X0303 4/A 2009-08-07 2009-08-10 0 0001325281 KAPSTONE PAPER & PACKAGING CORP KPPC 0001074360 KAPLAN MATTHEW S 1 1 0 0 President, Secretary Common Stock 2009-08-07 4 P 0 100000 5.10 A 1579300 D This amendment is being filed for the purpose of correcting the Transaction Code in the original Form 4 filed August 10, 2009 (the "Original Filing"). Inadvertently, the Transaction Code in Column 3 of the Original Filing was listed as "A" but should have been listed as "P". Includes 750,000 shares of Common Stock held by Matthew S. Kaplan 2008 GRAT, UAD 02/27/08 Matthew S. Kaplan by Power of Attorney 2009-08-10