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*      Amendment No. 18 amends and supplements Amendment Nos. 1 through 17 to the statement on Schedule 13D initially filed on August 15, 1989 with respect to shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") of Tredegar Corporation (the "Issuer").

1     In computing the percentage ownership, each of the Reporting Persons assumed that there are 35,016,819 shares of Common Stock outstanding, as reported by Tredegar Corporation in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2026.</commentContent>
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(ii)   Shared power to vote or to direct the vote-John D. Gottwald-4,079,814 shares, 11.7%; William M. Gottwald 4,090,597 shares, 11.7%; James T. Gottwald-4,180,597 shares, 11.9%; CLAT 1,447,405 shares, 4.1%; all reporting persons-4,180,597 shares, 11.9%
(iii)  Sole power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of-John D. Gottwald-1,917,639 shares, 5.5%; William M. Gottwald-211,260 shares, 0.6%; James T. Gottwald-40,000 shares, 0.1 %; all reporting persons-2,168,899 shares, 6.2%
(iv)  Shared power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of -John D. Gottwald-4,079,814 shares, 11.7%; William M. Gottwald-4,090,597 shares, 11.7%; James T. Gottwald-4,180,597 shares, 11.9%; CLAT -1,447,405 shares, 4.1%; all reporting persons-4,180,597 shares, 11.9%</numberOfShares>
        <transactionDesc>Transactions in shares in the past sixty days: Exhibit 99.2 sets forth the shares sold by CLAT on the New York Stock Exchange in the past sixty days.</transactionDesc>
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        <filedExhibits>Exhibit 99.1.   Agreement between John D. Gottwald, William M. Gottwald, James T. Gottwald and the Residual 10-Year CLAT UA FDGJR Living Trust with respect to the filing of this Amendment No. 18 to the statement to Schedule 13D.
Exhibit 99.2   Shares sold by CLAT on the New York Stock Exchange in the past sixty days.
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