Amendment to The Mead Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan by MeadWestvaco Corporation
MeadWestvaco Corporation's Board of Directors approved an amendment to The Mead Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan on January 23, 2007. The amendment revises Section 11 to clarify how stock options and related rights will be adjusted in the event of changes to the company's capital structure, such as stock splits, mergers, or similar corporate transactions. The Committee is given authority to make equitable adjustments to the number of shares, option prices, and related rights to ensure fairness for plan participants.
Exhibit 10.4
AMENDMENT
The Mead Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan
The following resolution was adopted by the Board of Directors of MeadWestvaco Corporation on January 23, 2007:
FURTHER RESOLVED, that The Mead Corporation 1996 Stock Option Plan shall be revised by amending Section 11, Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization, to read as follows:
In the event of a change in outstanding Shares by reason of a Share dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, split-up, combination or exchange of Shares, or the like, or in the event of any similar corporate transaction, the maximum number of Shares subject to option during the existence of the Plan, the number of Limited Rights which may be granted under the Plan, the number of Shares subject to, and the option price of, each outstanding option, the maximum number of Shares or Limited Rights which may be granted to any individual over the term of the Plan, the number of limited Rights outstanding and the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date a Limited Right is granted shall be equitably adjusted by the Committee.