FORM 8-K (First Quarter Earnings Release)

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

                                  

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

            April 19, 2001            

 

                            GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION                            

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

              GEORGIA              

          1-3506          

              93-0432081              

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission
File Number

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

133 PEACHTREE STREET, N.E., ATLANTA, GEORGIA

30303              

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant's Telephone Number, including area code

            (404) 652-4000            

 

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Item 5.             Other Events.

Attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 and incorporated herein by this reference are press releases issued by Georgia-Pacific Corporation on April 19, 2001 regarding earnings for the first quarter of 2001 for Georgia-Pacific Group and The Timber Company.

 

Item 7.            Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information
                           and Exhibits.

(c)

Exhibits

 

3.2

Registrant's By-laws, as amended to date.

 

 

 

 

99.1

Press release issued by Georgia-Pacific Corporation regarding Georgia-Pacific Group on April 19, 2001.

 

 

 

 

99.2

Press release issued by Georgia-Pacific Corporation regarding The Timber Company on April 19, 2001.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

DATED: April 19, 2001

 

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

By /s/ Kenneth F. Khoury            
Kenneth F. Khoury
Vice President, Deputy General
     Counsel and Secretary

 

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GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

Exhibit Index to Form 8-K

 

 

Exhibit No.     Sequentially Numbered Description

 

 

3.2

 

Registrant's By-laws, as amended to date.

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release issued by Georgia-Pacific Corporation regarding Georgia-Pacific Group on April 19, 2001.

 

 

 

99.2

 

Press release issued by Georgia-Pacific Corporation regarding The Timber Company on April 19, 2001.