AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL 
                 PREFERRED STOCK AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
     

        AMENDED  AND RESTATED  SECOND  SUPPLEMENTAL PREFERRED  STOCK PURCHASE
   AGREEMENT  (this "Agreement")  made as  of April  14, 1998,  by  and among
   JOTAN,  INC.,  a Florida  corporation (the  "Company"), RICE  PARTNERS II,
   L.P.,  a  Delaware  limited   partnership  ("Rice"  or  the  "Purchaser"),
   F-SOUTHLAND,  L.L.C.,  a North  Carolina  limited  liability company  ("F-
   Southland"), FF-SOUTHLAND,  L.P.,  a Delaware  limited  partnership  ("FF-
   Southland" and together with  F-Southland, the "Southland Purchasers"), F-
   JOTAN, L.L.C., a North Carolina limited liability corporation ("F-Jotan"),
   and  the   SHAREHOLDER  named   on   the  signature   pages  hereto   (the
   "Shareholder").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

        WHEREAS, the Company, Rice, the Southland Purchasers, F-Jotan and the
   Shareholder  named on the signature  pages thereof, have  entered into (i)
   that certain Preferred Stock  and Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated  as of
   February 28, 1997 (the "Preferred Stock and  Warrant Purchase Agreement"),
   (ii) that certain First Supplemental Preferred Stock and Warrant  Purchase
   Agreement dated as of September 10, 1997 (the "First Supplemental Purchase
   Agreement"), and  (iii) that  certain Second Supplemental  Preferred Stock
   Purchase Agreement  (the "Second  Supplemental Purchase  Agreement"), (the
   First Supplemental  Purchase Agreement, the  Second Supplemental  Purchase
   Agreement and together  with this  Agreement and the  Preferred Stock  and
   Warrant  Purchase Agreement, as the same may be further modified, amended,
   supplemented or restated from time to time, collectively being called, the
   "Other Purchase Agreements");

        WHEREAS, each party  owns beneficially  and of record  the number  of
   shares  or share  equivalents  set  forth  under  the  signature  of  such
   Shareholder  on this Agreement of the issued and outstanding capital stock
   of the Company (reflecting the departure of David Freedman on December 31,
   1997 from  employment at the Company and the termination of his options to
   purchase up to 275,000  of the Company's  Common Stock but not  reflecting
   the  issuance of  a  certain "Priority  Warrant"  in connection  with  the
   Priority Note Agreement (as defined in the last recital below);

        WHEREAS, F-Jotan is the owner of the 1,435,705 shares of the Series A
   Preferred Stock of the Company as of the date hereof;

        WHEREAS,  the Southland Purchasers and  Rice are owners  of shares of
   Series B  Preferred  Stock and  Warrants  exercisable into  the  Company's

   Common Stock, as set forth under the signature of each such party below;

        WHEREAS,  SHC Acquisition  Corp.,  a wholly-owned  Subsidiary of  the
   Company,  has  merged  with  and  into  Southland  Holding  Company,  with
   Southland Holding  Company surviving and  assuming all the  obligations of
   SHC  Acquisition Corp.  under  the Preferred  Stock  and Warrant  Purchase
   Agreement.  On July 31, 1997, all of the subsidiaries of Southland Holding
   Company  and Atlantic Bag  & Paper Company,  a Subsidiary  of the Company,
   merged with and into Southland Holding Company (which concurrently changed
   its name to  Southland Container  Packaging Corp.), with  the result  that
   Southland Container  Packaging Corp. ("Southland"),  as of July  31, 1997,
   had no Subsidiaries;

        WHEREAS, the  Company, Southland,  Rice and the  Southland Purchasers
   have  entered into  that  certain Note  Purchase  Agreement, dated  as  of
   February 28, 1997, as amended  by Amendment No. 1, dated as  of August 19,
   1997, Amendment No. 2, dated  as of November 6, 1997 and  Amendment No. 3,
   dated  as  of April 14,  1998  (as  the  same  may be  modified,  amended,
   supplemented or restated from time to time the "Original Note Agreement");

        WHEREAS, the  Company, Rice,  Southland Purchasers, F-Jotan,  and the
   Shareholder have entered  into (i)  a Shareholder Agreement,  dated as  of
   February  28,  1997  (the  "Original Shareholder  Agreement"),  (ii)  that
   certain First  Supplemental Shareholder  Agreement, dated as  of September
   10,  1997 (the  "First  Supplemental Shareholder  Agreement"), (iii)  that
   certain Second Supplemental Shareholder Agreement, dated as of November 6,
   1997  (the "Second  Supplemental Shareholder  Agreement"), and  (iii) that
   certain  Amended and  Restated Second Supplemental  Shareholder Agreement,
   dated as of the date hereof (the "Restated Second Supplemental Shareholder
   Agreement"), (the Original Shareholder  Agreement, the First  Supplemental
   Shareholder Agreement, the Second Supplemental Shareholder  Agreement, and
   the Restated  Second Supplemental  Shareholder Agreement  are collectively
   called the "Other Shareholder Agreements");

        WHEREAS,  Rice and the Board  of Directors of  the Company determined
   that, in  the best interest of the Company, Rice was willing purchase, and
   the Company was  willing to sell to Rice,  $250,000 (the "Purchase Price")
   of Series B Preferred Stock, in  cash at $200 per share (the "Investment")
   to enable the Company  to make certain payments to certain individuals who
   previously owned minority interests in certain subsidiaries of Southland;

        WHEREAS, although Rice was  willing to enter into and  consummate the
   transactions contemplated hereby upon the due issuance of the Warrants and
   Preferred Stock (as defined below) in  connection with the payment of  the
   Purchase Price, the Southland Purchasers elected not to purchase Preferred

   Stock in this transaction; and

        WHEREAS,  Rice  and  the  Company agreed  that,  notwithstanding  the
   provisions  of   the  Second   Supplemental  Purchase  Agreement   and  in
   consideration of  making further financial investments in the Company, the
   Company is  willing to issue to  Rice, and Rice shall  receive Warrants in
   connection with, and related  to, the purchase of the  Second Supplemental
   Preferred Shares  (as  defined  below),  which warrants  shall  be  issued
   concurrently with the purchase  by Rice of $1,250,000 of  "Priority Senior
   Subordinated Notes"  under that certain Priority  Note Purchase Agreement,
   dated  as of  April 14,  1998,  among  Rice,  the  Company  and  Southland
   Container Packaging Corp.  ("Priority Note Agreement").

        NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of  the  foregoing,  the  mutual
   covenants  contained  in  this  Agreement, and  other  good  and  valuable
   consideration,   the  receipt   and  sufficiency   of  which   are  hereby
   acknowledged,  Purchaser,  Southland  Purchasers, F-Jotan,  the  Southland
   Purchasers,  the Shareholder,  and the  Company,  intending to  be legally
   bound, agree as follows:

                                    Article I
                                   Definitions

        As  used in this Agreement,  all capitalized terms  have the meanings
   indicated in the  Preferred Stock  and Warrant  Purchase Agreement  unless
   otherwise defined herein.   Any such term used in  the Preferred Stock and
   Warrant Purchase Agreement,  but not defined herein, shall  be interpreted
   to cover all corresponding  terms used herein and relating to the Warrants
   and Series B  Preferred Stock to be issued pursuant  to this Agreement, as
   if  such  terms  were  set  forth at  length  herein  and  applied  to the
   transactions contemplated hereby.

        Agreement.   This Amended and Restated  Second Supplemental Preferred
        Stock  and Warrant Purchase Agreement,  as the same  may be modified,
        amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

        Closing  Date.  With respect to this  Agreement, as of the date first
        set forth above.

        First  Supplemental  Warrant.   The  First  Supplemental Warrant  A-2
        issued  concurrently  with the  issuance  of  the First  Supplemental
        Series B Preferred Stock.

        Second Supplemental  Warrant.   The Second Supplemental  Warrant A-3,
        dated  April 14, 1998, to be  purchased by Rice  under this Agreement
        concurrently with  the purchase  of the Priority  Senior Subordinated
        Note as defined in the Priority Note Agreement.

        Priority Note Agreement.  The Priority Note Purchase Agreement, dated
        as of April 14, 1998,  by and among the Company,  Southland Container
        Packaging Corp.,  and Rice and all  documents evidencing indebtedness
        thereunder or otherwise related to such Agreement, as the same may be
        further  amended from time to time, and any refinancing, refunding or
        replacements of the indebtedness under such Agreement.

        Original  Closing Date.    The  Closing  Date  with  respect  to  the
        Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement, which  occurred as of
        February  28, 1997 with respect to the originally issued Warrants and
        Preferred  Shares  under the  Preferred  Stock  and Warrant  Purchase
        Agreement and March 4, 1997 with respect to the initial funding.

        Other Shareholder Agreements.  This term is defined in the Preamble.

        Preferred  Stock or Series  B Preferred Stock.   For purposes of this
        Agreement  (except where  the context  requires a  reference to  this
        Agreement and  the Preferred  Stock and Warrant  Purchase Agreement),
        the Second Supplemental Series B Preferred Stock.

        Purchase Price.  This term is defined in the preamble.

        Purchaser.   For purposes of this  Agreement, the Second Supplemental
        Documents and  the First  Supplemental Documents (as  defined in  the
        First Supplemental Purchase Agreement), Rice; and for purposes of the
        Preferred Stock  and Warrant Purchase Agreement  and the transactions
        contemplated thereby, Rice and the Southland Purchasers.

        Second   Supplemental  Documents.     This   Agreement,  the   Second
        Supplemental  Series  B  Preferred  Stock,  the  Second  Supplemental
        Shareholder   Agreement,   and  the   Restated   Second  Supplemental
        Shareholder Agreement  among the parties hereto  and the transactions
        and documents, instruments, certificates and  agreements contemplated
        thereby, as  the  same  may be  modified,  amended,  supplemented  or
        restated from time to time.

        Second Supplemental  Preferred Shares.  Shares of  Series B Preferred
        Stock  (but not  any Series  A Preferred  Stock) issued  to Purchaser
        under the  Second Supplemental Purchase Agreement  in connection with
        the Investment described therein and herein.

        Second Supplemental  Series B  Preferred Stock.   Series B  Preferred
        Stock   issued  to   the  applicable   Purchaser  under   the  Second
        Supplemental  Purchase Agreement  in connection  with  the Investment
        described therein and herein. 

        Southland.  This term is defined in the Preamble.

        Warrants  or  Second  Supplemental Warrant.    For  purposes of  this
        Agreement  (except where  the  context requires  a reference  to this
        Agreement,  the  First  Supplemental   Purchase  Agreement  and   the
        Preferred   Stock  and  Warrant   Purchase  Agreement),   the  Second
        Supplemental Warrant (as defined below).

        Warrant Shares.   For purposes  of this Agreement  (except where  the
        context   requires  a   reference  to   this  Agreement,   the  First
        Supplemental Purchase  Agreement and the Preferred  Stock and Warrant
        Purchase Agreement), the shares  of Common Stock issuable  and issued
        on  exercise of the Second Supplemental  Warrant (defined below), and
        all  Warrants  issued  upon  the  transfer  or  division  of,  or  in
        substitution for, such Warrant.

                                   Article II
                    The Preferred Shares; Warrants; Warrants

        2.01 The  Preferred Shares;  Warrants.   On or  prior to  the Closing
   Date,  Rice agrees to purchase from the  Company at the purchase price set
   forth below,  and the Company agrees  to issue to Rice,  all in accordance
   with the terms and conditions of this Agreement:

             (a)  for a  purchase price  of $100, a  Second Supplemental
        Warrant  A-3  (relating  to  the Series  B  Preferred  Stock) in
        substantially the form attached to this Agreement as Annex B and
        incorporated in  this Agreement by reference to purchase, at the
        exercise price provided in Section 2.03, the number of shares of
        Common Stock set forth beneath the name of Rice on the signature
        page of this Agreement (the "Second Supplemental Warrant"); and

             (b)  1,250  shares  of  Series  B  Preferred  Stock,  at  a
        purchase  price  of $200  per share  (for  a total  of $250,000)
        having the rights, restrictions, privileges, and preferences set
        forth  in the articles of amendment of the Company's articles of
        incorporation  attached  to  the  Preferred  Stock  and  Warrant
        Purchase Agreement as Annex H (the "Certificate").

   The  Company  has  duly authorized  the  Series  B  Preferred Stock  being
   purchased and  sold pursuant to the terms of this Agreement by duly filing
   the  Certificate with  the Secretary  of State  of the  State of  Florida.
   Within forty-five (45) business  days after the Closing Date,  the Company
   will  deliver to Rice a certificate evidencing and representing the shares
   of Second Supplemental Series B Preferred Stock issued to such  Purchaser,
   which certificate shall be issued in  such Purchaser's name or in the name
   of its designee.

        2.02 Legend.   The  Company  will deliver  to  Purchaser pursuant  to
   Section 2.01,  one or  more certificates  representing each  of (i) Second
   Supplemental  Warrant and (ii) the  Second Supplemental Series B Preferred
   Stock  purchased by Rice in such denominations as such Purchaser requests.
   Such certificates will  be issued in such Purchaser's name  or, subject to
   compliance with  transfer and  registration requirements  under applicable
   Federal and state securities laws, in  the name or names of its respective
   designee or designees.

        It  is understood  and  agreed that  the certificates  evidencing the
   Warrants will bear the following legends:

        "THIS WARRANT AND  THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON  EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE
        BEEN ACQUIRED  FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH  A VIEW TO OR  FOR SALE IN
        CONNECTION  WITH THE  DISTRIBUTION  HEREOF.    THIS WARRANT  AND  THE
        SECURITIES  ISSUABLE UPON  EXERCISE HEREOF  HAVE NOT  BEEN REGISTERED
        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
        LAWS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AND THE  TEXAS SECURITIES ACT OF
        1957,  AS AMENDED, AND  MAY NOT BE  PLEDGED, SOLD, OFFERED  FOR SALE,
        TRANSFERRED,  OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION
        UNDER  OR EXEMPTION FROM SUCH ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
        LAWS."

        "THIS WARRANT AND  THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE  UPON EXERCISE HEREOF  ARE
        SUBJECT  TO THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF A PREFERRED STOCK AND WARRANT
        PURCHASE  AGREEMENT AND  A SHAREHOLDER  AGREEMENT, EACH  DATED AS  OF
        FEBRUARY 28, 1997,  BY AND  AMONG JOTAN, INC.  (THE "COMPANY"),  RICE
        PARTNERS  II, L.P.,  F-SOUTHLAND, L.L.C.  AND FF-SOUTHLAND,  L.P., F-
        JOTAN, L.L.C. AND THE OTHER PARTIES LISTED ON THE  SIGNATURE PAGES TO
        SUCH SHAREHOLDER  AGREEMENT (AS SUCH AGREEMENTS  MAY BE SUPPLEMENTED,
        MODIFIED, AMENDED, OR RESTATED FROM  TIME TO TIME, THE "AGREEMENTS").
        COPIES  OF THE AGREEMENTS ARE  AVAILABLE AT THE  EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF
        THE COMPANY."

   It is further understood  and agreed that the certificates  evidencing the
   Second Supplemental Series B  Preferred Stock will bear  substantially the
   same as the following legends:

        "THESE SHARES HAVE  BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT  WITH A VIEW
        TO OR FOR  SALE IN CONNECTION  WITH THE  DISTRIBUTION HEREOF.   THESE
        SHARES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT  OF 1933, AS
        AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
        THE TEXAS SECURITIES ACT OF 1957, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE PLEDGED,
        SOLD,  OFFERED FOR SALE, TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE
        ABSENCE  OF REGISTRATION  UNDER OR  EXEMPTION FROM  SUCH ACT  AND ALL
        APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS."

        "THESE  SHARES ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF A PREFERRED
        STOCK  AND WARRANT  PURCHASE AGREEMENT  AND A  SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT,
        EACH  DATED AS  OF  FEBRUARY  28,  1997,  BETWEEN  JOTAN,  INC.  (THE
        "COMPANY"), RICE PARTNERS II, L.P., F-JOTAN, L.L.C., AND F-SOUTHLAND,
        L.L.C.,  FF-SOUTHLAND,  L.P.  AND THE  OTHER  PARTIES  LISTED  ON THE
        SIGNATURE PAGES TO SUCH SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT (AS SUCH AGREEMENTS MAY
        BE SUPPLEMENTED, MODIFIED,  AMENDED, OR RESTATED  FROM TIME TO  TIME,
        THE "AGREEMENTS").   COPIES OF  THE AGREEMENTS ARE  AVAILABLE AT  THE
        EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF THE COMPANY."

        2.03 Exercise Price.  The Exercise Price per share will be  $0.01 for
   each share of  Common Stock  covered by the  Second Supplemental  Warrant;
   provided, however, that in no event shall the aggregate Exercise Price for
   all  of the  shares of  Common Stock  covered by  the Second  Supplemental
   Warrant exceed $100.00, whether as a result of any change in the par value
   of the Common Stock or Other Securities, as a result of any change  in the
   number of shares purchasable as provided in this Article II, or otherwise;
   provided,  further, that such  limitation of the  aggregate Exercise Price
   will have no effect whatsoever upon the amount or number of Warrant Shares
   for which the Warrants may be exercised.

        2.04 Exercise of Warrant.     The Second Supplemental Warrant  may be
   exercised at any time  or from time to time  on or after the  Closing Date
   until the tenth  (10th) anniversary of the Original Closing Date (March 4,
   2007), on any  day that  is a Business  Day, for  all or any  part of  the
   number of Issuable Warrant Shares purchasable upon its exercise.  In order
   to exercise  the Second Supplemental  Warrant, in  whole or  in part,  the
   Holder will comply  with the applicable provisions in  Section 2.04 of the
   Preferred  Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement as if such provisions were
   incorporated herein at length.

        2.05 Stock Legend.  Without  limiting the provisions of Section  2.02
   hereof,  the  Second  Supplemental  Warrant and  the  Second  Supplemental
   Preferred  Shares have  not been  registered under  the Securities  Act or
   qualified  under applicable  state securities  laws.   Accordingly, unless
   there is an effective  registration statement and qualification respecting
   the  Second  Supplemental Warrant  or  the  Second Supplemental  Preferred
   Shares, as the  case may be, under the Securities  Act or under applicable
   state  securities laws, the  Second Supplemental Preferred  Shares and, at
   the  time  of  exercise  of  a  Second  Supplemental  Warrant,  any  stock
   certificate  issued pursuant  to  the exercise  of  a Second  Supplemental
   Warrant will bear the following legend:

             "THE SHARES  REPRESENTED BY THIS  CERTIFICATE (A) HAVE  NOT BEEN
        REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE
        SECURITIES  LAWS, AND  MAY NOT  BE PLEDGED,  SOLD, OFFERED  FOR SALE,
        TRANSFERRED, OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF  IN THE ABSENCE OF REGISTRATION
        UNDER  OR EXEMPTION FROM SUCH ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
        LAWS, INCLUDING,  WITHOUT LIMITATION,  THE NORTH  CAROLINA SECURITIES
        ACT, AS  AMENDED, AND THE  TEXAS SECURITIES ACT OF  1957, AS AMENDED,
        AND  (B) ARE SUBJECT  TO THE TERMS  OF AND PROVISIONS  OF A PREFERRED
        STOCK  AND WARRANT  PURCHASE AGREEMENT  AND A  SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT,
        EACH   DATED  AS  OF  FEBRUARY  28,  1997,  AMONG  JOTAN,  INC.  (THE
        "COMPANY"),  RICE   PARTNERS  II,  L.P.,  F-SOUTHLAND,   L.L.C.,  FF-
        SOUTHLAND,  L.P., F-JOTAN, L.L.C. AND THE OTHER PARTIES LISTED ON THE
        SIGNATURE PAGES OF SUCH SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENT (AS SUCH AGREEMENTS MAY
        BE  SUPPLEMENTED, MODIFIED, AMENDED,  OR RESTATED FROM  TIME TO TIME,
        THE "AGREEMENTS").   COPIES OF  THE AGREEMENTS ARE  AVAILABLE AT  THE
        OFFICES OF THE COMPANY."

   All  shares  of  Capital  Stock  of  the  Company  subject  to  the  Other
   Shareholder Agreements will bear a legend to such effect.

        2.06 Preferred   Stock  and  Warrant  Purchase  Agreement  Provisions
   Incorporated into  this Agreement.  Except  as set forth above,  all other
   provisions  in  Article II  of the  Preferred  Stock and  Warrant Purchase
   Agreement shall be  incorporated herein as  if set forth at  length herein
   with  full application to the  Second Supplemental Warrant  and the Second
   Supplemental  Preferred  Shares;  and  all such  Preferred  Shares  issued
   pursuant to this Agreement shall be  included in all adjustments and other
   calculations under Section 2.08 of the Other Purchase  Agreements relating
   to  Preferred Shares  issued  as of  the Original  Closing Date  under the
   Second Supplemental  Warrant and the Second  Supplemental Preferred Shares
   as if such were issued on  the Original Closing Date.  Notwithstanding the
   issuance of securities contemplated herein,  there will be no  adjustments
   under Section 2.08 of  the Preferred Stock and Warrant  Purchase Agreement
   or  under  the  Certificate  (in respect  of  the  issuance  of  the First
   Supplemental  Warrant,  the Second  Supplemental  Warrant  and the  Second
   Supplemental  Preferred  Stock to  Rice)  and such  adjustment  rights are
   hereby waived with respect to such issuances.

   All  shares  of  Capital  Stock  of  the  Company  subject  to  the  Other
   Shareholder Agreements will bear a legend to such effect.

                                   Article III
                         Representations and Warranties

        3.01 Representations  and Warranties  of  the Company.   The  Company
   represents and warrants to the Southland Purchasers, Purchaser and F-Jotan
   that:

             (a)  The Company  is a  corporation duly organized  and existing
        and in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation and
        is  qualified  or licensed  to do  business  in all  other countries,
        states,  and jurisdictions  the  laws of  which require  it to  be so
        qualified  or  licensed except  where the  failure  to qualify  to be
        licensed  could have  a Material  Adverse Effect  (as defined  in the
        Original Note  Agreement).  The  Company has  no Subsidiaries  (other
        than Southland) or  debt or  equity investment in  any other  Person.
        Other than Rice,  the Southland Purchasers  and F-Jotan, and,  except
        any  other stock issuable under  any employee or  director stock plan
        which constitutes Permitted Stock, no Person has  any rights, whether
        granted by the Company or any other Person, to acquire any portion of
        the equity interest of the Company.

             (b)  The Company has, and at all times that this Agreement is in
        force will  have, the  right and power,  and is  duly authorized,  to
        enter  into,  execute,  deliver,  and  perform  this  Agreement,  the
        Restated   Second  Supplemental  Shareholder  Agreement,  the  Second
        Supplemental  Warrant,  and the  officers  of  Company executing  and
        delivering  this   Agreement,   the  Restated   Second   Supplemental
        Shareholder Agreement,  and the Second Supplemental  Warrant are duly
        authorized  to do  so; provided,  however, that  the exercise  of the
        Second  Supplemental Warrant  and  the performance  of the  Company's
        obligations in connection  therewith are subject  to (i) approval  of
        the holders of  Common Stock voting as a class to an amendment to the
        Restated  Articles of  Incorporation  of the  Company increasing  the
        authorized  Common Stock to an  appropriate amount in accordance with
        applicable  state  and  securities  laws  (the   "Common  Shareholder
        Approval")  and  the  filing  of  such  amendment  with  the  Florida
        Secretary of State;  and (ii)  approval of two-thirds  of holders  of
        Preferred Stock of the Company  voting as a class in accordance  with
        applicable   state  and   securities  laws   ("Preferred  Shareholder
        Approval");  and (iii) the consent to and waiver of certain rights of
        F-Jotan  and the  Southland Purchasers  (collectively,  the "Fairview
        Entities")   under  the  Restated   Second  Supplemental  Shareholder

        Agreement, as  amended from  time to  time (including any  preemptive
        rights contained therein) and  under the Restated Second Supplemental
        Purchase   Agreement  of  concurrent   date  therewith   and  related
        agreements,  as all have been amended from  time to time.  Subject to
        the  foregoing,  this  Agreement,  the  Restated  Second Supplemental
        Shareholder Agreement, and the Second Supplemental Warrant have been,
        or  will be,  duly and  validly executed,  issued, and  delivered and
        constitute  the legal,  valid,  and binding  obligations of  Company,
        enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.

             (c)  The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement,
        the  Restated  Second  Supplemental  Shareholder  Agreement,  and the
        Second  Supplemental  Warrant will  not, by  the  lapse of  time, the
        giving  of notice,  or  otherwise,  constitute  a  violation  of  any
        applicable   provision   contained  in   the   charter,   bylaws,  or
        organizational  documents   of  the  Company  or   contained  in  any
        agreement, instrument,  or  document  to  which the  Company  or  the
        Shareholder  is a party  or by which  any of them  is bound; provided
        that, the  Common Shareholder Approval and  the Preferred Shareholder
        Approval  are  obtained  and   the  Company's  Restated  Articles  of
        Incorporation are  amended in accordance with  the Common Shareholder
        Approval and the Preferred Shareholder Approval.

             (d)  As of the Closing Date, the authorized capital stock of the
        Company will consist  of (i)  40,000,000 shares of  Common Stock,  of
        which  21,396,813   shares  are  issued  and   outstanding  and  (ii)
        10,000,000  shares of Preferred  Stock, of which  1,437,705 shares in
        Series  A Preferred  Stock are  issued and  outstanding and  of which
        64,375 shares of Series B Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding.
        An  aggregate  of  at least  3,620,473  shares  of  Common Stock  are
        reserved for issuance on exercise of the First Supplemental  Warrant;
        an  aggregate  of  at least  8,475,638  shares  of  Common Stock  are
        reserved for issuance on exercise of the Second Supplemental Warrant;
        an  aggregate of  at  least 42,377,173  shares  of Common  Stock  or,
        subject to compliance with  the Section 4.02 below, will  be reserved
        for  issuance  on  exercise  of  the  "Priority  Warrant"  issued  in
        connection with the  Priority Note Agreement.  All  of the issued and
        outstanding shares of Common Stock are validly issued, fully paid and
        nonassessable.   The Common Stock has been offered, issued, sold, and
        delivered  by Company  free from preemptive  rights, rights  of first
        refusal,  antidilution rights,  cumulative voting  rights or  similar
        rights (except (w) as otherwise provided in this Agreement, or (x) in
        the  powers, designations,  rights and  preferences of  the Preferred
        Stock contained in the Certificate, as amended, or (y) as provided in
        the Second Supplemental Shareholder Agreement) and in compliance with
        applicable federal and state securities laws.  Except (1) pursuant to
        this  Agreement,  the  Second  Supplemental  Purchase  Agreement  and
        related  Warrants and the  Second Supplemental  Shareholder Agreement
        and (2) for the Permitted Stock, (A) the Company is  not obligated to
        issue or sell any Capital  Stock, and, except for this  Agreement and
        the Other Shareholder Agreements,  and (B) the Company is not a party
        to, or otherwise bound by, any  agreement affecting the voting of any
        Capital  Stock.     Except  for  the   Restated  Second  Supplemental
        Shareholder  Agreement and  the  Other  Shareholder  Agreements,  the
        Company is not, nor  will it be, a  party to, or otherwise  bound by,
        any agreement obligating it to register any of its Capital Stock.

             (e)  The shares of Common Stock and other consideration issuable
        on  exercise of  the  Second  Supplemental  Warrant  when  issued  in
        accordance with the terms  of this Agreement  or the Warrant, as  the
        case  may be, will be  validly issued, fully  paid, and nonassessable
        and  free of preemptive rights,  rights of first  refusal, or similar
        rights.

             (f)  The  Company  has  good,  indefeasible,  merchantable,  and
        marketable  title to, and ownership  of, all of  its assets necessary
        for the conduct of its business free and clear of all liens, pledges,
        security  interests, claims,  or other  encumbrances except  those of
        Senior  Lender and  Permitted  Liens (as  defined  the Original  Note
        Agreement).

             (g)  The Company  has the  exclusive right to  use all  patents,
        patent  rights,  patent  applications,  licenses,  inventions,  trade
        secrets,  know-how, proprietary  techniques, including  processes and
        substances, trademarks,  service marks,  trade names, and  copyrights
        used  in  or necessary  to its  business  as presently,  or presently
        proposed to  be, conducted (the "Intellectual Property"), and the use
        by the Company  of the  Intellectual Property does  not infringe  the
        rights  of any other Person except that Southland Holding Company has
        a non-exclusive  right to use  the names  "Southland" and  "Southland
        Container"  and similar trade names.   No other  Person is infringing
        the rights of the Company in any of the Intellectual  Property in any
        material  respect.  The Company owes no royalties, honoraria, or fees
        to any  Person  by reason  of  its use  of  any of  the  Intellectual
        Property.

             (h)  There is  not now, and at  no time during the  term of this
        Agreement or the  Restated Second Supplemental Shareholder  Agreement
        will there be, any agreement, arrangement, or understanding involving
        the  Company,   other  than  this  Agreement,   the  Restated  Second
        Supplemental  Shareholder Agreement, the Restated Second Supplemental
        Shareholder  Agreement and  the  documents  contemplated  hereby  and
        thereby, modifying, restricting, or in  any way affecting the  rights
        of any security holder to vote securities of the Company.

             (i)  Each  of the  representations  and warranties  made by  the
        Company pursuant to the  Priority Note Agreement is true  and correct
        in all material respects.  

             (j)  None  of the documents,  instruments, or  other information
        furnished to Rice  by the Company, contains any untrue statement of a
        material fact or omits to state  any material fact necessary in order
        to  make   any  statements   made   therein  not   misleading.     No
        representation, warranty,  or statement made  by the Company  in this
        Agreement,  the  Priority  Note  Agreement, or  the  Restated  Second
        Supplemental Shareholder  Agreement, or  in any applicable  document,
        certificate,  exhibit  or  schedule  attached hereto  or  thereto  or
        delivered  in connection herewith  or therewith, contains  or, at the
        Closing Date, will contain  any untrue statement of a  material fact,
        or, at the Closing Date, omits or  will omit to state a material fact
        necessary  to  make  any  statements  made  herein   or  therein  not
        misleading;  provided,  however, that  neither  the  Company nor  the
        Shareholder make any representation or warranty of any information of
        any type  or kind whatsoever which,  at the time it  was created, was
        forward-looking  or projected  except  as expressly  required by  the
        Priority  Note Agreement.    There is  no  fact that  materially  and
        adversely affects the condition  (financial or otherwise), results of
        operations, business, properties,  or prospects of the Company or any
        of  its Subsidiaries  that has  not been  disclosed in  the documents
        provided to Rice.

        3.02 Representations and Warranties of Purchaser. Rice represents and
   warrants  to  the  Company,  F-Jotan, the  Southland  Purchasers  and  the
   Shareholder:

             (a)  Rice  is  a limited  partnership,  duly  organized, validly
        existing and in  good standing under the laws  of the jurisdiction of
        its organization.

             (b)  Rice  has the  right and  power and  is duly  authorized to
        enter into,  execute, deliver,  and perform  this  Agreement and  the
        Restated Second Supplemental Shareholder Agreement, and its officers,
        managers or agents  executing and delivering  this Agreement and  the
        Restated   Second  Supplemental   Shareholder   Agreement  are   duly
        authorized  to do  so.    This  Agreement  and  the  Restated  Second
        Supplemental  Shareholder  Agreement  have  been   duly  and  validly
        executed, issued, and delivered and  constitute the legal, valid, and
        binding  obligation of  Rice,  enforceable in  accordance with  their
        respective terms.

             (c)  Rice  (i) is  an  "accredited investor,"  as  that term  is
        defined  in  Regulation D  under the  Securities  Act; (ii)  has such
        knowledge, skill  and experience  in business and  financial matters,
        based on actual participation,  that it is capable of  evaluating the
        merits  and risks of an investment in the Company and the suitability
        thereof  as  an investment  for  Purchaser;  (iii) has  received  and
        reviewed  all such financial and other information and records of the
        Company as it considered necessary or appropriate in deciding whether
        to purchase  the Second Supplemental Preferred Shares, and the Second
        Supplemental Warrant and any securities issuable upon exercise of the
        Second Supplemental Warrant and the Company  and the Shareholder have
        made available  to it  the opportunity  to ask  questions of, and  to
        receive   answers  and   to  obtain   additional  information   from,
        representatives of  the Company  and the  Shareholder; (iv) all  such
        additional information has been  provided to and reviewed by  it; and
        (v)  it has  the ability  to bear  the economic  risks of  losing its
        entire investment in the Second Supplemental Preferred Shares and the
        Second Supplemental Warrant and any securities issuable upon exercise
        of such Warrants.

             (d)  Except as otherwise contemplated  by this Agreement and the
        Shareholder  Agreement, Rice  is  acquiring  its Second  Supplemental
        Series B  Preferred Stock,  the Second  Supplemental Warrant and  any
        securities issuable upon exercise  of the Second Supplemental Warrant
        for investment  for  its own  account  and not  with  a view  to  any
        distribution thereof in violation of applicable securities laws.

             (e)  Rice agrees  that the certificates  representing the Second
        Supplemental Preferred  Shares, the Second Supplemental  Warrant, and
        any  Issued Warrant Shares will  bear the legends  referenced in this
        Agreement or the  Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase  Agreement, as
        the  case may be, and  such Preferred Shares,  Warrants or securities
        issuable  upon exercise of such Warrants and pursuant to the Restated
        Second Supplemental Shareholder Agreement, as  the case may be,  will
        not be offered, sold,  or transferred in the absence  of registration
        or exemption under applicable securities laws.

             (f)  Rice  is  not acquiring  the Second  Supplemental Preferred
        Shares or the Second Supplemental Warrant or any  securities issuable
        upon exercise of such Warrants based upon any representation, oral or
        written, by the Company  or the Shareholder or any  representative of
        the Company or the  Shareholder with respect to the future  value of,
        income from, or tax consequences  relating to, such Preferred  Shares
        or  such  Warrants  of  securities  issuable  upon  exercise  of such
        Warrants, but  rather upon an independent examination and judgment as
        to the prospects of  the Company.  Further, Rice acknowledges that no
        federal or  state administrative  entity  responsible for  securities
        registration   or   enforcement  has   made  any   recommendation  or
        endorsement  of  such  Preferred  Shares  or  such  Warrants  or  any
        securities issuable upon exercise of such Warrants or any findings as
        to  the fairness  of an  investment in  the Preferred Shares  of such
        Warrants or any securities issuable upon exercise of such Warrants.

             (g)  Rice  has  no  current  contract,  undertaking,  agreement,
        arrangement or understanding with any Person to sell, transfer, grant
        any  participation  in, or  otherwise distribute  any of,  the Second
        Supplemental Preferred Shares, the Second Supplemental Warrant or any
        securities issuable upon exercise  of the Second Supplemental Warrant
        to any Person.

                                   Article IV
                                    Covenants

        4.01 Preferred   Stock  and  Warrant   Purchase  Agreement  Covenants
   Incorporated Into This Agreement.  For so long as  the Second Supplemental
   Warrant or the Warrant  Shares remain outstanding, he Company  will comply
   with all  covenants in  Article  IV of  the  Preferred Stock  and  Warrant
   Purchase Agreement as if set forth herein at length.

        4.02 Issuance of Warrant.

             (a)  This  Agreement is  being  executed and  delivered and  the
   Second Supplemental Warrant is being issued herein prior to the completion
   of a "fairness opinion" requested by  the Company from Hoak, Breedlove and
   Wesneski  of  Dallas, Texas.    Such opinion  is expected  to  address the
   question of  whether the number of  shares of Common Stock  of the Company
   issuable  on  exercise of  the  Second Supplemental  Warrant  of 8,475,402
   shares  of Common  Stock in  consideration of  Rice's investment  of 1,250
   shares of Second Supplemental  Preferred Stock in the  Company is fair  to
   the shareholders  of the Company from  a financial point of view.   If the
   substance  of the  fairness opinion  indicates that  the "fair"  number of
   shares of Common  Stock issuable  on exercise of  the Second  Supplemental
   Warrant as consideration for such investment in the Company would be equal
   to or greater than the number of shares issuable on exercise of the Second
   Supplemental Warrant  actually issued  to Rice hereunder,  then no  change
   shall  be  made  to  the  number  of  shares  issuable  under  the  Second
   Supplemental Warrant.   However, if  such fairness opinion  indicates that
   the number  of shares of Common  Stock issuable on exercise  of the Second
   Supplemental Warrant issuable  to Rice is not fair  to the shareholders of
   the  Company, then (i)  the number of  shares of Common Stock  that may be
   issued on exercise of  the Second Supplemental Warrant shall be reduced to
   the number which  the fairness opinion determines is fair  (if so stated),
   (ii) Rice shall exchange the Second Supplemental Warrant issued originally
   hereunder for  a new,  appropriate Second Supplemental  Warrant reflecting
   the  "fair" number of Issuable Warrant Shares, and (iii) the provisions of
   this  Agreement and  the Other  Purchase Agreements  shall be  adjusted to
   reflect such reduction, all with the  purpose and intent of reflecting the
   conclusions  reached  in  such  fairness  opinion.    Notwithstanding  the
   foregoing, if either the Company or Rice disagree with  the methodology or
   findings of the "fairness  opinion" or such  opinion shall not state  what
   number of shares should be issued to be "fair", the Company and Rice shall
   negotiate in good faith  to agree upon an  appropriate number of  Issuable
   Warrant Shares to be owned by Rice.  If the Company and Rice are unable to
   so agree within thirty (30)  days after receipt of the "fairness  opinion"
   (or a determination  that a fairness level will not  be available from the
   opining  firm), then, on Rice's request and at the Company's expense, such
   parties  shall select an Appraiser  (in accordance with  the procedure set
   forth in  the definition of  Appraised Value)  to determine the  number of
   Warrant Shares that should be issued to Rice to fairly compensate Rice for
   its  $250,000 Preferred Stock investment  made in the  Company pursuant to
   this Agreement  (and the Second  Supplemental Purchase  Agreement).   Such
   determination shall  be made by such  Appraiser in a manner  which, to the
   greatest  extent  applicable, utilizes  the  principles and  methodologies
   described  in the  definition of  "Appraised Value"  in Article  I of  the
   Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement.  

             (b)  The  Warrant  described in  Section  4.01  hereof shall  be
   issued on  the Closing  Date, but shall  be authorized and  exercisable in
   accordance with and subject to the following conditions:

                  (i)  The   Common   Shareholder  Approval   authorizing  an
        increase in the authorized  shares of Common  Stock to not less  than
        150,000,000 shares and the Preferred Shareholder Approval authorizing
        the issuance of the Priority Warrant shall be obtained; and

                 (ii)  The Company shall have issued a proxy statement to its
        shareholders of record referring  to the transactions contemplated in
        this Agreement;

                (iii)  The Amendment to the Certificate to  increase the
        authorized shares of  Common Stock to the level set  forth in Section
        4.02(b)(i)  above  shall  have  duly  approved  and  filed  with  the
        Secretary of State in the State of Florida; and

                  (iv) the "fairness opinion" described above shall have been
        issued or a final  agreement or resolution shall have been reached by
        the Company and Rice under this Section with respect to the number of
        shares issuable on exercise of the Priority Warrant.

             (c)  Notwithstanding  the provisions  of Section  4.02(a) above,
   the  maximum number  of  shares issuable  upon  exercise of  the  Priority
   Warrant  and  the Second  Supplemental Warrant  (as  defined in  the Other
   Purchase Agreements) in the aggregate, shall not exceed sixty-five percent
   (65%)  of the Capital Stock  outstanding (excluding, for  purposes of such
   percentage calculation, the shares issuable  upon exercise of the Priority
   Warrant  and  the  Second  Supplemental  Warrant),  as  of  the  date  the
   conditions in paragraph (b) above are fully satisfied.

        4.03 Rights of Priority.  The Other Purchase Agreements and the Other
   Shareholder Agreements,  as amended as of the  date hereof, are subject to
   the   priority  provisions  set  forth  in  Article  XI  of  the  Priority
   Shareholder  Agreement   (as  defined   in  the  Priority   Note  Purchase
   Agreement), and  parties covenant and  agreed to  carry out the  terms and
   intent thereof in good faith.

                                    Article V
                                   Conditions

        The  obligations  of   Purchaser  and  the  Company   to  effect  the
   transactions contemplated by this Agreement  are subject to the  following
   conditions precedent:

        5.01 Restated   Second  Supplemental  Shareholder   Agreement.    The
   Company, F-Jotan, the Southland  Purchasers and the Shareholder  will have
   entered into  the Restated Second Supplemental  Shareholder Agreement with
   Purchaser.

        5.02 Representations  and   Agreements.    Each   representation  and
   warranty of the Company and Rice set forth in this  Agreement will be true
   and correct in all material respects when made and as of the Closing Date,
   and the Company and Rice will have fully performed all their covenants and
   agreements set forth in this Agreement in all material respects.

        5.03 Proceedings; Consents.  All proceedings taken in connection with
   the  transactions  contemplated  by  this  Agreement,  and  all  documents
   necessary to the consummation  of this Agreement, will be  satisfactory in
   form and substance  to Purchaser and  its counsel,  and Purchaser and  its
   counsel will have received certificates of compliance and copies (executed
   or certified as  may be  appropriate) of all  documents, instruments,  and
   agreements  that Purchaser  or  its  counsel  reasonably  may  request  in
   connection  with the consummation of  such transactions.   All consents of
   any Person necessary to the consummation  of the transactions contemplated
   by  this  Agreement  and  the  Restated  Second  Supplemental  Shareholder
   Agreement will have been received, be in full force and effect, and not be
   subject to any onerous condition.

        5.05 Issuance of Second Supplemental  Warrant.  The Warrant described
   in  Section 4.02(a) above shall have been  duly issued to Rice (subject to
   (a)  the adjustment provisions in such  section, and (b) the conditions to
   authorize the  exercise of such  Second Supplemental Warrant  described in
   Section 4.02(b) above).

        5.06 Reservation of Common  Stock.  The Purchaser will  have received
   evidence satisfactory to  the Purchaser  that the Company  has reserved  a
   sufficient number of shares of Common Stock for the Purchaser  to exercise
   the Warrants.

        5.07 Government Filings.   All filings under all applicable state and
   federal  securities laws, rules and  regulations shall have  been made and
   all  requirements in  connection  therewith shall  have  been met  by  the
   Company, Purchaser and the Shareholder.

                                   Article VI
                                  Miscellaneous

        6.01 Indemnification.  In addition to any other rights or remedies to
   which Rice and the Holders may be entitled, the Company agrees to and will
   indemnify and  hold harmless Rice and the other Holders, if any, and their
   respective  Affiliates and  its successors, assigns,  officers, directors,
   managers, employees, attorneys, and agents (individually and collectively,
   an  "Indemnified  Party") from  and against  any  and all  losses, claims,
   obligations,  liabilities,  deficiencies,  penalties,  causes  of  action,
   damages,  costs, and  expenses  (including, without  limitation, costs  of
   investigation  and defense,  attorneys'  fees, and  expenses),  including,
   without limitation, those  arising out of  the contributory negligence  of
   any Indemnified Party, that the Indemnified Party may suffer, incur, or be
   responsible  for, arising or resulting from, to the extent applicable, any
   misrepresentation, breach  of warranty, or nonfulfillment  of any covenant
   or agreement  on the part of  the Company under this  Agreement, the Other
   Shareholder  Agreements, or under any other agreement to which the Company
   is   a  party   in  connection   with  this   transaction,  or   from  any
   misrepresentation in or omission from  any certificate or other instrument
   furnished or to be furnished to the Purchaser under this Agreement.

        6.02 Default.   It is  agreed that  a violation by  any party  of the
   terms  of this Agreement cannot  be adequately measured  or compensated in
   money damages, and that any breach or threatened breach  of this Agreement
   by  a  party  to  this  Agreement  would  do  irreparable  injury  to  the
   nondefaulting party.   It is, therefore,  agreed that in the  event of any
   breach or threatened breach by a party  to this Agreement of the terms and
   conditions  set forth in this  Agreement, the nondefaulting  party will be
   entitled, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies that it may
   have in  law or  in  equity, to  apply for  and  obtain injunctive  relief
   requiring  the defaulting party to  be restrained from  any such breach or
   threatened breach or to refrain from a continuation of any actual breach.

        6.03 Integration.  This Agreement,  the Warrants, the Restated Second
   Supplemental Shareholder Agreement,  the Other Purchase Agreements,  Other
   Shareholder   Agreements  and   all  documents,   agreements,   notes  and
   instruments  executed  in  connection  therewith  constitute   the  entire
   agreement  between the parties with  respect to the  subject matter hereof
   and  thereof and  supersede  all previous  written,  and all  previous  or
   contemporaneous  oral,  negotiations,  understandings,  arrangements,  and
   agreements.  This Agreement may not be amended or supplemented except by a
   writing signed by Company, the Shareholder, and each Holder.

        6.04 Headings.   The headings  in this Agreement  are for convenience
   and reference  only and are not  part of the substance  of this Agreement.
   References  in this Agreement to  Sections and Articles  are references to
   the Sections and Articles of this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

        6.05 Severability.   The  parties to  this Agreement  expressly agree
   that it is not the intention of  any of them to violate any public policy,
   statutory  or  common  law   rules,  regulations,  or  decisions   of  any
   governmental  or regulatory body.   If any provision  of this Agreement is
   judicially  or  administratively  interpreted  or construed  as  being  in
   violation  of  any   such  policy,  rule,  regulation,  or  decision,  the
   provision, section, sentence, word, clause, or combination thereof causing
   such violation  will be  inoperative (and  in lieu  thereof there  will be
   inserted such provision, sentence, word, clause, or combination thereof as
   may be  valid and  consistent with  the intent of  the parties  under this
   Agreement)  and the remainder of  this Agreement, as  amended, will remain
   binding upon the  parties, unless  the inoperative  provision would  cause
   enforcement of the remainder of this Agreement to be inequitable under the
   circumstances.

        6.06 Notices.    Whenever it  is  provided  herein that  any  notice,
   demand, request, consent, approval, declaration, or other communication be
   given to  or served  upon  any of  the parties  by  another, such  notice,
   demand, request,  consent, approval,  declaration, or other  communication
   will be in writing and addressed to the party  to be notified as set forth
   below.   Notices  shall be deemed  to have  been validly  served, given or
   delivered (and "the date of such  notice" or words of similar effect shall
   mean  the date) five  (5) days after  deposit in the  United States mails,
   certified mail, return  receipt requested, with proper postage prepaid, or
   upon  actual  receipt  thereof  with  written  acknowledgment  of  receipt
   (whether  by  noncertified  mail, telecopy,  telegram,  facsimile, express
   delivery, hand delivery or otherwise), whichever is earlier.

        If to Rice, at:     Address of Rice  beneath the name of  Rice on the
                            signature pages of this Agreement

        with courtesy copies to: Patton Boggs, L.L.P.
                                 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 900
                                 Dallas, Texas 75201
                                 Attn:  Larry A. Makel, Esq.
                                 FAX:  214-871-2688

        If to the Southland
         Purchasers, at:    Address of the  Southland Purchasers beneath  the
                            name of the Southland Purchasers on the signature
                            pages of this Agreement

        with courtesy copies to: Wyrick, Robins, Yates & Ponton, L.L.P.
                                 4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 300
                                 Raleigh, North Carolina  27607-7506
                                 Attn:  James M. Yates, Jr.
                                 Facsimile:  (919) 781-4865

        If to F-Jotan, at:  Address of F-Jotan beneath the name of F-Jotan on
                            the signature pages of this Agreement

        with courtesy copies to: Wyrick, Robins, Yates & Ponton, L.L.P.
                                 4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 300
                                 Raleigh, North Carolina  27607-7506
                                 Attn:  James M. Yates, Jr.
                                 Facsimile:  (919) 781-4865

        If to the Company, at:   Jotan, Inc.
                                 118 West Adams Street 
                                 Jacksonville, Florida  32202
                                 Attn:  President
                                 Fax: 904-353-0075

        If to the Shareholder,   Address of such Shareholder  beneath his/her
                                 name   on  the   signature  pages   of  this
                                 Agreement

   or to  such other address as  each party may designate for  itself by like
   notice.  Notice to any Holder other  than the parties listed above will be
   delivered as  set forth above to  the address shown on  the stock transfer
   books of  the  Company or  the  Warrant Register  unless such  Holder  has
   advised the Company in writing of a different address to which notices are
   to be sent under this Agreement.

        Failure or delay in delivering courtesy copies of any notice, demand,
   request,  consent, approval,  declaration, or  other communication  to the
   persons designated above to receive copies of the actual notice will in no
   way adversely affect  the effectiveness of  such notice, demand,  request,
   consent, approval, declaration, or other communication.

        No notice,  demand, request, consent, approval,  declaration or other
   communication  will be deemed  to have been  given or  received unless and
   until it  sets forth all  items of  information required to  be set  forth
   therein pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

        6.07 Successors.   This Agreement will  be binding upon  and inure to
   the  benefit of the parties  and their respective  successors and assigns;
   provided, however, that no sale, assignment or other transfer by any party
   to  this Agreement  of any  of its  Capital Stock  or rights  hereunder to
   another Person will be valid and effective unless and until the transferee
   or assignee agrees in writing to  be bound by the terms and  conditions of
   this  Agreement and  the Shareholders  Agreement, and  the agreements  and
   instruments related hereto and thereto, in a form and substance reasonably
   satisfactory to the Company.  

        6.08 Remedies.   The  failure of  any party to  enforce any  right or
   remedy  under this  Agreement, or  promptly to  enforce any such  right or
   remedy,  will not  constitute  a  waiver thereof,  nor  give  rise to  any
   estoppel  against  such  party,  nor  excuse  any  other  party  from  its
   obligations under this Agreement.  Any  waiver of any such right or remedy
   by any party must be in writing and signed by the party against which such
   waiver is sought to be enforced.

        6.09 Survival.   All warranties, representations, and  covenants made
   by  any party in this Agreement or  in any certificate or other instrument
   delivered by  such party  or on  its behalf under  this Agreement  will be
   considered to have been relied upon by the party to which  it is delivered
   and will survive the Closing Date, regardless of any investigation made by
   such party or on  its behalf.  All  statements in any such  certificate or
   other instrument will constitute warranties and representations under this
   Agreement.

        6.10 Fees.  Any and all  fees, costs, and expenses, of  whatever kind
   and  nature, including attorneys' fees  and expenses, incurred  by Rice in
   connection with the defense  or prosecution of any actions  or proceedings
   arising out of or in connection with this Agreement will be borne and paid
   by the Company within ten (10) days of demand by the Holders.

        6.11 Counterparts.  This Agreement  may be executed in any  number of
   counterparts,  which will  individually  and  collectively constitute  one
   agreement.

        6.12 Other Business.   It is understood  and accepted that  Purchaser
   and its Affiliates have interests  in other business ventures that  may be
   in conflict  with the activities of  the Company and that  nothing in this
   Agreement will limit  the current  or future business  activities of  such
   parties whether or not such  activities are competitive with those of  the
   Company.   The parties hereto  agree that all  business opportunities that
   may be available to such parties in any field substantially related to the
   business of the Company will be pursued exclusively through the Company. 

        6.13 Choice  of  Law.   THIS AGREEMENT  WILL  BE INTERPRETED  AND THE
   RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE UNITED
   STATES APPLICABLE  THERETO AND THE  INTERNAL LAWS OF THE  STATE OF FLORIDA
   APPLICABLE  TO  AN AGREEMENT  EXECUTED,  DELIVERED  AND PERFORMED  THEREIN
   WITHOUT  GIVING EFFECT  TO THE  CHOICE-OF-LAW RULES  THEREOF OR  ANY OTHER
   PRINCIPLE THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF ANY
   OTHER JURISDICTION. 

        6.14 Duties  Among Holders.  Each Holder agrees that no other Holder,
   if any, will by virtue  of this Agreement be under any  fiduciary or other
   duty to give  or withhold any consent or approval  under this Agreement or
   to take any other action  or omit to take any action under this Agreement,
   and  that each  other Holder  may act  or refrain  from acting  under this
   Agreement as such other Holder may, in its discretion, elect.

        6.15 Waiver  of Jury Trial.   AFTER REVIEWING THIS  SECTION 6.15 WITH
   ITS  COUNSEL, TO  THE  FULLEST EXTENT  PERMITTED  BY APPLICABLE  LAW,  THE
   COMPANY,  F-JOTAN, PURCHASER,  THE  SOUTHLAND  PURCHASERS AND  SHAREHOLDER
   HEREBY  KNOWINGLY,  INTELLIGENTLY   AND  INTENTIONALLY,  IRREVOCABLY   AND
   EXPRESSLY WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL  BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR
   COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT
   OF  OR  RELATING  TO  THIS  AGREEMENT OR  ANY  DOCUMENTS  ENTERED  INTO IN
   CONNECTION HEREWITH  OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY OR
   THE ACTIONS OF  THE COMPANY, F-JOTAN, PURCHASER,  THE SOUTHLAND PURCHASERS
   AND SHAREHOLDER IN THE  NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF
   OR THEREOF.   THIS  PROVISION IS A  MATERIAL INDUCEMENT  FOR PURCHASER  TO
   PURCHASE THE WARRANTS AND PREFERRED STOCK FROM THE COMPANY.

        IN  WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties  have executed  and delivered  this
   Agreement as of the date first above written.

                                    COMPANY:

                                    JOTAN, INC.


                                    BY:_____________________________________
                                       Edward L. Lipscomb
                                       Vice President and Chief Financial
                                        Officer

                                       118 West Adams Street
                                       Jacksonville, Florida  32201
                                       Attn:  President
                                       Fax:  (904) 343-0075


                                    RICE:

                                    RICE PARTNERS II, L.P.

                                    By: Rice Capital Group IV, L.P.,
                                        Its general partner

                                    By: RMC Fund Management, L.P.,
                                        Its general partner

                                    By: Rice Mezzanine Corporation,
                                        Its general partner

                                    By:___________________________________
                                        Jeffrey P. Sangalis
                                        Managing Director

                                    5847 San Felipe, Suite 4350
                                    Houston, Texas  77057
                                    Attn:  Jeffrey P. Sangalis
                                    Fax:   (713) 783-9750

                                    OWNED ON CLOSING DATE:

                                 None           Shares of Series A
                                                Convertible Preferred Stock

                                 40,000         Shares of Series B Preferred
                                                Stock

                                 13,125         Shares of First Supplemental
                                                Series B Preferred Stock

                                 1,250          Shares of Second Supplemental
                                                Series B Preferred Stock

                                 15,717,402     Shares of Common Stock

                                 8,475,638      Second Supplemental Warrant
                                                A-3 Shares



                                    F-JOTAN, L.L.C.


                                    By:  Franklin Street/Fairview Capital,
                                         L.L.C., its Manager

 
                                         By:________________________________
                                             James D. Lumsden,
                                             Manager

                                    702 Oberlin Road
                                    Suite 150
                                    Raleigh, North Carolina  27605
                                    Attn:  James D. Lumsden
                                    Facsimile:  (919) 743-2501

                                    OWNED ON CLOSING DATE:

                                    1,435,705   Shares of Series A 
                                                Convertible Preferred Stock

                                    None        Shares of Common Stock

                                    None        Other Equity Interests


                                    THE SOUTHLAND PURCHASERS:

                                    F-SOUTHLAND, L.L.C.


                                    By:  Franklin Street/Fairview Capital,  
                                         L.L.C., its Manager


                                         By: _______________________________
                                               James D. Lumsden, Manager

                                    702 Oberlin Road
                                    Suite 150
                                    Raleigh, North Carolina  27605
                                    Attn:  James D. Lumsden
                                    Facsimile:  (919) 743-2501

                                    OWNED ON CLOSING DATE:

                                    None        Shares of Series A
                                                Convertible Preferred Stock

                                    5,000       Shares of Series B   
                                                Preferred Stock

                                    None        Shares of Common Stock

                                    359,315     Warrant B-1 Shares

                                    1,197,716   Warrant B-2 Shares




                                    FF-SOUTHLAND, L.P.

                                    By:    FSFC Associates, L.P.,
                                           Its general partner

                                    By:    Franklin Capital, L.L.C.,
                                           Its general partner


                                           By:___________________________
                                               James D. Lumsden,
                                               Manager

                                    702 Oberlin Road
                                    Suite 150
                                    Raleigh, North Carolina  27605
                                    Attn:  James D. Lumsden
                                    Facsimile:  (919) 743-2501

                                    OWNED ON CLOSING DATE:

                                    None        Shares of Series A   
                                                Convertible Preferred Stock

                                    5,000       Shares of Series B   
                                                Preferred Stock

                                    None        Shares of Common Stock

                                    359,315     Warrant C-1 Shares

                                    1,197,716   Warrant C-2 Shares



                                    SHAREHOLDER:


                                    ________________________________________
                                    Shea E. Ralph


                                    OWNED ON CLOSING DATE:

                                    950,000     Shares of Common Stock Owned
                                                on Closing Date

                                    33,000      Other Equity Interests


   
                                     ANNEX A

                   [Second Supplemental Shareholder Agreement]