DEERFIELD, Ill., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Fort
James Corporation today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $.15 per
share on the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the company.
The dividend is payable on December 31, 1998, to common shareholders of record
at the close of business on December 17, 1998.
Fort James is a leading international consumer products company, serving
consumers both at home and away-from-home with bathroom and facial tissue,
paper towels, napkins, and cups and plates. The company's popular brands
include Quilted Northern, Brawny, Dixie, Vanity Fair, Mardi Gras, Green
Forest, Soft 'N Gentle and So-Dri in North America and Lotus, Tenderly,
Colhogar and Kittensoft in Europe. Fort James also produces folding cartons
for packaging food and pharmaceuticals and communications papers such as
printing, publishing and office copy paper. The company has annual sales of
$7.3 million, approximately 28,000 employees and more than 60 manufacturing
facilities in the U.S., Canada and 15 countries around the world.
Copies of today's news release, along with additional information on Fort
James, is available, at no charge, by calling (888) 526 3711. You may also
access the company's Web site at Internet address http://www.fortjames.com.
SOURCE Fort James Corporation
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http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/457350.html or fax,
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CONTACT:
Celeste Gunter, Financial, of Fort James,
804-649-4307; or Mark Lindley, Media, 847-317-5280, for Fort
James
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