KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation


Northbrook, Illinois, USA, 25 July 2008 -- /PRNewswire/ -- KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (Nasdaq: KPPC), a leading North American producer of unbleached kraft paper grades and inflatable dunnage bags, will release its second quarter 2008 earnings after the financial markets close on 04 August 2008.

The company will host a conference call on 05 August 2008, at 11 a.m. Eeastern Time, to review the results for the quarter. All interested parties are invited to listen and may do so by accessing a simultaneous broadcast webcast on KapStone's Web site (www.kapstonepaper.com) or by dialing 866-700-0133 (domestic) or 617-213-8831 (international). The participant passcode is 97512882.

The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network. Individual investors can listen to the call at www.earnings.com, Thomson's individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com), a password-protected event management site.

A replay of the webcast will be available on the Web site beginning at approximately 1 p.m. Eastern Time the same day.

Headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois, KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation is a leading North American producer of unbleached kraft paper grades and inflatable dunnage bags. The company is the parent company of KapStone Kraft Paper Corporation, which includes paper mills in Charleston, South Carolina, and Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, a lumber mill in Summerville, South Carolina, and Ride Rite(R), a dunnage bag plant in Fordyce, Arkansas. The business employs approximately 1750 people.

http://www.kapstonepaper.com