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        <issuerName>WAUSAU MOSINEE PAPER CORP</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>ALEXANDER WALTER</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>P.O. BOX 831</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>AURORA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>IL</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>60507</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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Craker, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName><signatureDate>2003-09-03</signatureDate></ownerSignature></ownershipDocument>

