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Exhibit 4(i)
REGISTERED REGISTERED
NUMBER (LOGO) $
R
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
7.70% DEBENTURE DUE JUNE 15, 2015
CUSIP 373298 BM 9
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, a Georgia corporation (hereinafter referred to as
the "Company", which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
7.70% 7.70%
Due Due
2015 2015
or registered assigns, the principal sum of DOLLARS
on June 15, 2015, and to pay interest thereon from June 9, 1995, or from the
most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, semi-annually in arrears on December 15 and June 15 of each
year, commencing December 15, 1995, at the rate of 7.70% per annum, until the
principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so
payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
will, as provided in the Indenture hereinafter referred to, be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the December 1 or June 1, as the case may be, next
preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid
or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
the business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders
of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this
series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange,
all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and any such interest on
this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that
at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to
the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
By
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION A. D. Correll
This is one of the Securities of the
series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture. Chairman
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By as Trustee Attest: Kenneth F. Khoury
(SEAL) Secretary
Authorized Signature
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GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
7.70% DEBENTURE DUE JUNE 15, 2015
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more
series under an Indenture, dated as of March 1, 1983, between the Company and
The Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association)("Chase"), as amended and
supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as July 27, 1988 (such
Indenture as so amended and supplemented, the "Indenture"), among the Company,
Chase and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, as Trustee (The Bank of
New York, as successor trustee under the Indenture, along with any other
successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of Securities
of which this Security is a part, is herein called the "Trustee"), to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for
a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on
the face hereof, limited in aggregate principal amount to $250,000,000.
The Securities of this series are not redeemable prior to maturity and
will not be entitled to any sinking fund.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with
the consent of the Holders of 66 2/3% in principal amount of the Securities at
the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in
principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on
behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series, to waive compliance
by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past
defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or
waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by,
or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities
of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal
amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this series are exchangable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
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No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for
all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company,
the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM -- as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______Custodian ______
TEN ENT -- as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right of under Uniform Gifts to Minors
survivorship and not as tenants Act ___________________
in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sell(s),
assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee
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the within Debenture and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting
and appointing attorney
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to transfer said Debenture on the books of the Company, with full power of
substitution in the premises
Dated:
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the within instrument, in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.