                                                                    Exhibit 99.1
Reporting Person:  Lap Wai Chan

Issuer Name and Ticker Symbol:  Polymer Group, Inc. (POLGA.OB)

Date of Event Requiring Statement:   1/21/05

Footnotes
(1) The holders of 16% Series A Convertible Pay-In-Kind Preferred Stock of the
Issuer (the "Preferred Stock") are entitled at any time before the close of
business on June 30, 2012, unless previously redeemeed at the option of the
Issuer, to convert any or all of the Preferred Stock into shares of the Issuer's
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock") at
a conversion rate of 137.14286 shares of Class A Common Stock per $1,000
liquidation amount of a share of Preferred Stock, subject to adjustment in
certain events described in Certificate of Designations governing the Preferred
Stock.

(2) The 4,720 shares of Preferred Stock which are exercisable for 647,314 shares
of Class A Common Stock were acquired as payment in kind interest on the 42,633
shares of Preffered Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons, the
ownership of which was previously reported.

(3) MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners L.P. ("Matlin Partners
(Delaware)") is the direct beneficial owner of 35,117 shares of Preferred Stock
and MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners (Bermuda) L.P. ("Matlin
Partners (Bermuda)" and together with Matlin Partners (Delaware), "Matlin") is
the direct beneficial owner of 12,236 shares of Preferred Stock. The reporting
person is an employee of MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC, the investment
adviser of Matlin. Although the reporting person does not have voting or
investment control of the shares held by Matlin, the reporting person has an
indirect pecuniary interest in such shares because he holds an interest in a
special limited partner of Matlin, the limited partnership through which he has
an indirect investment interest and carried interest in Matlins' investments,
including their investments in the Company. The exact pecuniary interest therein
is not readily determinable because it is subject to several variables,
including without limitation, the internal rates of return of Matlin overall and
with respect to their investments in the Company. The reporting person disclaims
beneficial ownership of any reported securities except to the extent of his
pecuniary interest therein.

