Louisiana-Pacific Corporation

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation is listed on NYSE (LPX). Our company, headquartered in Nashville, TN, is a leading manufacturer and distributor of building products. As of December 31, 2004, we had approximately 6,500 employees and operated 34 facilities in the U.S. and Canada and one facility in Chile. Our focus is on delivering innovative, high-quality commodity and specialty building products to retail, wholesale, home building and industrial customers. Our products are used primarily in new home construction, repair and remodeling, and manufactured housing. Business Segments We operate in three segments: Oriented Strand Board (OSB); Siding; and Engineered Wood Products (EWP). In general, our businesses are affected by the level of housing starts; the level of home repairs; the availability and cost of financing; changes in industry capacity; changes in the prices we pay for raw materials and energy; and other operating costs. OSB Our OSB segment manufactures and distributes OSB structural panel products.

Lowes Companies Inc.

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