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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PACTIV CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>36-2552928</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State of Incorporation)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1900 West Field Court<BR>
Lake Forest, IL 60045</B><BR>
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Pactiv Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan<BR>
Pactiv Corporation Deferred Retirement Savings Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plans)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Joseph E. Doyle, Esq.<BR>
c/o Pactiv Corporation<BR>
1900 West Field Court<BR>
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045<BR>
Telephone: (847)&nbsp;482-2409<BR>
Facsimile: (847)&nbsp;615-6417</B><BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the
definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">Nonaccelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title Of Each Class Of</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount To Be</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Proposed</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Proposed Maximum</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount of</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Securities To Be</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Registered</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Maximum Offering</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Aggregate Offering</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Registration
Fee<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Registered</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Price Per Unit</TD>
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    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock,
$.01 par value
per share (including
related preferred stock
purchase
rights)<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">1,000,000 shares</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">24.065<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">$24,065,000.00</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">$945.75</TD>
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    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Deferred Compensation
Plan
Obligations<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(4)</SUP></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">$50,000.000.00</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">100%</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">$50,000,000.00</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">$1,965.00</TD>
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    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Deferred Retirement
Savings Plan
Obligations<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(5)</SUP></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">$50,000.000.00</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">100%</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">$50,000,000.00</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">$1,965.00</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Shares to be issued to participants in the Pactiv Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan
and the Pactiv Corporation Deferred Retirement Savings Plan who elect to receive the distribution
of all or a portion of their deferred compensation accounts in the form of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, and pursuant to Rule
457(c) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per unit and the registration
fee are based on the reported average of the high and low prices for the shares of Common Stock as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange on October 17, 2008</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with
Rule&nbsp;457 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Deferred Compensation Plan Obligations are unsecured obligations of Pactiv Corporation
to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Pactiv Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan (the &#147;DC Plan&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Deferred Retirement Savings Plan Obligations are unsecured obligations of Pactiv
Corporation to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Pactiv
Corporation Deferred Retirement Savings Plan (the &#147;DRS Plan&#148;).</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II<BR> INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following documents, which have been filed by Pactiv Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148; or
&#147;Registrant&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2008, and June&nbsp;30, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>Form&nbsp;8-K filed July&nbsp;1, 2008; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per
share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) and preferred stock purchase rights contained in the
Company&#146;s registration statement on Form 10-12b/A filed on October&nbsp;18, 1999.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Common Stock</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Deferred Compensation Plan Obligations</U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Deferred Compensation Plan Obligations (the &#147;DCP Obligations&#148;) are unsecured general
obligations of the Registrant to pay the deferred compensation of and Registrant contributions to
participants in the DC Plan. The Registrant has established the Pactiv Corporation Rabbi Trust, and
deposited shares of its common stock into the Rabbi Trust, in order to provide a source of funds
for the payment of DCP Obligations; however, as required by applicable tax law, the property of
the Rabbi Trust is subject to the claims of the Registrant&#146;s creditors in the event of the
Registrant&#146;s insolvency, and in such event the DCP Obligations will rank equally with the
Registrant&#146;s other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">All members of the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors, and all employees of the Registrant who are
eligible to participate in the Registrant&#146;s Executive Incentive Compensation Plan (the &#147;EICP&#148;), are
eligible to participate in the DC Plan. Members of the Board of Directors may elect to defer all
or any portion of their annual retainer fee, committee retainer fees, or meeting fees. Deferral
elections by directors must be made prior to the beginning of each year and are thereafter
irrevocable. Eligible employees may elect to defer all or any portion of their annual bonus
received pursuant to the EICP, or performance shares issued under the Pactiv Corporation 2002
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Incentive Compensation Plan. Deferral elections by eligible employees must be made prior to the
June&nbsp;30 of each year and are thereafter irrevocable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Registrant will establish deferred compensation account(s) on behalf of each participant, to
which the Registrant will credit any compensation deferred in accordance with the DC Plan. The
compensation account(s) will be credited (or charged) with income (or loss) measured against the
various investment funds specified from time to time by the Registrant. One of the investment
options is the Pactiv Stock Index Fund, the earnings factor for which equals the performance of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock, including reinvested dividends, if any. Participants in the DC Plan may
choose among the investment options, and may change investment options from time to time.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">If an eligible employee elects to defer a portion of his or her EICP annual bonus for the year in
which he or she is first eligible to participate in the EICP or any of the following four years,
and elects to have the earnings on such deferral calculated as if invested in the Pactiv Stock
Index Fund, then an additional amount equal to 20% of such amount is credited to the participant&#146;s
deferred compensation account. If the participant transfers any portion of the EICP annual bonus
upon which such additional allocation was based to any other investment option before it vests (as
described below), then the applicable portion of the additional allocation is forfeited. The plan
administrator may either extend the number of years of participation during which a participant
receives the additional credit, or grant a participant the eligibility to receive the additional
credit during other periods of participation.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">A participant&#146;s deferred compensation vests immediately. The additional 20% of any deferred EICP
bonus described in the prior paragraph vests upon the earlier of the third anniversary of the date
it is credited to the participant&#146;s account, or the participant&#146;s death, disability, or retirement
after attaining age 55 with 10&nbsp;years of service.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The vested balance in a participant&#146;s deferred compensation account is distributed upon the
participant&#146;s death, disability, termination of employment or membership on the Board of Directors,
the occurrence of a change in control of the Registrant (as defined under Section&nbsp;409A of the
Internal Revenue Code) or on a specific date elected by the participant. Except as described in
the following paragraph, distributions are made either in a lump sum or a series of up to five
annual installments as elected by the participants. To the extent that a participant&#146;s account is
invested in the Pactiv Stock Index Fund, the participant may elect to receive the equivalent number
of shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">If a participant who is an employee elects to defer receipt of Performance Shares issued to the
participant pursuant to Pactiv&#146;s 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, or if a participant who is a
member of the Board of Directors elects to defer receipt of any portion of the participant&#146;s
compensation that is paid in the form of Director Stock Awards issued pursuant to the 2002
Incentive Compensation Plan, the number of shares of stock that are so deferred will be credited to
the Pactiv Stock Index Fund and, to the extent still invested in such Fund at the time of
distribution, will be distributed in the form of shares. Performance Shares and Director Stock
Awards the receipt of which are deferred pursuant to the terms of the DC Plan are not included in
the 1,000,000 shares registered by this registration statement, as such shares are part of the
13,500,000 shares that were registered by a registration statement filed on November&nbsp;8, 2002, and
are covered by the prospectus dated November&nbsp;8, 2002.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Participants and their beneficiaries may not voluntarily or involuntarily transfer, alienate or
assign their interests under the DC Plan. A participant may withdraw a portion of his or her
account if required to satisfy an unforeseeable financial emergency, as determined by the plan
administrator in its sole discretion.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The DC Plan is administered by the Compensation/Nominating/Governance Committee of the Board of
Directors or its nominee.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Registrant may amend, suspend or terminate the DC Plan or any portion thereof at any time in
accordance with the terms of the DC Plan, provided that no amendment, suspension or termination may
reduce the balance in the any participant&#146;s deferred compensation account on the effective date of
such action.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Deferred Retirement Savings Plan Obligations</U>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Deferred Retirement Savings Plan Obligations (the &#147;DRSP Obligations&#148;) are unsecured general
obligations of the Registrant to pay the deferred compensation of and Registrant contributions to
participants in the DRS Plan. The DRSP Obligations will rank equally with the Registrant&#146;s other
unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Participation in the DRS Plan is limited to management and highly compensated employees of the
Registrant designated by the plan administrator in its sole discretion. Eligible employees may
elect to defer up to 25% of the employee&#146;s compensation (as defined in the Pactiv 401(k) Savings
and Investment Plan (the &#147;401(k) Plan&#148;)) each year. Deferral elections by eligible employees must
be made prior to the beginning of each year and are thereafter irrevocable, except that a newly
hired participant may make a deferral election not later than 30&nbsp;days after his or her date of
hire, which will apply only to compensation earned after the election is made.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In addition, participants who were employed or on approved leave of absence on December&nbsp;31, 2002,
and who either were participating in the 401(k) Plan on such date or who were hired or rehired on
or after November&nbsp;2, 2002, and elected to commence participating in the 401(k) Plan upon rehire
(&#147;Grandfathered Participants&#148;) are entitled to have additional contributions by the Registrant
allocated to their accounts. Grandfathered Participants received a one-time allocation to their
accounts for the 2004 plan year, in a percentage of their compensation based upon their years of
participant in the 401(k) Plan as determined by a formula set forth in the DRS Plan. For years
commencing with 2005, Grandfathered Participants are entitled to receive matching contributions
allocated to their accounts based upon the amount that they elect to defer for such year and their
years of participation in the 401(k) Plan as determined by a formula set forth in the DRS Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Registrant will establish deferred compensation account(s) on behalf of each participant, to
which the Registrant will credit any compensation deferred in accordance with the DRS Plan. The
compensation account(s) will be credited (or charged) with income (or loss) measured against the
various investment funds specified from time to time by the Registrant. One of the investment
options is a fund (the &#147;Pactiv Stock Fund&#148;), the earnings factor for which equals the performance
of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, including reinvested dividends. Participants in the DRS Plan may
choose among the investment options, and may change investment options from time to time. The
Registrant&#146;s contributions to Grandfathered Participants are originally deemed invested in the
Pactiv Stock Fund until reallocated by the participant.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">All allocations to participant&#146;s accounts, including deferred compensation and contributions by the
Registrant to Grandfathered Participants, are fully vested. The balance in a participant&#146;s
deferred compensation account is distributed upon the earliest to occur of the participant&#146;s death
or disability, or the day that is six months and one day after the participant&#146;s termination of
employment, or the occurrence of a change in control of the Registrant (as defined under Section
409A of the Internal Revenue Code). Distributions are made in a lump sum. To the extent that a
participant&#146;s account is invested in the Pactiv Stock Fund, the participant may elect to receive
the equivalent number of shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Participants and their beneficiaries may not voluntarily or involuntarily transfer, alienate or
assign their interests under the DRS Plan. A participant may withdraw a portion of his or her
account if required to satisfy an unforeseeable financial emergency, as determined by the plan
administrator in its sole discretion.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The DRS Plan is administered by the Compensation/Nominating/Governance Committee of the Board of
Directors or its nominee.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Registrant may amend, suspend or terminate the DRS Plan or any portion thereof at any time in
accordance with the terms of the DRS Plan, provided that no amendment, suspension or termination
may reduce the balance in the any participant&#146;s deferred compensation account on the effective date
of such action.
</DIV>

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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Certain legal matters regarding shares of Common Stock offered hereby will be passed upon for the
Company by Joseph E. Doyle, General Counsel of the Company. Mr.&nbsp;Doyle beneficially owns 13,467
shares of Common Stock of the Company.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>Elimination of Liability of Directors</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the &#147;Certificate&#148;) provides that a director
of the Company will not be liable to the Company or its shareowners for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation
thereof is not permitted under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (&#147;DGCL&#148;) as the
same exists or may thereafter be amended. Based on the DGCL, as presently in effect, a director of
the Company will not be personally liable to the Company or its shareowners for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its
shareowners;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL, which concerns unlawful payments of dividends,
stock purchases or redemptions; or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for any transactions from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws of the Company (the &#147;Bylaws&#148;) provide that the Company will indemnify and hold
harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may
thereafter be amended, any person (a &#147;Covered Person&#148;) who was or is made or is threatened to be
made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (a &#147;proceeding&#148;), by reason of the fact that he, or a person for
whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Company or, while a
director or officer of the Company, is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another company or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise
or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all
liability and loss suffered and expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, reasonably incurred by that
Covered Person. The Bylaws also provide that, notwithstanding the foregoing, but except as
described in the second following paragraph, the Company will be required to indemnify a Covered
Person in connection with a proceeding or part thereof commenced by that Covered Person only if the
commencement of the proceeding or part thereof by the Covered Person was authorized by the Board.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws further provide that the Company will pay the expenses including attorneys&#146; fees
incurred by a Covered Person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition;
provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, the payment of expenses in advance of the
final disposition of the proceeding will be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by that
Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered
Person is not entitled to be indemnified under the relevant section of the Bylaws or otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the Bylaws, if a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses thereunder is
not paid in full within 30&nbsp;days after a written claim therefor by the Covered Person has been
received by the Company, the Covered Person may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such
claim and, if successful in whole or in part, will be entitled to be paid the expense of
prosecuting such claim. The Bylaws provide that, in any such action, the Company will have the
burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or
payment of expenses under applicable law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws also provide:
</DIV>

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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>that the rights conferred on any Covered Person thereby are not exclusive of
any other rights which that Covered Person may have or thereafter acquire under any
statute, provision of the Certificate, the Bylaws, agreement, vote of shareowners or
disinterested directors or otherwise;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>that the Company&#146;s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to
any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise
or nonprofit entity will be reduced by any amount that Covered Person may collect as
indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other company, partnership,
joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise; and</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>that any repeal or modification of the relevant provisions of the Bylaws
will not adversely affect any right or protection thereunder of any Covered Person in
respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or
modification</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws also expressly state that the provisions thereof will not limit the Company&#146;s
right, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to
persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">See Index to Exhibits.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</B>
</DIV>


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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement; and</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement; provided, however, that paragraphs A(1)(i)
and A(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by
the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">B. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>


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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Registrant. </I>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lake Forest, state of Illinois, on
October&nbsp;20th, 2008.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">PACTIV CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/
Richard L. Wambold</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Richard L. Wambold&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman, President and Chief<BR>
Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of Pactiv Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and
the undersigned directors and officers of Pactiv Corporation hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard L. Wambold and Joseph E. Doyle, his, her or its true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, for him, her or it and in his, her or its name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
with full power to act alone, to sign any and all amendments to this report, and to file each such
amendment to this report, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he, she or it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS
BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED.
</DIV>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;Richard L. Wambold</DIV></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Director, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;20, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard L. Wambold</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;Edward T. Walters</DIV></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;20, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Edward T. Walters</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;Donald King</DIV></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;20, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Donald King</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;Larry D. Brady</DIV></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;20, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Larry D. Brady</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;K. Dane Brooksher</DIV></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;20, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">K. Dane Brooksher</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;Robert J. Darnall</DIV></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;20, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert J. Darnall</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;Mary R. Henderson</DIV></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;20, 2008</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mary R. Henderson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;N. Thomas Linebarger</DIV></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;20, 2008</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">N. Thomas Linebarger</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;Roger B. Porter</DIV></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;20, 2008</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Roger B. Porter</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;Norman H. Wesley</DIV></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top">October&nbsp;20, 2008</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Norman H. Wesley</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description of Document</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the registrant (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Pactiv Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 1999, File No.&nbsp;1-15157)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2(a)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-laws of the registrant (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Pactiv Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 1999, File No.&nbsp;1-15157).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2(b)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Amended and Restated By-laws of the registrant (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Pactiv Corporation&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed July&nbsp;13, 2007, File No.&nbsp;1-15157).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Stock Certificate of Pactiv Corporation Common Stock (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Pactiv Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on
Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 1999, File No.&nbsp;1-15157).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Qualified Offer Plan Rights Agreement, dated as of November&nbsp;4, 1999, by and
between the registrant and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Rights
Agent (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Pactiv Corporation&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 1999, File
No.&nbsp;1-15157).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4(a)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of November&nbsp;7, 2002, by and
between the registrant and National City Bank, as Rights Agent (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.4(a) registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-101121</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5(a)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indenture, dated September&nbsp;29, 1999, by and between the registrant and The
Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to Tenneco Packaging Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4, File No.
333-82923).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5(b)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November&nbsp;4, 1999, to Indenture dated
as of September&nbsp;29, 1999, between the registrant and The Chase Manhattan Bank,
as Trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3(b) to Pactiv
Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30,
1999, File No.&nbsp;1-15157).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5(c)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November&nbsp;4, 1999, to Indenture dated
as of September&nbsp;29, 1999, between the registrant and The Chase Manhattan Bank,
as Trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3(c) to Pactiv
Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30,
1999, File No.&nbsp;1-15157).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5(d)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November&nbsp;4, 1999, to Indenture dated
as of September&nbsp;29, 1999, between the registrant and The Chase Manhattan Bank,
as Trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3(d) to Pactiv
Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30,
1999, File No.&nbsp;1-15157).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5(e)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November&nbsp;4, 1999, to Indenture dated
as of September&nbsp;29, 1999, between the registrant and The Chase Manhattan Bank,
as Trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3(f) to Pactiv
Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30,
1999, File No.&nbsp;1-15157).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November&nbsp;4, 1999, by and between the
registrant and the trustees under the Pactiv Corporation Rabbi Trust
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to Pactiv Corporation&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 1999, File
No.&nbsp;1-15157).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*4.7</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Pactiv Corporation Deferred
Compensation Plan (restated electronically for filing purposes)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.8</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Pactiv Corporation Rabbi Trust (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.11 to Pactiv Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended September&nbsp;30, 1999, File No.&nbsp;1-15157).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*4.9</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Pactiv Corporation Deferred
Retirement Savings Plan (restated electronically for filing</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description of Document</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">purposes)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*5</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Joseph E. Doyle, Esq. regarding the Common Stock of the Registrant</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.2</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Joseph E. Doyle, Esq. (included in opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5 hereto)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*24</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)</TD>
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PACTIV CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
36-2552928
(State of Incorporation)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1900 West Field Court
Lake Forest, IL 60045
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Pactiv Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan
Pactiv Corporation Deferred Retirement Savings Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
Joseph E. Doyle, Esq.
c/o Pactiv Corporation
1900 West Field Court
Lake Forest, Illinois 60045
Telephone: (847) 482-2409
Facsimile: (847) 615-6417
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the
definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Nonaccelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title Of Each Class Of
Amount To Be
Proposed
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Securities To Be
Registered
Maximum Offering
Aggregate Offering
Registration
Fee
(3)
Registered
Price Per Unit
Price
Common Stock,
$.01 par value
per share (including
related preferred stock
purchase
rights)
(1)
1,000,000 shares
24.065
(1)
$24,065,000.00
$945.75
Deferred Compensation
Plan
Obligations
(4)
$50,000.000.00
100%
$50,000,000.00
$1,965.00
Deferred Retirement
Savings Plan
Obligations
(5)
$50,000.000.00
100%
$50,000,000.00
$1,965.00
(1)
Shares to be issued to participants in the Pactiv Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan
and the Pactiv Corporation Deferred Retirement Savings Plan who elect to receive the distribution
of all or a portion of their deferred compensation accounts in the form of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, and pursuant to Rule
457(c) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per unit and the registration
fee are based on the reported average of the high and low prices for the shares of Common Stock as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange on October 17, 2008
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with
Rule 457 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(4)
The Deferred Compensation Plan Obligations are unsecured obligations of Pactiv Corporation
to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Pactiv Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan (the "DC Plan").
(5)
The Deferred Retirement Savings Plan Obligations are unsecured obligations of Pactiv
Corporation to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Pactiv
Corporation Deferred Retirement Savings Plan (the "DRS Plan").
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 4.7
EXHIBIT 4.9
EXHIBIT 5
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents, which have been filed by Pactiv Corporation (the "Company" or
"Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007;
(b)
Forms 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2008, and June 30, 2008;
(c)
Form 8-K filed July 1, 2008; and
(d)
The description of the Company's shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per
share (the "Common Stock") and preferred stock purchase rights contained in the
Company's registration statement on Form 10-12b/A filed on October 18, 1999.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Common Stock
Not applicable.
Deferred Compensation Plan Obligations
The Deferred Compensation Plan Obligations (the "DCP Obligations") are unsecured general
obligations of the Registrant to pay the deferred compensation of and Registrant contributions to
participants in the DC Plan. The Registrant has established the Pactiv Corporation Rabbi Trust, and
deposited shares of its common stock into the Rabbi Trust, in order to provide a source of funds
for the payment of DCP Obligations; however, as required by applicable tax law, the property of
the Rabbi Trust is subject to the claims of the Registrant's creditors in the event of the
Registrant's insolvency, and in such event the DCP Obligations will rank equally with the
Registrant's other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness.
All members of the Registrant's Board of Directors, and all employees of the Registrant who are
eligible to participate in the Registrant's Executive Incentive Compensation Plan (the "EICP"), are
eligible to participate in the DC Plan. Members of the Board of Directors may elect to defer all
or any portion of their annual retainer fee, committee retainer fees, or meeting fees. Deferral
elections by directors must be made prior to the beginning of each year and are thereafter
irrevocable. Eligible employees may elect to defer all or any portion of their annual bonus
received pursuant to the EICP, or performance shares issued under the Pactiv Corporation 2002
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Incentive Compensation Plan. Deferral elections by eligible employees must be made prior to the
June 30 of each year and are thereafter irrevocable.
The Registrant will establish deferred compensation account(s) on behalf of each participant, to
which the Registrant will credit any compensation deferred in accordance with the DC Plan. The
compensation account(s) will be credited (or charged) with income (or loss) measured against the
various investment funds specified from time to time by the Registrant. One of the investment
options is the Pactiv Stock Index Fund, the earnings factor for which equals the performance of the
Registrant's common stock, including reinvested dividends, if any. Participants in the DC Plan may
choose among the investment options, and may change investment options from time to time.
If an eligible employee elects to defer a portion of his or her EICP annual bonus for the year in
which he or she is first eligible to participate in the EICP or any of the following four years,
and elects to have the earnings on such deferral calculated as if invested in the Pactiv Stock
Index Fund, then an additional amount equal to 20% of such amount is credited to the participant's
deferred compensation account. If the participant transfers any portion of the EICP annual bonus
upon which such additional allocation was based to any other investment option before it vests (as
described below), then the applicable portion of the additional allocation is forfeited. The plan
administrator may either extend the number of years of participation during which a participant
receives the additional credit, or grant a participant the eligibility to receive the additional
credit during other periods of participation.
A participant's deferred compensation vests immediately. The additional 20% of any deferred EICP
bonus described in the prior paragraph vests upon the earlier of the third anniversary of the date
it is credited to the participant's account, or the participant's death, disability, or retirement
after attaining age 55 with 10 years of service.
The vested balance in a participant's deferred compensation account is distributed upon the
participant's death, disability, termination of employment or membership on the Board of Directors,
the occurrence of a change in control of the Registrant (as defined under Section 409A of the
Internal Revenue Code) or on a specific date elected by the participant. Except as described in
the following paragraph, distributions are made either in a lump sum or a series of up to five
annual installments as elected by the participants. To the extent that a participant's account is
invested in the Pactiv Stock Index Fund, the participant may elect to receive the equivalent number
of shares of the Registrant's common stock.
If a participant who is an employee elects to defer receipt of Performance Shares issued to the
participant pursuant to Pactiv's 2002 Incentive Compensation Plan, or if a participant who is a
member of the Board of Directors elects to defer receipt of any portion of the participant's
compensation that is paid in the form of Director Stock Awards issued pursuant to the 2002
Incentive Compensation Plan, the number of shares of stock that are so deferred will be credited to
the Pactiv Stock Index Fund and, to the extent still invested in such Fund at the time of
distribution, will be distributed in the form of shares. Performance Shares and Director Stock
Awards the receipt of which are deferred pursuant to the terms of the DC Plan are not included in
the 1,000,000 shares registered by this registration statement, as such shares are part of the
13,500,000 shares that were registered by a registration statement filed on November 8, 2002, and
are covered by the prospectus dated November 8, 2002.
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Participants and their beneficiaries may not voluntarily or involuntarily transfer, alienate or
assign their interests under the DC Plan. A participant may withdraw a portion of his or her
account if required to satisfy an unforeseeable financial emergency, as determined by the plan
administrator in its sole discretion.
The DC Plan is administered by the Compensation/Nominating/Governance Committee of the Board of
Directors or its nominee.
The Registrant may amend, suspend or terminate the DC Plan or any portion thereof at any time in
accordance with the terms of the DC Plan, provided that no amendment, suspension or termination may
reduce the balance in the any participant's deferred compensation account on the effective date of
such action.
Deferred Retirement Savings Plan Obligations
The Deferred Retirement Savings Plan Obligations (the "DRSP Obligations") are unsecured general
obligations of the Registrant to pay the deferred compensation of and Registrant contributions to
participants in the DRS Plan. The DRSP Obligations will rank equally with the Registrant's other
unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding.
Participation in the DRS Plan is limited to management and highly compensated employees of the
Registrant designated by the plan administrator in its sole discretion. Eligible employees may
elect to defer up to 25% of the employee's compensation (as defined in the Pactiv 401(k) Savings
and Investment Plan (the "401(k) Plan")) each year. Deferral elections by eligible employees must
be made prior to the beginning of each year and are thereafter irrevocable, except that a newly
hired participant may make a deferral election not later than 30 days after his or her date of
hire, which will apply only to compensation earned after the election is made.
In addition, participants who were employed or on approved leave of absence on December 31, 2002,
and who either were participating in the 401(k) Plan on such date or who were hired or rehired on
or after November 2, 2002, and elected to commence participating in the 401(k) Plan upon rehire
("Grandfathered Participants") are entitled to have additional contributions by the Registrant
allocated to their accounts. Grandfathered Participants received a one-time allocation to their
accounts for the 2004 plan year, in a percentage of their compensation based upon their years of
participant in the 401(k) Plan as determined by a formula set forth in the DRS Plan. For years
commencing with 2005, Grandfathered Participants are entitled to receive matching contributions
allocated to their accounts based upon the amount that they elect to defer for such year and their
years of participation in the 401(k) Plan as determined by a formula set forth in the DRS Plan.
The Registrant will establish deferred compensation account(s) on behalf of each participant, to
which the Registrant will credit any compensation deferred in accordance with the DRS Plan. The
compensation account(s) will be credited (or charged) with income (or loss) measured against the
various investment funds specified from time to time by the Registrant. One of the investment
options is a fund (the "Pactiv Stock Fund"), the earnings factor for which equals the performance
of the Registrant's common stock, including reinvested dividends. Participants in the DRS Plan may
choose among the investment options, and may change investment options from time to time. The
Registrant's contributions to Grandfathered Participants are originally deemed invested in the
Pactiv Stock Fund until reallocated by the participant.
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All allocations to participant's accounts, including deferred compensation and contributions by the
Registrant to Grandfathered Participants, are fully vested. The balance in a participant's
deferred compensation account is distributed upon the earliest to occur of the participant's death
or disability, or the day that is six months and one day after the participant's termination of
employment, or the occurrence of a change in control of the Registrant (as defined under Section
409A of the Internal Revenue Code). Distributions are made in a lump sum. To the extent that a
participant's account is invested in the Pactiv Stock Fund, the participant may elect to receive
the equivalent number of shares of the Registrant's common stock.
Participants and their beneficiaries may not voluntarily or involuntarily transfer, alienate or
assign their interests under the DRS Plan. A participant may withdraw a portion of his or her
account if required to satisfy an unforeseeable financial emergency, as determined by the plan
administrator in its sole discretion.
The DRS Plan is administered by the Compensation/Nominating/Governance Committee of the Board of
Directors or its nominee.
The Registrant may amend, suspend or terminate the DRS Plan or any portion thereof at any time in
accordance with the terms of the DRS Plan, provided that no amendment, suspension or termination
may reduce the balance in the any participant's deferred compensation account on the effective date
of such action.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Certain legal matters regarding shares of Common Stock offered hereby will be passed upon for the
Company by Joseph E. Doyle, General Counsel of the Company. Mr. Doyle beneficially owns 13,467
shares of Common Stock of the Company.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Elimination of Liability of Directors
The Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the "Certificate") provides that a director
of the Company will not be liable to the Company or its shareowners for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation
thereof is not permitted under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ("DGCL") as the
same exists or may thereafter be amended. Based on the DGCL, as presently in effect, a director of
the Company will not be personally liable to the Company or its shareowners for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:
•
for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its
shareowners;
•
for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law;
•
under Section 174 of the DGCL, which concerns unlawful payments of dividends,
stock purchases or redemptions; or
•
for any transactions from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit.
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Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Bylaws of the Company (the "Bylaws") provide that the Company will indemnify and hold
harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may
thereafter be amended, any person (a "Covered Person") who was or is made or is threatened to be
made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he, or a person for
whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Company or, while a
director or officer of the Company, is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another company or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise
or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all
liability and loss suffered and expenses, including attorneys' fees, reasonably incurred by that
Covered Person. The Bylaws also provide that, notwithstanding the foregoing, but except as
described in the second following paragraph, the Company will be required to indemnify a Covered
Person in connection with a proceeding or part thereof commenced by that Covered Person only if the
commencement of the proceeding or part thereof by the Covered Person was authorized by the Board.
The Bylaws further provide that the Company will pay the expenses including attorneys' fees
incurred by a Covered Person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition;
provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, the payment of expenses in advance of the
final disposition of the proceeding will be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by that
Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered
Person is not entitled to be indemnified under the relevant section of the Bylaws or otherwise.
Pursuant to the Bylaws, if a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses thereunder is
not paid in full within 30 days after a written claim therefor by the Covered Person has been
received by the Company, the Covered Person may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such
claim and, if successful in whole or in part, will be entitled to be paid the expense of
prosecuting such claim. The Bylaws provide that, in any such action, the Company will have the
burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or
payment of expenses under applicable law.
The Bylaws also provide:
•
that the rights conferred on any Covered Person thereby are not exclusive of
any other rights which that Covered Person may have or thereafter acquire under any
statute, provision of the Certificate, the Bylaws, agreement, vote of shareowners or
disinterested directors or otherwise;
•
that the Company's obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to
any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise
or nonprofit entity will be reduced by any amount that Covered Person may collect as
indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other company, partnership,
joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit enterprise; and
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that any repeal or modification of the relevant provisions of the Bylaws
will not adversely affect any right or protection thereunder of any Covered Person in
respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or
modification
The Bylaws also expressly state that the provisions thereof will not limit the Company's
right, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to
persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
See Index to Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings
A.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement;
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement; provided, however, that paragraphs A(1)(i)
and A(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by
the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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B. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Lake Forest, state of Illinois, on
October 20th, 2008.
PACTIV CORPORATION
By:
/s/
Richard L. Wambold
Richard L. Wambold
Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of Pactiv Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and
the undersigned directors and officers of Pactiv Corporation hereby constitutes and appoints
Richard L. Wambold and Joseph E. Doyle, his, her or its true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, for him, her or it and in his, her or its name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
with full power to act alone, to sign any and all amendments to this report, and to file each such
amendment to this report, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and
things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he, she or it might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS
BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED.
Signature
Capacity
Date
/s/ Richard L. Wambold
Director, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
October 20, 2008
Richard L. Wambold
/s/ Edward T. Walters
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
October 20, 2008
Edward T. Walters
/s/ Donald King
Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
October 20, 2008
Donald King
/s/ Larry D. Brady
Director
October 20, 2008
Larry D. Brady
/s/ K. Dane Brooksher
Director
October 20, 2008
K. Dane Brooksher
/s/ Robert J. Darnall
Director
October 20, 2008
Robert J. Darnall
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Signature
Capacity
Date
/s/ Mary R. Henderson
Director
October 20, 2008
Mary R. Henderson
/s/ N. Thomas Linebarger
Director
October 20, 2008
N. Thomas Linebarger
/s/ Roger B. Porter
Director
October 20, 2008
Roger B. Porter
/s/ Norman H. Wesley
Director
October 20, 2008
Norman H. Wesley
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the registrant (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Pactiv Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 1999, File No. 1-15157)
4.2(a)
Amended and Restated By-laws of the registrant (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Pactiv Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 1999, File No. 1-15157).
4.2(b)
Amendment to Amended and Restated By-laws of the registrant (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Pactiv Corporation's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed July 13, 2007, File No. 1-15157).
4.3
Specimen Stock Certificate of Pactiv Corporation Common Stock (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Pactiv Corporation's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999, File No. 1-15157).
4.4
Qualified Offer Plan Rights Agreement, dated as of November 4, 1999, by and
between the registrant and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Rights
Agent (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Pactiv Corporation's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999, File
No. 1-15157).
4.4(a)
Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2002, by and
between the registrant and National City Bank, as Rights Agent (incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4(a) registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8, File No. 333-101121
4.5(a)
Indenture, dated September 29, 1999, by and between the registrant and The
Chase Manhattan Bank, as Trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to Tenneco Packaging Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No.
333-82923).
4.5(b)
First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 4, 1999, to Indenture dated
as of September 29, 1999, between the registrant and The Chase Manhattan Bank,
as Trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3(b) to Pactiv
Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
1999, File No. 1-15157).
4.5(c)
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 4, 1999, to Indenture dated
as of September 29, 1999, between the registrant and The Chase Manhattan Bank,
as Trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3(c) to Pactiv
Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
1999, File No. 1-15157).
4.5(d)
Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 4, 1999, to Indenture dated
as of September 29, 1999, between the registrant and The Chase Manhattan Bank,
as Trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3(d) to Pactiv
Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
1999, File No. 1-15157).
4.5(e)
Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 4, 1999, to Indenture dated
as of September 29, 1999, between the registrant and The Chase Manhattan Bank,
as Trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3(f) to Pactiv
Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
1999, File No. 1-15157).
4.6
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 4, 1999, by and between the
registrant and the trustees under the Pactiv Corporation Rabbi Trust
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Pactiv Corporation's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999, File
No. 1-15157).
*4.7
Pactiv Corporation Deferred
Compensation Plan (restated electronically for filing purposes)
4.8
Pactiv Corporation Rabbi Trust (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.11 to Pactiv Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 30, 1999, File No. 1-15157).
*4.9
Pactiv Corporation Deferred
Retirement Savings Plan (restated electronically for filing
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Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
purposes)
*5
Opinion of Joseph E. Doyle, Esq. regarding the Common Stock of the Registrant
*23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
*23.2
Consent of Joseph E. Doyle, Esq. (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)
*24
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto)
*/
Filed herewith
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