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)

November 18, 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 ☐

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 ☐

Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.

Table of Contents

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Item 7.01	Regulation FD Disclosure	1
Item 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits	1
	Signature	2

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On November 18, 2021, Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (“RYAM”) issued a press release announcing Rayonier Advanced Materials Hires Joshua C. Hicks to Lead High Purity Cellulose Business.

A copy of RYAM’s press release announcing the new Senior Vice President, High Purity Cellulose is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

The press release referenced in this Item 7.01 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 otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing of RYAM under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibit is furnished herewith:

99.1	Press Release dated November 18, 2021.
104	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

November 18, 2021

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