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CKP-2012.6.24-EX-10.4

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FIRST AMENDMENT TO COLLATERAL AGENCY AND 
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
FIRST AMENDMENT TO COLLATERAL AGENCY AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), is made as of July 31, 2012, by and among (i) WELLS FARGO, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as collateral agent for and on behalf of the Noteholders and the Bank Secured Parties (as each such term is hereinafter defined, the “Collateral Agent”), (ii) WELLS FARGO, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as administrative agent for and on behalf of the Bank Secured Parties (in such capacity the “Administrative Agent”) and (iii) PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. (“Prudential” and, together with its successors and assigns, including, without limitation, future holders from time to time of the Senior Notes (as such term is hereinafter defined), the “Noteholders”).  All capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement (the “Existing Intercreditor Agreement”), dated as of July 22, 2010, by and among the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and Prudential.

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (the “Company”), certain of its Subsidiaries and the Lenders are parties to a certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 22, 2010 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of February 17, 2012, the “Existing Credit Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Company and the Noteholders are parties to a certain Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement, dated July 22, 2010 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2012, the “Existing Note Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Existing Credit Agreement be amended by the Bank Second Amendment (as defined below) and the Existing Note Agreement be amended by the Note Second Amendment (as defined below), and it is a condition to the willingness of the other parties to such documents to enter into such amendments that the Existing Intercreditor Agreement be amended as set forth in this Amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1.Amendments to Existing Intercreditor Agreement.  
(a)The first two recitals of the Existing Intercreditor Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as follows:
WHEREAS, Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (the “Company”), certain of its Subsidiaries and the Lenders (as such term is hereinafter defined) have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 22, 2010 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of February 17, 2012 and that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 31, 2012 (the “Bank Second Amendment”) and as further amended, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, unless otherwise specified herein, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have established a multi-currency revolving credit facility in a principal amount of up to $75,000,000 (as of the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date) for the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries;

WHEREAS, the Company and Prudential have entered into that certain Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2012 and that certain Second Amendment to Note Purchase and 

Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2012 (the “Note Second Amendment”), and as further amended, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, unless otherwise specified herein, the “Note Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company has issued (a) $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.00% Series A Senior Secured Notes due July 22, 2015, (b) $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.38% Series B Senior Secured Notes due July 22, 2016 and (c) $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.75% Series C Senior Secured Notes due July 22, 2017, and may in the future issue to Prudential and/or certain of its affiliates, an additional $50,000,000 of notes (as amended by that certain Second Amendment to Note Purchase and Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2012, and as further amended, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, unless otherwise specified herein, collectively, the “Senior Notes”, such term to include any such notes issued in substitution therefor pursuant to the terms of the Note Agreement);

(b)Section 1 of the Existing Intercreditor Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(i)    The following definitions are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as follows:
Collateral - means a collective reference to the collateral which is identified in, and at any time will be covered by, the Security Documents.
Enforcement - means any enforcement, collection (including judicial or non-judicial sale or foreclosure) or similar proceeding with respect to any Collateral or Foreign Collateral. 
Foreign Collateral - has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Credit Agreement, as in effect on the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date after giving effect to the Bank Second Amendment (it being understood that the reference to “all Equity Interests” in clause (iii) of the definition of such term (set forth in Section 5.12(b) of the Credit Agreement as so in effect) is a reference to all Equity Interests of first-tier Foreign Subsidiaries (as defined in the Credit Agreement as so in effect) that do not constitute Domestic Collateral (as defined in the Credit Agreement as so in effect).
(ii)    The following defined terms are hereby added to Section 1 of the Existing Intercreditor Agreement in their appropriate alphabetical position:
 Alternate Base Rate Loans - has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Credit Agreement. 
Bank Second Amendment - has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals. 
Cash Collateral - has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Credit Agreement. 
Debt Issuance - means “Debt Issuance” as defined in any Credit Document. 
Equity Issuance - means “Equity Issuance” as defined in any Credit Document. 
Fiscal Quarter - means any fiscal quarter of the Company.

Foreign Set-off Payment - has the meaning set forth in Section 2A(I)(a).
Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date - means July 31, 2012.
Interest Period - has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Credit Agreement.
L/C Obligations - has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.

Letters of Credit Threshold - means all Letters of Credit (as defined in the Credit Agreement) outstanding on the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date in an aggregate amount equal to $1,416,600.00.
LIBOR Rate Loans - has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Credit Agreement. 

Loans - has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Credit Agreement.
Non-receiving Creditor - has the meaning set forth in Section 2A(I)(c). 
Note Second Amendment - has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Recitals. 
Original Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio - means “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” as defined in (i) the Credit Agreement, as in effect immediately prior to the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date and the Bank Second Amendment and (ii) the Note Agreement, as in effect immediately prior to the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date and the Note Second Amendment.
Original Leverage Ratio - means “Leverage Ratio” as defined in (i) the Credit Agreement, as in effect immediately prior to the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date and the Bank Second Amendment and (ii) the Note Agreement, as in effect immediately prior to the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date and the Note Second Amendment.
Priority Bank Obligations - has the meaning ascribed to such term in subclause (i) of clause Fifth of Section 2(a).
Security  Documents - has the meaning set forth in (i) the Credit Agreement, as in effect on the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date after giving effect to the Bank Second Amendment and (ii) the Note Agreement, as in effect on the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date after giving effect to the Note Second Amendment; provided that Security Documents shall not include the Dutch Borrower Security Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
Set-off Payment - has the meaning set forth in Section 2A(I)(a).
Set-off Payment Deficiency - has the meaning set forth in Section 2A(I)(c).
Swingline Loans - has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Credit Agreement.  
Type - has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Credit Agreement. 
(c)Clause Fifth of Section 2(a) of the Existing Intercreditor Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
Fifth:  (i) first to the payment of  Loans advanced after the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date and to provide Cash Collateral for the L/C Obligations to the extent in excess of the Letters of Credit Threshold, together with all interest, fees and other amounts referred to in clause (ii) of this clause Fifth that are payable in respect of such Loans and L/C Obligations (all such Loans, L/C Obligations, interest, fees and other amounts, collectively, the “Priority Bank Obligations”); provided, however, that this subclause (i) of this clause Fifth shall cease to apply, immediately and automatically without any further action by any Person, upon the earlier to occur of (A) a refinancing of the Credit Party Obligations under (and as defined in) the Credit Agreement as in effect on the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date (after giving effect to the Bank 

Second Amendment) and (B) such time as the Obligors have achieved (1) an Original Leverage Ratio of less than or equal to 2.75 to 1.00 and (2) an Original Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of greater than or equal to 1.25 to 1.00, in each case, for two consecutive Fiscal Quarters of the Company occurring after the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date, as reported in (x) the most recent Officer's Compliance Certificate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.2(b) of the Credit Agreement and (y) the most recent compliance certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.2(a) of the Note Agreement, and (ii) second, after the payment and satisfaction in full of all Priority Bank Obligations pursuant to the foregoing subclause (i), to the payment of all interest on the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations  and all fees in respect of the Obligations (including, without limitation, interest, fees, and scheduled periodic payments due in respect of Hedge Counterparty Obligations, but excluding any Make-Whole Amount and all termination, breakage and similar fees due in respect of Hedge Counterparty Obligations), ratably to each Creditor in accordance with the aggregate amount of such Obligations then outstanding to such Creditor as a percentage of all of such then outstanding Obligations;

(d)A new paragraph is hereby added to Section 2(a) of the Existing Intercreditor Agreement immediately after clause Eighth thereof to read in its entirety as follows:
For the avoidance of doubt, Loans outstanding prior to the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date that are extended into a subsequent Interest Period or are converted into another Type in accordance with (and as such terms are defined in) the Credit Agreement shall not be considered “Loans advanced after the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date” for purposes of subclause (i) of clause Fifth of this Section 2(a).
(e)The first line of Section 2(b) of the Existing Intercreditor Agreement is hereby amended by adding “Section 2A(I)(b) or clause Fifth or” immediately before “clause Sixth”. 
(f)The first sentence of Section 2(c) of the Existing Intercreditor Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
Until any amount to be applied pursuant to Section 2(a) is so applied, the Collateral Agent shall hold such amount in a separate interest bearing account (the “Distribution Account”) established for the benefit of the Creditors and identified as the “Checkpoint Creditor Obligation Distribution Account” or, with respect to any amount to be applied to Priority Bank Obligations, the Collateral Agent shall make such other reasonable arrangements as shall give effect to this Agreement (including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 2(a) hereof).
(g)Sections 2(f)(i) and (ii) of the Existing Intercreditor Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as follows:
(i)    On or prior to each True-Up Date, the Administrative Agent shall provide to the Noteholder Representative and the Collateral Agent a statement, as of the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the True-Up Date (the “Statement Date”), of (A) the aggregate amount recovered in respect of the Foreign Collateral that has been applied to pay any Foreign Obligations (other than Foreign Obligations consisting of Priority Bank Obligations) (the “Foreign Obligation Paydown”) during the period commencing on (and including) the next preceding Statement Date or, if no such date has occurred, the Notice Date and ending on (but excluding) the Statement Date immediately preceding the True-Up Date (such period, the “Statement Period”), (B) the aggregate amount of the Bank Obligations (other than Priority Bank Obligations) outstanding as of the commencement of the Statement Period and (C) the aggregate amount recovered in respect of the Priority Bank Obligations during the period referred to in the foregoing subclause (A) and the aggregate amount of Bank Priority Obligations outstanding as of the commencement of the Statement Period.  The Noteholder Representative shall promptly provide the statement from the Administrative Agent to each Noteholder and each Noteholder shall, upon receipt of such statement, promptly provide to the Collateral Agent the aggregate amount of Senior Note Obligations that is owed to such Noteholder and is outstanding as of the commencement of the Statement Period.

(ii)    During the period commencing on (but excluding) a True-Up Date and continuing to (and including) the next succeeding True-Up Date (the “Catch-Up Period”), all distributions that would otherwise be made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to subclause (ii) of clause Fifth and clause Sixth of Section 2(a) shall instead be made ratably to each Noteholder in respect of the Senior Note Obligations until the Noteholders shall have been paid, in the aggregate, an amount equal to the sum of (A) the same proportionate payment of the Senior Note Obligations as the Foreign Obligation Paydown for the relevant Statement Period represents of the Bank Obligations (other than Priority Bank Obligations) (the “Noteholder Catch-up Payment”), such proportions to be determined as of the commencement of such Statement Period, plus (B) all unpaid Noteholder Catch-up Payments for all prior Statement Periods.
(h)A new Section 2A is hereby added immediately after Section 2 of the Existing Intercreditor Agreement to read in its entirety as follows:
2A.    Sharing of Set-offs; Voluntary and Mandatory Prepayments.
(I)    Sharing of Set-offs
(a)    If, at any time, any Creditor shall obtain any payment in respect of any Obligation held by it as the result of the exercise of any right of set-off (a “Set-off Payment”), such Creditor shall share the payment so obtained in accordance with clause (I)(b) of this Section 2A, regardless of (i) the amount thereof or (ii) whether such payment was obtained from the Company, a Domestic Subsidiary, a Foreign Subsidiary or any other Person; provided, however, (A) this clause (I)(a) shall not apply to a Set-off Payment received in respect of regularly scheduled payments of interest or fees under the Credit Agreement as in effect on the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date after giving effect to the Bank Second Amendment and (B) clause (I)(c), rather than this clause (I)(a) or clause (I)(b) shall apply to any Set-off Payment  the sharing of which with one or more other Creditors would, in the reasonable opinion of the Company, result in adverse tax consequences to the Company and its Subsidiaries under Section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code (any such Set-off Payment, a “Foreign Set-off Payment”).
(b)    Subject to clause (I)(c) of this Section 2A, any Creditor obtaining a Set-off Payment (whether before or after the occurrence of a Notice Date) shall pay the amount thereof to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Agent shall, promptly upon its receipt thereof, apply such amount to the payments specified in clauses First through Eighth of Section 2(a) in the order of priority set forth therein.  Any amount distributed or to be distributed pursuant to this clause (I)(b) in respect of L/C Obligations shall be subject to the terms of Section 2(b).
(c)    If any Creditor obtains a Foreign Set-off Payment, it shall pay the amount thereof to the Collateral Agent and the Collateral Agent shall, promptly upon its receipt thereof, apply such amount to the payments specified in clauses First through Eighth of Section 2(a) in the order of priority set forth therein, except that it shall not pay any portion of such amount to any Creditor (a “Non-Receiving Creditor”) if such payment would, in its reasonable opinion or the reasonable opinion of the Company, result in adverse tax consequences to the Company and its Subsidiaries under Section 956 of the Internal Revenue Code; provided, however, that any substantially contemporaneous or subsequent payments pursuant to clause (I)(b) of this Section 2A shall be made in such manner that, after giving effect thereto, each Creditor will have received (to the extent possible) the amount that it would have received had each Foreign Set-off Payment been applied as provided in clause (I)(b) of this Section 2A (the amount of the adjustment required to be made under this proviso at any time in the payment to be made to all Non-Receiving Creditors under clause (I)(b) of this Section 2A being referred to as the “Set-off Payment Deficiency”).  Section 2(f) shall not apply to Set-off Payments except to the extent that, at any time when a Noteholder Catch-up Payment is 

being calculated and a Set-off Payment Deficiency exists, such Noteholder Catch-up Payment shall be calculated taking into account the amount of such Set-off Payment Deficiency and any payments of such Set-Off Payment Deficiency.
(d)    At any time when a Set-off Payment Deficiency exists, the Majority Noteholder Creditors shall have the right to instruct the Collateral Agent to exercise any available right of set-off against any bank account of the Company or any Domestic Subsidiary Guarantor in order to recover an amount equal to the Set-off Payment Deficiency.
(e)    Each Creditor agrees to cooperate fully with each other Creditor and the Collateral Agent to implement the provisions of this Section 2A(I) including, without limitation, disclosing all relevant details of Set-off Payments received by it.
(f)    This clause (I) shall cease to apply on and after a Notice Date until the corresponding Trigger Event ceases to exist and any payments to which this clause would otherwise apply shall be applied as provided in Section 2(a) and the other provisions of this Agreement, provided that paragraph (d) (and the definition of “Set-off Payment Deficiency” in paragraph (c)) of this clause (I) shall remain in effect.
(g)    For the avoidance of doubt, the exercise of any right of set-off (and the corresponding receipt of a Set-off Payment) by any Creditor shall not constitute a Trigger Event except to the extent provided in the definition of such term.
(II)    Voluntary and Mandatory Prepayments.
 (a)    Any mandatory prepayment of the Obligations from a Debt Issuance or Equity Issuance pursuant to Section 2.7(b)(iii) or (iv) of the Credit Agreement or Section 8.7(a) of the Note Agreement, in each case as in effect on the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date after giving effect to the Bank Second Amendment and the Note Second Amendment, respectively, shall be applied as follows:  first in direct order to (i) Swingline Loans made since the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date, (ii) Alternate Base Rate Loans made since the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date, (iii) LIBOR Rate Loans made since the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date in direct order of Interest Period maturities and (iv) to a Cash Collateral account in respect of L/C Obligations (which Cash Collateral shall be limited to the amount by which all L/C Obligations exceed the Letters of Credit Threshold) issued or incurred since the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date and second, to the Obligations of each Creditor based on such Creditor's Pro Rata Share of the remaining amount of such mandatory prepayment.

(b)  Any voluntary prepayment of the Obligations pursuant to Section 2.7(b)(v) of the Credit Agreement or Section 8.7(b) of the Note Agreement, in each case as in effect on the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date after giving effect to the Bank Second Amendment and the Note Second Amendment, respectively, shall be applied as follows:  first in direct order to (i) Swingline Loans made since the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date, (ii) Alternate Base Rate Loans made since the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date, (iii) LIBOR Rate Loans made since the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date in direct order of Interest Period maturities and (iv) to a Cash Collateral account in respect of L/C Obligations (which Cash Collateral shall be limited to the amount by which all L/C Obligations exceed the Letters of Credit Threshold) issued or incurred since the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date and second, to the Obligations of each Creditor based on such Creditor's Pro Rata Share of the remaining amount of such voluntary prepayment.

(c)    For the avoidance of doubt, Loans outstanding prior to the Intercreditor 

Agreement Amendment Effective Date that are extended into a subsequent Interest Period or are converted into another Type in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement shall not be considered new Loans made since the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date for purposes of this Section 2A(II).
(d)    To the extent that, at any time, any Creditor believes it has received a smaller proportionate share of the payments of a particular priority than that to which it was entitled as of such time under this Section 2A(II), taking into account payments made to other Creditors, then such Creditor may notify the Collateral Agent of such belief and the Collateral Agent shall thereupon request all Creditors to report to the Collateral Agent the aggregate amount of payments made to them under this Section 2A(II) as of such time (and all Creditors agree to respond to such request promptly and accurately).  The Collateral Agent shall then instruct all Creditors, as soon as commercially practicable, as to the payments to be made among them in order to give effect to this Section 2A(II).  In the absence of manifest error, such instructions shall be binding on all Creditors, each of which hereby agrees to make such payments as soon as reasonably possible after receipt of such instructions and in accordance therewith.  Any request for information made pursuant to this clause (d) to the Creditors by the Collateral Agent may be made, with respect to the Lenders, to the Administrative Agent.
(e)    This clause (II) shall cease to apply on and after a Notice Date until the corresponding Trigger Event ceases to exist and any payments to which this clause would otherwise apply shall be applied as provided in Section 2(a) and the other provisions of this Agreement.
(f)    For the avoidance of doubt, none of the mandatory or voluntary prepayments referred to in this Section 2A(II) constitute a Trigger Event.
(i)The first sentence of Section 5(a) of the Existing Intercreditor Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
All moneys received by the Collateral Agent (in such capacity) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be held for the parties entitled to such moneys pursuant to this Agreement and shall be dealt with in accordance with this Agreement, and either (i) the Collateral Agent shall segregate such moneys from any other moneys held by the Collateral Agent and hold such moneys in an interest bearing account of the Collateral Agent or (ii) with respect to any such moneys to be applied to Priority Bank Obligations, the Collateral Agent shall make such other reasonable arrangements as shall give effect to this Agreement (including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 2(a) hereof).
(j)The definition of “Pledge Agreement” in the Existing Intercreditor Agreement is hereby deleted and each other reference to the Pledge Agreement in the Existing Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to be a reference to “one or more of the Security Documents.” 
(k)Immediately after each reference to gross negligence and willful misconduct in Sections 8(b)(iii), 8(b)(v), 8(b)(vii) and 8(c)(ii) of the Existing Intercreditor Agreement, the phrase “as determined by a final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction” shall be inserted.
(l)A new sentence is hereby added to the end of Section 9(f) of the Existing Intercreditor Agreement to read in its entirety as follows:
For the avoidance of doubt, a refinancing of the Credit Party Obligations under (and as defined in) the Credit Agreement as in effect on the Intercreditor Agreement Amendment Effective Date (after giving to the Bank Second Amendment) shall be deemed to be a transfer of the Obligations owing to the Lenders to the parties providing such refinancing for purposes of this Section 9(f).
2.Miscellaneous Provisions.
(a)Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Amendment, all of the terms, conditions and 

provisions of the Existing Intercreditor Agreement shall remain the same.  It is declared and agreed by each of the parties hereto that the Existing Intercreditor Agreement, as amended hereby, shall continue in full force and effect, and that this Amendment and the Existing Intercreditor Agreement shall be read and construed as one instrument.  All references in any Credit Document or any related agreement or instrument to the Intercreditor Agreement shall hereafter refer to the Existing Intercreditor Agreement, as amended hereby.
(b)THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK EXCLUDING CHOICE-OF-LAW PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF SUCH STATE THAT WOULD PERMIT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN SUCH STATE.
(c)This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.  Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto.  Delivery of an executed signature page by facsimile or e-mail transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Amendment.
(d)This Amendment shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each party hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
(e)Each Noteholder hereby consents to the Bank Second Amendment and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, hereby consents to the Note Second Amendment.

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A/75064303.8 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by its respective officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent
By:     /s/ Beth Rue__________________________
Name: Beth Rue
Title: Director
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent
By:     /s/ Beth Rue__________________________
Name: Beth Rue
Title: Director
PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.
By:_/s/ Yvonne M. Guajardo____________________
Name:  Yvonne M. Guarjardo
Title: Vice PresidentExhibit 10.1 Q312

Exhibit 10.1

ROCK-TENN COMPANY

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2004 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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	§ 1. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
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	§ 2. DEFINITIONS
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	2.1
	Affiliate                                    1

		
	2.2
	Board                                        1

		
	2.3
	Cash Bonus Incentive                            1

		
	2.4
	Cash Bonus Incentive Certificate                        1

		
	2.5
	Change Effective Date                            1

		
	2.6
	Change in Control                                1

		
	2.7
	Code                                        3

		
	2.8
	Committee                                    3

		
	2.9
	Company                                    3

		
	2.10
	Director                                    3

		
	2.11
	Eligible Employee                                3

		
	2.12
	Fair Market Value                                3

		
	2.13
	ISO                                        3

		
	2.14
	1933 Act                                    3

		
	2.15
	1934 Act                                    3

		
	2.16
	Non-ISO                                    4

		
	2.17
	Option                                        4

		
	2.18
	Option Certificate                                4

		
	2.19
	Option Price                                    4

		
	2.20
	Parent                                        4

		
	2.21
	Plan                                        4

		
	2.22
	Preexisting Plan                                4

		
	2.23
	Rule 16b-3                                    4

		
	2.24
	SAR Value                                    4

		
	2.25
	Stock                                        4

		
	2.26
	Stock Appreciation Right                            4

		
	2.27
	Stock Appreciation Right Certificate                    4

		
	2.28
	Stock Grant                                    4

		
	2.29
	Stock Grant Certificate                            4

		
	2.30
	Stock Unit Grant                                5

		
	2.31
	Subsidiary                                    5

		
	2.32
	Ten Percent Shareholder                            5

		
	§ 3.  SHARES AND GRANT LIMITS
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	3.1
	Shares Reserved                                5

		
	3.2
	Source of Shares                                5

		
	3.3
	Use of Proceeds                                6

		
	3.4
	Grant Limits                                    6

		
	3.5
	Preexisting Plan                                6

		
	§ 4. EFFECTIVE DATE
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	§ 5. COMMITTEE
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	§ 6. ELIGIBILITY
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	§ 7. OPTIONS
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	7.1
	Committee Action                                7

		
	7.2
	$100,000 Limit                                7

		
	7.3
	Option Price                                    8

7.4    Payment                                    8
		
	7.5
	Exercise                                    8

		
	§ 8. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
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	8.1
	Committee Action                                9

		
	8.2
	Terms and Conditions                            9

		
	8.3
	Exercise                                            10

		
	§ 9. STOCK GRANTS
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	9.1
	Committee Action                                        10

		
	9.2
	Conditions                                            10

		
	9.3
	Dividends, Voting Rights and Creditor Status                        12

		
	9.4
	Satisfaction of Forfeiture Conditions.                            13

		
	9.5
	Performance Based Grants and Cash Bonus Alternatives                13

		
	§ 10. NON-TRANSFERABILITY
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	§ 11. SECURITIES REGISTRATION
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	§ 12. LIFE OF PLAN
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	§ 13. ADJUSTMENT
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	13.1
	Capital Structure                                        16

		
	13.2
	Available Shares                                        16

		
	13.3
	Transactions Described in § 424 of the Code                                   17

		
	13.4
	Fractional Shares                                        17

		
	§ 14. CHANGE IN CONTROL
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	§ 15. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION
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	§ 16. MISCELLANEOUS
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	16.1
	Shareholder Rights                                        18

		
	16.2
	No Contract of Employment                                18

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	16.3
	Withholding                                            19

		
	16.4
	Construction                                            19

		
	16.5
	Other Conditions                                        19

		
	16.6
	Rule 16b-3                                            19

		
	16.7
	Coordination with Employment Agreements and Other

Agreements                                        20

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§ 1.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

The purpose of this Plan is to promote the interest of the Company by authorizing the Committee to grant Options and Stock Appreciation Rights and to make Stock Grants, Stock Unit Grants and Cash Bonus Incentives to Eligible Employees and Directors in order (1) to attract and retain Eligible Employees and Directors, (2) to provide an additional incentive to each Eligible Employee or Director to work to increase the value of Stock and (3) to provide each Eligible Employee or Director with a stake in the future of the Company which corresponds to the stake of each of the Company's shareholders. This Plan amends and restates the original 2004 Incentive Stock Plan of the Company as of January 27, 2012.

§ 2.

DEFINITIONS

2.1    Affiliate -- means any organization (other than a Subsidiary) that would be treated as under common control with the Company under § 414(c) of the Code if “50 percent” were substituted for “80 percent” in the income tax regulations under § 414(c) of the Code.

2.2    Board    -- means the Board of Directors of the Company.

2.3    Cash Bonus Incentive -- means a cash bonus incentive, which is granted under Section 9.5.

2.4    Cash Bonus Incentive Certificate -- means the certificate (whether in electronic or written form) which sets forth the terms and conditions of a Cash Bonus Incentive granted under this Plan.

2.5    Change Effective Date -- means either the date which includes the “closing” of the transaction which makes a Change in Control effective if the Change in Control is made effective through a transaction which has a “closing” or the date a Change in Control is reported in accordance with applicable law as effective to the Securities and Exchange Commission if the Change in Control is made effective other than through a transaction which has a “closing”.

2.6    Change in Control -- means a change in control of the Company of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the 1934 Act as in effect at the time of such "change in control", provided that such a change in control shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as 

		
	(a)
	any "person" (as that term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the 1934 Act), is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) directly or indirectly, of securities representing 20% or more of the combined voting power for election of directors of the then outstanding securities of the Company or any successor to the Company; 

		
	(b)
	during any period of two consecutive years or less, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board cease, for any reason, to constitute at least a majority of the Board, unless the election or nomination for election of each new director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors at the beginning of the period; 

		
	(c)
	the consummation of any reorganization, merger, consolidation or share exchange which results in the common stock of the Company being changed, converted or exchanged into or for securities of another corporation (other than a merger with a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) or any dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any sale or the disposition of 50% or more of the assets or business of the Company; or 

		
	(d)
	the consummation of any reorganization, merger, consolidation or share exchange unless (A) the persons who were the beneficial owners of the outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company immediately before the consummation of such transaction beneficially own more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the common stock of the successor or survivor corporation in such transaction immediately following the consummation of such transaction and (B) the number of shares of the common stock of such successor or survivor corporation beneficially owned by the persons described in § 2.4(d)(A) immediately following the consummation of such transaction is beneficially owned by each such person in substantially the same proportion that each such person had beneficially owned shares of the Company common stock immediately before the consummation of such transaction, provided (C) the percentage described in § 2.4(d)(A) of the beneficially owned shares of the successor or survivor corporation and the number described in § 2.4 (d)(B) of the beneficially owned shares of the successor or survivor corporation shall be determined exclusively by reference to the shares of the successor or survivor corporation which result from the beneficial ownership of shares of common stock of the Company by the 

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persons described in § 2.4(d)(A) immediately before the consummation of such transaction.

2.7    Code -- means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

2.8    Committee -- means a committee of the Board which shall have at least 2 members, each of whom shall be appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and shall come within the definition of a “non-employee director” under Rule 16b-3 and an “outside director” under § 162(m) of the Code.

2.9    Company -- means Rock-Tenn Company and any successor to Rock-Tenn Company.

2.10    Director -- means any member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary or affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act) of the Company.

2.11    Eligible Employee -- means an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary or Parent or Affiliate to whom the Committee decides for reasons sufficient to the Committee to make a grant under this Plan.  For purposes of the Plan, an employee of any single-member limited liability company that is disregarded as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes will be considered to be employed by the entity that owns such limited liability company.

2.12    Fair Market Value -- means either (a) the closing price on any date for a share of Stock as reported by The Wall Street Journal or, if The Wall Street Journal no longer reports such closing price, such closing price as reported by a newspaper or trade journal selected by the Committee or, if no such closing price is available on such date, (b) such closing price as so reported in accordance with § 2.10(a) for the immediately preceding business day, or, if no newspaper or trade journal reports such closing price or if no such price quotation is available, (c) the price which the Committee acting in good faith determines through any reasonable valuation method that a share of Stock might change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or to sell and both having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts.

2.13    ISO -- means an option granted under this Plan to purchase Stock which is intended to satisfy the requirements of § 422 of the Code.

2.14    1933 Act -- means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

2.15    1934 Act -- means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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2.16    Non-ISO -- means an option granted under this Plan to purchase Stock which is intended to fail to satisfy the requirements of § 422 of the Code.

2.17    Option     -- means an ISO or a Non-ISO which is granted under § 7.

2.18    Option Certificate -- means the certificate (whether in electronic or written form) which sets forth the terms and conditions of an Option granted under this Plan.

2.19    Option Price -- means the price which shall be paid to purchase one share of Stock upon the exercise of an Option granted under this Plan.

2.20    Parent     -- means any corporation which is a parent corporation (within the meaning of § 424(e) of the Code) of the Company.

2.21    Plan -- means this Amended and Restated Rock-Tenn Company 2004 Incentive Stock Plan as effective as of the date approved by the shareholders of the Company on January 27, 2012 and as amended from time to time thereafter.

2.22    Preexisting Plan -- means the following plan, as such plan has been amended from time to time up to the date this Plan is effective: the 2000 Rock-Tenn Company Incentive Stock Plan.
        
2.23    Rule 16b-3 -- means the exemption under Rule 16b‐3 to Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act or any successor to such rule.

2.24    SAR Value -- means the value assigned by the Committee to a share of Stock in connection with the grant of a Stock Appreciation Right under § 8.

2.25    Stock -- means the Class A common stock of the Company.

2.26    Stock Appreciation Right -- means a right which is granted under § 8 to receive the appreciation in a share of Stock.

2.27    Stock Appreciation Right Certificate -- means the certificate (whether in electronic or written form) which sets forth the terms and conditions of a Stock Appreciation Right which is not granted as part of an Option.

2.28    Stock Grant -- means a grant under § 9 which is designed to result in the issuance of the number of shares of Stock described in such grant rather than a payment in cash based on the Fair Market Value of such shares of Stock.

2.29    Stock Grant Certificate -- means the certificate (whether in electronic or written form) which sets forth the terms and conditions of a Stock Grant or a Stock Unit Grant.

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2.30    Stock Unit Grant -- means a grant under § 9 which is designed to result in the payment of cash based on the Fair Market Value of the number of shares of Stock described in such grant rather than the issuance of the number of shares of Stock described in such grant.

2.31    Subsidiary -- means a corporation which is a subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of § 424(f) of the Code) of the Company.  For purposes of the Plan, a “corporation” includes any noncorporate entity that is treated as a corporation under §7701 of the Code.

2.32    Ten Percent Shareholder -- means a person who owns (after taking into account the attribution rules of § 424(d) of the Code) more than ten percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of either the Company, a Subsidiary or Parent.

§ 3. 

SHARES AND GRANT LIMITS

3.1    Shares Reserved.  There shall (subject to § 13) be reserved for issuance under this Plan (a) 7,400,000 shares of Stock plus (b) the number of shares of Stock which would remain available for issuance under each Preexisting Plan if shares were issued on the effective date of this Plan sufficient to satisfy grants then outstanding under such plan plus (c) the number of shares of Stock subject to grants under any Preexisting Plan which are outstanding on the effective date of this Plan and which are forfeited or expire on or after such effective date in accordance with the terms of such grants; provided, however, (d) no more than the number of shares of Stock described in § 3.1(a) shall be issued in connection with the exercise of ISOs and  (e) nothing in this Plan shall affect any grants under any Preexisting Plan which are outstanding on the effective date of this Plan until such time, if any, that any shares of Stock subject to such grants are forfeited or grants respecting any shares of Stock expire on or after such effective date in accordance with the terms of such grants.
    
3.2    Source of Shares.  The shares of Stock described in § 3.1 shall be reserved to the extent that the Company deems appropriate from authorized but unissued shares of Stock and from shares of Stock which have been reacquired by the Company.  All shares of Stock described in § 3.1 shall remain available for issuance under this Plan until issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right or issued pursuant to a Stock Grant, and any such shares of stock which are issued pursuant to an Option, a Stock Appreciation Right or a Stock Grant which are forfeited thereafter shall again become available for issuance under this Plan.  If the Option Price under an Option is paid in whole or in part in shares of Stock, if shares of Stock are tendered to or withheld by the Company in satisfaction of any condition to a Stock Grant, or if shares of Stock are tendered to or withheld by the 

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Company to satisfy any tax withholding under § 16.3, such shares thereafter shall not become available for issuance under this Plan.    Finally, if shares are issued pursuant to the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the number of shares deemed issued upon such exercise for purposes of this § 3.2 shall be the full number of shares with respect to which  appreciation is measured under the exercised Stock Appreciation Right.

3.3    Use of Proceeds.  The proceeds which the Company receives from the sale of any shares of Stock under this Plan shall be used for general corporate purposes and shall be added to the general funds of the Company.

3.4    Grant Limits.  No Eligible Employee or Director in any calendar year shall be granted an Option to purchase (subject to § 13) more than 500,000 shares of Stock or a Stock Appreciation Right based on the appreciation with respect to (subject to § 13) more than 500,000 shares of Stock, and no Stock Grant or Stock Unit Grant shall be made to any Eligible Employee or Director in any calendar year where the Fair Market Value of the Stock subject to such grant on the date of the grant exceeds $5,000,000.  If the Committee pays a cash bonus to an Eligible Employee or Director pursuant to a Cash Bonus Incentive granted under § 9.5(a), such cash bonus paid in any calendar year to any individual shall not exceed $5,000,000.

3.5    Preexisting Plan.  No grants shall be made under any Preexisting Plan on or after the date this Plan becomes effective.

§ 4. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

The effective date of this Plan shall be the date the shareholders of the Company (acting at a duly called meeting of such shareholders) approve the adoption of this Plan, as amended and restated herein.  

§ 5.

COMMITTEE

This Plan shall be administered by the Committee.  The Committee acting in its absolute discretion shall exercise such powers and take such action as expressly called for under this Plan and, further, the Committee shall have the power to interpret this Plan and (subject to § 14 and § 15 and Rule 16b-3) to take such other action in the administration and operation of this Plan as the Committee deems equitable under the circumstances, which action shall be binding on the Company, on each affected Eligible Employee or Director and on each other person directly or indirectly affected by such action.  Furthermore, the Committee as a condition to making any grant under this Plan 

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to any Eligible Employee or Director shall have the right to require him or her to execute an agreement which makes the Eligible Employee or Director subject to non-competition provisions and other restrictive covenants which run in favor of the Company.

§ 6.

ELIGIBILITY

Only Eligible Employees who are employed by the Company or a Subsidiary or Parent shall be eligible for the grant of ISOs under this Plan.  All Eligible Employees and all Directors shall be eligible for the grant of Non-ISOs and Stock Appreciation Rights and for Stock Grants, Stock Unit Grants and Cash Bonus Incentives under this Plan.  

§ 7.

OPTIONS

7.1    Committee Action.  The Committee acting in its absolute discretion shall have the right to grant Options to Eligible Employees and to Directors under this Plan from time to time to purchase shares of Stock, but the Committee shall not (subject to § 13) take any action, whether through amendment, cancellation, replacement grants, or any other means, to reduce the Option Price of any outstanding Options absent approval of the Company's shareholders or to effect a cash buyout of any outstanding Option which has an Option Price per share in excess of the then Fair Market Value per share. Each grant of an Option to an Eligible Employee or Director shall be evidenced by an Option Certificate, and each Option Certificate shall set forth whether the Option is an ISO or a Non-ISO and shall set forth such other terms and conditions of such grant as the Committee acting in its absolute discretion deems consistent with the terms of this Plan; however, (a) if the Committee grants an ISO and a Non-ISO to an Eligible Employee on the same date, the right of the Eligible Employee to exercise the ISO shall not be conditioned on his or her failure to exercise the Non-ISO and (b) if the only condition to exercise of the Option is the completion of a period of service, such period of service shall be no less than the one (1) year period which starts on the date as of which the Option is granted unless the Committee determines that a shorter period of service (or no period of service) better serves the Company's interest.

7.2    $100,000 Limit.  No Option shall be treated as an ISO to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Stock subject to the Option which would first become exercisable in any calendar year exceeds $100,000.  Any such excess shall instead automatically be treated as a Non-ISO.  The Committee shall interpret and administer the ISO limitation set forth in this § 7.2 in accordance with § 422(d) of the Code, and the Committee shall treat this § 7.2 as in effect only for those periods for which § 422(d) of the Code is in effect.

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7.3    Option Price.  The Option Price for each share of Stock subject to an Option shall be no less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date the Option is granted; provided, however, if the Option is an ISO granted to an Eligible Employee who is a Ten Percent Shareholder, the Option Price for each share of Stock subject to such ISO shall be no less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date such ISO is granted.

7.4    Payment.  The Option Price shall be payable in full upon the exercise of any Option and, at the discretion of the Committee, an Option Certificate can provide for the payment of the Option Price either (a) in cash, or (b) by check, or (c) in Stock which is acceptable to the Committee, or (d) through any cashless exercise procedure which is effected by an unrelated broker through a sale of Stock in the open market and which is acceptable to the Committee, or (e) through any cashless exercise procedure which is acceptable to the Committee, or (f) in any combination of such forms of payment.  Any payment made in Stock shall be treated as equal to the Fair Market Value of such Stock on the date the certificate for such Stock (or proper evidence of such certificate) is presented to the Committee or its delegate in such form as acceptable to the Committee. Any method for the payment of the Option Price permitted pursuant to this § 7.4 may be used for the payment of any withholding requirements under § 16.3.  Each Option Certificate shall be deemed to include the right to pay the Option Price in accordance with the procedure described in § 7.4(c) or § 7.4(e).

7.5    Exercise.  

		
	(a)
	Exercise Period.  Each Option granted under this Plan shall be exercisable in whole or in part at such time or times as set forth in the related Option Certificate, but no Option Certificate shall make an Option exercisable on or after the earlier of 

		
	(1)
	the date which is the fifth anniversary of the date the Option is granted, if the Option is an ISO and  the Eligible Employee is a Ten Percent Shareholder on the date the Option is granted, or 

		
	(2)
	the date which is the tenth anniversary of the date the Option is granted, if the Option is (a) a Non-ISO or (b) an ISO which is granted to an Eligible Employee who is not a Ten Percent Shareholder on the date the Option is granted.

 
		
	(b)
	Termination of Status as Eligible Employee or Director.  Subject to § 7.5(a), an Option Certificate may provide for the 

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exercise of an Option after an Eligible Employee's or a Director's status as such has terminated for any reason whatsoever, including death or disability.

§ 8.

STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

8.1    Committee Action.  The Committee acting in its absolute discretion shall have the right to grant Stock Appreciation Rights to Eligible Employees and to Directors under this Plan from time to time, and each Stock Appreciation Right grant shall be evidenced by a Stock Appreciation Right Certificate or, if such Stock Appreciation Right is granted as part of an Option, shall be evidenced by the Option Certificate for the related Option.

8.2    Terms and Conditions.  

		
	(a)
	Stock Appreciation Right Certificate.  If a Stock Appreciation Right is granted independent of an Option, such Stock Appreciation Right shall be evidenced by a Stock Appreciation Right Certificate, and such certificate shall set forth the number of shares of Stock on which the Eligible Employee's or Director's right to appreciation shall be based and the SAR Value of each share of Stock.  Such SAR Value shall be no less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date that the Stock Appreciation Right is granted.  The Stock Appreciation Right Certificate shall set forth such other terms and conditions for the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right as the Committee deems appropriate under the circumstances, but no Stock Appreciation Right Certificate shall make a Stock Appreciation Right exercisable on or after the date which is the tenth anniversary of the date such Stock Appreciation Right is granted.

		
	(b)
	Option Certificate.  If a Stock Appreciation Right is granted together with an Option, such Stock Appreciation Right shall be evidenced by an Option Certificate, the number of shares of Stock on which the Eligible Employee's or Director's right to appreciation shall be based shall be the same as the number of shares of Stock subject to the related Option, and the SAR Value for each such share of Stock shall be no less than the Option Price under the related Option.  Each such Option Certificate shall provide that the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right with respect to any share of Stock shall cancel the Eligible Employee's or Director's right to exercise his or her Option with respect to such share and, conversely, that 

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the exercise of the Option with respect to any share of Stock shall cancel the Eligible Employee's or Director's right to exercise his or her Stock Appreciation Right with respect to such share.  A Stock Appreciation Right which is granted as part of an Option shall be exercisable only while the related Option is exercisable.  The Option Certificate shall set forth such other terms and conditions for the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right as the Committee deems appropriate under the circumstances.

		
	(c)
	Minimum Period of Service.  If the only condition to exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right is the completion of a period of service, such period of service shall be no less than the one (1) year period which starts on the date as of which the Stock Appreciation Right is granted unless the Committee determines that a shorter period of service (or no period of service) better serves the Company's interest.

8.3    Exercise.   A Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable only when the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on which the right to appreciation is based exceeds the SAR Value for such share, and the payment due on exercise shall be based on such excess with respect to the number of shares of Stock to which the exercise relates.  An Eligible Employee or Director upon the exercise of his or her Stock Appreciation Right shall receive a payment from the Company in cash or in Stock issued under this Plan, or in a combination of cash and Stock, and the number of shares of Stock issued shall be based on the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date the Stock Appreciation Right is exercised.  The Committee acting in its absolute discretion shall have the right to determine the form and time of any payment under this § 8.3.

§ 9.

STOCK GRANTS

9.1    Committee Action.  The Committee acting in its absolute discretion shall have the right to make Stock Grants and Stock Unit Grants to Eligible Employees and to Directors.  Each Stock Grant and each Stock Unit Grant shall be evidenced by a Stock Grant Certificate, and each Stock Grant Certificate shall set forth the conditions, if any, under which Stock will be issued under the Stock Grant or cash will be paid under the Stock Unit Grant and the conditions under which the Eligible Employee's or Director's interest in any Stock which has been issued will become non-forfeitable.

9.2    Conditions.

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	(a)
	Conditions to Issuance of Stock.  The Committee acting in its absolute discretion may make the issuance of Stock under a Stock Grant subject to the satisfaction of one, or more than one, condition which the Committee deems appropriate under the circumstances for Eligible Employees or Directors generally or for an Eligible Employee or a Director in particular, and the related Stock Grant Certificate shall set forth each such condition and the deadline for satisfying each such condition.  Stock subject to a Stock Grant shall be issued in the name of an Eligible Employee or Director only after each such condition, if any, has been timely satisfied, and any Stock which is so issued shall be held by the Company pending the satisfaction of the forfeiture conditions, if any, under § 9.2(b) for the related Stock Grant. 

		
	(b)
	Conditions on Forfeiture of Stock or Cash Payment.  The Committee acting in its absolute discretion may make any cash payment due under a Stock Unit Grant or Stock issued in the name of an Eligible Employee or Director under a Stock Grant non-forfeitable subject to the satisfaction of one, or more than one, objective employment, performance or other condition that the Committee acting in its absolute discretion deems appropriate under the circumstances for Eligible Employees or Directors generally or for an Eligible Employee or a Director in particular, and the related Stock Grant Certificate shall set forth each such  condition, if any, and the deadline, if any, for satisfying each such condition.  An Eligible Employee's or a Director's non-forfeitable interest in the shares of Stock underlying a Stock Grant or the cash payable under a Stock Unit Grant shall depend on the extent to which he or she timely satisfies each such condition.  If a share of Stock is issued under this § 9.2(b) before an Eligible Employee's or Director's interest in such share of Stock is non-forfeitable, (1) such share of Stock shall not be available for re-issuance under § 3 until such time, if any, as such share of Stock thereafter is forfeited as a result of a failure to timely satisfy a forfeiture condition and (2) the Company shall have the right to condition any such issuance on the Eligible Employee or Director first signing an irrevocable stock power in favor of the Company with respect to the forfeitable shares of Stock issued to such Eligible Employee or Director in order for the Company to effect any forfeiture called for under the related Stock Grant Certificate.

		
	(c)
	Minimum Period of Service.  If the only condition to the forfeiture of a Stock Grant or a Stock Unit Grant is the completion of a period of service, such period of service shall be no less than the three

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(3) year period which starts on the date as of which the Stock Grant or Stock Unit Grant is made unless the Committee determines that a shorter period of service (or no period of service) better serves the Company's interest.

9.3    Dividends, Voting Rights and Creditor Status.  

		
	(a)
	Cash Dividends.  Except as otherwise set forth in a Stock Grant Certificate, if a dividend is paid in cash on a share of Stock after such Stock has been issued under a Stock Grant but before the first date that an Eligible Employee's or a Director's interest in such Stock (1) is forfeited completely or (2) becomes completely non-forfeitable, the Company shall pay such cash dividend directly to such Eligible Employee or Director.

		
	(b)
	Stock Dividends.  If a dividend is paid on a share of Stock in Stock after such Stock has been issued under a Stock Grant but before the first date that an Eligible Employee's or a Director's interest in such Stock (1) is forfeited completely or (2) becomes completely non-forfeitable, the Company shall hold such dividend Stock subject to the same conditions under § 9.2(b) as the related Stock Grant.

		
	(c)
	Other.  If a dividend (other than a dividend described in § 9.3(a) or § 9.3(b)) is paid with respect to a share of Stock after such Stock has been issued under a Stock Grant but before the first date that an Eligible Employee's or a Director's interest in such Stock (1) is forfeited completely or (2) becomes completely non-forfeitable, the Company shall distribute or hold such dividend in accordance with such rules as the Committee shall adopt with respect to each such dividend.  

		
	(d)
	Voting.  Except as otherwise set forth in a Stock Grant Certificate, an Eligible Employee or a Director shall have the right to vote the Stock issued under his or her Stock Grant during the period which comes after such Stock has been issued under a Stock Grant but before the first date that an Eligible Employee's or Director's interest in such Stock (1) is forfeited completely or (2) becomes completely non-forfeitable.

		
	(e)
	General Creditor Status.  Each Eligible Employee and each Director to whom a Stock Unit grant is made shall be no more than a general and unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to any cash payable under such Stock Unit Grant.

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9.4    Satisfaction of Forfeiture Conditions.   A share of Stock shall cease to be subject to a Stock Grant at such time as an Eligible Employee's or a Director's interest in such Stock becomes non-forfeitable under this Plan, and the certificate or other evidence of ownership representing such share shall be transferred to the Eligible Employee or Director as soon as practicable thereafter.

9.5    Performance Based Grants and Cash Bonus Alternatives.  

		
	(a)
	General.  The Committee shall (where the Committee under the circumstances deems in the Company's best interest) either (1) make Stock Grants and Stock Unit Grants or, as an alternative to Stock Grants or Stock Unit Grants, grant Cash Bonus Incentives to Eligible Employees subject to at least one condition related to one, or more than one, performance goal based on the performance goals described in § 9.5(b) which seems likely to result in the Stock Grant or Stock Unit Grant or Cash Bonus Incentive qualifying as “performance-based compensation” under § 162(m) of the Code or (2) make Stock Grants or Stock Unit Grants or grant Cash Bonus Incentives under such other circumstances as the Committee deems likely to result in an income tax deduction for the Company with respect to such Stock Grant or Stock Unit Grant or Cash Bonus Incentive. Each grant of a Cash Bonus Incentive to an Eligible Employee or Director shall be evidenced by a Cash Bonus Incentive Certificate

		
	(b)
	Performance Goals.  A performance goal is described in this § 9.5(b) if such goal relates to (1) the Company's return over capital costs or increases in return over capital costs, (2) the Company's return on invested capital or increases in return on invested capital, (3) the Company's operating performance or operating performance improvement, (4) the Company's safety record, (5) the Company's customer satisfaction survey, (6) the Company's total earnings or the growth in such earnings, (7) the Company's consolidated earnings or the growth in such earnings, (8) the Company's earnings per share or the growth in such earnings, (9) the Company's net earnings or income or the growth in such earnings or income, (10) the Company's earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation, amortization and other non-cash items or the growth in such earnings, (11) the Company's earnings before interest and taxes or the growth in such earnings, (12) the Company's consolidated net income or the growth in such income, (13) the value of the Company's common stock or the growth in such value, (14) the Company's stock price or the growth in such 

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price, (15) the weight or volume of paperboard or containerboard produced or converted by the Company, (16) the Company's return on assets or the growth on such return, (17) the Company's cash flow or the growth in such cash flow, (18) the Company's total shareholder return or the growth in such return, (19) the Company's expenses or the reduction of such expenses, (20) the Company's sales or sales growth; (21) the Company's overhead ratios or changes in such ratios, (22) the Company's expense-to-sales ratios or the changes in such ratios, or (23) the Company's economic value added or changes in such value added.  The performance goals for the participants will (as the Committee deems appropriate) be based on criteria related to company-wide performance, division-specific or other business unit-specific performance (where the Committee can apply the business criteria on such basis), plant or facility-specific performance, department-specific performance, personal goal performance or any combination of the performance-based criteria.

		
	(c)
	Alternative Goals.  A performance goal under this § 9.5 may be set in any manner determined by the Committee, including looking to achievement on an absolute or relative basis in relation to peer groups or indexes.  Further, the Committee may express any goal in alternatives, or in a range of alternatives, as the Committee deems appropriate or helpful, such as including or excluding (1) any acquisitions or dispositions, restructurings, discontinued operations, extraordinary items, and other unusual or non-recurring charges, (2) any event either not directly related to the operations of the Company or not within the reasonable control of the Company's management, or (3) the effects of tax or accounting changes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

§ 10.

NON-TRANSFERABILITY

No Option, Stock Grant, Stock Unit Grant, Stock Appreciation Right or Cash Bonus Incentive shall (absent the Committee's consent) be transferable by an Eligible Employee or a Director other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and any Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall (absent the Committee's consent) be exercisable during an Eligible Employee's or Director's lifetime only by the Eligible Employee or Director.  The person or persons to whom an Option, Stock Grant, Stock Unit Grant, Stock Appreciation Right or Cash Bonus Incentive is transferred by 

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will or by the laws of descent and distribution (or with the Committee's consent) thereafter shall be treated as the Eligible Employee or Director.

§ 11.

SECURITIES REGISTRATION

As a condition to the receipt of shares of Stock under this Plan, the Eligible Employee or Director shall, if so requested by the Company, agree to hold such shares of Stock for investment and not with a view of resale or distribution to the public and, if so requested by the Company, shall deliver to the Company a written statement satisfactory to the Company to that effect.  Furthermore, if so requested by the Company, the Eligible Employee or Director shall make a written representation to the Company that he or she will not sell or offer for sale any of such Stock unless a registration statement shall be in effect with respect to such Stock under the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities law or he or she shall have furnished to the Company an opinion in form and substance satisfactory to the Company of legal counsel satisfactory to the Company that such registration is not required.  Certificates or other evidence of ownership representing the Stock transferred upon the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right or upon the lapse of the forfeiture conditions, if any, on any Stock Grant may at the discretion of the Company bear a legend to the effect  that such Stock has not been registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state securities law and that such Stock cannot be sold or offered for sale in the absence of an effective registration statement as to such Stock under the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities law or an opinion in form and substance satisfactory to the Company of legal counsel satisfactory to the Company that such registration is not required.

§ 12.

LIFE OF PLAN

No Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be granted or Stock Grant, Stock Unit Grant or Cash Bonus Incentive made under this Plan on or after the earlier of:

		
	(1)
	the tenth anniversary of the effective date of this Plan (as determined under § 4), in which event this Plan otherwise thereafter shall continue in effect until all outstanding Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and Cash Bonus Incentives have been exercised in full or no longer are exercisable and all Stock issued under any Stock Grants 

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under this Plan have been forfeited or have become non-forfeitable, or

		
	(2)
	the date on which all of the Stock reserved under § 3 has (as a result of the exercise of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights granted under this Plan or the satisfaction of the forfeiture conditions, if any, on Stock Grants) been issued or no longer is available for use under this Plan, in which event this Plan also shall terminate on such date.

§ 13.

ADJUSTMENT

13.1    Capital Structure.  The grant caps described in § 3.4, the number, kind or class (or any combination thereof) of shares of Stock subject to outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted under this Plan and the Option Price of such Options and the SAR Value of such Stock Appreciation Rights as well as the number, kind or class (or any combination thereof) of shares of Stock subject to outstanding Stock Grants and Stock Unit Grants made under this Plan shall be adjusted by the Committee in a reasonable and equitable manner to preserve immediately after

		
	(a)
	any equity restructuring or change in the capitalization of the Company, including, but not limited to, spin offs, stock dividends, large non-reoccurring dividends, rights offerings or stock splits, or

		
	(b)
	any other transaction described in § 424(a) of the Code which does not constitute a Change in Control of the Company

the aggregate intrinsic value of each such outstanding Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Grant and Stock Unit Grant immediately before such restructuring or recapitalization or other transaction.

13.2    Available Shares.  If any adjustment is made with respect to any outstanding Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Grant or Stock Unit Grant under § 13.1, then the Committee shall adjust the number, kind or class (or any combination thereof) of shares of Stock reserved under § 3.1 so that there is a sufficient number, kind and class of shares of Stock available for issuance pursuant to each such Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Grant and Stock Unit Grant as adjusted under § 13.1 without seeking the approval of the Company's shareholders for such adjustment unless such approval is required under applicable law or the rules of the stock exchange on which shares of Stock are traded.  Furthermore, the Committee shall have the absolute discretion to further adjust such number, kind or class (or any combination thereof) of shares of Stock reserved under § 3.1 in light of any of the events described in § 13.1(a) and § 13.1(b) to the extent the Committee acting in good faith determinates that a 

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further adjustment would be appropriate and proper under the circumstances and in keeping with the purposes of this Plan without seeking the approval of the Company's shareholders for such adjustment unless such approval is required under applicable law or the rules of the stock exchange on which shares of Stock are traded.

13.3    Transactions Described in § 424 of the Code.   If there is a  corporate transaction described in § 424(a) of the Code which does not constitute a Change in Control of the Company, the Committee as part of any such transaction shall have the right to make Stock Grants, Stock Unit Grants and Option and Stock Appreciation Right grants (without regard to any limitations set forth under 3.4 of this Plan) to effect the assumption of, or the substitution for, outstanding stock grants, stock unit grants and option and stock appreciation right grants previously made by any other corporation to the extent that such corporate transaction calls for such substitution or assumption of such outstanding stock grants, stock unit grants and stock option and stock appreciation right grants.  Furthermore, if the Committee makes any such grants as part of any such transaction, the Committee shall have the right to increase the number of shares of Stock available for issuance under § 3.1 by the number of shares of Stock subject to such grants without seeking the approval of the Company's shareholders for such adjustment unless such approval is required under applicable law or the rules of the stock exchange on which shares of Stock are traded.

13.4    Fractional Shares.  If any adjustment under this § 13 would create a fractional share of Stock or a right to acquire a fractional share of Stock under any Option, Stock Appreciation Right or Stock Grant, such fractional share shall be disregarded and the number of shares of Stock reserved under this Plan and the number subject to any Options or Stock Appreciation Right grants and Stock Grants shall be the next lower number of shares of Stock, rounding all fractions downward.  An adjustment made under this § 13 by the Committee shall be conclusive and binding on all affected persons.

§ 14.

CHANGE IN CONTROL

If there is a Change in Control of the Company, then as of the Change Effective Date for such Change in Control any and all conditions to the exercise of all outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights on such date and any and all outstanding issuance and forfeiture conditions on any Stock Grants, Stock Unit Grants and Cash Bonus Incentives on such date automatically shall be deemed 100% satisfied as of such Change Effective Date, and the Board shall have the right (to the extent expressly required as part of such transaction) to cancel such Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Stock Grants, Stock Unit Grants and Cash Bonus Incentives after providing each Eligible Employee and Director a reasonable period to exercise his or her Options, Stock Appreciation Rights and Cash Bonus Incentives and to take such 

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other action as necessary or appropriate to receive the Stock subject to any Stock Grants and the cash payable under any Stock Unit Grants or Cash Bonus Incentives; provided, if any issuance or forfeiture condition described in this § 14 relates to satisfying any performance goal, such issuance or forfeiture condition shall be deemed satisfied under this § 14 at the maximum payout, unless (i) the period during which the performance goal is to be measured has ended before the Change Effective Date, in which event such issuance or forfeiture condition shall be based on the actual performance level achieved during the measurement period, or (ii) the applicable award certificate or other relevant award document provides otherwise.

§ 15.

AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION

This Plan may be amended by the Board from time to time to the extent that the Board deems necessary or appropriate; provided, however, (a) no amendment shall be made absent the approval of the shareholders of the Company to the extent such approval is required under applicable law or the rules of the stock exchange on which shares of Stock are listed and (b) no amendment shall be made to § 14 on or after the date of any Change in Control which might adversely affect any rights which otherwise would vest on the related Change Effective Date.  The Board also may suspend granting Options or Stock Appreciation Rights or making Stock Grants, Stock Unit Grants or Cash Bonus Incentives under this Plan at any time and may terminate this Plan at any time; provided, however, the Board shall not have the right unilaterally to modify, amend or cancel any Option, Stock Appreciation Right granted or Stock Grant or Cash Bonus Incentive made before such suspension or termination unless (1) the Eligible Employee or Director consents in writing to such modification, amendment or cancellation or (2) there is a dissolution or liquidation of the Company or a transaction described in § 13.1 or § 14.

§ 16.

MISCELLANEOUS

16.1    Shareholder Rights.  No Eligible Employee or Director shall have any rights as a shareholder of the Company as a result of the grant of an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right pending the actual delivery of the Stock subject to such Option or Stock Appreciation Right to such Eligible Employee or Director.  An Eligible Employee's or a Director's rights as a shareholder in the shares of Stock which remain subject to forfeiture under § 9.2(b) shall be set forth in the related Stock Grant Certificate.

16.2    No Contract of Employment.  The grant of an Option, a Stock Appreciation Right, a Stock Grant, Stock Unit Grant or Cash Bonus Incentive to an 

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Eligible Employee or Director under this Plan shall not constitute a contract of employment or a right to continue to serve on the Board and shall not confer on an Eligible Employee or Director any rights upon his or her termination of employment or service in addition to those rights, if any, expressly set forth in this Plan or the related Option Certificate, Stock Appreciation Right Certificate, Stock Grant Certificate or Cash Bonus Incentive Certificate.

16.3    Withholding.  Each Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Grant, Stock Unit Grant and Cash Bonus Incentive shall be made subject to the condition that the Eligible Employee or Director consents to whatever action the Committee directs to satisfy the minimum statutory federal and state tax withholding requirements, if any, which the Company determines are applicable to the exercise of such Option, Stock Appreciation Right or Cash Bonus Incentive or to the satisfaction of any forfeiture conditions with respect to Stock subject to a Stock Grant or Stock Unit Grant issued in the name of the Eligible Employee or Director.  No withholding shall be effected under this Plan which exceeds the minimum statutory federal and state withholding requirements.

16.4    Construction.  All references to sections (§) are to sections (§) of this Plan unless otherwise indicated.  This Plan shall be construed under the laws of the State of Georgia.  Each term set forth in § 2 shall, unless otherwise stated, have the meaning set forth opposite such term for purposes of this Plan and, for purposes of such definitions, the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular.  Finally, if there is any conflict between the terms of this Plan and the terms of any Option Certificate, Stock Appreciation Right Certificate, Stock Grant Certificate or Cash Bonus Incentive Certificate, the terms of this Plan shall control.

16.5    Other Conditions.  Each Option Certificate, Stock Appreciation Right  Certificate or Stock Grant Certificate may require that an Eligible Employee or a Director (as a condition to the exercise of an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right or the issuance of Stock subject to a Stock Grant) enter into any agreement or make such representations prepared by the Company, including (without limitation) any agreement which restricts the transfer of Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right or a Stock Grant or provides for the repurchase of such Stock by the Company.

16.6    Rule 16b-3.  The Committee shall have the right to amend any Option, Stock Grant, Stock Appreciation Right or Cash Bonus Incentive to withhold or otherwise restrict the transfer of any Stock or cash under this Plan to an Eligible Employee or Director as the Committee deems appropriate in order to satisfy any condition or requirement under Rule 16b-3 to the extent Rule 16 of the 1934 Act might be applicable to such grant or transfer.

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16.7    Coordination with Employment Agreements and Other Agreements.  If the Company enters into an employment agreement or other agreement with an Eligible Employee or Director which expressly provides for the acceleration in vesting of an outstanding Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Grant, Stock Unit Grant or Cash Bonus Incentive or for the extension of the deadline to exercise any rights under an outstanding Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Grant, Stock Unit Grant or Cash Bonus Incentive, any such acceleration or extension shall be deemed effected pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of such outstanding Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Grant, Stock Unit Grant or Cash Bonus Incentive and this Plan even if such employment agreement or other agreement is first effective after the date the outstanding Option, Stock Appreciation Right or Cash Bonus Incentive was granted or the Stock Grant, Stock Unit Grant or Cash Bonus Incentive was made.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused its duly authorized officer to execute this Plan to evidence its adoption of this Plan.

ROCK-TENN COMPANY

By:    /s/ Steven C. Voorhees 
Date:     January 27, 2012

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