SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 11-K (Mark one) [ X ] Annual Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [Fee Required] For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993 or [ ] Transition Report Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [No Fee Required] For the transition period from ________________ to _________________ Commission File Number 1-5057 A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below: BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PLAN B. Name of the issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office: BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION One Jefferson Square P.O. Box 50 Boise, Idaho 83728-0001 REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS To the Board of Directors of Boise Cascade Corporation: We have audited the accompanying combined statements of participants' equity and net assets available for plan benefits of the Boise Cascade Corporation Individual Retirement Account Plan as of December 31, 1993, 1992, and 1991, and the related combined statements of changes in participants' equity and net assets available for plan benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements and the schedules referred to below are the responsibility of Boise Cascade Corporation. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and signifi- cant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the combined financial position of the Boise Cascade Corporation Individual Retirement Account Plan as of December 31, 1993, 1992, and 1991, and the combined changes in participants' equity and net assets available for plan benefits for the years then ended in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedules I, II, III, and IV are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements but are supplementary information required by the Department of Labor Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and/or the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole. Boise, Idaho April 15, 1994 ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO. BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PLAN COMBINED STATEMENTS OF PARTICIPANTS' EQUITY AND NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS December 31 1993 1992 1991 Assets Investments, at current value (Note 1) $5,296,043 $6,190,557 $5,043,112 Cash 5,449 12,849 929 Short-term securities at cost, which approximates market (Note 1) 774,713 15,160 1,544,000 Interest receivable 2,149 363 1,984 Other 32 - - __________ __________ __________ 6,078,386 6,218,929 6,590,025 __________ __________ __________ Liabilities Other 1,050 863 725 __________ __________ __________ Participants' equity and net assets available for plan benefits at end of the year $6,077,336 $6,218,066 $6,589,300 COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN PARTICIPANTS' EQUITY AND NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS Year Ended December 31 1993 1992 1991 Participants' equity and net assets provided by (used for) Investment income Interest income $ 222,761 $ 326,940 $ 451,507 Dividend income and mutual fund distributions 158,881 44,518 35,773 Contributions Participants' contributions 112,417 140,890 172,644 Amounts transferred from other plans (Note 1) 29,849 147,531 193,211 Appreciation (depreciation) of investments, net (Note 1) (37,552) (104,612) 390,882 Payments to participants (Note 1) (627,086) (926,501) (429,107) __________ __________ __________ Increase (decrease) in participants' equity and net assets (140,730) (371,234) 814,910 Participants' equity and net assets available for plan benefits at Beginning of the year 6,218,066 6,589,300 5,774,390 __________ __________ __________ End of the year $6,077,336 $6,218,066 $6,589,300 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Financial Statements. BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PLAN NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES PLAN DESCRIPTION. The Boise Cascade Corporation Individual Retirement Account Plan (the "Plan") is an individual retirement account plan administered by Boise Cascade Corporation (the "Company"). At December 31, 1993, there were 298 employees, 109 former employees, and 69 spouses who were participants in the Plan. All contributions to the Plan are made by participants in the Plan and are fully vested at the time of contribution. Contributions are limited to an annual amount that does not exceed the lesser of 100% of a participant's compensation or $2,000 to an individual participant account or $2,250 to an account for an individual and his or her spouse. Contri- butions for a particular year can be made at any time during that year or prior to April 15 of the following year. Annual contributions made to individual retirement accounts in excess of these limitations are subject to an Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") penalty. Subject to the terms of the Plan and Internal Revenue Service regulations, participants may transfer to the Plan amounts distributed or withdrawn from another individual retirement account plan or from a tax-qualified employee benefit plan maintained by a previous employer. INVESTMENTS. At December 31, 1993, there were three investment funds in the Plan: a Fixed Income Fund that invests primarily in bank and insurance investment contracts that provide a fixed interest rate; a Diversified Common Stock Fund that invests primarily in mutual funds that invest in common stocks or securities that are convertible into common stocks; and a Money Market Fund that invests in various types of money market securities. The short-term securities on the Combined Statements of Participants' Equity and Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits at December 31, 1991, resulted primarily from a maturity of an investment in the Fixed Income Fund that was invested with State Street Bank and Trust Company prior to reinvestment in a fixed rate investment contract. Investments in these funds are made in accordance with guidelines in the Individual Retirement Account Plan Trust Agreement between State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee, and the Company. The trustee invests participants' accounts among the three funds as directed by each participant. The following schedule sets forth the number of employee participants with contributions in the funds: Number of Employee Participants with Contributions in Funds as of December 31 Title of Fund 1993 1992 1991 Fixed Income Fund 152 176 212 Diversified Common Stock Fund 50 36 43 Money Market Fund 6 6 8 Employees with contributions in more than one fund 90 103 110 ____ ____ ____ Total employee participants 298 321 373 The detail of the investments of each fund is as follows: Shares Held Current at the End Cost of Value at End 1993 of the Year Each Item of the Year Fixed Income Fund Prudential Asset Management Company, Inc. $ 647,954 $ 647,954 Hartford Life Insurance Company 2,226,921 2,226,921 Peoples Security Life Insurance Company 881,403 881,403 __________ __________ $3,756,278 $3,756,278 Diversified Common Stock Fund Twentieth Century Investors, Inc. Growth Fund 31,421 $ 622,352 $ 703,827 Select Fund 18,445 692,806 727,845 __________ __________ $1,315,158 $1,431,672 Money Market Fund Eaton Vance Cash Management Fund $ 108,093 $ 108,093 1992 Fixed Income Fund Prudential Asset Management Company, Inc. $1,788,600 $1,788,600 Hartford Life Insurance Company 2,119,205 2,119,205 Peoples Security Life Insurance Company 851,865 851,865 __________ __________ $4,759,670 $4,759,670 Diversified Common Stock Fund Twentieth Century Investors, Inc. Growth Fund 27,019 $ 492,532 $ 658,178 Select Fund 16,870 608,929 653,193 __________ __________ $1,101,461 $1,311,371 Money Market Fund Eaton Vance Cash Management Fund $ 119,516 $ 119,516 1991 Fixed Income Fund Prudential Asset Management Company, Inc. $2,723,953 $2,723,953 Peoples Security Life Insurance Company 866,843 866,843 __________ __________ $3,590,796 $3,590,796 Diversified Common Stock Fund Twentieth Century Investors, Inc. Growth Fund 26,368 $ 419,454 $ 681,079 Select Fund 14,742 504,762 625,074 __________ __________ $ 924,216 $1,306,153 Money Market Fund Eaton Vance Cash Management Fund $ 146,163 $ 146,163 The following tables set forth rates of return experienced by each of the Plan's funds for the periods indicated: Year Ended December 31 1993 1992 1991 Fixed Income Fund (1) Blended rate 4.17% 5.47% 6.32% 1988 Generation 9.01 8.99 8.97 Diversified Common Stock Fund 9.33 (4.41) 49.70 Money Market Fund 2.54 3.15 5.54 (1) Commencing in 1989, the Fixed Income Fund of the Plan began investing primarily in investment contracts issued by insurance companies and banks. The return received by the fund from these contracts varies in response to prevailing market conditions at the time the investments were made. Prior to 1989, investments were made under annual contracts issued by insurance companies that had assured rates of return for the year of contribution and five subsequent years (a "generation"). The assured minimum rate of return was 8.95% for the 1988 generation. APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) OF INVESTMENTS. Appreciation (depreciation) of investments in the Diversified Common Stock Fund is recognized based on quoted market prices. The cost of investments sold or distributed is based on average cost. The following table sets forth that portion of the total net appreciation (depreciation) that was realized through sale or distribution in the Diversified Common Stock Fund during the years ended December 31, 1993, 1992, and 1991. 1993 Current value $ 317,991 Average cost 262,147 _________ Net appreciation realized $ 55,844 1992 Current value $ 366,441 Average cost 299,026 _________ Net appreciation realized $ 67,415 1991 Current value $ 240,700 Average cost 203,505 _________ Net appreciation realized $ 37,195 The change in the unrealized portion of net appreciation (depreciation) of investments in the Diversified Common Stock Fund was as follows: Balance at December 31, 1990 $ 28,250 Unrealized appreciation 353,687 _________ Balance at December 31, 1991 381,937 Unrealized depreciation (172,027) _________ Balance at December 31, 1992 209,910 Unrealized depreciation (93,396) _________ Balance at December 31, 1993 $ 116,514 EXPENSES. All expenses of administration of the Plan are paid by the Company. The expenses of administration include the fees and expenses of the trustee. Investment management fees incurred are paid from the assets of the fund to which they relate. PAYMENTS TO PARTICIPANTS. Payments to participants withdrawing part or all of their account balances are made approximately 25 days after the last day of the month during which the participant informs the Plan administrator of that withdrawal. 2. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES The Company has received a determination letter dated September 25, 1987, from the Internal Revenue Service holding that the Plan is qualified under Section 408 of the Code and, therefore, the Plan's related trust is exempt from federal income taxes. Subject to certain limitations on maximum annual contributions (see Note 1), participants' tax-deductible contributions and appreciation on all contributions are not subject to federal income taxes until such amounts are withdrawn by or distributed to the participant. Schedule I EIN 82-01009 Item 27(a) BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PLAN SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES DECEMBER 31, 1993 Description of Investment Including Name of Issue, Borrower, Maturity Date, Rate of Interest, Lessor, or Similar Party Collateral, Par, or Maturity Value Cost Current Value FIXED INCOME FUND Prudential Asset Management Company, Inc. Contract GA-8947, due dates and interest rates variable $ 647,954 $ 647,954 Hartford Life Insurance Company Floating Rate Contract, due 90 days from day of notice, interest rate variable 1,107,027 1,107,027 Hartford Life Insurance Company Floating Rate Contract, due June 19, 1995, interest rate variable 1,119,894 1,119,894 Peoples Security Life Insurance Company Floating Rate Contract, due 30 days from day of notice, interest rates variable 881,403 881,403 __________ __________ $3,756,278 $3,756,278 State Street Bank and Trust Company (1) Short-Term Investment Fund, due dates and interest rates variable $ 774,713 $ 774,713 DIVERSIFIED COMMON STOCK FUND Twentieth Century Investors, Inc. Growth Fund, 31,421 shares $ 622,352 $ 703,827 Select Fund, 18,445 shares 692,806 727,845 __________ __________ $1,315,158 $1,431,672 MONEY MARKET FUND Eaton Vance Cash Management Fund Not applicable $ 108,093 $ 108,093 (1) Known party-in-interest. BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION EIN 82-01009 INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PLAN FIXED INCOME FUND SCHEDULE II -- STATEMENTS OF PARTICIPANTS' EQUITY AND NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS December 31 1993 1992 1991 Assets Investments, at current value $3,756,278 $4,759,670 $3,590,796 Cash 1,691 9,935 599 Short-term securities at cost, which approximates market 774,713 15,160 1,544,000 Interest receivable 1,945 67 1,984 Other 6 - - __________ __________ __________ 4,534,633 4,784,832 5,137,379 __________ __________ __________ Liabilities Other 1,050 863 725 __________ __________ __________ Participants' equity and net assets available for plan benefits at end of the year $4,533,583 $4,783,969 $5,136,654 SCHEDULE III -- STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN PARTICIPANTS' EQUITY AND NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS Year Ended December 31 1993 1992 1991 Participants' equity and net assets provided by (used for) Investment income Interest income $ 219,863 $ 323,040 $ 443,532 Contributions Participants' contributions 56,067 69,322 129,407 Amounts transferred from other plans 22,870 41,589 145,445 Payments to participants (467,868) (629,709) (350,753) Transfers between funds (81,318) (156,927) 54,010 __________ __________ __________ Increase (decrease) in participants' equity and net assets (250,386) (352,685) 421,641 Participants' equity and net assets available for plan benefits at Beginning of the year 4,783,969 5,136,654 4,715,013 __________ __________ __________ End of the year $4,533,583 $4,783,969 $5,136,654 BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION EIN 82-01009 INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PLAN DIVERSIFIED COMMON STOCK FUND SCHEDULE II -- STATEMENTS OF PARTICIPANTS' EQUITY AND NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS December 31 1993 1992 1991 Assets Investments, at current value $1,431,672 $1,311,371 $1,306,153 Cash 3,597 2,914 330 Other 26 - - __________ __________ __________ Participants' equity and net assets available for plan benefits at end of the year $1,435,295 $1,314,285 $1,306,483 SCHEDULE III -- STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN PARTICIPANTS' EQUITY AND NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS Year Ended December 31 1993 1992 1991 Participants' equity and net assets provided by (used for) Investment income Dividend income and mutual fund distributions $ 158,906 $ 44,518 $ 35,773 Contributions Participants' contributions 53,850 70,543 40,181 Amounts transferred from other plans 3,976 86,508 47,766 Appreciation (depreciation) of investments, net (37,552) (104,612) 390,882 Payments to participants (149,499) (251,777) (61,973) Transfers between funds 91,329 162,622 (54,010) __________ __________ __________ Increase in participants' equity and net assets 121,010 7,802 398,619 Participants' equity and net assets available for plan benefits at Beginning of the year 1,314,285 1,306,483 907,864 __________ __________ __________ End of the year $1,435,295 $1,314,285 $1,306,483 BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION EIN 82-01009 INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PLAN MONEY MARKET FUND SCHEDULE II -- STATEMENTS OF PARTICIPANTS' EQUITY AND NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS December 31 1993 1992 1991 Assets Investments, at current value $ 108,093 $ 119,516 $ 146,163 Cash 161 - - Interest receivable 204 296 - __________ __________ __________ Participants' equity and net assets available for plan benefits at end of the year $ 108,458 $ 119,812 $ 146,163 SCHEDULE III -- STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN PARTICIPANTS' EQUITY AND NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS Year Ended December 31 1993 1992 1991 Participants' equity and net assets provided by (used for) Investment income Interest income $ 2,873 $ 3,900 $ 7,975 Contributions Participants' contributions 2,500 1,025 3,056 Amounts transferred from other plans 3,003 19,434 - Payments to participants (9,719) (45,015) (16,381) Transfers between funds (10,011) (5,695) - __________ __________ __________ Decrease in participants' equity and net assets (11,354) (26,351) (5,350) Participants' equity and net assets available for plan benefits at Beginning of the year 119,812 146,163 151,513 __________ __________ __________ End of the year $ 108,458 $ 119,812 $ 146,163 Schedule IV EIN 82-01009 Item 27(d) BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PLAN SCHEDULE OF REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993 Description of Total Expense Current Asset (Include Total Dollar Incurred Value of Interest Rate and Number Dollar Value with Asset on Identity of Maturity in of Trans- Value of of Sales Lease Trans- Cost of Transaction Net Gain Party Involved Case of Loan) actions Purchases Price Rental action Asset Date or (Loss) State Street Bank State Street and Trust Company(1) Short-Term Investment Fund, interest rates and due dates variable 36 $1,278,976 $ - $ - $ - $1,278,976 $1,278,976 $ - State Street Bank State Street and Trust Company(1) Short-Term Investment Fund, interest rates and due dates variable 27 - 519,422 - - 519,422 519,422 - Twentieth Century 10,570 shares of Investors, Inc. Growth Fund 28 246,552 - - - 246,552 246,552 - Twentieth Century 6,168 shares of Investors, Inc. Growth Fund 28 - 149,524 - - 116,732 149,524 32,792 Twentieth Century 5,563 shares of Investors, Inc. Select Fund 30 229,292 - - - 229,292 229,292 - Twentieth Century 3,988 shares of Investors, Inc. Select Fund 17 - 168,467 - - 145,415 168,467 23,052 (1) Known party-in-interest. SIGNATURES The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PLAN Date: June 15, 1994 By /s/J. M. Gwartney J. M. Gwartney Chairman of the Retirement Committee BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION INDEX TO EXHIBITS Filed with the Report on Form 11-K for the Year Ended December 31, 1993 Reference Description Page Number(1) Exhibit A Consent of Independent Public 14 Accountants Dated June 15, 1994 (1) This material appears only in the manually signed original of the report on Form 11-K. CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation of our report dated April 15, 1994, included in this Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 1993, into the Company's previously filed post-effective amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 registration statement (File No. 2-96196). ARTHUR ANDERSEN & CO. Boise, Idaho June 15, 1994