KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation


Northbrook, Illinois, USA, 09 December 2009 -- /PRNewswire/ -- KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (Nasdaq: KPPC) has filed an application to list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Subject to the approval of the NYSE, KapStone expects the common stock to begin trading on the NYSE on or about 04 January 2010. The company will change its common stock ticker from (NASDAQ: KPPC) to (NYSE: KS). The company's common stock will continue to trade on the NASDAQ until the transfer is completed.

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. For more information, visit http://www.kapstonepaper.com.