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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Employee stock options granted under Neenah Paper's 2004 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan to replace stock options previously issued to the reporting person under the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 1992 or 2001 Equity Participation Plans.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The replacement options are exercisable on the same vesting schedule as the Kimberly-Clark options they replaced. After the end of one year from 2/26/1998, the date of the original grant under the Kimberly-Clark equity participation plan, they may be exercised as to 30% or less of the total shares subject to options. After the end of the second year, an additional 30% may be exercised. After the end of the third year, all options may be exercised.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The replacement options are exercisable on the same vesting schedule as the Kimberly-Clark options they replaced. After the end of one year from 2/21/2000, the date of the original grant under the Kimberly-Clark equity participation plan, they may be exercised as to 30%or less of the total shares subject to options. After the end of the second year, an additional 30% may be exercised. After the end of the third year, all options may be exercised.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The replacement options are exercisable on the same vesting schedule as the Kimberly-Clark options they replaced. After the end of one year from 2/22/2001, the date of the original grant under the Kimberly-Clark equity participation plan, they may be exercised as to 30% or less of the total shares subject to options. After the end of the second year, an additional 30% may be exercised. After the end of the third year, all options may be exercised.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The replacement options are exercisable on the same vesting schedule as the Kimberly-Clark options they replaced. After the end of one year from 2/18/2002, the date of the original grant under the Kimberly-Clark equity participation plan, they may be exercised as to 30% or less of the total shares subject to options. After the end of the second year, an additional 30% may be exercised. After the end of the third year, all options may be exercised.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">These replacement options are exercisable on the same vesting schedule as the Kimberly-Clark options they replaced. All the options became fully vested on February 17, 2006.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">The replacement options are exercisable on the same vesting schedule as the Kimberly-Clark options they replaced. All the options became fully vested on February 18, 2005.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">The replacement options are exercisable on the same vesting schedule as the Kimberly-Clark options they replaced. After the end of one year from 4/28/2004 the date of the original grant under the Kimberly-Clark equity participation plan, they may be exercised as to 30% or less of the total shares subject to options. After the end of the second year, an additional 30% may be exercised. After the end of the third year, all options may be exercised.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">The options were granted pursuant to the Neenah Paper, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">After the end of one year from 12/15/2004 the date of the grant, these options may be exercised as to 30% or less of the total shares subject to options. After the end of the second year, an additional 30% may be exercised. After the end of the third year, all options may be exercised.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F11">The options vest in increments of one-third on each of 2/21/2006, 2/21/2007 and 2/21/2008.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F12">The options vest in increments of one-third on each of 8/22/2006, 8/22/2007, 8/22/2008.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F13">The options vest in increments of one-third on each of 2/07/2007, 2/07/2008 and 2/7/2009.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F14">The options vest in increments of one-third on each of 8/07/2007, 8/07/2008, 8/07/2009.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Steven S. Heinrichs as attorney-in-fact for Dennis Runsten</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-11-17</signatureDate>
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