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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549





FORM 10-Q





(Mark One)

|x | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
|- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009



| ̈ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]
|- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

For the transition period from              to

Commission File Number 0-20646





Caraustar Industries, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)







|                                                               |  |                                        
|-------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ---------------------------------------
|North Carolina                                                 |  | 58-1388387                             
|(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |  | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)



|                                                              |  |           
|------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------
|5000 Austell Powder Springs Road, Suite 300, Austell, Georgia |  | 30106     
|(Address of principal executive offices)                      |  | (Zip Code)

(770) 948-3101

(Registrants telephone number, including area code)





Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and
(2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.Yes  x    No   ̈

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive
Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such
files).    Yes   ̈    No   ̈

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of accelerated
filer, large accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



|                        |  |   |  |                           |  |  
|----------------------- |  | - |  | ------------------------- |  | -
|Large accelerated filer |  |  ̈ |  | Accelerated filer         |  | x
|                        |  |   | 
|Non-accelerated filer   |  |  ̈ |  | Smaller reporting company |  |  ̈

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.):    Yes   ̈    No  x

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of issuers classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date, April 30, 2009.



|                             |  |              
|---------------------------- |  | -------------
|Common Stock, $.10 par value |  | 30,026,279   
|(Class)                      |  | (Outstanding)









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FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2009

CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS



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|                               |  |                                                                                                    |  | Page
|PART I  FINANCIAL INFORMATION
|                               |  |                                                                                                   
|Item 1.                        |  | Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited):                                           |  |     
|                               |  |                                                                                                   
|                               |  | Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008                   |  | 3   
|                               |  |                                                                                                   
|                               |  | Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 |  | 4   
|                               |  |                                                                                                   
|                               |  | Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 |  | 5   
|                               |  |                                                                                                   
|                               |  | Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements                                               |  | 6   
|                               |  |                                                                                                   
|Item 2.                        |  | Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations              |  | 25  
|                               |  |                                                                                                   
|Item 3.                        |  | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk                                         |  | 33  
|                               |  |                                                                                                   
|Item 4.                        |  | Controls and Procedures                                                                            |  | 33  
|                              
|PART II  OTHER INFORMATION   
|                               |  |                                                                                                   
|Item 1.                        |  | Legal Proceedings                                                                                  |  | 33  
|Item 1A.                       |  | Risk Factors                                                                                       |  | 33  
|Item 2.                        |  | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds                                        |  | 33  
|Item 6.                        |  | Exhibits                                                                                           |  | 33  
|                               | 
|Signatures                     |  | 34                                                                                                
|                               | 
|Exhibit Index                  |  | 35                                                                                                



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|ITEM 1. | Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
|------- | -------------------------------------------

CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)

(In thousands, except share data)



|                                                                                                                                                                          |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------- | -------- | - | ---------------- | - | -------- | -
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  | March 31,2009 |          |   | December 31,2008 |  
|Assets                                                                                                                                                                    |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|Current assets:                                                                                                                                                           |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|Cash and cash equivalents                                                                                                                                                 |  | $             | 25,550   |   |                  | $ | 35,514   |  
|Receivables, net of allowances for doubtful accounts, returns, and discounts of $4,869 and $5,263 as of March 31, 2009 and
December 31, 2008, respectively                |  |               | 61,791   |   |                  |   | 56,389   |  
|Inventories                                                                                                                                                               |  |               | 52,942   |   |                  |   | 53,728   |  
|Current deferred tax assets                                                                                                                                               |  |               | 396      |   |                  |   |         |  
|Other current assets                                                                                                                                                      |  |               | 6,679    |   |                  |   | 7,084    |  
|Assets of discontinued operations held for sale                                                                                                                           |  |               | 96       |   |                  |   | 96       |  
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|Total current assets                                                                                                                                                      |  |               | 147,454  |   |                  |   | 152,811  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|Property, plant and equipment:                                                                                                                                            |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|Land                                                                                                                                                                      |  |               | 9,360    |   |                  |   | 9,541    |  
|Buildings and improvements                                                                                                                                                |  |               | 73,358   |   |                  |   | 78,153   |  
|Machinery and equipment                                                                                                                                                   |  |               | 364,664  |   |                  |   | 403,965  |  
|Furniture and fixtures                                                                                                                                                    |  |               | 32,372   |   |                  |   | 32,511   |  
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  |               | 479,754  |   |                  |   | 524,170  |  
|Less accumulated depreciation                                                                                                                                             |  |               | (270,653 | ) |                  |   | (305,327 | )
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|Property, plant and equipment, net                                                                                                                                        |  |               | 209,101  |   |                  |   | 218,843  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|Other assets                                                                                                                                                              |  |               | 10,268   |   |                  |   | 10,096   |  
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  | $             | 366,823  |   |                  | $ | 381,750  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|Liabilities and Shareholders Deficit                                                                                                                                     |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  |              
|Current liabilities:                                                                                                                                                      |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|Current maturities of debt                                                                                                                                                |  | $             | 190,092  |   |                  | $ | 190,597  |  
|Accounts payable                                                                                                                                                          |  |               | 30,408   |   |                  |   | 35,481   |  
|Accrued interest                                                                                                                                                          |  |               | 5,744    |   |                  |   | 1,616    |  
|Accrued compensation                                                                                                                                                      |  |               | 7,089    |   |                  |   | 11,233   |  
|Accrued pension                                                                                                                                                           |  |               | 496      |   |                  |   | 496      |  
|Income taxes payable                                                                                                                                                      |  |               |         |   |                  |   | 3,198    |  
|Capital lease obligations                                                                                                                                                 |  |               | 5        |   |                  |   | 11       |  
|Other accrued liabilities                                                                                                                                                 |  |               | 17,264   |   |                  |   | 20,586   |  
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|Total current liabilities                                                                                                                                                 |  |               | 251,098  |   |                  |   | 263,218  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  |              
|Long-term debt, less current maturities                                                                                                                                   |  |               | 36,568   |   |                  |   | 36,431   |  
|Pension liability                                                                                                                                                         |  |               | 73,832   |   |                  |   | 73,774   |  
|Other liabilities                                                                                                                                                         |  |               | 15,352   |   |                  |   | 16,305   |  
|Shareholders deficit:                                                                                                                                                    |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|Preferred stock, $.10 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued                                                                                            |  |               |         |   |                  |   |         |  
|Common stock, $.10 par value; 60,000,000 shares authorized, 30,030,279 and 29,954,795 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2009 and
December 31, 2008, respectively |  |               | 3,003    |   |                  |   | 2,995    |  
|Additional paid-in capital                                                                                                                                                |  |               | 194,156  |   |                  |   | 193,846  |  
|Retained deficit                                                                                                                                                          |  |               | (138,236 | ) |                  |   | (133,839 | )
|Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income:                                                                                                                            |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|Unrecognized pension and other benefit liabilities                                                                                                                        |  |               | (68,866  | ) |                  |   | (71,050  | )
|Foreign currency translation                                                                                                                                              |  |               | (84      | ) |                  |   | 70       |  
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|Total accumulated other comprehensive loss                                                                                                                                |  |               | (68,950  | ) |                  |   | (70,980  | )
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|Total shareholders deficit                                                                                                                                               |  |               | (10,027  | ) |                  |   | (7,978   | )
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  | $             | 366,823  |   |                  | $ | 381,750  |  
|                                                                                                                                                                          |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.



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CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

(In thousands, except per share data)



|                                                                |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|--------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | -
|                                                                |  | For the Three Months EndedMarch 31, |        
|                                                                |  | 2009                                |         |   | 2008 |  
|Sales                                                           |  | $                                   | 159,339 |   |      | $ | 216,502 |  
|Cost of goods sold                                              |  |                                     | 128,329 |   |      |   | 188,375 |  
|Selling, general and administrative expenses                    |  |                                     | 26,220  |   |      |   | 24,436  |  
|Restructuring and impairment costs                              |  |                                     | 9,514   |   |      |   | 722     |  
|                                                                |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|(Loss) income from operations                                   |  |                                     | (4,724  | ) |      |   | 2,969   |  
|Other (expense) income:                                         |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Interest expense                                                |  |                                     | (3,923  | ) |      |   | (4,328  | )
|Interest income                                                 |  |                                     | 75      |   |      |   | 24      |  
|Equity in income of unconsolidated affiliate                    |  |                                     |        |   |      |   | 1,915   |  
|Other, net                                                      |  |                                     | 72      |   |      |   | 20      |  
|                                                                |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Other (expense) income                                          |  |                                     | (3,776  | ) |      |   | (2,369  | )
|                                                                |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|                                                                |  |                                    
|(Loss) income before income taxes                               |  |                                     | (8,500  | ) |      |   | 600     |  
|Benefit (provision) for income taxes                            |  |                                     | 4,103   |   |      |   | (437    | )
|                                                                |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net (loss) income                                               |  | $                                   | (4,397  | ) |      | $ | 163     |  
|                                                                |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|                                                                |  |                                    
|Other comprehensive income (loss):                              |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Change in unrecognized pension and postretirement benefit costs |  | $                                   | 2,184   |   |      | $ | 421     |  
|Foreign currency translation adjustment                         |  |                                     | (154    | ) |      |   | (461    | )
|                                                                |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Comprehensive (loss) income                                     |  | $                                   | (2,367  | ) |      | $ | 123     |  
|                                                                |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|                                                                |  |                                    
|Basic (loss) income per common share:                           |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net (loss) income                                               |  | $                                   | (0.15   | ) |      | $ | 0.01    |  
|                                                                |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|                                                                |  |                                    
|Weighted average number of shares outstanding                   |  |                                     | 28,749  |   |      |   | 28,651  |  
|                                                                |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|                                                                |  |                                    
|Diluted (loss) income per common share:                         |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net (loss) income                                               |  | $                                   | (0.15   | ) |      | $ | 0.01    |  
|                                                                |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|                                                                |  |                                    
|Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding           |  |                                     | 28,749  |   |      |   | 28,738  |  
|                                                                |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  

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CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

(In thousands)



|                                                                                     |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | ----------------------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | -
|                                                                                     |  | For the Three Months EndedMarch 31, |        
|                                                                                     |  | 2009                                |         |   | 2008 |  
|Operating activities:                                                                |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net (loss) income                                                                    |  | $                                   | (4,397  | ) |      | $ | 163     |  
|Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash used in operating activities: |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Depreciation and amortization                                                        |  |                                     | 4,485   |   |      |   | 4,544   |  
|Equity-based compensation expense                                                    |  |                                     | 319     |   |      |   | 438     |  
|Restructuring and impairment costs                                                   |  |                                     | 6,834   |   |      |   | 562     |  
|Deferred income taxes                                                                |  |                                     |        |   |      |   | 361     |  
|Equity in income of unconsolidated affiliate                                         |  |                                     |        |   |      |   | (1,915  | )
|Distributions from unconsolidated affiliate                                          |  |                                     |        |   |      |   | 1,915   |  
|Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions                     |  |                                     | (16,243 | ) |      |   | (9,786  | )
|                                                                                     |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net cash used in operating activities                                                |  |                                     | (9,002  | ) |      |   | (3,718  | )
|                                                                                     |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Investing activities:                                                                |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Purchases of property, plant and equipment                                           |  |                                     | (1,014  | ) |      |   | (3,934  | )
|Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment                              |  |                                     | 64      |   |      |   | 61      |  
|Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired                                      |  |                                     |        |   |      |   | (5,293  | )
|Changes in restricted cash                                                           |  |                                     | (6      | ) |      |   | (23     | )
|Return of investment in unconsolidated affiliates                                    |  |                                     |        |   |      |   | 1,085   |  
|                                                                                     |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net cash used in investing activities                                                |  |                                     | (956    | ) |      |   | (8,104  | )
|                                                                                     |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Financing activities:                                                                |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Proceeds from senior credit facility-revolver                                        |  |                                     |        |   |      |   | 48,172  |  
|Repayments of senior credit facility-revolver                                        |  |                                     |        |   |      |   | (41,298 | )
|Repayments of senior credit facility  term loan                                     |  |                                     |        |   |      |   | (1,459  | )
|Payments for capital lease obligations                                               |  |                                     | (6      | ) |      |   | (51     | )
|                                                                                     |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities                                  |  |                                     | (6      | ) |      |   | 5,364   |  
|                                                                                     |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Net change in cash and cash equivalents                                              |  |                                     | (9,964  | ) |      |   | (6,458  | )
|Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period                                     |  |                                     | 35,514  |   |      |   | 6,548   |  
|                                                                                     |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                                           |  | $                                   | 25,550  |   |      | $ | 90      |  
|                                                                                     |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|                                                                                     |  |                                    
|Supplemental disclosures:                                                            |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Cash payments for interest                                                           |  | $                                   | 100     |   |      | $ | 679     |  
|                                                                                     |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Income tax payments, net                                                             |  | $                                   | 66      |   |      | $ | 4       |  
|                                                                                     |  |                                     |         |   |      |   |         |  

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CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2009

(UNAUDITED)

Note 1.Basis of Presentation

The financial information included herein is
unaudited; however, such information reflects all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Caraustar
Industries, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries (Company, us, or we) as of March 31, 2009, and the results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, and the cash flows for the
three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and the cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2009 are not, and should not be, construed as
necessarily indicative of the results of the operations or cash flows which may be reported for the remainder of 2009.

The accompanying
unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission for reporting on Form 10-Q. Pursuant to such rules and regulations, certain footnote disclosures
and other information normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. The accounting policies followed for interim financial reporting are the same as those disclosed in Note 1
of the notes to the financial statements included in the Companys Form 10-K, except as noted below.

Note 2.New Accounting
Pronouncements

In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS No. 157). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This statement does not require any new fair value measurements; rather, it applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements.
In February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) FAS 157-2, which delayed the effective date of SFAS No. 157 to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008, and interim periods within those years for all
nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except those that are recognized at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). The Company adopted SFAS No. 157 for its nonfinancial assets and liabilities
effective January 1, 2009. The adoption of SFAS No. 157 did not have a significant impact on the Companys financial position or results of operations.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statementsan amendment of ARB No. 51 (SFAS No. 160) SFAS No. 160
requires entities to report noncontrolling (minority) interest as a component of shareholders equity on the balance sheet; include all earnings of a consolidated subsidiary in consolidated results of operations; and treat all transactions
between an entity and noncontrolling interest as equity transactions. The Company adopted SFAS No. 160 effective January 1, 2009. The adoption of SFAS No. 160 did not have any impact on the Companys financial position or results
of operations.

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activitiesan amendment of FASB Statement No. 133 (SFAS No. 161) SFAS No. 161 amends and expands the disclosure requirements of Statement 133 to provide a better understanding of how and why an entity uses
derivative instruments, how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for, and their effect on an entitys financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. The Company adopted SFAS No. 161 effective
January 1, 2009. The adoption of SFAS No. 160 did not have any impact on the Companys financial position or results of operations.

In April 2008, the FASB issued Staff Position FSP FAS 142-3, Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets (FSP FAS 142-3). The FSP amends the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or
extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. The intent of the FSP is to improve the consistency between the useful life of a
recognized intangible asset under SFAS No. 142 and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the fair value of the asset under other accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The FSP is effective for
financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted FSP FAS 142-3 effective January 1, 2009. The adoption of FSP FAS 142-3 did not have any
impact on the Companys financial position or results of operations.

In December 2008, the FASB issued FSP FAS 132(R)-1,
Employers Disclosures about Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets. The FSP requires disclosure of additional information about investment allocation, fair values of major categories of assets, the



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development of fair value measurements and concentrations of risk. The FSP is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2009; however,
earlier application is permitted. The Company will adopt the FSP upon its effective date and will report the required disclosures in its Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2009.

Note 3.Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for its stock-based compensation plans pursuant to SFAS No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123R) which is a revision of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation (SFAS 123). SFAS 123R supersedes Accounting Principles Board Statement No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, (APB 25) and amends SFAS No. 95, Statement of
Cash Flows. SFAS 123R requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the statements of operations based on their fair values.

In May 2003, the Companys board of directors and shareholders approved a long-term equity incentive plan, which became effective May 7, 2003.
Under the provisions of the plan, participating key employees are rewarded, in the form of common share purchase options, non-vested performance accelerated restricted shares (PARS), non-vested Restricted Service Awards, non-vested
Restricted Performance Awards, or a combination of any or all of them, for improving the Companys financial performance in a manner that is consistent with the creation of increased shareholder value. All options awarded under the plan will
have an exercise price not less than 100% of the fair market value of a share of common stock on the date of grant. Options will have a vesting schedule of up to five years and expire after ten years. The PARS issued by the Company will vest seven
years from the date of grant unless vesting is accelerated when the price of Company stock meets a specific target price and trades at that price or higher for twenty consecutive trading days. The Restricted Service Awards issued by the Company will
vest fifty percent two years from the date of grant and one hundred percent three years from the date of grant. The Restricted Performance Awards vest based on the achievement of financial targets based on cumulative Earnings Before Interest, Taxes,
Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) over a three year (2007  2009) performance period. In May 2003 the Companys board of directors authorized and shareholders approved an aggregate of 4.0 million common shares for
issuance under this plan. The Companys policy for issuing shares upon an exercise of options is to issue new shares.

In May 2005,
the shareholders approved an amendment to allow the Companys directors to participate in the long-term equity incentive plan. Under this plan, each non-employee director of the Company is eligible to receive a grant of 3,000 options annually.
In November 2008, the Companys Board of Directors unanimously resolved to suspend equity compensation for non-employee directors until further notice. The directors, accordingly, receive only the cash portion of their retainers, which results
in a fifty percent decrease in compensation for the Companys non-employee directors. The suspension also suspends their annual option award and accordingly, the directors did not receive same in December 2008. In December 2008, the
Companys Executive Officers voluntarily forfeited approximately 253 thousand options, primarily to replenish the long-term equity incentive plan, which plan was approved by the shareholders in 2003.

There were no options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008. The Company recorded compensation expense of approximately $104
thousand and $140 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, related to all options. No options were exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008. As of March 31, 2009, there was
approximately $541 thousand of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options. The unrecognized cost is expected to be expensed over a weighted-average period of 1.3 years using the straight-line method.

During the three months ended March 31, 2009, the Company did not grant any PARS, granted 100 thousand Restricted Service Awards at the
weighted-average grant date fair value price of $0.21 and did not grant any Restricted Performance Awards. During the three months ended March 31, 2008, the Company did not grant any PARS, granted 4,500 Restricted Service Awards at the
weighted-average grant date fair value price of $2.78 per share, and did not grant any Restricted Performance Awards.

No non-vested stock
vested during the three months ended March, 2009 and 2008. The Company recorded approximately $215 thousand and $298 thousand of compensation expense during the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively, related to all non-vested
stock. As of March 31, 2009, there was approximately $2.5 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to all non-vested stock. The unrecognized cost is expected to be expensed, using the straight-line method, over a weighted-average
period of 2.6 years, unless specific performance targets are achieved, at which time the non-vested stock will vest and be expensed during the period the targets are achieved.

Total compensation expense for all non-vested stock and stock options for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 included in the Companys results of operations was $319
thousand and $438 thousand, respectively. The Company recognized no windfall tax benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008.



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The following table summarizes the stock option activity during the three months ended March 31,
2009:



|                                                 |  |           |   |  |                                |       |                                        |     |                                        |   |  
|------------------------------------------------ |  | --------- | - |  | ------------------------------ | ----- | -------------------------------------- | --- | -------------------------------------- | - | -
|                                                 |  | Shares    |   |  | Weighted AverageExercise Price |       | WeightedAverageRemainingLife(In Years) |     | AggregateIntrinsic Value(in thousands)
|Outstanding at December 31, 2008                 |  | 1,641,481 |   |  | $                              | 12.07 |                                        |     |                                        |   |  
|Granted                                          |  |          |   |  |                                |      |                                        |     |                                        |   |  
|Forfeited                                        |  | (239,042  | ) |  |                                | 23.90 |                                        |     |                                        |   |  
|Exercised                                        |  |          |   |  |                                |      |                                        |     |                                        |   |  
|                                                 |  |           |   |  |                                |       |                                        |     |                                        |   |  
|Outstanding at March 31, 2009                    |  | 1,402,439 |   |  | $                              | 10.06 |                                        | 4.9 |                                        | $ | 
|                                                 |  |           |   |  |                                |       |                                        |     |                                        |   |  
|                                                 |  |           |   | 
|Vested and expected to vest as of March 31, 2009 |  | 1,360,359 |   |  | $                              | 10.17 |                                        | 4.8 |                                        | $ | 
|                                                 |  |           |   |  |                                |       |                                        |     |                                        |   |  
|                                                 |  |           |   | 
|Options exercisable as of March 31, 2009         |  | 958,640   |   |  | $                              | 12.68 |                                        | 3.3 |                                        | $ | 
|                                                 |  |           |   |  |                                |       |                                        |     |                                        |   |  

A summary of the status of Caraustars non-vested stock as of March 31, 2009, and
changes during the three months ended March 31, 2009, is presented below:



|                                |  |           |   |  |                                      |     
|------------------------------- |  | --------- | - |  | ------------------------------------ | ----
|                                |  | Shares    |   |  | Weighted-AverageGrant DateFair Value
|Non-vested at December 31, 2008 |  | 1,206,366 |   |  | $                                    | 6.16
|Granted                         |  | 100,000   |   |  |                                      | 0.21
|Vested                          |  |          |   |  |                                      |    
|Forfeited                       |  | (26,000   | ) |  |                                      | 9.71
|                                |  |           |   |  |                                      |     
|Non-vested at March 31, 2009    |  | 1,280,366 |   |  | $                                    | 5.62
|                                |  |           |   |  |                                      |     

Note 4.Inventory

Inventories are carried at the lower of cost or market. The costs included in inventory include raw materials (recovered fiber for paperboard products and paperboard for converted products),
direct and indirect labor and employee benefits, energy and fuel, depreciation, chemicals, general manufacturing overhead, and various other costs of manufacturing. General and administrative costs are not included in inventory costs.

Market, with respect to all inventories, is replacement cost or net realizable value. The Company reviews inventory at least quarterly to determine the
necessity of write-offs for excess, obsolete or unsaleable inventory. The Company estimates reserves for inventory obsolescence and shrinkage based on managements judgment of future realization. These reviews require management to assess
customer and market demand. All inventories are valued using the first-in, first-out method.

Inventories at March 31, 2009 and
December 31, 2008, were as follows (in thousands):



|                                   |  |               |        |                  |   |       
|---------------------------------- |  | ------------- | ------ | ---------------- | - | ------
|                                   |  | March 31,2009 |        | December 31,2008
|Raw materials and supplies         |  | $             | 24,104 |                  | $ | 21,394
|Finished goods and work in process |  |               | 28,838 |                  |   | 32,334
|                                   |  |               |        |                  |   |       
|Total inventory                    |  | $             | 52,942 |                  | $ | 53,728
|                                   |  |               |        |                  |   |       



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Note 5.Senior Credit Facility and Long-Term Debt

At March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, total long-term debt consisted of the following (in thousands):



|                                           |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|------------------------------------------ |  | ------------- | -------- | - | ---------------- | - | -------- | -
|                                           |  | March 31,2009 |          |   | December 31,2008 |  
|73/8% senior notes                         |  | $             | 189,750  |   |                  | $ | 189,750  |  
|71/4% senior notes                         |  |               | 29,000   |   |                  |   | 29,000   |  
|Other notes payable(1)                     |  |               | 8,200    |   |                  |   | 8,200    |  
|Realized interest rate swap agreements (2) |  |               | (290     | ) |                  |   | 78       |  
|                                           |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|Total debt                                 |  |               | 226,660  |   |                  |   | 227,028  |  
|Less current maturities                    |  |               | (190,092 | ) |                  |   | (190,597 | )
|                                           |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  
|Total long-term debt                       |  | $             | 36,568   |   |                  | $ | 36,431   |  
|                                           |  |               |          |   |                  |   |          |  

| |  |  |  | 
| |  |  |  | 
|

| | (1) | Subsequent to the sale of the Sprague operational assets, the Company retained the industrial revenue bonds (the Sprague bonds) which accordingly have been
included in the schedule above as of March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | (2) | Net of original issuance discounts and accumulated discount amortization. As described below under Interest Rate Swap Agreements, realized gains
resulting from unwinding interest rate swaps are recorded as a component of debt and will be accreted as a reduction to interest expense over the remaining term of the debt.
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The carrying value of total debt outstanding at March 31, 2009 maturing during the next five years and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):



|           |  |   |        
|---------- |  | - | -------
|2009       |  | $ | 190,092
|2010       |  |   | 28,368 
|2011       |  |   |       
|2012       |  |   | 3,500  
|2013       |  |   |       
|Thereafter |  |   | 4,700  
|           |  |   |        
|Total debt |  | $ | 226,660
|           |  |   |        



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Senior Credit Facility

On March 30, 2006, the Company amended its Senior Credit Facility by entering into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. The agreement provided for a $145.0 million senior secured credit facility (the
Senior Credit Facility) consisting of a $110.0 million five-year revolver and a $35.0 million five-year term loan. The five-year revolver was reduced from $110.0 million to $100.0 million in October 2006. On July 15, 2008 the
Company amended its Senior Credit Facility to provide for consent of the sale of its membership interests in Premier Boxboard Limited (PBL). On July 24, 2008, the Company completed a transaction (the Transaction) to sell
its 50% membership interest in PBL to its joint venture partner, Temple-Inland, Inc. (Temple) for $62 million. The Company used a portion of the proceeds of the sale to repay all outstanding debt under its Senior Credit Facility 
comprised of the term loan and revolving credit facility. Upon repayment of the amounts outstanding under the term loan, that loan was terminated. Effective October 31, 2008, the Company amended its Senior Credit Facility to extend the
December 1, 2008 date at which time it was required to advise its participating lenders of the Companys plan to refinance or defease the Senior Notes in the amount of approximately $190 million maturing on June 1, 2009. The
notification date was extended up to and including March 1, 2009. The amendment reduced the revolver from $100.0 million to $80.0 million and requires that immediately after the prepayment of any debt, availability under the Senior Credit
Facility be greater than $20 million. On February 26, 2009, the Company amended its Senior Credit Facility to extend the March 1, 2009 date at which time it was required to advise its participating lenders of its plan to refinance or
defease the Senior Notes in the amount of approximately $190 million maturing on June 1, 2009. The notification date was extended up to and including April 30, 2009. The revolver was reduced from $80.0 million to $70.0 million. The Consent
and Sixth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the Amendment) changed the applicable margins in the pricing grid which is discussed in more detail below. On April 30, 2009, the Company further amended its Senior
Credit Facility to extend the April 30, 2009 date at which time it was required to advise its participating lenders of its plan to refinance or defease the Senior Notes in the amount of approximately $190 million maturing on June 1, 2009.
The notification date was extended up to and including May 8, 2009. The Senior Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company and its domestic subsidiaries other than real property, including accounts receivable,
general intangibles, inventory, and equipment. These subsidiaries are parties to the Senior Credit Facility either as co-borrowers with the Company or as guarantors. At March 31, 2009, the Company had no amounts outstanding under the revolver.

The revolver matures on March 30, 2011 and includes a sublimit of $22.0 million for letters of credit. Borrowing availability under
the revolver is determined by reference to a borrowing base, defined as specified percentages of eligible accounts receivable and inventory and reduced by usage of the revolver, including outstanding letters of credit, and any reserves. Aggregate
availability under the revolver was $25.6 million at March 31, 2009.

Outstanding principal under the revolver initially bears
interest at a rate equal to, at the Companys option, either (1) the base rate (which is the prime rate most recently announced by Bank of America, N.A., the administrative agent under the Senior Credit facility) plus 4.00% or (2) the
adjusted one, two, three, or six-month LIBOR rate plus 5.00%. Pricing under the Senior Credit Facility is determined by reference to a pricing grid under which margins shall be adjusted prospectively on a quarterly basis as determined by the average
availability and fixed charge coverage ratio measured as of the last day of each month, commencing on March 1, 2009. Under the pricing grid, the applicable margins for the revolver range from 4.00% to 4.50% for base rate loans and from 5.00% to
5.50% for LIBOR loans. The undrawn portion of the revolver is subject to an unused line fee calculated at an annual rate of 0.75%. Outstanding letters of credit are subject to an annual fee equal to the applicable margin for LIBOR loans under the
revolver as in effect from time to time, plus a fronting fee on the undrawn amount thereof at an annual rate of 0.125%.

The Senior Credit
Facility contains covenants that restrict, among other things, the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to create liens, merge or consolidate, dispose of assets, incur indebtedness and guarantees, pay dividends, repurchase or redeem capital
stock and indebtedness, make certain investments or acquisitions, enter into certain transactions with affiliates, enter into sale and leaseback transactions, or change the nature of their business. The Senior Credit Facility contains no financial
maintenance covenants at this time; however, the Company must maintain a $20.0 million Minimum Availability Reserve at all times. The availability disclosed is net of this reserve. There is a one-time option to convert to a springing
covenant financial structure where the $20.0 million Minimum Availability Reserve would be eliminated; however, a fixed charge ratio would be tested in the event borrowing availability falls below $20.0 million. Currently, the Company
would not meet the fixed charge coverage ratio and, therefore, does not anticipate exercising this option. The Senior Credit Facility contains events of default including, but not limited to, nonpayment of principal or interest, violation of
covenants, breaches of representations and warranties, cross-default to other indebtedness, bankruptcy and other insolvency events, material judgments, certain ERISA events, actual or asserted invalidity of loan documentation, and certain changes of
control of the Company.

Senior and Senior Subordinated Notes

On June 1, 1999, the Company issued $200.0 million in aggregate principal amount of
73/8% senior notes
due June 1, 2009. The 73/8% senior notes were issued at a discount to yield an effective annualized interest rate of 7.47% and pay interest semiannually. After taking into account realized gains from unwinding various interest rate swap agreements, the current
effective annualized interest rate of the 73/8% senior notes is 6.3%. The 73/8% senior notes are unsecured obligations of the Company. As of March 31, 2009, the Company has purchased an aggregate of $10.3 million of these notes in the open market.



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On March 29, 2001, the Company issued $29.0
million of 71/4%
senior notes due May 1, 2010. These senior notes were issued at a discount to yield effective interest rate 9.4%. The publicly traded senior notes are unsecured but guaranteed, on a joint and several basis, by all but one of the Companys
wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries.

Note 6.Segment Information

The Company operates principally in four business segments organized by products. The paperboard segment consists of facilities that manufacture 100% recycled uncoated paperboard and one facility
that manufactures clay-coated recycled paperboard. The recovered fiber segment consists of facilities that collect and sell recycled paper and broker recycled paper and other paper rolls. The tube and core segment is principally made up of
facilities that produce spiral and convolute-wound tubes and cores and edge protectors. The folding carton segment consists of facilities that produce printed and unprinted folding cartons and set-up boxes. Intersegment sales are recorded at prices
which approximate market prices.

Operating results include all costs and expenses directly related to the segment involved. Corporate
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The following table presents certain business segment information for the periods indicated (in
thousands):



|                                                  |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------- | ------- | - | ---- | - | ------- | -
|                                                  |  | Three Months EndedMarch 31, |        
|                                                  |  | 2009                        |         |   | 2008 |  
|Sales (external customers):                       |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Paperboard                                        |  | $                           | 41,204  |   |      | $ | 54,949  |  
|Recovered fiber                                   |  |                             | 10,255  |   |      |   | 31,990  |  
|Tube and core                                     |  |                             | 53,630  |   |      |   | 72,529  |  
|Folding carton                                    |  |                             | 54,250  |   |      |   | 57,034  |  
|                                                  |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Total                                             |  | $                           | 159,339 |   |      | $ | 216,502 |  
|                                                  |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Sales (intersegment):                             |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Paperboard                                        |  | $                           | 31,177  |   |      | $ | 33,649  |  
|Recovered fiber                                   |  |                             | 8,198   |   |      |   | 24,351  |  
|Tube and core                                     |  |                             | 738     |   |      |   | 1,026   |  
|Folding carton                                    |  |                             | 15      |   |      |   | 45      |  
|                                                  |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Total                                             |  | $                           | 40,128  |   |      | $ | 59,071  |  
|                                                  |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Income (loss) from operations:                    |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Paperboard (A)                                    |  | $                           | 5,185   |   |      | $ | 4,579   |  
|Recovered fiber (B)                               |  |                             | (785    | ) |      |   | 3,048   |  
|Tube and core (C)                                 |  |                             | (793    | ) |      |   | 1,689   |  
|Folding carton (D)                                |  |                             | 1,017   |   |      |   | 1,924   |  
|                                                  |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|Total                                             |  |                             | 4,624   |   |      |   | 11,240  |  
|Corporate expense (E)                             |  |                             | (9,348  | ) |      |   | (8,271  | )
|                                                  |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|(Loss) income from operations                     |  |                             | (4,724  | ) |      |   | 2,969   |  
|Interest expense                                  |  |                             | (3,923  | ) |      |   | (4,328  | )
|Interest income                                   |  |                             | 75      |   |      |   | 24      |  
|Equity in income of unconsolidated affiliates     |  |                             |        |   |      |   | 1,915   |  
|Other, net                                        |  |                             | 72      |   |      |   | 20      |  
|                                                  |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  
|                                                  |  |                            
|(Loss) income from operations before income taxes |  | $                           | (8,500  | ) |      | $ | 600     |  
|                                                  |  |                             |         |   |      |   |         |  

| |  |  |  | 
| |  |  |  | 
| |  |  |  | 

| | (A) | Results for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 include charges to operations and gains recorded to operations of $8.4 million and $0.2 million,
respectively, for restructuring and impairment costs. These costs relate primarily to the closing and consolidating of operations and the disposition of machinery and equipment.
| | --- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | (B) | Results for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 include charges to operations and gains recorded to operations of $86 thousand and $39 thousand,
respectively. These gains relate primarily to the disposition of machinery and equipment.
| | --- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | (C) | Results for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 include charges to operations of $279 thousand and $25 thousand, respectively, for restructuring
and impairment costs. These costs relate primarily to closing and consolidating operations and settlement of leases.
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | (D) | Results for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 include charges to operations of $501 thousand and $300 thousand, respectively, for restructuring
and impairment costs. These costs relate primarily to closing and consolidating operations and the disposition of machinery and equipment.
| | --- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| | (E) | Results for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 include charges to operations of $257 thousand and $619 thousand, respectively, for restructuring
and impairment costs. These costs relate primarily to the impairment of fixed assets.
| | --- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

|
|

Note 7.Other Intangible Assets

Intangible Assets

As of March 31, 2009
and December 31, 2008, the Company had an intangible asset of $4.3 million (net of $3.7 million of accumulated amortization) and $4.5 million (net of $3.5 million of accumulated amortization), respectively, which was classified with other
assets. Amortization expense for each of the three month periods ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 was $128 thousand. The intangible asset is associated with the acquisition of certain assets of the Smurfit Industrial Packaging Group, which
acquisition was completed in 2002, and is attributable to the acquired customer relationships. This intangible asset is being amortized over 15 years. Scheduled amortization of the intangible asset for the next five years is as follows (in
thousands):



|                |  |   |      
|--------------- |  | - | -----
|2009            |  | $ | 511  
|2010            |  |   | 511  
|2011            |  |   | 511  
|2012            |  |   | 511  
|2013            |  |   | 511  
|                |  |   |      
|Five year total |  | $ | 2,555
|                |  |   |      



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Note 8.Restructuring and Impairment Costs

Restructuring has been a primary component of managements strategy to address the decrease in demand for products and excess industry capacity. In
response to these business circumstances, over the past several years the Company has closed and consolidated facilities within its paperboard, folding carton and custom packaging, and tube and core segments. These initiatives are designed to
enhance the Companys competitiveness by reducing costs, reducing geographic overlap, and minimizing duplicative capabilities.

In
December 2008, the Company announced the permanent closure of its Richmond, Virginia paperboard mill. The Company has concluded the process of transitioning this facilitys customers to other facilities and ceased production in December 2008.
As of December 31, 2008, the Company had recorded an accrual balance of $136 thousand for severance and other termination benefits. For the three months ended March 31, 2009, the Company recorded charges of $140 thousand for severance and
other termination benefits and $485 thousand for other exit costs. The Company paid $49 thousand of severance and other termination benefits and $485 thousand for other exit costs, leaving an accrual balance of $227 thousand for severance and other
termination benefits. The Company expects to incur additional charges of $236 thousand for severance and other termination benefits and $749 thousand for other exit costs. This plan will be complete upon the sale of the locations real estate
which the Company is currently marketing.

In December 2008, the Company made the decision to permanently close its Linden, Alabama tube
and core facility. The Company has concluded the process of transitioning this facilitys customers to other facilities and ceased production in March 2009. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had recorded an accrual balance of $5
thousand for severance and other termination benefits. For the three months ended March 31, 2009, the Company recorded charges of $145 thousand for severance and other termination benefits and paid $70 thousand of severance and other
termination benefits, leaving an accrual balance of $80 thousand for severance and other termination benefits. The Company expects to incur additional charges of $21 thousand for other exit costs. This plan will be complete upon the sale of the
locations real estate which the Company will begin marketing in the second quarter of 2009.

In March 2009, the Company announced the
permanent closure of its Carolina paperboard mill located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Company transferred Carolina Paperboards customers to other mill locations and ceased all production activities at the Carolina paperboard mill in
December 2008 when the mill was idled. For the three months ended March 31, 2009, the Company recorded charges of $784 thousand for severance and other termination benefits and paid $634 thousand of severance and other termination benefits,
leaving an accrual balance of $150 thousand for severance and other termination benefits. The Company also recorded $6.5 million of additional impairment related to fixed assets. The Company expects to incur additional charges of $469 thousand for
severance and other termination benefits and $1.9 million for other exit costs. This plan will be complete upon the sale of the locations real estate which the Company will begin marketing in the second quarter of 2009.



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The following is a summary of restructuring and impairment costs and the restructuring liability from
December 31, 2008 to March 31, 2009 (in thousands):



|                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |  |                                            |       |                                             |   |        |                 |  |   |                              |   |  |           |        |   |  |   |      
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------------------ | ----- | ------------------------------------------- | - | ------ | --------------- |  | - | ---------------------------- | - |  | --------- | ------ | - |  | - | -----
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |  | AssetImpairmentCharges andLoss onDisposals |       | Severance andOtherTerminationBenefits Costs |   |        | Other ExitCosts |  |   | RestructuringLiability Total |   |  | Total (1)
|Liability balance, December 31, 2008                                                                                                                                                                                         |  |                                            |       |                                             | $ | 4,775  |                 |  | $ | 1,012                        |   |  | $         | 5,787  |   |  |   |      
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |  |                                            |       |                                             |  
|First quarter 2009 costs                                                                                                                                                                                                     |  | $                                          | 6,834 |                                             |   | 1,764  |                 |  |   | 916                          |   |  |           | 2,680  |   |  | $ | 9,514
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |  |                                            |       |                                             |   |        |                 |  |   |                              |   |  |           |        |   |  |   |      
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |  |                                            |       |                                             |  
|Expenditures                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |  |                                            |       |                                             |   | (1,912 | )               |  |   | (1,164                       | ) |  |           | (3,076 | ) |  |   |      
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |  |                                            |       |                                             |   |        |                 |  |   |                              |   |  |           |        |   |  |   |      
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |  |                                            |       |                                             |  
|Liability balance, March 31, 2009                                                                                                                                                                                            |  |                                            |       |                                             | $ | 4,627  |                 |  | $ | 764                          |   |  | $         | 5,391  |   |  |   |      
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |  |                                            |       |                                             |   |        |                 |  |   |                              |   |  |           |        |   |  |   |      
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|(1)    Asset impairment charges and loss on disposals, severance and other termination
benefit costs, and other exit costs are aggregated and reported as restructuring and impairment costs on the statement of operations.

The following table summarizes restructuring and impairment costs by segment for those plans
initiated, but not completed as of March 31, 2009, and accounted for under SFAS No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities (in thousands):



|                                    |  |                                     |        |                                                           |   |                                                        |  |   |       
|----------------------------------- |  | ----------------------------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------- | - | ------------------------------------------------------ |  | - | ------
|Segment                             |  | CumulativeCosts as ofMarch 31, 2009 |        | Estimated Coststo CompleteInitiatives as ofMarch 31, 2009 |   | Total EstimatedCosts of Initiativesas ofMarch 31, 2009
|Paperboard                          |  | $                                   | 29,867 |                                                           | $ | 4,001                                                  |  | $ | 33,868
|Folding carton and custom packaging |  |                                     | 13,000 |                                                           |   | 457                                                    |  |   | 13,457
|Tube, core and composite container  |  |                                     | 815    |                                                           |   | 48                                                     |  |   | 863   
|                                    |  |                                     |        |                                                           |   |                                                        |  |   |       
|Total                               |  | $                                   | 43,682 |                                                           | $ | 4,506                                                  |  | $ | 48,188
|                                    |  |                                     |        |                                                           |   |                                                        |  |   |       



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Note 9.Pension Plan and Other Postretirement Benefits

Pension Plan and Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan

Substantially all of the Companys employees hired prior to December 31, 2004 participate in a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan (the Pension Plan). The Pension Plan requires benefits to be paid to all
eligible employees at retirement, based primarily on years of service with the Company and compensation rates in effect near retirement. The Pension Plans assets consist of shares held in collective investment funds and group annuity
contracts. The Companys policy is to fund benefits attributed to employees service to date, as well as service expected to be earned in the future. Based on current estimates, contributions of approximately $6.0 million are expected to
be made during 2009. During the three months ended March 31, 2009, the Company made contributions of $1.3 million to the Pension Plan.

Certain executives participate in a supplemental executive restoration plan (SERP), which provides enhanced retirement benefits to participants based on average compensation. The SERP is unfunded at March 31, 2009.

Pension expense for the Pension Plan and the SERP includes the following components for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and
2008 (in thousands):



|                                              |  |                             |        |   |                             |   |        |      |  |      |     |  |   |    
|--------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------- | ------ | - | --------------------------- | - | ------ | ---- |  | ---- | --- |  | - | ---
|                                              |  | Pension Plan                |        |   | SERP                       
|                                              |  | Three Months EndedMarch 31, |        |   | Three Months EndedMarch 31,
|                                              |  | 2009                        |        |   | 2008                        |   |        | 2009 |  | 2008
|Service cost of benefits earned               |  | $                           | 618    |   |                             | $ | 642    |      |  | $    | 59  |  | $ | 82 
|Interest cost on projected benefit obligation |  |                             | 2,076  |   |                             |   | 1,922  |      |  |      | 142 |  |   | 145
|Estimated return on plan assets               |  |                             | (1,419 | ) |                             |   | (2,191 | )    |  |      |    |  |   |   
|Net amortization and deferral                 |  |                             | 2,119  |   |                             |   | 600    |      |  |      | 44  |  |   | 64 
|                                              |  |                             |        |   |                             |   |        |      |  |      |     |  |   |    
|Net pension expense                           |  | $                           | 3,394  |   |                             | $ | 973    |      |  | $    | 245 |  | $ | 291
|                                              |  |                             |        |   |                             |   |        |      |  |      |     |  |   |    

Other Postretirement Benefits

The Company provides postretirement medical benefits to retired employees of certain of its subsidiaries. The Company accounts for these postretirement medical benefits in accordance with SFAS
No. 106, Employers Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other than Pensions.

Net periodic postretirement benefit
cost for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 includes the following components (in thousands):



|                                                               |  |                             |     |      |   |   
|-------------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------- | --- | ---- | - | --
|                                                               |  | Three Months EndedMarch 31,
|                                                               |  | 2009                        |     | 2008
|Service cost of benefits earned                                |  | $                           | 5   |      | $ | 6 
|Interest cost on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation |  |                             | 81  |      |   | 73
|Amortization                                                   |  |                             | 21  |      |   | 12
|                                                               |  |                             |     |      |   |   
|Net postretirement benefit cost                                |  | $                           | 107 |      | $ | 91
|                                                               |  |                             |     |      |   |   

Note 10. Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, which requires the use of the liability method of accounting for deferred
income taxes. Effective January 1, 2007, the Company implemented FASB Interpretation No. 48 Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109) (FIN 48). FIN 48 was issued
to clarify the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the financial statements by prescribing a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or
expected to be taken in a tax return.

As of March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the Company had $14.1 million and $14.8
million of unrecognized tax benefits, of which $2.9 million and $3.5 million, respectively, would affect the annual effective tax rate if recognized. The difference between the gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits and the portion that would
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The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in the income
tax provision. As of March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits were $1.2 million and $1.3 million, respectively.

The effective rate of income tax for the three months ended March 31, 2009 was a 48.3% benefit, compared with a 72.8% expense for the same period last year. The effective rates are different
from the statutory rates due to permanent tax adjustments, the inability of the Company to record the tax benefits of losses in certain state and foreign jurisdictions, and changes in the estimated state income tax rates.

The Company and its subsidiaries file U.S. federal income tax returns and returns for various U.S. states and foreign jurisdictions. For federal
purposes, the years that remain subject to examination by the IRS include tax years 2003 through 2008. For state purposes, the years that remain subject to examination by state authorities include tax years 1995 through 2008. The Company is
currently under audit by the State of Illinois for tax years 2003 through 2005, the State of New York for tax years 2001 through 2003 and the State of North Carolina for tax years 2005 through 2007. No material adjustments are expected to result
from those audits.

Note 11. Net (Loss) Income Per Share

The following is a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted (loss) income per share computations for net (loss) income (in thousands, except per share
information):



|                                                             |  |                             |        |   |      |   |       
|------------------------------------------------------------ |  | --------------------------- | ------ | - | ---- | - | ------
|                                                             |  | Three Months EndedMarch 31,
|                                                             |  | 2009                        |        |   | 2008
|Net (loss) income                                            |  | $                           | (4,397 | ) |      | $ | 163   
|                                                             |  |                             |        |   |      |   |       
|                                                             |  |                            
|Weighted average number of common shares outstandingbasic   |  |                             | 28,749 |   |      |   | 28,651
|Common share equivalents                                     |  |                             |       |   |      |   | 87    
|                                                             |  |                             |        |   |      |   |       
|Weighted average number of common shares outstandingdiluted |  |                             | 28,749 |   |      |   | 28,738
|                                                             |  |                             |        |   |      |   |       
|                                                             |  |                            
|Basic (loss) income per share                                |  | $                           | (0.15  | ) |      | $ | 0.01  
|                                                             |  |                             |        |   |      |   |       
|Diluted (loss) income per share                              |  | $                           | (0.15  | ) |      | $ | 0.01  
|                                                             |  |                             |        |   |      |   |       

The impact of the dilutive effect of common share equivalents has been included in periods with
net income. The number of anti-dilutive common share equivalents not included in the computation of diluted weighted average shares for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 was 1,402,439 and 2,067,108, respectively.

Note 12. Equity Interests in Unconsolidated Affiliate

From 1999 to July 24, 2008, the Company owned a 50% membership interest in Premier Boxboard Limited (PBL). PBL was a joint venture with Temple-Inland, which owned the remaining 50% interest, and was
accounted for under the equity method. PBL produced lightweight gypsum facing paper along with containerboard grades and was managed by the Company. On July 24, 2008, the Company sold its 50% membership interest in PBL to Temple-Inland.
PBLs summarized income statement for the three months ended March 31, 2008 is presented below (in thousands):



|                       |  |   |       
|---------------------- |  | - | ------
|Sales                  |  | $ | 35,433
|Gross profit           |  |   | 7,365 
|Income from operations |  |   | 4,859 
|Net income             |  |   | 3,830 

The Company received $3.0 million in cash distributions from PBL during the three months ended
March 31, 2008. The Companys equity interest in earnings from PBL for the three months ended March 31, 2008 was approximately $1.9 million.



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See discussion of the sale of the Companys membership interest in PBL in the notes to the
Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.

Note 13. Fair Value Measurements

On January 1, 2008, the Company adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 157. In February 2008, the FASB issued a final Staff
Position to allow a one-year deferral of adoption of SFAS 157 for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a nonrecurring basis. On January 1, 2009, the
Company adopted the provisions of SFAS 157 for its nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities that are recognized at fair value in the financial statements on a nonrecurring basis. The FASB also amended SFAS 157 to exclude FASB Statement
No. 13 and its related interpretive accounting pronouncements that address leasing transactions. SFAS 157 enables the reader of the financial statements to assess the inputs used to develop those measurements by establishing a hierarchy for
ranking the quality and reliability of the information used to determine fair values. SFAS 157 requires that assets and liabilities carried at fair value be classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:

Level 1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: Observable market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are not
corroborated by market data.

The fair value of the Companys restricted cash is based on quoted prices in active markets for
identical assets. The Company generally applies fair value techniques on a non-recurring basis associated with, (1) valuing potential impairment loss related to goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets accounted for pursuant to SFAS
No. 142, and (2) valuing potential impairment loss related to long-lived assets accounted for pursuant to SFAS No. 144.

Assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis at March 31, 2009 (in thousands):



|                |  |                |       |                                                             |   |                                           |  |                                       |   |  |   |  
|--------------- |  | -------------- | ----- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | - | ----------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------------- | - |  | - | -
|                |  | CarryingAmount |       | Quoted Prices InActive Markets ForIdentical Assets(Level 1) |   | SignificantOtherObservableInputs(Level 2) |  | SignificantObservable Inputs(Level 3)
|Restricted cash |  | $              | 4,010 |                                                             | $ | 4,010                                     |  | $                                     |  |  | $ | 

Assets and liabilities measured on a nonrecurring basis at March 31, 2009 (in thousands):



|                                |  |                |       |                                                             |   |                                           |  |                                       |       |  |   |  
|------------------------------- |  | -------------- | ----- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | - | ----------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------------- | ----- |  | - | -
|                                |  | CarryingAmount |       | Quoted Prices InActive Markets ForIdentical Assets(Level 1) |   | SignificantOtherObservableInputs(Level 2) |  | SignificantObservable Inputs(Level 3)
|Long-lived assets held and used |  | $              | 4,057 |                                                             | $ |                                          |  | $                                     | 4,057 |  | $ | 
|Long-lived assets held for sale |  |                | 3,192 |                                                             |   |                                          |  |                                       | 3,192 |  |   | 

In accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 144, long-lived assets held and used with a
carrying value of approximately $10.7 million were written down to their fair value of approximately $4.1 million resulting in an impairment charge of approximately $6.5 million, which was included in restructuring and impairment costs for the three
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The following table sets forth the fair values and carrying amounts of the Companys significant
financial instruments as of March 31, 2009 where the carrying amount differs from the fair value. The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, short-term debt and long-term variable-rate debt approximates fair value. The fair value of
long-term debt is based on quoted market prices (in thousands).



|                   |  |           |         |                |   |        
|------------------ |  | --------- | ------- | -------------- | - | -------
|                   |  | FairValue |         | CarryingAmount
|71/4% Senior Notes |  | $         | 14,609  |                | $ | 28,368 
|73/8% Senior Notes |  |           | 95,824  |                |   | 190,092
|                   |  |           |         |                |   |        
|                   |  | $         | 110,433 |                | $ | 218,460
|                   |  |           |         |                |   |        

Note 14. Guarantor Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements

These condensed consolidating financial statements reflect Caraustar Industries, Inc. and its subsidiary guarantors, which consist of all but one of the
Companys wholly-owned subsidiaries other than foreign subsidiaries (Subsidiary Guarantors). Nonguarantor subsidiaries are herein referred to as Nonguarantor Subsidiaries. Separate financial statements of the Subsidiary
Guarantors are not presented because the subsidiary guarantees are joint and several and full and unconditional, and the Company believes that the condensed consolidating financial statements presented are more meaningful in understanding the
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CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONSOLIDATING BALANCE
SHEETS

(In thousands)



|                                                |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|----------------------------------------------- |  | -------------------- | -------- | - | --------------------- | - | -------- | ------------------------ |  | - | ------------ | - |  | ------------ | -------- | - |  | - | -------- | -
|                                                |  | As of March 31, 2009 |         
|                                                |  | Parent               |          |   | GuarantorSubsidiaries |   |          | NonguarantorSubsidiaries |  |   | Eliminations |   |  | Consolidated |         
|ASSETS                                          |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Current assets:                                 |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Cash and cash equivalents                       |  | $                    | 24,660   |   |                       | $ | 90       |                          |  | $ | 800          |   |  | $            |         |   |  | $ | 25,550   |  
|Intercompany funding                            |  |                      | (256,996 | ) |                       |   | 261,978  |                          |  |   | (4,982       | ) |  |              |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Receivables, net of allowances                  |  |                      |         |   |                       |   | 59,379   |                          |  |   | 2,412        |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 61,791   |  
|Inventories                                     |  |                      |         |   |                       |   | 51,472   |                          |  |   | 1,470        |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 52,942   |  
|Current deferred tax assets                     |  |                      | 396      |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 396      |  
|Other current assets                            |  |                      | 3,699    |   |                       |   | 2,956    |                          |  |   | 24           |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 6,679    |  
|Assets of discontinued operations held for sale |  |                      | 96       |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 96       |  
|                                                |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Total current assets                            |  |                      | (228,145 | ) |                       |   | 375,875  |                          |  |   | (276         | ) |  |              |         |   |  |   | 147,454  |  
|                                                |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Property, plant and equipment                   |  |                      | 32,953   |   |                       |   | 441,872  |                          |  |   | 4,929        |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 479,754  |  
|Less accumulated depreciation                   |  |                      | (17,363  | ) |                       |   | (251,978 | )                        |  |   | (1,312       | ) |  |              |         |   |  |   | (270,653 | )
|                                                |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Property, plant and equipment, net              |  |                      | 15,590   |   |                       |   | 189,894  |                          |  |   | 3,617        |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 209,101  |  
|                                                |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Investment in consolidated subsidiaries         |  |                      | 511,064  |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              | (511,064 | ) |  |   |         |  
|                                                |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Other assets                                    |  |                      | 5,239    |   |                       |   | 5,029    |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 10,268   |  
|                                                |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|                                                |  | $                    | 303,748  |   |                       | $ | 570,798  |                          |  | $ | 3,341        |   |  | $            | (511,064 | ) |  | $ | 366,823  |  
|                                                |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|                                               
|LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS (DEFICIT) EQUITY  | 
|Current liabilities:                            |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Current maturities of debt                      |  | $                    | 190,092  |   |                       | $ |         |                          |  | $ |             |   |  | $            |         |   |  | $ | 190,092  |  
|Accounts payable                                |  |                      | 2,252    |   |                       |   | 26,949   |                          |  |   | 1,207        |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 30,408   |  
|Accrued interest                                |  |                      | 5,610    |   |                       |   | 134      |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 5,744    |  
|Accrued compensation                            |  |                      | 583      |   |                       |   | 6,343    |                          |  |   | 163          |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 7,089    |  
|Accrued pension                                 |  |                      | 496      |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 496      |  
|Capital lease obligations                       |  |                      |         |   |                       |   | 5        |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 5        |  
|Other accrued liabilities                       |  |                      | 4,301    |   |                       |   | 12,684   |                          |  |   | 279          |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 17,264   |  
|                                                |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Total current liabilities                       |  |                      | 203,334  |   |                       |   | 46,115   |                          |  |   | 1,649        |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 251,098  |  
|                                                |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Long-term debt, less current maturities         |  |                      | 28,368   |   |                       |   | 8,200    |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 36,568   |  
|                                                |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Pension liability                               |  |                      | 73,832   |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 73,832   |  
|                                                |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Other liabilities                               |  |                      | 8,241    |   |                       |   | 7,111    |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 15,352   |  
|                                                |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Shareholders (deficit) equity:                 |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Common stock                                    |  |                      | 3,003    |   |                       |   | 772      |                          |  |   | 497          |   |  |              | (1,269   | ) |  |   | 3,003    |  
|Additional paid-in capital                      |  |                      | 194,156  |   |                       |   | 550,830  |                          |  |   | 13,632       |   |  |              | (564,462 | ) |  |   | 194,156  |  
|Retained (deficit) earnings                     |  |                      | (138,236 | ) |                       |   | (42,230  | )                        |  |   | (12,353      | ) |  |              | 54,583   |   |  |   | (138,236 | )
|Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income   |  |                      | (68,950  | ) |                       |   |         |                          |  |   | (84          | ) |  |              | 84       |   |  |   | (68,950  | )
|                                                |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Total shareholders (deficit) equity            |  |                      | (10,027  | ) |                       |   | 509,372  |                          |  |   | 1,692        |   |  |              | (511,064 | ) |  |   | (10,027  | )
|                                                |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|                                                |  | $                    | 303,748  |   |                       | $ | 570,798  |                          |  | $ | 3,341        |   |  | $            | (511,064 | ) |  | $ | 366,823  |  
|                                                |  |                      |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  



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CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONSOLIDATING BALANCE
SHEETS

(In thousands)



|                                                |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|----------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------- | -------- | - | --------------------- | - | -------- | ------------------------ |  | - | ------------ | - |  | ------------ | -------- | - |  | - | -------- | -
|                                                |  | As of December 31, 2008 |         
|                                                |  | Parent                  |          |   | GuarantorSubsidiaries |   |          | NonguarantorSubsidiaries |  |   | Eliminations |   |  | Consolidated |         
|ASSETS                                          |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Current assets:                                 |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Cash and cash equivalents                       |  | $                       | 34,183   |   |                       | $ | 106      |                          |  | $ | 1,225        |   |  | $            |         |   |  | $ | 35,514   |  
|Intercompany funding                            |  |                         | (259,060 | ) |                       |   | 262,980  |                          |  |   | (3,920       | ) |  |              |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Receivables, net of allowances                  |  |                         |         |   |                       |   | 54,242   |                          |  |   | 2,147        |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 56,389   |  
|Inventories                                     |  |                         |         |   |                       |   | 52,143   |                          |  |   | 1,585        |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 53,728   |  
|Other current assets                            |  |                         | 3,699    |   |                       |   | 3,361    |                          |  |   | 24           |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 7,084    |  
|Assets of discontinued operations held for sale |  |                         | 96       |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 96       |  
|                                                |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Total current assets                            |  |                         | (221,082 | ) |                       |   | 372,832  |                          |  |   | 1,061        |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 152,811  |  
|                                                |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Property, plant and equipment                   |  |                         | 31,558   |   |                       |   | 487,647  |                          |  |   | 4,965        |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 524,170  |  
|Less accumulated depreciation                   |  |                         | (16,520  | ) |                       |   | (287,448 | )                        |  |   | (1,359       | ) |  |              |         |   |  |   | (305,327 | )
|                                                |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Property, plant and equipment, net              |  |                         | 15,038   |   |                       |   | 200,199  |                          |  |   | 3,606        |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 218,843  |  
|                                                |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Investment in consolidated subsidiaries         |  |                         | 514,825  |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              | (514,825 | ) |  |   |         |  
|                                                |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Other assets                                    |  |                         | 4,899    |   |                       |   | 5,197    |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 10,096   |  
|                                                |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|                                                |  | $                       | 313,680  |   |                       | $ | 578,228  |                          |  | $ | 4,667        |   |  | $            | (514,825 | ) |  | $ | 381,750  |  
|                                                |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|                                               
|LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS (DEFICIT) EQUITY  | 
|Current liabilities:                            |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Current maturities of debt                      |  | $                       | 190,597  |   |                       | $ |         |                          |  | $ |             |   |  | $            |         |   |  | $ | 190,597  |  
|Accounts payable                                |  |                         | 7,411    |   |                       |   | 27,253   |                          |  |   | 817          |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 35,481   |  
|Accrued interest                                |  |                         | 1,549    |   |                       |   | 67       |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 1,616    |  
|Accrued compensation                            |  |                         | 2,755    |   |                       |   | 8,357    |                          |  |   | 121          |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 11,233   |  
|Accrued pension                                 |  |                         | 496      |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 496      |  
|Income taxes payable                            |  |                         | 3,198    |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 3,198    |  
|Capital lease obligations                       |  |                         |         |   |                       |   | 11       |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 11       |  
|Other accrued liabilities                       |  |                         | 5,051    |   |                       |   | 15,233   |                          |  |   | 302          |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 20,586   |  
|                                                |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Total current liabilities                       |  |                         | 211,057  |   |                       |   | 50,921   |                          |  |   | 1,240        |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 263,218  |  
|                                                |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Long-term debt, less current maturities         |  |                         | 28,231   |   |                       |   | 8,200    |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 36,431   |  
|                                                |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Pension liability                               |  |                         | 73,774   |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 73,774   |  
|                                                |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Other liabilities                               |  |                         | 8,596    |   |                       |   | 7,709    |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |         |   |  |   | 16,305   |  
|                                                |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Shareholders (deficit) equity:                 |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Common stock                                    |  |                         | 2,995    |   |                       |   | 772      |                          |  |   | 497          |   |  |              | (1,269   | ) |  |   | 2,995    |  
|Additional paid-in capital                      |  |                         | 193,846  |   |                       |   | 550,830  |                          |  |   | 13,632       |   |  |              | (564,462 | ) |  |   | 193,846  |  
|Retained (deficit) earnings                     |  |                         | (133,839 | ) |                       |   | (40,204  | )                        |  |   | (12,178      | ) |  |              | 52,382   |   |  |   | (133,839 | )
|Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income   |  |                         | (70,980  | ) |                       |   |         |                          |  |   | 1,476        |   |  |              | (1,476   | ) |  |   | (70,980  | )
|                                                |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|Total shareholders (deficit) equity            |  |                         | (7,978   | ) |                       |   | 511,398  |                          |  |   | 3,427        |   |  |              | (514,825 | ) |  |   | (7,978   | )
|                                                |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  
|                                                |  | $                       | 313,680  |   |                       | $ | 578,228  |                          |  | $ | 4,667        |   |  | $            | (514,825 | ) |  | $ | 381,750  |  
|                                                |  |                         |          |   |                       |   |          |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |          |   |  |   |          |  



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CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS
OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands)



|                                             |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |         |   |  |   |         |  
|-------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------------------------- | ------ | - | --------------------- | - | ------- | ------------------------ |  | - | ------------ | - |  | ------------ | ------- | - |  | - | ------- | -
|                                             |  | For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009 |       
|                                             |  | Parent                                    |        |   | GuarantorSubsidiaries |   |         | NonguarantorSubsidiaries |  |   | Eliminations |   |  | Consolidated |        
|Sales                                        |  | $                                         |       |   |                       | $ | 203,941 |                          |  | $ | 4,622        |   |  | $            | (49,224 | ) |  | $ | 159,339 |  
|Cost of sales                                |  |                                           |       |   |                       |   | 173,277 |                          |  |   | 4,276        |   |  |              | (49,224 | ) |  |   | 128,329 |  
|Selling, general and administrative expenses |  |                                           | 2,267  |   |                       |   | 23,408  |                          |  |   | 545          |   |  |              |        |   |  |   | 26,220  |  
|Restructuring and impairment costs           |  |                                           | 257    |   |                       |   | 9,257   |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |        |   |  |   | 9,514   |  
|                                             |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Loss from operations                         |  |                                           | (2,524 | ) |                       |   | (2,001  | )                        |  |   | (199         | ) |  |              |        |   |  |   | (4,724  | )
|Other (expense) income:                      |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Interest expense                             |  |                                           | (3,850 | ) |                       |   | (73     | )                        |  |   |             |   |  |              |        |   |  |   | (3,923  | )
|Interest income                              |  |                                           | 75     |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |        |   |  |   | 75      |  
|Equity in income of consolidated affiliate   |  |                                           | (2,201 | ) |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              | 2,201   |   |  |   |        |  
|Other, net                                   |  |                                           |       |   |                       |   | 48      |                          |  |   | 24           |   |  |              |        |   |  |   | 72      |  
|                                             |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Other (expense) income                       |  |                                           | (5,976 | ) |                       |   | (25     | )                        |  |   | 24           |   |  |              | 2,201   |   |  |   | (3,776  | )
|                                             |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |         |   |  |   |         |  
|                                             |  |                                           |        |   |                      
|(Loss) income before income taxes            |  |                                           | (8,500 | ) |                       |   | (2,026  | )                        |  |   | (175         | ) |  |              | 2,201   |   |  |   | (8,500  | )
|Benefit for income taxes                     |  |                                           | 4,103  |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |             |   |  |              |        |   |  |   | 4,103   |  
|                                             |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |   |              |   |  |              |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Net (loss) income                            |  | $                                         | (4,397 | ) |                       | $ | (2,026  | )                        |  | $ | (175         | ) |  | $            | 2,201   |   |  | $ | (4,397  | )
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CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS
OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands)



|                                                        |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |              |       |  |              |         |   |  |   |         |  
|------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------------------------- | ------ | - | --------------------- | - | ------- | ------------------------ |  | ------------ | ----- |  | ------------ | ------- | - |  | - | ------- | -
|                                                        |  | For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 |       
|                                                        |  | Parent                                    |        |   | GuarantorSubsidiaries |   |         | NonguarantorSubsidiaries |  | Eliminations |       |  | Consolidated |        
|Sales                                                   |  | $                                         |       |   |                       | $ | 276,681 |                          |  | $            | 7,586 |  | $            | (67,765 | ) |  | $ | 216,502 |  
|Cost of sales                                           |  |                                           |       |   |                       |   | 249,092 |                          |  |              | 7,048 |  |              | (67,765 | ) |  |   | 188,375 |  
|Selling, general and administrative expenses            |  |                                           | 8,564  |   |                       |   | 15,408  |                          |  |              | 464   |  |              |        |   |  |   | 24,436  |  
|Restructuring and impairment costs                      |  |                                           | 453    |   |                       |   | 269     |                          |  |              |      |  |              |        |   |  |   | 722     |  
|                                                        |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |              |       |  |              |         |   |  |   |         |  
|(Loss) income from operations                           |  |                                           | (9,017 | ) |                       |   | 11,912  |                          |  |              | 74    |  |              |        |   |  |   | 2,969   |  
|Other (expense) income:                                 |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |              |       |  |              |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Interest expense                                        |  |                                           | (4,236 | ) |                       |   | (92     | )                        |  |              |      |  |              |        |   |  |   | (4,328  | )
|Interest income                                         |  |                                           | 24     |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |              |      |  |              |        |   |  |   | 24      |  
|Equity in income of consolidated affiliate              |  |                                           | 11,914 |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |              |      |  |              | (11,914 | ) |  |   |        |  
|Equity in income of unconsolidated affiliate            |  |                                           | 1,915  |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |              |      |  |              |        |   |  |   | 1,915   |  
|Other, net                                              |  |                                           |       |   |                       |   | (33     | )                        |  |              | 53    |  |              |        |   |  |   | 20      |  
|                                                        |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |              |       |  |              |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Other (expense) income                                  |  |                                           | 9,617  |   |                       |   | (125    | )                        |  |              | 53    |  |              | (11,914 | ) |  |   | (2,369  | )
|                                                        |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |              |       |  |              |         |   |  |   |         |  
|                                                        |  |                                           |        |   |                      
|Income (loss) before income taxes and minority interest |  |                                           | 600    |   |                       |   | 11,787  |                          |  |              | 127   |  |              | (11,914 | ) |  |   | 600     |  
|Provision for income taxes                              |  |                                           | (437   | ) |                       |   |        |                          |  |              |      |  |              |        |   |  |   | (437    | )
|                                                        |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |         |                          |  |              |       |  |              |         |   |  |   |         |  
|Net income (loss)                                       |  | $                                         | 163    |   |                       | $ | 11,787  |                          |  | $            | 127   |  | $            | (11,914 | ) |  | $ | 163     |  
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS
OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)



|                                                        |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |        |  
|------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------------------------- | ------ | - | --------------------- | - | ------ | ------------------------ |  | - | ------------ | - | ------------ | - | - |  | - | ------ | -
|                                                        |  | For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009 |       
|                                                        |  | Parent                                    |        |   | GuarantorSubsidiaries |   |        | NonguarantorSubsidiaries |  |   | Eliminations |   | Consolidated |  
|Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities     |  | $                                         | (9,511 | ) |                       | $ | 934    |                          |  | $ | (425         | ) |              | $ |  |  | $ | (9,002 | )
|                                                        |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |        |  
|Investing activities:                                   |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |        |  
|Purchases of property, plant and equipment              |  |                                           |       |   |                       |   | (1,014 | )                        |  |   |             |   |              |   |  |  |   | (1,014 | )
|Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment |  |                                           |       |   |                       |   | 64     |                          |  |   |             |   |              |   |  |  |   | 64     |  
|Changes in restricted cash                              |  |                                           | (6     | ) |                       |   |       |                          |  |   |             |   |              |   |  |  |   | (6     | )
|                                                        |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |        |  
|Net cash used in investing activities                   |  |                                           | (6     | ) |                       |   | (950   | )                        |  |   |             |   |              |   |  |  |   | (956   | )
|                                                        |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |        |  
|Financing activities:                                   |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |        |  
|Payments for capital lease obligations                  |  |                                           | (6     | ) |                       |   |       |                          |  |   |             |   |              |   |  |  |   | (6     | )
|                                                        |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |        |  
|Net cash used in financing activities                   |  |                                           | (6     | ) |                       |   |       |                          |  |   |             |   |              |   |  |  |   | (6     | )
|                                                        |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |        |  
|Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents               |  |                                           | (9,523 | ) |                       |   | (16    | )                        |  |   | (425         | ) |              |   |  |  |   | (9,964 | )
|Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period        |  |                                           | 34,183 |   |                       |   | 106    |                          |  |   | 1,225        |   |              |   |  |  |   | 35,514 |  
|                                                        |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |        |  
|Cash and cash equivalents at end of period              |  | $                                         | 24,660 |   |                       | $ | 90     |                          |  | $ | 800          |   |              | $ |  |  | $ | 25,550 |  
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS
OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)



|                                                        |  |                                           |         |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |         |  
|------------------------------------------------------- |  | ----------------------------------------- | ------- | - | --------------------- | - | ------ | ------------------------ |  | - | ------------ | - | ------------ | - | - |  | - | ------- | -
|                                                        |  | For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 |        
|                                                        |  | Parent                                    |         |   | GuarantorSubsidiaries |   |        | NonguarantorSubsidiaries |  |   | Eliminations |   | Consolidated |  
|Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities     |  | $                                         | (6,463  | ) |                       | $ | (2,050 | )                        |  | $ | 4,795        |   |              | $ |  |  | $ | (3,718  | )
|                                                        |  |                                           |         |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |         |  
|Investing activities:                                   |  |                                           |         |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |         |  
|Purchases of property, plant and equipment              |  |                                           | (279    | ) |                       |   | (3,655 | )                        |  |   |             |   |              |   |  |  |   | (3,934  | )
|Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   | 61     |                          |  |   |             |   |              |   |  |  |   | 61      |  
|Changes in restricted cash                              |  |                                           | (23     | ) |                       |   |       |                          |  |   |             |   |              |   |  |  |   | (23     | )
|Return of investment in unconsolidated affiliate        |  |                                           | 1,085   |   |                       |   |       |                          |  |   |             |   |              |   |  |  |   | 1,085   |  
|Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired         |  |                                           |        |   |                       |   |       |                          |  |   | (5,293       | ) |              |   |  |  |   | (5,293  | )
|                                                        |  |                                           |         |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |         |  
|Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities     |  |                                           | 783     |   |                       |   | (3,594 | )                        |  |   | (5,293       | ) |              |   |  |  |   | (8,104  | )
|                                                        |  |                                           |         |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |         |  
|Financing activities:                                   |  |                                           |         |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |         |  
|Proceeds from senior credit facility - revolver         |  |                                           | 48,172  |   |                       |   |       |                          |  |   |             |   |              |   |  |  |   | 48,172  |  
|Repayments of senior credit facility - revolver         |  |                                           | (41,298 | ) |                       |   |       |                          |  |   |             |   |              |   |  |  |   | (41,298 | )
|Repayments of senior credit facility - term loan        |  |                                           | (1,459  | ) |                       |   |       |                          |  |   |             |   |              |   |  |  |   | (1,459  | )
|Payments for capital lease obligations                  |  |                                           | (51     | ) |                       |   |       |                          |  |   |             |   |              |   |  |  |   | (51     | )
|                                                        |  |                                           |         |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |         |  
|Net cash provided by financing activities               |  |                                           | 5,364   |   |                       |   |       |                          |  |   |             |   |              |   |  |  |   | 5,364   |  
|                                                        |  |                                           |         |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |         |  
|Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents               |  |                                           | (316    | ) |                       |   | (5,644 | )                        |  |   | (498         | ) |              |   |  |  |   | (6,458  | )
|Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period        |  |                                           | 316     |   |                       |   | 5,734  |                          |  |   | 498          |   |              |   |  |  |   | 6,548   |  
|                                                        |  |                                           |         |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |         |  
|Cash and cash equivalents at end of period              |  | $                                         |        |   |                       | $ | 90     |                          |  | $ |             |   |              | $ |  |  | $ | 90      |  
|                                                        |  |                                           |         |   |                       |   |        |                          |  |   |              |   |              |   |   |  |   |         |  

15.Going Concern

The 7 3/8% Senior Notes due on June 1, 2009, continue to be reflected as a current liability on the balance sheet. The addition of these Senior Notes as a current liability results in a working
capital deficit as of March 31, 2009. Because substantially all of the Companys assets are encumbered and its credit ratings are low, it has limited options available to raise cash or cash equivalents sufficient to meet its current
liquidity needs, which now include the Senior Notes. Given the significant constraints in the credit markets, it is unlikely that the Company will be able to refinance its Senior Notes. Continuing as a going concern is dependent on a satisfactory
resolution of the Senior Notes through either a refinancing or restructuring of those Notes, which resolution would involve discussions with the noteholders. Accordingly, as of March 31, 2009, there is substantial doubt regarding the
Companys ability to continue as a going concern. If the Company is unsuccessful, it would not be able to continue as a going concern and could potentially be forced to seek relief through a filing under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Management plans to address the issue of substantial doubt by pursuing negotiations with the Companys senior noteholders to
effect a resolution of the 2009 Senior Notes due June 1, 2009. Such a resolution could include different terms, maturities or security which cannot be determined at this time. The resolution of the 2009 Notes could be effected in the normal
course of business or the Company may have to seek relief through a filing under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, neither of which can be determined at this time. If the Company were forced to seek protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, management
expects to use its best efforts to secure Debtor in Possession (DIP) financing to support the Companys operations during its reorganization. In the current credit markets, it is not assured that the Company would be able to obtain such
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|ITEM 2. | MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
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The following is managements discussion and analysis of certain significant factors that have affected our financial condition and operating results during the periods included in the
accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included elsewhere in this report, and with
managements discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations and consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

General

We are a major manufacturer of recycled
paperboard and converted paperboard products. We operate in four business segments. The paperboard segment manufactures 100% recycled uncoated and clay-coated paperboard and operates a specialty converting operation. The recovered fiber segment
collects and sells recycled paper and brokers recycled paper and other paper rolls. The tube and core segment produces spiral and convolute-wound tubes and cores and edge protectors. The folding carton segment produces printed and unprinted folding
cartons and set-up boxes.

Our business is vertically integrated to a large extent. This means that our converting operations consume a
large portion of our own paperboard production, approximately 52% in the first three months of 2009. The remaining 48% of our paperboard production is sold to external customers in any of the four recycled paperboard end-use markets: tube and core;
folding cartons; gypsum wallboard facing paper; and specialty paperboard products. As part of our strategy to optimize our operating efficiency, each of our mills can produce recycled paperboard for more than one end-use market. This allows us to
shift production among mills in response to customer or market demands.

More recently, in light of the difficult operating climate we have
faced, and in an effort to reduce costs and improve our business mix, capacity deployment, and profitability, restructuring activities have been an important element of our strategy. The previous divestitures of our interest in Standard Gypsum, our
corrugated box plant and partition businesses, two of our coated recycled paperboard mills, our specialty packaging businesses and our composite container and plastics businesses, as well as the sale of our membership interest in Premier Boxboard
Limited and permanent closures of three of our uncoated recycled paperboard mills, are all part of our strategic transformation plan to reduce our debt and better position ourselves to compete and leverage our expertise in our core businesses.

Our substantial level of indebtedness, including our 73/8% Senior Notes, which are now classified as current liabilities and are due on June 1, 2009, increases the possibility that we
may be unable to generate cash sufficient to pay, when due, the principal of, interest on, or other amounts in respect of our indebtedness. Given the significant constraints in the credit markets, it is likely that we will be unable to refinance our
Senior Notes. Continuing as a going concern is dependent on a resolution that will allow refinancing or restructuring of the Senior Notes. Such resolution will involve discussions with the noteholders. The noteholders have formed an ad hoc committee
to facilitate discussions. The outcome of those discussions however, is uncertain. We cannot predict the outcome of the discussions with any certainty and therefore cannot predict with any certainty that we will be able to meet our pending debt
maturities. Accordingly, as of March 31, 2009, there is substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern.

We are a holding company that operates our business through 22 subsidiaries as of March 31, 2009. See Liquidity and Capital Resources  Off - Balance Sheet Arrangements  Joint Venture Financings below.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our
accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require management to make estimates that affect the amounts of revenues,
expenses, assets, and liabilities reported. The critical accounting matters that are very important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and require some of managements most difficult, subjective, and complex
judgments are described in detail in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2009. The accounting for these matters involves forming
estimates based on current facts, circumstances, and assumptions which, in managements judgment, could change in a manner that would materially affect managements future estimates with respect to such matters and, accordingly, could
cause future reported financial condition and results of operations to differ materially from financial results reported based on managements current estimates.



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Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009 and 2008

The volume information shown below includes shipments of paperboard products made or purchased by us (excluding volume shipped by our former
unconsolidated joint venture) combined and presented by end-use market lines as well as by reporting segments. It is important to note, however, that portions of our sales do not have related paperboard volume, such as sales of recovered fiber.



|                                                            |  |                             |  |       |  |        |         |  |       |  
|----------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------- |  | ----- |  | ------ | ------- |  | ----- | -
|                                                            |  | Three Months EndedMarch 31, |  |       |  |        | %Change | 
|                                                            |  | 2009                        |  | 2008  |  | Change |         | 
|Paperboard volume by end-use market (tons in thousands):    |  |                             |  |       |  |        |         |  |       |  
|                                                            |  |                             |  |      
|Tube and core market                                        |  |                             |  |       |  |        |         |  |       |  
|Volume shipped to internal converters                       |  | 49.0                        |  | 59.0  |  | (10.0  | )       |  | -16.9 | %
|Mill volume shipped to external customers                   |  | 7.0                         |  | 13.3  |  | (6.3   | )       |  | -47.4 | %
|                                                            |  |                             |  |       |  |        |         |  |       |  
|Total                                                       |  | 56.0                        |  | 72.3  |  | (16.3  | )       |  | -22.5 | %
|                                                            |  |                             |  |      
|Folding carton market                                       |  |                             |  |       |  |        |         |  |       |  
|Volume shipped to internal converters                       |  | 35.0                        |  | 37.7  |  | (2.7   | )       |  | -7.2  | %
|Mill volume shipped to external customers                   |  | 20.1                        |  | 24.8  |  | (4.7   | )       |  | -19.0 | %
|                                                            |  |                             |  |       |  |        |         |  |       |  
|Total                                                       |  | 55.1                        |  | 62.5  |  | (7.4   | )       |  | -11.8 | %
|                                                            |  |                             |  |      
|Gypsum wallboard facing paper market                        |  |                             |  |       |  |        |         |  |       |  
|Mill volume shipped to external customers                   |  | 10.9                        |  | 19.7  |  | (8.8   | )       |  | -44.7 | %
|                                                            |  |                             |  |      
|Specialty paperboard products market                        |  |                             |  |       |  |        |         |  |       |  
|Volume shipped to internal converters                       |  | 15.2                        |  | 22.7  |  | (7.5   | )       |  | -33.0 | %
|Mill volume shipped to external customers                   |  | 23.4                        |  | 23.4  |  |       |         |  | 0.0   | %
|                                                            |  |                             |  |       |  |        |         |  |       |  
|Total                                                       |  | 38.6                        |  | 46.1  |  | (7.5   | )       |  | -16.3 | %
|                                                            |  |                             |  |      
|Total paperboard volume                                     |  | 160.6                       |  | 200.6 |  | (40.0  | )       |  | -19.9 | %
|                                                            |  |                             |  |       |  |        |         |  |       |  
|                                                            |  |                             |  |      
|Paperboard volume by reporting segment (tons in thousands): |  |                             |  |       |  |        |         |  |       |  
|                                                            |  |                             |  |      
|Paperboard segment                                          |  | 71.2                        |  | 96.3  |  | (25.1  | )       |  | -26.1 | %
|Tube and core segment                                       |  | 54.5                        |  | 66.7  |  | (12.2  | )       |  | -18.3 | %
|Folding carton segment                                      |  | 34.9                        |  | 37.6  |  | (2.7   | )       |  | -7.2  | %
|                                                            |  |                             |  |       |  |        |         |  |       |  
|                                                            |  |                             |  |      
|Total paperboard volume                                     |  | 160.6                       |  | 200.6 |  | (40.0  | )       |  | -19.9 | %
|                                                            |  |                             |  |       |  |        |         |  |       |  

Paperboard Volume. Total paperboard volume for the three months ended March 31,
2009, decreased 19.9% to 160.6 thousand tons from 200.6 thousand tons for the same period in 2008. Tons sold from paperboard mill production decreased 21.6% to 127.9 thousand tons for the three months ended March 31, 2009,
compared to the same period in 2008. The total volume of paperboard converted decreased 17.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2009.

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Sales. Our consolidated sales for the three months ended March 31, 2009 decreased
26.4% to $159.3 million from $216.5 million for the same period in 2008. The following table presents sales by business segment (in thousands):



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|--------------- |  | --------------------------- | ------- | ------- | - | ------- | ------- | - | ------- | - |  | ----- | -
|                |  | Three Months EndedMarch 31, |         | $Change |   |         | %Change |  
|                |  | 2009                        |         | 2008    |   |        
|Paperboard      |  | $                           | 41,204  |         | $ | 54,949  |         | $ | (13,745 | ) |  | -25.0 | %
|Recovered fiber |  |                             | 10,255  |         |   | 31,990  |         |   | (21,735 | ) |  | -67.9 | %
|Tube and core   |  |                             | 53,630  |         |   | 72,529  |         |   | (18,899 | ) |  | -26.1 | %
|Folding carton  |  |                             | 54,250  |         |   | 57,034  |         |   | (2,784  | ) |  | -4.9  | %
|                |  |                             |         |         |   |         |         |   |         |   |  |       |  
|Total           |  | $                           | 159,339 |         | $ | 216,502 |         | $ | (57,163 | ) |  | -26.4 | %
|                |  |                             |         |         |   |         |         |   |         |   |  |       |  

Paperboard Segment

Sales for the paperboard segment decreased primarily due to lower volume which accounted for approximately $13.4 million.

Recovered Fiber Segment

Sales for the recovered fiber segment decreased due to lower selling prices which accounted
for a decrease of approximately $20.0 million and lower volume which accounted for an estimated decrease of $1.7 million.

Tube and Core Segment

Sales for the tube and core segment decreased primarily due to lower tube and core volume which accounted for a decrease of $20.0
million. This decrease was partially offset by higher selling prices which accounted for an estimated increase of $0.8 million in sales.

Folding
Carton Segment

Sales for the folding carton segment decreased primarily due to lower selling prices.

Cost of Sales. Cost of sales for the three months ended March 31, 2009 decreased $60.1 million from $188.4 million in 2008 to
$128.3 million in 2009. This decrease was primarily due to the following factors:



| |  |  | Lower direct material costs of approximately $17.7 million in the recovered fiber segment due to lower recovered fiber prices which accounted for approximately
$14.0 million of the decrease and lower volume which accounted for approximately $3.7 million.
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| |  |  | Lower direct material costs of approximately $10.7 million in the tube and core segment primarily due to lower volume.
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| |  |  | Lower direct material costs of approximately $8.6 million in the paperboard segment due to lower prices which accounted for approximately $5.5 million of the
decrease and lower volume which accounted for approximately $3.1 million.
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| |  |  | Lower repairs and maintenance, depreciation, other manufacturing overhead, and employee expenses of approximately $7.3 million in the paperboard segment, of
which approximately $5.1 million is related to the closure of facilities.
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| |  |  | Lower labor costs, freight costs, and energy and fuel costs of approximately $7.3 million in the paperboard segment due to lower volume.
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| |  |  | Lower freight costs, labor costs, and other related employee expenses of approximately $5.8 million in the tube and core segment.
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| |  |  | Lower repairs and maintenance, depreciation, other manufacturing overhead expenses of approximately $2.1 million in the folding carton segment.
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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses for the
three months ended March 31, 2009 increased $1.8 million from $24.4 million in 2008 to $26.2 million in 2009. The increase was primarily due to the following factors:



| |  |  | Increased pension expense of $1.3 million due primarily to actuarial losses resulting from the poor market performance of pension asset investments in 2008.
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| |  |  | Higher professional and legal fees of approximately $1.9 million related to our efforts to refinance or restructure
our 73/8% Senior Notes due on June 1, 2009.
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| |  |  | Higher bad debt expense of approximately $0.5 million.
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These increases were partially offset by the reduction of approximately $1.9 million of selling, general and administrative salaries and related employee expenses.



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Restructuring and Impairment Costs.During the three months ended March 31, 2009, we
incurred net charges totaling $9.5 million for restructuring and impairment costs. The total consisted of approximately $6.8 million for the impairment of assets, approximately $916 thousand for other exit costs and $1.8 million for severance and
other termination benefits. We made payments of $1.9 million in severance and other termination benefits and $1.2 million for other exit costs during the three months ended March 31, 2009, leaving an estimated liability of $5.4 million at
March 31, 2009.

See the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding our
restructuring plans.

(Loss) Income From Operations.Loss from operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009 was
$4.7 million, a decrease of $7.7 million compared to income from operations of $3.0 million reported for the same period last year. The following table presents income (loss) from operations by business segment (in thousands):



|                  |  |                             |        |   |         |   |        |         |  |   |        |   |  |        |   
|----------------- |  | --------------------------- | ------ | - | ------- | - | ------ | ------- |  | - | ------ | - |  | ------ | --
|                  |  | Three Months EndedMarch 31, |        |   | $Change |   |        | %Change | 
|                  |  | 2009                        |        |   | 2008    |   |        |        
|Paperboard        |  | $                           | 5,185  |   |         | $ | 4,579  |         |  | $ | 605    |   |  | 13.2   | % 
|Recovered fiber   |  |                             | (785   | ) |         |   | 3,048  |         |  |   | (3,833 | ) |  | (125.7 | )%
|Tube and core     |  |                             | (793   | ) |         |   | 1,689  |         |  |   | (2,482 | ) |  | (147.0 | )%
|Folding carton    |  |                             | 1,017  |   |         |   | 1,924  |         |  |   | (907   | ) |  | (47.1  | )%
|Corporate expense |  |                             | (9,348 | ) |         |   | (8,271 | )       |  |   | (1,077 | ) |  | (13.0  | )%
|                  |  |                             |        |   |         |   |        |         |  |   |        |   |  |        |   
|Total             |  | $                           | (4,724 | ) |         | $ | 2,969  |         |  | $ | (7,693 | ) |  | (259.1 | )%
|                  |  |                             |        |   |         |   |        |         |  |   |        |   |  |        |   

Paperboard Segment

Income from operations improved primarily due to the following factors:



| |  |  | Lower recovered fiber costs improved income from operations by $11.5 million.
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| |  |  | Higher selling prices improved income from operations by $2.8 million.
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These improvements were partially offset by the following factors:



| |  |  | Lower volume reduced income from operations by $4.7 million.
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| |  |  | Higher restructuring and impairment costs of approximately $8.6 million primarily due to the closure of our Carolina paperboard mill.
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| |  |  | Higher pension expense of $1.0 million.
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Recovered Fiber Segment

Income from operations decreased primarily due to the following factors:



| |  |  | Lower selling prices decreased income from operations by $16.8 million.
| | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------



| |  |  | Lower volume decreased income from operations by $0.8 million.
| | - |  | --------------------------------------------------------------

These decreases were partially offset by lower recovered fiber costs which improved income from operations by $14.0 million.

Tube and Core Segment

Income from operations decreased primarily due to the
following factors:



| |  |  | Lower volume decreased income from operations by $1.9 million.
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| |  |  | Higher pension expense of $0.5 million.
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Folding Carton Segment

Income from operations decreased primarily due to the following factors:



| |  |  | Lower selling prices decreased income from operations by approximately $0.5 million.
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| |  |  | Higher pension expense of $0.6 million.
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Corporate Expense

Income from operations
decreased primarily due to higher professional and legal fees of $1.9 million related to efforts to refinance or restructure our 7 3/8% Senior Notes. This decrease was partially offset by lower selling, general and administrative salaries and other related employee expenses of approximately $1.0 million.



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Other (Expense) Income. Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and
2008 was approximately $3.9 million and $4.3 million, respectively. See Liquidity and Capital Resources for additional information regarding our debt, interest expense, and interest rate swap agreements.

Equity in Income from Unconsolidated Affiliates.Equity in income from unconsolidated affiliates was $1.9 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2008. As previously indicated, on July 24, 2008, we sold our 50% interest in PBL and have not recognized equity in income from unconsolidated affiliates subsequent to the sale.

Benefit (Expense) for Income Taxes.The effective rate of income tax for continuing operations for the three months ended
March 31, 2009 was a benefit of 48.3%, compared to an expense of 72.8% for the same period last year. The effective rates are different from the statutory rates due to permanent tax adjustments, our inability to record the tax benefits of
losses in certain state and foreign jurisdictions, and changes in the estimated state income tax rates.

Net (Loss) Income.Due to the factors discussed above, the net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2009 was $4.4 million, or $0.15 per common share, compared to net income of $163 thousand, or $0.01 per common share, for the same period last year.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity Sources and Risks. Our primary sources of liquidity are cash from operations and borrowings under our senior credit facility, described below. Downturns in operations can significantly affect our ability to generate cash.
Factors that can affect our operating results and liquidity are discussed further in our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K under Risk Factors in Part I, Item 1A. At March 31, 2009 we had $25.6 million of cash on hand and
$25.6 million borrowing availability under our Senior Credit Facility. On or after April 30, 2009, we are obligated to apply cash receipts to any outstanding balance drawn on our revolving credit line.

The 73/8% Senior Notes due on June 1, 2009, are reflected as a current liability on the balance sheet. The addition of these Senior Notes as a current liability results in a working capital deficit of approximately $104
million as of March 31, 2009. Because substantially all of our assets are encumbered and our credit ratings are low, we have limited options available to raise cash or cash equivalents sufficient to meet our current liquidity needs, which now
include the Senior Notes. Given the significant constraints in the credit markets, we believe we would be unable to refinance our Senior Notes prior to maturity. Continuing as a going concern is dependent on reaching an agreement with the holders of
the Senior Notes with respect to a restructuring of those Notes. The noteholders have formed an ad hoc committee to facilitate negotiations. It is not possible to determine whether we will reach agreement with our noteholders or to assess the
feasibility and timing of the implementation of any proposed restructuring. Accordingly, as of March 31, 2009, there is substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern. The following are some of the factors that could
affect our future ability to generate cash from operations:



| |  |  | The possibility of not continuing to operate as a going concern.
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| |  |  | Continued volatility and constraints in the debt markets.
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| |  |  | Possible delisting of our common stock from the Nasdaq Capital Market Systems.
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| |  |  | Limited pool of purchasers with financial ability to pay a full price for assets we might offer for sale.
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| |  |  | A contraction in domestic demand for recycled paperboard and related packaging products.
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| |  |  | Increased market acceptance of alternative products, such as flexible packaging and plastics that have replaced or can replace certain of our packaging products.
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| |  |  | Continued export of domestic industrial manufacturing operations.
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| |  |  | Increases in fuel and energy related costs, including transportation.
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| |  |  | Potential increases in the cost of recovered fiber.
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| |  |  | Market acceptance of price increases and energy surcharges in response to rising operating costs.
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| |  |  | Significant unforeseen adverse conditions in our industry or the markets we serve.
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| |  |  | Prepayment and other restrictions imposed by our suppliers.
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The occurrence, continuation, or exacerbation of these conditions could adversely impact our ability to use existing credit or seek funds from external sources in order to meet our liquidity
requirements. In such event, given the volatility and constraints on the debt markets and our current credit rating, we believe it would be difficult to obtain additional funds at levels that would allow us to service our indebtedness through future
cash generation, particularly if we sell a significant portion of our assets. Accordingly, as of March 31, 2009, substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern exists.

We were in compliance with the covenants under our Senior Credit Facility as of
March 31, 2009. With the knowledge of the holders of our Senior Notes, we elected not to make the interest payment of $1.1 million due on May 1, 2009 for the 71/4% Senior Notes, which election was based on discussions we have had regarding restructuring the Senior Notes.



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Borrowings.At March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, total debt (consisting of current
maturities of debt and long-term debt, as reported on our condensed consolidated balance sheets) was as follows (in thousands):



|                                                                                                                                                             |  |               |         |   |                  |   |        
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  | ------------- | ------- | - | ---------------- | - | -------
|                                                                                                                                                             |  | March 31,2009 |         |   | December 31,2008
|7 3/8% senior
notes                                                                                                                                          |  | $             | 189,750 |   |                  | $ | 189,750
|7 1/4% senior
notes                                                                                                                                          |  |               | 29,000  |   |                  |   | 29,000 
|Other notes payable                                                                                                                                          |  |               | 8,200   |   |                  |   | 8,200  
|Realized interest rate swap gains (1)                                                                                                                        |  |               | (290    | ) |                  |   | 78     
|                                                                                                                                                             |  |               |         |   |                  |   |        
|Total debt                                                                                                                                                   |  | $             | 226,660 |   |                  | $ | 227,028
|                                                                                                                                                             |  |               |         |   |                  |   |        
|(1)    Consists of realized interest rate swap gains less the original issuance discounts and accumulated discount amortization related to the senior
notes.

On March 30, 2006, we amended our Senior Credit Facility by entering into an Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement. The agreement provides for a $145.0 million senior secured credit facility consisting of a $110.0 million five-year revolver and a $35.0 million five-year term loan. The five-year revolver was reduced from $110.0 million
to $100.0 million in October 2006. On July 15, 2008 we amended our Senior Credit Facility to provide for consent to the sale of our membership interests in Premier Boxboard Limited (PBL). On July 24, 2008 we completed a
transaction to sell our 50% membership interest in PBL to our joint venture partner, Temple-Inland, Inc. for $62 million. We used a portion of the proceeds of the sale to repay all outstanding debt under our Senior Credit Facility  comprised
of the term loan and revolving credit facility. Upon repayment of the amounts outstanding under the term loan, that loan was terminated. Effective October 31, 2008, we amended our Senior Credit Facility to extend the December 1, 2008 date
at which time we were required to advise our participating lenders of our plan to refinance or defease the Senior Notes in the amount of approximately $190 million maturing on June 1, 2009. The notification date was extended up to and including
March 1, 2009. Additionally, the amendment reduced the revolver from $100.0 million to $80.0 million and requires that immediately after any prepayment of debt, availability under the Senior Credit Facility be greater than $20 million. On
February 26, 2009, we amended our Senior Credit Facility to extend the March 1, 2009 date at which time we were required to advise our participating lenders of our plan to refinance or defease the Senior Notes in the amount of
approximately $190 million maturing on June 1, 2009. The notification date was extended up to and including April 30, 2009. The revolver was reduced from $80.0 million to $70.0 million. The Consent and Sixth Amendment to Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement (the Amendment) changed the applicable margins in the pricing grid which is discussed in more detail below. On April 30, 2009, we further amended our Senior Credit Facility to extend the April 30, 2009
date at which time we were required to advise our participating lenders of our plan to refinance or defease the Senior Notes in the amount of approximately $190 million maturing on June 1, 2009. The notification date was extended up to and
including May 8, 2009. The Senior Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of our assets and our domestic subsidiaries other than real property, including accounts receivable, general intangibles, inventory, and equipment. Our
subsidiaries are parties to the Senior Credit Facility either as co-borrowers with us or as guarantors. At March 31, 2009, we had no amounts outstanding under the revolver.

Outstanding principal under the revolver initially bears interest at a rate equal to, at our option, either (1) the base rate (which is the prime rate most recently announced by Bank of
America, N.A., the administrative agent under the Senior Credit facility) plus 4.00% or (2) the adjusted one, two, three, or six-month LIBOR rate plus 5.00%. Pricing under the Senior Credit Facility is determined by reference to a pricing grid
under which margins shall be adjusted prospectively on a monthly basis as determined by the average availability and fixed charge coverage ratio measured as of the last day of each month, commencing on March 1, 2009. Under the pricing grid, the
applicable margins for the revolver range from 4.00% to 4.50% for base rate loans and from 5.00% to 5.50% for LIBOR loans. The undrawn portion of the revolver is subject to an unused line fee calculated at an annual rate of 0.75%. Outstanding
letters of credit are subject to an annual fee equal to the applicable margin for LIBOR loans under the revolver as in effect from time to time, plus a fronting fee on the undrawn amount thereof at an annual rate of 0.125%.

The revolver matures on March 30, 2011 and includes a sublimit of $22.0 million for letters of credit. Borrowing availability under the revolver is
determined by reference to a borrowing base, defined as specified percentages of eligible accounts receivable and inventory and reduced by usage of the revolver, including outstanding letters of credit, and any reserves. Aggregate availability under
the revolver was $25.6 million at March 31, 2009. On or after April 30, 2009, we are obligated to apply cash receipts to any outstanding balance drawn on our revolving credit line.

The Senior Credit Facility contains covenants that restrict, among other things, our ability and our subsidiaries ability to create liens, merge or consolidate, dispose of assets, incur
indebtedness and guarantees, pay dividends, repurchase or redeem capital stock and indebtedness, make certain investments or acquisitions, enter into certain transactions with affiliates, enter into sale and leaseback transactions, or change the
nature of our business. The Senior Credit Facility contains no financial maintenance covenants at this time; however, we must maintain a $20.0 million Minimum Availability Reserve at all times. The availability disclosed above is net of
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$20.0 million Minimum Availability Reserve would be eliminated; however, a fixed charge ratio would be tested in the event borrowing availability falls below
$20.0 million. Currently, we would not meet the fixed charge coverage ratio and, therefore, do not anticipate exercising this option. The Senior Credit Facility contains events of default including, but not limited to, nonpayment of principal or
interest, violation of covenants, breaches of representations and warranties, cross-default to other indebtedness, bankruptcy and other insolvency events, material judgments, certain ERISA events, actual or asserted invalidity of loan documentation,
and certain changes of control of the Company.

Off-Balance Sheet ArrangementsJoint Venture Financings. On
January 17, 2006, we completed the sale of our 50% interest in our joint venture Standard Gypsum to the joint ventures other 50% partner, Temple-Inland, for $150.0 million. Pursuant to the sale agreement Temple-Inland also assumed all of
Standard Gypsums debt obligations and other liabilities. The sale resulted in a gain of approximately $135.2 million, which was recorded in January 2006. We provided certain environmental indemnification not to exceed $5.0 million for any
claims related to events that occurred prior to the formation of the Standard Gypsum joint venture on April 1, 1996. This indemnification will terminate January 17, 2011. We did not record a liability related to this indemnification since
the probability of an asserted claim is considered remote.

On July 24, 2008, we completed the sale of our 50% membership interest in
PBL to our joint venture partner, Temple-Inland. The sale was made pursuant to an agreement for purchase and sale of partnership interests dated July 24, 2008 (the Purchase Agreement) among us, Temple-Inland and/or certain of their
subsidiaries. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Temple-Inland purchased our 50% membership interest and assumed our share of PBLs debt of $25 million. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, we agreed to certain indemnification obligations
related to certain representation and warranties, which obligations have a two year survival period. We do not consider these obligations material.

Cash Used in Operations. Cash used in operations was $9.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009, compared with cash used in operations of $3.7 million for the same period in 2008. Cash used in operations increased
primarily due to an increase in cash used for working capital of $6.2 million and an increase in cash payments for restructuring of $2.2 million, which were partially offset by lower pension plan contributions of $1.9 million and lower cash paid for
interest of $0.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2009 compared to the same period in 2008.

Capital
Expenditures. Capital expenditures were $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2009 versus $3.9 million for the same period in 2008. Aggregate capital expenditures of approximately $12 million are anticipated for 2009, of which
$1.0 million has been expended through March 31, 2009.

Dividends.Our debt agreements contain limitations on the payment of dividends and
currently preclude us from doing so.

Inflation

Raw material and energy cost changes have had, and continue to have, a material effect on our operations. We do not believe that general economic inflation is a significant determinant of our raw material and energy cost increases or that
it has a material effect on our operations.

Contractual Obligations

For a discussion of our contractual obligations, see Managements Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Liquidity and Capital Resources  Contractual Obligations and Note 7 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. As previously discussed in Liquidity and Capital Resources, our obligations under our 73/8% Senior Notes due on June 1,
2009, are reflected as a current liability on the balance sheet.

Except as described above under Liquidity and Capital
Resources, there have not been any significant changes to our contractual obligations since December 31, 2008.

As of
March 31, 2009, the noncurrent portion of our FIN 48 liability, including accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits, is $14.0 million. At this time, the settlement period for the noncurrent portion of our FIN 48
liability cannot be determined; however, it is not expected to be due within the next 12 months.

Forward-Looking Information

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q, including Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,
contains certain forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that represent our expectations, anticipations or beliefs about future
events, operating results, financial condition, business plans and industry trends and their potential impact on our business and financial results. Statements that are not statements of historical fact, as well as statements including words such as
expect, intend, will, believe, estimate, project, budget, forecast, anticipate, plan, may, would,
could, should, predicts,



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potential, continue, and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking
statements in this report include, but are not limited to, those related to our ongoing discussions with the holders of our 7.375 percent Senior Notes related to a restructuring of our outstanding obligations. Forward-looking statements involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from results expressed or implied by such statements. Such risk factors include, our ability
to continue as a going concern, our potential need to seek bankruptcy court protection, our ability to negotiate a restructuring of our outstanding obligations, the effect that a potential bankruptcy filing and the going concern
disclosure included in the opinion of our independent public accounting firm will have on our relationships with customers, suppliers, vendors and employees, among others: fluctuations in raw material prices and energy costs, increases in pension
and insurance costs, downturns in industrial production, housing and construction and the consumption of durable and nondurable goods, the degree and nature of competition, the degree of market receptiveness to price increases and energy surcharges,
changes in demand for our products, the degree of success achieved by our new product initiatives, future financing plans and needs, the impact on the company of our results of operation in recent years and the sufficiency of our financial resources
to absorb the impact, changes in government regulations, the application or interpretation of those regulations or in the systems, personnel, technologies or other resources we devote to compliance with regulations, the delisting of our common stock
from the Nasdaq Capital Market Systems and the impact thereof on our liquidity and ability to raise capital and our ability to service our substantial indebtedness. Additional relevant risk factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially are discussed in our registration statements and our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form and 8-K, as amended, filed with or furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission and are specifically incorporated by reference into
this report. With respect to such forward-looking statements, we claim protection under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These documents may be accessed through the web site of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(www.sec.gov). We do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements we make.



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PART I



|ITEM 3. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
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For a discussion of certain market risks related to us, see Part II, Item 7A, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
There have been no significant developments with respect to our exposure to interest rate market risks other than the debt transactions disclosed in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements.



|ITEM 4. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
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Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of March 31, 2009. Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of
March 31, 2009, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, on a timely basis, information required to be disclosed by our reports that we file or submit under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

During the most recent fiscal quarter, there has not occurred any change in our internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to affect, our
internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION



|ITEM 1. | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
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From time to time, claims are
asserted against us arising out of our operations in the normal course of business. Management does not believe that we are a party to any litigation that will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operation.



|ITEM 1A. | RISK FACTORS
|-------- | ------------

For a discussion of our risk factors,
see Risk Factors in Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. There have been no material changes to
those risk factors since the date of the Annual Report.



|ITEM 2. | UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
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Our debt agreements contain limitations on the payment of dividends and currently preclude us from doing so.



|ITEM 6. | EXHIBITS
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| | a) | Exhibits
| | -- | --------

The Exhibits to this Report on
Form 10-Q are listed in the accompanying Exhibit Index.



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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



|                  |  |                            |  |                                                  
|----------------- |  | -------------------------- |  | -------------------------------------------------
|                  |  | CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES, INC.
|                  |  |                           
|                  |  | By:                        |  | /s/ Ronald J. Domanico                           
|                  |  |                            |  | Ronald J. Domanico                               
|Date: May 7, 2009 |  |                            |  | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer



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EXHIBIT INDEX



|            |  |   |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|----------- |  | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Exhibit No. |  |   |  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|3.01        |  |  |  | Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (Incorporated by reference  Exhibit 3.01 to Annual Report for 1992 on Form 10-K [SEC File No. 0-20646])                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|            |  |  
|3.02        |  |  |  | Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (Incorporated by reference  Exhibit 3.02 to Annual Report for 2001 on Form 10-K [SEC File No.
0-20646])                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|            |  |  
|10.01       |  |  |  | Seventh Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2009, by and among the Company and certain subsidiaries identified therein, as borrower,
certain subsidiaries of the Company identified as guarantors listed therein, and Bank of America, N.A. as Administrative Agent (Incorporated by reference  Exhibit 10.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed with SEC on May 5, 2009 [SEC File No.
0-20646])
|            |  |  
|31.01      |  |  |  | Certification of CEO  Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|            |  |  
|31.02      |  |  |  | Certification of CFO  Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|            |  |  
|32.01      |  |  |  | Certification of CEO  Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|            |  |  
|32.02      |  |  |  | Certification of CFO  Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        



| | Filed herewith
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