Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On May 27, 2009, the stockholders of Packaging Corporation of America
approved amendments to the 1999 Long Term Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
Amendments to the Plan were adopted by PCA's Board of Directors on February 25,
2009, subject to stockholder approval at the annual meeting, which was held on
May 27, 2009.
The Plan provides for the grant of equity awards to our employees and
directors, including our executive officers. Among other things, the Plan was
amended to extend the term by five years to October 19, 2014 and to increase the
number of shares that may be granted during the life of the Plan by 2,000,000
shares.
For a more detailed description of the Plan, as amended, see PCA's 2009 Proxy
Statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2009.
The foregoing description of the Plan, as amended, is qualified in its entirety
by the full text of the plan, which was included as Appendix A to the 2009 Proxy
Statement and is incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K
as Exhibit 10.1.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
The following information, including the exhibit described below, shall not
be deemed "filed" hereunder for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by
reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in
such a filing.
On May 27, 2009, Packaging Corporation of America announced that its Board of
Directors had approved a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share on
its common stock. The quarterly dividend will be paid on July 15, 2009 to
shareholders of record as of June 15, 2009. The press release is furnished as
Exhibit 99.1 to this report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(D) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release dated May 27, 2009.