# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001597672
**File Stem:** 0001597672-26-000019
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 5791
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001597672-26-000019.hdr.sgml**: 20260518

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001597672-26-000019

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260513

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260518

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260518

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** RAYONIER ADVANCED MATERIALS INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001597672
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** PULP MILLS [2611]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 464559529
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-36285
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26993485

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1301 RIVERPLACE BOULEVARD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 2300
- **CITY:** JACKSONVILLE
- **STATE:** FL
- **ZIP:** 32207
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (904) 357-4600

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1301 RIVERPLACE BOULEVARD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 2300
- **CITY:** JACKSONVILLE
- **STATE:** FL
- **ZIP:** 32207

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Rayonier Holding Co
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20140121

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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)

**May 13, 2026**![RYAM_Logo.jpg](ryam-20260513_g1.jpg)

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:

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ 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:

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| **Title of Each Class** | **Trading Symbol** | **Name of Exchange on which Registered** |
| Common Stock, $0.01 par value | RYAM | New York Stock Exchange |

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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 ☐

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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders**

The 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (the "Company") was held on May 13, 2026 (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, stockholders of the Company (1) elected two director nominees to terms expiring in 2029, (2) did not approve an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to declassify the board of directors, (3) did not approve an amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the supermajority voting provisions, (4) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers, (5) approved the French Sub-Plan to be Implemented Under the Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. 2023 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended and restated, and (6) ratified the selection of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2026.

The final voting results were as follows:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| | **Votes For** | **Votes Against** | **Abstain** | **Broker**<br>**Non-Votes** |
| **Election of Directors, Terms Expire in 2029** | | | | |
| Charles R. Eggert | 43518021 | 832262 | 86419 | 11631347 |
| David C. Mariano | 43596822 | 747300 | 92580 | 11631347 |
| **Vote on an Amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Declassify the Board of Directors** | 44009501 | 377458 | 49743 | 11631347 |
| **Vote on an Amendment to the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to Eliminate the Supermajority Voting Provisions** | 43819459 | 588341 | 28902 | 11631347 |
| **Advisory Vote on the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers** | 43491684 | 674171 | 270847 | 11631347 |
| **Vote on the French Sub-Plan to be Implemented Under the Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. 2023 Incentive Stock Plan, as Amended and Restated** | 40723763 | 3634066 | 78873 | 11631347 |
| **Ratification of Auditor** | 55119872 | 706501 | 241676 |  |

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**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.

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| **Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.** | **Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.** |
| By: | /s/ R. COLBY SLAUGHTER |
|  | R. Colby Slaughter |
|  | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary |
|  | Date: May 18, 2026 |

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