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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):  November 6, 2002


LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

DELAWARE
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  1-7107
(Commission
File Number)
  93-0609074
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

805 SW Broadway, Suite 1200, Portland, Oregon 97205-3303
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  
(503) 821-5100




Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

        On November 6, 2002, in connection with the filing of the Form 10-Q of Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, (the "Company") for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002 (the "Report"), each of Mark A. Suwyn, Chief Executive Officer, and Curtis M. Stevens, Chief Financial Officer, of the Company certified, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to such officer's knowledge:

    (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

    (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company as of the dates and for the periods expressed in the Report.



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.


 

 

LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

Date:  November 6, 2002

 

By:

 

/s/  
CURTIS M. STEVENS      
Curtis M. Stevens
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)



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