UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

		Date of Report:				October 21, 2003
		Date of Earliest Event Reported:				October 21, 2003
BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware				1-5057				82-0100960
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)				(Commission File Number)				(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1111 West Jefferson Street P.O. Box 50 Boise, Idaho								83728-0001
(Address of principal executive offices)								(Zip Code)
208/384-6161
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Item 7.                    Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)           Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 99.1            Boise Cascade Corporation earnings release dated October 21, 2003

 

Exhibit 99.2            Selected pages from Boise Cascade Corporation’s Third Quarter 2003 Fact Book

 

Item 12.                  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On October 21, 2003, we issued an earnings release announcing our third-quarter 2003 financial results, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1.  Additionally, executive management will discuss our third-quarter earnings during a webcast and conference call to be held today, October 21, at 12 noon (ET).  To access the webcast or conference call, please go to our website at www.bc.com.

 

We will issue our Third Quarter 2003 Fact Book after we file our third-quarter Form 10-Q in November.  In the interim period, selected pages from the Fact Book (Financial Highlights, Summary of Operations, Statistical Review/2003, and Statistical Review/2002) are attached as Exhibit 99.2.

 

We present our consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).  To supplement the GAAP presentations, we also present the results of our operations before nonroutine gains and losses.  For example, in the attached press release, we present results from the third quarter of 2003 and the first nine months of 2002 and 2003 that exclude items such as asset write-downs, the effect of accounting changes, and other items we believe are not indicative of our ongoing operations.

 

We believe our presentation of results before nonroutine items provides useful information to both investors and management by excluding gains and losses that are not indicative of our core operating results.

 

We have reconciled the non-GAAP financial measures to our reported financial performance in the financial notes that accompany our press release.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	BOISE CASCADE CORPORATION
	By	/s/ Karen E. Gowland
		Karen E. Gowland
		Vice President and Corporate Secretary
Date:  October 21, 2003

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number		Description
99.1		Boise Cascade Corporation earnings release dated October 21, 2003
99.2		Selected pages from Boise Cascade Corporation’s Third Quarter 2003 Fact Book

 

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