#ia725e033dfc14ddea6ce27ffc1d482c9_7">Table of Contents</a></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Table of Contents</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:11pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.002%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.581%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:78.987%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.930%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Page</span></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%">Item 2.01</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></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="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="#ia725e033dfc14ddea6ce27ffc1d482c9_10">Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets</a></span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><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="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="#ia725e033dfc14ddea6ce27ffc1d482c9_10">1</a></span></div></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%">Item 8.01</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></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="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="#ia725e033dfc14ddea6ce27ffc1d482c9_10">Other Events</a></span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><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="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="#ia725e033dfc14ddea6ce27ffc1d482c9_13">1</a></span></div></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%">Item 9.01</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></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="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="#ia725e033dfc14ddea6ce27ffc1d482c9_10">Financial Statements and Exhibits</a></span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><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="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="#ia725e033dfc14ddea6ce27ffc1d482c9_13">1</a></span></div></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%">&#160;</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%">&#160;&#160;</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="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="#ia725e033dfc14ddea6ce27ffc1d482c9_16">Signature</a></span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:right"><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="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="#ia725e033dfc14ddea6ce27ffc1d482c9_16">2</a></span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><span><br/></span></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="ia725e033dfc14ddea6ce27ffc1d482c9_10"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary"><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;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:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#ia725e033dfc14ddea6ce27ffc1d482c9_7">Table of Contents</a></span></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:11pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:96.198%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.504%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:79.296%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:38pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:96.198%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.504%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:79.296%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></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:700;line-height:100%">Item 2.01</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:700;line-height:100%">Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets </span></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On August 28, 2021, Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) completed its previously announced sale of the lumber and newsprint assets to GreenFirst Forest Products, a Canadian lumber company, for a total purchase price of US$235 million. There is no material relationship, other than in respect of the transaction, between GreenFirst Forest Products or any of its affiliates and the Company, or any director or officer of the Company, or any associate of any such director or officer.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div id="ia725e033dfc14ddea6ce27ffc1d482c9_13"></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;margin-top:11pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:96.198%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.504%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:79.296%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></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:700;line-height:100%">Item 8.01</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:700;line-height:100%">Other Events</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">A copy of the Company&#8217;s press release in respect of the completion of the sale of the lumber and newsprint assets is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The press release referenced in this Item 8.01 shall not be deemed &#8220;filed&#8221; for purposes of Section 18 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.</span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </span><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:96.198%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.504%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:79.296%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></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:700;line-height:100%">Item 9.01</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"><br/></span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Financial Statements and Exhibits</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(b) Pro forma financial information</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">As a result of the sale of the lumber and newsprint assets, beginning in the second quarter of 2021, the historical financial results of the lumber and newsprint assets, for periods prior to the sale, have been reflected in the Company&#8217;s consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations. Attached as Exhibit 99.2 are the unaudited pro forma financial statements which are based on the historical financial statements of the Company, prepared to reflect the sale of the lumber and newsprint assets.</span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span><br/></span></div><div style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">These statements are intended for information purposes only, and the information provided therein is not intended to represent or be indicative of what the Company&#8217;s results of operations or financial position would have been if the sale had occurred on the dates indicated. The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements should be read with the Company&#8217;s historical financial statements, which are included in the Company&#8217;s latest annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly report on Form 10-Q. The unaudited pro forma financial statements should not be considered representative of the Company&#8217;s future results or financial position.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:61.403%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:6.757%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:91.043%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></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%">(d)</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%">Exhibits.</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following exhibit is furnished herewith: </span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:4.610%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.824%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:92.166%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><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="ex991pressreleaselumberand.htm">99.1</a></span></div></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:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:103%">Press release entitled &#8220;Rayonier Advanced Materials Completes Sale Of Lumber And Newsprint Assets&#8221; issued August 30, 2021</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><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="ex992proformafpgnewsprint.htm">99.2</a></span></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></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:400;line-height:100%">Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><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:0 1pt"></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:400;line-height:100%">The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as Inline XBRL.</span></td></tr></table></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="ia725e033dfc14ddea6ce27ffc1d482c9_16"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline" href="#ia725e033dfc14ddea6ce27ffc1d482c9_7">Table of Contents</a></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;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:6pt;margin-top:6pt;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 1934, 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:6pt;margin-top:11pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:78.801%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.022%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.727%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:73.297%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:17.454%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><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%">Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (Registrant)</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><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: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%">/s/ Richard Colby Slaughter</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><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><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><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%">Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">September&#160;2, 2021</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </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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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)
August 28, 2021
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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
RYAM
The 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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Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.
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Item 2.01
Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
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Item 8.01
Other Events
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Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Signature
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Item 2.01
Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
On August 28, 2021, Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (the "Company") completed its previously announced sale of the lumber and newsprint assets to GreenFirst Forest Products, a Canadian lumber company, for a total purchase price of US$235 million. There is no material relationship, other than in respect of the transaction, between GreenFirst Forest Products or any of its affiliates and the Company, or any director or officer of the Company, or any associate of any such director or officer.
Item 8.01
Other Events
A copy of the Company's press release in respect of the completion of the sale of the lumber and newsprint assets is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The press release referenced in this Item 8.01 shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(b) Pro forma financial information
As a result of the sale of the lumber and newsprint assets, beginning in the second quarter of 2021, the historical financial results of the lumber and newsprint assets, for periods prior to the sale, have been reflected in the Company's consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations. Attached as Exhibit 99.2 are the unaudited pro forma financial statements which are based on the historical financial statements of the Company, prepared to reflect the sale of the lumber and newsprint assets.
These statements are intended for information purposes only, and the information provided therein is not intended to represent or be indicative of what the Company's results of operations or financial position would have been if the sale had occurred on the dates indicated. The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements should be read with the Company's historical financial statements, which are included in the Company's latest annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly report on Form 10-Q. The unaudited pro forma financial statements should not be considered representative of the Company's future results or financial position.
(d)
Exhibits.
The following exhibit is furnished herewith:
99.1
Press release entitled "Rayonier Advanced Materials Completes Sale Of Lumber And Newsprint Assets" issued August 30, 2021
99.2
Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information
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The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as Inline XBRL.
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Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (Registrant)
BY:
/s/ Richard Colby Slaughter
Richard Colby Slaughter
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
September 2, 2021
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