0001104659-15-057948.txt : 20150810 0001104659-15-057948.hdr.sgml : 20150810 20150810083050 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-15-057948 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150809 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers FILED AS OF DATE: 20150810 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150810 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KAPSTONE PAPER & PACKAGING CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001325281 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PAPER MILLS [2621] IRS NUMBER: 202699372 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33494 FILM NUMBER: 151039294 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1101 SKOKIE BLVD., SUITE 300 CITY: NORTHBROOK STATE: IL ZIP: 60062 BUSINESS PHONE: 847-239-8800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1101 SKOKIE BLVD., SUITE 300 CITY: NORTHBROOK STATE: IL ZIP: 60062 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KapStone Paper & Packaging CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070104 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Stone Arcade Acquisition CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050428 8-K 1 a15-17328_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

August 9, 2015

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

001-33494
(Commission
File Number)

 

20-2699372
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

1101 Skokie Boulevard, Suite 300, Northbrook, IL 60062

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(847) 239-8800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 5.02                             Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

On August 10, 2015, Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corporation (the “Company”) announced that Roger W. Stone, the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, is taking a leave of absence for health reasons. In connection with Mr. Stone’s leave of absence, on August 9, 2015, the Board of Directors appointed Matthew Kaplan, the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, as interim Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Kaplan, 58, has served as President, Chief Operating Officer and director of the Company since its inception in 2005.

 


 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date:  August 10, 2015

 

 

KAPSTONE PAPER AND PACKAGING CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kathryn Ingraham

 

Name:

Kathryn Ingraham

 

Title:

Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

 

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