AMERICAN FILTRONA CORPORATION

                            SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT PLAN



                             AS AMENDED AND RESTATED
                            EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1994


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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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         INTRODUCTION...........................................  1

         ARTICLE I  DEFINITIONS

           1.01.    Actuarial Equivalent........................  2
           1.02.    Affiliate...................................  2
           1.03.    Beneficiary.................................  2
           1.04.    Board.......................................  2
           1.05.    Change in Control...........................  2
           1.06.    Code........................................  3
           1.07.    Committee...................................  3
           1.08.    Control Change Date.........................  3
           1.09.    Corporation.................................  3
           1.10.    Disability or Disabled......................  3
           1.11.    Eligible Employee...........................  3
           1.12.    Participant.................................  3
           1.13.    Plan........................................  3
           1.14.    Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity....  3
           1.15.    Retirement and Retire.......................  4
           1.16.    Retirement Plan.............................  4
           1.17.    Surviving Spouse or Spouse..................  4


         ARTICLE II  PARTICIPATION..............................  5


         ARTICLE III  BENEFITS

                  3.01.    Amount of Benefit....................  6
                  3.02.    Timing and Form of Payment...........  7
                  3.03.    Disability...........................  7
                  3.04.    Death Benefits.......................  7


         ARTICLE IV  GUARANTEES.................................  8



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         ARTICLE V  TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

                  5.01.    No Guarantee of Employment........... 9
                  5.02.    Termination of Employment............ 9
                  5.03.    Change in Control.................... 9
                  5.04.    Reemployment.........................10


         ARTICLE VI  TERMINATION, AMENDMENT OR
                   MODIFICATION OF PLAN

                  6.01.    Amendment or Termination.............11
                  6.02.    Notice Requirement...................11
                  6.03.    Limitation on Amendment, 
                              Termination, etc................. 11
                  6.04.    Effect of Plan Termination.......... 12


         ARTICLE VII  OTHER BENEFITS AND AGREEMENTS...........  13


         ARTICLE VIII  RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF BENEFITS...  14


         ARTICLE IX  ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

                  9.01.    The Committee......................  15
                  9.02.    Indemnification of the Committee...  15
                  9.03.    Powers of the Committee............  15
                  9.04.    Information........................  15


         ARTICLE X  MISCELLANEOUS

                  10.01. Binding Nature.......................  16
                  10.02. Governing Law........................  16
                  10.03. Use of Masculine and Feminine; 
                              Singular and Plural.............  16


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       ARTICLE XI  ADOPTION..............................  17


       EXHIBIT I  PARTICIPATION LIST.......................18



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                                  INTRODUCTION


             The Board of Directors of American Filtrona Corporation adopted the
Supplemental  Benefit Plan effective  January 1, 1991. The Board determined that
the  adoption of the Plan would  assist it in  attracting  and  retaining  those
employees  whose  judgment,  abilities  and  experience  will  contribute to its
continued  progress.  The purpose of the Plan is to  supplement  the  retirement
benefits  payable  under  the  Corporation's  tax-qualified  plans to those  key
employees  selected  to  participate.  Effective  January 1,  1994,  the Plan is
amended  to  provide a benefit  for those  employees  whose  benefits  under the
Corporation's  Retirement  Plan  are  limited  by  the  application  of  section
401(a)(17) of the Code and who are selected by the Committee to  participate  in
the Plan.

             The Plan is intended to be unfunded and  maintained  primarily  for
the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a "select group of management
or  highly  compensated  employees"  (as  such  phrase  is used in the  Employee
Retirement  Income  Security  Act of 1974).  The Plan must be  administered  and
construed in a manner that is consistent with that intent.



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                                    ARTICLE I

                                   DEFINITIONS


             The following phrases or terms have the indicated meanings:

1.01.  ACTUARIAL  EQUIVALENT  means a benefit of  equivalent  value based on the
factors and assumptions employed in determining  actuarial  equivalencies to the
normal form of benefit under the Retirement Plan.

1.02.  AFFILIATE means (i) any entity that is a member of a controlled  group of
corporations as defined in Code section  1563(a),  determined  without regard to
Code sections 1563(a)(4) and 1563(e)(3)(c), of which the Corporation is a member
according to Code section 414(b); (ii) an unincorporated  trade or business that
is under common  control with the  Corporation  as determined  according to Code
section  414(c);  or (iii) a member of an affiliated  service group of which the
Corporation is a member according to Code section 414(m).

1.03. BENEFICIARY means the person, persons, entity, entities or the estate of a
Participant,  which in accordance with the provisions of the Retirement Plan, is
entitled  to  receive  benefits  under the  Retirement  Plan on  account  of the
Participant's death.

1.04. BOARD means the Board of Directors of American Filtrona Corporation.

1.05. CHANGE IN CONTROL means the occurrence of any of the following events: (i)
any person, including a "group" as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities
Exchange  Act of 1934  becomes  the record or  beneficial  owner of  Corporation
securities  having  20% or  more  of  the  combined  voting  power  of the  then
outstanding  Corporation  securities  that may be cast for the  election  of the
Corporation's  directors  (other than as a result of an  issuance of  securities
initiated by the Corporation, or open market purchases approved by the Board, as
long as the majority of the Board  approving  the purchases is also the majority
at the time the purchases are made);  (ii) as the direct or indirect  result of,
or in  connection  with,  a cash  tender or  exchange  offer,  a merger or other
business combination, a sale of assets, a contested election, or any combination
of these transactions,  the persons who were directors of the Corporation before
such  transactions  cease  to  constitute  a  majority  of  the  Board,  or  any
successor's board,  within two years of the last of such transactions;  or (iii)
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respect  to a  particular  Participant,  an event  occurs  with  respect  to the
employer that employs that  Participant such that, after the event, the employer
is no longer an Affiliate of the Corporation.

1.06.  CODE means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

1.07.  COMMITTEE means the Executive  Compensation  Committee of the Board which
shall,  in accordance  with the provisions of Article IX hereof,  be responsible
for the management and administration of the Plan.

1.08.  CONTROL  CHANGE  DATE means the date on which a Change in  Control  event
occurs.  If a Change in Control  occurs on account of a series of  transactions,
the Control Change Date is the date of the last of such transactions.

1.09.  CORPORATION means American Filtrona Corporation.

1.10.  DISABILITY or DISABLED shall have the same meanings such terms have under
the Retirement Plan.

1.11.  ELIGIBLE  EMPLOYEE  means  an  individual  who  (i)  is  employed  by the
Corporation  or an  Affiliate;  (ii) is a member  of  management  or is a highly
compensated  employee;  and (iii) with respect to eligibility for benefits under
Plan section 3.01(b), whose Retirement Plan benefits are limited by Code section
401(a)(17).

1.12.  PARTICIPANT means an Eligible Employee who is designated by the Committee
to  participate in the Plan in accordance  with Article II. An individual  shall
remain a Participant only so long as the individual remains an Eligible Employee
and his designation as a Participant has not been revoked or rescinded.

1.13.  PLAN means the American Filtrona Corporation Supplemental Benefit Plan.

1.14.  QUALIFIED PRERETIREMENT SURVIVOR ANNUITY means the monthly benefit
payable to the  Surviving  Spouse,  if any, on the death of a  Participant
prior to the first day of the first  month for which a benefit is payable  under
the Plan and in the form described in the Retirement Plan.



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1.15.  RETIREMENT and RETIRE mean severance from employment with the Corporation
or an Affiliate  on or after  becoming  eligible for early,  normal or postponed
retirement  under the  Retirement  Plan;  except as provided in Article V of the
Plan.

1.16.  RETIREMENT PLAN means the American Filtrona Corporation Retirement Plan.

1.17.  SURVIVING SPOUSE or SPOUSE means the person to whom the Participant was
legally married on his Retirement or death, if earlier.



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                                   ARTICLE II

                                  PARTICIPATION


             An Eligible  Employee who is designated to  participate in the Plan
by the Committee shall become a Participant in the Plan as of the date specified
by the Committee.  At the time an Eligible Employee is designated to participate
in the Plan,  the  Committee  also will  determine  the  amount  payable to such
Participant  pursuant to Plan  section  3.01(a) as reflected on Exhibit I to the
Plan, if applicable. A Participant shall continue to participate until such date
as the  Committee  may declare he is no longer a  Participant  or until the date
that he is no longer an Eligible Employee.



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                                   ARTICLE III

                                    BENEFITS


3.01.        AMOUNT OF BENEFIT

             (a) Upon  Retirement,  any  Participant  who is listed on Exhibit I
shall be entitled to a monthly  Retirement  benefit equal to  one-twelfth of the
amount  set forth on the  attached  Exhibit I,  payable  as an  annuity  for the
Participant's  lifetime  with  a  guarantee  of  120  monthly  payments  to  the
Participant or his Beneficiary.

             (b) In  addition  to the  amount  described  in  subsection  (a), a
Participant  shall be entitled upon Retirement to a monthly  Retirement  benefit
payable as an annuity for the  Participant's  lifetime  with a guarantee  of 120
monthly payments to the Participant or his Beneficiary and which is equal to the
difference between (i) and (ii) below where:

                      (i) equals the benefit that would have been payable to the
             Participant under the Retirement Plan, but for the limits set forth
             in Code section 401(a)(17) and 415, if applicable, and

                      (ii) equals the benefit that the  Participant  is entitled
             to receive under the Retirement Plan.

             (c) For a  Participant  who Retires  with less than twenty years of
credited  service,  the amount  specified in Exhibit I shall be  multiplied by a
fraction,  the  numerator  of which is his years of  credited  service as of his
Retirement  date and the  denominator  of which is the  greater of twenty or the
years of credited  service he would have completed had he remained in the employ
of the  Corporation or an Affiliate  until his normal  retirement  date (as that
term is defined in the Retirement  Plan).  For a Participant who was employed by
the  Corporation or an Affiliate on December 31, 1988, and who retires with less
than fifteen years of credited  service,  the fraction in the previous  sentence
shall be determined by substituting "fifteen" for "twenty" in the denominator.

             (d) For  purposes of this Article  III, a  Participant's  "credited
service"  shall be  determined  in the same manner as such service is determined
under the Retirement Plan.



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3.02.        TIMING AND FORM OF PAYMENT

             The payment of any benefit under this Article shall begin as of the
same date that the Participant's retirement benefit under the Retirement Plan is
scheduled to commence.  The benefit payable under this Article shall be computed
and paid in the same  form as the  Participant's  retirement  benefit  under the
Retirement Plan. Benefits not payable in the normal form of benefit specified in
Plan  section  3.01(a)  or (b) or  commencing  prior to what would have been the
Participant's  normal  retirement  date under the Retirement  Plan,  must be the
Actuarial  Equivalent of the normal form of benefit and reduced to reflect early
commencement based on the factors and assumptions  employed under the Retirement
Plan.  Benefits  payable  upon  postponed  retirement  will be  increased  on an
Actuarially  Equivalent  basis,  using the factors employed under the Retirement
Plan.

3.03.        DISABILITY

             If a  Participant  becomes  Disabled  prior to his  Retirement  and
during his employment with the Corporation or an Affiliate, he shall be entitled
to receive a benefit calculated and paid in the same manner as set forth in Plan
sections  3.01 and 3.02.  Such benefit  shall be payable at what would have been
the Participant's normal retirement date under the Retirement Plan.

3.04.        DEATH BENEFITS

             (a)  If a  Participant  dies  prior  to  Retirement,  and if he has
attained a vested or nonforfeitable interest in his Retirement Plan benefit, the
Participant's   Surviving  Spouse  will  be  entitled  to  receive  a  Qualified
Preretirement   Survivor  Annuity   commencing  on  what  would  have  been  the
Participant's  earliest  retirement age under the Retirement Plan. The amount of
the Qualified  Preretirement Survivor Annuity will be calculated as set forth in
Plan section 3.01 and 3.02 and based on the years of credited  service earned by
the Participant as of his death. At its discretion, the Committee may pay to the
Surviving Spouse, in a single lump sum payment,  the Actuarial  Equivalent value
(based on the appropriate  factors specified in the Retirement Plan for lump sum
payments) of the Participant's Plan benefit.

             (b) If a Participant  dies after benefit  payments  begin under the
Plan,  benefits will be paid in accordance  with the form of payment  elected by
the Participant under the terms of the Retirement Plan.



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                                   ARTICLE IV

                                   GUARANTEES


             American  Filtrona  Corporation and any Affiliate  participating in
the Plan have only a  contractual  obligation  to pay the benefits  described in
Article  III.  All  benefits  are to be  satisfied  solely  out  of the  general
corporate  assets of the  Corporation or the  appropriate  Affiliate which shall
remain subject to the claims of its creditors. No assets of the Corporation or a
participating  Affiliate will be segregated or committed to the  satisfaction of
its  obligations  to any  Participant  or  Beneficiary  under this Plan.  If the
Corporation,  in its sole  discretion,  elects to purchase life insurance on the
life of a Participant in connection with the Plan, the  Participant  must submit
to a physical  examination,  if required by the insurer, and otherwise cooperate
in the issuance of such policy or his rights under the Plan will be forfeited.



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                                    ARTICLE V

                            TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT


5.01.        NO GUARANTEE OF EMPLOYMENT

             The Plan does not in any way limit the right of the  Corporation or
an  Affiliate  at any time and for any  reason to  terminate  the  Participant's
employment or such  Participant's  status as an Eligible  Employee.  In no event
shall  the  Plan,  by its  terms or by  implication,  constitute  an  employment
contract of any nature whatsoever  between the Corporation or an Affiliate and a
Participant.

5.02.        TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT

             A  Participant  who  ceases  to be an  Eligible  Employee  or whose
employment with the Corporation and its Affiliates is terminated  either with or
without  cause,  for reasons other than death,  Retirement  or Disability  shall
immediately  cease to be a  Participant  under this Plan and shall  forfeit  all
rights  under this Plan.  Further,  in no event  shall an  individual  who was a
Participant  but is not a Participant  at the time of such  individual's  death,
Retirement  or  Disability,  be  entitled  to any  benefit  under  the  Plan.  A
Participant  on authorized  leave of absence from the  Corporation  shall not be
deemed to have terminated  employment or lost his status as an Eligible Employee
for the duration of such leave of absence.

5.03.        CHANGE IN CONTROL

             Notwithstanding  any  contrary  Plan  provision,  in the  event the
employment of a Participant who is in the employ of the Corporation on a Control
Change Date is terminated (for reasons other than death, Retirement, Disability,
or as a result of acts of dishonesty,  embezzlement from the Corporation, fraud,
or  conviction  of  pleading  guilty to a felony)  before  the end of the period
commencing  on the Control  Change Date and ending on the third  anniversary  of
such date,  and  whether or not he is a  Participant  at such time,  he shall be
fully  vested  in a  benefit  payable  under  Article  III  as of the  date  his
employment is terminated.



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5.04.        REEMPLOYMENT

             A Participant  who ceases to be an employee of the  Corporation and
who  is  subsequently  reemployed  by  the  Corporation  shall  not  accrue  any
additional  benefits on account of such later service for periods in which he is
not a Participant.



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                                   ARTICLE VI

                 TERMINATION, AMENDMENT OR MODIFICATION OF PLAN


6.01.        AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION

             Except as otherwise specifically provided, the Corporation reserves
the right to terminate,  amend or modify this Plan, wholly or partially,  at any
time and from time to time.  Such right to  terminate,  amend or modify the Plan
shall be  exercised  by the  Board.  The Board  may  delegate  to the  Executive
Compensation  Committee  all or part of its  authority to amend or terminate the
Plan.  Notwithstanding the preceding,  with respect to an affected  Participant,
the Plan and Plan section 5.03 may not be amended,  modified or terminated after
a Control  Change Date before the end of the period  specified  in that  section
unless  the  affected  Participant  agrees to such  amendment,  modification  or
termination in writing.

6.02.        NOTICE REQUIREMENT

             (a) Plan section 6.01  notwithstanding,  no action to terminate the
Plan  shall be taken  except  upon  written  notice  to each  Participant  to be
affected  thereby,  which  notice  shall be given not less than thirty (30) days
prior to such action.

             (b) Any notice  which shall be or may be given under the Plan shall
be in writing and shall be mailed by United  States mail,  postage  prepaid.  If
notice is to be given to the Corporation such notice shall be addressed to it at
Post Office Box 31640,  Richmond,  Virginia 23294; addressed to the attention of
the Corporate Secretary. If notice is to be given to a Participant,  such notice
shall be addressed to the Participant's last known address.

6.03.        LIMITATION ON AMENDMENT, TERMINATION, ETC.

             The rights of the  Corporation  set forth in Plan  section 6.01 are
subject to the condition  that the Board or its delegate shall take no action to
terminate  the Plan or decrease  the  benefit  that would  become  payable or is
payable,  as the case may be,  with  respect  to a  Participant  who has  become
eligible for early,  normal or postponed  retirement  under the Retirement Plan.
Until such time, however,  the Committee shall have the right to amend Exhibit I
to decrease the benefit that would become payable or is payable under Exhibit I.



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6.04.        EFFECT OF PLAN TERMINATION

             Except as provided in Plan sections 5.03,  6.01 and 6.03,  upon the
termination  of this  Plan by the  Board,  the Plan  shall no  longer  be of any
further  force or effect,  and neither the  Corporation,  any  Affiliate nor any
Participant  shall  have any  further  obligation  or  right  under  this  Plan.
Likewise,  the  rights  of  any  individual  who  was a  Participant  and  whose
designation  as a  Participant  is revoked or rescinded by the  Committee  shall
cease upon such action.



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                                   ARTICLE VII

                          OTHER BENEFITS AND AGREEMENTS


             The benefits  provided for a Participant and his Beneficiary  under
the Plan are in addition to any other  benefits  available  to such  Participant
under any other plan or  program  of the  Corporation  for its  employees,  and,
except as may otherwise be expressly provided for, the Plan shall supplement and
shall  not  supersede,  modify  or  amend  any  other  plan  or  program  of the
Corporation in which a Participant is participating.



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                                  ARTICLE VIII

                      RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF BENEFITS


             No  right  or   benefit   under  the  Plan   shall  be  subject  to
anticipation,  alienation, sale, assignment,  pledge, encumbrance or charge, and
any attempt to do so shall be void. No right or benefit  hereunder  shall in any
manner be liable for or subject to the debts, contracts,  liabilities,  or torts
of the person entitled to such benefit.  If any Participant or Beneficiary under
the Plan  should  become  bankrupt  or attempt to  anticipate,  alienate,  sell,
assign, pledge,  encumber or charge any right to a benefit hereunder,  then such
right or benefit, in the discretion of the Committee, shall cease and terminate,
and, in such event, the Committee may hold or apply the same or any part thereof
for the benefit of such Participant or Beneficiary, his or her spouse, children,
or other  dependents,  or any of them, in such manner and in such portion as the
Committee may deem proper.



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                                   ARTICLE IX

                           ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN


9.01.        THE COMMITTEE

             The Plan shall be  administered  by the  Committee.  Subject to the
provisions of the Plan,  the Committee may adopt such rules and  regulations  as
may  be   necessary  to  carry  out  the  purposes   hereof.   The   Committee's
interpretation  and construction of any provision of the Plan shall be final and
conclusive.

9.02.        INDEMNIFICATION OF THE COMMITTEE

             The  Corporation  shall  indemnify and save harmless each member of
the  Committee  against  any and all  expenses  and  liabilities  arising out of
membership on the Committee, excepting only expenses and liabilities arising out
of a member's own willful  misconduct.  Expenses  against  which a member of the
Committee shall be indemnified  hereunder shall include without limitation,  the
amount of any settlement or judgment,  costs,  counsel fees, and related charges
reasonably incurred in connection with a claim asserted, or a proceeding brought
or  settlement  thereof.  The  foregoing  right of  indemnification  shall be in
addition to any other rights to which any such member may be entitled.

9.03.        POWERS OF THE COMMITTEE

             In  addition to the powers  hereinabove  specified,  the  Committee
shall have the power to compute and certify the amount and kind of benefits from
time to time payable to Participants and their  Beneficiaries under the Plan, to
authorize  all  disbursements  for such  purposes,  and to  determine  whether a
Participant is entitled to a benefit under Plan section 3.02.

9.04.        INFORMATION

             To enable the Committee to perform its functions,  the  Corporation
shall  supply  full and  timely  information  to the  Committee  on all  matters
relating to the compensation of all  Participants,  their  retirement,  death or
other cause for termination of employment, and such other pertinent facts as the
Committee may require.



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                                    ARTICLE X

                                  MISCELLANEOUS


10.01.       BINDING NATURE

             The Plan shall be binding upon the Corporation,  any  participating
Affiliates and its  successors  and assigns;  subject to the powers set forth in
Article VI, and upon a Participant,  his or her Beneficiary, and either of their
assigns, heirs, executors and administrators.

10.02.       GOVERNING LAW

             To the  extent not  preempted  by  federal  law,  the Plan shall be
governed and construed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (including
its choice of law rules,  except to the extent  those  rules  would  require the
application  of the law of a state other than Virginia) as in effect at the time
of their adoption and execution, respectively.

10.03.       USE OF MASCULINE AND FEMININE; SINGULAR AND PLURAL

             Masculine  pronouns  wherever used shall include feminine  pronouns
and the use of the singular shall include the plural.



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                                   ARTICLE XI

                                    ADOPTION


             The  Corporation has adopted this Plan pursuant action taken by the
Board.

             As  evidence  of  its  adoption  of  the  Plan,  American  Filtrona
Corporation has caused this document to be signed by its Vice President-Finance,
this 26th day of April, 1994, as amended and restated effective January 1, 1994.


                                             AMERICAN FILTRONA CORPORATION



                                             By:  /s/ JOHN D. BARLOW, JR.



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                                    EXHIBIT I

                               PARTICIPATION LIST



NAME OF PARTICIPANT                                  Amount of Benefit

John D. Barlow, Jr.                                  $ 5,000

John L. Morgan                                       $12,000







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