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AMENDMENT NO. 3 dated as of December 23, 2003 (this "Amendment"), to the AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of July 25, 2002 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 and Waiver dated as of March 10, 2003 and Amendment No. 2 dated as of November 11, 2003, the "Credit Agreement"), among STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Stone"), SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER CANADA INC., a corporation continued under the Companies Act (Nova Scotia) ("SSC Canada" and, together with Stone, the "Borrowers"), the lenders party thereto (the "Lenders"), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a New York banking corporation, as agent for the Lenders (an "Agent"), DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, as agent for the Lenders (an "Agent"), as collateral agent for the Lenders, as administrative agent for the Lenders (the "Administrative Agent"), as swingline lender (the "Swingline Lender") and as Revolving Facility Facing Agent, and DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH, an authorized forei
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AMENDMENT NO. 1 and WAIVER dated as of March 10, 2003 (this "Amendment"), to the AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of July 25, 2002 (the "Credit Agreement"), among STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Stone"), SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER CANADA INC., a corporation continued under the Companies Act (Nova Scotia) ("SSC Canada" and, together with Stone, the "Borrowers"), the lenders party thereto (the "Lenders"), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a New York banking corporation, as agent for the Lenders (an "Agent"), DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, as agent for the Lenders (an "Agent"), as collateral agent for the Lenders, as administrative agent for the Lenders (the "Administrative Agent"), as swingline lender (the "Swingline Lender") and as Revolving Facility Facing Agent, and DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH, an authorized foreign bank permitted to carry on business in Canada and listed in Schedule III of the Bank Act (Canada), as Canadi
QuickLinks -- Click here to rapidly navigate through this documentCredit Agreement • March 3rd, 2004 • Stone Container Corp • Paperboard mills • New York
AMENDMENT NO. 2 dated as of November 11, 2003 (this "Amendment"), to the AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of July 25, 2002 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 and Waiver dated as of March 10, 2003, the "Credit Agreement"), among STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Stone"), SMURFIT-STONE CONTAINER CANADA INC., a corporation continued under the Companies Act (Nova Scotia) ("SSC Canada" and, together with Stone, the "Borrowers"), the lenders party thereto (the "Lenders"), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a New York banking corporation, as agent for the Lenders (an "Agent"), DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, as agent for the Lenders (an "Agent"), as collateral agent for the Lenders, as administrative agent for the Lenders (the "Administrative Agent"), as swingline lender (the "Swingline Lender") and as Revolving Facility Facing Agent, and DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH, an authorized foreign bank permitted to carry on business in Canada a
