Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 3, 2005

 

UNITED STATES
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):

May 3, 2005

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 1.01

    

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 
 

On May 3, 2005, at the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Georgia-Pacific Corporation (the "Company"), the shareholders approved and adopted the Georgia-Pacific Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "2005 LTIP"). Attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 is a copy of the full text of the 2005 LTIP, which text is incorporated herein by this reference.

 
 

Item 5.02

    

Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

 
 

On May 3, 2005, at the Annual Meeting, each of the individuals set forth below was elected to serve as a director of the Company for a three-year term expiring in 2008:

   
   

James S. Balloun

   

Thomas D. Bell

   

Jon A. Boscia

   

Alston D. Correll; and

   

John D. Zeglis.

   
 

Mr. Balloun was designated by the Board of Directors as Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Executive and Governance Committee. Messrs. Bell, Boscia and Zeglis were each designated by the Board of Directors as a member of the Finance Committee and the Management Development and Compensation Committee.

   
 

Also, effective at the Annual Meeting, Mr. James. B. Williams retired as a director of the Company, having reached the mandatory retirement age for directors under the Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines.

 
 

Item 7.01

    

Regulation FD Disclosure.

 
 

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a press release issued by the Company on May 3, 2005 regarding, among other things, the declaration by the Board of Directors of a regular quarterly dividend, which press release is incorporated herein by this reference.

 
 

Item 9.01

 

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 
 

(c)

Exhibits.

 
 

10.1

Georgia-Pacific Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

     
 

99.1

Press release issued by Georgia-Pacific Corporation on May 3, 2005.


 

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:

May 3, 2005

 
   
 

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

   
 

       

By:

/s/ DOUGLAS P. ROBERTO

   

Name:

     Douglas P. Roberto

   

Title:

     Secretary


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

     
 

10.1

Georgia-Pacific Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

     
 

99.1

Press release issued by Georgia-Pacific Corporation on May 3, 2005.