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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 5, 2020
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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




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Item 8.01
Other Events
On May 5, 2020, Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (the "Company") announced that its Board of Directors separated the roles of chair and chief executive officer.

A copy of the Company’s press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information 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
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number
 
Description
  
Press release entitled “Rayonier Advanced Materials Board of Directors Elects De Lyle Bloomquist to Serve as its Chair” issued May 5, 2020.
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The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted as Inline XBRL.


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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/ R. COLBY SLAUGHTER
 
 
R. Colby Slaughter
 
 
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
 
 
 
May 5, 2020

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