KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation Rings Opening Bell at New York Stock Exchange

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Jan. 13  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (NYSE:KS) ("KapStone"), a leading North American producer of unbleached kraft paper products and linerboard, announced that Matt Kaplan, president, and Andrea Tarbox, chief financial officer, will ring the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") Opening Bell (SM) today at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

A live webcast of the bell ringing ceremony will be available on KapStone's website at http://www.kapstonepaper.com/. KapStone began trading on the NYSE on January 4, 2010.

About the Company

Headquartered in Northbrook, IL, KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation is a leading North American producer of unbleached kraft paper products and linerboard. The Company is the parent company of KapStone Kraft Paper Corporation which includes paper mills in Roanoke Rapids, NC and North Charleston, SC, a lumber mill in Summerville, SC, and five chipping mills in South Carolina. The business employs approximately 1550 people. 

DATASOURCE: KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation



CONTACT:  Andrea K. Tarbox, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation, [phone]



Web Site:  http://www.kapstonepaper.com/ 

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