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Exhibit 10(E)


AMENDED AND RESTATED

NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL ANNUAL BENEFIT DETERMINATION

PURSUANT TO THE VF CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED

SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN



Article I. Purpose.



The purpose of this Amended and Restated Ninth Supplemental Annual Benefit
Determination (the “Determination”), which is dated October 17, 2001, is to
provide to designated Participants a Supplemental Pension under the VF
Corporation Amended and Restated Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the
“SERP”).


Article II. Definitions.



As used herein, words and phrases shall have such meanings as are set forth in
the SERP and the VF Corporation Pension Plan (“Pension Plan”). “Committee”
shall mean the Organization and Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of VF Corporation, or any successor committee thereto.


Article III. Eligibility for Benefits.



The Supplemental Pension shall be payable to the Participant if his or her
employment ceases by reason of: 1) retirement on his or her Normal Retirement
Date, 2) termination of employment or 3) death while an Employee.


Article IV. Supplemental Pension Benefits.



          4.01 Normal Retirement: The Participants in this Determination shall
receive the following Supplemental Pension payable at Normal or Late
Retirement:




	 	(a)	 	The Normal Retirement Benefit otherwise payable
to the Participant under the Pension Plan computed without
reduction for any maximum contribution, benefit or
compensation limitations imposed by ERISA or the Code on the
Corporation and including in the Normal Retirement Benefit
calculation any compensation deferred by Participant. The
Participant’s “Average Annual Compensation” for Supplemental
Pension calculation purposes shall mean the average of the
highest three years of the full amount of the Participant’s
salary and bonus compensation for the ten-year period
preceding his or her Retirement Date.
	 
	 	(b)	 	The Supplemental Pension set forth in Section
4.01(a) shall be reduced by any benefits payable to the
Participant under the Pension Plan.



          4.02 Termination of Employment: The Supplemental Pension payable by
reason of the Participant’s termination of employment shall be equal to the
benefit provided by Section 4.01 above.

 






 




           4.03 Death While an Employee: The Supplemental Pension payable upon the
death of the Participant while an Employee shall be as provided by Section
4.02.



          4.04 Form of Supplemental Pension: The form of benefits payable to the
Participant shall be the form which has been elected under the Pension Plan
unless the Participant or Beneficiary has elected a different form under this
Determination. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.04, payment of
Supplemental Pension benefits hereunder shall commence at the same time as the
Participant’s or Beneficiary’s benefits commence under the Pension Plan, and
shall be subject to the same reductions for commencement of payments prior to
Normal Retirement Date as apply to the recipient’s benefits under the Pension
Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant may elect to receive in a
lump sum the actuarial present value of his or her Supplemental Pension under
this Determination, and if a Participant dies while employed, his or her
Beneficiary may elect to receive in a lump sum the actuarial present value of
the Participant’s Supplemental Pension under this Determination. The lump sum
actuarial present value calculations shall be based on an interest rate
assumption equal to the expected rate of return on assets for financial
accounting purposes under the Pension Plan for the year in which the lump sum
payment is to be made and on the mortality assumption set forth in the Pension
Plan for purposes of calculating lump sum payments.



Article V. Participants.



The Committee designates as Participants for purposes of this Determination any
Employee who is classified as salary grade 25 or above for compensation
purposes as of the date he or she becomes eligible for benefits under this
Determination in accordance with Article III hereof; provided, however, that
any Employee who has been designated in any other SERP Determination shall be
excluded from this Determination to the extent that such other Determination
provides for the Supplemental Pension set forth above.


Article VI. Vesting.



The Participant shall become vested in the Supplemental Pension payable
pursuant to this Determination upon satisfaction of the vesting period provided
in the SERP. Nothing in this Determination shall preclude the Board of
Directors from discontinuing eligibility to participate in the SERP and this
Determination at any time before the Participant shall become vested hereunder.


Article VII. Adoption.



This Determination was originally approved and adopted by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation on October 20, 1999, to be effective for
Participants whose last day worked for purposes of the Pension Plan is on or
after December 31, 1999, and amended and restated by the Board of Directors on
October 17, 2001, effective as if included in the Determination as originally
adopted. This document includes all amendments adopted through February 21,
2003.



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