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<P 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, DC 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM&nbsp;8-K
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d)&nbsp;OF THE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):&nbsp;March 30, 2012 </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>POLYMER GROUP, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Charlotte, North Carolina</B></FONT></P></TD>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Registrant&#146;s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Not
Applicable </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) </B></FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check the appropriate box below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: </FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4.01.</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Changes in Registrant&#146;s Certifying Accountant. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>(a) Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accountants. </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Board of Directors
of Polymer Group,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) approved the dismissal of Grant Thornton LLP (&#147;Grant Thornton&#148;) as the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm on March&nbsp;28, 2012, effective upon Grant
Thornton&#146;s completion of its audit of the Company&#146;s financial statements for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2011 and the filing by the Company of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2011, both of which
occurred on March&nbsp;30, 2012.&nbsp;The Company has appointed Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP (&#147;E&amp;Y&#148;) to serve as the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm beginning with fiscal year 2012. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Neither of the audit reports of Grant Thornton on the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended January&nbsp;1, 2011 or
December&nbsp;31, 2011 contained an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were they otherwise qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">During the fiscal years ended January&nbsp;1, 2011 and December&nbsp;31, 2011 and through the date of this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, there were no disagreements between the Company and Grant
Thornton on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure which, if not resolved to Grant Thornton&#146;s satisfaction, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of
the disagreement in connection with its report on the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements for such years. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As previously
disclosed, during the third quarter of fiscal year 2009, management identified a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting associated with the Company&#146;s income tax accounting that was remediated in the fourth quarter of
fiscal year 2010. The Company&#146;s then constituted Audit Committee discussed the subject matter of the material weakness with Grant Thornton and the Company has authorized Grant Thornton to respond fully to the inquiries of the Company&#146;s new
independent registered public accountants concerning the subject matter of the material weakness. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Other than the matters associated with the
material weakness, there were no reportable events, as defined in Item&nbsp;304(a)(1)(v)&nbsp;of Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K (&#147;Regulation S-K&#148;), during the fiscal years ended January&nbsp;1, 2011 and December&nbsp;31,
2011 and through the date of this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company has provided Grant Thornton with a copy of the foregoing
disclosures. Attached as Exhibit&nbsp;16.1 is a copy of Grant Thornton&#146;s letter, dated April&nbsp;3, 2012, stating that it agrees with the statements as they relate to the firm. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><I>(b) Engagement of New Independent Registered Public Accountants. </I></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company
engaged E&amp;Y as its new independent registered public accountants; therefore, E&amp;Y will audit the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ending December&nbsp;29, 2012.&nbsp;The decision to engage E&amp;Y was made
by the Company&#146;s Board of Directors. </FONT></P>
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Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, the Company has not consulted with Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young regarding either (i)&nbsp;the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed; or the type of audit opinion that
might be rendered on the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company that Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a
decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii)&nbsp;any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement, as that term is defined in Item&nbsp;304(a)(1)(iv)&nbsp;of Regulation S-K and the related instructions to
Item&nbsp;304 of Regulation S-K, or a reportable event, as described in Item&nbsp;304(a)(1)(v)&nbsp;of Regulation S-K. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Letter from Grant Thornton LLP to the Securities and Exchange Commission, dated April 3, 2012</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities 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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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;/s/ Dennis E. Norman</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dennis E. Norman</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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