01/30/03: Form 8-K (Closing of $1.5 Billion Senior Notes Offering)

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 30, 2003

 

                                                                             

 

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

 

                                                                       

 

Not Applicable

                                                                                                                                                               

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 


 

Item 5.

Other Events.

 

 

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release issued by Georgia-Pacific Corporation on January 30, 2003 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 January 30, 2003 regarding the closing of its $1.5 Billion Senior Notes Offering.

 


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, 2003

 

 

 

 

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 January 30, 2003 regarding the closing of its $1.5 Billion Senior Notes Offering.