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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SCHEDULE TO<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>(Rule 14d-100)<BR>
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TENDER OFFER STATEMENT<BR>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>POLYMER GROUP, INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name of Subject Company (Issuer)) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>POLYMER GROUP, INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Names of Filing Person (Identifying Status as Offeror, Issuer or Other Person)) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=3><B>10% CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED NOTES<BR>
DUE 2007<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Title of Class of Securities)<BR>
<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=3><B>731745 AJ4<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Willis C. Moore, III<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Polymer Group, Inc.<BR>
4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201<BR>
North Charleston, South Carolina 29405<BR>
(843) 329-5151<BR>
&nbsp;<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized<BR>
to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons) </FONT></P>

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<BR>  </I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>H. Kurt von Moltke, Esq.<BR>
Kirkland &amp; Ellis LLP<BR>
Aon Building<BR>
200 East Randolph Drive<BR>
Chicago, Illinois 60601<BR>
(312) 861-2000</B></FONT></P>

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to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following communication was made under "Item 9 Regulation FD Disclosure" in a Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K furnished by Polymer
Group,&nbsp;Inc. today: </FONT></P>

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SIZE=2><B>"</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>On or after December&nbsp;29, 2003, Polymer Group,&nbsp;Inc. (the "Company") intends to commence an offer to exchange all of its 10%
Convertible Notes due 2007 (the Convertible Notes"), currently in the aggregate outstanding principal amount of $51,368,000, for 51,368 shares of the Company's Series&nbsp;A Preferred Stock, par
value $0.01 per share (the "Series&nbsp;A Preferred Stock"). </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dividends
on our new Series&nbsp;A Preferred Stock will accrue at the rate of 16% per annum and will be payable-in-kind through the issuance of additional
shares of Series&nbsp;A Preferred Stock, semi-annually in arrears on January&nbsp;1 and July&nbsp;1 of each year, commencing July&nbsp;1, 2004. Each share of Series&nbsp;A
Preferred Stock will have a liquidation value of $1,000 per share. With respect to the existing notes tendered in the exchange, the Company will also issue additional shares of Series&nbsp;A
Preferred Stock with respect to fractional amounts including with respect to accrued but unpaid interest owing on the principal amount of the Convertible Notes exchanged by a noteholder through the
date on which the exchange becomes effective. MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners L.P. ("MP") has agreed to deliver to us approximately $39.3&nbsp;million in aggregate principal amount of
the Convertible Notes currently owned by MP, in exchange for approximately 39,331 shares of Series&nbsp;A Preferred Stock. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities of Polymer Group,&nbsp;Inc. At the time the offer is commenced, Polymer
Group,&nbsp;Inc. will file&nbsp;a Tender Offer Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Tender Offer Statement (including the Offering Memorandum attached as an exhibit
thereto and any related document) will contain important information which should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the offer. The Offering Memorandum and any related
document will be made available to holders of the Convertible Notes at no expense to them. The Tender Offer Statement (including the Offering Memorandum and any related document) will also be
available for free at the Securities&nbsp;&amp; Exchange Commission's website at www.sec.gov." </FONT></P>

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