Form 8-K  (W0520296.DOC;1)





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):  October 29, 2012

 

 

WAUSAU PAPER CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

WISCONSIN

0-13923

39-0690900

(State or other

(Commission File

(IRS Employer

jurisdiction of

Number)

Identification

incorporation)

 

Number)

 

100 PAPER PLACE

MOSINEE, WI  54455-9099

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

 

(715) 693-4470

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

£

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 23.425)

 

£

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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT


Section 2 – Financial Information


Item 2.02.

Results of Operations and Financial Condition


On October 29, 2012, the Company reported a net loss from continuing operations of $5.2  million, or $.10 per share, for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012, as compared to net earnings of $5.4 million, or $.11 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2011.


Net sales from continuing operations were $202 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012, as compared to $212 million for the same three-month period in 2011, and the total tons shipped declined by three percent for the comparable quarter-over-quarter periods.


A copy of the news release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.*


Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits


Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits


Exhibit 99.1*

News release dated October 29, 2012 (Earnings Release)


*

This exhibit is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed to have been filed or incorporated by reference into any other filing by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or Securities Exchange Act of 1934 unless expressly so provided by specific reference in such filing.


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.


WAUSAU PAPER CORP.



Date:  October 29, 2012

By:  SHERRI L. LEMMER

Sherri L. Lemmer

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer




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EXHIBIT INDEX

to

FORM 8-K

of

WAUSAU PAPER CORP.

dated October 29, 2012

Pursuant to Section 102(d) of Regulation S-T

(17 C.F.R. §232.102(d))



99.1

News release dated October 29, 2012 (Earnings Release)





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