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Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM): executive pay, fiscal 2025

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CEO total pay$5,138,573Former CEO De Lyle Bloomquist · source
Say-on-pay support98.47%Latest vote · source
CEO vs. named peers42nd pct.Of 14 peer CEOs
CEO pay ratio41:1To the median employee · source

CEO pay, last three years

  • $3,732,138FY2023
  • $3,669,650FY2024
  • $5,138,573FY2025

CEO total pay was $5,138,573 in fiscal 2025, up from $3,669,650 in fiscal 2024.

FY2025: salary $1,000,000 · bonus $0 · stock awards $2,649,975 · option awards $0

Executives and directors

Frequently asked questions

Who was the highest-paid executive at Rayonier Advanced Materials in fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, De Lyle Bloomquist (Former President and Chief Executive Officer) was the highest-paid executive at Rayonier Advanced Materials in fiscal 2025, with total compensation of $5,138,573.
How does Rayonier Advanced Materials's chief executive pay compare to its disclosed peer group?
As disclosed, De Lyle Bloomquist's total compensation ranked at the 42nd percentile of Rayonier Advanced Materials's disclosed peer group.
What is Rayonier Advanced Materials's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio?
As disclosed, Rayonier Advanced Materials's CEO-to-median employee pay ratio was 41:1.
How did shareholders vote on Rayonier Advanced Materials's executive compensation?
As disclosed, 98.47% of shareholders supported Rayonier Advanced Materials's executive compensation in the latest say-on-pay vote.
How much does Rayonier Advanced Materials spend in total on board compensation for fiscal 2025?
As disclosed, Rayonier Advanced Materials reported total board compensation of $1,354,222 for fiscal 2025.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

Full detail

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Summary compensation table
Named executive officerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension / NQDCAll otherTotal
De Lyle Bloomquist$1,000,000$0$2,649,975$0$1,363,438—$125,160$5,138,573
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Marcus Moeltner520,0000634,0400477,569—56,8231,688,432
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Finance
Joshua Hicks535,0000596,7320256,515—62,9701,451,217
Former Senior Vice President, High Purity Cellulose
R. Colby Slaughter420,0000335,6770242,613—44,5131,042,803
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Michael Osborne435,0000335,6770157,000—45,826973,503
Vice President, Manufacturing Operations

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Named executive officerFY2025 totalFY2024 totalFY2023 totalΔ FY2024→2025
De Lyle Bloomquist$5,138,573$3,669,650$3,732,138↑ +1,468,923
Marcus Moeltner1,688,4321,383,5551,294,714↑ +304,877
Joshua Hicks1,451,2171,377,7311,312,439↑ +73,486
R. Colby Slaughter1,042,8031,006,865959,796↑ +35,938
Michael Osborne973,503960,811941,516↑ +12,692

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

Incentive-plan design — the Compensation Discussion & Analysis

CEO STI target (% of salary)—
CEO LTI target (% of salary)—
Independent consultantFrederick W. Cook & Co., Inc.
Clawback policy—
Anti-hedgingtrue
Anti-pledgingtrue
Equity grants and outstanding awards

Grants of plan-based awards — fiscal year 2025

ExecutiveAwardGrant dateThresholdTargetGrantedMaximumGrant-date fair value
De Lyle BloomquistPSU2025-03-0181,039270,130—540,260$2,649,975
Michael OsborneRSU2025-03-01——17,533—135,004
Marcus MoeltnerRSU2025-03-01——33,117—255,001
Joshua HicksPSU2025-03-0110,90936,364—72,728356,731
R. Colby SlaughterRSU2025-03-01——17,533—135,004
Marcus MoeltnerPSU2025-03-0111,59138,638—77,276379,039
Joshua HicksRSU2025-03-01——31,169—240,001
Michael OsbornePSU2025-03-016,13720,456—40,912200,673
R. Colby SlaughterPSU2025-03-016,13720,456—40,912200,673

Vehicle mix — grant-date fair value by award type

Named executive officerTime-vested (RSU)Performance-vested (PSU)Options / SARs% performance-vested
De Lyle Bloomquist$0$2,649,975$0100.0%
Michael Osborne135,004200,673059.8%
Marcus Moeltner255,001379,039059.8%
Joshua Hicks240,001356,731059.8%
R. Colby Slaughter135,004200,673059.8%

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

Outstanding equity awards at fiscal year-end 2025

ExecutiveAwardShares unvestedExercise priceMarket value unvested
Michael OsborneRSU2,190—$12,901
R. Colby SlaughterRSU2,816—16,587
R. Colby SlaughterRSU3,068—18,073
Michael OsborneRSU3,068—18,073
Marcus MoeltnerRSU4,380—25,800
Joshua HicksRSU4,380—25,800
Joshua HicksRSU5,455—32,128
Marcus MoeltnerRSU5,796—34,137
Michael OsborneRSU7,301—43,003
R. Colby SlaughterRSU9,387—55,289
R. Colby SlaughterRSU11,250—66,263
Michael OsborneRSU11,250—66,263
Michael OsborneRSU12,515—73,713
Marcus MoeltnerRSU14,601—86,000
Joshua HicksRSU14,601—86,000
R. Colby SlaughterRSU16,091—94,776
Marcus MoeltnerRSU17,500—103,075
Joshua HicksRSU17,500—103,075
R. Colby SlaughterRSU17,533—103,269
Michael OsborneRSU17,533—103,269
R. Colby SlaughterRSU19,286—113,595
Michael OsborneRSU19,286—113,595
R. Colby SlaughterRSU22,500—132,525
Michael OsborneRSU22,500—132,525
Marcus MoeltnerRSU25,030—147,427
Joshua HicksRSU25,030—147,427
Marcus MoeltnerRSU30,000—176,700
Joshua HicksRSU30,000—176,700
Joshua HicksRSU31,169—183,585
Marcus MoeltnerRSU33,117—195,059
Marcus MoeltnerRSU35,000—206,150
Joshua HicksRSU35,000—206,150
Director compensation
DirectorCash feesStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveAll otherTotal
Lisa M. PalumboIndependent · Compensation · Sustainability (Chair)$185,000$65,059——$0$250,059
Bryan D. YokleyIndependent · Audit (Chair) · Compensation105,00065,059——0170,059
Julie A. DillIndependent · Compensation (Chair) · Nominating/Governance100,00065,059——0165,059
Ivona SmithIndependent · Audit · Nominating/Governance (Chair)100,00065,059——0165,059
James F. KirschSustainability · Nominating/Governance88,75065,059——0153,809
Eric M. BowenIndependent · Audit · Sustainability85,00065,059——0150,059
David C. MarianoIndependent · Audit · Compensation85,00065,059——0150,059
Charles R. EggertSustainability · Nominating/Governance85,00065,059——0150,059
De Lyle W. BloomquistEmployee director—————0

Board fee structure and ownership guideline

Annual cash retainer$85,000
Annual equity retainer$115,003
Per board meeting fee—
Committee chair fees (audit / comp / nom-gov)20,000 / 15,000 / 15,000
Stock ownership guideline$425,000

Total cost of the board

ComponentFY2025
Cash retainers and fees$833,750
Equity awards (grant-date value)$520,472
All other compensation$0
Total cost of the board$1,354,222

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

Peer group, and who names Rayonier Advanced Materials as a peer

Companies that benchmark against RYAM

9 companies name RYAM as a compensation peer

Each company listed discloses RYAM in its own benchmarking peer group, as disclosed in each company's most recent proxy statement within the last two proxy seasons. Two companies are therefore absent by design: one that named RYAM in an earlier year and no longer does, and one whose own most recent disclosure is older than the last two seasons.

Disclosed peer group — fiscal year 2025

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

Peer reciprocity

The companies Rayonier Advanced Materials names as compensation peers that name it back in their own disclosed peer groups.

Chief executive pay against the peer group

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company’s own proxy statement.

RankCompanyFYChief executiveSalaryStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentiveTotal
1Ingevity Corporation2025David Li$810,685$8,500,086$2,000,007$1,293,600$12,839,719
2H.B. Fuller Company2025Celeste Mastin1,082,6922,971,9763,025,5381,339,8918,830,569
3Sensient Technologies Corporation2025Paul Manning1,080,0004,750,07601,842,0648,665,993
4Innospec Inc.2025Patrick Williams1,380,5485,285,62301,365,3368,252,747
5Minerals Technologies Inc.2025Douglas Dietrich1,050,0002,310,022768,8032,891,1607,405,693
6Koppers Holdings Inc2025Leroy Ball975,0005,145,824006,358,244
7AdvanSix Inc2025Erin Kane1,019,7003,747,9000785,4005,647,438
8Rayonier Advanced Materials2025De Lyle Bloomquist1,000,0002,649,97501,363,4385,138,573
9Ecovyst Inc.2025Kurt Bitting750,0003,347,7520804,0004,992,440
10Stepan Company2025Luis Rojo940,0002,279,746800,003230,3004,327,042
11Quaker Chemical Corporation2025Joseph Berquist800,0002,420,3190461,8403,709,451
12Hawkins, Inc.2026Patrick Hawkins743,2692,062,3930736,9843,607,894
13Mercer International2025Juan Carlos Bueno815,5121,503,665002,860,261
14Tredegar Corporation2025John Steitz937,560000984,438

Each peer’s compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer’s figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Incentive design against the same peers

CompanyAnnual incentive payoutLong-term vehicle mixPSU measures include TSRCompensation consultant
Rayonier Advanced Materialsnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedFrederick W. Cook & Co., Inc.
AdvanSix Incnot disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50not disclosednot disclosed
Ecovyst Inc.not disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40not disclosedWillis Towers Watson
H.B. Fuller Companynot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedWillis Towers Watson US LLC
Hawkins, Inc.not disclosedPRSU 100not disclosedMcLagan
Ingevity Corporationnot disclosedPSU 50 · RSU 50not disclosedPearl Meyer
Innospec Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedWillis Towers Watson
Koppers Holdings Incnot disclosednot disclosednot disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners, LLC
Mercer Internationalnot disclosedPSU 100not disclosedMCL
Minerals Technologies Inc.not disclosednot disclosednot disclosedFW Cook
Quaker Chemical Corporationnot disclosedPSU 60 · RSU 40not disclosedMeridian Compensation Partners
Sensient Technologies Corporationnot disclosedPSU 60 · Restricted Stock 40not disclosedWillis Towers Watson
Stepan Companynot disclosedRSU 50 · SAR 25 · PSU 25not disclosedExequity LLP
Tredegar Corporationnot disclosedRestricted Stock 50 · Performance Units 50not disclosedPearl Meyer

Read from each company’s Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company’s filing does not state the item.

Say-on-pay history and pay ratio
Meeting yearMeeting dateForAgainstAbstainSupportOutcome
20262026-05-1343,491,684674,171270,84798.47%Passed
20252025-05-1443,763,003838,68150,91398.12%Passed
20242024-05-1544,077,1751,249,942263,98396.68%Passed
20232023-05-1742,580,5326,538,325340,08886.09%Passed
20222022-05-1638,299,77111,071,553378,65076.98%Passed
20212021-05-1739,789,9614,744,345245,09589.35%Passed

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year’s compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company’s computation

Meeting yearMeeting dateApproval — company’s computation
20262026-05-1398.47%a
20252025-05-1498.12%b
20242024-05-1596.68%c

a. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

b. Voting standard not stated in the filing.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Abstentions will have the same effect as a vote "AGAINST" this proposal.”.

Approval percentages are the company’s own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

CEO pay ratio

Ratio (CEO : median employee)41 : 1
CEO total compensation$5,579,824
Median employee compensation—
Insider trades since the proxy

No insider equity transactions reported since the proxy statement.

Sources (48 citations)

Each figure is listed with the filing it comes from, where it appears in that filing, and the value as printed. Any figure can be independently confirmed against the source.

  • Section 01, De Lyle Bloomquist. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 51. As printed: 5,138,573. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Marcus Moeltner. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 51. As printed: 1,688,432. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Joshua Hicks. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 51. As printed: 1,451,217. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, R. Colby Slaughter. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 51. As printed: 1,042,803. View filing ↗
  • Section 01, Michael Osborne. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “2025 Summary Compensation Table” · page 51. As printed: 973,503. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, De Lyle Bloomquist PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Michael Osborne RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Marcus Moeltner RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Joshua Hicks PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, R. Colby Slaughter RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Marcus Moeltner PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Joshua Hicks RSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, Michael Osborne PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 03, R. Colby Slaughter PSU. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” · grants of plan-based awards table. View filing ↗
  • Section 07, pay ratio. DEF 14A, filed 2021-04-02. Section “CEO Pay Ratio”. As printed: 41 : 1. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Lisa M. Palumbo. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 250,059. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Bryan D. Yokley. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 170,059. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Julie A. Dill. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 165,059. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Ivona Smith. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 165,059. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, James F. Kirsch. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 153,809. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Eric M. Bowen. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 150,059. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, David C. Mariano. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 150,059. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, Charles R. Eggert. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 150,059. View filing ↗
  • Section 08, De Lyle W. Bloomquist. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. Section “Director Compensation”. As printed: 0. View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2026 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2026-05-18. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.47% (votes for as printed: 43,491,684). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2025 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2025-05-16. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 98.12% (votes for as printed: 43,763,003). View filing ↗
  • Section 06, 2024 vote. Form 8-K, filed 2024-05-20. Item 5.07 · say-on-pay result. As reported: 96.68% (votes for as printed: 44,077,175). View filing ↗
  • Section 01 trend, Δ column (computed). Computed. Δ = current-FY total − prior-FY total per named officer.
  • Section 03b vehicle mix (computed). Computed. RSU / PSU / Options grant-date fair values summed per officer from the grants table; % performance-vested = PSU ÷ (RSU+PSU+Options).
  • Section 09b board cost (computed). Computed. Cash 833,750 + equity 520,472 + all other 0 = 1,354,222, summed across the director compensation table rows.
  • Ingevity Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-17. CEO total compensation as printed in Ingevity Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 12,839,719. View filing ↗
  • H.B. Fuller Company, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-04. CEO total compensation as printed in H.B. Fuller Company's own proxy. As printed: 8,830,569. View filing ↗
  • Sensient Technologies Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-11. CEO total compensation as printed in Sensient Technologies Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 8,665,993. View filing ↗
  • Innospec Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-26. CEO total compensation as printed in Innospec Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 8,252,747. View filing ↗
  • Minerals Technologies Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-02. CEO total compensation as printed in Minerals Technologies Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 7,405,693. View filing ↗
  • Koppers Holdings Inc, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-27. CEO total compensation as printed in Koppers Holdings Inc's own proxy. As printed: 6,358,244. View filing ↗
  • AdvanSix Inc, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-29. CEO total compensation as printed in AdvanSix Inc's own proxy. As printed: 5,647,438. View filing ↗
  • Rayonier Advanced Materials (subject), Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-30. CEO total compensation as printed in Rayonier Advanced Materials's own proxy. As printed: 5,138,573. View filing ↗
  • Ecovyst Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-15. CEO total compensation as printed in Ecovyst Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 4,992,440. View filing ↗
  • Stepan Company, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. CEO total compensation as printed in Stepan Company's own proxy. As printed: 4,327,042. View filing ↗
  • Quaker Chemical Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-31. CEO total compensation as printed in Quaker Chemical Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 3,709,451. View filing ↗
  • Hawkins, Inc., Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-06-18. CEO total compensation as printed in Hawkins, Inc.'s own proxy. As printed: 3,607,894. View filing ↗
  • Mercer International, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-04-21. CEO total compensation as printed in Mercer International's own proxy. As printed: 2,860,261. View filing ↗
  • Tredegar Corporation, Section 10b CEO total. DEF 14A, filed 2026-03-25. CEO total compensation as printed in Tredegar Corporation's own proxy. As printed: 984,438. View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Minerals Technologies Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Minerals Technologies Inc. names Rayonier Advanced Materials in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Ecovyst Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Ecovyst Inc. names Rayonier Advanced Materials in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Quaker Chemical Corporation reciprocity. DEF 14A. Quaker Chemical Corporation names Rayonier Advanced Materials in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
  • Section 10a, Innospec Inc. reciprocity. DEF 14A. Innospec Inc. names Rayonier Advanced Materials in its own disclosed peer group (read from its most recent proxy). View filing ↗
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