02/02/04: Form 8-K (Fourth 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)

February 2, 2004

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

GEORGIA

001-03506

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 February 2, 2004, which press release is hereby incorporated herein by this reference.

 

Item 7.

Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

(c)

Exhibits.

 

 

99.1

Press release issued by Georgia-Pacific Corporation on February 2, 2004 regarding declaration of quarterly dividend.

 

 

 

 

99.2

Press release issued by Georgia-Pacific Corporation on February 3, 2004 regarding financial results for fiscal 2003 and the fourth fiscal quarter of 2003.

 

 

Item 12.

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

 

The information in this Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1, attached hereto, is furnished in accordance with SEC Release No. 33-8216. The information shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

 

On February 3, 2004, Georgia-Pacific Corporation issued a press release announcing preliminary financial results for the fiscal quarter and year ended January 3, 2004, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.


SIGNATURE

 

            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:

February 3, 2004

 

 

 

 

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ KENNETH F. KHOURY

 

 

Name:

     Kenneth F. Khoury

 

 

Title:

     Vice President, Deputy General
         Counsel and Secretary

 


 EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

 

99.1

Press release issued by Georgia-Pacific Corporation on February 2, 2004 regarding declaration of quarterly dividend.

 

 

 

 

99.2

Press release issued by Georgia-Pacific Corporation on February 3, 2004 regarding financial results for fiscal 2003 and the fourth fiscal quarter of 2003.