We were formed in April 1998 to acquire our present facilities located in Oklahoma out of a predecessor company's bankruptcy and subsequently changed our name to Orchids Paper Products Company.

In March 2004, Orchids Acquisition Group, Inc. acquired us for a price of $21.6 million.  Orchids Acquisition Group, Inc. was formed by Taglich Brothers, Inc. and Weatherly Group, LLC exclusively for the purpose of acquiring all of the outstanding shares of Orchids Paper Products Company, and was subsequently merged into us.  The acquisition was financed by the sale of $6.05 million of common stock,  $2.15 million of subordinated debentures with warrants to purchase common shares and borrowings under our senior credit facility. These common stock and subordinated debenture investments were made by principals, employee and clients of Taglich Brothers, Inc. and certain members of our management.

In July 2005, we completed our initial public offering of 2,156,250 shares of common stock.  Following the offering, 4,156,250 shares of common stock were outstanding.  The results of operations presented herein for all periods prior to our acquisition by Orchids Acquisition Group, Inc. in March 2004 are referred to as the results of operations of the "predecessor".  The results of operations presented herein for all periods subsequent to the acquisition are referred to as the results of operations of the "successor".

On June 16, 2006, we announced that our board of directors had approved a three-for-two split of our common stock to be effected in the form of a stock dividend.  The record date for the stock split was July 7, 2006 and the distribution date was July 21, 2006.  Following the completion of the stock split, the number of common shares outstanding was approximately 6.3 million shares.