01/24/02: Form 8-K (4th 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)

            January 24, 2002            

 

                            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            

 

Item 5.             Other Events.

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release issued by Georgia-Pacific Corporation on January 24, 2002 which press release is hereby incorporated herein by this reference.

 

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

(c)

Exhibits

 

99.1

Press release issued by Georgia-Pacific Corporation on January 24, 2002 regarding Fourth Quarter, Full Year 2001 Results and Updates Asbestos Liability Details Based on Third-Party Analyses.

 

 

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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:   January 24, 2002

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

99.1

 

Press release issued by Georgia-Pacific Corporation on January 24, 2002 regarding Fourth Quarter, Full Year 2001 Results and Updates Asbestos Liability Details Based on Third-Party Analyses.

 

    

 

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