---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-025848"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RYAM"
cik: "0001597672"
company_name: "RAYONIER ADVANCED MATERIALS INC."
filed_at: "2026-06-22T11:55:04+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T12:00:35.084052+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Daniel M. Krawczyk named CEO; Board continues strategic alternatives review with Morgan Stanley

## Summary
- Daniel M. Krawczyk appointed CEO and President, effective June 22, 2026; also joins Board as Class III director.
- Krawczyk previously President of Huber Engineered Materials, a $1.3B specialty chemicals portfolio; led $2B in M&A.
- Compensation: $1M base salary, 100% target bonus, $3.3M LTI (RSUs/PSUs/PCUs), $750K sign-on bonus, $1.75M inducement LPUs.
- Board continues comprehensive strategic alternatives review with Morgan Stanley; no conclusions reached.
- Interim Office of the CEO (Marcus Moeltner, others) disbanded; they return to prior roles.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-025848
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RYAM
- cik: 0001597672
- company_name: RAYONIER ADVANCED MATERIALS INC.
- filed_at: 2026-06-22T11:55:04+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597672/000114036126025848/0001140361-26-025848-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597672/000114036126025848/ef20076543_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Daniel M. Krawczyk was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President at RAYONIER ADVANCED MATERIALS INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer and President
  source text: Effective June 22, 2026, t he Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. (“RYAM” or the “Company”) appointed Daniel M. Krawczyk as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597672/000114036126025848/0001140361-26-025848-index.htm
- Executive change
  Daniel M. Krawczyk was appointed as Class III Director at RAYONIER ADVANCED MATERIALS INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Class III Director
  source text: Effective at the same time, the Board also appointed Mr. Krawczyk to serve as a Class III director of the Board, with a term expiring at the Company’s 2029 annual meeting of stockholders, thereby filling the existing vacancy on the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1597672/000114036126025848/0001140361-26-025848-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.