Exhibit 21
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT *
The following were significant subsidiaries of the Registrant as of December 31, 2002
| Name | State or Jurisdiction of Incorporation |
| The Mead Corporation ("Mead") | Ohio |
| Westvaco Corporation ("Westvaco") | Delaware |
Effective December 31, 2002, as part of an internal corporate restructuring, Mead was merged into a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant and Westvaco was merged into the Registrant. The following are significant subsidiaries of the Registrant as of the date of this filing:
| Name | State or Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Formation |
| AGI, LLC | Illinois |
| Escanaba Paper Company | Michigan |
| MCB Woodlands and Services, Inc. | Alabama |
| MeadWestvaco Coated Board, Inc. | Delaware |
| MeadWestvaco Forestry, LLC | Delaware |
| MeadWestvaco International Holdings, LLC | Delaware |
| MeadWestvaco Kentucky, L.P. | Delaware |
| MeadWestvaco Maryland, Inc. | Delaware |
| MeadWestvaco Oxford Corporation | Delaware |
| MeadWestvaco Packaging Systems, LLC | Delaware |
| Mead Westvaco South Carolina, LLC | Delaware |
| MeadWestvaco Texas, L.P. | Delaware |
| MeadWestvaco Virginia, Inc. | Delaware |
| MW Custom Papers, LLC | Delaware |
| Rigesa Ltda. | Valinhos, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
* The names of additional subsidiaries have been omitted because the unnamed subsidiaries, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, would not constitute a significant subsidiary. Subsidiaries which are consolidated into the above-listed subsidiaries are also omitted.