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                                                                   Exhibit 10(1)
                                 AMENDMENT TO
                             THE MEAD CORPORATION
                        CORPORATE ANNUAL INCENTIVE PLAN
                                     2001

     WHEREAS, The Mead Corporation maintains The Mead Corporation Corporate
Annual Incentive Plan 2001 (the "Plan") and amendment of the Plan is now deemed
to be desirable;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan be, and it hereby is, amended as follows:

1.   Effective August 24, 2001, the last sentence of the first paragraph of
Attachment 1 to the Plan is deleted.

2.   Effective August 28, 2001, the following new second paragraph shall be
inserted after the first paragraph of Attachment 1 to the Plan:

     "The Corporation having entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated
     as of August 28, 2001, with MW Holding Corporation, Michael Merger Sub,
     Westvaco Corporation, and William Merger Sub (the "Merger Agreement"), any
     Change in Control which would otherwise occur in accordance with the
     provisions of this Attachment 1 upon any approval by the shareholders of
     the Corporation of the Merger Agreement shall, for all purposes of the
     first paragraph of this Attachment 1 be deemed to occur instead at the
     Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement).  Further, any pro-rata
     award for the Change-in-Control Performance Period which, pursuant to
     clause (iii) of such first paragraph, thereby becomes payable immediately
     after the Effective Time shall be based on the level of actual achievement
     of the payout factors calculated by the funding formula through the
     Effective Time and not on any participant's individual incentive target."

     EXECUTED at Dayton, Ohio this 7th day of November, 2001.

                                       THE MEAD CORPORATION

                                       By: /s/ A. ROBERT ROSENBERGER
                                           --------------------------
                                           Its: Vice President (Human Resources)

ATTEST:

/s/ DAVID L. SANTEZ
-------------------
Assistant Secretary<PAGE>

                                                                   Exhibit 10(2)
                                 AMENDMENT TO
                             THE MEAD CORPORATION
                    THE CORPORATE LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
                                     2001

     WHEREAS, The Mead Corporation maintains The Mead Corporation The Corporate
Long Term Incentive Plan 2001 (the "Plan") and amendment of the Plan is now
deemed to be desirable;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan be, and it hereby is, amended as follows:

1.   Effective August 24, 2001, the last sentence of the first paragraph of
Attachment 1 to the Plan is deleted.

2.   Effective August 28, 2001, the following new second paragraph shall be
inserted after the first paragraph of Attachment 1 to the Plan:

     "The Corporation having entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated
     as of August 28, 2001, with MW Holding Corporation, Michael Merger Sub,
     Westvaco Corporation, and William Merger Sub (the "Merger Agreement"), any
     Change in Control which would otherwise occur in accordance with the
     provisions of this Attachment 1 upon any approval by the shareholders of
     the Corporation of the Merger Agreement shall, for all purposes of the
     first paragraph of this Attachment 1 be deemed to occur instead at the
     Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement).  Further, any pro-rata
     award for the Change-in-Control Performance Period which, pursuant to
     clause (iii) of such first paragraph, thereby becomes payable immediately
     after the Effective Time shall be based on the level of actual achievement
     of the payout factors calculated by the funding formula through the
     Effective Time and not on any participant's individual incentive target."

     EXECUTED at Dayton, Ohio this 7th day of November, 2001.

                                       THE MEAD CORPORATION

                                       By: /s/ A. ROBERT ROSENBERGER
                                           --------------------------
                                           Its: Vice President (Human Resources)

ATTEST:

/s/ DAVID L. SANTEZ
-------------------
Assistant Secretary<PAGE>

                                                                   Exhibit 10(3)
                                 AMENDMENT TO
                             THE MEAD CORPORATION
                    THE CORPORATE LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
                                     2002

     WHEREAS, The Mead Corporation maintains The Mead Corporation The Corporate
Long Term Incentive Plan 2002 (the "Plan") and amendment of the Plan is now
deemed to be desirable;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan be, and it hereby is, amended as follows:

1.   Effective August 24, 2001, the last sentence of the first paragraph of
Attachment 1 to the Plan is deleted.

2.   Effective August 28, 2001, the following new second paragraph shall be
inserted after the first paragraph of Attachment 1 to the Plan:

     "The Corporation having entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated
     as of August 28, 2001, with MW Holding Corporation, Michael Merger Sub,
     Westvaco Corporation, and William Merger Sub (the "Merger Agreement"), any
     Change in Control which would otherwise occur in accordance with the
     provisions of this Attachment 1 upon any approval by the shareholders of
     the Corporation of the Merger Agreement shall, for all purposes of the
     first paragraph of this Attachment 1 be deemed to occur instead at the
     Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement).  Further, any pro-rata
     award for the Change-in-Control Performance Period which, pursuant to
     clause (iii) of such first paragraph, thereby becomes payable immediately
     after the Effective Time shall be based on the level of actual achievement
     of the payout factors calculated by the funding formula through the
     Effective Time and not on any participant's individual incentive target."

     EXECUTED at Dayton, Ohio this 7th day of November, 2001.

                                        THE MEAD CORPORATION

                                        By: /s/ A. ROBERT ROSENBERGER
                                        -----------------------------
                                           Its: Vice President (Human Resources)

ATTEST:

/s/ DAVID L. SANTEZ
-------------------
Assistant Secretary<PAGE>

                                                                   Exhibit 10(4)

                                 AMENDMENT TO
                             THE MEAD CORPORATION
                            1985 SUPPLEMENT TO THE
                   DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR DIRECTORS

     WHEREAS, The Mead Corporation ("Mead") established The Mead Corporation
1985 Supplement to the Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors (the "Directors'
Supplement") and subsequently amended the Directors' Supplement, and

     WHEREAS, Mead desires to further amend the Supplement pursuant to the power
reserved to Mead's Compensation Committee by Section 7 of the Plan;

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

     1.   Section 3 is revised to add a new fifth paragraph to read as follows
and the current fifth paragraph becomes the sixth paragraph:

               Notwithstanding any provision in the Directors' Supplement to the
          contrary but subject to this Section 3, third paragraph (except as
          specifically otherwise provided in this paragraph), a former or
          current Director can revise the commencement date of distributions and
          the number of installments (including a lump sum payment) with respect
          to the amount credited to an Employee's account as follows:

               (i)       prior to a Change in Control, a former or current
          Director may revise a previously elected commencement date and number
          of installments (such revision being permitted to include receiving
          all or a portion of an account in a lump sum following a Change in
          Control and prior to termination of service), provided that any such
          revision is effective only for distributions on or following a Change
          in Control and occurring during January 2003 and thereafter and with
          respect to all or a portion of the balance of such Director's account
          on a Change in Control; and

               (ii)      at least three months prior to termination of service
          as a Director (whether before or after a Change in Control), a current
          Director may file such revision with respect to the balance of such
          Director's account on such termination of service.

          A Director can make revisions in accordance with this paragraph on a
          form furnished by and filed with the person responsible for
          administering the Directors' Supplement at any time prior to the dates
          stated in this paragraph.<PAGE>

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(5)

                                 AMENDMENT TO
                             THE MEAD CORPORATION
                            1985 SUPPLEMENT TO THE
                     INCENTIVE COMPENSATION ELECTION PLAN

     WHEREAS, The Mead Corporation ("Mead") established The Mead Corporation
1985 Supplement to the Incentive Compensation Election Plan (the "Supplement")
and subsequently amended the Supplement, and

     WHEREAS, Mead desires to further amend the Supplement pursuant to the power
reserved to Mead's Compensation Committee by Section 9 of the Plan;

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

     1.   Section 3 is revised to add a new fifth paragraph to read as follows
and the current fifth paragraph becomes the sixth paragraph:

               Notwithstanding any provision in the Supplement to the contrary
          but subject to this Section 3, third paragraph (except as specifically
          otherwise provided in this paragraph), a former or current Employee
          can revise the commencement date of distributions and the number of
          installments (including a lump sum payment) with respect to the amount
          credited to an Employee's account as follows:

               (i)       prior to a Change in Control, a former or current
          Employee may revise a previously elected commencement date and number
          of installments (such revision being permitted to include receiving
          all or a portion of an 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 occurring during January 2003 and thereafter and with
          respect to all or a portion of the balance of such Employee's account
          on a Change in Control; and

               (ii)      at least three months prior to employment termination
          (whether before or after a Change in Control), a current Employee may
          file such revision with respect to the balance of such Employee's
          account on such termination of service.

          An Employee can make revisions in accordance with this paragraph on a
          form furnished by and filed with the person responsible for
          administering the Supplement at any time prior to the dates stated in
          this paragraph.

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