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                                                                    Exhibit 10.6

                                AMENDMENT NO. 4 AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT dated as of
                        June 5, 2003 (this "Amendment"), to the STOCKHOLDERS'
                        AGREEMENT dated as of May 31, 2000 (as amended,
                        modified, supplemented or restated prior to the date
                        hereof, the "Original Agreement"), among PLIANT
                        CORPORATION, a Utah corporation (the "Company"), and
                        certain of the stockholders of the Company signatory
                        thereto.

     By executing and delivering this Amendment, the undersigned signatories
hereto hereby agree as set forth below. Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Original
Agreement.

Section 1. Amendment.

     Section 3.2(g) of the Original Agreement shall be amended and restated in
its entirety to read as set forth below.

          "(g) Securities of the Company which are issued, or may be issued,
     pursuant to (i) the 2003 Securities Purchase Agreement and (ii) the 2003
     JPMP (BHCA) Commitment Agreement, provided that in each case, such
     Securities (or any Securities issued in full or partial replacement
     thereof) shall constitute Offered Securities and be subject to the
     requirements of Section 3.1 as if such Securities were issued pursuant to
     Section 3.1(d) on September 25, 2003.

Section 2. Acknowledgement and Waiver.

     The Company and the Stockholders acknowledge that prior to September 25,
2003, the provisions set forth in Section 2.2(d) (Certain Transfers), Section
2.3 (Co-Sale Rights) and Section 2.4 (Right of First Refusal) of the Original
Agreement shall not apply to the Transfer by JPMP (BHCA) of any Stockholder
Shares acquired by JPMP (BHCA) pursuant to the 2003 JPMP (BHCA) Commitment
Agreement or the 2003 Securities Purchase Agreement and the Stockholders hereby
waive their rights under Sections 2.2(d), 2.3 and 2.4 with respect to such
Stockholder Shares during such period.

Section 3. No other Amendments.

     Except as modified by this Amendment, the Original Agreement shall remain
in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with its terms. This
Amendment is not a consent to any waiver or modification of any other terms or
conditions of the Original Agreement or any of the instruments or documents
referred to in the Original Agreement and shall not prejudice any right or
rights which the parties thereto may now or hereafter have under or in
connection with the Original Agreement or any of the instruments or documents
referred to therein.






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Section 4. Effectiveness; Counterparts

     This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which
shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when
one or more counterparts have been signed by the Company, the Requisite Trust
Holders and the Requisite Investor Holders (by facsimile or otherwise), it being
understood that all of the foregoing need not sign the same counterpart. Any
counterpart or other signature to this Amendment that is delivered by facsimile
shall be deemed for all purposes as constituting good and valid execution and
delivery by such party of this Amendment.

Section 5. Governing Law.

     This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any
choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether in the State of New York or
any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amendment No. 4 to
the Stockholders' Agreement as of the date first above written.

                               PLIANT CORPORATION



                               By: /s/ Brian E. Johnson
                                   ---------------------
                                   Name:  Brian E. Johnson
                                   Title: Executive Vice President and
                                          Chief Financial Officer


                               SOUTHWEST INDUSTRIAL FILMS, LLC

                               By:   J.P. Morgan Partners (BHCA), L.P.
                                     its Member

                               By:   JPMP Master Fund Manager, L.P.,
                                     its General Partner

                               By:   JPMP Capital Corp.,
                                     its General Partner


                               By: /s/ Timothy Walsh
                                   -----------------
                                   Name:
                                   Title:


                               SOUTHWEST INDUSTRIAL FILMS II, LLC

                               By:   J.P. Morgan Partners (BHCA), L.P.
                                     its Member

                               By:   JPMP Master Fund Manager, L.P.,
                                     its General Partner

                               By:   JPMP Capital Corp.,
                                     its General Partner


                               By: /s/ Timothy Walsh
                                   -----------------
                                   Name:
                                   Title:

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                                            WACHOVIA CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC


                                            By: /s/ Robert G. Calton
                                                ------------------------
                                                Name:  Robert G. Calton
                                                Title: Partner


                                            WACHOVIA CAPITAL PARTNERS 2001, LLC


                                            By: /s/ Robert G. Calton
                                                ------------------------
                                                Name:  Robert G. Calton
                                                Title: Partner


                                            NEW YORK LIFE CAPITAL PARTNERS,
                                            L.P.


                                            By: NYLCAP Manager LLC,
                                                its Investment Manager


                                            By: /s/ Steven Benevento
                                                ------------------------
                                                Name:
                                                Title:


                                            THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE
                                            INSURANCE COMPANY


                                            By:
                                                Name:
                                                Title:


                                            THE CHRISTENA KAREN H. DURHAM
                                            TRUST


                                            By: /s/ Richard P. Durham
                                                ------------------------
                                                Name:  Richard P. Durham
                                                Title: Trustee



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                                        PERRY ACQUISITION PARTNERS-3, L.P.


                                        By: Perry Investors-3, LLC,
                                            its General Partner

                                        By: Perry Capital, LLC,
                                            its Managing Member

                                        By: Perry Corp.,
                                            its Managing Member


                                        By:  /s/ Randall Borkenstein
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name:  Randall Borkenstein
                                             Title: Managing Director and Chief
                                                    Financial Officer



                                        PERRY ACQUISITION PARTNERS-2, L.P.

                                        By: Perry Investors-2, LLC


                                        By:  /s/ Randall Borkenstein
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name:  Randall Borkenstein
                                             Title: Managing Director and Chief
                                                    Financial Officer



                                        DURHAM CAPITAL, LTD.


                                        By:  /s/ Richard P. Durham
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name:  Richard P. Durham
                                             Title: General Partner



                                        SORENSEN CAPITAL, LLC


                                        By:
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:



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                                         RONALD G. MOFFITT IRA


                                         By:
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Name:
                                             Title:



                                               /s/ Jack E. Knott
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Jack E. Knott


                                               /s/ Richard P. Durham
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Richard P. Durham


                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Ronald G. Moffitt


                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Scott K. Sorensen


                                               /s/ Brian E. Johnson
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Brian E. Johnson