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Georgia-Pacific/NP/NP
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Mr/NP./NP


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Hahn/NP/NP
]
said/SAIDVBD
that/CS
[
a/AT
combined/VBN
operation/NN
]
would/MD
allow/VB
[
savings/NNS
]
in/ININ
[
many/JJ
ways./NN


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[
The/AT
two/CD
companies/NNS
]
[
each/DT
produce/NN
market/NN
pulp/NN
]
,/,
[
containerboard/NN
]
and/CC
[
white/JJ
paper./NN


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[
That/WPS
]
means/VBZ
[
goods/NNS
]
could/MD
be/BE
manufactured/VBN
closer/RB
to/TOIN
[
customers/NNS
]
,/,
saving/VBG
[
shipping/VBG
costs/NNS
]
,/,
[
he/PPS
]
[
said./NN


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Moreover/RB
,/,
[
production/NN
runs/NNS
]
would/MD
be/BE
longer/JJ
,/,
cutting/VBG
[
inefficiencies/NNS
]
from/IN
[
adjusting/VBG
machinery/NN
]
between/IN
[
production/NN
cycles./NN


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And/CC
[
Georgia-Pacific/NP/NP
]
could/MD
save/VB
[
money/NN
]
in/ININ
[
selling/VBG
pulp/NN
]
,/,
because/CS
[
the/AT
company/NN
]
uses/VBZ
[
its/JJ
own/JJ
sales/NNS
organization/NN
]
while/CS
[
Nekoosa/NP/NP
]
employs/VBZ
[
higher-cost/JJ
agents./NN


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Mr/NP./NP


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Hahn/NP/NP
]
said/SAIDVBD
[
Georgia-Pacific/NP/NP
]
has/HVZ
accounted/VBN
in/ININ
[
its/JJ
strategy/NN
]
for/FORIN
[
a/AT
]
"/``
[
significant/JJ
downturn/NN
]
"/''
in/ININ
[
the/AT
pulp/NN
]
and/CC
[
paper/NN
industry/NN
]
,/,
[
an/AT
event/NN
]
that/CS
[
he/PPS
]
said/SAIDVBD
would/MD
temporarily/RB
dilute/VB
[
earnings./NN


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But/CC
[
he/PPS
]
said/SAIDVBD
that/CS
even/RB
under/IN
[
those/DTS
conditions/NNS
]
,/,
[
the/AT
company/NN
]
still/RB
would/MD
realize/VB
[
a/AT
savings/NNS
]
of/IN
[
tens/NNS
]
of/IN
[
millions/NNS
]
of/IN
[
dollars/NNS
]
in/ININ
[
the/AT
first/CD
year/NN
]
following/VBG
[
a/AT
merger/NN
"./NN


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[
The/AT
fit/NN
]
is/BEZ
so/QL
good/JJ
,/,
[
we/PPSS
]
see/VB
[
this/DT
]
as/CS
[
a/AT
time/NN
]
of/IN
[
opportunity/NN
]
,/,
"/''
[
he/PPS
]
[
said./NN


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Georgia-Pacific/NP/NP
]
,/,
[
which/WDT
]
has/HVZ
suspended/VBN
[
its/JJ
stock-repurchase/NN
program/NN
]
,/,
would/MD
finance/VB
[
the/AT
acquisition/NN
]
with/IN
[
all/ABN
bank/NN
debt/NN
]
,/,
provided/VBN
by/IN
[
banks/NNS
]
led/VBN
by/IN
[
BankAmerica/NP/NP
Corp/NP./NP


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Georgia-Pacific/NP/NP
]
owns/VBZ
[
349,9/CD
Nekoosa/NP/NP
shares/NNS
]
and/CC
would/MD
need/VB
[
federal/JJ
antitrust/JJ
clearance/NN
]
to/TO
buy/VB
more/JJ
than/CS
[
$15/CD
million/CD
worth./NN


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U.S/NP./NP


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clearance/NN
]
also/RB
is/BEZ
needed/VBN
for/FORIN
[
the/AT
proposed/VBN
acquisition./NN


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For/FORIN
[
Nekoosa/NP/NP
]
,/,
[
defense/NN
options/NNS
]
may/MD
be/BE
undercut/JJ
somewhat/RB
by/IN
[
the/AT
precarious/JJ
state/NN
]
of/IN
[
the/AT
junk-bond/JJ
market/NN
]
,/,
[
which/WDT
]
limits/VBZ
how/WRB
[
much/JJ
value/NN
]
[
the/AT
target/NN
]
could/MD
reach/VB
in/ININ
[
a/AT
debt-financed/NN
recapitalization./NN


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[
The/AT
company/NN
's/$
chairman/NN
]
,/,
[
Mr/NP./NP


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Laidig/NP/NP
]
,/,
and/CC
[
a/AT
group/NN
]
of/IN
[
advisers/NNS
]
met/VBN
at/IN
[
the/AT
offices/NNS
]
of/IN
[
Wachtel/NP/NP
Lipton/NP/NP
Rosen/NP/NP
&amp/NN
]
;/:
[
Katz/NN
]
,/,
[
a/AT
law/NN
firm/NN
]
specializing/VBG
in/ININ
[
takeover/NN
defense./NN


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Nekoosa/NP/NP
]
also/RB
is/BEZ
being/VBG
advised/VBN
by/IN
[
Goldman/NP/NP
]
,/,
[
Sachs/NP/NP
&amp/NN
]
;/:
[
Co/NP./NP


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Georgia-Pacific/NP/NP
's/$
advisers/NNS
]
are/BER
[
Wasserstein/NP/NP
]
,/,
[
Perella/NP/NP
&amp/NN
]
;/:
[
Co/NP./NP


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,/,
[
which/WDT
]
stands/VBZ
to/TO
receive/VB
[
a/AT
$15/CD
million/CD
fee/NN
]
if/CS
[
the/AT
takeover/NN
]
succeeds/VBZ
,/,
and/CC
[
the/AT
law/NN
firm/NN
]
of/IN
[
Shearman/NN
&amp/NN
]
;/:
[
Sterling/NP./NP


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People/NNS
]
familiar/JJ
with/IN
[
Nekoosa/NP/NP
]
said/SAIDVBD
[
its/JJ
board/NN
]
isn't/BEZ
likely/JJ
to/TO
meet/VB
before/CS
[
the/AT
week/NN
]
after/CS
next/JJ
to/TO
respond/VB
to/TOIN
[
the/AT
bid./NN


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[
The/AT
board/NN
]
has/HVZ
[
1/CD
business/NN
days/NNS
]
to/TO
respond./VB


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In/ININ
[
addition/NN
]
to/TOIN
[
the/AT
usual/JJ
array/NN
]
of/IN
[
defenses/NNS
]
,/,
including/VBG
[
a/AT
so-called/JJ
poison/NN
pill/NN
]
and/CC
[
a/AT
staggered/VBN
board/NN
]
,/,
[
Nekoosa/NP/NP
]
has/HVZ
[
another/DT
takeover/NN
defense/NN
]
:/:
[
a/AT
Maine/NP/NP
state/NN
law/NN
barring/VBG
hostile/NN
bidders/NNS
]
from/IN
merging/VBG
[
acquired/VBN
businesses/NNS
]
for/FORIN
[
five/CD
years./NN


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Nekoosa/NP/NP
]
is/BEZ
incorporated/VBN
in/ININ
[
Maine/NP./NP


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Georgia-Pacific/NP/NP
]
has/HVZ
filed/VBN
[
a/AT
lawsuit/NN
]
in/ININ
[
federal/JJ
court/NN
]
in/ININ
[
Maine/NP/NP
]
challenging/VBG
[
the/AT
poison/NN
pill/NN
]
and/CC
[
the/AT
Maine/NP/NP
merger/NN
law./NN


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Nekoosa/NP/NP
's/$
poison/NN
pill/NN
]
allows/VBZ
[
shareholders/NNS
]
to/TO
vote/VB
to/TO
rescind/VB
[
it/PPO
]
,/,
but/CC
[
Georgia-Pacific/NP/NP
]
isn't/BEZ
likely/JJ
to/TO
pursue/VB
[
such/JJ
a/AT
course/NN
]
immediately/RB
because/CS
[
that/WPS
]
would/MD
take/VB
[
9/CD
]
to/TOIN
[
12/CD
days/NNS
]
,/,
and/CC
wouldn't/MD
affect/VB
[
the/AT
provisions/NNS
]
of/IN
[
the/AT
Maine/NP/NP
law./NN


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Among/IN
[
companies/NNS
]
mentioned/VBN
by/IN
[
analysts/NNS
]
as/CS
[
possible/JJ
counterbidders/NNS
]
for/FORIN
[
Nekoosa/NP/NP
]
are/BER
[
International/NP/NP
Paper/NP/NP
]
,/,
[
Weyerhaeuser/NP/NP
]
,/,
[
Canadian/NP/NP
Pacific/NP/NP
Ltd/NP./NP


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and/CC
[
MacMillan/NP/NP
Bloedel/NP/NP
Ltd/NP/NP
]
"./VB


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[
I/PPSS
]
'm/BEM
sure/JJ
[
everybody/PN
]
else/RB
is/BEZ
putting/VBG


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