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                                                                   Exhibit 10(9)

                                   AMENDMENT
                                      TO
                             THE MEAD CORPORATION
                         EXCESS EARNINGS BENEFIT PLAN

     WHEREAS, The Mead Corporation ("Mead") heretofore established The Mead
Corporation Excess Earnings Benefit Plan (the "Plan") and subsequently amended
the Plan, and

     WHEREAS, Mead desires to further amend the Plan pursuant to the power
reserved to Mead's Compensation Committee by Section 6 of the Plan;

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

     1.   Subsection 4.5 is revised to read as follows:

          4.5  EXCAP Credit in Lieu of Distribution.  A Participant who is also
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          a Participant in the EXCAP may elect to waive his right to receive any
          amount otherwise distributable to him pursuant to the provisions of
          subsection 4.1 and to have the same amount credited for his benefit
          (as of the date distribution would have been made) and subsequently
          distributed to him under the terms of the EXCAP. An election made by a
          Participant in accordance with the provisions of this subsection must
          be in such written form as the Committee shall decide and filed with
          the Plan Administrator at least three months prior to the
          Participant's employment termination with the Employers and Affiliates
          with respect to distributions made on or after employment termination
          or, as an additional alternative, filed at any time prior to a Change
          in Control (as defined in Section 3.01 of Benefits Trust Agreement)
          with respect to distributions made on or after a Change in Control. An
          election made by a Participant pursuant to the foregoing sentence
          shall be revocable at any time that is at least three months prior to
          the date of termination of employment with the Employers and
          Affiliates or a Change in Control, as appropriate. In no event shall
          this subsection be applicable to any amount distributable to a
          Participant's surviving Spouse pursuant to the provisions of
          subsection 4.2.<PAGE>

                                                                  Exhibit 10(10)

                                   AMENDMENT
                                      TO
                             THE MEAD CORPORATION
                        SECTION 415 EXCESS BENEFIT PLAN

     WHEREAS, The Mead Corporation ("Mead") heretofore established The Mead
Corporation Section 415 Excess Benefit Plan (the "Plan") and subsequently
amended the Plan, and

     WHEREAS, Mead desires to further amend the Plan pursuant to the power
reserved to Mead's Compensation Committee by Section 6 of the Plan;

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

     1.   Subsection 4.5 is revised to read as follows:

          4.5  ECAP Credit in Lieu of Distribution.  A Participant who is also
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          a Participant in The Mead Corporation Executive Capital Accumulation
          Plan ("ECAP") may elect to waive his right to receive any amount
          otherwise distributable to him pursuant to the provisions of
          subsection 4.1 and to have the same amount credited for his benefit
          (as of the date distribution would have been made) and subsequently
          distributed to him under the terms of the ECAP. An election made by a
          Participant in accordance with the provisions of this subsection must
          be in such written form as the Committee shall decide and filed with
          the Plan Administrator at least three months prior to the
          Participant's employment termination with the Employers and Affiliates
          with respect to distributions made on or after employment termination
          or, as an additional alternative, filed at any time prior to a Change
          in Control (as defined in Section 3.01 of Benefits Trust Agreement)
          with respect to distributions made on or after a Change in Control. An
          election made by a Participant pursuant to the foregoing sentence
          shall be revocable at any time that is at least three months prior to
          the date of termination of employment with the Employers and
          Affiliates or a Change in Control, as appropriate. In no event shall
          this subsection be applicable to any amount distributable to a
          Participant's surviving Spouse pursuant to the provisions of
          subsection 4.2.<PAGE>

                                                                  Exhibit 10(11)

                                 AMENDMENT TO
                             THE MEAD CORPORATION
                      DIRECTORS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PLAN

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

     WHEREAS, Mead desires to further amend the Plan pursuant to the power
reserved to Mead's Compensation Committee by subsection 12 of the Plan;

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

1.   Section 3.2 is revised to delete the last two sentences and add the
following in substitute thereof:

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

          Subject to Section 8.1 (except as specifically otherwise provided in
          this Section 3.2), a Participant may revise an Annual Election to
          Participate with respect to the Distribution Period, the calendar year
          during which the Distribution Period commences and reduce or delay an
          Interim Distribution as follows:

                    (i)    prior to a Change in Control, a Participant may
               revise a previously elected Distribution Period and the calendar
               year during which distributions are made for a Participant
               Account (such revision being permitted to include receiving all
               or a portion of a Participant Account in a lump sum following a
               Change in Control and prior to employment termination), provided
               that any such revision is effective only for distributions on or
               following a Change in Control and with respect to the balance of
               a Participant Account on a Change in Control.

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                    (ii)   at least three months prior to termination of service
               as a Director (whether before or after a Change in Control), a
               Participant may (A) revise (1) the Distribution Period or (2) the
               calendar year during which distributions commence following such
               termination with respect to the balance of a Participant Account
               on termination of service and (B) reduce or delay an Interim
               Distribution payable following employment termination.

               A Participant can revise an Annual Election to Participate in
          accordance with this subsection on a form furnished by and filed with
          the Plan Administrator at any time prior to the date stated in (i) or
          (ii), as applicable, in this subsection 3.2.

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

          The term "Distribution Payment Date" means July 20 of each year,
          except that if an election is filed in accordance with subsection 3.2
          with respect to distributions following a Change in Control, the term
          includes July 20 of the year selected by a Participant to receive a
          lump sum distribution.

3.   Section 12 is revised to (i) delete the word "and" at the end of (a), (ii)
add a semi colon at the end of (b) and (iii) add the following:

          (c)  a Participant's right to revise Distribution Payment Date(s) in
     accordance with Subsection 3.2 shall continue.<PAGE>

                                                                  Exhibit 10(12)

                               FOURTH AMENDMENT
                          TO BENEFIT TRUST AGREEMENT
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     WHEREAS, the Benefit Trust Agreement was established by trust agreement
dated August 27, 1996, by and between The Mead Corporation, an Ohio corporation
(the "Company") and Key Bank, N.A., a national banking association (the
"Trustee"), as a restatement in its entirety and continuation of a trust
established January 9, 1987, by and between the Company and Society Bank,
National Association, a national banking association, and subsequently amended,
effective as of June 24, 1998, October 28, 2000, and June 28, 2001; and

     WHEREAS, it is desirable to further amend the Benefit Trust Agreement;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Benefit Trust Agreement, as amended, is hereby further
amended, effective as of August 28, 2001, as follows:

     Article III of the Benefit Trust Agreement is amended by adding the
following provision as a new Section 3.03 to the end thereof:

          3.03  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article or
     anything in the Trust to the contrary, none of (i) the execution of the
     Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among MWHolding Corporation, Michael
     Merger Sub Corporation, William Merger Sub Corporation, the Company and
     Westvaco Corporation dated as of August 28, 2001 (such Agreement, including
     any amendments hereafter made thereto, the "Merger Agreement"), (ii) any
     public announcement described in Section 3.02(ii) made in connection with
     transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (iii) the increase of
     any person of his beneficial ownership of the combined voting power of the
     Company's outstanding securities made in connection with the transactions
     contemplated by the Merger Agreement as described in Section 3.02(iii);
     (iv) any resolution of the Board described in Section 3.02(iv) made in
     connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, nor
     (v) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger
     Agreement, shall constitute either a Change in Control or Potential Change
     in Control within the meaning of the Trust. No contributions by the Company
     to the Trust shall be required under the Benefit Trust Agreement with
     respect to any event, action or circumstance occurring from or after
     execution of the Merger Agreement and prior to the Effective Time of the
     Mergers (as defined in the Merger Agreement). Notwithstanding the
     immediately preceding sentence, if the Merger Agreement shall be terminated
     pursuant to Article VIII of the Merger Agreement, and if any event, action
     or circumstance which is not described in the immediately preceding
     sentence and would constitute a Potential Change in Control under the
     amended Trust has occurred from or after the execution of the Merger
     Agreement and on or before the termination of the Merger Agreement, then,
     for all purposes of the Trust (including, without limitation, the timing of
     contributions required to be made by the Company to the Trust), such event,
     action or circumstance shall be deemed to have occurred immediately after
     the termination of the Merger Agreement and the immediately preceding
     sentence shall be of no further force and effect.
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     Section 7.02 of the Benefit Trust Agreement is amended by adding the
following provision as a new Section 7.02(d) to the end thereof:

     (d)  From and after the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger
          Agreement), the term "Company" shall refer to MeadWestvaco
          Corporation.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Fourth Amendment to the
Benefit Trust Agreement as of the effective date written above.

                                        THE MEAD CORPORATION

                                        By /s/ PETER H. VOGEL, JR.
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                                          Name:  Peter H. Vogel, Jr.
                                          Title: Vice President, Finance and
                                                 Treasurer

                                        KEY BANK, N.A.

                                        By /s/ JANICE L. CULVER
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                                          Name:  Janice L. Culver, CPA
                                          Title: Senior Vice President

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