SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2016-07-06

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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 10.27.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0 0 24pt; text-align: center"><U>AMENDMENT NO. 1</U></P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 1in; margin: 0 0 12pt"><B>AMENDMENT NO. 1</B>, dated as of July 1, 2016 (this &ldquo;<B>Amendment</B>&rdquo;),
among <B>WESTROCK COMPANY</B>,<B> </B>a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;<B>Company</B>&rdquo;), <B>WESTROCK COMPANY OF CANADA
HOLDINGS CORP./COMPAGNIE DE HOLDINGS WESTROCK DU CANADA CORP.</B>, a Nova Scotia unlimited company (the &ldquo;<B>Canadian Borrower</B>&rdquo;
and, together with the Company, the &ldquo;<B>Borrowers</B>&rdquo;), the other Credit Parties, the Lenders party hereto and <B>WELLS
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION</B>, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the &ldquo;<B>Administrative Agent</B>&rdquo;)
and as multicurrency agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the &ldquo;<B>Multicurrency Agent</B>,&rdquo; together with the Administrative
Agent, the &ldquo;<B>Agent</B>&rdquo;), to the Credit Agreement dated as of July 1, 2015 (as amended, restated, amended and restated
or otherwise modified from time to time, the &ldquo;<B>Credit Agreement</B>&rdquo;), by and among the Borrowers, the Subsidiary
Borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Administrative Agent, the Multicurrency
Agent and the Lenders and Issuing Lenders referred to therein. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 1in; margin: 0 0 12pt">WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.27 of the Credit Agreement, the Company
has requested an extension of the Revolving/Term Loan Maturity Date solely with respect to all or a portion of the Revolving Commitments
(the &ldquo;<B>Requested Extension</B>&rdquo;);</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 1in; margin: 0 0 12pt">WHEREAS, by providing an executed counterpart to this Amendment,
each Revolving Lender party hereto that is listed on Schedule 2.1(a) under the headings &ldquo;Extended Multicurrency Revolving
Commitments&rdquo; and/or &ldquo;Extended U.S. Revolving Commitments&rdquo; (an &ldquo;<B>Extended Lender</B>&rdquo; and collectively,
the &ldquo;<B>Extended Lenders</B>&rdquo;) has consented to the Requested Extension in accordance with Section 2.27 of the Credit
Agreement; and</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 1in; margin: 0 0 12pt">WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 2.27 and 9.1 of the Credit Agreement,
the Credit Parties, the Required Lenders, the Extended Lenders and the Agent desire to amend the Credit Agreement as set forth
herein to effect the Requested Extension and to effect certain other amendments.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 1in; margin: 0 0 12pt">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and covenants contained
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 1in"><B>Section 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<U>Amendment</U>.</B> (a) The Credit Agreement is, effective as of the Effective Date (as defined below), hereby amended to delete
the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: <FONT STYLE="color: red"><STRIKE>stricken text</STRIKE></FONT>)
and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: <FONT STYLE="text-underline-style: double; color: blue"><U>double-underlined
text</U></FONT>) as set forth in the pages of the Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Schedule 2.1(a) to the Credit Agreement is, effective as of the Effective Date, replaced in its entirety by Schedule 2.1(a) hereto.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 1in"><B>Section 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<U>Representations and Warranties</U>.</B> The Credit Parties represent and warrant to the Lenders and the Agent as of the date
hereof and the Effective Date (as defined below) that:</P>

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<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
At the time of and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties set forth in the Credit
Documents are true and correct in all material respects (except&nbsp;to the extent that any such representation or warranty is
qualified by materiality, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct) with the same effect as if
made on the Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date.</P>

<P STYLE="font-size: 10pt; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
At the time of and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment