AEP INDUSTRIES INC
EXHIBIT 10.1(J)(2)
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>AMENDMENT NO. 1<BR>  <BR>    TO<BR>  <BR>    EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;AGREEMENT, made as of October&nbsp;10, 2001, by and between AEP Industries&nbsp;Inc., a Delaware Corporation (the "Company") and Paul M. Feeney ("Executive"). </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS,
by Employment Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;11, 1996, between the Company and the Executive (the "Employment Agreement"), the Company employed Executive for a term which
shall expire on October&nbsp;11, 2001, and </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WHEREAS,
the Company and Executive desire that the employment of Executive by the Company pursuant to the Employment Agreement be extended for a term of one year. </FONT></P>

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IS, THEREFORE, hereby agreed by and between the parties, as follows: </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Paragraph&nbsp;2
of the Employment Agreement is hereby modified so that the term of employment of Executive by the Company shall terminate on the earlier of
(i)&nbsp;October&nbsp;11, 2002, and (ii)&nbsp;termination of Executive's employment pursuant to the Employment Agreement (such term of employment as hereby extended being known herein as the
"Term"); </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>provided, however</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>, that any termination of employment by Executive (other than for death or Permanent Disability) may only be made upon thirty
(30)&nbsp;days prior written notice to the Company. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except
as herein specifically modified, all of the terms and conditions of the Employment Agreement are continued in full force and effect. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed and entered into this Agreement, as of the date first above written. </FONT></P>

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S/A&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>J. BRENDAN BARBA</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE></TD>
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S/A&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>PAUL M. FEENEY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Paul M. Feeney, </FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>Executive</I></FONT></TD>
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