Exhibit 10.8


EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


This
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT is entered into as of this 20th day of July, 2006 by and among Graphic
Packaging International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Employer”), Graphic
Packaging Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“GPC”) and Robert M. Simko (“Executive”).


W I T N E S S E T H :


WHEREAS,
Employer desires to employ Executive on the terms and conditions set forth
herein;


WHEREAS,
Executive desires to accept such employment on the terms and conditions set
forth herein;


WHEREAS,
each of Employer, GPC and Executive agrees that Executive will have
a prominent role in the management of the business, and the development of
the goodwill, of Employer and its Affiliates (as defined below) and will
establish and develop relations and contacts with the principal customers and
suppliers of Employer and its Affiliates in the United States and the rest of
the world, all of which constitute valuable goodwill of, and could be used by
Executive to compete unfairly with, Employer and its Affiliates;


WHEREAS,
(i) in the course of his/her employment with Employer, Executive
will obtain confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets
concerning the business and operations of Employer and its Affiliates in the
United States and the rest of the world that could be used to compete unfairly
with Employer and its Affiliates; (ii) the covenants and
restrictions contained in Sections 8 through 13, inclusive, are
intended to protect the legitimate interests of Employer and its Affiliates in
their respective goodwill, trade secrets and other confidential and proprietary
information; and (iii) Executive desires to be bound by such
covenants and restrictions;


NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and
promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration,
Employer, GPC and Executive hereby agree as follows:


1.     Agreement to Employ. 
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Employer
hereby employs Executive, and Executive hereby accepts employment by Employer.


2.     Term; Position and Responsibilities.


(a)      Term of Employment. 
Unless Executive’s employment shall sooner terminate pursuant to
Section 7, Employer shall employ Executive for a one year term
commencing on the date hereof (the “Initial Term”). Effective upon the
expiration of the Initial Term and of each Additional Term (as defined below),
Executive’s employment hereunder shall be deemed to be automatically extended,
upon the same terms and conditions, for an additional period of one year (each,
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Term or the then current Additional Term, as the case may be. The
period during which Executive is employed pursuant to this Agreement, including
any extension thereof in accordance with the preceding sentence, shall be
referred to as the “Employment Period”.


(b)      Position and
Responsibilities.  During the
Employment Period, Executive shall serve as Senior Vice President, Paperboard
of Employer and have such duties and responsibilities as are customarily
assigned to individuals serving in such position and such other duties
consistent with Executive’s title and position as the Board of Directors of
Employer (“Employer’s Board”) specifies from time to time. Executive shall
devote all of his/her skill, knowledge and working time to the conscientious
performance of the duties and responsibilities of such position, except for (i) vacation
time as set forth in Section 6(c) and absence for sickness or similar
disability and (ii) to the extent that it does not interfere with
the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder, (A) such
reasonable time as may be devoted to service on boards of directors of other
corporations and entities, subject to the provisions of Section 9, and the
fulfillment of civic responsibilities and (B) such reasonable time
as may be necessary from time to time for personal matters.  If so elected or designated by the respective
shareholders thereof, Executive shall serve as a member of the Boards of
Directors of GPC, Employer and their respective Affiliates during the
Employment Period without additional compensation.


3.     Base Salary.  As compensation for the
services to be performed by Executive during the Employment Period, Employer
shall pay Executive a base salary at an annualized rate of $310,000.00,
payable in installments on Employer’s regular payroll dates. Employer’s Board
shall review Executive’s base salary annually during the Employment Period and,
in its sole discretion, Employer’s Board may increase (but may not decrease)
such base salary from time to time based upon the performance of Executive, the
financial condition of Employer, prevailing industry salary levels and such
other factors as Employer’s Board shall consider relevant.  (The annual base salary payable to
Executive under this Section 3, as the same may be increased from time to
time and without regard to any reduction therefrom in accordance with the next
sentence, shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Base Salary”.)  The Base Salary payable under this
Section 3 shall be reduced to the extent that Executive elects to defer
such Base Salary under the terms of any deferred compensation, savings plan or
other voluntary deferral arrangement that may be maintained or established by
Employer.


4.     Incentive Compensation Arrangements.  During the Employment Period, Executive shall
participate in Employer’s incentive compensation programs for its senior
executives existing from time to time, at a level commensurate with
his/her position and duties with Employer and based on such performance targets
as may be established from time to time by Employer’s Board or a committee
thereof.  For calendar year 2006,
Executive’s aggregate annual target bonus opportunity shall be 70% of Base
Salary.


5.     Employee Benefits.  During the Employment Period, employee
benefits, including life, medical, dental, accidental death and dismemberment,
business travel accident, prescription drug and disability insurance, shall be
provided to Executive in accordance with the programs of Employer then
available to its senior executives, as the same may be amended and in effect
from time to time.  Executive shall also
be entitled to participate in all of Employer’s profit sharing, pension,
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in effect from time to time, applicable to senior executives of
Employer.  The benefits referred to in
this Section 5 shall be provided to Executive on a basis that is
commensurate with Executive’s position and duties with Employer hereunder and
that is no less favorable than that of similarly situated employees of
Employer.


6.     Perquisites and Expenses.


(a)      General. During the
Employment Period, Executive shall be entitled to a perquisites allowance in
the amount of $20,000 on an annualized basis, to be paid as soon as
administratively practical after January 1 of each year. This special bonus can
be used by Executive for such matters to include, without limitation, tax
preparation services, financial planning services, home security services,
executive physical examination, dues of airline, luncheon, country or athletic
clubs, or automobile expenses.


(b)      Business Travel, Lodging,
etc.  Employer shall reimburse
Executive for reasonable travel, lodging, meal and other reasonable expenses
incurred by him/her in connection with his/her performance of services
hereunder upon submission of evidence, satisfactory to Employer, of the
incurrence and purpose of each such expense and otherwise in accordance with
Employer’s business travel reimbursement policy applicable to its senior
executives as in effect from time to time.


(c)      Vacation.  During the Employment Period, Executive shall
be entitled to five weeks of paid vacation on an annualized basis, without
carryover accumulation.


7.     Termination of Employment.


(a)      Termination Due to Death
or Disability.  In the event that
Executive’s employment hereunder terminates due to death or is terminated by
Employer due to Executive’s Disability (as defined below), no termination
benefits shall be payable to or in respect of Executive except as provided in
Section 7(g).  For purposes of this
Agreement, “Disability” shall mean a physical or mental disability that
prevents or would prevent the performance by Executive of his/her duties
hereunder for a continuous period of six months or longer.  The determination of Executive’s Disability
shall (i) be made by an independent physician who is reasonably
acceptable to Employer and Executive (or his/her representative), (ii) be
final and binding on the parties hereto and (iii) be based on such
competent medical evidence as shall be presented to such independent physician
by Executive and/or Employer or by any physician or group of physicians or
other competent medical experts employed by Executive and/or Employer to advise
such independent physician.


(b)      Termination by Employer for Cause. 
Executive may be terminated for cause by Employer for (i) the
willful failure of Executive substantially to perform his/her duties hereunder
(other than any such failure due to Executive’s physical or mental illness) or
other willful and material breach by Executive of any of his/her obligations
hereunder, after a written demand for substantial performance has been
delivered, and a reasonable opportunity to cure has been given, to
Executive by Employer’s Board, which demand identifies in reasonable detail the
manner in which Employer’s Board believes that Executive has not substantially
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or has breached his/her obligations, (ii) Executive’s
engaging in willful and serious misconduct that has caused or is reasonably
expected to result in material injury to Employer or any of its Affiliates, (iii) Executive’s
conviction of, or entering a plea of guilty or nolo  contendere
to, a crime that constitutes a felony, or (iv) Executive’s
material violation of the requirements of federal or state securities law,
rule or regulation, in cases involving fraud or deceit, or violation of
Employer’s insider trading policy. Any item of conduct in the previous sentence
shall constitute “Cause.” Executive’s conduct need not result in monetary or
financial loss to constitute Cause. Executive shall be permitted to attend
a meeting of Employer’s Board within 30 days after delivery to him/her of
a Notice of Termination (as defined below) pursuant to this
Section 7(b) to explain why he/she should not be terminated for Cause and,
if following any such explanation by Executive, Employer’s Board determines
that Employer does not have Cause to terminate Executive’s employment, any such
prior Notice of Termination delivered to Executive shall thereupon be withdrawn
and of no further force or effect.


(c)      Termination Without Cause.
A termination “Without Cause” shall mean a termination of employment
by Employer other than pursuant to Section 7(a) or Section 7(b).


(d)      Termination by Executive. 
Executive may terminate his/her employment for any reason.  A termination of employment by Executive
for “Good Reason” shall mean a termination by Executive of his/her
employment with Employer within 30 days following the occurrence, without
Executive’s consent, of any of the following events: (i) the
assignment to Executive of duties that represent a substantial diminution
of the duties that he/she is to assume on the date hereof, (ii) the
failure of Employer to obtain the assumption of this Agreement by any Successor
(as defined below) to Employer as contemplated by Section 14, (iii) a
reduction in the rate of Executive’s Base Salary, (iv) a material
breach by Employer of any of its obligations hereunder or (v) except
in cases where Employer is promoting Executive, the relocation of Executive’s
primary office to a location more than 50 miles from the location of Executive’s
primary office on the date hereof. Executive shall not be entitled to terminate
employment for Good Reason, in the case of any of clauses (i), (iii), (iv)
or (v), should Executive fail within 30 days following the occurrence of
any of the events set forth therein to deliver written notice to Employer of
his/her intention to terminate his/her employment for Good Reason, which notice
specifies in reasonable detail the circumstances claimed to give rise to
Executive’s right to terminate his/her employment for Good Reason, and Employer
or GPC, as the case may be, shall not have cured such circumstances within a
reasonable time to the reasonable satisfaction of Executive.


(e)      Notice of Termination.  Any termination by Employer pursuant to
Section 7(a), 7(b) or 7(c), or by Executive pursuant to
Section 7(d), shall be communicated by a written Notice of
Termination addressed to the other parties to this Agreement.  A ”Notice of Termination” shall mean
a notice stating that Executive’s employment with Employer has been or
will be terminated.


(f)       Payments and Benefits
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(i)    In the event of
a termination of Executive’s employment by Employer Without Cause or
a termination by Executive of his/her employment for Good Reason during
the Employment Period, Employer shall pay to Executive:


(A)                one year’s Base
Salary, and


(B)                  the product of
(1) the amount of incentive compensation that would have been payable to
Executive for the calendar year in
which the Date of Termination (as defined below) occurs if Executive had
remained employed for the entire calendar year and assuming that all applicable
performance targets had been achieved, multiplied by (2) a fraction,
the numerator of which is equal to the number of days in such calendar year
that precede the Date of Termination and the denominator of which is equal
to 365 (such product, the “Pro Rata Bonus”).


(ii)   Payments pursuant to this Section 7(f) shall
be made as follows: six months following the Date of Termination, one-half of
the amounts due under Section 7(f)(i)(A) and all of the amounts due under
Section 7(f)(i)(B), above, shall be paid to Executive. The remainder of the
amounts due Executive under Section 7(f)(i)(A) shall be payable in installments
on Employer’s regular payroll dates, until the amounts due are paid in full. No
payments shall be due and payable to Executive pursuant to this Section 7(f) until after (x) Executive has executed
a general release in a form reasonably satisfactory to Employer and (y)
the expiration of the period during which Executive can revoke his/her
execution of said release.


(iii)  If Executive is entitled to
payments pursuant to Section 7(f)(i), then for the period beginning on the Date
of Termination and ending on the first anniversary of the Date of Termination
(the “Severance Period”), Employer shall (x) continue to provide to
Executive the life, medical, dental, and prescription drug benefits referred to
in Section 5 (the “Continued Benefits”) and (y) reimburse
Executive for expenses incurred by him/her for outplacement and career
counseling services provided to Executive for an aggregate amount not in excess
of $25,000.


(iv)  Executive shall not have
a duty to mitigate the costs to Employer under this Section 7(f)(i),
except that Continued Benefits shall be reduced or canceled to the extent of
any comparable benefit coverage earned by (whether or not paid currently) or
offered to Executive during the Severance Period by a subsequent employer
or other Person (as defined below) for which Executive performs services,
including but not limited to consulting services.


(v)   The benefits provided
Executive pursuant to this Section 7(f) are made in lieu of any payments or
benefits, and Executive shall not be entitled to receive any payments or
benefits, pursuant to any plan, policy, program or practice providing any
bonus, annual incentive or severance compensation.


(g)      Payments and Benefits
Upon Executive’s Death or Disability, Termination by Employer With Cause, or
Termination by Executive Without Good Reason. If Executive’s employment
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Executive’s employment for Cause or Executive shall terminate his/her
employment without Good Reason during the Employment Period, Employer shall pay
Executive his/her full Base Salary through the Date of Termination; plus, in
the case of termination upon Executive’s death or Disability, if, as of the
Date of Termination, Employer has achieved the pro rated performance objectives
for such calendar year (determined as provided in Section 7(f)(i)), the
Pro Rata Bonus for the portion of the calendar year preceding Executive’s Date
of Termination; plus, in the case of termination upon Executive’s death,
his/her full Base Salary for the remainder of the pay period in which death
occurs and for one month thereafter, as provided in Section 3. The
benefits provided Executive pursuant to this Section 7(g) are made in lieu of
any payments or benefits, and Executive shall not be entitled to receive any
payments or benefits, pursuant to any plan, policy, program or practice
providing any bonus or annual incentive compensation.


(h)      Date of Termination.  As used in this Agreement, the term “Date of
Termination” shall mean (x) if Executive’s employment is terminated
by his/her death, the date of his/her death, (y) if Executive’s
employment is terminated by Employer for Cause, the date on which Notice of
Termination is given as contemplated by Section 7(e) or, if later, the
date of termination specified in such Notice, or (z) if Executive’s
employment is terminated by Employer Without Cause, due to Executive’s
Disability or by Executive for any reason, the date that is 30 days after
the date on which Notice of Termination is given as contemplated by
Section 7(e) or, if no such Notice is given, 30 days after the date
of termination of employment.


(i)       Resignation upon
Termination.  Effective as of any
Date of Termination under this Section 7 or otherwise as of the date of
Executive’s termination of employment with Employer, Executive shall resign, in
writing, from all Board memberships and other positions then held by him/her
with GPC, Employer and their respective Affiliates.


(j)       Nondisparagement. Executive agrees
not to disparage Employer, GPC, or the subsidiaries thereof, or the officers,
directors or employees of any of them, during the Employment Period or
thereafter.


8.     Unauthorized Disclosure.
During the period of Executive’s employment with Employer and the three-year
period following any termination of such employment, without Employer’s prior
written consent, except to the extent required by an order of a court
having jurisdiction or under subpoena from an appropriate government agency, in
which event, Executive shall use his/her best efforts to consult with Employer
prior to responding to any such order or subpoena, and except as required in
the performance of his/her duties hereunder, Executive shall not disclose any
confidential or proprietary trade secrets, customer lists, drawings, designs,
information regarding product development, marketing plans, sales plans,
manufacturing plans, management organization information (including but not
limited to data and other information relating to members of the Board of
Directors of GPC, Employer or any of their respective Affiliates or to
management of GPC, Employer or any of their respective Affiliates), operating
policies or manuals, business plans, financial records, packaging design or
other financial, commercial, business or technical information (a) relating
to GPC, Employer or any of their respective Affiliates or (b) that
GPC, Employer or any of their respective Affiliates may receive belonging to
suppliers, customers or others who do business with GPC, Employer or any of
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unless such Confidential Information has been previously disclosed to
the public or is in the public domain (other than by reason of Executive’s
breach of this Section 8).


9.     Non-Competition.  During the period of Executive’s employment
with Employer and for one year following the Date of Termination, Executive
shall not, directly or indirectly, become employed in a management capacity,
including as a consultant serving in a management capacity, of Caraustar
Industries, Inc., Field Container Company, L.P., MeadWestvaco Corporation,
Rock-Tenn Company, the former consumer packaging division of Smurfit-Stone
Container Corporation that was acquired by an affiliate of Texas Pacific Group,
or any of their current subsidiaries or successors.


10.   Non-Solicitation of
Employees. For one year following the Date of Termination, Executive shall
not, directly or indirectly, for his/her own account or for the account of any
other Person anywhere in the United States or Europe, solicit for
employment, employ or otherwise interfere with the relationship of GPC,
Employer or any of their respective subsidiaries with, any person who at any
time during the six months preceding such solicitation, employment or
interference is or was employed by or otherwise engaged to perform services for
GPC, Employer or any of their current subsidiaries, other than any such
solicitation or employment during Executive’s employment with GPC and Employer
on behalf of GPC, and Employer.


11.   Non-Solicitation of
Customers.  For one year following
the Date of Termination, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, for
his/her own account or for the account of any other Person anywhere in the
United States or Europe, solicit or otherwise attempt to establish any business
relationship for purposes of engaging in the manufacture, sales or converting
of paperboard and paperboard packaging with any Person who is or was
a customer, client or distributor of GPC or Employer or any of their
Affiliates at any time during which Executive was employed by Employer.


12.   Return of Documents.  In
the event of the termination of Executive’s employment for any reason,
Executive shall deliver to Employer all of (a) the property of each
of GPC, Employer and their respective Affiliates and (b) the
non-personal documents and data of any nature and in whatever medium of each of
GPC, Employer and their respective Affiliates, and he/she shall not take with
him/her any such property, documents or data or any reproduction thereof, or
any documents containing or pertaining to any Confidential Information.  Whether documents or data are “personal” or “non-personal”
shall be determined as follows: 
Executive shall present any documents or data that he/she wishes to take
with him/her to the chief legal officer of Employer for his/her review.  The chief legal officer shall make an initial
determination whether any such documents or data are personal or non-personal,
and with respect to such documents or data that he/she determines to be non-personal,
shall notify Executive either that such documents or data must be retained by
Employer or that Employer must make and retain a copy thereof before
Executive may take such documents or data with him/her.


13.   Injunctive Relief with
Respect to Covenants; Forum, Venue and Jurisdiction.  Executive acknowledges and agrees that the
covenants, obligations and agreements of Executive contained in
Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 relate to special, unique and
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Employer irreparable injury for which adequate remedies are not
available at law.  Therefore, Executive
agrees that Employer shall be entitled to an injunction, restraining order or
such other equitable relief (without the requirement to post bond) as
a court of competent jurisdiction may deem necessary or appropriate to
restrain Executive from committing any violation of such covenants, obligations
or agreements.  These injunctive remedies
are cumulative and in addition to any other rights and remedies Employer may
have.  Employer, GPC and Executive hereby
irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the superior courts of Cobb County,
Georgia and the federal courts of the Northern District of Georgia, in respect
of the injunctive remedies set forth in this Section 13 and the
interpretation and enforcement of Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13
insofar as such interpretation and enforcement relate to any request or application
for injunctive relief in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 13, and the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive any and all
objections and defenses based on forum, venue or personal or subject matter
jurisdiction as they may relate to an application for such injunctive relief in
a suit or proceeding brought before such a court in accordance with
the provisions of this Section 13. 
All disputes not relating to any request or application for injunctive relief
in accordance with this Section 13 shall be resolved by arbitration in
accordance with Section 17(b).


14.   Assumption of Agreement.  Employer shall require any Successor thereto,
by agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Executive, to
expressly assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to
the same extent that Employer would be required to perform it if no such
succession had taken place.  Failure of
Employer to obtain such agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession
shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall entitle Executive to
compensation from Employer in the same amount and on the same terms as
Executive would be entitled hereunder if Employer had terminated Executive’s
employment Without Cause as described in Section 7, except that for purposes
of implementing the foregoing, the date on which any such succession becomes
effective shall be deemed the Date of Termination.


15.   Entire Agreement.  This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof.  All prior correspondence and
proposals (including but not limited to summaries of proposed terms) and all
prior promises, representations, understandings, arrangements and agreements
relating to such subject matter (including but not limited to those made to or
with Executive by any other Person and those contained in any prior employment,
consulting or similar agreement entered into by Executive and Employer or any
predecessor thereto or Affiliate thereof) are merged herein and superseded hereby.
This Agreement explicitly supersedes and replaces that certain employment
agreement between Executive and Graphic Packaging International, Inc. and
Graphic Packaging Corporation, dated August 8, 2003, as amended.


16.   Indemnification.  Employer hereby agrees that it shall
indemnify and hold harmless Executive to the fullest extent permitted by
Delaware law from and against any and all liabilities, costs, claims and
expenses, including all costs and expenses incurred in defense of litigation
(including attorneys’ fees), arising out of the employment of Executive
hereunder, except to the extent arising out of or based upon the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of Executive. 
Costs and expenses incurred by Executive in defense of such litigation
(including attorneys’ fees) shall be paid by Employer in advance of the final
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by Employer of (a) a written request for payment, (b) appropriate
documentation evidencing the incurrence, amount and nature of the costs and
expenses for which payment is being sought, and (c) an undertaking
adequate under Delaware law made by or on behalf of Executive to repay the
amounts so paid if it shall ultimately be determined that Executive is not
entitled to be indemnified by Employer under this Agreement, including but not
limited to as a result of such exception.


17.   Miscellaneous.


(a)      Binding Effect;
Assignment.  This Agreement shall be
binding on and inure to the benefit of Employer, GPC and their respective
successors and permitted assigns.  This
Agreement shall also be binding on and inure to the benefit of Executive and
his/her heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives.  This Agreement shall not be assignable by any
party hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto,
except as provided pursuant to this Section 17(a).  Each of GPC and Employer may effect such an
assignment without prior written approval of Executive upon the transfer of all
or substantially all of its business and/or assets (by whatever means), provided
that the Successor to Employer shall expressly assume and agree to perform this
Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.


(b)      Arbitration.  Any dispute or controversy
arising under or in connection with this Agreement (except in connection with
any request or application for injunctive relief in accordance with
Section 13) shall be resolved by binding arbitration.  The arbitration shall be held in the city of
Atlanta, Georgia and except to the extent inconsistent with this Agreement,
shall be conducted in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the
American Arbitration Association then in effect at the time of the arbitration,
and otherwise in accordance with principles which would be applied by a court
of law or equity.  The arbitrator shall
be acceptable to both Employer and Executive. 
If the parties cannot agree on an acceptable arbitrator, the dispute
shall be heard by a panel of three arbitrators, one appointed by Employer,
one appointed by Executive, and the third appointed by the other two
arbitrators.  All expenses of arbitration
shall be borne by the party who incurs the expense, or, in the case of joint
expenses, by both parties in equal portions, except that, in the event
Executive prevails on the principal issues of such dispute or controversy, all
such expenses shall be borne by Employer.


(c)      Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without
reference to principles of conflicts of laws.


(d)      Taxes.  Employer may withhold from any payments made
under this Agreement all applicable taxes, including but not limited to income,
employment and social insurance taxes, as shall be required by law.


(e)      Amendments.  No provision of this Agreement may be
modified, waived or discharged unless such modification, waiver or discharge is
approved by Employer’s Board or a Person authorized thereby and is agreed
to in writing by Executive and, in the case of any such modification, waiver or
discharge affecting the rights or obligations of GPC, is approved by the Board
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time of any breach by any other party hereto of, or compliance with,
any condition or provision of this Agreement to be performed by such other
party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or
conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time.  No waiver of any provision of this Agreement
shall be implied from any course of dealing between or among the parties hereto
or from any failure by any party hereto to assert its rights hereunder on any
occasion or series of occasions.


(f)       Severability.  In the event that any one or more of the
provisions of this Agreement shall be or become invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby.


(g)      Notices.  Any notice or other communication required or
permitted to be delivered under this Agreement shall be (i) in
writing, (ii) delivered personally, by courier service or by
certified or registered mail, first-class postage prepaid and return
receipt requested, (iii) deemed to have been received on the date
of delivery or, if so mailed, on the third business day after the mailing
thereof, and (iv) addressed as follows (or to such other address as
the party entitled to notice shall hereafter designate in accordance with the
terms hereof):


(A)                If to Employer or
GPC, to it at:


814
Livingston Court, S.E.


Marietta,
GA 30067


Attention:  General Counsel


(B)                  if to Executive,
to him/her at his/her residential address as currently on file with Employer.


(h)      Voluntary Agreement; No
Conflicts.  Executive, Employer and
GPC each represent that they are entering into this Agreement voluntarily and
that Executive’s employment hereunder and each party’s compliance with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement will not conflict with or result in the
breach by such party of any agreement to which he/she or it is a party or
by which he/she or it or his/her or its properties or assets may be bound.


(i)       Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.


(j)       Headings.  The section and other headings contained in
this Agreement are for the convenience of the parties only and are not intended
to be a part hereof or to affect the meaning or interpretation hereof.


(k)      Certain Definitions.


“Affiliate”:  with respect to any Person, means
any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with the
first Person, including but not limited to a Subsidiary of the first
Person, a Person of which the first Person is a Subsidiary, or
another Subsidiary of a Person of which the first Person is also
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“Control”:  with respect to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, severally or jointly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management policies of such Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or credit
arrangement, as trustee or executor, or otherwise.


“Person”:  any natural person, firm, partnership,
limited liability company, association, corporation, company, trust, business
trust, governmental authority or other entity.


“Subsidiary”: 
with respect to any Person, each corporation or other Person in which the
first Person owns or Controls, directly or indirectly, capital stock or other
ownership interests representing 50% or more of the combined voting power
of the outstanding voting stock or other ownership interests of such
corporation or other Person.


“Successor”: 
of a Person means a Person that succeeds to the first Person’s
assets and liabilities by merger, liquidation, dissolution or otherwise by
operation of law, or a Person to which all or substantially all the assets
and/or business of the first Person are transferred.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Employer and GPC have duly
executed this Agreement by their authorized representatives, and Executive has
hereunto set his/her hand, in each case effective as of the date first above
written.


	
  

  	
  GRAPHIC
  PACKAGING CORPORATION

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Wayne E.
  Juby

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Wayne E. Juby

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Senior Vice
  President, Human Resources

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  GRAPHIC
  PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, INC.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Wayne E.
  Juby

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Wayne E. Juby

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Senior Vice
  President, Human Resources

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Executive:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
         /s/
  Robert M. Simko

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Robert M. Simko

  



 



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