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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;">Pursuant
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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
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2005))</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 3.5pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;Item 8.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Other Events</font></p>

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2005.&#160; Under the terms of the Preferred
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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&nbsp;99.1.</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;">Item 9.01.</font>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Financial Statements and Exhibits</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="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, August 4, 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,&nbsp;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&nbsp;A
Convertible Pay-in-Kind Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, (the &#147;Preferred
Stock&#148;) payable August&nbsp;19, 2005 to holders of record as of August&nbsp;15,
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 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.</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;">A dividend in
the amount of 0.080 shares of additional Preferred Stock will be paid per share
of outstanding Preferred Stock to holders of record as of August&nbsp;15, 2004,
for the period January&nbsp;1, 2005, through June&nbsp;30, 2005.</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 4,660 shares of Preferred Stock as a dividend.&#160; No fractional shares will be issued.</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;">Polymer Group,&nbsp;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>

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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;">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 within the meaning of Section&nbsp;27A
of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section&nbsp;21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this
release.&#160; Important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in such forward-looking
statements include: uncertainty regarding the effect or outcome of the company&#146;s
decision to explore strategic alternatives; 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; substantial debt
levels and potential inability to maintain sufficient liquidity to finance the
company&#146;s operations and make necessary capital expenditures; inability to meet
existing debt covenants; information and technological advances; changes in
environmental</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;">laws and
regulations; cost and availability of raw materials, labor and natural and
other resources and the inability to pass raw material cost increases along to
customers; domestic and foreign competition; reliance on major customers and
suppliers; and risks related 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,&nbsp;Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the
company&#146;s 2004 Annual Report on Form&nbsp;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,
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<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&nbsp;&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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