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                                                           Exhibit (10) (g) (4)

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 2
                                     TO THE
                                HUNT CORPORATION
                      SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE BENEFITS PLAN

               (As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 1997)

                  WHEREAS, Hunt Corporation (the "Company") maintains the Hunt
Corporation Supplemental Executive Benefits Plan (the "Plan"); and

                  WHEREAS, the Company most recently amended and restated the
Plan effective January 1, 1997, and subsequently further amended the Plan by an
Amendment No. 1, again effective January 1, 1997; and

                  WHEREAS, the Plan as amended by Amendment No. 1 permits
certain participants to elect to receive distribution in installments over a
period not to exceed ten years, provided that such election is made at least 90
days before the beginning of the participant's taxable year in which such
distribution is to be made or commence; and

                  WHEREAS, the Plan generally provides that distribution will be
made or commence as soon as practicable after a participant separates from
service; and

                  WHEREAS, under the terms of Amendment No. 1, an installment
election with respect to a participant who retires during 2000 and whose
distribution is to be made or commence in 2000 would be required to be made no
later than October 3, 1999, which was prior to the date on which Amendment No. 1
was adopted by the Company; and

                  WHEREAS, Spencer O'Meara, a participant in the Plan, has
ceased to be an executive officer of the Company, and has therefore ceased to be
eligible to participate in the Plan under its terms;

                  WHEREAS, the Company therefore desires further to amend the
Plan (i) to provide that, in the case of a participant who retires during 2000,
distribution will not be made or commence earlier than January 1, 2001, and (ii)
to permit Spencer O'Meara to continue to participate in the Plan until his
termination of employment;

                  NOW, THEREFORE, effective January 1, 2000, the Company hereby
amends the Plan as follows:

                  1.  Section 2.35 of the Plan is amended to read as follows:

                  2.35 Executive Officer: Any Employee who is an officer or
         director (as such terms are defined in Section 16 of the Securities
         Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules, regulations, and interpretations
         thereunder) of the Company or of Hunt Management Company, Inc. ("HMC")
         or of any other Participating Company, or who is an officer of the
         Company or HMC of the rank of Vice President or above, provided he or
         she is a member of a select group of management or highly compensated
         employees within the meaning of section 201(2) of ERISA. In addition,
         Spencer W. O'Meara shall be deemed to be an Executive Officer for
         purposes of the Plan during the period beginning on the date he ceases
         to be an officer of the Company and ending September 30, 2000.

                  2.  Section 6.5(a) of the Plan is amended to read as follows:

                  6.5      Manner, Form and Time of Distribution of Accounts:

                           (a) Time of Distribution. The vested balance in an
                  Executive Officer Participant's Accounts shall be paid, or
                  commence to be paid, as soon as practicable after the
                  Executive Officer Participant separates from service with the
                  Participating Companies and all their Affiliates for any
                  reason; provided, however, that in the case of an Executive
                  Officer Participant who retires in 2000 on or after his Early
                  or Normal Retirement Date, such vested balance shall not be
                  paid, or commence to be paid, earlier than January 1, 2001.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Hunt Corporation has caused these presents
to be duly executed this 23rd day of February, 2000.

Attest:                                 HUNT CORPORATION



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