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                                                                EXHIBIT 10.12(c)
                             THE TIMBERLAND COMPANY
                                200 DOMAIN DRIVE
                         STRATHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03885

                                SECOND AMENDMENT
                                                                     Dated as of
                                                                   June 28, 1995


Re:                 Note Agreements dated as of April 1, 1994

                         $65,000,000 7.16% Senior Notes
                               Due April 15, 2000


To the Holder named in Schedule I
 hereto which is a signatory of this
 Agreement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         The undersigned, THE TIMBERLAND COMPANY, a corporation duly organized
and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (the "Company"),
agrees with you as follows:

SECTION 1.       INTRODUCTION.

         Reference is made to the separate Note Agreements, each dated as of
April 1, 1994, as amended by the separate First Amendments thereto, each dated
as of April 15, 1995 collectively, (the "Original Note Agreements"), between
the Company and the Purchasers named in Schedule I thereto, respectively.
Unless otherwise herein defined or the context hereof otherwise requires, the
capitalized terms in this Second Amendment shall have the respective meanings
specified in the Original Note Agreements.  The holders of the Notes at the
time of reference are referred to herein as the "Holders".

         Reference is also made to that certain Amendment No. 2 to Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 28, 1995 (the "Credit Agreement
Amendment") among the Company, the Banks listed on the signature pages thereof
and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as Agent, which is being
executed and delivered concurrently herewith.

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The Timberland Company                                          Second Amendment


         The Company has requested that, subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth herein, the Original Note Agreements be amended as of June
28, 1995 (the "Effective Date") in the respects, but only in the respects,
hereinafter set forth, and, by your execution hereof, you hereby agree to such
amendments on the terms hereinafter set forth.

SECTION 2.                REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.

         The Company hereby represents and warrants to you as follows:

         (a)     After giving effect to this Second Amendment and the Credit
Agreement Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and no event has
occurred and no condition exists which with the lapse of time or the giving of
notice, or both, would constitute an event of default under any indenture,
agreement, or other instrument under which any Indebtedness of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary for borrowed money in an aggregate principal amount
in excess of $1,000,000 is outstanding.

         (b)     The Company has no Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

SECTION 3.                CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

         The effectiveness of this Second Amendment shall be subject to the
following conditions precedent:

         Section 3.1.     Execution of the Credit Agreement Amendment.  The
Company, the Agent named therein and the Required Banks (as defined in the
Credit Agreement) shall have duly executed and delivered the Credit Agreement
Amendment, which shall be a legal, valid, binding and enforceable agreement of
the Company.

         Section 3.2.     Warranties and Representations True.  The warranties
and representations of the Company set forth in Section 2 hereof shall be true
and correct in all material respects on the Effective Date with the same effect
as though made on and as of the Effective Date.

         Section 3.3.     Payment of Closing Fees.  In consideration of your
execution and delivery of this Second Amendment, the Company shall have paid to
each Holder a closing fee in an amount equal to .375% of the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes held by such Holder on the Effective Date.



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         Section 3.4.     Proceedings Satisfactory.  All proceedings taken in
connection with the transactions contemplated or provided for in this Second
Amendment and all documents and papers relating thereto shall be satisfactory
to you and your special counsel.  You and your special counsel shall have
received copies of such documents and papers as you or they may reasonably
request in connection therewith, all in form and substance satisfactory to you
and your special counsel.

SECTION 4.                AMENDMENTS.

         The following amendments to the Original Note Agreements shall become
effective on the Effective Date and shall terminate and be of no further force
and effect on February 28, 1997:

         Section 4.1.     Amendment to Section 5.7.  Section 5.7 of the
Original Note Agreements shall be, and the same is hereby amended in its
entirety as follows:

                          "Section 5.7.    Minimum Consolidated Tangible Net
                 Worth. Consolidated Tangible Net Worth will at no time during
                 any period set forth below be less than the sum of (i) the
                 amount set forth below opposite such period and (ii) 80% of the
                 net cash proceeds of all issuances by the Company of shares of
                 its capital stock after the Second Amendment Effective Date:



                          PERIOD                                       AMOUNT
                                                                 
                          Second Amendment Effective Date
                            through the next to last day of
                            the third fiscal quarter of 1996        $100,000,000

                          Last day of the third fiscal quarter
                            of 1996 through the next to last
                            day of the fourth fiscal quarter
                            of 1996                                 $120,000,000

                          Last day of the fourth fiscal quarter
                            of 1996 and thereafter                  $125,000,000



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                          "The following terms shall have the following
                 meanings solely for purposes of this SECTION 5.7:

                                  "'Consolidated Net Worth' means at any date
                          the consolidated stockholders' equity of the Company
                          and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (without giving
                          effect to (i) any write-ups or write-downs resulting
                          from foreign currency translations after December 31,
                          1994 or (ii) up to $17,000,000 (calculated on a
                          pre-tax basis) of certain extraordinary items that
                          may be booked after April 19, 1995) as of such date.

                                  "'Consolidated Subsidiary' means at any date
                          any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of which
                          would be consolidated with those of the Company in
                          its consolidated financial statements if such
                          statements were prepared as of such date.

                                  "'Consolidated Tangible Net Worth' means at
                          any date Consolidated Net Worth less the consolidated
                          Intangible Assets of the Company and its Consolidated
                          Subsidiaries, all determined as of such date.  For
                          purposes of this definition "Intangible Assets" means
                          the amount (to the extent reflected in determining
                          such Consolidated Net Worth) of (i) all write-ups
                          (other than write-ups of assets of a going concern
                          business made within twelve months after the
                          acquisition of such business) subsequent to December
                          31, 1993 in the book value of any asset owned by the
                          Company or a Consolidated Subsidiary, (ii) all
                          Investments in unconsolidated Subsidiaries and all
                          equity investments in Persons which are not
                          Subsidiaries and (iii) all unamortized debt discount
                          and expense, unamortized deferred charges, goodwill,
                          patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
                          anticipated future benefit of tax loss
                          carry-forwards, copyrights, organization or
                          developmental expenses and other intangible assets.

                                  "'Investment' means any investment in any
                          Person, whether by means of share purchase, capital
                          contribution, loan, time deposit or otherwise."


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       Section 4.2.       Amendments to Section 5.8.  Section 5.8 of the
Original Note Agreements shall be, and the same is hereby amended as follows:

       (a) Section 5.8(a)(3) is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                          "(3)    [Intentionally Reserved]".

       (b) Section 5.8(a)(5) is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                          "(5)    Current Debt or Funded Debt of a Restricted
                 Subsidiary, other than that permitted by SECTION 5.8(a)(4),
                 provided that at the time of incurrence thereof and after
                 giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds
                 thereof, Specified Debt does not exceed 15% of Consolidated
                 Tangible Net Worth."

       Section 4.3.       Amendment to Section 5.9.  Section 5.9 of the
Original Note Agreements shall be, and the same is hereby amended in its
entirety as follows:

                          "Section 5.9.    Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.  The
                 Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any period of four consecutive
                 fiscal quarters ending during any period set forth below will
                 not be less than the ratio set forth opposite such period:



                             PERIOD                                   RATIO
                                                                  
                          First day of the second fiscal
                          quarter of 1995 through the last day
                          of such quarter                            1.35 to 1

                          First day of the third fiscal quarter
                          of 1995 through the last day of the
                          second fiscal quarter of 1996              0.75 to 1

                          First day of the third fiscal quarter
                          of 1996 and thereafter                     1.50 to 1"






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       "The following terms shall have the following meanings solely for
        purposes of this SECTION 5.9:

                          "'Consolidated EBITR' means, for any period, the sum
                 of (i) consolidated net income of the Company and its
                 Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period plus (ii) to the
                 extent deducted in determining such consolidated net income,
                 the sum of (A) Consolidated Interest Expense, (B) Consolidated
                 Rental Expense (C) consolidated taxes of the Company and its
                 Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period and (D) up to
                 $17,000,000 (calculated on a pre-tax basis) of certain
                 extraordinary items that may be booked after April 19, 1995.

                          "'Consolidated Interest Expense' means, for any
                 period, the interest expense (less interest income) of the
                 Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries determined on a
                 consolidated basis for such period.

                          "'Consolidated Rental Expense' means, for any period,
                 the rental expense of the Company and its Consolidated
                 Subsidiaries (other than with respect to capital leases)
                 determined on a consolidated basis for such period.

                          "'Consolidated Subsidiary' is defined in SECTION 5.7.

                          "'Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio' means, for any period,
                 the ratio of (i) Consolidated EBITR for such period to (ii)
                 the sum of (A) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period,
                 (B) Consolidated Rental Expense for such period and (C)
                 dividends on preferred stock of the Company and its
                 Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period (other than any such
                 dividends paid to the Company or its Consolidated
                 Subsidiaries)."

       Section 4.4.       Amendment to Section 5.10.  Section 5.10(j) of the
Original Note Agreements shall be, and the same is hereby amended in its
entirety as follows:



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                          "(j)     provided that no Default or Event of Default
                 exists at the time of creation thereof, other Liens on fixed
                 assets (in addition to those permitted by the foregoing
                 provisions of this SECTION 5.10) if, after giving effect
                 thereto (and to the application of the proceeds thereof), the
                 aggregate amount of Specified Debt would not exceed 15% of
                 Consolidated Tangible Net Worth; and"

       Section 4.5.       Amendment to Section 5.11.  Section 5.11 of the
Original Note Agreements shall be, and the same is hereby amended in its
entirety as follows:

                          "Section 5.11.   Restricted Payments.  Neither the
                 Company nor any Subsidiary will declare or make any Restricted
                 Payment unless, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate of
                 all Restricted Payments declared or made subsequent to December
                 31, 1990 does not exceed 25% of consolidated net income (less
                 consolidated net loss, if any) of the Company and its
                 Consolidated Subsidiaries for the period from January 1, 1991
                 through the end of the Company s then most recent fiscal
                 quarter (treated for this purpose as a single accounting
                 period).  Nothing in this Section 5.11 shall prohibit the
                 payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days after
                 the declaration thereof if such declaration was not prohibited
                 by this Section 5.11.

                          "The following term shall have the following meaning
                 solely for purposes of this SECTION 5.11:

                                  "'Restricted Payment' means (i) any dividend
                          or other distribution on any shares of the Company's
                          capital stock (except dividends payable solely in
                          shares of its capital stock) or (ii) any payment
                          (other than payments for the repurchase of shares of
                          the Company's common stock from employees or former
                          employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
                          pursuant to the 1987 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the
                          1991 Employee Stock Purchase Plan or the 1987 Employee
                          Stock Option Plan, in each case as amended (other than
                          to change in any material respect any provisions
                          relating to repurchases of any such shares) from time
                          to time (or any successor plans with substantially
                          similar provisions), in an aggregate amount not to
                          exceed the proceeds received by the Company after the
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                          of sales of shares of the Company's common stock to
                          employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries) on
                          account of the purchase, redemption, retirement or
                          acquisition of (a) any shares of the Company's capital
                          stock or (b) any option, warrant or other right to
                          acquire shares of the Company's capital stock."

       Section 4.6.       Amendment to Section 5.19.  Section 5.19(f) of the
Original Note Agreements shall be, and the same is hereby amended in its
entirety as follows:

                          "(f)    Officers' Certificates.  Within the periods
                 provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) above, a certificate of an
                 authorized financial officer of the Company stating that he
                 has reviewed the provisions of this Agreement and setting
                 forth:  (i) the information and computations (in sufficient
                 detail) required in order to establish whether the Company was
                 in compliance with the requirements of SECTION 5.5 through
                 SECTION 5.21, inclusive, at the end of the period covered by
                 the financial statements then being furnished, (ii) whether
                 there existed as of the date of such financial statements and
                 whether, to the best of his knowledge, there exists on the
                 date of the certificate or existed at any time during the
                 period covered by such financial statements any Default or
                 Event of Default and, if any such condition or event exists on
                 the date of the certificate, specifying the nature and period
                 of existence thereof and the action the Company is taking and
                 proposes to take with respect thereto and (iii) the
                 information and computations (in sufficient detail) required
                 in order to establish whether the Company was in compliance
                 with the requirements of SECTION 5.6 through SECTION 5.14,
                 inclusive, and SECTION 5.17 (as such Sections were in effect
                 immediately prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date) at
                 the end of the period covered by the financial statements then
                 being furnished, and the amount, if any, of the Credit Fee (as
                 defined in the Second Amendment) to be paid to the holders of
                 the Notes pursuant to Section 5 of the Second Amendment;"

       Section 4.7.       Additional Covenants of the Company.  The following
Sections 5.20 through 5.24 shall be added to the Original Note Agreements
immediately following Section 5.19, to read in their respective entireties as
follows:



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                 "Section 5.20.   Debt.  Without limiting the provisions of
       SECTION 5.8 the Company will not, and will not permit any of its
       Subsidiaries to, incur or at any time be liable with respect to any Debt
       except:

                          "(a)    Debt outstanding under the Credit Agreement
                 as in effect on the date hereof giving effect to Amendment No.
                 2 thereto, provided that the sum of (i) the aggregate
                 principal amount of Loans outstanding under the Credit
                 Agreement and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Permitted
                 Short-Term Debt shall not exceed (A) for a minimum of thirty
                 consecutive days in the period between December 1, 1995 and
                 March 1, 1996, $20,000,000 and (B) on any day, the Limitation
                 Amount for such day; and

                          "(b)    Other Debt permitted by Section 5.08 of the
                 Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof giving effect
                 to Amendment No. 2 thereto.

                 "The following terms shall have the following meanings solely
       for purposes of this SECTION 5.20:

                          "'Debt' of any Person means at any date, without
                 duplication, (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed
                 money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
                 debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all
                 obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price
                 of property or services, except trade accounts payable arising
                 in the ordinary course of business, (iv) all obligations of
                 such Person as lessee which are capitalized in accordance with
                 generally accepted accounting principles, (v) all
                 non-contingent obligations (and, for purposes of SECTION 5.10
                 and the definitions of Material Debt and Material Financial
                 Obligations, all contingent obligations) of such Person to
                 reimburse or prepay any bank or other Person in respect of
                 amounts paid under a letter of credit, banker's acceptance or
                 similar instrument, whether drawn or undrawn, (vi) all Debt of
                 others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether
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                 Debt is assumed by such Person, and (vii) all Debt of others
                 guaranteed by such Person.

                          "'Derivatives Obligations' of any Person means all
                 obligations of such Person in respect of any rate swap
                 transaction, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity
                 swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or
                 equity index option, bond option, interest rate option,
                 foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor
                 transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction,
                 cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any
                 other similar transaction (including any option with respect
                 to any of the foregoing transactions) or any combination of
                 the foregoing transactions.

                          "'Limitation Amount' means, for any day set forth, or
                 for any day during any period set forth, below, the amount set
                 forth below opposite such day or period:



                         DAY OR PERIOD                         LIMITATION AMOUNT
                                                            
                 Second Amendment Effective Date
                   through the last day of the
                   second fiscal quarter of 1995                  $100,000,000

                 First day of the third fiscal
                   quarter of 1995 through the
                   next to last day of such
                   quarter                                        $125,000,000

                 Last day of the third fiscal
                   quarter of 1995 through the
                   next to last day of the fourth
                   fiscal quarter of 1995                         $115,000,000

                 Last day of the fourth fiscal
                   quarter of 1995                                $ 20,000,000




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                 First day of the first fiscal
                   quarter of 1996 through the
                   last day of such quarter                       $ 30,000,000

                 First day of the second fiscal
                   quarter of 1996 through the
                   last day of such quarter                       $ 65,000,000

                 First day of the third fiscal
                   quarter of 1996 through the
                   next to last day of the fourth
                   fiscal quarter of 1996                         $100,000,000

                 Last day of the fourth fiscal
                   quarter of 1996 and thereafter                 $ 20,000,000


                          "'Loan' means a Domestic Loan, a Euro-Dollar Loan or
                 a Money Market Loan (each as defined in the Credit Agreement)
                 and "Loans" means Domestic Loans, Euro-Dollar Loans or Money
                 Market Loans or any combination of the foregoing.

                          "'Material Debt' means Debt (other than the Loans) of
                 the Company and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries, arising in
                 one or more related or unrelated transactions, in an aggregate
                 principal amount exceeding $1,000,000.

                          "'Material Financial Obligations' means a principal
                 or face amount of Debt and/or payment obligations in respect
                 of Derivatives Obligations of the Company and/or one or more
                 of its Subsidiaries, arising in one or more related or
                 unrelated transactions, exceeding in the aggregate $2,500,000
                 (or, in the case of foreign exchange transactions,
                 $5,000,000).

                          "'Permitted Short-Term Debt' means Debt (other than
                 Loans or Debt permitted under Section 5.08(g) of the Credit
                 Agreement) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries having a
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                 incurred, of not more than one year from the date such Debt is
                 incurred.

                 "Section 5.21.   Leverage Ratio.  The Leverage Ratio will at
       no time during any period or on any day set forth below exceed the ratio
       set forth below opposite such period or day:



                           PERIOD OR DAY                         LEVERAGE RATIO
                                                              
                 First day of the second fiscal
                   quarter of 1995 through the
                   last day of such quarter                       2.25 to 1.00

                 First day of the third fiscal
                   quarter of 1995 through the next
                   to last day of such quarter                    2.30 to 1.00

                 Last day of the third fiscal
                   quarter of 1995 through the
                   next to last day of the fourth
                   fiscal quarter of 1995                         2.25 to 1.00


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                 Last day of fourth fiscal quarter
                   of 1995                                        1.50 to 1.00

                 First day of the first fiscal
                   quarter of 1996 through the last
                   day of such quarter                            1.60 to 1.00

                 First day of the second fiscal
                   quarter of 1996 through the
                   next to last day of the third
                   fiscal quarter of 1996                         1.90 to 1.00

                 Last day of the third fiscal
                   quarter of 1996 through the
                   next to last day of the fourth
                   fiscal quarter of 1996                         1.80 to 1.00

                 Last day of the fourth fiscal
                   quarter of 1996                                1.25 to 1.00

                 First day of the first fiscal
                   quarter of 1997 and thereafter                 1.45 to 1.00


                 "The following terms shall have the following meanings solely
       for purposes of this SECTION 5.21:

                          "'Consolidated Debt' means at any date the Debt of
                 the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, determined on a
                 consolidated basis as of such date.

                          "'Consolidated Subsidiaries' is defined in SECTION
                 5.7.

                          "'Debt' is defined in SECTION 5.20.


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                          "'Leverage Ratio' means, for any date, the ratio of
                 (i) Consolidated Debt on such date to (ii) Consolidated Net
                 Worth (as defined in Section 5.7) on such date.

                          "'Loan' is defined in SECTION 5.20.

                 "Section 5.22.   No Unrestricted Subsidiaries.  The Company
       shall not designate any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

                 "Section 5.23.   Payments with Respect to Credit Agreement.
       The Company will not, without the prior written consent of Holders
       holding not less than 51% of the unpaid principal amount of the Notes,
       directly or indirectly pay or extend, or enter into any agreement with
       any of the other Persons party to the Credit Agreement which provides
       for the payment or extension by the Company of, any form of additional
       compensation or security to any such Person in consideration for any
       amendment of, waiver of the requirements of, or consent to a
       modification of, Sections 2.13, 5.11, 5.12, 5.13 or 5.14 of the Credit
       Agreement (or related definitions of terms), as amended to the date
       hereof.

                 "Section 5.24.   Restrictive Agreements.  (a) The Company will
       not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any agreement
       after the Second Amendment Effective Date which shall further limit (i)
       the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary to amend or otherwise
       modify this Agreement or any Note, (ii) the ability of any Subsidiary to
       make any payments, directly or indirectly, to the Company, (iii) the
       ability of any Subsidiary to guarantee any obligation of the Company
       under the Agreement or any Note or (iv) the ability of the Company or
       any Subsidiary to grant any Lien on any or all of its property to secure
       its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes or any such guarantee;
       provided that (x) the agreements and instruments entered into in
       connection with the refinancing of any Debt of the Company or any
       Subsidiary outstanding on the Second Amendment Effective Date (or on the
       date such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary) may contain any such
       limitations that were contained in the agreements and instruments
       governing the Debt so refinanced and (y) it is understood that the
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       kind set forth in this Section shall not be deemed to be a Default under
       this Section.

                          "(b)    The Company will not, and will not permit any
                 Subsidiary to, enter, after the Second Amendment Effective
                 Date, into any agreement (including, without limitation, any
                 amendment or modification of, or supplement to, any
                 outstanding agreement) with respect to any Debt of the Company
                 or any Subsidiary that contains conditions, covenants or
                 events of default that are more burdensome or restrictive to
                 the Company or such Subsidiary than those contained in the
                 Credit Agreement are to the Company on the Second Amendment
                 Effective Date.

                          "The following terms shall have the following
                 meanings solely for purposes of this SECTION 5.24:

                                  "'Debt' is defined in SECTION 5.20.

                                  "'Loan' is defined in SECTION 5.20."

       Section 4.8.       Amendment to Section 6.1.  Section 6.1(f) of the
Original Note Agreements shall be, and the same is hereby amended in its
entirety as follows:

                          "(f)    Default shall occur in the observance or
                 performance of any covenant or agreement contained in Section
                 5.6 through Section 5.15, inclusive, SECTION 5.17, SECTION
                 5.20, SECTION 5.21, OR SECTION 5.23; or"

       Section 4.9.       Amendments to Section 8.1.  The following definitions
shall be added to Section 8.1 of the Original Note Agreements in alphabetical
order and shall read as follows:

                          "'Credit Agreement' shall mean that certain Amended
                 and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 14, 1995,
                 among the Company, the Banks listed on the signature pages
                 thereof and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as
                 Agent, as amended to date.

                          'Second Amendment'  shall mean the Second Amendment to
                 this Agreement dated as of June 28, 1995 between the Company
                 and you.





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                          'Second Amendment Effective Date' shall mean the date
                 on which the Second Amendment becomes effective."

SECTION 5.      CREDIT FEE.

       If, on any interest payment date, the Company is not in compliance
(determined as of the end of the then most recent fiscal quarter of the
Company) with Sections 5.6 through 5.14, inclusive, or Section 5.17 of the
Original Note Agreements (as in effect immediately prior to the Effective
Date), the Company shall pay to each Holder a fee (the "Credit Fee") in an
amount equal to .125% of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes held by
such Holder on such interest payment date (each a "Non-Compliance Date"),
before giving effect to any payment of principal made on the Notes on such
Non-Compliance Date.

       Each Credit Fee shall be due and payable 10 days following the delivery
to the Holders of the Company's financial statements for the fiscal quarter
immediately preceding the applicable Non-Compliance Date or, if earlier, on the
date such financial statements are required to be delivered to the holders of
the Notes pursuant to Section 5.19 of the Original Note Agreements, as amended
hereby.

       In the event that the Company has not delivered the required financial
statements by the date provided in said Section 5.19 for any financial reporting
period ending immediately prior to an interest payment date, such interest
payment date shall be deemed to be a Non-Compliance Date hereunder, and the
Credit Fee relating to such Non-Compliance Date shall become immediately due and
payable.

SECTION 6.       MISCELLANEOUS.

       Section  6.1.      Waiver of Default.  Any Default or Event of Default
which might have existed under the Original Note Agreements prior to giving
effect to this Second Amendment but which would not constitute such a Default
or Event of Default under the Original Note Agreements as amended by this
Second Amendment is hereby waived.

       Section  6.2.      Notices.  Any and all notices, requests, certificates
and other instruments executed and delivered after the effective date of this
Second Amendment may refer to the "Note Agreements dated as of April 1, 1994"
without making specific reference to this Second Amendment, but nevertheless
all such references shall be deemed to include this Second Amendment unless the
context shall otherwise require.

       Section 6.3.       Expenses.  The Company will pay all expenses relating
to this Second Amendment in accordance with Section 9.4 of the Original Note
Agreements.



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       Section  6.4.      Construction.  This Second Amendment shall be
construed in connection with and as part of the Original Note Agreements, and
all terms, conditions and covenants contained in the Original Note Agreements,
except as herein modified, shall be and remain in full force and effect.

       Section  6.5.      Counterparts.  This Second Amendment may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each executed counterpart constituting an
original but altogether one and the same instrument.

       Section  6.6.      Governing Law.  This Second Amendment shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois.





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       Upon the acceptance of this Second Amendment by Holders holding at least
51% in aggregate unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Notes, this
agreement shall become effective and the Original Note Agreements shall be
amended as herein set forth, such amendment to be effective as of June 28,
1995.

                                           THE TIMBERLAND COMPANY


                                           By
                                              Its
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Accepted as of June 28, 1995


                                           [VARIATION]

                                           By
                                              Its
                                                  ------------------------------

                                           By
                                              Its
                                                  ------------------------------
                                           Holding $[Variation] unpaid principal
                                           amount of the Notes.


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