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    Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
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  and Lap Wai Chan resigned from the Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of Polymer
  Group,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) on May&nbsp;22, 2008.</font></p>
  
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  Mark Patterson as a director to fill Mr.&nbsp;Chan&#146;s unexpired term.&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Patterson will serve until the 2009
  annual meeting of stockholders of the Company, until his successor is duly
  elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or removal, in accordance
  with the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated By-laws and the Shareholders Agreement,
  dated March&nbsp;2003, as amended on December&nbsp;20, 2004, by and among the
  Company, MatlinPatterson Partners and certain other shareholders (the &#147;Shareholders
  Agreement&#148;).&#160; A description of the Shareholders
  Agreement is set forth in the &#147;Certain Relationships and Related Transactions&#148;
  section of the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement dated April&nbsp;25, 2008 and filed
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission.&#160;
  Mr.&nbsp;Patterson was also appointed to the Restricted Stock Committee of
  the Board.&#160; Mr.&nbsp;Patterson is Chairman
  of MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC, an affiliate of MatlinPatterson Global
  Opportunities Partners LP, the majority shareholder of the Company, and
  previously served on the Board from December&nbsp;2006 to September&nbsp;2007.&#160; As a principal in MatlinPatterson Advisers, Mr.&nbsp;Patterson
  is not entitled to receive any fees for his services on the Board.</font></p>
  
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  of stockholders, the Company approved the 2008 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan
  (the &#147;Plan&#148;).&#160; The Company may grant
  awards under the Plan to its employees, including its Chief Executive Officer,
  Chief Financial Officer and other executive officers.&#160; Awards may include incentive stock options,
  nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock,
  restricted stock units, stock awards and performance awards.&#160; The Plan is administered by the Compensation
  Committee of the Board.&#160; The Compensation
  Committee has the full authority to select the recipients of awards under the Plan,
  to determine the type and size of awards, and to determine and amend the terms,
  restrictions and conditions of awards.</font></p>
  
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  Compensation Committee may intend a grant of restricted stock, restricted stock
  units or a stock award to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section&nbsp;162(m)&nbsp;of
  the Internal Revenue Code.&#160; For
  performance awards, the Compensation Committee will establish in writing the
  performance goals upon which the performance award is contingent, the period
  over which such goals will be measured and any other applicable
  conditions.&#160; The performance goals
  established by the Compensation Committee must be objectively determinable and
  will be based on one or more of the following:&#160;
  (a)&nbsp;stock price; (b)&nbsp;earnings per share (basic or diluted); (c)&nbsp;net
  income; (d)&nbsp;pre-tax operating income; (e)&nbsp;earnings (including
  after-tax earnings or earnings before or after any one or more of interest,
  taxes, depreciation and amortization) or a multiple of earnings; (f)&nbsp;profits
  (including gross or net profits; after-tax profits or pre-tax profits); (g)&nbsp;revenues;
  (h)&nbsp;revenue growth; (i)&nbsp;cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return
  on investment, or net cash flow; (j)&nbsp;gross margins; (k)&nbsp;financial
  return ratios; (l)&nbsp;stockholder return; (m)&nbsp;return on equity; (n)&nbsp;return
  on investment; (o)&nbsp;return on assets; (p)&nbsp;return on net assets; (q)&nbsp;return
  on capital; (r)&nbsp;reduction of debt; (s)&nbsp;debt rating; (t)&nbsp;debt to
  equity ratio; (u)&nbsp;debt to capitalization ratio; (v)&nbsp;consummation of
  debt offerings; (w)&nbsp;consummation of equity offerings; (x)&nbsp;sales; (y)&nbsp;expense
  reduction levels; (z)&nbsp;growth in assets, sales or market share; (aa) share
  count reduction; or (bb) strategic business objectives based on meeting
  specified revenue goals, market penetration goals, geographic business
  expansion goals, customer satisfaction goals, cost targets, safety goals, or
  goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures.&#160;
  Performance goals may be expressed by reference to (1)&nbsp;one or more
  divisions, business units or subsidiaries; (2)&nbsp;the Company and/or its
  subsidiaries as a whole, or (3)&nbsp;any </font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">combination of the foregoing.&#160; Performance goals also may be expressed by
  reference to the participant&#146;s individual performance with respect to any of
  the criteria.&#160; The Compensation Committee
  may specify that the performance goals shall be determined either before or
  after taxes and shall be adjusted to exclude specified items.&#160; The Compensation Committee also can establish
  subjective performance goals, but the subjective performance goals generally
  may be used only to reduce (and not increase) awards to certain executive
  officers.&#160; The Compensation Committee
  generally cannot waive the performance goal requirements except in the case of
  the death or disability of the recipient or as otherwise provided under the
  Plan in the event of a change in control.&#160;
  The Compensation Committee may, in its discretion, grant awards that are
  not intended to qualify as &#147;performance-based compensation&#148; under Section&nbsp;162(m)&nbsp;of
  the Internal Revenue Code.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Board of Directors may
  at any time amend, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part for any
  purpose, but such action may be subject to stockholder approval in certain
  circumstances.&#160; Unless terminated earlier,
  the Plan will terminate ten years from its adoption by the Board of Directors.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
  Company has reserved 425,000 shares of its Class&nbsp;A Common Stock for
  issuance under the Plan, subject to certain adjustments.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The foregoing description of the Plan is qualified
  in its entirety by reference to the Plan, which was filed as Annex I to the
  Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;25, 2008, and is incorporated
  herein by reference.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Financial
  Statements and Exhibits.</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Exhibits</u>.</font></p>
  
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;No.</font></b></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.22%;">
    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
    </td>
    <td width="89%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.58%;">
    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.22%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="89%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.58%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Polymer Group,&nbsp;Inc.
    2008 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex I to
    the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April&nbsp;25, 2008)</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.2</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.58%;">
    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form&nbsp;of Polymer
    Group,&nbsp;Inc. 2008 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan Restricted Stock
    Agreement</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POLYMER GROUP, INC.</font></b></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:
    May&nbsp;29, 2008</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Daniel L.
    Rikard</font></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Daniel
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    President, General Counsel and Secretary</font></p>
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text: UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON,
  DC 20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
  TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
  SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  Date of Report
  (Date of earliest event reported):
  May 22, 2008
  POLYMER
  GROUP, INC.
  (Exact Name of
  Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Delaware
  1-14330
  57-1003983
  (State or Other
    Jurisdiction
  (Commission
  (IRS Employer
  of
    Incorporation)
  File Number)
  Identification
    No.)
  9335
    Harris Corners Parkway, Suite 300
  Charlotte,
    North Carolina
  28269
  (Address of
    Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  (704)
  697-5100
  (Registrant's
  Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  Not
  Applicable
  (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed
  Since Last Report)
  Check the appropriate box
  below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
  filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
  o
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under
  the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 5.02.
  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
    Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of
    Certain Officers.
  (b)
  Departure of Directors
  .  Messrs. Pedro A. Arias, Eugene Linden
  and Lap Wai Chan resigned from the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Polymer
  Group, Inc. (the "Company") on May 22, 2008.
  (d)
  Appointment of Director
  .  On May 22, 2008, the Board appointed
  Mark Patterson as a director to fill Mr. Chan's unexpired term.  Mr. Patterson will serve until the 2009
  annual meeting of stockholders of the Company, until his successor is duly
  elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or removal, in accordance
  with the Company's Amended and Restated By-laws and the Shareholders Agreement,
  dated March 2003, as amended on December 20, 2004, by and among the
  Company, MatlinPatterson Partners and certain other shareholders (the "Shareholders
  Agreement").  A description of the Shareholders
  Agreement is set forth in the "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions"
  section of the Company's Proxy Statement dated April 25, 2008 and filed
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  Mr. Patterson was also appointed to the Restricted Stock Committee of
  the Board.  Mr. Patterson is Chairman
  of MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC, an affiliate of MatlinPatterson Global
  Opportunities Partners LP, the majority shareholder of the Company, and
  previously served on the Board from December 2006 to September 2007.  As a principal in MatlinPatterson Advisers, Mr. Patterson
  is not entitled to receive any fees for his services on the Board.
  (e)
  Adoption of Compensation Plan
  .  On May 22, 2008, at the annual meeting
  of stockholders, the Company approved the 2008 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan
  (the "Plan").  The Company may grant
  awards under the Plan to its employees, including its Chief Executive Officer,
  Chief Financial Officer and other executive officers.  Awards may include incentive stock options,
  nonstatutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock,
  restricted stock units, stock awards and performance awards.  The Plan is administered by the Compensation
  Committee of the Board.  The Compensation
  Committee has the full authority to select the recipients of awards under the Plan,
  to determine the type and size of awards, and to determine and amend the terms,
  restrictions and conditions of awards.
  In some cases, the
  Compensation Committee may intend a grant of restricted stock, restricted stock
  units or a stock award to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of
  the Internal Revenue Code.  For
  performance awards, the Compensation Committee will establish in writing the
  performance goals upon which the performance award is contingent, the period
  over which such goals will be measured and any other applicable
  conditions.  The performance goals
  established by the Compensation Committee must be objectively determinable and
  will be based on one or more of the following: 
  (a) stock price; (b) earnings per share (basic or diluted); (c) net
  income; (d) pre-tax operating income; (e) earnings (including
  after-tax earnings or earnings before or after any one or more of interest,
  taxes, depreciation and amortization) or a multiple of earnings; (f) profits
  (including gross or net profits; after-tax profits or pre-tax profits); (g) revenues;
  (h) revenue growth; (i) cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return
  on investment, or net cash flow; (j) gross margins; (k) financial
  return ratios; (l) stockholder return; (m) return on equity; (n) return
  on investment; (o) return on assets; (p) return on net assets; (q) return
  on capital; (r) reduction of debt; (s) debt rating; (t) debt to
  equity ratio; (u) debt to capitalization ratio; (v) consummation of
  debt offerings; (w) consummation of equity offerings; (x) sales; (y) expense
  reduction levels; (z) growth in assets, sales or market share; (aa) share
  count reduction; or (bb) strategic business objectives based on meeting
  specified revenue goals, market penetration goals, geographic business
  expansion goals, customer satisfaction goals, cost targets, safety goals, or
  goals relating to acquisitions or divestitures. 
  Performance goals may be expressed by reference to (1) one or more
  divisions, business units or subsidiaries; (2) the Company and/or its
  subsidiaries as a whole, or (3) any
  2
  combination of the foregoing.  Performance goals also may be expressed by
  reference to the participant's individual performance with respect to any of
  the criteria.  The Compensation Committee
  may specify that the performance goals shall be determined either before or
  after taxes and shall be adjusted to exclude specified items.  The Compensation Committee also can establish
  subjective performance goals, but the subjective performance goals generally
  may be used only to reduce (and not increase) awards to certain executive
  officers.  The Compensation Committee
  generally cannot waive the performance goal requirements except in the case of
  the death or disability of the recipient or as otherwise provided under the
  Plan in the event of a change in control. 
  The Compensation Committee may, in its discretion, grant awards that are
  not intended to qualify as "performance-based compensation" under Section 162(m) of
  the Internal Revenue Code.
  The Board of Directors may
  at any time amend, suspend or terminate the Plan in whole or in part for any
  purpose, but such action may be subject to stockholder approval in certain
  circumstances.  Unless terminated earlier,
  the Plan will terminate ten years from its adoption by the Board of Directors.
  The
  Company has reserved 425,000 shares of its Class A Common Stock for
  issuance under the Plan, subject to certain adjustments.
  The foregoing description of the Plan is qualified
  in its entirety by reference to the Plan, which was filed as Annex I to the
  Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2008, and is incorporated
  herein by reference.
  Item 9.01.              Financial
  Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)
  Exhibits
  .
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  99.1
  Polymer Group, Inc.
    2008 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex I to
    the Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on April 25, 2008)
  99.2
  Form of Polymer
    Group, Inc. 2008 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan Restricted Stock
    Agreement
  3
  SIGNATURES
  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.
  POLYMER GROUP, INC.
  Date:
    May 29, 2008
  By:
  /s/
  Daniel L.
    Rikard
  Daniel
    L. Rikard
  Vice
    President, General Counsel and Secretary
  4