SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

SUWYN MARK A

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

414 UNION STREET, SUITE 1910

(Street)

NASHVILLE

37219

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP [ LPX ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	CHAIRMAN & CEO

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/16/2004

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	08/16/2004		F		10,354⁽¹⁾	D	$23.3	451,141⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	08/16/2004		M		28,950⁽³⁾	A	$0	480,091⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	08/16/2004		F		7,657⁽⁴⁾	D	$23.3	472,434⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	08/16/2004		M		50,725⁽³⁾	A	$0	523,159⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	08/16/2004		F		13,417⁽⁴⁾	D	$23.3	509,742⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	08/16/2004		M		85,000⁽³⁾	A	$0	594,742⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	08/16/2004		F		22,483⁽⁴⁾	D	$23.3	572,259⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	08/16/2004		M		16,529⁽⁵⁾	A	$0	588,788⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	08/16/2004		F		4,372⁽⁶⁾	D	$23.3	584,416⁽²⁾	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Stock Award Right⁽³⁾	$0⁽⁷⁾	08/16/2004		M			28,950	08/16/2004⁽³⁾	08/16/2004⁽³⁾	Common Stock	28,950	$0	0	D
Stock Award Right⁽³⁾	$0⁽⁷⁾	08/16/2004		M			50,725	08/16/2004⁽³⁾	08/16/2004⁽³⁾	Common Stock	50,725	$0	0	D
Stock Award Right⁽³⁾	$0⁽⁷⁾	08/16/2004		M			85,000	08/16/2004⁽³⁾	08/16/2004⁽³⁾	Common Stock	85,000	$0	0	D
Stock Award Right⁽⁵⁾	$0⁽⁷⁾	08/16/2004		M			16,529	08/16/2004⁽⁵⁾	08/16/2004⁽⁵⁾	Common Stock	16,529	$0	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents shares withheld in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations resulting from the August 16, 2004 vesting of 39,146 performance shares upon approval of retirement by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors ("Retirement Approval").

2. Reporting person also holds 5,399 shares in the Louisiana-Pacific 401(k) Profit Sharing Trust (by trust).

3. Represents incentive shares granted in 2001, 2002 and 2004 pursuant to the Louisiana-Pacific Corporation 1997 Incentive Stock Award Plan (the "Incentive Shares"), which shares vested on August 16, 2004 following Retirement Approval.

4. Represents shares withheld in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations resulting from the vesting of the Incentive Shares.

5. Represents incentive shares granted as a restructuring bonus (the "Restructuring Bonus Shares") in 2003 pursuant to the Louisiana-Pacific 1997 Incentive Stock Award Plan, which shares vested on August 16, 2004 following Retirement Approval.

6. Represents shares withheld in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations resulting from the vesting of the Restructuring Bonus Shares.

7. Security converts to common stock on a one-for-one basis.

	/s/ Anton C. Kirchhof, Attorney-in-fact for Mark A. Suwyn	08/18/2004
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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