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                                                                    Exhibit 10.3

                THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

     THIS THIRD AMENDMENT (the "AMENDMENT"), dated as of September 30, 2003, is
entered into between Packaging Receivables Company, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the "BORROWER"), Packaging Credit Company, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (the "SERVICER"), Blue Ridge Asset Funding Corporation
("BLUE RIDGE"), as a Lender and Wachovia Bank National Association ("WACHOVIA"),
as Agent and a Lender;

                                   WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Servicer, Blue Ridge and Wachovia have
heretofore executed and delivered a Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of
November 29, 2000 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified through the
date hereof, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT"),

     WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Credit Agreement as
provided herein;

     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree that
the Credit Agreement shall be and is hereby amended as follows:

     SECTION 1.   (a) Section 1.5 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by
deleting "AND" at the end of clause (b), inserting "; AND" at the end of clause
(c) and adding a new clause (d) as follows:

                  (d)   AMORTIZATION OPTION / ADDITIONAL INTEREST
            OPTION UPON OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN EVENTS. (i) Upon the
            occurrence of a Change in Control or an event prohibited
            by Section 7.3(k), the Agent shall have the right (a) to
            declare that a Termination Date has occurred, whereupon
            the Aggregate Commitment shall terminate and all
            Collections shall be allocated and distributed pursuant to
            Section 3.2(b) hereof (the "AMORTIZATION OPTION") or (b)
            to require the Borrower to pay additional interest of 2.0%
            per annum on the principal amount of any Loan (the
            "ADDITIONAL INTEREST OPTION"). Within 10 days following
            any Change in Control or the occurrence of, or public
            announcement of its entering into a contractual agreement
            that, when consummated will result in, an event prohibited
            by Section 7.3(k), the Borrower will deliver a notice (the
            "AMORTIZATION NOTICE") to the Agent describing the
            transaction or transactions that constitute a Change in
            Control or such event, and, within 10 days of receipt of
            the Amortization Notice, if the Agent has elected the
            Amortization Option or the Additional Interest Option, the
            Agent shall deliver a notice (the "ELECTION NOTICE") to
            the Borrower informing the Borrower of such election. If
            the Agent elects the Amortization Option, then on or prior
            to the date which is the earlier of (x) 45

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            days after the receipt by the Borrower of the Election
            Notice with respect to a Change in Control or the event
            prohibited by Section 7.3(k) or (y) the date of occurrence
            of the Change in Control or the event prohibited by
            Section 7.3(k), the Agent shall allocate and distribute
            all Collections pursuant to Section 3.2(b) hereof and on
            the earlier of (1) the date of such distribution and (2)
            the later of the dates referred to in clauses (x) and (y)
            above, the Aggregate Commitment shall automatically
            terminate. If the Agent elects the Additional Interest
            Option, then, from the date of the occurrence of such
            Change in Control or event prohibited by Section 7.3(k),
            the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of
            any Loan at a rate per annum equal at all times to 2.0%
            per annum above the rate per annum required to be paid on
            such Loan pursuant to Section 1.3.

                  (ii)  Upon the occurrence of a Credit Event, the
            Agent shall have the right (a) to declare that a
            Termination Date has occurred, whereupon the Aggregate
            Commitment shall terminate and all Collections shall be
            allocated and distributed pursuant to Section 3.2(b)
            hereof (the "CREDIT EVENT AMORTIZATION OPTION") or(b) to
            require the Borrower to pay additional interest of 2.0%
            per annum on the principal amount of any Loan (the
            "ADDITIONAL INTEREST OPTION"). Within 10 days of the
            occurrence of a Credit Event, the Borrower will deliver a
            notice (the "CREDIT EVENT AMORTIZATION NOTICE") to the
            Agent describing such event. Promptly after the occurrence
            of the Credit Event, the Agent will elect the Credit Event
            Amortization Option or the Additional Interest Option, and
            the Agent shall deliver a notice (the "CREDIT EVENT
            ELECTION NOTICE") to the Borrower informing the Borrower
            of such election If the Agent elects the Credit Event
            Amortization Option, then on the date of delivery of the
            Credit Event Notice, the Agent shall allocate and
            distribute all Collections pursuant to Section 3.2(b)
            hereof and on the earlier of (1) the date of such
            distribution and (2) the date the Borrower receives the
            Credit Event Election Notice, the Aggregate Commitment
            shall automatically terminate. If the Agent elects the
            Additional Interest Option, then, from the date of the
            occurrence of such Credit Event, the Borrower shall pay
            interest on the principal amount of any Loan at a rate per
            annum equal at all times to 2.0% per annum above the rate
            per annum required to be paid on such Loan pursuant to
            Section 1.3.

     (b)  Section 7.1(f) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the reference to "SECTION 6.1(n)" appearing therein and replacing it with
"SECTION 6.1(m)."

     (c)  The last paragraph of Section 7.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended in its entirety and as so amended shall read as follows:

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                  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, as
            long as the Agent is a party to the Five Year Credit
            Agreement, the Borrower shall be deemed to be in
            compliance with Section 7.2(a)(i), 7.2(b)(i) and 7.2(c) to
            the extent the Performance Guarantor is in compliance with
            Section 5.01 of the Five Year Credit Agreement.

     (d)  Section 7.3(j) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its
entirety and as so amended shall read as follows:

                  (j)   NAME CHANGE, OFFICES. The Borrower will not
            change its state of organization or its name or identity
            unless it shall have: (i) given the Agent at least 15
            Business Days' prior written notice thereof and (ii) prior
            to effectiveness of such change, delivered to the Agent
            all financing statements, instruments and other documents
            requested by the Agent in connection with such change.

     (e)  Section 8.5(a)(i) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its
entirety and as so amended shall read as follows:

                  (i)   upon the request of the Agent, file such
            financing or continuation statements, or amendments
            thereto or assignments thereof, and such other instruments
            or notices, as may be necessary or appropriate, in
            accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

     (f)  Section 8.5(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its
entirety and as so amended shall read as follows:

                  (b)   ADDITIONAL FINANCING STATEMENTS; CONTINUATION
            STATEMENTS; PERFORMANCE BY AGENT. The Borrower hereby
            authorizes the Agent or its designee to file one or more
            financing or continuation statements, and amendments
            thereto and assignments thereof, relative to all or any of
            the Collateral now existing or hereafter arising in the
            name of the Borrower. If the Borrower fails to perform any
            of its agreements or obligations under this Agreement, the
            Agent or its designee may (but shall not be required to)
            itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement or
            obligation, and the reasonable expenses of the Agent or
            its designee incurred in connection therewith shall be
            payable by the Borrower as provided in Section 14.5.

     (g)  Section 10.1(a)(ii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the reference to "TWO" and replacing it with "THREE."

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     (h)  Clauses (j) and (k) of Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement are hereby
amended in their entirely and as so amended shall read as follows:

                  (j)   [RESERVED]

                  (k)   [RESERVED]

     (i)  Clause (m) of Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by deleting "OR THE RELATED ASSETS DESCRIBED IN CLAUSES (b), (d) OR (e) OF THE
DEFINITION THEREOF."

     (j)  Clause (o) of Section 10.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
in its entirety and as so amended shall read as follows:

                  (o)   The Performance Guarantor or any of its ERISA
            Affiliates shall incur, or shall be reasonably likely to
            incur liability in excess of $25,000,000 in the aggregate
            as a result of one or more of the following: (i) the
            occurrence of any ERISA Event; (ii) the partial or
            complete withdrawal of the Performance Guarantor or any of
            its ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan; or (iii)
            the reorganization or termination of a Multiemployer Plan;

     (k)  The following sentences are hereby added to the end of Section
12.1(b):

                  In addition, Blue Ridge may assign all or a portion
            of its rights and obligations hereunder to another person
            if such Person (i) is a corporation whose principal
            business is the financing of financial assets, (ii) has
            Wachovia as its administrative agent and (iii) issues
            commercial paper with credit ratings substantially
            identical to the ratings applicable to the commercial
            paper of Blue Ridge. Blue Ridge shall promptly notify each
            party hereto of any such assignment.

     (l)  Sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 12.1(c) of the Credit Agreement
are amended in their entirety and as amended shall read as follows:

                  (c)   In addition to, and not in limitation of,
            assignments and participations described in Section
            12.1(b):

                        (i)   in the event that any Liquidity Bank
                        becomes a Downgraded Liquidity Bank, such
                        Downgraded Liquidity Bank shall give prompt
                        written notice of its Downgrading Event to the
                        Agent and to the Borrower, whereupon the Agent
                        may identify an Eligible Assignee acceptable
                        to the Borrower (which acceptance shall not be
                        unreasonably withheld or delayed) and the

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                        Downgraded Liquidity Bank shall promptly
                        assign its rights and obligations to the
                        Eligible Assignee designated by the Agent
                        against payment in full of its Obligations;

                        (ii)  each of the Lenders may assign all or
                        any portion of its Loans and, if applicable,
                        its Commitment under this Agreement to any
                        Eligible Assignee acceptable to the Borrower
                        (which acceptance shall not be unreasonably
                        withheld or delayed); and

     (m)  Section 12.2(a) of the Credit Agreement is amended in its entirety and
as amended shall read as follows:

                  SECTION 12.2. RIGHTS OF ASSIGNEES AND PARTICIPANTS.
            (a) Upon the assignment by a Lender in accordance with
            Section 12.1(b) or (c), the Eligible Assignee(s)
            acceptable to the Borrower receiving such assignment shall
            have all of the rights of such Lender with respect to the
            transaction Documents and the Obligations (or such portion
            thereof as has been assigned).

     (n)  Clause (b) of the defined term "CHANGE IN CONTROL" appearing in Annex
A of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety and as so amended
shall read as follows:

                  (b) (i) any Person or two or more Persons acting in
            concert other than the Principal shall have acquired
            beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of
            the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
            Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly,
            of Voting Stock of the Performance Guarantor (or other
            securities convertible into such Voting Stock)
            representing more of the combined voting power of all
            Voting Stock or the Performance Guarantor than that owned,
            directly or indirectly, by the Principal; or (ii) any
            Person or two or more Persons acting in concert other than
            the Principal shall have acquired beneficial ownership
            (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and
            Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of
            1934), directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock of the
            Performance Guarantor (or other securities convertible
            into such Voting Stock) representing 50% or more of the
            combined voting power of all Voting Stock of the
            Performance Guarantor; or (iii) during any period of up to
            12 consecutive months, commencing after the date of this
            Agreement, individuals who at the beginning of such
            12-month period were directors of the Performance
            Guarantor shall cease for any reason (other than due to
            death or disability) to constitute a majority of the board
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            Guarantor (except to the extent that individuals who at
            the beginning of such 12-month period were replaced by
            individuals (x) elected by a majority of the remaining
            members of the board of directors of the Performance
            Guarantor or (y) nominated for election by a majority of
            the remaining members of the board of directors of the
            Performance Guarantor and thereafter elected as directors
            by the shareholders of the Performance Guarantor); or (iv)
            any Person or two or more Persons acting in concert shall
            have acquired by contract or otherwise, or shall have
            entered into a contract or arrangement that, upon
            consummation, will result in its or their acquisition of
            the power to exercise, directly or indirectly, a
            controlling influence over the management or policies of
            the Performance Guarantor; or (v) a "CHANGE IN CONTROL" or
            similar event shall occur as provided in any instrument or
            agreement governing Indebtedness of the Performance
            Guarantor, to the extent the outstanding principal amount
            of the Indebtedness outstanding thereunder exceeds
            $25,000,000.

     (o)  The defined term "ERISA AFFILIATE" appearing in Annex A of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety and as so amended shall read as
follows:

                  "ERISA AFFILIATE" means any Person that for purposes
            of Title IV of ERISA is a member of the Performance
            Guarantor's controlled group, or under common control with
            the Performance Guarantor, within the meaning of Section
            414 of the Internal Revenue Code.

     (p)  The defined term "ERISA EVENT" appearing in Annex A of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety and as so amended shall read as
follows:

                  "ERISA EVENT" means (a) (i) the occurrence of a
            reportable event, within the meaning of Section 4043 of
            ERISA, with respect to any Plan unless the 30-day notice
            requirement with respect to such event has been waived by
            the PBGC, or (ii) the requirements of subsection (1) of
            Section 4043(b) of ERISA (without regard to subsection (2)
            of such Section) are met with respect to a contributing
            sponsor, as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of a
            Plan, and an event described in paragraph (9), (10), (11),
            (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably
            expected to occur with respect to such Plan within the
            following 30 days; (b) the application for a minimum
            funding waiver with respect to a Plan; (c) the provision
            by the administrator of any Plan of a notice of intent to
            terminate such Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of
            ERISA (including any such notice with respect to a plan
            amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of ERISA); (d)
            the cessation of operations at a facility of the
            Performance Guarantor

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            or any ERISA Affiliate in the circumstances described in
            Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (e) the withdrawal by the
            Performance Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate from a
            Multiple Employer Plan during a plan year for which it was
            a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2)
            of ERISA; (f) the conditions for the imposition of a lien
            under Section 302(f) of ERISA shall have been met with
            respect to any Plan; (g) the adoption of an amendment to a
            Plan requiring the provision of security to such Plan
            pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA; or (h) the institution
            by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan pursuant to
            Section 4042 of ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or
            condition described in Section 4042 of ERISA that
            constitutes grounds for the termination of, or the
            appointment of a trustee to administer, a Plan.

     (q)  The following defined term is hereby added to Annex A of the Credit
Agreement in the appropriate alphabetical order:

                  "FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT" means that certain Five
            Year Credit Agreement dated as of July 21, 2003, among
            Packaging Corporation of America, as Borrower, the Initial
            Lenders named therein, Citicorp North America, Inc., as
            Syndication Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Administrative
            Agent and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan
            Securities Inc., as Arrangers.

     (r)  The defined term "MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" appearing in Annex A to the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety and as so amended shall read
as follows:

                  "MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" means a multiemployer plan, as
            defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the
            Performance Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate is making or
            accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has
            within any of the preceding five plan years made or
            accrued an obligation to make contributions.

     (s)  The defined term "PLAN" appearing in Annex A to the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended in its entirety and as so amended shall read as follows:

                  "PLAN" means a Single Employer Plan or a Multiple
            Employer Plan.

     (t)  The defined term "SENIOR CREDIT AGREEMENT" appearing in Annex A to the
Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.

     (u)  All references to "SENIOR CREDIT AGREEMENT" appearing in the Credit
Agreement shall now read as "FIVE YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT".

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     (v)  The following new definition term is hereby added to Annex A in the
correct alphabetical order:

                  "MULTIPLE EMPLOYER PLAN" means a single employer
            plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that (a)
            is maintained for employees of the Performance Guarantor
            or any ERISA Affiliate and at least one Person other than
            the Performance Guarantor and the ERISA Affiliates or (b)
            was so maintained and in respect of which the Performance
            Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability
            under Section 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan
            has been or were to be terminated.

     SECTION 2.   This Amendment shall become effective on the date the Agent
has received (i) counterparts hereof executed by the Borrower, the Servicer,
Blue Ridge and Wachovia and consented to in writing by the Performance Guarantor
and (ii) a $10,000 amendment fee payable to the Agent.

     SECTION 3.   This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts
and by the different parties on separate counterparts and each such counterpart
shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same Amendment.

     SECTION 4.   Except as specifically provided above, the Credit Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents shall remain in full force and effect and
are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. The execution, delivery, and
effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right,
power, or remedy of the Agent or the Lender under the Credit Agreement or any of
the other Transaction Documents, nor constitute a waiver or modification of any
provision of any of the other Transaction Documents. All defined terms used
herein and not defined herein shall have the same meaning herein as in the
Credit Agreement. The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses
(including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and for rating agency review)
of or incurred by the Agent and each Purchaser Agent in connection with the
negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment.

     SECTION 5.   THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF
LAW.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed
and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above
written.


                                     PACKAGING RECEIVABLES COMPANY, LLC


                                     By: /s/ Darla J. Olivier
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                                       Name Printed: Darla J. Olivier
                                                    ----------------------------
                                       Title: Assistant Secretary
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                                     BLUE RIDGE ASSET FUNDING CORPORATION

                                     By: WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
                                         ATTORNEY-IN-FACT

                                         By:
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                                           Name Printed:
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                                           Title:
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                                     PACKAGING CREDIT COMPANY, LLC,
                                       as Servicer


                                     By: /s/ Darla J. Olivier
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                       Name Printed: Darla J. Olivier
                                                    ----------------------------
                                       Title: Assistant Secretary
                                             -----------------------------------

                                     WACHOVIA BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                       as Agent and a Lender


                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                       Name Printed:
                                                    ----------------------------
                                       Title:
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed
and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above
written.


                                     PACKAGING RECEIVABLES COMPANY, LLC


                                     By:
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                                       Name Printed:
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                                       Title:
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                                     BLUE RIDGE ASSET FUNDING CORPORATION

                                     By: WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
                                         ATTORNEY-IN-FACT

                                         By: /s/ Douglas R. Wilson
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                                           Name Printed: DOUGLAS R. WILSON, SR.
                                                        ------------------------
                                           Title:            VICE PRESIDENT
                                                 -------------------------------


                                     PACKAGING CREDIT COMPANY, LLC,
                                       as Servicer


                                     By:
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                                       Name Printed:
                                                    ----------------------------
                                       Title:
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                                     WACHOVIA BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                       as Agent and a Lender


                                     By:
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                                       Name Printed:
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                                       Title:
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed
and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above
written.


                                     PACKAGING RECEIVABLES COMPANY, LLC


                                     By:
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                       Name Printed:
                                                    ----------------------------
                                       Title:
                                             -----------------------------------

                                     BLUE RIDGE ASSET FUNDING CORPORATION

                                     By: WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
                                         ATTORNEY-IN-FACT

                                         By:
                                            ------------------------------------
                                           Name Printed:
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                                           Title:
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                                     PACKAGING CREDIT COMPANY, LLC,
                                       as Servicer


                                     By:
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                                       Name Printed:
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                                       Title:
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                                     WACHOVIA BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                       as Agent and a Lender


                                     By: /s/ Kenny Karpowicz
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                                       Name Printed:   Kenny Karpowicz
                                                    ----------------------------
                                       Title:           Vice President
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     Consented to as of the date first above written:


                                     PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA


                                     By: /s/ Pamela A. Bames
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                                       Name Printed: Pamela A. Bames
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                                       Title: Treasurer
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