10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-1004

FORM 10-Q

[X]           QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2013

OR

[ ]            TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM                     TO            

____________________________________________________________________________

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-11846

AptarGroup, Inc.

DELAWARE	36-3853103
(State of Incorporation)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

475 WEST TERRA COTTA AVENUE, SUITE E, CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS 60014

815-477-0424

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 such 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 þ No o

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Large accelerated filer þ	Accelerated filer ¨	Non-accelerated filer ¨	Smaller reporting company ¨
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes ¨ No þ

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date

Class	Outstanding at May 1, 2013
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share	66,696,356 shares

AptarGroup, Inc.

Form 10-Q

Quarter Ended March 31, 2013

INDEX

Part I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012	1
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income - Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012	2
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets – March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity - Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012	6
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	7
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	17
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	23
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	23
Part II.	OTHER INFORMATION
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	24
Item 6.	Exhibits	25
	Signature	26

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

AptarGroup, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

In thousands, except per share amounts

Three Months Ended March 31,	2013			2012
Net Sales	$	617,633		$	592,498
Operating Expenses:
Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)	418,486			401,070
Selling, research & development and administrative	94,307			88,499
Depreciation and amortization	36,171			32,554
Restructuring initiatives	4,067			--
	553,031			522,123
Operating Income	64,602			70,375
Other Income (Expense):
Interest expense	(5,081		)	(5,242		)
Interest income	849			1,028
Equity in results of affiliates	(262		)	(131		)
Miscellaneous, net	(706		)	247
	(5,200		)	(4,098		)
Income before Income Taxes	59,402			66,277
Provision for Income Taxes	19,424			22,464
Net Income	39,978			43,813
Net Loss/(Income) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	51			(4		)
Net Income Attributable to AptarGroup, Inc.	$	40,029		$	43,809
Net Income Attributable to AptarGroup, Inc. Per Common Share:
Basic	$	0.61		$	0.66
Diluted	$	0.59		$	0.64
Average Number of Shares Outstanding:
Basic	66,155			66,196
Diluted	68,296			68,785
Dividends per Common Share	$	0.25		$	0.22

See accompanying unaudited notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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AptarGroup, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME

(Unaudited)

In thousands, except per share amounts

Three Months Ended March 31,	2013			2012
Net Income	$	39,978		$	43,813
Other Comprehensive Income:
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(35,613		)	41,682
Changes in treasury locks, net of tax	15			15
Net gain on derivatives, net of tax	--			(7		)
Defined benefit pension plan, net of tax
Amortization of prior service cost included in net income, net of tax	61			61
Amortization of net loss included in net income, net of tax	1,118			687
Total defined benefit pension plan, net of tax	1,179			748
Total other comprehensive (loss) income	(34,419		)	42,438
Comprehensive Income	5,559			86,251
Comprehensive Loss/(Income) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	50			(3		)
Comprehensive Income Attributable to AptarGroup, Inc.	$	5,609		$	86,248

See accompanying unaudited notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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AptarGroup, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

In thousands, except per share amounts

	March 31,			December 31,
	2013			2012
Assets
Current Assets:
Cash and equivalents	$	225,104		$	229,755
Accounts and notes receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $6,147 in 2013 and $6,751 in 2012	441,284			396,788
Inventories	326,248			321,885
Prepaid and other	98,762			90,505
	1,091,398			1,038,933
Property, Plant and Equipment:
Buildings and improvements	363,859			364,704
Machinery and equipment	1,840,679			1,857,347
	2,204,538			2,222,051
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(1,392,893		)	(1,397,575		)
	811,645			824,476
Land	23,333			23,757
	834,978			848,233
Other Assets:
Investments in affiliates	3,347			3,693
Goodwill	344,712			351,552
Intangible assets, net	49,843			51,960
Miscellaneous	28,292			30,041
	426,194			437,246
Total Assets	$	2,352,570		$	2,324,412

See accompanying unaudited notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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AptarGroup, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

In thousands, except per share amounts

	March 31,			December 31,
	2013			2012
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current Liabilities:
Notes payable	$	60,488		$	45,166
Current maturities of long-term obligations	28,405			29,488
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	388,585			380,669
	477,478			455,323
Long-Term Obligations	352,749			352,860
Deferred Liabilities and Other:
Deferred income taxes	29,897			33,451
Retirement and deferred compensation plans	97,533			95,872
Deferred and other non-current liabilities	7,143			6,408
Commitments and contingencies	--			--
	134,573			135,731
Stockholders’ Equity:
AptarGroup, Inc. stockholders’ equity
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 1 million shares authorized, none outstanding	--			--
Common stock, $.01 par value, 199 million shares authorized; 84.6 and 84.1 million shares issued as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively	845			840
Capital in excess of par value	459,178			430,210
Retained earnings	1,537,094			1,513,558
Accumulated other comprehensive income	26,263			60,683
Less treasury stock at cost, 18.2 and 18.2 million shares as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively	(636,168		)	(625,401		)
Total AptarGroup, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity	1,387,212			1,379,890
Noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries	558			608
Total Stockholders’ Equity	1,387,770			1,380,498
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity	$	2,352,570		$	2,324,412

See accompanying unaudited notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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AptarGroup, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(Unaudited)

In thousands, except per share amounts

	AptarGroup, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity
				Accumulated
				Other			Common					Capital in		Non-
	Retained			Comprehensive			Stock		Treasury			Excess of		Controlling			Total
	Earnings			Income/(Loss)			Par Value		Stock			Par Value		Interest			Equity
Balance – December 31, 2011:	$	1,409,388		$	60,318		$	827	$	(545,612	)	$	364,855	$	796		$	1,290,572
Net income	43,809													4			43,813
Foreign currency translation adjustments				41,683										(1		)	41,682
Changes in unrecognized pension gains/losses and related amortization, net of tax				748													748
Changes in treasury locks, net of tax				15													15
Net loss on derivatives, net of tax				(7		)											(7		)
Stock option exercises & restricted stock vestings							8		3			32,099					32,110
Cash dividends declared on common stock	(14,530		)														(14,530		)
Treasury stock purchased									(10,096		)						(10,096		)
Balance – March 31, 2012:	$	1,438,667		$	102,757		$	835	$	(555,705	)	$	396,954	$	799		$	1,384,307
Balance – December 31, 2012:	$	1,513,558		$	60,683		$	840	$	(625,401	)	$	430,210	$	608		$	1,380,498
Net income (loss)	40,029													(51		)	39,978
Foreign currency translation adjustments				(35,614		)								1			(35,613		)
Changes in unrecognized pension gains/losses and related amortization, net of tax				1,179													1,179
Changes in treasury locks, net of tax				15													15
Net loss on derivatives, net of tax				--													--
Stock option exercises & restricted stock vestings							5		1			28,968					28,974
Cash dividends declared on common stock	(16,493		)														(16,493		)
Treasury stock purchased									(10,768		)						(10,768		)
Balance – March 31, 2013:	$	1,537,094		$	26,263		$	845	$	(636,168	)	$	459,178	$	558		$	1,387,770

See accompanying unaudited notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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AptarGroup, Inc.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

In thousands, brackets denote cash outflows

Three Months Ended March 31,	2013			2012
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income	$	39,978		$	43,813
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operations:
Depreciation	34,934			32,205
Amortization	1,237			349
Stock option based compensation	6,534			5,774
(Recovery)/Provision for doubtful accounts	(311		)	(721		)
Deferred income taxes	(4,668		)	(252		)
Defined benefit plan expense	5,123			3,585
Equity in results of affiliates in excess of cash distributions received	262			131
Changes in balance sheet items, excluding effects from foreign currency adjustments:
Accounts receivable	(52,022		)	(42,498		)
Inventories	(9,720		)	(8,818		)
Prepaid and other current assets	(8,947		)	265
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	5,528			5,015
Income taxes payable	4,509			4,033
Retirement and deferred compensation plans	(3,118		)	(6,338		)
Other changes, net	6,790			(22,885		)
Net Cash Provided/(Used) by Operations	26,109			13,658
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Capital expenditures	(34,832		)	(42,496		)
Disposition of property and equipment	2,162			771
Investment in unconsolidated affiliate	--			(279		)
Notes receivable, net	--			20
Net Cash Used by Investing Activities	(32,670		)	(41,984		)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds/(Repayments) from notes payable	14,754			(31,967		)
Repayments of long-term obligations	(585		)	(761		)
Dividends paid	(16,493		)	(14,530		)
Credit facility costs	(497		)	(1,121		)
Proceeds from stock option exercises	19,540			19,674
Purchase of treasury stock	(10,768		)	(10,096		)
Excess tax benefit from exercise of stock options	2,403			6,433
Net Cash Provided/(Used) by Financing Activities	8,354			(32,368		)
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash	(6,444		)	12,883
Net Decrease in Cash and Equivalents	(4,651		)	(47,811		)
Cash and Equivalents at Beginning of Period	229,755			377,616
Cash and Equivalents at End of Period	$	225,104		$	329,805

See accompanying unaudited notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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AptarGroup, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Amounts in Thousands, Except per Share Amounts, or Otherwise Indicated)

(Unaudited)

NOTE 1 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of AptarGroup, Inc. and its subsidiaries.  The terms “AptarGroup” or “Company” as used herein refer to AptarGroup, Inc. and its subsidiaries.  All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of consolidated financial position, results of operations, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the interim periods presented.  The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).  Certain information and footnote disclosure normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although the Company believes that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information presented not misleading.  Also, certain financial position data included herein was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  Accordingly, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.  The results of operations of any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year.

ADOPTION OF RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Changes to GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) in the form of accounting standards updates to the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification.

In February 2013, The FASB issued authoritative guidance that amends the presentation of accumulated other comprehensive income and clarifies how to report the effect of significant reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The guidance requires footnote disclosures regarding the changes in accumulated other comprehensive income by component and the line items affected in the statements of earnings. The adoption of this standard had no impact on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements other than disclosure. Additional information can be found in Note 5 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In January 2013, The FASB issued authoritative guidance requiring new asset and liability offsetting disclosures for derivatives, repurchase agreements and security lending transactions to the extent that they are offset in the financial statements or are subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. We do not have any repurchase agreements and do not participate in securities lending transactions. Our derivative instruments are not offset in the financial statements. Accordingly, the adoption of this standard had no impact on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements other than disclosure.  Additional information can be found in Note 6 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

INCOME TAXES

The Company computes taxes on income in accordance with the tax rules and regulations of the many taxing authorities where the income is earned.  The income tax rates imposed by these taxing authorities may vary substantially.  Taxable income may differ from pretax income for financial accounting purposes.  To the extent that these differences create differences between the tax basis of an asset or liability and its reported amount in the financial statements, an appropriate provision for deferred income taxes is made.

In its determination of which foreign earnings are permanently reinvested in foreign operations, the Company considers numerous factors, including the financial requirements of the U.S. parent company and those of its foreign subsidiaries, the U.S. funding needs for dividend payments and stock repurchases, and the tax consequences of remitting earnings to the U.S.  From this analysis, current year repatriation decisions are made in an attempt to provide a proper mix of debt and shareholder capital both within the U.S. and for non-U.S. operations.  The Company’s policy is to permanently reinvest its accumulated foreign earnings and only will make a distribution out of current year earnings to meet the cash needs at the parent company.  As such, the Company does not provide for taxes on earnings that are deemed to be permanently reinvested.  The effective tax rate for 2013 includes the tax cost of repatriating $76 million of current year earnings, all of which is expected to be repatriated in the first half of 2013.

The Company provides a liability for the amount of tax benefits realized from uncertain tax positions.  This liability is provided whenever the Company determines that a tax benefit will not meet a more-likely-than-not threshold for recognition.  See Note 13 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.

NOTE 2 - INVENTORIES

At March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, approximately 18% and 19%, respectively, of the total inventories are accounted for by the LIFO method.  Inventories, by component, consisted of:

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	March 31,			December 31,
	2013			2012
Raw materials	$	118,037		$	125,889
Work in process	89,188			75,261
Finished goods	126,186			127,393
Total	333,411			328,543
Less LIFO Reserve	(7,163		)	(6,658		)
Total	$	326,248		$	321,885

NOTE 3 – GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill since the year ended December 31, 2012 are as follows by reporting segment:

	Beauty +						Food +			Corporate
	Home			Pharma			Beverage			& Other			Total
Goodwill	$	179,890		$	153,978		$	17,684		$	1,615		$	353,167
Accumulated impairment losses	--			--			--			(1,615		)	(1,615		)
Balance as of December 31, 2012	$	179,890		$	153,978		$	17,684		$	--		$	351,552
Acquisition	--			--			--			--			--
Foreign currency exchange effects	(2,245		)	(4,386		)	(209		)	--			(6,840		)
Goodwill	$	177,645		$	149,592		$	17,475		$	1,615		$	346,327
Accumulated impairment losses	--			--			--			(1,615		)	(1,615		)
Balance as of March 31, 2013	$	177,645		$	149,592		$	17,475		$	--		$	344,712

The table below shows a summary of intangible assets as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

		March 31, 2013							December 31, 2012
Weighted Average		Gross							Gross
Amortization		Carrying		Accumulated			Net		Carrying		Accumulated			Net
Period (Years)		Amount		Amortization			Value		Amount		Amortization			Value
Amortized intangible assets:
Patents	11	$	19,041	$	(18,435	)	$	606	$	19,570	$	(18,894	)	$	676
Acquired Technology	15	37,820		(1,891		)	35,929		38,928		(1,298		)	37,630
License agreements and other	5	35,216		(21,908		)	13,308		35,780		(22,126		)	13,654
Total intangible assets	10	$	92,077	$	(42,234	)	$	49,843	$	94,278	$	(42,318	)	$	51,960

Aggregate amortization expense for the intangible assets above for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was $1,237 and $349, respectively.

Future estimated amortization expense for the years ending December 31 is as follows:

2013	$	3,659	(remaining estimated amortization for 2013)
2014	4,862
2015	4,689
2016	4,059
2017 and thereafter	32,574

Future amortization expense may fluctuate depending on changes in foreign currency rates.  The estimates for amortization expense noted above are based upon foreign exchange rates as of March 31, 2013.

NOTE 4 – RETIREMENT AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS

Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost:

	Domestic Plans						Foreign Plans
Three months ended March 31,	2013			2012			2013			2012
Service cost	$	2,225		$	1,804		$	969		$	519
Interest cost	1,250			1,228			665			645
Expected return on plan assets	(1,414		)	(1,401		)	(452		)	(388		)
Amortization of net loss	1,434			964			352			121
Amortization of prior service cost	1			1			93			92
Net periodic benefit cost	$	3,496		$	2,596		$	1,627		$	989

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EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS

In order to meet or exceed minimum funding levels required by U.S. law, the Company expects to contribute approximately $10 million to its domestic defined benefit plans in 2013 and has not made any 2013 contributions as of March 31, 2013. The Company also expects to contribute approximately $4.3 million to its foreign defined benefit plans in 2013 and, as of March 31, 2013, has contributed approximately $0.7 million.

NOTE 5 – ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income by Component:

	Foreign			Defined Benefit
	Currency			Pension Plans			Other			Total
Balance – December 31, 2011	$	100,593		$	(39,907	)	$	(368	)	$	60,318
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	41,683			--			--			41,683
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	--			748			8			756
Net current-period other comprehensive income	41,683			748			8			42,439
Balance - March 31, 2012	$	142,276		$	(39,159	)	$	(360	)	$	102,757
Balance – December 31, 2012	$	120,097		$	(59,248	)	$	(166	)	$	60,683
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	(35,614		)	--			--			(35,614		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	--			1,179			15			1,194
Net current-period other comprehensive income	(35,614		)	1,179			15			(34,420		)
Balance - March 31, 2013	$	84,483		$	(58,069	)	$	(151	)	$	26,263

Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income:

Details about Accumulated Other	Amount Reclassified from Accumulated						Affected Line in the Statement
Comprehensive Income Components	Other Comprehensive Income						Where Net Income is Presented
Three months ended March 31,	2013			2012
Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Amortization of net loss	$	1,786		$	1,085			(a)
Amortization of prior service cost	94			93				(a)
	1,880			1,178				Total before tax
	(701		)	(430		)		Tax benefit
	$	1,179		$	748			Net of tax
Other
Changes in treasury locks	23			23				Interest Expense
Net loss on derivatives	--			(10		)		Interest Income
	23			13				Total before tax
	(8		)	(5		)		Tax benefit
	$	15		$	8			Net of tax
Total reclassifications for the period	$	1,194		$	756

(a) These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit costs, net of tax (see Note 4 – Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans for additional details).

NOTE 6 – DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

The Company maintains a foreign exchange risk management policy designed to establish a framework to protect the value of the Company’s non-functional denominated transactions from adverse changes in exchange rates.  Sales of the Company’s products can be denominated in a currency different from the currency in which the related costs to produce the product are

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denominated.  Changes in exchange rates on such inter-country sales or intercompany loans can impact the Company’s results of operations.  The Company’s policy is not to engage in speculative foreign currency hedging activities, but to minimize its net foreign currency transaction exposure defined as firm commitments and transactions recorded and denominated in currencies other than the functional currency.  The Company may use foreign currency forward exchange contracts, options and cross currency swaps to economically hedge these risks.

The Company maintains an interest rate risk management strategy to minimize significant, unanticipated earnings fluctuations that may arise from volatility in interest rates.

For derivative instruments designated as hedges, the Company formally documents the nature and relationships between the hedging instruments and the hedged items, as well as the risk management objectives, strategies for undertaking the various hedge transactions, and the method of assessing hedge effectiveness.  Additionally, in order to designate any derivative instrument as a hedge of an anticipated transaction, the significant characteristics and expected terms of any anticipated transaction must be specifically identified, and it must be probable that the anticipated transaction will occur.

CASH FLOW HEDGES

The Company had one foreign currency cash flow hedge until March 15, 2012.  A French subsidiary of AptarGroup, AptarGroup Holding SAS, had hedged the risk of variability in Euro equivalent associated with the cash flows of an intercompany loan granted in Brazilian Real.  The forward contracts utilized were designated as a hedge of the changes in the cash flows relating to the changes in foreign currency rates relating to the loan and related forecasted interest.  On March 15, 2012, the loan and foreign currency forward contracts were repaid.

HEDGE OF NET INVESTMENTS IN FOREIGN OPERATIONS

A significant number of the Company’s operations are located outside of the United States.  Because of this, movements in exchange rates may have a significant impact on the translation of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company’s foreign entities.  A strengthening U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies has a dilutive translation effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.  Conversely, a weakening U.S. dollar has an additive effect.  The Company in some cases maintains debt in these subsidiaries to offset the net asset exposure.  The Company does not otherwise actively manage this risk using derivative financial instruments.  In the event the Company plans on a full or partial liquidation of any of its foreign subsidiaries where the Company’s net investment is likely to be monetized, the Company will consider hedging the currency exposure associated with such a transaction.

OTHER

As of March 31, 2013, the Company has recorded the fair value of foreign currency forward exchange contracts of $1.1 million in prepaid and other, $2.7 million in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and $0.9 million in deferred and other non-current liabilities in the balance sheet.  All forward exchange contracts outstanding as of March 31, 2013 had an aggregate contract amount of $104 million.

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2013

and December 31, 2012

Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	Balance Sheet Location	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Derivative Assets
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Prepaid and other	$	1,142	$	332
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Miscellaneous Other Assets	--		982
		$	1,142	$	1,314
Derivative Liabilities
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	2,669	$	2,097
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Deferred and other non-current liabilities	948		164
		$	3,617	$	2,261

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

for the Quarters Ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative
		2013			2012
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Other Income (Expense) Miscellaneous, net	$	(2,598	)	$	7,116
		$	(2,598	)	$	7,116

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			Net Amounts	Gross Amounts not Offset in the
		Gross Amounts	Presented in	Statement of Financial Position
	Gross	Offset in the	the Statement of	Financial	Cash Collateral	Net
	Amount	Financial Position	Financial Position	Instruments	Received	Amount
Description
2013
Derivative Assets	$1,142	--	$1,142	--	--	$1,142
Total Assets	$1,142	--	$1,142	--	--	$1,142
Derivative Liabilities	$3,617	--	$3,617	--	--	$3,617
Total Liabilities	$3,617	--	$3,617	--	--	$3,617
2012
Derivative Assets	$1,314	--	$1,314	--	--	$1,314
Total Assets	$1,314	--	$1,314	--	--	$1,314
Derivative Liabilities	$2,261	--	$2,261	--	--	$2,261
Total Liabilities	$2,261	--	$2,261	--	--	$2,261

NOTE 7 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company, in the normal course of business, is subject to a number of lawsuits and claims both actual and potential in nature including the proceeding noted below.  While management believes the resolution of these claims and lawsuits will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations or cash flows, claims and legal proceedings are subject to inherent uncertainties, and unfavorable outcomes could occur that could include amounts in excess of any accruals which management has established.  Were such unfavorable final outcomes to occur, it is possible that they could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

In 2010, a competitor filed a lawsuit against certain AptarGroup, Inc. subsidiaries alleging that certain processes performed by a supplier of a specific type of diptube utilized by the AptarGroup, Inc. subsidiaries in the manufacture of a specific type of pump infringes patents owned by the counterparty. This lawsuit sought an injunction barring the manufacture, use, sale and importation of this specific pump for use in fragrance containers.  In April 2012, the Company’s United States subsidiary was found to have infringed on patents owned by the counterparty within the United States.  The ruling does not apply to manufacture or sales of pumps in countries outside the United States and no damages were assessed.  The Company has appealed this ruling and is waiting for a court decision.

Under its Certificate of Incorporation, the Company has agreed to indemnify its officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was serving, at its request in such capacity.  The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited; however, the Company has a directors and officers liability insurance policy that covers a portion of its exposure.  As a result of its insurance policy coverage, the Company believes the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements is minimal.  The Company has no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of March 31, 2013.

NOTE 8 – STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM

During the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company repurchased approximately 201 thousand shares for an aggregate amount of $10.8 million.  As of March 31, 2013, the Company has a remaining authorization to repurchase 1.8 million additional shares.  The timing of and total amount expended for the share repurchase depends upon market conditions.

NOTE 9 – EARNINGS PER SHARE

AptarGroup’s authorized common stock consists of 199 million shares, having a par value of $.01 each.  Information related to the calculation of earnings per share is as follows:

	March 31, 2013				March 31, 2012
	Diluted		Basic		Diluted		Basic
Consolidated operations
Income available to common shareholders	$	40,029	$	40,029	$	43,809	$	43,809
Average equivalent shares
Shares of common stock	66,155		66,155		66,196		66,196
Effect of dilutive stock based compensation
Stock options	2,133		--		2,580		--
Restricted stock	8		--		9		--
Total average equivalent shares	68,296		66,155		68,785		66,196
Net income per share	$	.59	$	.61	$	.64	$	.66

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NOTE 10 – SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company operates in the packaging components industry, which includes the development, manufacture and sale of consumer product dispensing systems.  The Company is organized into three reporting segments.  Operations that sell dispensing systems primarily to the personal care, fragrance/cosmetic and home care markets form the Beauty + Home segment.  Operations that sell dispensing systems primarily to the prescription drug and consumer health care markets form the Pharma segment.  Operations that sell dispensing systems primarily to the food and beverage markets form the Food + Beverage segment.

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. Segment income is defined as earnings before net interest expense, certain corporate expenses, restructuring initiatives and related depreciation and income taxes.

Financial information regarding the Company’s reportable segments is shown below:

Three months ended March 31,	2013			2012
Total Revenue:
Beauty + Home	$	367,183		$	380,836
Pharma	168,893			140,201
Food + Beverage	85,333			75,822
Total Revenue	$	621,409		$	596,859
Less: Intersegment Sales:
Beauty + Home	$	3,711		$	3,685
Pharma	24			158
Food + Beverage	41			518
Total Intersegment Sales	$	3,776		$	4,361
Net Sales:
Beauty + Home	$	363,472		$	377,151
Pharma	168,869			140,043
Food + Beverage	85,292			75,304
Net Sales	$	617,633		$	592,498
Segment Income (1):
Beauty + Home	$	24,415		$	32,972
Pharma	45,980			39,372
Food + Beverage	8,550			6,788
Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation	(4,526		)	–
Corporate & Other	(10,785		)	(8,641		)
Income before interest and taxes	$	63,634		$	70,491
Interest expense, net	(4,232		)	(4,214		)
Income before income taxes	$	59,402		$	66,277

(1)The Company evaluates performance of its business units and allocates resources based upon segment income.  Segment income is defined as earnings before net interest expense, certain corporate expenses, restructuring initiatives and income taxes. Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation includes the following income/(expense) items for the three months ended March 31, 2013 as follows:

Three months ended March 31,	2013		2012
European Operations Optimization (“EOO”) Plan
Depreciation	$	459	$	--
Employee Severance and Other Costs	4,067		--
Total Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation Expense	$	4,526	$	--
Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation Expense by Segment
Beauty + Home	$	4,526	$	--
Total Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation Expense	$	4,526	$	--

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NOTE 11 – ACQUISITIONS

On July 3, 2012, the Company completed its acquisition of Rumpler - Technologies S.A., together with its direct and indirect subsidiaries (“Stelmi”).  Stelmi is a producer of elastomer primary packaging components for injectable drug delivery and operates two manufacturing plants located in the Normandy region of France and also has a research and development facility located near Paris.  The Company acquired all of the shares of Stelmi.  The purchase price paid for Stelmi (net of cash acquired) was approximately $188 million and was funded by cash on hand.

Stelmi contributed sales of $35.4 million and a pretax income of $7.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013.  The results of the acquired business for the period from the acquisition date are included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and are reported in the Pharma reporting segment.

The following table summarizes the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date at estimated fair value.  If additional information is obtained about these assets and liabilities within the measurement period (not to exceed one year from the date of acquisition), the Company may refine its estimates of fair value to allocate the purchase price more accurately; however, any such revisions are not expected to be significant.

	July 3, 2012
Assets
Cash and equivalents	$	68,335
Accounts receivable	23,540
Inventories	16,826
Prepaid and other	3,256
Property, plant and equipment	42,073
Goodwill	111,031
Intangible assets	47,134
Other miscellaneous assets	6,092
Liabilities
Current maturities of long-term obligations	675
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	26,064
Long-term obligations	885
Deferred income taxes	22,440
Retirement and deferred compensation plans	12,049
Net assets acquired	$	256,174

The following table is a summary of the fair value estimates of the acquired identifiable intangible assets and weighted-average useful lives as of the acquisition date:

	Weighted-Average	Estimated
	Useful Life	Fair Value
	(in years)	of Asset
Customer relationships	15	$	7,438
Technology	15	37,191
Trademark	4	2,505
Total		$	47,134

Goodwill in the amount of $111.0 million was recorded for the acquisition of Stelmi and is included in the Pharma segment.  Goodwill is calculated as the excess of the consideration transferred over the net assets acquired and represents the estimated future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired that could not be individually identified and separately recognized.  Goodwill largely consists of leveraging the Company’s commercial presence in selling the Stelmi line of products in markets where Stelmi didn’t previously operate and the ability of Stelmi to maintain its competitive advantage from a technical viewpoint.  Goodwill will not be amortized, but will be tested for impairment at least annually.  We do not expect that any of the goodwill will be deductible for tax purposes.

The unaudited pro forma results presented below include the effects of the Stelmi acquisition as if it had occurred as of January 1, 2011.  The unaudited pro forma results reflect certain adjustments related to the acquisition, such as the amortization associated with estimates for the acquired intangible assets and fair value adjustments for inventory.  The pro forma results do not include any synergies or other expected benefits of the acquisition.  Accordingly, the unaudited pro forma financial information below is not necessarily indicative of either future results of operations or results that might have been achieved had the acquisition been completed on the dates indicated.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Net Sales	$	617,633	$	625,474
Net Income Attributable to AptarGroup Inc.	40,037		46,530
Net Income per common share - basic	0.61		0.70
Net Income per common share - diluted	0.59		0.68

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NOTE 12 – STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company issues stock options and restricted stock units to employees under Stock Awards Plans approved by shareholders. Stock options are issued to non-employee directors for their services as directors under Director Stock Option Plans approved by shareholders.  Options are awarded with the exercise price equal to the market price on the date of grant and generally become exercisable over three years and expire 10 years after grant.  Restricted stock units generally vest over three years.

Compensation expense recorded attributable to stock options for the first three months of 2013 was approximately $6.5 million ($4.4 million after tax), or $0.07 per basic share and $0.06 per diluted share.  The income tax benefit related to this compensation expense was approximately $2.1 million.  Approximately $5.9 million of the compensation expense was recorded in selling, research & development and administrative expenses and the balance was recorded in cost of sales.  Compensation expense recorded attributable to stock options for the first three months of 2012 was approximately $5.8 million ($3.9 million after tax), or $0.06 per basic and diluted share.  The income tax benefit related to this compensation expense was approximately $1.9 million.  Approximately $5.3 million of the compensation expense was recorded in selling, research & development and administrative expenses and the balance was recorded in cost of sales.

The Company uses historical data to estimate expected life and volatility.  The weighted-average fair value of stock options granted under the Stock Awards Plans was $10.07 and $10.35 per share in 2013 and 2012, respectively.  These values were estimated on the respective dates of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:

Stock Awards Plans:
Three months ended March 31,	2013		2012
Dividend Yield	1.8	%	1.8	%
Expected Stock Price Volatility	22.7	%	22.9	%
Risk-free Interest Rate	1.2	%	1.3	%
Expected Life of Option (years)	6.9		6.9

There were no grants under the Director Stock Option Plan during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

A summary of option activity under the Company’s stock option plans as of March 31, 2013, and changes during the three months then ended is presented below:

	Stock Awards Plans					Director Stock Option Plans
				Weighted Average				Weighted Average
	Shares			Exercise Price		Shares		Exercise Price
Outstanding, January 1, 2013	7,879,197			$	37.27	276,667		$	45.48
Granted	1,335,300			51.57		--		--
Exercised	(663,664		)	28.69		--		--
Forfeited or expired	(22,966		)	45.02		--		--
Outstanding at March 31, 2013	8,527,867			$	40.15	276,667		$	45.48
Exercisable at March 31, 2013	5,982,854			$	35.49	121,834		$	38.09
Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years):
Outstanding at March 31, 2013	6.5					7.6
Exercisable at March 31, 2013	5.4					6.3
Aggregate Intrinsic Value ($000):
Outstanding at March 31, 2013	$	146,648				$	3,283
Exercisable at March 31, 2013	$	130,756				$	2,347
Intrinsic Value of Options Exercised ($000) During the Three Months Ended:
March 31, 2013	$	16,515				$	--
March 31, 2012	$	21,524				$	509

The fair value of shares vested during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was $12.1 million and $11.4 million, respectively.  Cash received from option exercises was approximately $19.5 million and the actual tax benefit realized for the tax deduction from option exercises was approximately $4.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013.  As of March 31, 2013, the remaining valuation of stock option awards to be expensed in future periods was $15.3 million and the related weighted-average period over which it is expected to be recognized is 1.6 years.

The fair value of restricted stock unit grants is the market price of the underlying shares on the grant date.  A summary of restricted stock unit activity as of March 31, 2013, and changes during the period then ended is presented below:

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			Weighted-Average
	Shares		Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2013	25,862		$	48.76
Granted	9,948		53.94
Vested	(11,208	)	44.27
Nonvested at March 31, 2013	24,602		$	52.90

Compensation expense recorded attributable to restricted stock unit grants for the first three months of 2013 and 2012 was approximately $416 thousand and $219 thousand, respectively.  The fair value of units vested during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was $496 thousand and $316 thousand, respectively.  The intrinsic value of units vested during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was $582 thousand and $448 thousand, respectively.  As of March 31, 2013 there was $622 thousand of total unrecognized compensation cost relating to restricted stock unit awards which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.6 years.

NOTE 13 – INCOME TAX UNCERTAINTIES

The Company had approximately $8.4 and $8.5 million recorded for income tax uncertainties as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.  The $0.1 million change in income tax uncertainties was primarily the result of currency changes.  The amount, if recognized, that would impact the effective tax rate is $8.0 and $8.1 million, respectively.  The Company estimates that it is reasonably possible that the liability for uncertain tax positions will decrease by no more than $5 million in the next twelve months from the resolution of various uncertain positions as a result of the completion of tax audits, litigation and the expiration of the statute of limitations in various jurisdictions.

NOTE 14 – FAIR VALUE

Authoritative guidelines require the categorization of assets and liabilities into three levels based upon the assumptions (inputs) used to price the assets or liabilities.  Level 1 provides the most reliable measure of fair value, whereas Level 3 generally requires significant management judgment.  The three levels are defined as follows:

· Level 1: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

· Level 2: Observable inputs other than those included in Level 1. For example, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets.

· Level 3: Unobservable inputs reflecting management’s own assumptions about the inputs used in pricing the asset or liability.

As of March 31, 2013, the fair values of our financial assets and liabilities were categorized as follows:

	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets
Forward exchange contracts (a)	$	1,142	$	--	$	1,142	$	--
Total assets at fair value	$	1,142	$	--	$	1,142	$	--
Liabilities
Forward exchange contracts (a)	$	3,617	$	--	$	3,617	$	--
Total liabilities at fair value	$	3,617	$	--	$	3,617	$	--

As of December 31, 2012, the fair values of our financial assets and liabilities were categorized as follows:

	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets
Forward exchange contracts (a)	$	1,314	$	--	$	1,314	$	--
Total assets at fair value	$	1,314	$	--	$	1,314	$	--
Liabilities
Forward exchange contracts (a)	$	2,261	$	--	$	2,261	$	--
Total liabilities at fair value	$	2,261	$	--	$	2,261	$	--

(a)   Market approach valuation technique based on observable market transactions of spot and forward rates

The carrying amounts of the Company’s other current financial instruments such as cash and equivalents, notes payable and current maturities of long-term obligations approximate fair value due to the short-term maturity of the instrument.  The Company considers its long-term obligations a Level 2 liability and utilizes the market approach valuation technique based on interest rates that are currently available to the Company for issuance of debt with similar terms and maturities.  The estimated fair value of the Company’s long-term obligations was $380 million as of March 31, 2013 and $382 million as of December 31, 2012.

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NOTE 15 – RESTRUCTURING INITIATIVE

On November 1, 2012, the Company announced a plan to optimize certain capacity in Europe (EOO).  Due to increased production efficiencies and to better position the Company for future growth in Europe, AptarGroup will transfer and consolidate production capacity involving twelve facilities.  Two facilities, one in Italy and one in Switzerland, are expected to close and will impact approximately 170 employees.  The locations involved in the operations optimization plan are facilities that are serving the beauty, personal care, food, beverage, and consumer health care markets.  The total costs associated with the plan are estimated to be approximately €14 million (approximately $18 million using current exchange rates) of which approximately €4 million (approximately $6 million using current exchange rates) relates to non-cash expenses and will be included in depreciation and amortization in the Consolidated Statements of Income.  As of March 31, 2013 we have recorded the following activity associated with our EOO plan:

	Beginning		Net Charges for								Ending
	Reserve at		the Three Months								Reserve at
	12/31/12		Ended 3/31/13		Cash Paid			FX Impact			3/31/13
Employee severance	$	3,158	$	3,508	$	(978	)	$	(150	)	$	5,538
Other costs	--		559		(530		)	5			34
Totals	$	3,158	$	4,067	$	(1,508	)	$	(145	)	$	5,572

In addition to the above charges, $0.5 million of accelerated depreciation was incurred in the first quarter of 2013.  This amount is included within depreciation and amortization in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS, OR OTHERWISE INDICATED)

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Quarter Ended March 31,	2013		2012
Net Sales	100.0	%	100.0	%
Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)	67.8		67.7
Selling, research & development and administrative	15.3		14.9
Depreciation and amortization	5.9		5.5
Restructuring initiatives	0.6		--
Operating Income	10.4		11.9
Other expense	(0.8	)	(0.7	)
Income before Income Taxes	9.6		11.2
Net Income	6.5	%	7.4	%
Effective Tax Rate	32.7	%	33.9	%

NET SALES

We reported net sales of $617.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, 4% above first quarter 2012 reported net sales of $592.5 million.  Stelmi sales were $35.4 million which contributed 6% to the reported increase in the quarterly sales.  The average U.S. dollar exchange rate weakened slightly relative to the Euro.  However, this weakness was offset by strengthening of the U.S. dollar compared to other foreign currencies, such as the Brazilian Real, Swiss Franc and British Pound, in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the first quarter of 2012, and as a result, changes in exchange rates had a negative impact of 1% on our reported sales growth.  Excluding acquisitions and changes in foreign currency rates, sales decreased by 1% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the first quarter of 2012.  The timing of custom tooling sales accounted for the majority of this decrease.

For further discussion on net sales by reporting segment, please refer to the segment analysis of net sales and segment income on the following pages.

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, net sales by geographic location:

Quarter Ended March 31,	2013		% of Total		2012		% of Total
Domestic	$	157,228	25	%	$	171,309	29	%
Europe	356,526		58	%	325,709		55	%
Other Foreign	103,879		17	%	95,480		16	%

COST OF SALES (EXCLUSIVE OF DEPRECIATION SHOWN BELOW)

Our cost of sales as a percent of net sales increased slightly to 67.8% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to 67.7% in the first quarter of 2012. The increase is partially due to decreased sales volumes in our core Pharma segment.  This negatively impacts our cost of sales percentage as margins on our pharmaceutical products typically are higher than the overall Company average. Also contributing to the increase in cost of sales percentage is the increase in raw material costs.  Raw material costs, primarily the cost of plastic resin, increased in 2013 compared to 2012.  While the majority of resin cost increases are passed along to our customers in our selling prices, we typically experience a lag in the timing of passing on these cost increases.

SELLING, RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE

Our Selling, Research & Development and Administrative expenses (“SG&A”) increased by approximately $5.8 million in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same period a year ago.  Excluding changes in foreign currency rates, SG&A increased by approximately $6.4 million in the quarter.  Stelmi contributed operational costs of $4.7 million in the first quarter of 2013.  The remaining increase is due to an increase in personnel costs and stock compensation expenses due to higher substantive vesting requirements.  Excluding acquisitions, SG&A as a percentage of net sales increased to 15.4% compared to 14.9% in the same period of the prior year due primarily to lower core sales and the increase in expenses noted above.

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DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION

Reported depreciation and amortization expenses increased by approximately $3.6 million in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same period a year ago.  Excluding changes in foreign currency rates, depreciation and amortization increased by approximately $3.7 million in the quarter compared to the same period a year ago.  This increase is primarily related to $2.2 million of Stelmi costs reported in the first quarter of 2013.  The remaining increase is related to the additional investments in our new products, especially in the Food + Beverage segment, along with continued roll-out of our global enterprise resource planning system and approximately $0.5 million related to our EOO restructuring initiatives.  Excluding acquisitions, depreciation and amortization as a percentage of net sales increased to 5.8% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to 5.5% for the same period a year ago.

RESTRUCTURING INITIATIVES

On November 1, 2012, the Company announced a plan to optimize certain capacity in Europe (“EOO”).  Due to increased production efficiencies and to better position the Company for future growth in Europe, AptarGroup will transfer and consolidate production capacity involving twelve facilities.  Two facilities, one in Italy and one in Switzerland, are expected to close and will impact approximately 170 employees.  During the first quarter of 2013, we recognized $4.1 million of restructuring expenses along with the $0.5 million of accelerated depreciation of assets mentioned above.  Using current exchange rates, we expect to recognize approximately $9 million in additional costs, most of which will be incurred in 2013.  Annual savings are estimated to be approximately €9 million (approximately $12 million using current exchange rates) beginning in late 2013.

OPERATING INCOME

Operating income decreased approximately $5.8 million in the first quarter of 2013 to $64.6 million compared to $70.4 million in the same period in the prior year.  Changes in foreign currency rates had no measureable impact on operating income.  Stelmi contributed a $7.1 million operating profit in the first quarter of 2013 and costs associated with the EOO restructuring initiative were $4.5 million.  Excluding acquisitions and restructuring initiatives, the remaining $8.4 million decrease to operating income is mainly due to lower core sales and the increase in expenses noted above.  Excluding acquisitions and restructuring initiatives, operating income as a percentage of net sales decreased to 10.0% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to 11.9% for the same period in the prior year.

NET OTHER EXPENSE

Net other expenses in the first quarter of 2013 increased to $5.2 million from $4.1 million in the same period in the prior year.  This increase is mainly due to increased costs associated with hedges in place to mitigate our foreign currency exposure on cross border transactions.

EFFECTIVE TAX RATE

The reported effective tax rate decreased to 32.7% in the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 compared to 33.9% in the first quarter of 2012.  During the first quarter of 2013, the rate was favorably impacted by tax benefits recorded due to an Italian tax law change which allowed us to claim a refund from prior year taxes paid.  The favorable impact was partially offset by a new French three percent distribution tax effective for all distributions paid on or after August 17, 2012.

NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO APTARGROUP, INC.

We reported net income attributable to AptarGroup, Inc. of $40.0 million in the first quarter of 2013 compared to $43.8 million in the first quarter of 2012.

BEAUTY + HOME SEGMENT

Operations that sell dispensing systems primarily to the personal care, fragrance/cosmetic and home care markets form the Beauty + Home segment.

Three Months Ended March 31,	2013			2012
Net Sales	$	363,472		$	377,151
Segment Income	24,415			32,972
Segment Income as a percentage of Net Sales	6.7		%	8.7		%

Net sales for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 decreased 4% to $363.5 million compared to $377.2 million in the first quarter of the prior year.  Excluding foreign currency changes, sales decreased 3% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same quarter of the prior year.  Sales, excluding foreign currency changes, to the beauty and personal care markets were down 2% and 3%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same period in the prior year. Geographically, sales

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increases in Asia and Latin America were offset by softness in North America caused by a snowstorm on the east coast along with certain unprofitable business we exited.  Customer tooling sales, excluding foreign currency changes, also decreased in the first quarter of 2013 to $6.2 million compared to $10.3 million in the first quarter of the prior year.

Segment income for the first quarter of 2013 decreased approximately 26% to $24.4 million from $33.0 million reported in the same period in the prior year.  The negative impact of lower product and tooling sales mentioned above along with productivity issues and higher labor costs in North America contributed to this decrease.

PHARMA SEGMENT

Operations that sell dispensing systems to the prescription drug and consumer health care markets form the Pharma segment.

Three Months Ended March 31,	2013			2012
Net Sales	$	168,869		$	140,043
Segment Income	45,980			39,372
Segment Income as a percentage of Net Sales	27.2		%	28.1		%

Net sales for the Pharma segment increased by 21% in the first quarter of 2013 to $168.9 million compared to $140.0 million in the first quarter of 2012.  Stelmi sales were $35.4 million and represented 25% of the increase.  Foreign currency changes had no measureable impact on the total segment sales.  Excluding acquisitions and changes in foreign currency rates, sales decreased by 4% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the first quarter of 2012.  Excluding acquisitions and foreign currency rate changes, sales to the prescription and consumer health care markets decreased 2% and 9%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same period in the prior year.  The majority of the decrease to the prescription market is due to destocking of inventory by our generic customers, especially in North America, while the decrease in sales to the consumer health care market is due to continued softness in Europe.

Segment income in the first quarter of 2013 increased approximately 17% to $46.0 million compared to $39.4 million reported in the same period in the prior year.  Stelmi segment income was $6.9 million in the first quarter of 2013.  Excluding Stelmi, segment income would have decreased slightly in the first quarter of 2013 to $39.1 million compared to $39.4 million reported in the same period in the prior year.  This decrease is mainly due to lower sales to the prescription and consumer health care market offset by higher margins on product sales compared to the prior year.

FOOD + BEVERAGE SEGMENT

Operations that sell dispensing systems primarily to the food and beverage markets form the Food + Beverage segment.

Three Months Ended March 31,	2013			2012
Net Sales	$	85,292		$	75,304
Segment Income	8,550			6,788
Segment Income as a percentage of Net Sales	10.0		%	9.0		%

Net sales for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 increased approximately 13% to $85.3 million compared to $75.3 million in the first quarter of the prior year.  Foreign currency changes had no measureable impact on the total segment sales.  Excluding foreign currency rate changes, sales to the food market increased 14% and sales to the beverage market increased approximately 13% in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same period in the prior year.  The majority of the food increase is driven by tooling sales, which increased $4.9 million over the first quarter of 2012 while the beverage increase is mainly due to increased product sales globally, especially in Asia for the functional bottled water market.

Segment income in the first quarter of 2013 increased approximately 26% to $8.6 million compared to $6.8 million during the same period in the prior year.  The strong growth in product sales noted above along with improved manufacturing productivity and cost absorption contributed to the improvements in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same period in the prior year.

CORPORATE & OTHER

In addition to our three operating business segments, AptarGroup assigns certain costs to “Corporate & Other,” which is presented separately in Note 10 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.  Corporate & Other primarily includes certain corporate compensation and information system costs which are not allocated directly to our operating segments.  Corporate & Other expense increased to $10.8 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 compared to $8.6 million in the first quarter of the prior year mainly due to increased costs associated with hedges in place to support our foreign currency cross border transactions and higher personnel costs.

FOREIGN CURRENCY

A significant number of our operations are located outside of the United States.  Because of this, movements in exchange rates may have a significant impact on the translation of the financial statements of our foreign entities.  Our primary foreign

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exchange exposure is to the Euro, but we also have foreign exchange exposure to the Brazilian Real, British Pound, Swiss Franc and South American and Asian currencies, among others.  We manage our exposures to foreign exchange principally with forward exchange contracts to hedge certain transactions and firm purchase and sales commitments denominated in foreign currencies.  A strengthening U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies has a dilutive translation effect on our financial statements.  Conversely, a weakening U.S. dollar has an additive effect.  In some cases, we sell products denominated in a currency different from the currency in which the related costs are incurred.  Changes in exchange rates on such inter-country sales could materially impact our results of operations.

QUARTERLY TRENDS

Our results of operations in the last quarter of the year typically are negatively impacted by plant shutdowns in December.  In the future, our results of operations in a quarterly period could be impacted by factors such as changes in product mix, changes in material costs, changes in growth rates in the industries to which our products are sold, recognition of equity based compensation expense for retirement eligible employees in the period of grant and changes in general economic conditions in any of the countries in which we do business.

We generally incur higher stock option expense in the first quarter compared with the rest of the fiscal year.  Our estimated stock option expense on a pre-tax basis (in $ millions) for the year 2013 compared to 2012 is as follows:

	2013		2012
First Quarter	$	6.5	$	5.8
Second Quarter (estimated for 2013)	2.8		2.9
Third Quarter (estimated for 2013)	2.2		2.1
Fourth Quarter (estimated for 2013)	2.1		1.9
	$	13.6	$	12.7

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Our primary sources of liquidity are cash flow from operations and our revolving credit facility.  In the first quarter of 2013, our operations provided approximately $26.1 million in cash flow compared to $13.7 million for the same period a year ago.  In both periods, cash flow from operations was primarily derived from earnings before depreciation and amortization.  During the first quarter of 2013, we utilized the majority of the operating cash flows to finance capital expenditures.

We used $32.7 million in cash for investing activities during the first quarter of 2013, compared to $42.0 million during the same period a year ago. The decrease in cash used for investing activities is due primarily to $7.7 million less spent on capital expenditures in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the first quarter of 2012.  Cash outlays for capital expenditures for 2013 are estimated to be approximately $160 million but could vary due to changes in exchange rates as well as the timing of capital projects.

We received approximately $8.4 million in cash provided by financing activities in the first quarter of 2013 compared to using $32.4 million in the first quarter of the prior year.  In the first quarter of 2012, we utilized $46 million of funds repatriated during the quarter to pay down a portion of our revolving credit facility.  No funds were repatriated during the first quarter of 2013 which required us to increase borrowings on our revolving credit facility.

Cash and equivalents decreased to $225.1 million at March 31, 2013 from $229.8 million at December 31, 2012.  Total short and long-term interest bearing debt increased in the first quarter of 2013 to $441.6 million from $427.5 million at December 31, 2012.  The ratio of our Net Debt (interest bearing debt less cash and cash equivalents) to Net Capital (stockholder’s equity plus Net Debt) was 13.5% at the end of March 2013 compared to 12.5% at December 31, 2012.

Our U.S. operations generate sufficient cash flows to fund their liquidity needs and do not depend on cash located outside of the U.S. for their operations.  Nevertheless, we are a dividend payer and have an active share repurchase program.  These two items are funded with operating cash flows from the U.S. and are supplemented by additional borrowings from our revolving credit facility and the repatriations of current year foreign earnings.  Specifically, in the U.S., we have an unsecured $300 million revolving line of credit of which $250 million was unused and available as of March 31, 2013 and believe we have the ability to borrow additional funds should the need arise.  On January 31, 2013, we amended the revolving credit facility to, among other things, add a swingline loan sub-facility and extend the maturity date for the revolving credit facility by one year, to January 31, 2018.  To take advantage of low interest rates during the past year, we completed a $125 million private placement on September 5, 2012, consisting of $75 million of 10 year notes at an interest rate of 3.25% and $50 million of 12 year notes at an interest rate of 3.40%.

Our revolving credit facility and certain long-term obligations require us to satisfy certain financial and other covenants including:

	Requirement	Level at March 31, 2013
Debt to total capital ratio	Maximum of 55%	24.1%

Based upon the above debt to total capital ratio covenant we had the ability to borrow approximately an additional $1.3 billion at March 31, 2013 before the 55% requirement would be exceeded.

Our foreign operations have historically met cash requirements with the use of internally generated cash or borrowings.  These foreign subsidiaries have financing arrangements with several foreign banks to fund operations located outside the U.S., but all these lines are uncommitted.  Cash generated by foreign operations has generally been reinvested locally.  The majority of our $225.1 million in cash and equivalents is located outside of the U.S.  We manage our global cash requirements considering (i) available funds among the many subsidiaries through which we conduct business, (ii) the geographic location of our liquidity needs, and (iii) the cost to access international cash balances.  The repatriation of non-U.S. cash balances from

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certain subsidiaries could have adverse tax consequences as we may be required to pay and record income tax expense on these funds.  Historically, the tax consequences associated with repatriating current year earnings to the U.S. has been between 10% and 14% of the repatriated amount.  We would not expect future impacts to be materially different.

We believe we are in a strong financial position and have the financial resources to meet business requirements in the foreseeable future.  We have historically used cash flow from operations as our primary source of liquidity.  Our primary uses of liquidity are to invest in equipment and facilities that are necessary to support our growth and to make acquisitions that will contribute to the achievement of our strategic objectives.  The acquisition of the Stelmi group was funded with cash available from our European operations.  In the event that customer demand would decrease significantly for a prolonged period of time and negatively impact cash flow from operations, we would have the ability to restrict and significantly reduce capital expenditure levels, as well as evaluate our acquisition strategy and dividend and share repurchase programs.  A prolonged and significant reduction in capital expenditure levels could increase future repairs and maintenance costs as well as have a negative impact on operating margins if we were unable to invest in new innovative products.

On April 11, 2013, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share payable on May 17, 2013 to stockholders of record as of April 26, 2013.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

We lease certain warehouse, plant and office facilities as well as certain equipment under noncancelable operating leases expiring at various dates through the year 2029.  Most of the operating leases contain renewal options and certain equipment leases include options to purchase during or at the end of the lease term.  Other than operating lease obligations, we do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

In July 2012, the FASB amended the guidance on the annual testing of indefinite-lived intangible assets (other than goodwill) for impairment.  The amended guidance will allow companies to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more-likely-than-not that an indefinite-lived intangible asset might be impaired and whether it is necessary to perform the quantitative impairment test required under current accounting standards.  This guidance will be effective for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2013, with early adoption permitted.  The Company does not believe that this new guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In March 2013, the FASB issued guidance which permits an entity to release cumulative translation adjustments into net income when a reporting entity (parent) ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that is a business within a foreign entity. Accordingly, the cumulative translation adjustment should be released into net income only if the sale or transfer results in the complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity in which the subsidiary or group of assets had resided, or, if a controlling financial interest is no longer held. The guidance will be effective for the Company’s fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2013; however, early adoption is permitted.

Other accounting standards that have been issued by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

OUTLOOK

Looking to the second quarter, we anticipate our Beauty + Home segment’s income to improve from the disappointing first quarter results.  We are optimistic that our legacy Pharma business will see more normalized order levels in the U.S. generic allergy and European consumer health care markets in the second quarter.  Also, Aptar Stelmi is expected to continue to perform well.  Our Food + Beverage segment is expected to continue to grow this year compared to the prior year provided the global economies do not deteriorate.

Our second quarter earnings per share guidance does not include any impact from our EOO plan.  Currently, we anticipate earnings per share for the second quarter to be in the range of $0.73 to $0.78 compared to $0.61 per share a year ago.  Prior year reported earnings per share included a negative $0.05 per share related to costs associated with the Aptar Stelmi acquisition.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements in Management’s Discussion and Analysis and other sections of this Form 10-Q are forward-looking and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including certain statements set forth in the Liquidity and Capital Resources, Off Balance Sheet Arrangements, and Outlook sections of this Form 10-Q.  Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” and other similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “should,” “would” and “could” are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and are based on our beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to us.  Accordingly, our actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements due to known or unknown risks and uncertainties that exist in our operations and business environment, including but not limited to:

· economic, environmental and political conditions worldwide;

· changes in customer and/or consumer spending levels;

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· the cost of materials and other input costs (particularly resin, metal, anodization costs and transportation and energy costs);

· the availability of raw materials and components (particularly from sole sourced suppliers) as well as the financial viability of these suppliers;

· our ability to contain costs and improve productivity;

· the timing and successful completion of our EOO plan;

· our ability to increase prices;

· significant fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;

· changes in capital availability or cost, including interest rate fluctuations;

· volatility of global credit markets;

· changes in capital availability or cost, including interest rate fluctuations;

· the timing and magnitude of capital expenditures;

· our ability to identify potential new acquisitions and to successfully acquire and integrate such operations or products;

· direct or indirect consequences of acts of war or terrorism;

· cybersecurity threats that could impact our networks and reporting systems;

· the impact of natural disasters and other weather-related occurrences;

· changes or difficulties in complying with government regulation;

· changing regulations or market conditions regarding environmental sustainability;

· work stoppages due to labor disputes;

· fiscal and monetary policy, including changes in worldwide tax rates;

· competition, including technological advances;

· our ability to protect and defend our intellectual property rights, as well as litigation involving intellectual property rights;

· the outcome of any legal proceeding that has been or may be instituted against us and others;

· our ability to meet future cash flow estimates to support our goodwill impairment testing;

· the demand for existing and new products;

· our ability to manage worldwide customer launches of complex technical products, in particular in developing markets;

· the success of our customers’ products, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry;

· difficulties in product development and uncertainties related to the timing or outcome of product development;

· significant product liability claims; and

· other risks associated with our operations.

Although we believe that our forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that actual results, performance or achievements will not differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.  We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.  Please refer to Item 1A (“Risk Factors”) of Part I included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional risk factors affecting the Company.

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ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

A significant number of our operations are located outside of the United States.  Because of this, movements in exchange rates may have a significant impact on the translation of the financial condition and results of operations of our entities.  Our primary foreign exchange exposure is to the Euro, but we also have foreign exchange exposure to the Brazilian Real, British Pound, Swiss Franc and South American and Asian currencies, among others.  A strengthening U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies has a dilutive translation effect on our financial condition and results of operations.  Conversely, a weakening U.S. dollar has an additive effect.

Additionally, in some cases, we sell products denominated in a currency different from the currency in which the related costs are incurred.  Any changes in exchange rates on such inter-country sales may impact our results of operations.

We manage our exposures to foreign exchange principally with forward exchange contracts to hedge certain firm purchase and sales commitments and intercompany cash transactions denominated in foreign currencies.

The table below provides information as of March 31, 2013 about our forward currency exchange contracts.  The majority of the contracts expire before the end of the second quarter of 2013.

			Average	Min / Max
	Contract Amount		Contractual	Notional
Buy/Sell	(in thousands)		Exchange Rate	Volumes
Swiss Franc/Euro	$	36,514	0.8104	33,597-36,514
Euro/Brazilian Real	19,314		3.0264	19,314-21,311
Euro/U.S. Dollar	11,893		1.3014	10,301-14,277
Euro/Mexican Peso	8,114		18.4891	7,897-8,804
Czech Koruna/Euro	6,454		0.0390	6,454-6,660
British Pound/Euro	4,779		1.1582	1,844-4,779
Euro/Swiss Franc	3,699		1.2263	299-3,699
U.S. Dollar/Chinese Yuan	3,350		6.2452	3,350-4,710
Euro/Argentinian Peso	2,398		7.0300	0-2,398
Euro/Russian Rouble	1,689		45.3677	1,689-1,689
Euro/Chinese Yuan	1,244		8.3775	1,244-2,268
U.S. Dollar/Argentinian Peso	1,000		5.4030	300-1,000
Other	3,510
Total	$	103,958

As of March 31, 2013, we have recorded the fair value of foreign currency forward exchange contracts of $1.1 million in prepaid and other, $2.7 million in accounts payable and accrued liabilities and $0.9 million in deferred and other non-current liabilities in the balance sheet.

The Company had one foreign currency cash flow hedge until March 15, 2012.  A French subsidiary of AptarGroup, AptarGroup Holding SAS, had hedged the risk of variability in Euro equivalent associated with the cash flows of an intercompany loan granted in Brazilian Real.  The forward contracts utilized were designated as a hedge of the changes in the cash flows relating to the changes in foreign currency rates relating to the loan and related forecasted interest.  On March 15, 2012, the loan and foreign currency forward contracts were repaid.

ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

The Company’s management has evaluated, with the participation of the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company, the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as that term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of March 31, 2013.  Based on that evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that these controls and procedures were effective as of such date.

CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

During the quarter ended March 31, 2013, the Company implemented an enterprise resource planning system at an entity located in Stratford, Connecticut.  Consequently, the control environment has been modified at this location.  Other than this item, no other changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) occurred during the Company’s fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2013 that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 2.  UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES

The employees of AptarGroup S.A.S. and Aptar France S.A.S., our subsidiaries, are eligible to participate in the FCP Aptar Savings Plan (the “Plan”).  All eligible participants are located outside of the United States.  An independent agent purchases shares of our Common Stock available under the Plan for cash on the open market and we do not issue shares.  We do not receive any proceeds from the purchase of shares of our Common Stock under the Plan.  The agent under the Plan is Banque Nationale de Paris Paribas Fund Services.  No underwriters are used under the Plan.  All shares are sold in reliance upon the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 provided by Regulation S promulgated under that Act.  During the quarter ended March 31, 2013, the Plan sold 4,957 shares of our Common Stock on behalf of the participants at an average price of $53.87 per share, for an aggregate amount of $267 thousand and did not purchase any shares of our Common Stock.  At March 31, 2013, the Plan owns 29,931 shares of our Common Stock.

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

The following table summarizes the Company’s purchases of its securities for the quarter ended March 31, 2013:

Period	Total NumberOf SharesPurchased	Average PricePaid Per Share		Total Number Of Shares Purchased As Part Of Publicly AnnouncedPlans Or Programs	Maximum Number OfShares That May Yet Be Purchased Under ThePlans Or Programs
1/1 – 1/31/13	--	$	--	--	1,973,691
2/1 – 2/28/13	108,000	52.83		108,000	1,865,691
3/1 – 3/31/13	93,000	54.43		93,000	1,772,691
Total	201,000	$	53.57	201,000	1,772,691

The Company announced the existing repurchase program on July 19, 2011.  There is no expiration date for this repurchase program.

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ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS

Exhibit 31.1	Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit 31.2	Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit 32.1	Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit 32.2	Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Exhibit 101	The following financial information from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of fiscal 2013, filed with the SEC on May 6, 2013, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income – Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity - Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, (v) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 and (vi) the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

AptarGroup, Inc.

(Registrant)

By /s/ ROBERT W. KUHN

Robert W. Kuhn

Executive Vice President,

Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

(Duly Authorized Officer and

Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)

Date: May 6, 2013

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INDEX OF EXHIBITS

Exhibit
Number	Description
31.1	Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1	Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2	Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101	The following financial information from our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of fiscal 2013, filed with the SEC on May 6, 2013, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income – Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity - Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, (v) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 and (vi) the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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EX-31.1

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Stephen J. Hagge, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of AptarGroup, Inc.;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a—15(e) and 15d—15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a—15(f) and 15d—15(f)) for the registrant and we have:

a)designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors:

a)all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	May 6, 2013
By:	/s/ STEPHEN J. HAGGE
	Stephen J. Hagge
	President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Robert W. Kuhn, certify that:

1.I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of AptarGroup, Inc.;

2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a—15(e) and 15d—15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a—15(f) and 15d—15(f)) for the registrant and we have:

a)designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c)evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d)disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors:

a)all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:	May 6, 2013
By:	/s/ ROBERT W. KUHN
	Robert W. Kuhn
	Executive Vice President,
	Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

EX-32.1

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Stephen J. Hagge, president and chief executive officer of AptarGroup, Inc., certify that (i) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of AptarGroup, Inc. for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 (the “Form 10-Q”) fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and (ii) the information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of AptarGroup, Inc.

/s/ STEPHEN J. HAGGE

Stephen J. Hagge

President and Chief Executive Officer

May 6, 2013

EX-32.2

Exhibit 32.2

Certificate Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to

Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

I, Robert W. Kuhn, executive vice president and chief financial officer of AptarGroup, Inc., certify that (i) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of AptarGroup, Inc. for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 (the “Form 10-Q”) fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and (ii) the information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of AptarGroup, Inc.

By:	/s/ ROBERT W. KUHN
	Robert W. Kuhn
	Executive Vice President,
	Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
	May 6, 2013

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RETIREMENT AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Domestic Plans
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
Service cost	$ 2,225,000	$ 1,804,000
Interest cost	1,250,000	1,228,000
Expected return on plan assets	(1,414,000)	(1,401,000)
Amortization of net loss	1,434,000	964,000
Amortization of prior service cost	1,000	1,000
Net periodic benefit cost	3,496,000	2,596,000
Expected contribution in current fiscal year	10,000,000
Foreign Plans
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
Service cost	969,000	519,000
Interest cost	665,000	645,000
Expected return on plan assets	(452,000)	(388,000)
Amortization of net loss	352,000	121,000
Amortization of prior service cost	93,000	92,000
Net periodic benefit cost	1,627,000	989,000
Expected contribution in current fiscal year	4,300,000
Defined benefit plans, employer contributions	$ 700,000

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FAIR VALUE (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Liabilities
Fair value of long-term obligations	$ 380,000,000	$ 382,000,000
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis | Total
Assets
Forward exchange contracts, assets	1,142,000	1,314,000
Total assets at fair value	1,142,000	1,314,000
Liabilities
Forward exchange contracts, liabilities	3,617,000	2,261,000
Total liabilities at fair value	3,617,000	2,261,000
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on recurring basis | Level 2
Assets
Forward exchange contracts, assets	1,142,000	1,314,000
Total assets at fair value	1,142,000	1,314,000
Liabilities
Forward exchange contracts, liabilities	3,617,000	2,261,000
Total liabilities at fair value	$ 3,617,000	$ 2,261,000

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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013 segment	Mar. 31, 2012
SEGMENT INFORMATION
Number of reportable segments	3
Financial information regarding the Company's reportable segments
Total Revenue	$ 621,409	$ 596,859
Less: Intersegment Sales	3,776	4,361
Net Sales	617,633	592,498
Income before interest and taxes	63,634	70,491
Interest expense, net	(4,232)	(4,214)
Income before Income Taxes	59,402	66,277
Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation Expense by Segment
Employee Severance and Other Costs	4,067
Restructuring Initiatives
Financial information regarding the Company's reportable segments
Income before interest and taxes	(4,526)
EOO
Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation Expense by Segment
Depreciation	459
Employee Severance and Other Costs	4,067
Total Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation expense	4,526
Beauty + Home
Financial information regarding the Company's reportable segments
Total Revenue	367,183	380,836
Less: Intersegment Sales	3,711	3,685
Net Sales	363,472	377,151
Income before interest and taxes	24,415	32,972
Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation Expense by Segment
Total Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation expense	4,526
Pharma
Financial information regarding the Company's reportable segments
Total Revenue	168,893	140,201
Less: Intersegment Sales	24	158
Net Sales	168,869	140,043
Income before interest and taxes	45,980	39,372
Food + Beverage
Financial information regarding the Company's reportable segments
Total Revenue	85,333	75,822
Less: Intersegment Sales	41	518
Net Sales	85,292	75,304
Income before interest and taxes	8,550	6,788
Corporate & Other
Financial information regarding the Company's reportable segments
Income before interest and taxes	$ (10,785)	$ (8,641)

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RESTRUCTURING INITIATIVE (Details)	3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Nov. 01, 2012 EOO USD ($) item	Nov. 01, 2012 EOO EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2013 EOO USD ($)	Nov. 01, 2012 EOO Italy item	Nov. 01, 2012 EOO Switzerland item	Mar. 31, 2013 Employee severance EOO USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 Other costs EOO USD ($)
Restructuring initiatives
Number of facilities involved in restructuring plan		12	12
Number of facilities expected to be closed		2	2		1	1
Number of employees impacted by closure of facilities		170	170
Estimated total cost associated with the plan		$ 18,000,000	€ 14,000,000
Non-cash expenses		6,000,000	4,000,000
Restructuring reserve
Restructuring reserve, balance at the beginning of the period				3,158,000			3,158,000
Net Charges	4,067,000			4,067,000			3,508,000	559,000
Cash Paid				(1,508,000)			(978,000)	(530,000)
FX Impact				(145,000)			(150,000)	5,000
Restructuring reserve, balance at the end of the period				5,572,000			5,538,000	34,000
Accelerated depreciation				$ 459,000

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STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM
Number of shares repurchased	201,000
Aggregate amount of share repurchases (in dollars)	$ 10,768	$ 10,096
Remaining authorization to repurchase additional shares	1,800,000

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FAIR VALUE (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

FAIR VALUE

Schedule of fair values of financial assets and liabilities

As of March 31, 2013, the fair values of our financial assets and liabilities were categorized as follows:

	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets
Forward exchange contracts (a)	$	1,142	$	--	$	1,142	$	--
Total assets at fair value	$	1,142	$	--	$	1,142	$	--
Liabilities
Forward exchange contracts (a)	$	3,617	$	--	$	3,617	$	--
Total liabilities at fair value	$	3,617	$	--	$	3,617	$	--

As of December 31, 2012, the fair values of our financial assets and liabilities were categorized as follows:

	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets
Forward exchange contracts (a)	$	1,314	$	--	$	1,314	$	--
Total assets at fair value	$	1,314	$	--	$	1,314	$	--
Liabilities
Forward exchange contracts (a)	$	2,261	$	--	$	2,261	$	--
Total liabilities at fair value	$	2,261	$	--	$	2,261	$	--

(a)   Market approach valuation technique based on observable market transactions of spot and forward rates

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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Schedule of changes in the carrying amount of goodwill

	Beauty +						Food +			Corporate
	Home			Pharma			Beverage			& Other			Total
Goodwill	$	179,890		$	153,978		$	17,684		$	1,615		$	353,167
Accumulated impairment losses	--			--			--			(1,615		)	(1,615		)
Balance as of December 31, 2012	$	179,890		$	153,978		$	17,684		$	--		$	351,552
Acquisition	--			--			--			--			--
Foreign currency exchange effects	(2,245		)	(4,386		)	(209		)	--			(6,840		)
Goodwill	$	177,645		$	149,592		$	17,475		$	1,615		$	346,327
Accumulated impairment losses	--			--			--			(1,615		)	(1,615		)
Balance as of March 31, 2013	$	177,645		$	149,592		$	17,475		$	--		$	344,712

Summary of amortized intangible assets

		March 31, 2013							December 31, 2012
Weighted Average		Gross							Gross
Amortization		Carrying		Accumulated			Net		Carrying		Accumulated			Net
Period (Years)		Amount		Amortization			Value		Amount		Amortization			Value
Amortized intangible assets:
Patents	11	$	19,041	$	(18,435	)	$	606	$	19,570	$	(18,894	)	$	676
Acquired Technology	15	37,820		(1,891		)	35,929		38,928		(1,298		)	37,630
License agreements and other	5	35,216		(21,908		)	13,308		35,780		(22,126		)	13,654
Total intangible assets	10	$	92,077	$	(42,234	)	$	49,843	$	94,278	$	(42,318	)	$	51,960

Schedule of future estimated amortization expense

2013	$	3,659	(remaining estimated amortization for 2013)
2014	4,862
2015	4,689
2016	4,059
2017 and thereafter	32,574

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ACQUISITIONS (Details 2) (Stelmi Group, USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended
	Jul. 03, 2012
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets
Estimated Fair Value of Asset	$ 47,134
Customer relationships
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets
Weighted-average useful life	15 years
Estimated Fair Value of Asset	7,438
Technology
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets
Weighted-average useful life	15 years
Estimated Fair Value of Asset	37,191
Trademark
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets
Weighted-average useful life	4 years
Estimated Fair Value of Asset	$ 2,505

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DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012 hedge	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES
Number of foreign currency cash flow hedge previously held	1
Aggregate amount of forward exchange contracts, outstanding		$ 104,000,000
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
Derivative Assets		1,142,000	1,314,000
Derivative Liabilities		3,617,000	2,261,000
Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
Derivative Assets		1,142,000	1,314,000
Derivative Liabilities		3,617,000	2,261,000
Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments | Foreign Exchange Contracts | Prepaid and other
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
Derivative Assets		1,142,000	332,000
Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments | Foreign Exchange Contracts | Miscellaneous Other Assets
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
Derivative Assets			982,000
Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments | Foreign Exchange Contracts | Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
Derivative Liabilities		2,669,000	2,097,000
Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments | Foreign Exchange Contracts | Deferred and other non-current liabilities
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
Derivative Liabilities		$ 948,000	$ 164,000

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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill
Goodwill	$ 346,327	$ 353,167
Accumulated impairment losses	(1,615)	(1,615)
Goodwill, balance at the beginning of the period	351,552
Foreign currency exchange effects	(6,840)
Goodwill, balance at the end of the period	344,712
Beauty + Home
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill
Goodwill	177,645	179,890
Goodwill, balance at the beginning of the period	179,890
Foreign currency exchange effects	(2,245)
Goodwill, balance at the end of the period	177,645
Pharma
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill
Goodwill	149,592	153,978
Goodwill, balance at the beginning of the period	153,978
Foreign currency exchange effects	(4,386)
Goodwill, balance at the end of the period	149,592
Food + Beverage
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill
Goodwill	17,475	17,684
Goodwill, balance at the beginning of the period	17,684
Foreign currency exchange effects	(209)
Goodwill, balance at the end of the period	17,475
Corporate & Other
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill
Goodwill	1,615	1,615
Accumulated impairment losses	$ (1,615)	$ (1,615)

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Proceeds from stock option exercises	$ 19,540,000	$ 19,674,000
Stock options
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Award vesting period	3 years
Expiration period	10 years
Compensation expense	6,500,000	5,800,000
Compensation expense, net of tax	4,400,000	3,900,000
Compensation expense, per basic share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.07	$ 0.06
Compensation expense, per diluted share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.06	$ 0.06
Income tax benefit related to compensation expense	2,100,000	1,900,000
Weighted-average fair value of stock options granted (in dollars per share)	$ 10.07	$ 10.35
Fair value of shares vested	12,100,000	11,400,000
Proceeds from stock option exercises	19,500,000
Tax benefit realized for the tax deduction from option exercises	4,000,000
Unrecognized compensation cost expected to be recognized in future periods	15,300,000
Weighted-average period over which compensation cost is expected to be recognized	1 year 7 months 6 days
Stock options | Selling, research & development and administrative expenses
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Compensation expense	5,900,000	5,300,000
Stock Awards Plans | Stock options
Assumptions used to estimate fair value of stock options granted
Dividend Yield (as a percent)	1.80%	1.80%
Expected Stock Price Volatility (as a percent)	22.70%	22.90%
Risk-free Interest Rate (as a percent)	1.20%	1.30%
Expected Life of Option	6 years 10 months 24 days	6 years 10 months 24 days
Stock options activity
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in shares)	7,879,197
Granted (in shares)	1,335,300
Exercised (in shares)	(663,664)
Forfeited or expired (in shares)	(22,966)
Outstanding at the end of the period (in shares)	8,527,867
Exercisable at the end of the period (in shares)	5,982,654
Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 37.27
Granted (in dollars per share)	$ 51.57
Exercised (in dollars per share)	$ 28.69
Forfeited or expired (in dollars per share)	$ 45.02
Outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 40.15
Exercisable at the end of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 35.49
Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years):
Outstanding at the end of the period	6 years 6 months
Exercisable at the end of the period	5 years 4 months 24 days
Aggregate Intrinsic Value:
Outstanding at the end of the period	146,648,000
Exercisable at the end of the period	130,756,000
Intrinsic Value of Options Exercised	16,515,000	21,524,000
Stock Awards Plans | Restricted stock units
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Award vesting period	3 years
Compensation expense	416,000	219,000
Unrecognized compensation cost expected to be recognized in future periods	622,000
Weighted-average period over which compensation cost is expected to be recognized	1 year 7 months 6 days
Restricted stock unit activity
Balance at the beginning of the period (in shares)	25,862
Granted (in shares)	9,948
Vested (in shares)	(11,208)
Balance at the end of the period (in shares)	24,602
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 48.76
Granted (in dollars per share)	$ 53.94
Vested (in dollars per share)	$ 44.27
Nonvested at the end of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 52.90
Fair value of units vested	496,000	316,000
Intrinsic value of units vested	582,000	448,000
Director Stock Option Plans | Stock options
Stock options activity
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in shares)	276,667
Outstanding at the end of the period (in shares)	276,667
Exercisable at the end of the period (in shares)	121,834
Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at the beginning of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 45.48
Outstanding at the end of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 45.48
Exercisable at the end of the period (in dollars per share)	$ 38.09
Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years):
Outstanding at the end of the period	7 years 7 months 6 days
Exercisable at the end of the period	6 years 3 months 18 days
Aggregate Intrinsic Value:
Outstanding at the end of the period	3,283,000
Exercisable at the end of the period	2,347,000
Intrinsic Value of Options Exercised		$ 509,000

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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
EARNINGS PER SHARE
Authorized common stock (in shares)	199,000,000		199,000,000
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01		$ 0.01
Diluted
Income available to common shareholders (in dollars)	$ 40,029	$ 43,809
Shares of common stock	66,155,000	66,196,000
Total average equivalent shares	68,296,000	68,785,000
Net income per share, diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.59	$ 0.64
Basic
Income available to common shareholders (in dollars)	$ 40,029	$ 43,809
Shares of common stock	66,155,000	66,196,000
Net income per share, basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.61	$ 0.66
Stock options
Diluted
Effect of dilutive stock based compensation (in shares)	2,133,000	2,580,000
Restricted stock
Diluted
Effect of dilutive stock based compensation (in shares)	8,000	9,000

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INVENTORIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

INVENTORIES

INVENTORIES

NOTE 2 - INVENTORIES

At March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, approximately 18% and 19%, respectively, of the total inventories are accounted for by the LIFO method.  Inventories, by component, consisted of:

	March 31,			December 31,
	2013			2012
Raw materials	$	118,037		$	125,889
Work in process	89,188			75,261
Finished goods	126,186			127,393
Total	333,411			328,543
Less LIFO Reserve	(7,163		)	(6,658		)
Total	$	326,248		$	321,885

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DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Derivative instruments, gain or (loss)
Foreign Exchange Contract, Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative, not designated as hedging instruments	$ (2,598)	$ 7,116
Foreign Exchange Contracts
Derivative instruments, gain or (loss)
Foreign Exchange Contract, Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative, not designated as hedging instruments	$ (2,598)	$ 7,116

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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

EARNINGS PER SHARE

Information related to the calculation of earnings per share

	March 31, 2013				March 31, 2012
	Diluted		Basic		Diluted		Basic
Consolidated operations
Income available to common shareholders	$	40,029	$	40,029	$	43,809	$	43,809
Average equivalent shares
Shares of common stock	66,155		66,155		66,196		66,196
Effect of dilutive stock based compensation
Stock options	2,133		--		2,580		--
Restricted stock	8		--		9		--
Total average equivalent shares	68,296		66,155		68,785		66,196
Net income per share	$	.59	$	.61	$	.64	$	.66

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DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

Schedule of Fair Value of Derivative Instruments in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	Balance Sheet Location	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Derivative Assets
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Prepaid and other	$	1,142	$	332
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Miscellaneous Other Assets	--		982
		$	1,142	$	1,314
Derivative Liabilities
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	2,669	$	2,097
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Deferred and other non-current liabilities	948		164
		$	3,617	$	2,261

Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative
		2013			2012
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Other Income (Expense) Miscellaneous, net	$	(2,598	)	$	7,116
		$	(2,598	)	$	7,116

Schedule of offsetting derivative assets and liabilities

			Net Amounts	Gross Amounts not Offset in the
		Gross Amounts	Presented in	Statement of Financial Position
	Gross	Offset in the	the Statement of	Financial	Cash Collateral	Net
	Amount	Financial Position	Financial Position	Instruments	Received	Amount
Description
2013
Derivative Assets	$1,142	--	$1,142	--	--	$1,142
Total Assets	$1,142	--	$1,142	--	--	$1,142
Derivative Liabilities	$3,617	--	$3,617	--	--	$3,617
Total Liabilities	$3,617	--	$3,617	--	--	$3,617
2012
Derivative Assets	$1,314	--	$1,314	--	--	$1,314
Total Assets	$1,314	--	$1,314	--	--	$1,314
Derivative Liabilities	$2,261	--	$2,261	--	--	$2,261
Total Liabilities	$2,261	--	$2,261	--	--	$2,261

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DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES (Details 3) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Derivative Assets
Gross Amount	$ 1,142	$ 1,314
Net Amounts Presented in the Statement of Financial Position	1,142	1,314
Net Amount	1,142	1,314
Derivative Liabilities
Gross Amount	3,617	2,261
Net Amounts Presented in the Statement of Financial Position	3,617	2,261
Net Amount	$ 3,617	$ 2,261

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SEGMENT INFORMATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

SEGMENT INFORMATION

Financial information regarding the Company's reportable segments

Three months ended March 31,	2013			2012
Total Revenue:
Beauty + Home	$	367,183		$	380,836
Pharma	168,893			140,201
Food + Beverage	85,333			75,822
Total Revenue	$	621,409		$	596,859
Less: Intersegment Sales:
Beauty + Home	$	3,711		$	3,685
Pharma	24			158
Food + Beverage	41			518
Total Intersegment Sales	$	3,776		$	4,361
Net Sales:
Beauty + Home	$	363,472		$	377,151
Pharma	168,869			140,043
Food + Beverage	85,292			75,304
Net Sales	$	617,633		$	592,498
Segment Income (1):
Beauty + Home	$	24,415		$	32,972
Pharma	45,980			39,372
Food + Beverage	8,550			6,788
Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation	(4,526		)	–
Corporate & Other	(10,785		)	(8,641		)
Income before interest and taxes	$	63,634		$	70,491
Interest expense, net	(4,232		)	(4,214		)
Income before income taxes	$	59,402		$	66,277

(1) The Company evaluates performance of its business units and allocates resources based upon segment income.  Segment income is defined as earnings before net interest expense, certain corporate expenses, restructuring initiatives and income taxes. Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation includes the following income/(expense) items for the three months ended March 31, 2013 as follows:

Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation Expense

Three months ended March 31,	2013		2012
European Operations Optimization (“EOO”) Plan
Depreciation	$	459	$	--
Employee Severance and Other Costs	4,067		--
Total Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation Expense	$	4,526	$	--
Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation Expense by Segment
Beauty + Home	$	4,526	$	--
Total Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation Expense	$	4,526	$	--

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ACQUISITIONS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

ACQUISITIONS

Summary of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date at estimated fair value

	July 3, 2012
Assets
Cash and equivalents	$	68,335
Accounts receivable	23,540
Inventories	16,826
Prepaid and other	3,256
Property, plant and equipment	42,073
Goodwill	111,031
Intangible assets	47,134
Other miscellaneous assets	6,092
Liabilities
Current maturities of long-term obligations	675
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	26,064
Long-term obligations	885
Deferred income taxes	22,440
Retirement and deferred compensation plans	12,049
Net assets acquired	$	256,174

Summary of the fair value estimates of the acquired identifiable intangible assets and weighted-average useful lives as of the acquisition date

	Weighted-Average	Estimated
	Useful Life	Fair Value
	(in years)	of Asset
Customer relationships	15	$	7,438
Technology	15	37,191
Trademark	4	2,505
Total		$	47,134

Schedule of unaudited pro forma financial information

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Net Sales	$	617,633	$	625,474
Net Income Attributable to AptarGroup Inc.	40,037		46,530
Net Income per common share - basic	0.61		0.70
Net Income per common share - diluted	0.59		0.68

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

NOTE 1 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of AptarGroup, Inc. and its subsidiaries.  The terms “AptarGroup” or “Company” as used herein refer to AptarGroup, Inc. and its subsidiaries.  All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of consolidated financial position, results of operations, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for the interim periods presented.  The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).  Certain information and footnote disclosure normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although the Company believes that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information presented not misleading.  Also, certain financial position data included herein was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  Accordingly, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.  The results of operations of any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year.

ADOPTION OF RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Changes to GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) in the form of accounting standards updates to the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification.

In February 2013, The FASB issued authoritative guidance that amends the presentation of accumulated other comprehensive income and clarifies how to report the effect of significant reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The guidance requires footnote disclosures regarding the changes in accumulated other comprehensive income by component and the line items affected in the statements of earnings. The adoption of this standard had no impact on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements other than disclosure. Additional information can be found in Note 5 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In January 2013, The FASB issued authoritative guidance requiring new asset and liability offsetting disclosures for derivatives, repurchase agreements and security lending transactions to the extent that they are offset in the financial statements or are subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. We do not have any repurchase agreements and do not participate in securities lending transactions. Our derivative instruments are not offset in the financial statements. Accordingly, the adoption of this standard had no impact on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements other than disclosure.  Additional information can be found in Note 6 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

INCOME TAXES

The Company computes taxes on income in accordance with the tax rules and regulations of the many taxing authorities where the income is earned.  The income tax rates imposed by these taxing authorities may vary substantially.  Taxable income may differ from pretax income for financial accounting purposes.  To the extent that these differences create differences between the tax basis of an asset or liability and its reported amount in the financial statements, an appropriate provision for deferred income taxes is made.

In its determination of which foreign earnings are permanently reinvested in foreign operations, the Company considers numerous factors, including the financial requirements of the U.S. parent company and those of its foreign subsidiaries, the U.S. funding needs for dividend payments and stock repurchases, and the tax consequences of remitting earnings to the U.S.  From this analysis, current year repatriation decisions are made in an attempt to provide a proper mix of debt and shareholder capital both within the U.S. and for non-U.S. operations.  The Company’s policy is to permanently reinvest its accumulated foreign earnings and only will make a distribution out of current year earnings to meet the cash needs at the parent company.  As such, the Company does not provide for taxes on earnings that are deemed to be permanently reinvested.  The effective tax rate for 2013 includes the tax cost of repatriating $76 million of current year earnings, all of which is expected to be repatriated in the first half of 2013.

The Company provides a liability for the amount of tax benefits realized from uncertain tax positions.  This liability is provided whenever the Company determines that a tax benefit will not meet a more-likely-than-not threshold for recognition.  See Note 13 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Weighted-average assumptions used to estimate fair value of stock options granted

Stock Awards Plans:
Three months ended March 31,	2013		2012
Dividend Yield	1.8	%	1.8	%
Expected Stock Price Volatility	22.7	%	22.9	%
Risk-free Interest Rate	1.2	%	1.3	%
Expected Life of Option (years)	6.9		6.9

Summary of option activity

	Stock Awards Plans					Director Stock Option Plans
				Weighted Average				Weighted Average
	Shares			Exercise Price		Shares		Exercise Price
Outstanding, January 1, 2013	7,879,197			$	37.27	276,667		$	45.48
Granted	1,335,300			51.57		--		--
Exercised	(663,664		)	28.69		--		--
Forfeited or expired	(22,966		)	45.02		--		--
Outstanding at March 31, 2013	8,527,867			$	40.15	276,667		$	45.48
Exercisable at March 31, 2013	5,982,854			$	35.49	121,834		$	38.09
Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years):
Outstanding at March 31, 2013	6.5					7.6
Exercisable at March 31, 2013	5.4					6.3
Aggregate Intrinsic Value ($000):
Outstanding at March 31, 2013	$	146,648				$	3,283
Exercisable at March 31, 2013	$	130,756				$	2,347
Intrinsic Value of Options Exercised ($000) During the Three Months Ended:
March 31, 2013	$	16,515				$	--
March 31, 2012	$	21,524				$	509

Summary of restricted stock unit activity

			Weighted-Average
	Shares		Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2013	25,862		$	48.76
Granted	9,948		53.94
Vested	(11,208	)	44.27
Nonvested at March 31, 2013	24,602		$	52.90

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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Accumulated other comprehensive income activity
Balance at the beginning of the period	$ 60,683	$ 60,318
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	(35,614)	41,683
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	1,194	756
Net current-period other comprehensive income	(34,420)	42,439
Balance at the end of the period	26,263	102,757
Foreign Currency
Accumulated other comprehensive income activity
Balance at the beginning of the period	120,097	100,593
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	(35,614)	41,683
Net current-period other comprehensive income	(35,614)	41,683
Balance at the end of the period	84,483	142,276
Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Accumulated other comprehensive income activity
Balance at the beginning of the period	(59,248)	(39,907)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	1,179	748
Net current-period other comprehensive income	1,179	748
Balance at the end of the period	(58,069)	(39,159)
Other
Accumulated other comprehensive income activity
Balance at the beginning of the period	(166)	(368)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	15	8
Net current-period other comprehensive income	15	8
Balance at the end of the period	$ (151)	$ (360)

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INCOME TAX UNCERTAINTIES (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
INCOME TAX UNCERTAINTIES
Income tax uncertainties	$ 8.4	$ 8.5
Change in income tax uncertainties	0.1
Amount of income tax uncertainties that, if recognized, would impact the effective tax rate	8.0	8.1
Decrease in liability for uncertain tax positions, high end of range	$ 5
Number of months liability for uncertain tax positions will decrease	12 months

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
Net Sales	$ 617,633	$ 592,498
Operating Expenses:
Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown below)	418,486	401,070
Selling, research & development and administrative	94,307	88,499
Depreciation and amortization	36,171	32,554
Restructuring initiatives	4,067
Total Operating Expenses	553,031	522,123
Operating Income	64,602	70,375
Other Income (Expense):
Interest expense	(5,081)	(5,242)
Interest income	849	1,028
Equity in results of affiliates	(262)	(131)
Miscellaneous, net	(706)	247
Total Other Income (Expense)	(5,200)	(4,098)
Income before Income Taxes	59,402	66,277
Provision for Income Taxes	19,424	22,464
Net Income	39,978	43,813
Net Loss/(Income) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	51	(4)
Net Income Attributable to AptarGroup, Inc.	$ 40,029	$ 43,809
Net Income Attributable to AptarGroup, Inc. Per Common Share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.61	$ 0.66
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.59	$ 0.64
Average Number of Shares Outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	66,155	66,196
Diluted (in shares)	68,296	68,785
Dividends per Common Share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.25	$ 0.22

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013
Infringement of patent
Commitments and contingencies
Amount of damage assessed on infringement of patents owned by the counterparty within the United States	$ 0
Indemnification agreements
Commitments and contingencies
Liabilities recorded under indemnification agreements	$ 0

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Total	Retained Earnings	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)	Common Stock Par Value	Treasury Stock	Capital in Excess of Par Value	Non-Controlling Interest
Balance at Dec. 31, 2011	$ 1,290,572	$ 1,409,388	$ 60,318	$ 827	$ (545,612)	$ 364,855	$ 796
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Net income (loss)	43,813	43,809					4
Foreign currency translation adjustments	41,682		41,683				(1)
Changes in unrecognized pension gains/losses and related amortization, net of tax	748		748
Changes in treasury locks, net of tax	15		15
Net loss on derivatives, net of tax	(7)		(7)
Stock option exercises & restricted stock vestings	32,110			8	3	32,099
Cash dividends declared on common stock	(14,530)	(14,530)
Treasury stock purchased	(10,096)				(10,096)
Balance at Mar. 31, 2012	1,384,307	1,438,667	102,757	835	(555,705)	396,954	799
Balance at Dec. 31, 2012	1,380,498	1,513,558	60,683	840	(625,401)	430,210	608
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Net income (loss)	39,978	40,029					(51)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(35,613)		(35,614)				1
Changes in unrecognized pension gains/losses and related amortization, net of tax	1,179		1,179
Changes in treasury locks, net of tax	15		15
Stock option exercises & restricted stock vestings	28,974			5	1	28,968
Cash dividends declared on common stock	(16,493)	(16,493)
Treasury stock purchased	(10,768)				(10,768)
Balance at Mar. 31, 2013	$ 1,387,770	$ 1,537,094	$ 26,263	$ 845	$ (636,168)	$ 459,178	$ 558

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013
INCOME TAXES
Current year earnings repatriated	$ 76

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RESTRUCTURING INITIATIVE

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

RESTRUCTURING INITIATIVE

RESTRUCTURING INITIATIVE

NOTE 15 – RESTRUCTURING INITIATIVE

On November 1, 2012, the Company announced a plan to optimize certain capacity in Europe (EOO).  Due to increased production efficiencies and to better position the Company for future growth in Europe, AptarGroup will transfer and consolidate production capacity involving twelve facilities.  Two facilities, one in Italy and one in Switzerland, are expected to close and will impact approximately 170 employees.  The locations involved in the operations optimization plan are facilities that are serving the beauty, personal care, food, beverage, and consumer health care markets.  The total costs associated with the plan are estimated to be approximately €14 million (approximately $18 million using current exchange rates) of which approximately €4 million (approximately $6 million using current exchange rates) relates to non-cash expenses and will be included in depreciation and amortization in the Consolidated Statements of Income.  As of March 31, 2013 we have recorded the following activity associated with our EOO plan:

	Beginning		Net Charges for								Ending
	Reserve at		the Three Months								Reserve at
	12/31/12		Ended 3/31/13		Cash Paid			FX Impact			3/31/13
Employee severance	$	3,158	$	3,508	$	(978	)	$	(150	)	$	5,538
Other costs	--		559		(530		)	5			34
Totals	$	3,158	$	4,067	$	(1,508	)	$	(145	)	$	5,572

In addition to the above charges, $0.5 million of accelerated depreciation was incurred in the first quarter of 2013.  This amount is included within depreciation and amortization in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

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INVENTORIES (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
INVENTORIES
Inventories accounted for by using the LIFO method (as a percent)	18.00%	19.00%
Inventories, by component
Raw materials	$ 118,037	$ 125,889
Work in process	89,188	75,261
Finished goods	126,186	127,393
Total	333,411	328,543
Less LIFO reserve	(7,163)	(6,658)
Total	$ 326,248	$ 321,885

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INVENTORIES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

INVENTORIES

Schedule of inventories, by component

	March 31,			December 31,
	2013			2012
Raw materials	$	118,037		$	125,889
Work in process	89,188			75,261
Finished goods	126,186			127,393
Total	333,411			328,543
Less LIFO Reserve	(7,163		)	(6,658		)
Total	$	326,248		$	321,885

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income	$ 39,978	$ 43,813
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operations:
Depreciation	34,934	32,205
Amortization	1,237	349
Stock option based compensation	6,534	5,774
(Recovery)/Provision for doubtful accounts	(311)	(721)
Deferred income taxes	(4,668)	(252)
Defined benefit plan expense	5,123	3,585
Equity in results of affiliates in excess of cash distributions received	262	131
Changes in balance sheet items, excluding effects from foreign currency adjustments:
Accounts receivable	(52,022)	(42,498)
Inventories	(9,720)	(8,818)
Prepaid and other current assets	(8,947)	265
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	5,528	5,015
Income taxes payable	4,509	4,033
Retirement and deferred compensation plans	(3,118)	(6,338)
Other changes, net	6,790	(22,885)
Net Cash Provided/(Used) by Operations	26,109	13,658
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Capital expenditures	(34,832)	(42,496)
Disposition of property and equipment	2,162	771
Investment in unconsolidated affiliate		(279)
Notes receivable, net		20
Net Cash Used by Investing Activities	(32,670)	(41,984)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Proceeds/(Repayments) from notes payable	14,754	(31,967)
Repayments of long-term obligations	(585)	(761)
Dividends paid	(16,493)	(14,530)
Credit facility costs	(497)	(1,121)
Proceeds from stock option exercises	19,540	19,674
Purchase of treasury stock	(10,768)	(10,096)
Excess tax benefit from exercise of stock options	2,403	6,433
Net Cash Provided/(Used) by Financing Activities	8,354	(32,368)
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash	(6,444)	12,883
Net Decrease in Cash and Equivalents	(4,651)	(47,811)
Cash and Equivalents at Beginning of Period	229,755	377,616
Cash and Equivalents at End of Period	$ 225,104	$ 329,805

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME
Net Income	$ 39,978	$ 43,813
Other Comprehensive Income:
Foreign currency translation adjustments	(35,613)	41,682
Changes in treasury locks, net of tax	15	15
Net gain on derivatives, net of tax		(7)
Defined benefit pension plan, net of tax
Amortization of prior service cost included in net income, net of tax	61	61
Amortization of net loss included in net income, net of tax	1,118	687
Total defined benefit pension plan, net of tax	1,179	748
Total other comprehensive (loss) income	(34,419)	42,438
Comprehensive Income	5,559	86,251
Comprehensive Loss/(Income) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	50	(3)
Comprehensive Income Attributable to AptarGroup, Inc.	$ 5,609	$ 86,248

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SEGMENT INFORMATION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

SEGMENT INFORMATION

SEGMENT INFORMATION

NOTE 10 – SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company operates in the packaging components industry, which includes the development, manufacture and sale of consumer product dispensing systems.  The Company is organized into three reporting segments.  Operations that sell dispensing systems primarily to the personal care, fragrance/cosmetic and home care markets form the Beauty + Home segment.  Operations that sell dispensing systems primarily to the prescription drug and consumer health care markets form the Pharma segment.  Operations that sell dispensing systems primarily to the food and beverage markets form the Food + Beverage segment.

The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in Note 1, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. Segment income is defined as earnings before net interest expense, certain corporate expenses, restructuring initiatives and related depreciation and income taxes.

Financial information regarding the Company’s reportable segments is shown below:

Three months ended March 31,	2013			2012
Total Revenue:
Beauty + Home	$	367,183		$	380,836
Pharma	168,893			140,201
Food + Beverage	85,333			75,822
Total Revenue	$	621,409		$	596,859
Less: Intersegment Sales:
Beauty + Home	$	3,711		$	3,685
Pharma	24			158
Food + Beverage	41			518
Total Intersegment Sales	$	3,776		$	4,361
Net Sales:
Beauty + Home	$	363,472		$	377,151
Pharma	168,869			140,043
Food + Beverage	85,292			75,304
Net Sales	$	617,633		$	592,498
Segment Income (1):
Beauty + Home	$	24,415		$	32,972
Pharma	45,980			39,372
Food + Beverage	8,550			6,788
Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation	(4,526		)	–
Corporate & Other	(10,785		)	(8,641		)
Income before interest and taxes	$	63,634		$	70,491
Interest expense, net	(4,232		)	(4,214		)
Income before income taxes	$	59,402		$	66,277

(1) The Company evaluates performance of its business units and allocates resources based upon segment income.  Segment income is defined as earnings before net interest expense, certain corporate expenses, restructuring initiatives and income taxes. Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation includes the following income/(expense) items for the three months ended March 31, 2013 as follows:

Three months ended March 31,	2013		2012
European Operations Optimization (“EOO”) Plan
Depreciation	$	459	$	--
Employee Severance and Other Costs	4,067		--
Total Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation Expense	$	4,526	$	--
Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation Expense by Segment
Beauty + Home	$	4,526	$	--
Total Restructuring Initiatives and Related Depreciation Expense	$	4,526	$	--

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Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	May 01, 2013
Document and Entity Information
Entity Registrant Name	APTARGROUP INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000896622
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2013
Amendment Flag	false
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		66,696,356
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1

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ACQUISITIONS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

ACQUISITIONS

ACQUISITIONS

NOTE 11 – ACQUISITIONS

On July 3, 2012, the Company completed its acquisition of Rumpler - Technologies S.A., together with its direct and indirect subsidiaries (“Stelmi”).  Stelmi is a producer of elastomer primary packaging components for injectable drug delivery and operates two manufacturing plants located in the Normandy region of France and also has a research and development facility located near Paris.  The Company acquired all of the shares of Stelmi.  The purchase price paid for Stelmi (net of cash acquired) was approximately $188 million and was funded by cash on hand.

Stelmi contributed sales of $35.4 million and a pretax income of $7.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013.  The results of the acquired business for the period from the acquisition date are included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements and are reported in the Pharma reporting segment.

The following table summarizes the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date at estimated fair value.  If additional information is obtained about these assets and liabilities within the measurement period (not to exceed one year from the date of acquisition), the Company may refine its estimates of fair value to allocate the purchase price more accurately; however, any such revisions are not expected to be significant.

	July 3, 2012
Assets
Cash and equivalents	$	68,335
Accounts receivable	23,540
Inventories	16,826
Prepaid and other	3,256
Property, plant and equipment	42,073
Goodwill	111,031
Intangible assets	47,134
Other miscellaneous assets	6,092
Liabilities
Current maturities of long-term obligations	675
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	26,064
Long-term obligations	885
Deferred income taxes	22,440
Retirement and deferred compensation plans	12,049
Net assets acquired	$	256,174

The following table is a summary of the fair value estimates of the acquired identifiable intangible assets and weighted-average useful lives as of the acquisition date:

	Weighted-Average	Estimated
	Useful Life	Fair Value
	(in years)	of Asset
Customer relationships	15	$	7,438
Technology	15	37,191
Trademark	4	2,505
Total		$	47,134

Goodwill in the amount of $111.0 million was recorded for the acquisition of Stelmi and is included in the Pharma segment.  Goodwill is calculated as the excess of the consideration transferred over the net assets acquired and represents the estimated future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired that could not be individually identified and separately recognized.  Goodwill largely consists of leveraging the Company’s commercial presence in selling the Stelmi line of products in markets where Stelmi didn’t previously operate and the ability of Stelmi to maintain its competitive advantage from a technical viewpoint.  Goodwill will not be amortized, but will be tested for impairment at least annually.  We do not expect that any of the goodwill will be deductible for tax purposes.

The unaudited pro forma results presented below include the effects of the Stelmi acquisition as if it had occurred as of January 1, 2011.  The unaudited pro forma results reflect certain adjustments related to the acquisition, such as the amortization associated with estimates for the acquired intangible assets and fair value adjustments for inventory.  The pro forma results do not include any synergies or other expected benefits of the acquisition.  Accordingly, the unaudited pro forma financial information below is not necessarily indicative of either future results of operations or results that might have been achieved had the acquisition been completed on the dates indicated.

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Net Sales	$	617,633	$	625,474
Net Income Attributable to AptarGroup Inc.	40,037		46,530
Net Income per common share - basic	0.61		0.70
Net Income per common share - diluted	0.59		0.68

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Current Assets:
Cash and equivalents	$ 225,104	$ 229,755
Accounts and notes receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $6,147 in 2013 and $6,751 in 2012	441,284	396,788
Inventories	326,248	321,885
Prepaid and other	98,762	90,505
Total Current Assets	1,091,398	1,038,933
Property, Plant and Equipment:
Buildings and improvements	363,859	364,704
Machinery and equipment	1,840,679	1,857,347
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	2,204,538	2,222,051
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(1,392,893)	(1,397,575)
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	811,645	824,476
Land	23,333	23,757
Total Property, Plant and Equipment	834,978	848,233
Other Assets:
Investments in affiliates	3,347	3,693
Goodwill	344,712	351,552
Intangible assets, net	49,843	51,960
Miscellaneous	28,292	30,041
Total Other Assets	426,194	437,246
Total Assets	2,352,570	2,324,412
Current Liabilities:
Notes payable	60,488	45,166
Current maturities of long-term obligations	28,405	29,488
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	388,585	380,669
Total Current Liabilities	477,478	455,323
Long-Term Obligations	352,749	352,860
Deferred Liabilities and Other:
Deferred income taxes	29,897	33,451
Retirement and deferred compensation plans	97,533	95,872
Deferred and other non-current liabilities	7,143	6,408
Commitments and contingencies
Total Deferred Liabilities and Other	134,573	135,731
AptarGroup, Inc. stockholders' equity
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 1 million shares authorized, none outstanding
Common stock, $.01 par value, 199 million shares authorized; 84.6 and 84.1 million shares issued as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively	845	840
Capital in excess of par value	459,178	430,210
Retained earnings	1,537,094	1,513,558
Accumulated other comprehensive income	26,263	60,683
Less treasury stock at cost, 18.2 and 18.2 million shares as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively	(636,168)	(625,401)
Total AptarGroup, Inc. Stockholders' Equity	1,387,212	1,379,890
Noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries	558	608
Total Stockholders' Equity	1,387,770	1,380,498
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity	$ 2,352,570	$ 2,324,412

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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

NOTE 5 – ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income by Component:

	Foreign			Defined Benefit
	Currency			Pension Plans			Other			Total
Balance – December 31, 2011	$	100,593		$	(39,907	)	$	(368	)	$	60,318
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	41,683			--			--			41,683
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	--			748			8			756
Net current-period other comprehensive income	41,683			748			8			42,439
Balance - March 31, 2012	$	142,276		$	(39,159	)	$	(360	)	$	102,757
Balance – December 31, 2012	$	120,097		$	(59,248	)	$	(166	)	$	60,683
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	(35,614		)	--			--			(35,614		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	--			1,179			15			1,194
Net current-period other comprehensive income	(35,614		)	1,179			15			(34,420		)
Balance - March 31, 2013	$	84,483		$	(58,069	)	$	(151	)	$	26,263

Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income:

Details about Accumulated Other	Amount Reclassified from Accumulated						Affected Line in the Statement
Comprehensive Income Components	Other Comprehensive Income						Where Net Income is Presented
Three months ended March 31,	2013			2012
Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Amortization of net loss	$	1,786		$	1,085			(a)
Amortization of prior service cost	94			93				(a)
	1,880			1,178				Total before tax
	(701		)	(430		)		Tax benefit
	$	1,179		$	748			Net of tax
Other
Changes in treasury locks	23			23				Interest Expense
Net loss on derivatives	--			(10		)		Interest Income
	23			13				Total before tax
	(8		)	(5		)		Tax benefit
	$	15		$	8			Net of tax
Total reclassifications for the period	$	1,194		$	756

(a) These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit costs, net of tax (see Note 4 – Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans for additional details).

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RETIREMENT AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

RETIREMENT AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS

RETIREMENT AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS

NOTE 4 – RETIREMENT AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS

Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost:

	Domestic Plans						Foreign Plans
Three months ended March 31,	2013			2012			2013			2012
Service cost	$	2,225		$	1,804		$	969		$	519
Interest cost	1,250			1,228			665			645
Expected return on plan assets	(1,414		)	(1,401		)	(452		)	(388		)
Amortization of net loss	1,434			964			352			121
Amortization of prior service cost	1			1			93			92
Net periodic benefit cost	$	3,496		$	2,596		$	1,627		$	989

EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS

In order to meet or exceed minimum funding levels required by U.S. law, the Company expects to contribute approximately $10 million to its domestic defined benefit plans in 2013 and has not made any 2013 contributions as of March 31, 2013. The Company also expects to contribute approximately $4.3 million to its foreign defined benefit plans in 2013 and, as of March 31, 2013, has contributed approximately $0.7 million.

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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

ADOPTION OF RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

ADOPTION OF RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Changes to GAAP are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) in the form of accounting standards updates to the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification.

In February 2013, The FASB issued authoritative guidance that amends the presentation of accumulated other comprehensive income and clarifies how to report the effect of significant reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The guidance requires footnote disclosures regarding the changes in accumulated other comprehensive income by component and the line items affected in the statements of earnings. The adoption of this standard had no impact on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements other than disclosure. Additional information can be found in Note 5 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In January 2013, The FASB issued authoritative guidance requiring new asset and liability offsetting disclosures for derivatives, repurchase agreements and security lending transactions to the extent that they are offset in the financial statements or are subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. We do not have any repurchase agreements and do not participate in securities lending transactions. Our derivative instruments are not offset in the financial statements. Accordingly, the adoption of this standard had no impact on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements other than disclosure.  Additional information can be found in Note 6 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

INCOME TAXES

INCOME TAXES

The Company computes taxes on income in accordance with the tax rules and regulations of the many taxing authorities where the income is earned.  The income tax rates imposed by these taxing authorities may vary substantially.  Taxable income may differ from pretax income for financial accounting purposes.  To the extent that these differences create differences between the tax basis of an asset or liability and its reported amount in the financial statements, an appropriate provision for deferred income taxes is made.

In its determination of which foreign earnings are permanently reinvested in foreign operations, the Company considers numerous factors, including the financial requirements of the U.S. parent company and those of its foreign subsidiaries, the U.S. funding needs for dividend payments and stock repurchases, and the tax consequences of remitting earnings to the U.S.  From this analysis, current year repatriation decisions are made in an attempt to provide a proper mix of debt and shareholder capital both within the U.S. and for non-U.S. operations.  The Company’s policy is to permanently reinvest its accumulated foreign earnings and only will make a distribution out of current year earnings to meet the cash needs at the parent company.  As such, the Company does not provide for taxes on earnings that are deemed to be permanently reinvested.  The effective tax rate for 2013 includes the tax cost of repatriating $76 million of current year earnings, all of which is expected to be repatriated in the first half of 2013.

The Company provides a liability for the amount of tax benefits realized from uncertain tax positions.  This liability is provided whenever the Company determines that a tax benefit will not meet a more-likely-than-not threshold for recognition.  See Note 13 of the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information.

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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

NOTE 12 – STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company issues stock options and restricted stock units to employees under Stock Awards Plans approved by shareholders. Stock options are issued to non-employee directors for their services as directors under Director Stock Option Plans approved by shareholders.  Options are awarded with the exercise price equal to the market price on the date of grant and generally become exercisable over three years and expire 10 years after grant.  Restricted stock units generally vest over three years.

Compensation expense recorded attributable to stock options for the first three months of 2013 was approximately $6.5 million ($4.4 million after tax), or $0.07 per basic share and $0.06 per diluted share.  The income tax benefit related to this compensation expense was approximately $2.1 million.  Approximately $5.9 million of the compensation expense was recorded in selling, research & development and administrative expenses and the balance was recorded in cost of sales.  Compensation expense recorded attributable to stock options for the first three months of 2012 was approximately $5.8 million ($3.9 million after tax), or $0.06 per basic and diluted share.  The income tax benefit related to this compensation expense was approximately $1.9 million.  Approximately $5.3 million of the compensation expense was recorded in selling, research & development and administrative expenses and the balance was recorded in cost of sales.

The Company uses historical data to estimate expected life and volatility.  The weighted-average fair value of stock options granted under the Stock Awards Plans was $10.07 and $10.35 per share in 2013 and 2012, respectively.  These values were estimated on the respective dates of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:

Stock Awards Plans:
Three months ended March 31,	2013		2012
Dividend Yield	1.8	%	1.8	%
Expected Stock Price Volatility	22.7	%	22.9	%
Risk-free Interest Rate	1.2	%	1.3	%
Expected Life of Option (years)	6.9		6.9

There were no grants under the Director Stock Option Plan during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

A summary of option activity under the Company’s stock option plans as of March 31, 2013, and changes during the three months then ended is presented below:

	Stock Awards Plans					Director Stock Option Plans
				Weighted Average				Weighted Average
	Shares			Exercise Price		Shares		Exercise Price
Outstanding, January 1, 2013	7,879,197			$	37.27	276,667		$	45.48
Granted	1,335,300			51.57		--		--
Exercised	(663,664		)	28.69		--		--
Forfeited or expired	(22,966		)	45.02		--		--
Outstanding at March 31, 2013	8,527,867			$	40.15	276,667		$	45.48
Exercisable at March 31, 2013	5,982,854			$	35.49	121,834		$	38.09
Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years):
Outstanding at March 31, 2013	6.5					7.6
Exercisable at March 31, 2013	5.4					6.3
Aggregate Intrinsic Value ($000):
Outstanding at March 31, 2013	$	146,648				$	3,283
Exercisable at March 31, 2013	$	130,756				$	2,347
Intrinsic Value of Options Exercised ($000) During the Three Months Ended:
March 31, 2013	$	16,515				$	--
March 31, 2012	$	21,524				$	509

The fair value of shares vested during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was $12.1 million and $11.4 million, respectively.  Cash received from option exercises was approximately $19.5 million and the actual tax benefit realized for the tax deduction from option exercises was approximately $4.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2013.  As of March 31, 2013, the remaining valuation of stock option awards to be expensed in future periods was $15.3 million and the related weighted-average period over which it is expected to be recognized is 1.6 years.

The fair value of restricted stock unit grants is the market price of the underlying shares on the grant date.  A summary of restricted stock unit activity as of March 31, 2013, and changes during the period then ended is presented below:

			Weighted-Average
	Shares		Grant-Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2013	25,862		$	48.76
Granted	9,948		53.94
Vested	(11,208	)	44.27
Nonvested at March 31, 2013	24,602		$	52.90

Compensation expense recorded attributable to restricted stock unit grants for the first three months of 2013 and 2012 was approximately $416 thousand and $219 thousand, respectively.  The fair value of units vested during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was $496 thousand and $316 thousand, respectively.  The intrinsic value of units vested during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was $582 thousand and $448 thousand, respectively.  As of March 31, 2013 there was $622 thousand of total unrecognized compensation cost relating to restricted stock unit awards which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.6 years.

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STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM

STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM

NOTE 8 – STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM

During the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company repurchased approximately 201 thousand shares for an aggregate amount of $10.8 million.  As of March 31, 2013, the Company has a remaining authorization to repurchase 1.8 million additional shares.  The timing of and total amount expended for the share repurchase depends upon market conditions.

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DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

NOTE 6 – DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

The Company maintains a foreign exchange risk management policy designed to establish a framework to protect the value of the Company’s non-functional denominated transactions from adverse changes in exchange rates.  Sales of the Company’s products can be denominated in a currency different from the currency in which the related costs to produce the product are denominated.  Changes in exchange rates on such inter-country sales or intercompany loans can impact the Company’s results of operations.  The Company’s policy is not to engage in speculative foreign currency hedging activities, but to minimize its net foreign currency transaction exposure defined as firm commitments and transactions recorded and denominated in currencies other than the functional currency.  The Company may use foreign currency forward exchange contracts, options and cross currency swaps to economically hedge these risks.

The Company maintains an interest rate risk management strategy to minimize significant, unanticipated earnings fluctuations that may arise from volatility in interest rates.

For derivative instruments designated as hedges, the Company formally documents the nature and relationships between the hedging instruments and the hedged items, as well as the risk management objectives, strategies for undertaking the various hedge transactions, and the method of assessing hedge effectiveness.  Additionally, in order to designate any derivative instrument as a hedge of an anticipated transaction, the significant characteristics and expected terms of any anticipated transaction must be specifically identified, and it must be probable that the anticipated transaction will occur.

CASH FLOW HEDGES

The Company had one foreign currency cash flow hedge until March 15, 2012.  A French subsidiary of AptarGroup, AptarGroup Holding SAS, had hedged the risk of variability in Euro equivalent associated with the cash flows of an intercompany loan granted in Brazilian Real.  The forward contracts utilized were designated as a hedge of the changes in the cash flows relating to the changes in foreign currency rates relating to the loan and related forecasted interest.  On March 15, 2012, the loan and foreign currency forward contracts were repaid.

HEDGE OF NET INVESTMENTS IN FOREIGN OPERATIONS

A significant number of the Company’s operations are located outside of the United States.  Because of this, movements in exchange rates may have a significant impact on the translation of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company’s foreign entities.  A strengthening U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies has a dilutive translation effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operations.  Conversely, a weakening U.S. dollar has an additive effect.  The Company in some cases maintains debt in these subsidiaries to offset the net asset exposure.  The Company does not otherwise actively manage this risk using derivative financial instruments.  In the event the Company plans on a full or partial liquidation of any of its foreign subsidiaries where the Company’s net investment is likely to be monetized, the Company will consider hedging the currency exposure associated with such a transaction.

OTHER

As of March 31, 2013, the Company has recorded the fair value of foreign currency forward exchange contracts of $1.1 million in prepaid and other, $2.7 million in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and $0.9 million in deferred and other non-current liabilities in the balance sheet.  All forward exchange contracts outstanding as of March 31, 2013 had an aggregate contract amount of $104 million.

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2013

and December 31, 2012

Derivative Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	Balance Sheet Location	March 31, 2013		December 31, 2012
Derivative Assets
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Prepaid and other	$	1,142	$	332
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Miscellaneous Other Assets	--		982
		$	1,142	$	1,314
Derivative Liabilities
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	2,669	$	2,097
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Deferred and other non-current liabilities	948		164
		$	3,617	$	2,261

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

for the Quarters Ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments	Location of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative	Amount of Gain or (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivative
		2013			2012
Foreign Exchange Contracts	Other Income (Expense) Miscellaneous, net	$	(2,598	)	$	7,116
		$	(2,598	)	$	7,116

			Net Amounts	Gross Amounts not Offset in the
		Gross Amounts	Presented in	Statement of Financial Position
	Gross	Offset in the	the Statement of	Financial	Cash Collateral	Net
	Amount	Financial Position	Financial Position	Instruments	Received	Amount
Description
2013
Derivative Assets	$1,142	--	$1,142	--	--	$1,142
Total Assets	$1,142	--	$1,142	--	--	$1,142
Derivative Liabilities	$3,617	--	$3,617	--	--	$3,617
Total Liabilities	$3,617	--	$3,617	--	--	$3,617
2012
Derivative Assets	$1,314	--	$1,314	--	--	$1,314
Total Assets	$1,314	--	$1,314	--	--	$1,314
Derivative Liabilities	$2,261	--	$2,261	--	--	$2,261
Total Liabilities	$2,261	--	$2,261	--	--	$2,261

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

NOTE 7 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company, in the normal course of business, is subject to a number of lawsuits and claims both actual and potential in nature including the proceeding noted below.  While management believes the resolution of these claims and lawsuits will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations or cash flows, claims and legal proceedings are subject to inherent uncertainties, and unfavorable outcomes could occur that could include amounts in excess of any accruals which management has established.  Were such unfavorable final outcomes to occur, it is possible that they could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

In 2010, a competitor filed a lawsuit against certain AptarGroup, Inc. subsidiaries alleging that certain processes performed by a supplier of a specific type of diptube utilized by the AptarGroup, Inc. subsidiaries in the manufacture of a specific type of pump infringes patents owned by the counterparty. This lawsuit sought an injunction barring the manufacture, use, sale and importation of this specific pump for use in fragrance containers.  In April 2012, the Company’s United States subsidiary was found to have infringed on patents owned by the counterparty within the United States.  The ruling does not apply to manufacture or sales of pumps in countries outside the United States and no damages were assessed.  The Company has appealed this ruling and is waiting for a court decision.

Under its Certificate of Incorporation, the Company has agreed to indemnify its officers and directors for certain events or occurrences while the officer or director is, or was serving, at its request in such capacity.  The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under these indemnification agreements is unlimited; however, the Company has a directors and officers liability insurance policy that covers a portion of its exposure.  As a result of its insurance policy coverage, the Company believes the estimated fair value of these indemnification agreements is minimal.  The Company has no liabilities recorded for these agreements as of March 31, 2013.

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EARNINGS PER SHARE

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

EARNINGS PER SHARE

EARNINGS PER SHARE

NOTE 9 – EARNINGS PER SHARE

AptarGroup’s authorized common stock consists of 199 million shares, having a par value of $.01 each.  Information related to the calculation of earnings per share is as follows:

	March 31, 2013				March 31, 2012
	Diluted		Basic		Diluted		Basic
Consolidated operations
Income available to common shareholders	$	40,029	$	40,029	$	43,809	$	43,809
Average equivalent shares
Shares of common stock	66,155		66,155		66,196		66,196
Effect of dilutive stock based compensation
Stock options	2,133		--		2,580		--
Restricted stock	8		--		9		--
Total average equivalent shares	68,296		66,155		68,785		66,196
Net income per share	$	.59	$	.61	$	.64	$	.66

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RESTRUCTURING INITIATIVE (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

RESTRUCTURING INITIATIVE

Activity associated with the entity's restructuring initiatives

	Beginning		Net Charges for								Ending
	Reserve at		the Three Months								Reserve at
	12/31/12		Ended 3/31/13		Cash Paid			FX Impact			3/31/13
Employee severance	$	3,158	$	3,508	$	(978	)	$	(150	)	$	5,538
Other costs	--		559		(530		)	5			34
Totals	$	3,158	$	4,067	$	(1,508	)	$	(145	)	$	5,572

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ACQUISITIONS (Details 3) (Stelmi Group, USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Stelmi Group
Unaudited pro forma financial information
Net Sales	$ 617,633	$ 625,474
Net Income Attributable to AptarGroup, Inc.	$ 40,037	$ 46,530
Net Income per common share - basic	$ 0.61	$ 0.70
Net Income per common share - diluted	$ 0.59	$ 0.68

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FAIR VALUE

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

FAIR VALUE

FAIR VALUE

NOTE 14 – FAIR VALUE

Authoritative guidelines require the categorization of assets and liabilities into three levels based upon the assumptions (inputs) used to price the assets or liabilities.  Level 1 provides the most reliable measure of fair value, whereas Level 3 generally requires significant management judgment.  The three levels are defined as follows:

· Level 1: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

· Level 2: Observable inputs other than those included in Level 1. For example, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets.

· Level 3: Unobservable inputs reflecting management’s own assumptions about the inputs used in pricing the asset or liability.

As of March 31, 2013, the fair values of our financial assets and liabilities were categorized as follows:

	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets
Forward exchange contracts (a)	$	1,142	$	--	$	1,142	$	--
Total assets at fair value	$	1,142	$	--	$	1,142	$	--
Liabilities
Forward exchange contracts (a)	$	3,617	$	--	$	3,617	$	--
Total liabilities at fair value	$	3,617	$	--	$	3,617	$	--

As of December 31, 2012, the fair values of our financial assets and liabilities were categorized as follows:

	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets
Forward exchange contracts (a)	$	1,314	$	--	$	1,314	$	--
Total assets at fair value	$	1,314	$	--	$	1,314	$	--
Liabilities
Forward exchange contracts (a)	$	2,261	$	--	$	2,261	$	--
Total liabilities at fair value	$	2,261	$	--	$	2,261	$	--

(a)   Market approach valuation technique based on observable market transactions of spot and forward rates

The carrying amounts of the Company’s other current financial instruments such as cash and equivalents, notes payable and current maturities of long-term obligations approximate fair value due to the short-term maturity of the instrument.  The Company considers its long-term obligations a Level 2 liability and utilizes the market approach valuation technique based on interest rates that are currently available to the Company for issuance of debt with similar terms and maturities.  The estimated fair value of the Company’s long-term obligations was $380 million as of March 31, 2013 and $382 million as of December 31, 2012.

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RETIREMENT AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

RETIREMENT AND DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS

Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

	Domestic Plans						Foreign Plans
Three months ended March 31,	2013			2012			2013			2012
Service cost	$	2,225		$	1,804		$	969		$	519
Interest cost	1,250			1,228			665			645
Expected return on plan assets	(1,414		)	(1,401		)	(452		)	(388		)
Amortization of net loss	1,434			964			352			121
Amortization of prior service cost	1			1			93			92
Net periodic benefit cost	$	3,496		$	2,596		$	1,627		$	989

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ACQUISITIONS (Details) (Stelmi Group, USD $)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Jul. 03, 2012 item	Mar. 31, 2013
Stelmi Group
Acquisitions
Number of manufacturing plants acquired	2
Cost of acquired entity	$ 188,000,000
Sales of acquiree during the reporting period		35,400,000
Pretax income of acquiree during the reporting period		7,000,000
Assets
Cash and equivalents	68,335,000
Accounts receivable	23,540,000
Inventories	16,826,000
Prepaid and other	3,256,000
Property, plant and equipment	42,073,000
Goodwill	111,031,000
Intangible assets	47,134,000
Other miscellaneous assets	6,092,000
Liabilities
Current maturities of long-term obligations	675,000
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	26,064,000
Long-term obligations	885,000
Deferred income taxes	22,440,000
Retirement and deferred compensation plans	12,049,000
Net assets acquired	$ 256,174,000

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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Changes in treasury locks	$ 5,081	$ 5,242
Net loss on derivatives	(849)	(1,028)
Total before tax	(59,402)	(66,277)
Tax benefit	19,424	22,464
Total reclassifications for the period	(40,029)	(43,809)
Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Total reclassifications for the period	1,194	756
Defined Benefit Pension Plans | Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Amortization of net loss	1,786	1,085
Amortization of prior service cost	94	93
Total before tax	1,880	1,178
Tax benefit	(701)	(430)
Total reclassifications for the period	1,179	748
Other | Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Total before tax	23	13
Tax benefit	(8)	(5)
Total reclassifications for the period	15	8
Other | Treasury locks | Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Changes in treasury locks	23	23
Other | Foreign exchange contract | Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Net loss on derivatives		$ (10)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
Accounts and notes receivable, allowance for doubtful accounts (in dollars)	$ 6,147	$ 6,751
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized	1	1
Preferred stock, shares outstanding	0	0
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	199	199
Common stock, shares issued	84.6	84.1
Treasury stock, shares	18.2	18.2

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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

NOTE 3 – GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill since the year ended December 31, 2012 are as follows by reporting segment:

	Beauty +						Food +			Corporate
	Home			Pharma			Beverage			& Other			Total
Goodwill	$	179,890		$	153,978		$	17,684		$	1,615		$	353,167
Accumulated impairment losses	--			--			--			(1,615		)	(1,615		)
Balance as of December 31, 2012	$	179,890		$	153,978		$	17,684		$	--		$	351,552
Acquisition	--			--			--			--			--
Foreign currency exchange effects	(2,245		)	(4,386		)	(209		)	--			(6,840		)
Goodwill	$	177,645		$	149,592		$	17,475		$	1,615		$	346,327
Accumulated impairment losses	--			--			--			(1,615		)	(1,615		)
Balance as of March 31, 2013	$	177,645		$	149,592		$	17,475		$	--		$	344,712

The table below shows a summary of intangible assets as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

		March 31, 2013							December 31, 2012
Weighted Average		Gross							Gross
Amortization		Carrying		Accumulated			Net		Carrying		Accumulated			Net
Period (Years)		Amount		Amortization			Value		Amount		Amortization			Value
Amortized intangible assets:
Patents	11	$	19,041	$	(18,435	)	$	606	$	19,570	$	(18,894	)	$	676
Acquired Technology	15	37,820		(1,891		)	35,929		38,928		(1,298		)	37,630
License agreements and other	5	35,216		(21,908		)	13,308		35,780		(22,126		)	13,654
Total intangible assets	10	$	92,077	$	(42,234	)	$	49,843	$	94,278	$	(42,318	)	$	51,960

Aggregate amortization expense for the intangible assets above for the quarters ended March 31, 2013 and 2012 was $1,237 and $349, respectively.

Future estimated amortization expense for the years ending December 31 is as follows:

2013	$	3,659	(remaining estimated amortization for 2013)
2014	4,862
2015	4,689
2016	4,059
2017 and thereafter	32,574

Future amortization expense may fluctuate depending on changes in foreign currency rates.  The estimates for amortization expense noted above are based upon foreign exchange rates as of March 31, 2013.

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ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income by Component

	Foreign			Defined Benefit
	Currency			Pension Plans			Other			Total
Balance – December 31, 2011	$	100,593		$	(39,907	)	$	(368	)	$	60,318
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	41,683			--			--			41,683
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	--			748			8			756
Net current-period other comprehensive income	41,683			748			8			42,439
Balance - March 31, 2012	$	142,276		$	(39,159	)	$	(360	)	$	102,757
Balance – December 31, 2012	$	120,097		$	(59,248	)	$	(166	)	$	60,683
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications	(35,614		)	--			--			(35,614		)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income	--			1,179			15			1,194
Net current-period other comprehensive income	(35,614		)	1,179			15			(34,420		)
Balance - March 31, 2013	$	84,483		$	(58,069	)	$	(151	)	$	26,263

Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Details about Accumulated Other	Amount Reclassified from Accumulated						Affected Line in the Statement
Comprehensive Income Components	Other Comprehensive Income						Where Net Income is Presented
Three months ended March 31,	2013			2012
Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Amortization of net loss	$	1,786		$	1,085			(a)
Amortization of prior service cost	94			93				(a)
	1,880			1,178				Total before tax
	(701		)	(430		)		Tax benefit
	$	1,179		$	748			Net of tax
Other
Changes in treasury locks	23			23				Interest Expense
Net loss on derivatives	--			(10		)		Interest Income
	23			13				Total before tax
	(8		)	(5		)		Tax benefit
	$	15		$	8			Net of tax
Total reclassifications for the period	$	1,194		$	756

(a) These accumulated other comprehensive income components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit costs, net of tax (see Note 4 – Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans for additional details).

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GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Amortized intangible assets:
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 92,077		$ 94,278
Accumulated Amortization	(42,234)		(42,318)
Net Value	49,843		51,960
Aggregate amortization expense	1,237	349
Future estimated amortization expense
2013	3,659
2014	4,862
2015	4,689
2016	4,059
2017 and thereafter	32,574
Weighted Average
Amortized intangible assets:
Amortization Period	10 years
Patents
Amortized intangible assets:
Gross Carrying Amount	19,041		19,570
Accumulated Amortization	(18,435)		(18,894)
Net Value	606		676
Patents | Weighted Average
Amortized intangible assets:
Amortization Period	11 years
Acquired Technology
Amortized intangible assets:
Gross Carrying Amount	37,820		38,928
Accumulated Amortization	(1,891)		(1,298)
Net Value	35,929		37,630
Acquired Technology | Weighted Average
Amortized intangible assets:
Amortization Period	15 years
License agreements and other
Amortized intangible assets:
Gross Carrying Amount	35,216		35,780
Accumulated Amortization	(21,908)		(22,126)
Net Value	$ 13,308		$ 13,654
License agreements and other | Weighted Average
Amortized intangible assets:
Amortization Period	5 years

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INCOME TAX UNCERTAINTIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

INCOME TAX UNCERTAINTIES

INCOME TAX UNCERTAINTIES

NOTE 13 – INCOME TAX UNCERTAINTIES

The Company had approximately $8.4 and $8.5 million recorded for income tax uncertainties as of March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.  The $0.1 million change in income tax uncertainties was primarily the result of currency changes.  The amount, if recognized, that would impact the effective tax rate is $8.0 and $8.1 million, respectively.  The Company estimates that it is reasonably possible that the liability for uncertain tax positions will decrease by no more than $5 million in the next twelve months from the resolution of various uncertain positions as a result of the completion of tax audits, litigation and the expiration of the statute of limitations in various jurisdictions.