KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation


Northbrook, Illinois, USA, 30 April 2009 -- /PRNewswire/ -- KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (Nasdaq: KPPC), a leading North American producer of unbleached kraft paper products and linerboard, will release its first quarter 2009 earnings before the opening of the financial markets on 11 May 2009.

The company will host a conference call on 11 May 2009, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time to review the results for the quarter. All interested parties are invited to listen and may do so by either accessing a simultaneous broadcast webcast on KapStone's website, http://www.kapstonepaper.com, or by telephone using the dial-in numbers 888-396-2369 (domestic) or 617-847-8710 (international), and the participant passcode: 33888993.

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

A replay of the webcast will be available on the Web site beginning at approximately 4 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 products and linerboard. The company is the parent company of KapStone Kraft Paper Corporation, which includes paper mills in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, and North Charleston, South Carolina; a lumber mill in Summerville, South Carolina; and five chipping mills in South Carolina. The business employs approximately 1550 people.