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): June ~~May 10~~13, 2007

BLUE RIDGE PAPER PRODUCTS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	333-114032	56-2136509
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Registration Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction	(Registration Number)	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)		Identification No.)
41 Main Street, Canton, North Carolina		28716
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (828) 454-0676

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

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ITEM 28.0201. ~~RESULTS~~OTHER ~~OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION~~EVENTS.

On ~~May 10~~June 13, 2007, ~~Blue~~ Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc.’s parent company, Blue Ridge Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Blue Ridge Holding”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Rank Group Limited (the “Rank Group”), Packaging Holdings Inc. ~~announced~~(“NewCo”) and, solely in its ~~earnings~~capacity ~~for~~as the Stockholder ~~quarter~~Representative, ~~ended~~KPS ~~March~~Special Situations Fund, L.P. (“KPS”), 31which provides for, ~~2007. Attached~~among ~~hereto~~other things, the merger of NewCo with and into Blue ~~incorporated~~Ridge, ~~herein~~with byBlue ~~reference~~Ridge surviving as ~~Exhibit~~the ~~99.1~~surviving iscorporation (the ~~Press~~“Surviving Corporation”) ~~Release~~and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Rank Group or one ~~announcing~~of ~~such~~its ~~results~~affiliates.

~~The~~At ~~information~~the ineffective ~~this Report,~~time ~~including~~ of the ~~exhibit attached hereto~~Merger, isRank ~~furnished~~Group ~~solely~~will ~~pursuant~~acquire ~~to Item~~Blue ~~2.02~~Ridge ofHolding ~~this Form 8-K~~ and ~~shall~~its ~~not~~subsidiaries ~~be deemed “filed”~~ for ~~the purposes of~~ ~~Section~~an 18aggregate ofconsideration ~~the Securities Exchange Act~~ of ~~1934~~$338 million, ~~or otherwise~~ subject to ~~the~~certain ~~liabilities of that section~~adjustments. ~~Furthermore, the information in this Report, including the exhibit, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933.~~

~~ITEM~~The 9Merger is subject to customary closing conditions, including, among others, the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.01 ~~FINANCIAL~~The ~~STATEMENTS~~availability ~~AND~~of ~~EXHIBITS~~Rank Group’s financing is not a condition to the closing of the Merger.

~~(c)~~On ~~Exhibit~~June 13, ~~99.1~~2007, –in accordance ~~Press~~with Delaware General Corporation Law, holders of a majority of the ~~release~~outstanding ~~dated~~shares ~~May~~of 10Blue Ridge Holding’s common stock, ~~2007~~voted ~~announcing~~in ~~results~~favor ~~for~~of the merger ~~quarter~~and ~~ended~~as ~~March~~a 31result of this vote, no additional Blue Ridge Holding’s ~~2007~~stockholder action is required to approve the merger.

~~This~~On ~~exhibit~~June 14, is2007, the ~~furnished~~Company ~~pursuant~~issued a press release relating to ~~Item 2~~the Merger Agreement.02 A ~~and~~copy ~~shall~~of ~~not~~the bepress ~~deemed~~release tois beattached hereto ~~“filed~~as Exhibit 99.”1.

2ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

~~SIGNATURES~~(c) Exhibit 99.1 — Press Release dated June 14, 2007.

~~Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~2

	BLUE RIDGE PAPER PRODUCTS INC.
Date: May 10, 2007	By:	/s/ JOHN B. WADSWORTH
		Name: John B. Wadsworth
		Title: Chief Financial Officer

SIGNATURES

3Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

EXHIBIT INDEX

	BLUE RIDGE PAPER PRODUCTS INC.


Date: June 14, 2007	By:	/s/ John B. Wadsworth
		Name:	John B. Wadsworth
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release dated May 10, 2007 announcing results for the quarter ended March 31, 2007.

4EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press release dated June 14, 2007.

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