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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.40



January 20, 2003



Paul K. Suijk
4929 Andros Drive
Tampa, FL 33629

                  Re:      Employee Retention Agreement

Dear Paul:

         Cadmus Communications Corporation (the "Corporation") considers it
essential to the best interests of its shareholders to foster the continuous
employment of its key management personnel and that of its direct and indirect
subsidiaries (collectively the "Cadmus Companies" or individually a "Cadmus
Company"). In this connection, the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the
"Board") recognizes that the possibility of a change in control of the
Corporation may exist and that such possibility, and the uncertainty and
questions which it may raise among management, may result in the departure or
distraction of management personnel to the detriment of the Corporation and its
shareholders.

         The Board has determined that appropriate steps should be taken to
reinforce and encourage the continued attention and dedication of members of the
Cadmus Companies' management, including yourself, to their assigned duties
without distraction in the face of potentially disturbing circumstances arising
from the possibility of a change in control of the Corporation.

         In order to induce you to remain in the employ of the Cadmus Companies,
the Corporation agrees that you shall receive the severance benefits set forth
in this letter agreement (the "Agreement") in the event your employment with the
Cadmus Companies is terminated under the circumstances described below
subsequent to a Change in Control (as defined in Section 2) of the Corporation.

         1.       Certain Definitions.

         (a)      "Change in Control Period" means the period commencing on the
date hereof and ending on the second anniversary of such date; provided,
however, that commencing on the date one year after the date hereof, and on each
anniversary of such date (such date and each annual anniversary thereof shall be
hereinafter referred to as the "Renewal Date"), the Change in Control Period
shall be automatically extended so as to terminate two years from such Renewal
Date, unless at least 60 days prior to the Renewal Date the Corporation shall
give notice to you that the Change in Control Period shall not be so extended.

         (b)      "Effective Date" means the first date during the Change in
Control Period (as defined in Section 1(a)) on which a Change in Control occurs.
Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if a Change in
Control occurs and if your employment with the Cadmus Companies is terminated
prior to the date on which the Change in Control occurs, and if it is reasonably
demonstrated by you that such termination of employment (i) was at the request
of a third party who has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect the Change
in Control, or (ii) otherwise arose in connection with or anticipation of the
Change in Control, then for all purposes of this Agreement the "Effective Date"
shall mean the date immediately prior to the date of such termination of
employment.
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         (c)      "Employment Period" means the period commencing on the
Effective Date and ending on the second anniversary of such date.

         (d)      "Date of Termination" means (i) if your employment with the
Cadmus Companies is terminated by the Corporation for Cause or is terminated by
you for Good Reason, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination or any
later date specified therein, as the case may be, (ii) if your employment with
the Cadmus Companies is terminated by the Corporation other than for Cause or
Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date on which the Corporation
notifies you of such termination, and (iii) if your employment is terminated by
reason of death or Disability, the Date of Termination shall be the date of your
death or the Disability Effective Date, as the case may be.

         (e)      "Termination" means a notice which (i) indicates the specific
termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) sets forth in
reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for
termination of your employment under the provision so indicated, and (iii) if
the Date of Termination is other than the date of receipt of such notice,
specifies the termination date.

         2.       Change in Control. No benefits shall be payable hereunder
unless there shall have been a Change in Control of the Corporation, as set
forth below. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Change in Control" shall mean:

         (a)      The acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the
meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act")) (a "Person") of beneficial ownership (within
the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of
either (i) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation (the
"Outstanding Cadmus Common Stock") or (ii) the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in
the election of directors (the "Outstanding Cadmus Voting Securities").
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following acquisitions shall not constitute a
Change in Control: (i) any acquisition directly from the Corporation, (ii) any
acquisition by the Corporation, (iii) any acquisition by, or benefit
distribution from, any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or
maintained by the Corporation or any corporation controlled by the Corporation,
(iv) any acquisition pursuant to any compensatory stock option, stock purchase
or other stock plan for employees, or (v) any acquisition pursuant to a
reorganization, merger or consolidation, if, following such reorganization,
merger or consolidation, the conditions described in clauses (i), (ii), and
(iii) of Subsection (c) of this Section 2 are satisfied; or

         (b)      Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board
(the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority
of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director
subsequent to the date hereof whose election or nomination for election was
approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the
Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of
the Incumbent Board (with his predecessor thereafter ceasing to be a member); or

         (c)      Approval by the shareholders of the Corporation of the
reorganization, merger, or consolidation of the Corporation unless, following
such reorganization, merger, or consolidation, (i) more than 60% of the then
outstanding shares of common stock and the then outstanding voting securities of
the resulting corporation is then beneficially owned by all or substantially all
of the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Cadmus Common Stock
and Outstanding Cadmus Voting Securities immediately prior to such
reorganization, merger, or consolidation, (ii) no Person (excluding (A) the
Corporation, (B) any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Corporation
or such corporation resulting


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from such reorganization, merger, or consolidation, and (C) any Person
beneficially owning, immediately prior to such reorganization, merger, or
consolidation, 20% or more of the Outstanding Cadmus Common Stock or Outstanding
Cadmus Voting Securities, as the case may be) beneficially owns 20% or more of
the then outstanding shares of common stock or the combined voting power of the
then outstanding voting securities of the resulting corporation, and (iii) at
least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the resulting
corporation were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of
the initial agreement providing for such reorganization, merger, or
consolidation; or

         (d)      Approval by the shareholders of the Corporation of (i) a
complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation, or (ii) the sale or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation
other than to a corporation with respect to which, following such sale or other
disposition, (A) more than 60% of the outstanding shares of common stock and the
then outstanding voting securities of such corporation is beneficially owned by
all or substantially all of the beneficial owners, respectively, of the
Outstanding Cadmus Common Stock and Outstanding Cadmus Voting Securities
immediately prior to such sale or disposition; (B) no Person (excluding (I) the
Corporation, (II) any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the
Corporation or such corporation, and (III) any Person beneficially owning,
immediately prior to such sale or other disposition, 20% or more of the
Outstanding Cadmus Common Stock or Outstanding Cadmus Voting Securities, as the
case may be) beneficially owns 20% or more of the then outstanding shares of
common stock or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities of such corporation, and (C) at least a majority of the members of
the board of directors of such corporation were members of the Incumbent Board
at the time of the execution of the initial agreement providing for such sale or
other disposition of the assets of the corporation.

         3.       Employment Period. The Corporation hereby agrees to continue,
or cause to be continued, your employment with the Cadmus Companies for the
Employment Period.

         4.       Termination of Employment.

         (a)      Your employment with the Cadmus Companies shall terminate
automatically upon your death during the Employment Period.

         (b)      If, as a result of your incapacity due to physical or mental
illness (as determined by the Corporation), you shall have been absent from the
full-time performance of your duties with the Cadmus Companies for six (6)
consecutive months (your "Disability"), the Cadmus Company by which you are then
employed may give you written notice of its intention to terminate your
employment. In such event, your employment with the Cadmus Companies shall
terminate effective on the 30th day after your receipt of such notice (the
"Disability Effective Date"), provided that within 30 days after your receipt of
such notice you have not returned to full-time performance of your duties.

         (c)      Your employment with the Cadmus Companies may be terminated by
the Corporation during the Employment Period with or without Cause. For purposes
hereof, "Cause" shall mean (i) the willful and continued failure by you to
substantially perform your duties with the Cadmus Companies (other than any such
failure resulting from your incapacity due to physical or mental illness or any
such actual or anticipated failure after the issuance of a Notice of Termination
by you for Good Reason (as defined in Section 4(d)), after a written demand for
substantial performance is delivered to you by the Board, which demand
specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that you have not
substantially performed your duties, (ii) the willful engagement by you in
conduct which is demonstrably and materially injurious to the Cadmus Companies,
monetarily or otherwise, or (iii) your conviction of a felony involving moral
turpitude. For purposes of this subsection, no act, or failure to act, on your
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"willful" unless done, or omitted to be done, by you not in
good faith and without reasonable belief that your action or omission was in the
best interest of the Cadmus Companies.

         (d)      You may terminate your employment with the Cadmus Companies
during the Employment Period for any reason, including without limitation Good
Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, "Good Reason" shall mean:

                  (i)      the assignment to you of any duties inconsistent with
         the position (including status, offices, titles, and reporting
         requirements) or authority in the Cadmus Companies that you held
         immediately prior to the Change in Control, or a significant adverse
         alteration in the nature or status of your responsibilities or the
         conditions of your employment from those in effect immediately prior to
         such Change in Control;

                  (ii)     a reduction by the Corporation in your annual base
         salary as in effect on the date hereof or as the same may be increased
         from time to time;

                  (iii)    if your principal office location is at the
         Corporation's principal executive offices immediately prior to the
         Change in Control, the relocation of the Corporation's principal
         executive offices to a location outside the Richmond Metropolitan Area,
         or if your principal office location is not at the Corporation's
         principal executive offices immediately prior to the Change in Control,
         the Corporation's requiring you to be based anywhere other than your
         principal office location immediately prior to the Change in Control
         except for required travel on the Cadmus Companies' business to an
         extent substantially consistent with your present business travel
         obligations;

                  (iv)     except in the event of reasonable administrative
         delay, the failure by the Cadmus Companies to pay to you any portion of
         your current compensation or to pay to you any portion of an
         installment of deferred compensation under any deferred compensation
         program of the Cadmus Companies within seven (7) days of the date such
         compensation is due;

                  (v)      the failure by the Cadmus Companies to continue in
         effect for you any compensation plan in which you participate
         immediately prior to the Change in Control that is material to your
         total compensation or any substitute plan adopted prior to the Change
         in Control, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing
         substitute or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such
         plan, or the failure by the Cadmus Companies to continue your
         participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on a
         basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of the amount of
         benefits provided and the level of your participation relative to other
         participants, as it existed at the time of the Change in Control;

                  (vi)     the failure by the Cadmus Companies to continue to
         provide you with benefits substantially similar to those enjoyed by you
         under any of the Cadmus Companies' life insurance, medical, health and
         accident, or disability plans in which you were participating at the
         time of the Change in Control, the taking of any action by any Cadmus
         Company which would directly or indirectly materially reduce any of
         such benefits or deprive you of any material fringe benefit enjoyed by
         you at the time of the Change in Control, or the failure by the Cadmus
         Companies to provide you with the number of paid vacation days to which
         you are entitled on the basis of years of service with the Cadmus

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         Companies in accordance with the normal vacation policy of the Cadmus
         Company employing you in effect at the time of the Change in Control;

                  (vii)    the failure of the Corporation to obtain a
         satisfactory agreement from any successor to assume and agree to
         perform this Agreement, as contemplated in Section 6 hereof;

                  (viii)   any purported termination of your employment that is
         not effected pursuant to a Notice of Termination satisfying the
         requirements of Subsection (e) hereof (and, if applicable, the
         requirements of Subsections (b) and (c) hereof), which purported
         termination shall not be effective for purposes of this Agreement; or

                  (ix)     so long as no Cause for your termination by the
         Corporation exists (or would exist assuming the Board made a
         determination of Cause), a voluntary cessation by you of your
         employment for any reason during the 60-day period commencing on the
         first anniversary of the occurrence of the Change in Control.

         For purposes of this subsection, any good faith determination of "Good
Reason" made by you shall be conclusive. In addition, your right to terminate
your employment pursuant to this subsection shall not be affected by your
incapacity due to physical or mental illness and your continued employment shall
not constitute consent to, or a waiver of rights with respect to, any
circumstance constituting Good Reason hereunder.

         (e)      Any purported termination of your employment with the Cadmus
Companies by the Corporation or by you shall be communicated by written Notice
of Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 8.

         5.       Compensation upon Termination during the Employment Period.
Following a Change in Control, you shall be entitled to the following benefits
upon termination of your employment with the Cadmus Companies provided that such
termination occurs during the Employment Period:

         (a)      If your employment is terminated by reason of your death
during the Employment Period, this Agreement shall terminate without further
obligations to your legal representatives under this Agreement, other than for
(i) payment of your Base Salary (as defined in Section 5(g) hereof) through the
Date of Termination at the same rate in effect at such date, and (ii) all other
amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation plan or any other plan,
policy, or arrangement of the Cadmus Companies, at the time such payments are
due.

         (b)      During any period that you fail to perform your full-time
duties with the Cadmus Companies as a result of incapacity due to physical or
mental illness, you shall continue to receive, until this Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof, your Base Salary (as defined in
Section 5(g)) at the rate in effect at the commencement of any such period,
together with all compensation payable to you under any long-term disability
plan maintained by the Cadmus Companies in your name or for your benefit or
other similar plan during such period. Thereafter, your benefits shall be
determined under the retirement, insurance and other compensation programs of
the Cadmus Companies in which you participate in accordance with the terms of
such programs; however, your receipt of benefits under any long-term disability
plan maintained by the Cadmus Companies in your name or for your benefit will
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         (c)      If, during the Employment Period, your employment with the
Cadmus Companies shall be terminated by the Corporation for Cause or by you
other than for Good Reason, you shall be entitled to your full Base Salary (as
defined in Section 5(g)) through the Date of Termination at the rate in effect
at the time Notice of Termination is given, plus all other amounts to which you
are entitled under any compensation plan of the Cadmus Companies at the time
such payments are due, and the Cadmus Companies shall have no further
obligations to you under this Agreement.

         (d)      If, during the Employment Period, your employment with the
Cadmus Companies shall be terminated by you for Good Reason or by the
Corporation other than for Cause, death, or Disability, then you shall be
entitled to the benefits provided below:

                  (i)      the Corporation shall pay to you your full Base
         Salary (as defined in Section 5(g) hereof) through the Date of
         Termination at the rate in effect at the time Notice of Termination is
         given, no later than the fifth day following the Date of Termination,
         plus all other amounts to which you are entitled under any compensation
         plan of the Cadmus Companies, at the time such payments are due;

                  (ii)     in lieu of any further salary or bonus payments to
         you for periods subsequent to the Date of Termination, you shall be
         paid as severance pay to you, at the time and in the manner specified
         in Subsection (e), a severance payment (the "Severance Payment") equal
         to the product of (A) your Base Salary (as defined in Section 5(g)
         hereof), and (B) a number (the "Payment/Benefit Factor") determined by
         dividing by 52 the sum of (I) three times the number of full years that
         you have been employed by the Cadmus Companies, and (II) three times
         each $10,000 of your annual salary (that is, excluding bonus) as in
         effect at the Date of Termination; provided, however, that in no event
         shall such Payment/Benefit Factor be less than 1.5 nor greater than 2,
         and provided, further, that in no event shall such amount exceed the
         amount of your Base Salary (as defined in Section 5(g)), on an
         undiscounted basis, which you would have received had you remained in
         the employ of the Cadmus Companies until your "Normal Retirement Date"
         (as defined in the Corporation's Pension Plan (or any successor
         thereto) (the "Pension Plan"));

                  (iii)    a separate lump-sum supplemental retirement benefit
         (the amount of such benefit shall be hereinafter referred to as the
         "Supplemental Retirement Amount") equal to the difference between (A)
         the actuarial equivalent (utilizing for this purpose the actuarial
         assumptions utilized in determining benefit cash-outs with respect to
         the Corporation's Pension Plan during the 90-day period immediately
         preceding the Effective Date) of the benefit payable under the Pension
         Plan and any supplemental and/or excess benefit plan of the Corporation
         providing benefits for you (the "SERP") which you would receive if your
         employment continued at the compensation level in effect at the Date of
         Termination for the remainder of the Employment Period, assuming for
         this purpose that all accrued benefits are fully vested and that
         benefit accrual formulas are no less advantageous to you than those in
         effect during the 90-day period immediately proceeding the Effective
         Date, and (B) the actuarial equivalent (utilizing for this purpose the
         actuarial assumptions utilized in determining benefit cash outs with
         respect to the Pension Plan during the 90-day period immediately
         preceding the Effective Date) of your actual vested benefit (paid or
         payable), if any, under the Pension Plan and the SERP;

                  (iv)     except as provided in (iii) above, your participation
         in, and terminating distribution and vested rights under, the
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         deferred compensation of the Cadmus Companies shall be governed by the
         terms of those respective plans;

                  (v)      the Corporation shall pay to you all legal fees and
         expenses incurred by you as a result of such termination, including all
         such fees and expenses, if any, incurred in seeking to obtain or
         enforce any right or benefit provided by this Agreement or in
         connection with any tax audit or proceeding to the extent attributable
         to the application of Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of
         1986, as amended (the "Code") to any payment or benefit provided
         hereunder;

                  (vi)     for a period of years (or portion thereof) (the
         "Payment Period") equal to the Payment/Benefit Factor after such
         termination or until your "Normal Retirement Date" (as defined in the
         Corporation's Pension Plan), whichever first occurs, the Corporation
         shall arrange to provide you with life, disability, accident and group
         health insurance benefits substantially similar to those which you were
         receiving under the welfare programs of the Cadmus Companies
         immediately prior to the Notice of Termination. Benefits otherwise
         receivable by you pursuant to this clause (vi) shall be reduced to the
         extent comparable benefits are actually received by you from any source
         (including a subsequent employer) during such period following your
         termination, and any such benefits actually received by you shall be
         reported to the Corporation;

                  (vii)    for a period of twelve (12) months following such
         termination, the Corporation shall pay the expenses of such
         outplacement services as you may require, with such services to be
         performed by such agency as the Corporation shall designate; and

                  (viii)   in the event that the payments and benefits provided
         to you, or for your benefit, under this Agreement (determined without
         regard to the Gross-Up Payment described below) or under any other plan
         or agreement which become payable or are taken into account as
         "parachute payments" within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code as
         a result of a Change in Control or your termination of employment
         relating thereto (the "Total Parachute Payments") would result in your
         being entitled to "excess parachute payments" as defined in Section
         280G of the Code, you shall be entitled to receive an additional
         payment (a "Gross-Up Payment") in an amount such that after payment by
         you of all taxes (including any interest or penalties incurred by you
         with respect to such taxes), including, without limitation, any
         federal, state and local income taxes, any employment taxes, and the
         excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (such excise tax,
         together with any interest or penalties relating to such excise tax,
         are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Excise Tax"), you
         retain an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax
         imposed upon the Total Parachute Payments. All determinations regarding
         the additional payment called for in this clause (viii) shall be made
         by tax counsel selected by the Corporation and shall be based on the
         maximum applicable marginal tax rates for each year in which such
         payments and benefits shall be paid or provided to you or for your
         benefit (based upon the rate in effect for such year at the time of the
         first payment of the foregoing and, as appropriate as determined by
         such tax counsel, the taxable wage base for employment tax purposes).

         (e)      The payment provided for in Subsection (d)(ii), shall be made
in a lump-sum not later than the 30th day following the Date of Termination.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Subsection (e) or in Subsection
(d)(ii), you may elect to receive, in lieu of a lump-sum Severance Payment, the
benefits

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described in Subsection (d)(ii) in equal monthly installments commencing on the
first day of the month following the Date of Termination and ending on the first
to occur of (A) the first day of the last month within the Payment Period, or
(B) the first day of the month in which occurs your "Normal Retirement Date" (as
defined in the Corporation's Pension Plan).

         (f)      Except as provided in Subsection (d)(vi) hereof you shall not
be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for in this Section 5
by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment or
benefit provided for in this Section 5 be reduced by any compensation earned by
you as the result of employment by another employer, by retirement benefits, by
offset against any amount claimed to be owed by you to any Cadmus Company, or
otherwise.

         (g)      For purposes of this Agreement, your "Base Salary" shall mean
the greater of (i) the annual salary and bonus paid to you by the Cadmus
Companies at the date of this Agreement, or (ii) the annual salary and bonus
payable to you by the Cadmus Companies during the fiscal year in which a Change
in Control occurs.

         6.       Successors: Binding Agreement.

         (a)      This Agreement is personal to you and without the prior
written consent of the Corporation shall not be assignable by you otherwise than
by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to
the benefit of, and be enforceable by, your legal representatives.

         (b)      This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding
upon, the Corporation and its successors and assigns.

         (c)      The Corporation will require any successor (whether direct or
indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or
substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Corporation to assume
expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same
extent that the Corporation would be required to perform it if no such
succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement, "Corporation" shall mean
the Corporation as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or
assets as aforesaid which assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by
operation of law, or otherwise.

         7.       Resolution of Disputes. If there shall be any dispute between
the Corporation and you (i) in the event of any termination of your employment
with the Cadmus Companies by the Corporation, whether such termination was for
Cause, or (ii) in the event of any termination of employment with the Cadmus
Companies by you, whether Good Reason existed, then, unless and until there is a
final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction declaring
that such termination was for Cause or that the determination by you of the
existence of Good Reason was not made in good faith, the Corporation shall pay
all amounts, and provide all benefits, to you and/or your family or other
beneficiaries, as the case may be, that the Corporation would be required to pay
or provide pursuant to Section 5(d) as though such termination were by the
Corporation without Cause or by you with Good Reason; provided, however, that
the Corporation shall not be required to pay any disputed amounts pursuant to
this Section 7 except upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of you to
repay all such amounts to which you are ultimately adjudged by such court not to
be entitled.

         8.       Notice. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all
other communications provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered or mailed by United
States certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
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addressed to the respective addresses set forth on the first page of this
Agreement, provided that all notice to the Corporation shall be directed to the
attention of the Board with a copy to the Secretary of the Corporation, or to
such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in
accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective
only upon receipt.

         9.       Miscellaneous.

         (a)      This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without reference to
principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Agreement are not part of
the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect.

         (b)      The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this
Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision
of this Agreement.

         (c)      The Corporation may withhold from any amounts payable under
this Agreement such Federal, state or local taxes as shall be required to be
withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

         (d)      Your or the Corporation's failure to insist upon strict
compliance with any provision hereof or any other provision of this Agreement or
the failure to assert any right you or the Corporation may have hereunder,
including, without limitation, your right to terminate your employment for Good
Reason pursuant to Section 4(d) or the Corporation's right to terminate your
employment for Cause pursuant to Section 4(c), shall not be deemed to be a
waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this
Agreement.

         (e)      You and the Corporation acknowledge that, except as may
otherwise be provided under any other written agreement between you and the
Corporation, your employment by the Cadmus Companies is "at will" and if, prior
to the Effective Date, your employment with the Cadmus Companies terminates,
then you shall have no rights under this Agreement.

         (f)      Prior to the Effective Date, this Agreement may be amended,
modified, or terminated by the Corporation, which amendment, modification, or
termination shall be binding and effective without any requirement for
notification of, or consent by, you. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on or after
the Effective Date, this Agreement may not be amended, modified, or terminated
otherwise than by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their
respective successors and legal representatives.

         10.      Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire
agreement of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained
herein and supersedes all prior agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements,
communications, representations or warranties, whether oral or written, by any
officer, employee or representative of any party hereto; and any prior agreement
of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein is
hereby terminated and canceled.

         If this letter sets forth our agreement on the subject matter hereof,
kindly sign and return to the Corporation the enclosed copy of this letter,
which will then constitute our agreement on this subject.
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                                        Sincerely,

                                        CADMUS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION


                                        By       /s/  Bruce V. Thomas
                                           ------------------------------------
                                        Name:  Bruce V. Thomas
                                        Title: President and CEO

Accepted and agreed to:



/s/ Paul K. Suijk
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Paul K. Suijk