We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Boise Paper Holdings Retirement Savings
Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2015. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plans
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the
standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the
overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements
referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2015, in
conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
The supplemental information in the accompanying schedule of Form 5500 Schedule H, Line 4i
Schedule of Assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2015, has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plans 2015 financial statements. The supplemental information is presented for
the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but include supplemental information required by the Department of Labors Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plans management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the
underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental information. In forming our opinion on the supplemental information, we
evaluated whether the supplemental information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labors Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974. In our opinion, the supplemental information in the accompanying schedule of Form 5500 Schedule H, Line 4i Schedule of Assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2015, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to
the 2015 financial statements as a whole.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2015 and 2014
1. Description of Plan
The following
description of the Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Retirement Savings Plan (the Plan) provides general information. The Plan Sponsor is Packaging Corporation of America (the Company or PCA). Participants should refer
to the plan document for a more complete description of the Plans provisions.
General
The Plan is a defined contribution plan and is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(ERISA). The Plan covers certain hourly union employees, subject to collective bargaining arrangements as defined in the Plan, and non-union hourly employees of Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C., a subsidiary of PCA, and salaried employees of
the Companys Hexacomb Corporation subsidiary. The Benefits Administration Committee is responsible for oversight of the Plan. The Investment Committee determines the appropriateness of the Plans investment offerings and monitors
investment performance. Both committees are appointed by the Board of Directors.
On October 25, 2013, PCA acquired 100% of the
outstanding stock and voting equity interests of Boise Inc. (Boise). As part of the integration of Boise into PCA, the assets of the Plan and the Boise paper Holdings, L.L.C. Savings Plan were transferred to the Packaging Corporation of
America Defined Contribution Master Trust (the Master Trust) on October 1, 2015. The Plans record keeper and Trustee also changed on that date from the Principal Financial Group to Aon Hewitt and The Northern Trust,
respectively. The Pavilion Advisory Group is the investment advisor to the Plan.
Contributions
Eligible new employees, who work at least 20 hours per week, are automatically enrolled in the Plan at a pretax contribution rate of 3% with
contributions automatically invested in an appropriate target retirement date fund with annual automatic 1% contribution rate increases up to a maximum of 10%. They may opt out of participation, adjust their contribution rate or their investment
selections at any time. Generally, participants may contribute up to 50% pretax of their annual compensation, as defined in the Plan, with such contributions limited to $18,000 and $17,500 in 2015 and 2014, respectively, for employees under age 50
and $24,000 and $23,000 in 2015 and 2014, respectively, for employees age 50 and older. Contributions may be made on a pre-tax basis or on a Roth after-tax basis, or a combination of the two. Participants may also contribute amounts representing
distributions from other qualified defined contribution plans. Company contributions for hourly employees, including company match and nonmatching contributions, vary by location and union contract.
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Participant Accounts
Each participants account is credited with the participants contributions, Company contributions, and an allocation of Plan
earnings or losses and is charged with an allocation of administrative expenses. Allocations are based on each participants account balance, as defined, in relation to the balance of all participants account balances. The benefit to
which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participants account.
Vesting
Participants are immediately vested in their contributions plus earnings thereon. Company contributions and earnings thereon vest depending on
the type of employer contribution. However, regardless of a participants years of service or contribution, a participant is 100% vested upon his or her 65th birthday, death or disability while employed. Forfeited non-vested accounts are
applied to reduce future Company contributions.
Investment Options
Participants may elect to invest their account balances in any of the available investment options provided by the Plan. Participants may
change their investment options on any business day, subject to short-term trading restrictions outlined in the plan document.
Effective
October 1, 2015, the portion of the Plan currently invested in the PCA Common Stock Fund, and any future employee or employer contributions used to acquire PCA common stock, is invested in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
Plan participants have the ability to instruct the Plans trustee to distribute directly to them future cash dividends paid on shares of PCA common stock credited to their PCA common stock ESOP. The election to receive cash dividends is made
through the PCA Benefits Center, and dividends will be reported as taxable income.
Benefit Payments
On termination of employment, where an account balance is $1,000 or less, a participant will receive a lump-sum amount equal to the value of
the participants vested interest in his or her account. On termination of employment, where an account balance is greater than $1,000, a participant may elect the manner in which their account balance is received. For termination of service
due to death, disability or retirement, a participant may elect to receive a lump-sum amount equal to the value of the participants vested interest in his or her account; quarterly, semi-annual, or annual installments; or a combination of lump
sum and installment payments. For termination of service due to other reasons, a participant may receive the value of the vested interest in his or her account as a lump-sum distribution or may defer distribution to his or her retirement date and
then choose from the retirement distribution options. Participants may also choose partial withdrawals at any time after termination of employment. A participants entire account balance shall be distributed no later than April 1 following
the later of the calendar year in which the participant attains age 70
1
⁄
2
or the calendar year in which the participants termination of employment
occurs.
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Administrative Expenses
Administrative expenses are paid from Plan assets, to the extent not paid by the Company.
Notes Receivable from Participants
A
participant may borrow an amount from their account balance a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 (reduced by the highest outstanding balance during the previous 12 months less any outstanding notes receivable balance on
the date of the new note), 50% of their vested account balance, or 100% of their account balance not including employer contributions and earnings thereon. The notes are secured by the balance in the participants account. The interest rate on
new notes is set at prime plus 2%. Notes receivable from participants are repayable ratably through payroll deductions over a maximum of five years.
Effective October 1, 2015 the loan interest rate changed from prime plus 2% to prime.
Forfeited Accounts
At December 31, 2015,
forfeited non-vested accounts totaled $41,864. These accounts will be used to reduce future employer contributions. In 2015, employer contributions were reduced by $296,375 from forfeited non-vested accounts.
Plan Termination
Although it has not
expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, participants will become 100% vested in the Company contributions.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Accounting
The financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting.
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
At December 31, 2014, investments are reported at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to
transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price).
At December 31, 2015,
the Plans beneficial interest in the Master Trust represents the Plans share of the Master Trusts investments stated at fair value. See Note 4 for further discussion and disclosures related to fair value measurements.
Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on the settlement date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are
recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net appreciation includes the gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as held during the year.
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Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires
the Plan Administrator to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Notes Receivable from Participants
Notes
receivable from participants represent participant loans that are recorded at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Interest income on notes receivable from participants is recorded when it is earned. Related fees are
recorded as administrative expenses and are expenses when they are incurred. No allowance for credit losses has been recorded as of December 31, 2015 or 2014. If a participant ceases to make loan repayments and the Plan Administrator deems the
participant loan to be a distribution, the participant loan balance is reduced and a benefit payment is recorded.
Recently Issued or Newly Adopted
Accounting Standards
In July 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2015-12,
Plan Accounting: Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Topic 960), Defined Contribution Pension Plans (Topic 962), Health and Welfare Benefit Plans (Topic 965): (Part I) Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts, (Part II) Plan Investment
Disclosures, (Part III) Measurement Date Practical Expedient
. Part I of the ASU eliminates the requirements to measure fair value of fully benefit-responsive investment contracts and provide certain disclosures. Part II of the ASU
eliminates the requirements to disclose individual investments that represent 5 percent or more of net assets available for benefits. It also simplifies the level of disaggregation of investments that are measured using fair value. Plans will
continue to disaggregate investments that are measured using fair value by general type; however, plans are no longer required to also disaggregate investments by nature, characteristics, and risks. Further, the disclosure of information about fair
value measurements shall be provided by general type of plan asset. Part III of the ASU allows a plan with a fiscal year end that does not coincide with the end of a calendar month to measure its investments and investment-related accounts
using the month end closest to its fiscal year end. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. Parts I and II are to be applied retrospectively. Part III is to be applied prospectively. Plans can
early adopt any of the ASUs three parts without early adopting the other parts. Management has elected to adopt Parts I and II of the ASU early. Part III is not applicable to the Plan. The adoption was applied retrospectively
and resulted in the elimination of the disclosures noted above. The adoption of this accounting guidance did not have an effect on the Plans net assets available for benefits or changes in net assets available for benefits. See Note 3,
Master Trust, for the new simplified disclosures related to the Plans investments.
In May 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-07,
Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent)
. This ASU removes the requirement to categorize within the fair value hierarchy all investments
for which fair value is measured using the net asset value per share practical expedient. This ASU also removes the requirement to make certain disclosures for all investments that are eligible to be measured at fair value using the net asset value
per share practical expedient. Rather, those disclosures are limited to investments for which the entity has elected to measure the fair value using that practical expedient. Although the new standard is not effective until annual and interim
reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, early adoption is permitted. The Plan early adopted the provisions of this guidance effective December 31, 2014, and the adoption had no impact on the Plans financial statements. See Note 4,
Fair Value Measurements, for the new fair value disclosures related to the Plans investments.
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There were no other accounting standards recently issued that had or are expected to have a
material impact on the Plans financial statements and associated disclosures.
3. Master Trust
On October 1, 2015, assets of the Plan and the Boise Paper Holdings L.L.C. Savings Plan were transferred into the Master Trust. The Master
Trust includes assets of the Plan, the Packaging Corporation of America Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees, the Packaging Corporation of America Thrift Plan for Hourly Employees, and the Boise Paper Holdings L.L.C. Savings Plan. All of
the Plans investments are invested in the Master Trust. The purpose of the Master Trust is the collective investment of assets of participating plans. Each participating plans interest in the Master Trust is based on the aggregate
account balances of the participants in the respective participating plan. The Master Trust specifically identifies contributions, benefit payments, and plan-specific expenses attributable to each participating plan. Investment gains (losses) are
allocated to each participating plan in the Master Trust on a daily basis based on each plans separate interest in the Master Trust. At December 31, 2015, the Plans interest in the net assets of the Master Trust at fair value was
23.3% or $292,298,074.
The investments held by the Master Trust and the Plans percentage interest in each of the investments within
the Master Trust are presented below.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31,
2015
|
|
|
Plans
Percentage
Interest
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mutual funds
|
|
$
|
323,668,860
|
|
|
|
9.4
|
%
|
Self-directed brokerage accounts
|
|
|
23,667,949
|
|
|
|
43.9
|
|
Common collective trust funds
|
|
|
418,269,885
|
|
|
|
26.7
|
|
Common stock
|
|
|
167,062,742
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
Target date funds
|
|
|
277,179,293
|
|
|
|
44.9
|
|
Short-term investment fund
|
|
|
43,030,850
|
|
|
|
35.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets at fair value
|
|
$
|
1,252,879,579
|
|
|
|
23.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment income for the Master Trust was as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended
December 31,
2015
|
|
Interest income
|
|
$
|
1,994,491
|
|
Dividends
|
|
|
7,234,084
|
|
Other income
|
|
|
915,450
|
|
Net realized and unrealized appreciation in fair value of:
|
|
|
|
|
Mutual funds
|
|
|
11,212,230
|
|
Self directed brokerage accounts
|
|
|
23,667,949
|
|
PCA common stock
|
|
|
(36,563,465
|
)
|
Common collective trust funds
|
|
|
7,698,056
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total investment income
|
|
$
|
16,158,795
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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4. Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between
market participants at the measurement date (i.e., an exit price). The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active
markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
Level 1 Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible to the reporting entity at the measurement date for identical
assets and liabilities.
Level 2 Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that are
observable either directly or indirectly for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. Level 2 inputs include the following:
|
|
|
Quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets
|
|
|
|
Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active
|
|
|
|
Observable inputs other than quoted prices that are used in the valuation of the assets or liabilities (e.g., interest rate and yield curve quotes at commonly quoted intervals)
|
|
|
|
Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means
|
Level 3 Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability (i.e., supported by little or no market activity). Level 3 inputs include
managements own assumption about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability (including assumptions about risk).
The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement is classified is determined based on the lowest level of input
that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.
The following is a description of the valuation techniques and inputs
used for each major class of assets measured at fair value by the Plan.
Mutual funds: Valued at daily closing price as reported by the
fund. Mutual funds held by the Plan are open-ended mutual funds that are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These funds are required to publish daily net asset values (NAV) and to transact at that price. The mutual
funds held by the Plan are considered actively traded.
Common stocks: Valued at its year-end unit closing price (comprised of year-end
market price plus uninvested cash position).
Self-directed brokerage account: Valued at the closing price reported on the active market
on which the individual securities are traded.
Target date funds: Valued at the NAV provided by the Trustee. While the underlying assets
are actively traded on an exchange, the funds are not.
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Common collective trust funds: Valued at the NAV provided by the administrator of the fund which
is used as a practical expedient to estimate fair value. The NAV is based on the underlying assets owned by the fund, minus its liabilities, and then divided by the number of shares outstanding. The Plan has no contractual obligations to further
invest in the funds.
Short-term investments: valued at cost, which approximates fair value.
The following tables set forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Master Trusts assets carried at fair value and the
Plans assets at fair value as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2015
|
|
|
|
Level 1
|
|
|
Level 2
|
|
|
Level 3
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Master trust investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mutual funds
|
|
$
|
323,668,860
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
323,668,860
|
|
Self-directed brokerage
|
|
|
23,667,949
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,667,949
|
|
Common stock
|
|
|
167,062,742
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
167,062,742
|
|
Short-term investment fund
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
43,030,850
|
|
Target date funds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
277,179,293
|
|
Common collective trust funds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
418,269,885
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total master trust investments
|
|
$
|
514,399,551
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,252,879,579
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2014
|
|
|
|
Level 1
|
|
|
Level 2
|
|
|
Level 3
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Self-directed brokerage accounts:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$
|
410,008
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
410,008
|
|
Mutual funds
|
|
|
4,055,190
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,055,190
|
|
Fixed income
|
|
|
15,963,486
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,963,486
|
|
Corporate stock
|
|
|
5,528,058
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,528,058
|
|
Other investments measured at net asset values (a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
274,369,552
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plan assets, at fair value
|
|
$
|
25,956,742
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
300,326,294
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
Investments are common collective trust funds valued at NAV provided by the Trustee. While the underlying assets are actively traded on an exchange, the funds are not.
|
There were no significant transfers between Levels 1, 2, or 3.
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5. Investments
During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Plans investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold,
as well as held during the year) depreciated in value as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation of
Investments at
September 30,
2015
|
|
Mutual funds
|
|
$
|
(2,492
|
)
|
Common collective trust funds
|
|
|
(12,085,764
|
)
|
Self-directed brokerage accounts
|
|
|
(758,561
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net depreciation in fair value of investments
|
|
$
|
(12,846,817
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the fourth quarter 2015, the Plans investments income is included in the Master Trusts
investment income table in Footnote 3.
6. Tax Status
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated November 21, 2011, that the Plan is designed
in accordance with applicable sections of the IRC. Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the Plan Administrator believes the Plan is designed, and is currently being operated, in compliance with the applicable
requirements of the IRC and, therefore, believes the Plan is qualified.
U.S. GAAP requires plan management to evaluate tax positions
taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability if the Plan has taken on uncertain positions that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the IRS. The Plan Administrator has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan and
has concluded that as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, there are no uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods
in progress. The Plan Administrator believes the Plan is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2012.
7. Risks and
Uncertainties
The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest
rate, market, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could
materially affect participants account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.
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8. Reconciliation to Form 5500
The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to Form 5500:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2015
|
|
|
2014
|
|
Net assets available for benefits per financial statements
|
|
$
|
309,412,304
|
|
|
$
|
320,384,768
|
|
Amounts allocated to withdrawn participants
|
|
|
(195,998
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Deemed distributions included in net assets available for benefits
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,213,493
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets available for benefits per Form 5500
|
|
$
|
309,216,306
|
|
|
$
|
319,171,275
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following is a reconciliation of net decrease per the financial statements to Form 5500:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended
December 31, 2015
|
|
Total net decrease per the financial statements
|
|
$
|
(10,972,464
|
)
|
Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants at December 31, 2015
|
|
|
(195,998
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net decrease per the Form 5500
|
|
$
|
(11,168,462
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
9. Related Party Transaction
As of October 1, 2015 the Plan invests in the common stock of the Company. These transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions;
however, they are exempt from the prohibited transactions rules under ERISA. During 2015, the Plan received $1,607 in common stock dividends from the Company.
The Plans record keeper, trustee, custodian and investment advisor described in Note 1 are each a party-in-interest to the Plan as
defined by ERISA. Parties in interest to the Plan are noted in the Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets. KPMG LLP, the auditor of the Plans financial statements, is also a party in interest.
10. Subsequent Event
Effective
January 1, 2016 the following changes were implemented to the Plan. New employees no longer have to work a minimum of 20 hours per week to enroll in the Plan. Newly hired non-union employees will no longer be automatically enrolled in the Plan.
A participants entire account balance will be distributed no later than April 1 following the calendar year in which the participant attains age 69, instead of 70
1
⁄
2
, or the calendar year in which the participants termination of employment occurs. Lastly, the Hexacomb salaried participants account balances will be transferred out of the Plan and into the Boise Paper
Holdings Savings Plan.
The Company has evaluated subsequent events after the Statement of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits date
through June 28, 2016, the date that the financial statements were issued.
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