Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) 10-Q 2015 Q2 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 10.1

RAYONIER ADVANCED MATERIALS

2015 Performance Share Award Program

Performance Measure: Return on Invested Capital

Performance Period: January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2017 (36 months)

Performance Payout: 0 - 200% of Award Grant, based upon established Share Award Valuation Formula.

Share Award Valuation Formula: Return on Invested Capital, as measured over a three-year period, with each year being measured independently of the results of other years. Overall performance will be measured by the summation of performance for each year of the period.

TSR Modifier: TSR at or above the 75^th percentile will result in the application of a +25% multiplier to performance share payouts while TSR at or below the 25^th percentile will result in the application of a -25% multiplier to performance share payouts. There is no multiplier applied to performance share payouts if TSR performance is between the 25^th and 75^th percentile.

TSR peer group will continue to be the currently used definition of the standard S&P Materials Index with collars applied for revenue (>$500M) and market cap (>$500M - <$5B).

Form of Payout: Stock

Accrued Dividends/Interest: Dividend equivalents will be accrued and payable at the end of the performance period along with interest on dividends at a rate equal to the prime rate as reported in the Wall Street Journal, adjusted and compounded annually.

Award Date: January 2, 2015