Kapstone Paper & Packaging (KS) Form 4 KAPSTONE PAPER & PACKAGING / MATTHEW S KAPLAN ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

KAPLAN MATTHEW S

(Last) (First) (Middle)

KAPSTONE PAPER AND PACKAGING CORPORATION

1101 SKOKIE BLVD., STE. 300

(Street)

NORTHBROOK IL 60062

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
KAPSTONE PAPER & PACKAGING CORP [ KS ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
President & CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/02/2018

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	11/02/2018		D		504,172	D	(1)	0	I	Family trusts
Common Stock	11/02/2018		D		84,066	D	(2)	2,876,573	D
Common Stock	11/02/2018		D		2,876,573	D	(1)	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$19.75	11/02/2018		D			107,594	(3)	03/07/2022	Common Stock	107,594	(4)	0	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$27.65	11/02/2018		D			90,490	(5)	03/06/2023	Common Stock	90,490	(4)	0	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$30.41	11/02/2018		D			55,448	(6)	03/12/2024	Common Stock	55,448	(4)	0	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$31.89	11/02/2018		D			89,286	(7)	03/26/2025	Common Stock	89,286	(4)	0	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$12.72	11/02/2018		D			96,524	(8)	03/18/2026	Common Stock	96,524	(4)	0	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$22.195	11/02/2018		D			154,095	(9)	03/07/2027	Common Stock	154,095	(4)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of January 28, 2018 among WestRock Company, a Delaware corporation, KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("KapStone"), Whiskey Holdco, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of WestRock ("Holdco"), Whiskey Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco, and Kola Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdco ("Merger Sub"), effective as of the effective time of the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the "Merger"), these shares of Company common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, were converted into the right to receive, at the election of the stockholder, (i) $35.00 in cash, without interest thereon or (ii) 0.4981 shares of Holdco common stock.

2. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each restricted stock unit award was converted at the effective time of the Merger into a Holdco restricted stock unit award, on the same terms and conditions as were applicable to such KapStone restricted stock unit award immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger relating to the number of Holdco shares (rounded to the nearest whole share) determined by multiplying the number of KapStone shares subject to the KapStone restricted stock unit award by the Equity Award Exchange Ratio (as defined in the Merger Agreement).

3. The options vested 50% on the second anniversary of the grant date and 50% on the third anniversary of the grant date. They were granted on March 7, 2012.

4. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, these options to purchase KapStone shares converted at the effective time of the Merger into an option to purchase, generally on the same terms and conditions as were applicable to such KapStone option immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, a number of Holdco shares (rounded down to the nearest whole share) determined by multiplying the number of KapStone shares subject to the KapStone option by the Equity Award Exchange Ratio (as defined in the Merger Agreement), at an exercise price per share (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) determined by dividing the per-share exercise price of the KapStone option by the Equity Award Exchange Ratio.

5. The options vested 50% on the second anniversary of the grant date and 50% on the third anniversary of the grant date. They were granted on March 6, 2013.

6. The options vested 50% on the second anniversary of the grant date and 50% on the third anniversary of the grant date. They were granted on March 12, 2014.

7. The options vested 50% on the second anniversary of the grant date and 50% on the third anniversary of the grant date. They were granted on March 26, 2015.

8. The options vested 50% on the second anniversary of the grant date and the remaining 50% were scheduled to vest on the third anniversary of the grant date. They were granted on March 18, 2016.

9. The options were scheduled to vest 50% on the second anniversary of the grant date and 50% on the third anniversary of the grant date. They were granted March 7, 2017.

	/s/ Timothy W. Schmidt, Attorney-in-Fact	11/06/2018
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