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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(Date of
Report: January 21, 2005 (Date of Earliest Event Reported: January 20, 2005))</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POLYMER
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, South Carolina, 29405</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 8.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Other Events</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On January 20, 2005, Polymer Group, Inc. (&#147;PGI&#148;) announced that its
Board of Directors had declared a dividend on its 16% Series A Convertible
Pay-In-Kind Preferred Stock (the &#147;Preferred Stock&#146;), payable January 21,
2005.&#160; Under the terms of the Preferred
Stock, dividends accrue at the rate of 16% per annum and are payable, at the
option of PGI, in cash, additional shares of Preferred Stock or a combination
thereof.&#160; PGI will pay this dividend
through the issuance of additional shares of Preferred Stock.&#160; A copy of the press release is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 9.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Financial
Statements and Exhibits</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Exhibits</p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press Release dated January 20, 2005 announcing
  declaration of dividend on Preferred Stock</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURE</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date: January 21, 2005</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Willis C. Moore III</font></p>
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99.1</font></b></p>

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  <p align="right" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">843-329-5151</font></b></p>
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<p style="color:windowtext;font-style:italic;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:bold;">Polymer Group, Inc. Declares Dividend on Preferred Stock</font></i></b></p>

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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">For
Immediate Release</font></i></b></p>

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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Thursday, January 20, 2005</font></b></p>

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<p style="color:black;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">[North Charleston,
SC] &#151;</font></b><font color="black"><font style="color:windowtext;"> Polymer Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: POLGA/POLGB)
announced </font>today that its Board of Directors has declared</font><font color="black"><font style="color:windowtext;"> a
dividend </font>on its 16% Series A Convertible Pay-in-Kind Preferred Stock,
par value $0.01 per share, (the &#147;Preferred Stock&#148;) payable January 21, 2005. &#160;The Preferred Stock was initially issued on
April 27, 2004, in conjunction with the company&#146;s bank refinancing, and on July
9, 2004, pursuant to the company&#146;s convertible note exchange offer.&#160; Under the terms of the Preferred Stock,
dividends accrue at the rate of 16% per annum and are payable, at the option of
the company, in cash or additional shares of Preferred Stock, or a combination
thereof.&#160; The company will pay the
dividend through the issuance of additional shares of Preferred Stock.&#160; The dividend being paid equals the amount of
dividends accrued since the dates of issuance last year through December 31,
2004.</font></p>

<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">A dividend in the amount of 0.02844 shares of
additional Preferred Stock will be paid per share of outstanding Preferred
Stock to holders of record as of May 15, 2004, for the period April 27, 2004,
through June 30, 2004.</font></p>

<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">A dividend in the amount of 0.080 shares of
additional Preferred Stock, including the shares to be issued in connection
with the accrued dividend payable on July 1, 2004, will be paid per share of
outstanding Preferred Stock to holders of record as of December 15, 2004, for
the period July 1, 2004, through December 31, 2004.</font></p>

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<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">The company will issue an aggregate of approximately 5,527
shares of preferred stock as a dividend.&#160;
No fractional shares will be issued.</font></p>

<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Polymer Group, Inc., one of the world&#146;s leading
producers of nonwovens, is a global, technology-driven developer, producer and
marketer of engineered materials. With the broadest range of process
technologies in the nonwovens industry, PGI is a global supplier to leading
consumer and industrial product manufacturers. The company operates 21
manufacturing facilities throughout the world.</font></p>

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<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Safe Harbor Statement </font></u></p>

<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Except
for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this
press release are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
described in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements
speak only as of the date of this release.&#160;
Factors that may cause</font></i></p>

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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">actual
results to differ from those indicated in forward-looking statements can
include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) general economic factors
including, but not limited to, changes in interest rates, foreign currency
translation rates, consumer confidence, trends in disposable income, changes in
consumer demand for goods produced, and cyclical or other downturns; (ii)
substantial debt levels and potential inability to maintain sufficient
liquidity to finance the company&#146;s operations and make necessary capital
expenditures; (iii) inability to meet existing debt covenants; (iv) information
and technological advances; (v) cost and availability of raw materials, labor
and natural and other resources and the inability to pass raw material cost
increases along to customers; (vi) domestic and foreign competition; (vii)
reliance on major customers and suppliers; and (viii) risks relating to
operations in foreign jurisdictions.&#160;
Investors and other readers are directed to consider the risks and
uncertainties discussed in documents filed by Polymer Group, Inc. with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company&#146;s 2003 Annual Report
on Form 10-K.</font></i></p>

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<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For further information,
please contact:</font></p>

<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dennis Norman</font></p>

<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President &#150;
Strategic Planning &amp; Communication</font></p>

<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(843) 329-5151</font></p>

<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">normand@pginw.com</font></p>

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