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                                                                    Exhibit 10.9

                             FIRST AMENDMENT TO 2002
             RESTRICTED STOCK BONUS PLAN OF PLASTIPAK HOLDINGS, INC.

         THIS FIRST AMENDMENT to the 2002 Restricted Stock Bonus Plan of
Plastipak Holdings, Inc. (the "COMPANY") is adopted by the Company as of
December 19, 2003.

                                    RECITALS

         WHEREAS, the Company adopted the 2002 Restricted Stock Bonus Plan (the
"PLAN") of Plastipak Holdings, Inc. as of October 16, 2002; and

         WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 15 of the Plan, the Board of Directors of
the Company is authorized to make any amendment or modification of the Plan as
it shall deem advisable provided that no termination or amendment of the Plan
shall, without the consent of any person affected thereby, modify or in any way
affect any right or obligation created prior to such termination or amendment;
and

         WHEREAS, the Company has decided to amend the redemption price formula
contained in Section 3 of Exhibit A to the Plan.

         NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed by the Company that this First Amendment
to the Plan be adopted as follows:

         1.       Section 3 of Exhibit A to the Plan is deleted and replaced
                  with a new Section 3 of Exhibit A that reads as follows:

                  3.       Sales Price. The Sales Price for the restricted
                  shares to be purchased by the Company under Section 2 shall be
                  determined by reference to the "Book Value" of the Company as
                  of the last day of the fiscal year immediately preceding the
                  Trigger Event (computed using the amounts reflected in the
                  financial statements prepared by the then regularly employed
                  auditing firm of the Company, which shall be binding and
                  conclusive under this Plan), divided by the number of issued
                  and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company at the
                  end of the relevant fiscal year to determine the Company's
                  "Book Value per Share." To calculate the Sales Price per Share
                  for a particular award, the Participant's Vested Percentage
                  for that award shall be multiplied by the sum of: (a) the
                  Company's Book Value per Share; (b) the Applicable Per Share
                  Addition shown on Schedule A-1; and (c) with respect to shares
                  awarded to the Participant under the Plan on or before
                  November 2, 2002 only, $245.00 per share; with respect to
                  shares awarded to the Participant after November 2, 2002, $0
                  per share. The Sales Price per Share then shall be multiplied
                  by the number of restricted shares from the corresponding
                  award that were previously purchased by the Participant to
                  determine the Participant's aggregate Sales Price for that
                  award.

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                                                                    Exhibit 10.9

                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3,
                  however, if the Participant is "terminated for cause" (as
                  defined in Section 5) or if the Participant institutes
                  litigation or any other proceeding of any kind (whether
                  judicial or administrative) against the Company with respect
                  to any employment related matter (except for a proceeding
                  involving worker's compensation or the right to disability
                  proceeds provided by Social Security or third party insurers)
                  the Sales Price for all of the Participant's restricted shares
                  shall be $1.00 times the number of shares previously purchased
                  by the Participant.

         2.       All existing individual Restricted Stock Agreements that
                  contain sales price language identical to former Section 3 of
                  Exhibit A to the Plan are also hereby amended to reflect new
                  Section 3 of Exhibit A to the Plan, as the Company has
                  obtained the consent of all affected Participants.

         3.       Other than as set forth above, all the other terms and
                  provisions of the Plan as of October 16, 2002 remain in full
                  force and effect.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has adopted this First Amendment to the
2002 Restricted Stock Bonus Plan of Plastipak Holdings, Inc. as of the day and
year first above written.

                                      PLASTIPAK HOLDINGS, INC.

                                      /s/ William C. Young
                                      William C. Young, President

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