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EXHIBIT 4.6

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                          Third Supplemental Indenture

                          Dated as of January 15, 2002

                                       to

                                    Indenture
                          dated as of December 1, 1995

                               KOHL'S CORPORATION

                                       and

                              THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
                                   as Trustee

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         THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of January 15, 2002 (the "Third
Supplemental Indenture"), between Kohl's Corporation, a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Wisconsin (the "Company"),
having its principal office at N56 W17000 Ridgewood Drive, Menomonee Falls,
Wisconsin 53051, and The Bank Of New York, a New York banking corporation, as
Trustee (the "Trustee") under the Indenture dated as of December 1, 1995 (the
"Original Indenture").

                             Recitals of the Company

         The Company has executed and delivered to the Trustee the Original
Indenture dated as of December 1, 1995 (as supplemented and amended from time to
time, including by this Third Supplemental Indenture, the "Indenture"),
providing for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes
or other debt instruments (the "Securities") to be issued in one or more series
as provided in the Indenture.

         It is provided in Section 9.1(6) of the Original Indenture that without
the consent of any Securityholder, the Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture to, among
other things, make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any
Securityholder.

         The Company desires to amend the Original Indenture as set forth below.
The amendments shall not apply to Outstanding Securities but shall be effective
as of the date of this Third Supplemental Indenture and shall apply to Series of
Securities that are created under the Indenture subsequent to the date hereof.

         For consideration, the adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged by the parties hereto, each party agrees as follows, for the
benefit of the other parties and for the equal and proportionate benefit of all
Holders of the Securities, as follows:

                                   ARTICLE ONE

         The amendments to the Indenture set forth below shall apply to Series
of Securities that are created under the Indenture subsequent to the date of
this Third Supplemental Indenture:

                                   Amendments

         Section 101. Article 6 of the Original Indenture shall be amended by
deleting Section 6.1(5) and replacing it in its entirety with the following:

                  (5)  [Reserved.]

         Section 102. Article 8 of the Original Indenture shall be amended by
deleting the first paragraph of Section 8.4 and replacing it in its entirety
with the following:

                  SECTION 8.4.  Defeasance of Certain Obligations.
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                  Unless this Section 8.4 is otherwise specified pursuant to
         Section 2.3.16 to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, on and
         after the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in
         subparagraph (a) hereof, the Company may omit to comply with any term,
         provision or condition set forth under Sections 4.2 (except as to
         corporate existence), 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8 and 5.1 (and the
         failure to comply with any such provisions shall not constitute a
         Default or Event of Default under Section 6.1), with respect to the
         Securities of such Series, provided that the following conditions shall
         have been satisfied:

         Section 103. Article 9 of the Original Indenture shall be amended by
deleting the first paragraph of Section 9.2 and replacing it in its entirety
with the following:

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                  SECTION 9.2  With Consent of Holders.
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                  The Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental
         indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a
         majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each
         Series affected by such supplemental indenture, for the purpose of
         adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any
         of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or
         of modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders of each
         such Series. Except as provided in Section 6.13, the Holders of a
         majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each
         Series affected by such waiver by notice to the Trustee may waive
         compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture of the
         Securities with respect to such Series.

                                   ARTICLE TWO

                                  Miscellaneous

         Section 201. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have
the respective meanings set forth in the Original Indenture.

         Section 202. Except as supplemented and amended hereby, the Original
Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and all of the terms,
provisions and conditions thereof shall be and remain in full force and effect,
and this Third Supplemental Indenture and all of its provisions shall be deemed
a part thereof.

         Section 203. This Third Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

         Section 204. This Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all
such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Delivery by telecopier of an executed signature page hereto shall be effective
as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Trustee have caused this Third
Supplemental Indenture to be executed as of the day and year first above
written.

                                    KOHL'S CORPORATION

                                    By: /s/ Arlene Meier
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                                        Name:  Arlene Meier
                                        Title: Chief Operating Officer

                                    THE BANK OF NEW YORK

                                    By: /s/ Paul Schmalzel
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                                        Name:  Paul Schmalzel
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                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.5(b)
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                                                                  EXECUTION COPY

                                    AMENDMENT NO. 1 AND WAIVER dated as of
                           December 31, 2001 (this "Amendment"), to the SECOND
                           AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of
                           April 27, 2001, (the "Credit Agreement"), among
                           Jefferson Smurfit Corporation (U.S.), a Delaware
                           corporation (the "Borrower"), Smurfit-Stone Container
                           Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("SSCC"), JSCE,
                           Inc., a Delaware corporation ("JSCE"), the Lenders
                           (as defined therein), the Managing Agents (as defined
                           therein), the Fronting Banks (as defined therein),
                           JPMorgan Chase Bank, a New York banking corporation
                           formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank
                           ("JPMorgan"), and Bankers Trust Company, a New York
                           banking corporation, as senior managing agents (in
                           such capacity, the "Senior Managing Agents") for the
                           Lenders, and JPMorgan, as administrative agent (in
                           such capacity, the "Administrative Agent"), as
                           collateral agent (in such capacity, the "Collateral
                           Agent") for the Lenders and as swingline lender (in
                           such capacity, the "Swingline Lender").

               A. Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions contained
in the Credit Agreement, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Fronting
Banks have extended, and have agreed to extend, credit to the Borrower.

               B. The Borrower, SSCC and JSCE have requested that the Credit
Agreement be amended as set forth herein.

               C. The Borrower, SSCC and JSCE have requested that the Required
Lenders waive compliance by the Borrower, SSCC and JSCE with certain provisions
of the Credit Agreement as set forth herein.

               D. The Required Lenders are willing so to amend the Credit
Agreement and grant such waiver pursuant to the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein.

               E. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

               Accordingly, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

               SECTION 1. Waiver. The Required Lenders hereby waive compliance
by the Borrower, SSCC and JSCE with the covenant set forth in Section 7.14 of
the

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Credit Agreement for the period ending December 31, 2001, prior to giving effect
to this Amendment.

               SECTION 2. Amendments to the Credit Agreement. (a) The definition
of the term "Change in Control" contained in Section 1.01 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the percentage "25%" set forth therein
and substituting therefor the percentage "20%";

               (b) Section 7.14 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:

                    "SECTION 7.14. Consolidated EBITDA. Permit Consolidated
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               EBITDA as of the last day of any period of four consecutive
               fiscal quarters ending during any period set forth below to be
               less than the amount set forth opposite such period:

                           Date                               Amount
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                           Second Restatement Date -          $400,000,000
                           December 30, 2001

                           December 31, 2001 -                $275,000,000
                           June 30, 2003

                           July 1, 2003 -                     $300,000,000
                           December 31, 2004

                           January 1, 2005 and thereafter     $350,000,000"; and

               (c) Section 7.15 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:

                    "SECTION 7.15. Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the ratio of
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               (a) Consolidated EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense as
               of the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters
               ending during any period set forth below to be less than the
               ratio set forth opposite such date:

                           Date                               Ratio
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                           Second Restatement Date -          2.50 to 1.00
                           December 30, 2001

                           December 31, 2001 -                2.00 to 1.00
                           June 30, 2003

                           July 1, 2003 -                     2.25 to 1.00
                           December 31, 2004

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                           January 1, 2005 and thereafter     2.50 to 1.00"

               SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. To induce the other
parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, each of the Borrower, SSCC and JSCE
represents and warrants to each other party hereto that, after giving effect to
this Amendment, (a) the representations and warranties set forth in Article IV
of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as
of the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties
expressly relate to an earlier date and (b) no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.

               SECTION 4. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective
as of the date first written above on the date (the "Amendment Effective Date")
on which the Administrative Agent shall have received (a) the Amendment Fees (as
defined below) and (b) counterparts of this Amendment that, when taken together,
bear the signatures of the Borrower, SSCC, JSCE and the Required Lenders.

               SECTION 5. Amendment Fee. The Borrower, SSCC and JSCE agree,
jointly and severally, to pay to each Lender that executes a counterpart hereof
and returns such counterpart to the Administrative Agent or its counsel prior to
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on January 23, 2002, an amendment fee (an
"Amendment Fee" and, collectively, the "Amendment Fees") equal to 0.125% of the
sum of such Lender's Revolving Credit Commitment (whether used or unused) and
outstanding Term Loans, in each case as of the Amendment Effective Date. The
Amendment Fee payable to a Lender shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for
the account of such Lender, shall be paid in immediately available funds and
once paid, shall not be refundable under any circumstances; provided that in no
event shall any Amendment Fee be due and payable unless this Amendment is
executed by the parties described in Section 4(b) above.

               SECTION 6. Effect of Amendment. Except as expressly set forth
herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair,
constitute a waiver of, or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the
Lenders, the Managing Agents, the Fronting Banks, the Senior Managing Agents,
the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender, the
Borrower, SSCC, JSCE or the Guarantors under the Credit Agreement or any other
Loan Document, and shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of
the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, all of which are ratified and
affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect. Nothing
herein shall be deemed to entitle any Loan Party to a consent to, or a waiver,
amendment, modification or other change of, any of the terms, conditions,
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document in similar or different circumstances. This Amendment shall
apply and be effective only with respect to the provisions of the Credit
Agreement specifically referred to herein. After the date hereof, any reference
to the Credit Agreement shall mean the Credit Agreement, as modified hereby.
This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes of the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

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               SECTION 7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but
all such counterparts constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of
any executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile
transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
hereof.

               SECTION 8. Applicable Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY,
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

               SECTION 9. Headings. The headings of this Amendment are for
purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning
hereof.

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               IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment
to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers, all as of the date and
year first above written.

                                          JEFFERSON SMURFIT CORPORATION (U.S.),

                                              by
                                                   /s/ Richard P. Marra
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                                                 Name: Richard P. Marra
                                                 Title: Assistant Treasurer

                                          SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION,

                                              by
                                                   /s/ Richard P. Marra
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                                                 Name: Richard P. Marra
                                                 Title: Assistant Treasurer

                                          JSCE, INC.,

                                              by
                                                   /s/ Richard P. Marra
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                                                 Name: Richard P. Marra
                                                 Title: Assistant Treasurer

                                          JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, individually
                                          and as Administrative Agent,
                                          Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender
                                          and Senior Managing Agent,

                                              by
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                                                 Name:
                                                 Title:

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                                          BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, individually
                                          and as Fronting Bank and Senior
                                          Managing Agent,

                                              by
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                                                 Name:
                                                 Title:

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                                          SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                          AND WAIVER DATED AS OF DECEMBER 31,
                                          2001, TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND
                                          RESTATED JEFFERSON SMURFIT
                                          CORPORATION (U.S.) CREDIT AGREEMENT
                                          DATED AS OF APRIL 27, 2001

                NAME OF LENDER:
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                               by
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                                       Name:
                                       Title:

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