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<CONFORMED-NAME>CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES INC
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<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>NC
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<STREET1>3100 JOE JERKINS BLVD
<CITY>AUSTELL
<STATE>GA
<ZIP>30106
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<DESCRIPTION>AMENDMENT #1 TO FORM 15
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STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Amendment No. 1 to Form 15 on </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 15/A </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman"
SIZE="3"><B>CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION&nbsp;12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS&nbsp;13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Commission File No.</B></FONT></P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES, INC.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B>
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5000 Austell Powder Springs Road&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Suite 300 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Austell, Georgia 30106-3227 </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(770) 948-3101 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman"
SIZE="1"><B>(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>area code, of registrant&#146;s principal
executive offices) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COMMON STOCK, $0.10 PAR VALUE PER SHARE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>to file
reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file&nbsp;reports: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>0</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Explanatory Note:</B> The purpose of this Amendment No. 1 on Form
15/A is to correct the par value for the Common Stock from $0.01 per share to $0.10 per share. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Caraustar Industries, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person. </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES, INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;November 5, 2009</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Ronald J. Domanico</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ronald J. Domanico</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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