- Current report filing (8-K)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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 January 30, 2009)

CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

North Carolina

0-20646

58-1388387

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

5000 Austell Powder Springs Road, Suite 300

Austell, Georgia

30106-3227

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (770) 948-3101

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On January 28, 2009, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Caraustar Industries, Inc. (the “Company”) made the determination to terminate the Company’s efforts to market and sell the Company’s Recovered Fiber Group. The recessionary climate and lack of access to capital severely depressed bids for this business group. The Recovered Fiber Group consists of eight recovered fiber operations located in Columbus, Georgia; Dalton, Georgia; Doraville, Georgia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Cleveland, Ohio; Hardeeville, South Carolina; Chattanooga, Tennessee and Texarkana, Texas.

On October 23, 2008, the Company had previously announced that these assets would be classified as held for sale and reported as discontinued operations commencing in the fourth quarter of 2008. As a result of the Board’s determination to terminate marketing and sale efforts, however, the assets of the Recovered Fiber Group will be reclassified and will be reported as continuing operations.

Forward-Looking Statements

This 8-K contains certain “forward-looking statements,” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that represent our expectations, anticipations, or beliefs about future events, including our operating results, financial condition, liquidity, expenditures, and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially depending on a variety of important factors, including, but not limited to, fluctuations in raw material prices and energy costs, our ability to repay, refinance or restructure our substantial indebtedness on or prior to maturity, downturns in industrial production, housing and construction and the consumption of durable and nondurable goods, the degree and nature of competition, demand for our products, the degree of success achieved by our new product initiatives, increases in pension and insurance costs, changes in government regulations, the application or interpretation of those regulations or in the systems, personnel, technologies or other resources we devote to compliance with regulations, the delisting of our common stock from the Nasdaq Capital Market Systems and the impact thereof on our liquidity and ability to raise capital, our ability to successfully integrate the operations of acquired businesses, the impact on the company of its results of operations in recent years and the sufficiency of its financial resources to absorb the impact, our ability to successfully dispose of our assets held for sale, unforeseen difficulties with the integration of our IT systems. Additional relevant risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are discussed in the company’s registration statements and its most recent reports on Form 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, as amended, filed with or furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). With respect to such forward-looking statements, we claim protection under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Our SEC filings are available from us, and also may be examined at public reference facilities maintained by the SEC or, to the extent filed via EDGAR, accessed through the website of the SEC (http://www.sec.gov). We do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements we make.

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.