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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(6)

                                 AMENDMENT TO
                             THE MEAD CORPORATION
                      EXECUTIVE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PLAN


     WHEREAS, The Mead Corporation ("Mead") heretofore established The Mead
Corporation Executive Capital Accumulation Plan (the "Plan") and subsequently
amended the Plan, and

     WHEREAS, Mead desires to further amend the Plan pursuant to the power
reserved to Mead's Compensation Committee by subsection 13 of the Plan;

     NOW THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of October 26, 2001
as follows:

1.   Section 3.3 is revised to delete the last two sentences following (d) and
add the following in substitution thereof:

          Except as provided in the Plan, each Annual Election to Participate
          shall be irrevocable by the Participant after the last day of the
          calendar month preceding its effective date. The term "Distribution
          Period" means, with respect to any Participant Account, a period of 5,
          10, 15 or 20 calendar years (and includes a one-day period on which a
          lump sum amount is distributed on or after a Change in Control) as
          elected by the Participant for whom the Account is maintained.

          Subject to Section 8.1 (except as specifically otherwise provided in
          this Section 3.3), a Participant may revise an Annual Election to
          Participate with respect to the Distribution Period, the calendar year
          during which the Distribution Period commences and reduce or delay an
          Interim Distribution as follows:

                    (i)    prior to a Change in Control, a Participant may
               revise a previously elected Distribution Period and the calendar
               year during which distributions are made for a Participant
               Account (such revision being permitted to include receiving all
               or a portion of a Participant Account in a lump sum following a
               Change in Control and prior to employment termination), provided
               that any such revision is effective only for distributions on or
               following a Change in Control and with respect to the balance of
               a Participant Account on a Change in Control or
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                    (ii)   at least three months prior to employment termination
               (whether before or after a Change in Control), a Participant may
               (A) revise (1) the Distribution Period or (2) the calendar year
               during which distributions commence following employment
               termination with respect to the balance of a Participant Account
               on employment termination and (B) reduce or delay an Interim
               Distribution payable following employment termination.

               A Participant can revise an Annual Election to Participate in
          accordance with this subsection on a form furnished by and filed with
          the Plan Administrator at any time prior to the date stated in (i) or
          (ii), as applicable, in this subsection 3.3.

2.   Section 3.4(b) is revised to read as follows:

               (b)  with respect to a severance benefit payable prior to a
          Change in Control, the election must be made before such benefit has
          been agreed and with respect to a severance benefit payable after a
          Change in Control, the election must be made at least three months
          prior to employment termination.

3.   Section 8.1 is revised to delete the word "irrevocably" in the first
sentence and to restate the last sentence to read as follows:

          The term "Distribution Payment Date" means July 20 of each year,
          except that if an election is filed in accordance with subsection 3.3
          with respect to distributions following a Change in Control, the term
          includes July 20 of the year selected by a Participant to receive a
          lump sum distribution.

4.   Section 13 is revised to (i) delete the word "and" at the end of (a), (ii)
add a semi colon at the end of (b) and (iii) add the following:

          (c)  a Participant's right to revise Distribution Payment Date(s) in
     accordance with Subsection 3.3 shall continue;

          (d)  a Participant's right to defer severance pay in accordance with
     Subsection 3.4 (b) shall continue; and

          (e)  a Participant's right to rollover other benefits into the Plan in
     accordance with Section 5 shall continue.

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