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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
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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;April&nbsp;10, 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
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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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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities. </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On April&nbsp;10, 2012, the Board of Directors of Polymer Group, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) approved an internal redesign and restructure of global operations for the purposes of realigning and
repositioning the Company to consolidate the benefits of its global footprint, align resources and capabilities with future growth opportunities and provide for a more efficient structure to serve existing markets. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company anticipates that these actions, when fully implemented, will result in pre-tax cost savings of approximately $9.0 million to
$10.5 million on an annualized basis. The cost reductions are expected to be achieved primarily from a reduction in the Company&#146;s global salaried workforce. The Company expects the substantial majority of the restructuring activities to be
completed by the end of fiscal year 2012. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The restructuring constitutes a plan of termination described under FASB ASC
paragraph 420-10-25-4 that will result in material charges under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Total pre-tax restructuring costs are expected to be within a range of $6.8 million to $9.7 million. The portion of the estimated
restructuring charges related to employee termination expenses is expected to be approximately $5.5 million to $8.0 million. The remaining costs of $1.3 million to $1.7 million are expected to consist primarily of consultant fees and other
miscellaneous costs. Approximately $6.0 million to $9.0 million of these restructuring charges are expected to require future cash expenditures. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
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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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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Media Contact: </B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Cliff Bridges </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Global Communications, Senior Director </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(704)&nbsp;697-5168 </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Polymer Group, Inc. Announces Transformation Framework to Position Company for Future Growth </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>Initiative Leverages Global Capabilities and Efficiencies </I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CHARLOTTE, N.C., April&nbsp;11, 2012 &#150; <U>Polymer Group, Inc.</U> (PGI) today announced it will begin implementing a new internal operating framework &#150; realigning and repositioning its
organization to consolidate the benefits of its global footprint, align resources and capabilities with future growth opportunities, and provide for a more efficient structure to serve existing markets. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The major components of the organizational change will include: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Heightening focus of concentrated resources around PGI&#146;s global markets, with a consolidated strategic approach to each of its geographies and
scalable innovation capabilities. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Gaining further efficiencies through a focused and standardized approach to world-class operational excellence across the supply chain.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Combining the strengths of the company&#146;s existing U.S. and Latin American footprint to create a consolidated Americas region that contains greater
efficiencies to serve broader markets. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;PGI has evolved from a collection of segregated companies and units in the
1990s to our current globally organized company with four, major regional footprints,&#148; said Veronica M. Hagen, chief executive officer. &#147;We are now ready to move the company boldly to new levels of competency, ready and capable of
realizing the full potential of our global footprint for competitive advantage.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Board of Directors approved the plan of
reorganization upon the recommendation of PGI&#146;s Global Leadership Team. The changes are the result of the company&#146;s long-term planning and evaluation to respond to market dynamics, resource new growth opportunities, and benefit from the
company&#146;s global scale. In designing the new operating framework, PGI is creating a more sustainable future for its customers and employees. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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