UNION CAMP CORP
8-A12B/A, 1998-11-27
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                   FORM 8-A/A

                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or (g) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934




                             UNION CAMP CORPORATION
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

           VIRGINIA                                         13-5652423
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(State of Incorporation or Organization)       (IRS Employer Identification No.)

      1600 Valley Road
      Wayne, New Jersey                                       07470
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(Address of Principal Executive Office)                    (Zip Code)



        Securities to be Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


                                                Name of each exchange on which
Title of each class to be so registered         each class is to be registered 
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Rights to Purchase Shares of Series A          New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Junior Participating Preferred Stock,          Pacific Stock Exchange
par value $1.00 per share.



        Securities to be Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:


                                      None
                         ---------------------------------
                                (Title of Class)




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         This Form 8-A/A is filed to supplement and amend the information set
forth in the Form 8-A filed by Union Camp Corporation, a Virginia corporation
(the "Company"), on February 22, 1996 and the Form 8-A/A filed by the Company on
July 3, 1996. All capitalized terms not defined herein will have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Rights Agreement, dated as of January 25, 1996, as
amended and restated as of June 25, 1996, between the Company and The Bank of
New York (the "Rights Agent").


Item 1.  Description of Securities

         On November 23, 1998, the Board of Directors of the Company voted to
adopt Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement, which renders the Rights
inapplicable to the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated as of November 24, 1998, among the Company, International Paper
Company, a New York corporation, and Maple Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.

Item 2.  Exhibits.

  4.1     Rights Agreement, dated as of January 25, 1996, as amended and
          restated as of June 25, 1996, between Union Camp Corporation and The
          Bank of New York as Rights Agent.*

  4.2     Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as
          of June 25, 1996, between Union Camp Corporation and The Bank of New
          York as Rights Agent.












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 *   Incorporated by reference from the Form 8-A/A filed on July 3, 1996 --
     Commission file number 001-04001.


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                                    SIGNATURE
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         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                        UNION CAMP CORPORATION


                                        By: /s/ Dirk R. Soutendijk
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                                           Name:  Dirk R. Soutendijk
                                           Title: Vice President, General 
                                                  Counsel, and Secretary



Date:  November 27, 1998




















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                             AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE
                      AMENDED AND RESTATED RIGHTS AGREEMENT


         Amendment No. 1, dated as of November 23, 1998 (this "Amendment"), to
the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of June 25, 1996 (the
"Rights Agreement"), between Union Camp Corporation, a Virginia corporation (the
"Company"), and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation (the
"Rights Agent").

         WHEREAS, International Paper Company, a New York corporation ("IP"),
Maple Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("MergerSub") and the Company
have proposed to enter into an Agreement and Plan of Merger to be dated as of
November 24, 1998 (the "Merger Agreement");

         WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Rights Agreement to render
the Rights inapplicable to the Merger (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and
the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement;

         WHEREAS, the Company deems this Amendment to be necessary and desirable
and in the best interests of the holders of the Rights and has duly approved
this Amendment;

         WHEREAS, Section 26 of the Rights Agreement permits the Company at any
time before the Distribution Date (as defined in the Rights Agreement) to amend
the Rights Agreement in the manner provided herein;

         WHEREAS, Section 26 of the Rights Agreement provides that the Rights
Agent shall execute this Amendment upon delivery of a certificate from an
appropriate officer of the Company which states that this Amendment is in
compliance with the terms of Section 26 of the Rights Agreement (the "Officer's
Certificate"); and

         WHEREAS, the Officer's Certificate is being delivered to the Rights
Agent concurrently with this Amendment;





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         NOW, THEREFORE, the Company hereby amends the Rights Agreement as
follows:

         1. Addition of a new Section 34 which shall read as follows:

         Section 34. Exemption of Specified Transaction. Solely for the purposes
    of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated
    as of November 24, 1998 (hereinafter referred to as the "Merger Agreement"),
    among the Company, International Paper Company, a New York corporation
    ("IP"), and Maple Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("MergerSub"),
    (i) neither IP nor MergerSub, nor any of their Affiliates, shall be deemed
    to be an Acquiring Person upon the transactions contemplated by the Merger
    Agreement becoming approved or effective, (ii) the transactions contemplated
    by the Merger Agreement shall not be deemed to be a Section 13 Event upon
    such transactions becoming approved or effective, and (iii) a Distribution
    Date shall not occur by reason of the approval, execution or consummation of
    the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. If the Merger
    Agreement is terminated for any reason in accordance with its terms or
    otherwise, this Section 34 shall not apply.

         2. The Rights Agreement shall not otherwise be supplemented or amended
by virtue of this Amendment, but shall remain in full force and effect, as
amended hereby.





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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Rights Agent have executed this
Amendment as of the date and year first written above.

                                             UNION CAMP CORPORATION


                                             By:  /s/ Dirk R. Soutendijk
                                                -----------------------------
                                                Name:  Dirk R. Soutendijk
                                                Title: Vice President, General 
                                                       Counsel, and Secretary


                                             THE BANK OF NEW YORK


                                             By:  /s/ Raymon Romanski
                                                -----------------------------
                                                Name:  Raymon Romanski
                                                Title: Vice President





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