UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549





FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

[Mark One]

|x | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010

OR



| ̈ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the transition period from
 to

Commission File Number: 1-12613





ROCK-TENN
COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)



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|Georgia                                                        |  | 62-0342590                          
|(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization) |  | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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|504 Thrasher Street, Norcross, Georgia                         |  | 30071                               
|(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                       |  | (Zip Code)                          

Registrants telephone number, including area code: (770) 448-2193

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act:



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|Title of Each class                             |  | Name of Exchange on Which Registered
|Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |  | New York Stock Exchange             

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Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act.    Yes  x    No   ̈

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Act.    Yes   ̈    No  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months
(or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90
days.    Yes  x    No   ̈

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule
405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such
files).    Yes  x    No   ̈

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrants knowledge, in
definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.     ̈

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See definition of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):



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|Large accelerated filer  x                                             |  | Accelerated filer   ̈        
|Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a smaller reporting
company)   ̈ |  | Smaller reporting company   ̈

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act).    Yes   ̈    No  x

The aggregate market value of the common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of March 31, 2011, the last day of the registrants most recently completed second fiscal quarter
(based on the closing price of $69.35 per share of Class A Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on such date), was approximately $2,589 million.

As of March 31, 2011 the registrant had 39,408,674 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: None









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EXPLANATORY NOTE

We are filing this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Rock-Tenn Company (the Company) for the year
ended September 30, 2010 (the Amendment No. 1), which was originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 22, 2010 (the Original Form 10-K) solely for the following reasons:



| |  |  | To remove Exhibit 4.3 the Indenture between Rock-Tenn Company and SunTrust Bank, as successor trustee to Trust Company Bank, as permitted under
Item 601(b)(4)(iii)(A) of Regulation S-K;
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| |  |  | To replace such Exhibit 4.3 to include the Indenture, dated as of March 5, 2008, by and among Rock-Tenn Company, the guarantors party thereto and
HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee as Exhibit 4.3 to the Exhibit Index of the Original Form 10-K; and
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| |  |  | To include as Exhibit 4.13 the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement and Consent, dated as of February 3, 2010, by and among Rock-Tenn Company,
Rock-Tenn Company of Canada, the Guarantors, the Lenders, and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., acting through its Canada Branch, as Canadian Agent.
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No other information in the Original Form 10-K is amended hereby. The information in this Form 10-K/A has
not been updated to reflect events that occurred after the filing of the Original Form 10-K.



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Item 15. Exhibits



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|ExhibitNumber |  | Description of Exhibit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|2.1           |  | Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 10, 2008, by and among Rock-Tenn Company, Carrier Merger Sub, Inc., Southern Container Corp., the Stockholders listed therein,
Steven Hill and the Stockholders Representative, as defined therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2009).                                                                                                                                                                                           
|              | 
|2.2           |  | Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 1, 2008, by and among Rock-Tenn Company, Carrier Merger Sub, Inc., Southern Container Corp., the Stockholders
listed in the original Merger Agreement, Steven Hill, and the Stockholders Representative (as defined in the original Merger Agreement) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
March 11, 2008).                                                                                                                                          
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|3.1           |  | Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No.
33-73312).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|3.2           |  | Articles of Amendment to the Registrants Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrants Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2000).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|3.3           |  | Bylaws of the Registrant (Amended and Restated as of October 31, 2008) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
November 6, 2008).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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|4.1           |  | Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2008, among Rock-Tenn Company, as Borrower, Rock-Tenn Company of Canada, as the Canadian Borrower, certain subsidiaries
of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, as Guarantors, the lenders party thereto, Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., acting through its Canada Branch, as Canadian
Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2009).
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|4.2           |  | The Registrant agrees to furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, a copy of any instrument defining the rights of holders of long-term debt of the Registrant
and all of its consolidated subsidiaries and unconsolidated subsidiaries for which financial statements are required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|4.3           |  | Indenture, dated as of March 5, 2008, by and among Rock-Tenn Company, the guarantors party thereto and HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 11, 2008).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|4.4           |  | Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 16, 2009, by and among Solvay Paperboard LLC, Rock-Tenn Company and HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 29, 2009).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|              | 
|4.5           |  | Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 29, 2009, by and among Rock-Tenn Company, the guarantors party thereto and HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 29, 2009).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|              | 
|4.6           |  | First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Consent, dated as of August 22, 2008, by and among Rock-Tenn Company, Rock-Tenn Company of Canada, the Guarantors, the
Lenders signatories thereto, and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and Bank of America, N.A., acting through its Canada branch, as Canadian Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the
Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 13, 2009).                                                                               
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|4.7           |  | Second Amendment to Credit Agreement and Consent, dated as of July 21, 2009, by and among Rock-Tenn Company, Rock-Tenn Company of Canada, the Guarantors, the Lenders, and Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., acting through its Canada Branch, as Canadian Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on July 27, 2009).                                                                                                                       



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|ExhibitNumber |  | Description of Exhibit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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|4.8           |  | Second Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement dated as of September 2, 2008 among Rock-Tenn Financial, Inc., as Borrower, Rock-Tenn Converting Company, as Servicer,
the liquidity banks from time to time party hereto, Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., Rabobank Nederland, New York Branch, as Nieuw Amsterdam Agent, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as TPF Agent and
Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 of the Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2008).                                                                                                                                             
|              | 
|4.9           |  | First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement dated as of September 24, 2008 among Rock-Tenn Financial, Inc., as Borrower, Rock-Tenn Converting
Company, as Initial Servicer, Nieuw Amsterdam Receivables Corporation and Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., Rabobank Nederland, New York Branch, as Liquidity Bank to Nieuw Amsterdam and as Nieuw Amsterdam Agent,
Three Pillars Funding LLC, SunTrust Bank as liquidity provider to TPF, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as TPF Agent, and STRH as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 of the Registrants Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended September 30, 2008).
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|4.10          |  | Third Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement dated as of August 14, 2009 among Rock-Tenn Financial, Inc., as Borrower, Rock-Tenn Converting Company, as Servicer, Toronto
Dominion (New York) LLC, individually as a Committed Lender and as TD Agent, the other committed lenders from time to time party hereto, Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., Rabobank Nederland, New York Branch, as
Nieuw Amsterdam Agent and as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 of the Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2009).                                                                                                     
|              | 
|4.11          |  | First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement dated as of April 30, 2010 among Rock-Tenn Financial, Inc., as Borrower, Rock-Tenn Converting Company, as
Servicer, Toronto Dominion (New York) LLC, individually as a Committed Lender and as TD Agent, the other committed lenders from time to time party hereto, Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., Rabobank Nederland, New
York Branch, as Nieuw Amsterdam Agent and as Administrative Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2010).                                                                                   
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|4.12          |  | Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement and Consent, dated as of November 1, 2010, by and among Rock-Tenn Company, Rock-Tenn Company of Canada, the Guarantors, the Lenders, and Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., acting through its Canada Branch, as Canadian Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrants Current Report on Form
8-K filed on November 5, 2010).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|4.13          |  | Third Amendment to Credit Agreement and Consent, dated as of February 3, 2010, by and among Rock-Tenn Company, Rock-Tenn Company of Canada, the Guarantors, the Lenders, and Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., acting through its Canada Branch, as Canadian Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended December 31, 2009).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|10.1*         |  | Rock-Tenn Company 1993 Employee Stock Option Plan and Amendment Number One to the Rock-Tenn Company 1993 Employee Stock Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibits 99.1 and
99.2, respectively, to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-77237).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|10.2*         |  | Rock-Tenn Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Effective as of October 1, 1994 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Registrants Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended September 30, 2000).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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|10.3*         |  | 2000 Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to the Registrants definitive Proxy Statement for the 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed with the SEC on December
18, 2000).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              



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|ExhibitNumber |  | Description of Exhibit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|10.4*         |  | 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan as Amended and Restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Registrants -Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No.
333-77237), as amended by Amendment No. One to 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2003), and as further amended by
Amendment No. Two to 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2003), and as further amended by Amendment No. Three to
1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2004).
|              | 
|10.5*         |  | Rock-Tenn Company Annual Executive Bonus Program (incorporated by reference to the Registrants definitive Proxy Statement for the 2002 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed
with the SEC on December 19, 2001).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|              | 
|10.6*         |  | Rock-Tenn Company Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan as Effective as of May 15, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrants Registration Statement on
Form S-8, File No. 333-104870).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|              | 
|10.7*         |  | 2004 Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 3, 2005).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|              | 
|10.8*         |  | Amendment Number One to the Rock-Tenn Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (Amended and Restated Effective as of January 1, 2003) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.10 of the Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2008).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|              | 
|10.9*         |  | Amendment Number Two to Rock-Tenn Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Effective as of November 11, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the
Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2005).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|              | 
|10.10*        |  | Amendment Number Three to Rock-Tenn Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Effective as of November 21, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 of the
Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2008).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|              | 
|10.11*        |  | Amended and Restated Rock-Tenn Company Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan Effective as of January 1, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrants
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2005).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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|10.12*        |  | Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between Rock-Tenn Company and James A. Rubright, dated as of November 21, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 of the
Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2008).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|              | 
|10.13*        |  | Amendment Number One to Rock-Tenn Company 2004 Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2007).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|              | 
|10.14*        |  | Rock-Tenn Company 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as Amended and Restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-8,
File No. 333-140597).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|              | 
|10.15*        |  | Second Amendment to the Rock-Tenn Company Supplemental Retirement Savings Plan Effective as of November 16, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrants
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2007).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|              | 
|10.16*        |  | Employment Agreement between Southern Container Corp. and James B. Porter III, dated as of January 1, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrants
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|10.17*        |  | Amended and Restated Earnings Share Units between Southern Container Corp. and James B. Porter III, dated as of February 27, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the
Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 



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|ExhibitNumber |  | Description of Exhibit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|10.18*        |  | First Amendment to Employment Agreement and Amended and Restated Earnings Share Units Agreement between James B. Porter III and Rock-Tenn Company, dated as of January 8, 2008,
effective as of March 5, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008).                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|              | 
|10.19*        |  | Amendment No. 2 to Rock-Tenn Company 2004 Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2008).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|10.20*        |  | Second Amended and Restated Receivables Sale Agreement dated as of September 2, 2008 among Rock-Tenn Company, as Parent, Rock-Tenn Company of Texas, Rock-Tenn Converting Company,
Rock-Tenn Mill Company, LLC, Rock-Tenn Packaging and Paperboard, LLC, PCPC, Inc. and Waldorf Corporation, Schiffenhaus Packaging Corp. and Southern Container Corp., as Originators, and Rock-Tenn Financial, Inc., as Buyer (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 10.23 of the Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2008).
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|10.21*        |  | Amendment Number 1 to Rock-Tenn Company Annual Executive Bonus Program (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended December 31, 2008).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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|10.22*        |  | Amendment Number Four to Rock-Tenn Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan Effective as of March 31, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrants
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|              | 
|10.23*        |  | Amendment No. 3 to Rock-Tenn Company 2004 Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2009).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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|10.24*        |  | Second Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Receivables Sale Agreement and Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement dated as of June 24, 2009
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009).                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|              | 
|10.25*        |  | Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Receivables Sale Agreement and Fourth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement dated as of July 14, 2009
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 of the Registrants Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2009).                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|              | 
|10.26*        |  | Amendment Number Five to the Rock-Tenn Company Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, Amended and Restated Effective as of January 1, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.1 of the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2010).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|              | 
|10.27*        |  | Rock-Tenn Company 1993 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as Amended and Restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended June 30, 2010).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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|12            |  | Statement re: Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. (2)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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|21            |  | Subsidiaries of the Registrant. (2)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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|23            |  | Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. (2)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|              | 
|31.1          |  | Certification Accompanying Periodic Report Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, executed by James A. Rubright, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Rock-Tenn Company. (2)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|              | 
|31.2          |  | Certification Accompanying Periodic Report Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, executed by Steven C. Voorhees, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Rock-Tenn Company. (2)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|              | 
|31.3          |  | Certification Accompanying Periodic Report Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, executed by James A. Rubright, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of Rock-Tenn Company. (1)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  



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|ExhibitNumber |  | Description of Exhibit                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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|31.4          |  | Certification Accompanying Periodic Report Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, executed by Steven C. Voorhees, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Rock-Tenn Company. (1)



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* Management contract or compensatory
plan or arrangement.

(1) Filed herewith as part of this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A.

(2) Included as part of the original Form 10-K filed on November 22, 2010.



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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.



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|                     |  |     |  | ROCK-TENN COMPANY                                                         
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|Dated: April 5, 2011 |  | By: |  | /s/ Robert B. McIntosh                                                    
|                     |  |     |  | Robert B. McIntosh
Executive Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary