<B>Fort James Announces Executive Changes</B>

Fort James Corp. announced that Daniel J. McCarty has been named president of Fort James' North American Tissue Business. In his new position, McCarty will lead the company's Retail and Commercial Tissue businesses in North America.

George F. Hartmann, Jr., formerly senior vice president of Fort James' North American Commercial Sales, has been named president, North American Commercial Business, reporting to Dan McCarty.

William Schultz, formerly executive vice president of Fort James' Dixie business, has been named president of Dixie.

Francis J. Florido has been named senior vice president, Corporate Marketing, responsible for corporate marketing initiatives in both North America and Europe.

Finally, Gary Kurlancheek has been named president of Fort James.eB, a new business unit designed to accelerate the development and deployment of e-business initiatives across the company, and to grow business and gain operating efficiencies through the use of Internet-based technologies.