<B>G-P Extends Offer for Fort James</B>

Georgia-Pacific Corp. extended its exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Fort James Corp. from Nov. 9 to Nov. 16. Accordingly, the offer and withdrawal rights will expire at 6 p.m. Eastern time, Nov. 16, 2000, unless Georgia-Pacific further extends the offer. Georgia-Pacific will announce the final exchange ratio by issuing a news release no later than two business days before the offer expires.

Georgia-Pacific said that it has agreed with the United States Department of Justice not to purchase shares under the exchange offer prior to Nov. 17 in order to give the department time to complete its review of the transaction.

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