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Exhibit 10.2

AMENDMENT NO. 2

AMENDMENT NO. 2 (this "Amendment"), dated as of December 19, 2002, to the
Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2001, among MeadWestvaco
Corporation, the Banks party thereto, The Bank of New York, as Administrative
Agent, Bank One, N.A., as Syndication Agent, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Citicorp USA,
Inc. and Bank of America, N.A., as Documentation Agents, Barclays Bank plc,
Commerzbank AG New York and Grand Cayman Branches, Fleet National Bank, The Bank
of Nova Scotia and Wachovia Bank, as Managing Agents, and Sumitomo Mitsui
Banking Corporation and SunTrust Bank, as Co-Agents, as amended by Amendment No.
1, dated as of January 7, 2002 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified,
the "Credit Agreement").

RECITALS

I. The parties hereto desire to amend the Credit Agreement to the extent set
forth herein and subject to the terms and conditions hereof.

II. Unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used herein and not
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit
Agreement.

Accordingly, in consideration of the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth,
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Subject to paragraph 2 below, Section 2.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by inserting the phrase ", signed by a Responsible Officer," immediately
before the phrase "not later than 10:00 A.M."

Paragraph 1 hereof shall not be effective unless and until each of the following
conditions shall have been satisfied:

The Administrative Agent shall have received from each Person listed on the
signature pages hereto either (x) a counterpart of this Amendment signed on
behalf of such Person or (y) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent (which may include facsimile transmission of a signed signature page of
this Amendment) that such Person has signed a counterpart of this Amendment.

The Other Credit Agreement shall have been amended and restated substantially
simultaneously with the execution and delivery hereof.

Each of the Borrower, and each Guarantor by consenting hereto, hereby (i)
reaffirms and admits the validity and enforceability of each Loan Document and
its obligations thereunder, and agrees and admits that it has no defense to or
offset against any such obligation, and (ii) represents and warrants that no
Default has occurred and is continuing and that all of the representations and
warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true and correct, except as the
context thereof otherwise requires and except for those representations and
warranties which by their terms or by necessary implication are expressly
limited to a state of facts existing at a time prior to the date hereof, or such
other matters relating thereto as are identified in a writing to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and are satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders.

This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures hereto were upon the
same instrument. This Amendment constitutes the entire agreement and
understanding among the parties hereto and supersedes any and all prior
agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter
hereof.

Each Loan Document shall in all other respects remain in full force and effect.

THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 2 to be
duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.

MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION

By: /s/ Karen R. Osar

Name: Karen R. Osar

Title: Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Consented to and Agreed:

THE MEAD CORPORATION

By: /s/ Karen R. Osar

Name: Karen R. Osar

Title: Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer

WESTVACO CORPORATION

By: /s/ Karen R. Osar

Name: Karen R. Osar

Title: Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as a Bank and as the Administrative Agent

By: /s/ Eliza S. Adams

Name: Eliza S. Adams

Title: Vice President

BANK ONE, NA, as a Bank and as the Syndication Agent

By:

Name:

Title:

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

By:

Name:

Title:

 

CITICORP USA, INC.

By:

Name:

Title:

 

JP MORGAN CHASE BANK

By:

Name:

Title:

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC

By:

Name:

Title:

 

COMMERZBANK AG NEW YORK AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES

By:

Name:

Title:

 

By:

Name:

Title:

 

FLEET NATIONAL BANK

By:

Name:

Title:

 

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

By:

Name:

Title:

 

WACHOVIA BANK

By:

Name:

Title:

 

SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION

By:

Name:

Title:

 

SUNTRUST BANK

By:

Name:

Title:

 

BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY

By:

Name:

Title:

 

BNP PARIBAS

By:

Name:

Title:

 

By:

Name:

Title:

ING CAPITAL LLC

By:

Name:

Title:

 

MELLON BANK NA

By:

Name:

Title:

 

NATIONAL CITY BANK

By:

Name:

Title:

 

THE NORTHERN TRUSTS COMPANY

By:

Name:

Title:

 

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC

By:

Name:

Title:

 

UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH

By:

Name:

Title:

By:

Name:

Title:

FIFTH THIRD BANK

By:

Name:

Title: