Abstract: A hotmelt-receptive packaging material, a method of making the material and a package made therefrom are described. The hotmelt-receptive packaging material includes a barrier substrate and an energy cured coating applied substantially uniformly to the substrate. The coating includes a polymerized network of oligomers and monomers, and a functional wax slip additive copolymerized with the network. The coating is receptive to hotmelt adhesive. A package can be formed from the material by wrapping it into a tubular structure with overlapping opposed edges and applying hotmelt adhesive to at least one of the opposed edges so that the hotmelt adhesive contacts the coated side of at least one of the edges and adheres the overlapped opposed edges.