CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORP
10-Q, 1996-08-13
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C.   20549
                                   FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

 [ X ]          QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
                 EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        For the quarterly period ended                   June 30, 1996
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                                                OR

 [   ]                  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        For the transition period from                        to
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Commission File Number                                      1-3053
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                                    Champion International Corporation
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                   (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                  New York                                       13-1427390
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State or other jurisdiction of incorporation              (I.R.S. Employer
or organization                                          Identification No.)


               One Champion Plaza, Stamford, Connecticut 06921
               -------------------------------------------------
                   (Address of principal executive offices)
                                  (Zip Code)

                                 203-358-7000
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             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.


   Yes     X         No
        --------        --------

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of
common stock, as of the latest practicable date.


           Class                                Outstanding at July 31, 1996
- ----------------------------------------      --------------------------------
  Common stock, $.50 par value                           95,525,550

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                        PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Financial Statements.

              CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME (unaudited)
                       (in thousands, except per share)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                          Six Months Ended                     Three Months Ended
                                                     ---------------------------          ---------------------------
                                                               June 30,                             June 30,
                                                     ---------------------------          ---------------------------
                                                       1996               1995              1996               1995
                                                     --------           --------          --------           --------
<S>                                                  <C>                <C>               <C>                <C> 
Net Sales                                             $ 2,977,766        $ 3,390,456       $ 1,444,584        $ 1,756,432

Costs and Expenses
    Cost of products sold                               2,546,870          2,587,970         1,286,417          1,311,009
    Selling, general and administrative expenses          188,286            194,832            91,271             98,173
    Interest and debt expenses                            108,178            114,528            53,219             54,811
    Other (income) expense - net (Note 2)                 (19,856)           (31,253)           (8,688)           (11,477)
                                                      ------------        -----------       -----------        -----------
Total costs and expenses                                2,823,478          2,866,077         1,422,219          1,452,516

Income Before Income Taxes                                154,288            524,379            22,365            303,916

Income Taxes                                               55,087            205,621             6,813            116,383
                                                      ------------        -----------       -----------        -----------

Net Income                                            $    99,201         $  318,758        $   15,552         $  187,533
                                                      ============        ===========       ===========        ===========

Dividends on Preference Stock                                ---              13,258               ---              6,320
                                                      ============        ===========       ===========        ===========

Net Income Applicable to Common Stock                 $    99,201         $  305,500        $   15,552         $  181,213
                                                      ============        ===========       ===========        ===========


Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding                95,508             93,536            95,511             93,686
                                                      ============        ===========       ===========        ===========

Earnings Per Common Share (Exhibit 11):
        Primary                                       $      1.04         $     3.27        $     0.16         $     1.93
                                                      ============        ===========       ===========        ===========
        Fully Diluted                                 $      1.04         $     3.04        $     0.16         $     1.79
                                                      ============        ===========       ===========        ===========


        Cash dividends declared                       $       .10         $      .10        $      .05         $      .05
                                                      ============        ===========       ===========        ===========
</TABLE> 


The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part
of this statement.

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              CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
                           (in thousands of dollars)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                        June 30,           December 31,
                                                         1996                 1995
ASSETS:                                               (unaudited)
                                                     --------------       -------------
<S>                                                 <C>                   <C>
Current Assets:
 Cash and cash equivalents                          $    322,130          $   317,069
 Short-term investments                                   53,391               98,275
 Receivables - net                                       560,214              641,291
 Inventories                                             424,467              484,001
 Prepaid expenses                                         41,618               24,841
 Deferred income taxes                                    74,054               75,329
                                                    -------------         ------------
  Total Current Assets                                 1,475,874            1,640,806
                                                    -------------         ------------

Timber and timberlands, at cost - less cost of
 timber harvested                                      2,199,796            2,007,685
                                                    -------------         ------------
Property, plant and equipment, at cost                 9,001,044            8,850,519
 Less - Accumulated Depreciation                      (3,491,412)          (3,335,945)
                                                    -------------         ------------
                                                       5,509,632            5,514,574
                                                    -------------         ------------

Other assets and deferred charges                        474,776              380,237
                                                    -------------         ------------
      Total Assets                                  $  9,660,078          $ 9,543,302
                                                    =============         ============

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Current Liabilities:
 Current installments of long-term debt             $    154,660          $    77,760
 Short-term bank borrowings                              134,864              150,067
 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities                676,935              726,206
 Income taxes                                              5,090              125,840
                                                    -------------         ------------
  Total Current Liabilities                              971,549            1,079,873
                                                    -------------         ------------

Long-term debt                                         2,862,365            2,828,509
                                                    -------------         ------------
Other liabilities                                        674,227              664,010
                                                    -------------         ------------
Deferred income taxes                                  1,313,179            1,218,978
                                                    -------------         ------------
Minority interest in subsidiaries (Note 4)               112,613              105,241
                                                    -------------         ------------

Shareholders' Equity:
 Capital Shares:  
   Common (110,289,679 and 110,230,379
    shares issued at June 30, 1996 and
    December 31, 1995, respectively)                      55,145               55,115
   Capital Surplus                                     1,650,608            1,653,456
Retained Earnings                                      2,707,659            2,618,033
                                                    -------------         ------------
                                                       4,413,412            4,326,604
                                                    -------------         ------------
Treasury shares, at cost                                (657,864)            (650,049)
Cumulative translation adjustment                        (29,403)             (29,864)
                                                    -------------         ------------
 Total Shareholders' Equity                            3,726,145            3,646,691
                                                    -------------         ------------
   Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equit        $  9,660,078          $ 9,543,302
                                                    =============         ============


The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part
of this statement.

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                     CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                             CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS (unaudited)
                                  (in thousands of dollars)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                      Six Months Ended
                                                             ------------------------------------
                                                                          June 30,
                                                             ------------------------------------
                                                                 1996                    1995
                                                             ------------            ------------
<S>                                                          <C>                     <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income                                                   $     99,201            $    318,758

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
   provided by operations:
   Depreciation expense                                           200,838                 193,926
   Cost of timber harvested                                        42,800                  37,798
   Net gain on sale of assets                                      (3,894)                (36,167)
   (Increase) decrease in receivables                              82,043                (110,429)
   (Increase) decrease in inventories                              (5,600)                 11,872
   (Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses                        (16,742)                (16,903)
   Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and
     accrued liabilities                                          (64,028)                 (7,905)
   Increase (decrease) in income taxes                           (120,458)                 45,765
   Increase (decrease) in other liabilities                       (18,653)                  7,684
   Increase (decrease) in deferred income taxes                    15,273                  64,136
   All other - net                                                  1,430                  53,445
                                                             -------------           -------------
Net cash provided by operating activities                         212,210                 561,980
                                                             -------------           -------------

Cash flows from investing activities:
   Expenditures for property, plant and equipment                (185,778)               (154,089)
   Timber and timberlands expenditures                            (60,677)               (119,970)
   Acquisition of timber subsidiary (Note 3)                      (71,990)                    ---
   Proceeds from redemption of investments                         44,884                     ---
   Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment
     and timber and timberlands                                    17,805                 182,886
   All other - net                                                  3,982                 (11,489)
                                                             -------------           -------------
Net cash used in investing activities                            (251,774)               (102,662)
                                                             -------------           -------------

Cash flows from financing activities:
   Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt                       508,899                 276,851
   Payments of current installments of long-term debt
     and long-term debt                                          (449,474)                (80,095)
   Cash dividends paid                                             (9,579)                (22,596)
   Payments to acquire treasury stock                              (7,815)               (492,729)
   All other - net                                                  2,594                  23,911
                                                             -------------           -------------
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities                44,625                (294,658)
                                                             -------------           -------------

Increase in cash and cash equivalents                               5,061                 164,660

Cash and Cash Equivalents:
Beginning of period                                               317,069                  90,948
                                                             -------------           -------------
End of period                                                $    322,130            $    255,608
                                                             =============           =============

Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
   Cash paid during the period for:
     Interest (net of capitalized amounts)                   $    102,593            $    120,043
     Income taxes (net of refunds)                                153,116                  91,168

</TABLE> 
The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part
of this statement.

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              CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

                                 June 30, 1996



Note 1

The unaudited information furnished in this report reflects all adjustments
which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to present fairly a statement
of the results for the interim periods reported. All such adjustments made were
of normal recurring nature.


Note 2.

Other income (expense) - net for the three months and six months ended June 30,
1995 includes gains of $39 million and $89 million, respectively, from the sales
of certain operations in Canada and charges of $32 million and $68 million,
respectively, primarily for the writedown of certain U.S. paper and wood
products assets.


Note 3. 

During the first quarter of 1996 the company acquired Lake Superior Land Company
for $76 million, before netting $4 million of cash owned by Lake Superior Land
Company, as well as an outstanding $44 million mortgage loan. The acquisition
was accounted for as a purchase. Liabilities recorded in connection with the
acquistion, including purchase accounting adjustments, were the $44 million
mortgage loan, $68 million deferred taxes payable and $13 million of other
liabilities.


Note 4.

On July 3, 1996, Weldwood of Canada Limited acquired all of its publicly-held
shares for approximately (U.S.) $190 million and became a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Champion.






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              CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES


Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
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         of Operations.
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Results of Operations
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Overall Quarterly Results

The company reported net income in the second quarter of 1996 of $16 million or
$.16 per share, compared to last year's second quarter net income of $188
million or $1.79 per share, fully diluted, and last quarter's net income of $84
million or $.88 per share.

Significant Income Statement Line Item Changes

Net sales of $1.44 billion declined from $1.76 billion a year ago and $1.53
billion last quarter. Gross profit on sales was $158 million, compared to $445
million last year and $273 million last quarter. Pre-tax income of $22 million
declined from $304 million a year ago and $132 million last quarter. The
declines in net sales, gross profit and pre-tax income from last year were due
primarily to lower prices for uncoated and coated free sheet papers, market pulp
and plywood and, to a lesser extent, lower shipments for all coated paper
grades, plywood and lumber. The declines from last quarter were due principally
to lower prices for all of the company's major pulp and paper grades. The
aggregate cost of products sold decreased somewhat from last year and increased
somewhat from last quarter mainly due to changes in pulp and paper shipments as
discussed below. Selling, general and administrative expenses were down from
both last year and last quarter due mainly to the impact of stock price
fluctuations on the value of stock appreciation rights.

The income tax provision for the second quarter of 1996 reflected an effective
tax rate lower than last year and last quarter mainly as the result of an
increase in the proportion of income derived from Brazilian operations and a
corresponding decrease from North American operations.

Year-to-Date Results

For the first six months, the company reported net income of $99 million or
$1.04 per share, compared to net income of $319 million or $3.04 per share,
fully diluted, a year ago.


Paper Segment

For the company's paper segment, second quarter operating income was $ 44
million. This compared to income of $344 million a year ago and $167 million
last quarter. Total paper, packaging and pulp shipments were 1,522,000 tons in
the second quarter, compared to 1,528,000 tons a year ago and 1,386,000 tons
last quarter.

The operating loss for the domestic printing and writing papers business
represented a significant decline from the operating income of a year ago and
last quarter principally due to lower prices for uncoated and coated free sheet
papers. The average price for domestic uncoated free sheet papers, the principal
product of the printing and writing papers business, was $706 per ton in the
second quarter of this year,


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compared to $984 per ton last year and $815 per ton last quarter. The average
price for coated free sheet papers was $1,149 this quarter, compared to $1,202 a
year ago and $1,228 last quarter. Shipments of all printing and writing grades
were 521,000 tons, compared to 530,000 tons last year and 492,000 tons last
quarter. A price increase for most grades of uncoated free sheet papers was
implemented late in the second quarter of 1996. Prices for coated free sheet
papers continued to decline early in the third quarter.

Operating income at the Brazilian subsidiary, Champion Papel e Celulose Ltda.,
declined from the year-ago quarter and last quarter primarily due to lower
prices for both domestic and export uncoated free sheet papers. The overall
average price for uncoated free sheet papers was $813 per ton in the second
quarter of this year, compared to $1,047 per ton last year and $961 per ton last
quarter. Prices for domestic uncoated free sheet papers continued to decline
into the third quarter, while export prices improved somewhat. Uncoated free
sheet papers shipments of 98,000 tons were approximately even with last year and
last quarter. For the first six months of 1996, approximately 37.4% of the
company's consolidated pre-tax income was attributable to the Brazilian
subsidiary.

Earnings for the publication papers business declined from a year ago
principally due to lower prices for coated free sheet papers, as well as lower
shipments for all grades. Earnings declined from last quarter mainly due to
lower prices for all grades. The average price for coated groundwood papers was
$1,003 per ton this quarter and last year, compared to $1,107 per ton last
quarter. Prices for coated free sheet papers declined from last year and last
quarter, while prices for uncoated groundwood papers were approximately even
with last year and down from last quarter. Shipments of all publication grades
of 284,000 tons declined from 330,000 tons last year and were approximately even
with last quarter. Prices for all publication grades continued to decline early
in the third quarter.

The operating loss for the company's U.S. and Canadian market pulp operations
represented a substantial decline from the operating income of last year and
last quarter. Weak demand for pulp, reflecting short order backlogs for most
grades of paper, as well as pulp capacity additions in Indonesia in late 1995,
resulted in a price decline from last year and last quarter for all pulp grades.
The average price for Canadian softwood pulp was $362 per ton in the second
quarter of this year, compared to $683 per ton last year and $500 per ton last
quarter. Average prices for northern hardwood and southern pulp grades also
decreased from last year and last quarter. Shipments of all pulp grades of
267,000 tons increased from 208,000 tons last year and 174,000 tons last quarter
due to improved demand late in the second quarter. As a result, inventory levels
of all grades of pulp decreased substantially in the second quarter. A price
increase for northern hardwood and southern pulp grades was effective June 1. A
price increase for all grades was implemented effective July 1.

Earnings for the newsprint business declined from last year primarily due to
lower shipments of specialty and directory grades and higher costs resulting
from scheduled maintenance outages. Earnings declined from last quarter
principally due to lower prices. Average newsprint prices (including freight) of
$600 per ton in the second quarter of 1996 compared to $604 per ton last year
and $681 per ton last quarter. Shipments of 236,000 short tons of newsprint,
specialty and directory grades were approximately even with last year and
increased from 208,000 tons last quarter. Newsprint prices continued to decline
early in the third quarter.

Break-even results for the packaging business represented a decline from the
operating income of a year ago and last quarter. The decline from last year was
mainly due to lower prices for kraft paper and linerboard and reduced shipments
of linerboard. The decline from last quarter was primarily due to lower prices
for linerboard and reduced shipments of kraft paper and linerboard. Shipments of
116,000 tons declined from 126,000 tons last year and 128,000 tons last quarter.


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Wood Products Segment

The company's wood products segment, which includes the wood-related operations
of the company's Canadian subsidiary, Weldwood of Canada Limited, reported
second quarter income from operations of $29 million, up from $28 million a year
ago and $19 million last quarter. The improvement from last quarter was
principally due to a 20% increase in lumber prices and lower purchased wood
costs. Compared to last year, plywood prices were 20% lower, lumber prices were
approximately the same and purchased wood costs were lower. Total wood products
shipments declined from last year and last quarter due to the closure of various
wood products facilities. West coast timber stumpage prices declined from both
last year and last quarter.

Foreign Operations

The company's major foreign operations, which are discussed above under their
respective business segment headings, are in Canada and Brazil. Net sales to
unaffiliated customers by the company's foreign subsidiaries for the first six
months of 1996 were (U.S.) $389 million, accounting for 13% of consolidated net
sales of the company. Pre-tax income of the foreign subsidiaries for the first
six months of 1996 was (U.S.) $77.8 million, accounting for 50.4% of the
consolidated pre-tax income of the company. Net income (after minority interest)
of the foreign subsidiaries for the first six months of 1996 was (U.S.) $52.2
million, accounting for 52.6% of consolidated net income of the company.

Labor Contracts

A new five-year labor contract was ratified in June at the Pensacola, Florida,
paper mill.


Financial Condition
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The company's current ratio was 1.5 to 1 at June 30, 1996 as compared to 1.6 to
1 at March 31, 1996 and 1.5 to 1 at year-end 1995. Total debt to total
capitalization was 38% at June 30, 1996, March 31, 1996 and year-end 1995.

Significant Balance Sheet Line Item Changes

Short-term investments declined by $45 million from December 31, 1995 to
partially fund the income tax payments and the reduction in accounts payable and
accrued liabilities discussed below. Receivables decreased by $81 million mainly
due to substantial price decreases for all of the company's major pulp and paper
grades. Inventories decreased by $60 million, primarily as a result of
reclassifying $58 million of maintenance parts as other assets. Timber and
timberlands - net increased by $192 million principally due to the acquisition
of Lake Superior Land Company in the first quarter of 1996. Other assets and
deferred charges increased by $95 million reflecting the reclassification of
maintenance parts from inventory, an increase in the company's pension
contributions and the acquisition of real estate land as part of the purchase of
Lake Superior Land Company. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities decreased
by $49 million mainly due to the timing of payments. Income taxes payable
decreased by $121 million due to payments made in the first half of 1996 for
U.S. and foreign income taxes. The deferred income tax liability increased by
$94 million, which included $69 million recorded in connection with the Lake
Superior Land Company acquisition. For a discussion of changes in long-term debt
(including current installments) and cash and cash equivalents, see below.


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Cash Flows Statement - General

In the first six months of 1996, the company's net cash provided by operating
activities and asset sales was not sufficient to meet the requirements of its
investing activities (principally capital expenditures and the acquisition of
Lake Superior Land Company) and its financing activities (principally debt
payments, cash dividends and the purchase of shares of the company's common
stock). The difference was financed through borrowings. In the first six months,
net borrowings generated cash proceeds of $59 million; long-term debt (including
current installments) increased by $111 million, including a $44 million
mortgage loan of Lake Superior Land Company which was outstanding at the time of
its acquisition. Cash and cash equivalents increased by $5 million in the first
six months to a total of $322 million, $282 million of which was held by the
company's Canadian and Brazilian subsidiaries.

In the first six months of 1995, the company's net cash provided by operating
activities and asset sales exceeded the requirements of its investing activities
(principally capital expenditures). The approximate excess, together with net
borrowings, was used to pay dividends, purchase shares of the company's common
stock and increase cash and cash equivalents. Net borrowings generated cash
proceeds of $197 million, while cash and cash equivalents increased by $165
million in the first six months of 1995.

Cash Flows Statement - Operating Activities

For the first six months, net cash provided by operating activities of $212
million declined from $562 million a year ago. The decrease was due primarily to
lower earnings, higher income tax payments and lower accounts payable and
accrued liabilities, partially offset by a decrease in receivables.

Cash Flows Statement - Investing Activities

For the first six months, net cash used in investing activities of $252 million
increased from $103 million a year ago. The increase was due mainly to the
acquisition of Lake Superior Land Company for $76 million (as well as a $44
million mortgage loan which was outstanding at the time of its acquisition), and
a decline in net proceeds from asset sales attributable to the sale of certain
operations in Canada last year.

On June 13, 1996, the company sold the lumber mill at Klickitat, Washington, to
Klickitat Valley Sawmills, Inc. The facility, with an annual capacity of 85
million board feet, had been permanently closed on November 6, 1994.

The company's Brazilian subsidiary is currently negotiating the possible
purchase of Amapa Florestal e Celulose (AMCEL), a Brazilian company that owns
approximately 430,000 acres of land and a chip mill in the State of Amapa,
Brazil.

Cash Flows Statement - Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities of $45 million compared to net cash
used in financing activities of $295 million a year ago. The change reflects
several factors, principally the purchase of shares of common stock by the
company last year.

At June 30, 1996, the company had $93 million of U.S. commercial paper
outstanding, all of which is classified as long-term debt, up from $31 million
at March 31, 1996 and $58 million at year-end 1995. At December 31, 1995, the
company had $40 million of notes outstanding under its U.S. bank lines of
credit. At June 30, 1996 and March 31, 1996, no notes were outstanding under
these lines of credit.


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Domestically, at June 30, 1996, $93 million of the company's unused bank lines
of credit of $1,250 million supported the classification of commercial paper as
long-term debt. At June 30, 1996, Weldwood had unused bank lines of credit of
$183 million.

On July 3, 1996, Weldwood of Canada Limited acquired all of its publicly-held
shares for approximately (U.S.) $190 million and became a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the company. Prior to the acquisition, approximately 16% of
Weldwood's shares were held by the public.

The annual principal payment requirements under the terms of all long-term
agreements for the period from July 1 through December 31, 1996 are $25 million
and for the years 1997 through 2000 are $230 million, $330 million, $298 million
and $205 million, respectively.


The Environment
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Environmental Legal Proceedings

There is incorporated by reference herein the information under Item 1. Legal
Proceedings in Part II of this report.



























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                          PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

              CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES



Item 1.  Legal Proceedings.
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As most recently reported in the company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly period ended March 31, 1996, on November 9, 1992, an action was
brought against the company in the Circuit Court for Baldwin County, Alabama, on
behalf of a class consisting of all persons who own land along Perdido Bay in
Florida and Alabama. The action originally sought $500 million in compensatory
and punitive damages for personal injury, intentional infliction of emotional
distress and diminution in property value allegedly resulting from the purported
discharge of hazardous substances, including dioxin, from the company's
Pensacola, Florida mill into Eleven Mile Creek, which flows into Perdido Bay.
However, in February 1994, the plaintiffs reduced their demand to not more than
$50,000 for each class member, and in June 1994, the personal injury claims were
dismissed. On May 3, 1996, the court approved a settlement of the action
providing for a payment of $5 million by the company. The time has expired for
any appeal of the court's approval of the settlement and, accordingly, the
settlement is final.

As most recently reported in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, in February 1994, the company received a
notice of violation from the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission
alleging unauthorized air emissions from the company's Sheldon, Texas mill. The
notice of violation alleged several violations, certain of which have been
resolved without penalty. In June 1996, the company agreed to settle the
remaining violations for $470,400.

Item 4.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
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(a)             The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the company was held on
                May 16, 1996.

(b)             N/A

(c) (i)         Five nominees were elected to the Board of Directors at the 1996
                Annual Meeting.

                Lawrence A. Bossidy - 80,523,438 votes were cast in favor of his
                election and 1,245,361 votes were withheld.

                Robert A. Charpie - 80,515,471 votes were cast in favor of his
                election and 1,253,328 votes were withheld.

                Alice F. Emerson - 80,503,001 votes were cast in favor of her
                election and 1,265,798 votes were withheld.


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                Allan E. Gotlieb - 80,514,214 votes were cast in favor of his
                election and 1,254,585 votes were withheld.

                Kenwood C. Nichols - 80,525,673 votes were cast in favor of his
                election and 1,243,126 votes were withheld.

     (ii)       The shareholders approved the appointment of Arthur Andersen LLP
                as the company's auditors for 1996. There were 81,542,645 votes
                cast in favor of the proposal, 95,306 votes cast against the
                proposal and 130,848 abstentions.

(d)             N/A


Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.
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(a)             See exhibit index following the signature page.

(b)             The company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 4,
                1996 reporting the issuance of a press release announcing (a)
                the election of Richard E. Olson as Chairman and Chief Executive
                Officer and Kenwood C. Nichols as Vice Chairman and Executive
                Officer effective October 1, 1996 and (b) the election of
                Richard E. Olson as a member of the Board of Directors of the
                company effective June 4, 1996.



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                                  SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report
has been signed below by the undersigned on behalf of the registrant as duly
authorized officers thereof and in their capacities as the chief accounting
officers of the registrant.






                                         Champion International Corporation
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                                                   (Registrant)
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
Date:    August 13, 1996                            John M. Nimons
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                                                      (Signature)
                                         
                                         John M. Nimons
                                         Vice President and Controller
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
Date:    August 13, 1996                          Kenwood C. Nichols
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                                                      (Signature)
                                         
                                         Kenwood C. Nichols
                                         Vice Chairman














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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX



Each exhibit is listed according to the number assigned to it in the Exhibit
Table of Item 601 of Regulation S-K.


 3.1 -  By-Laws of the company.

10.1 -  Amendment dated as of July 17, 1996 to Champion International
        Corporation Nonqualified Supplemental Savings Plan.

10.2 -  Second amendment dated as of July 17, 1996 to Champion International
        Corporation Executive Life Insurance Plan.

  11 -  Calculation of Primary Earnings Per Common Share and Fully Diluted
        Earnings per Common Share (unaudited).

  27 -  Financial Data Schedule (unaudited).



























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                                                                     EXHIBIT 3.1

BY-LAWS

Champion International Corporation

(As amended to and including June 4, 1996)



Index To By-Laws

Article I. Meetings of Shareholders                               1
Section  1. Annual Meetings
Section  2. Special Meetings
Section  3. Place of Meetings
Section  4. Notice of Meetings
Section  5. Quorum
Section  6. Voting
Section  7. List of Shareholders
Section  8. Inspectors of Election
Section  9. Advance Notice of Shareholder 
            Nominations of Directors
Section 10. Advance Notice of Shareholder 
            Proposed Business at Annual Meeting

Article II. Board of Directors                                    4
Section  1. Number, Election and Term of Office
Section  2. Vacancies
Section  3. Duties and Powers; Committees
Section  4. Annual and Regular Meetings; Notices
Section  5. Special Meetings; Notice
Section  6. Chairman
Section  7. Quorum
Section  8. Manner of Acting
Section  9. Resignation
Section 10. Removal
Section 11. Compensation of Certain Directors
Section 12. Participation in Meeting by 
            Telephone or Similar Equipment

Article III. Officers                                             6
Section  1. Number, Qualification, Election and Term of Office
Section  2. Resignation
Section  3. Removal
Section  4. Vacancies
Section  5. Chief Executive Officer
Section  6. Chairman of the Board
Section  7. President
Section  8. Vice Presidents
Section  9. Secretary
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Section 10. Treasurer
Section 11. Other Officers
Section 12. Salaries
Section 13. Sureties and Bonds


Article IV. Shares of Stocks                                      8
Section  1. Certificates Representing Shares
Section  2. Lost or Destroyed Certificates
Section  3. Holders of Record
Section  4. Regulations
Section  5. Fixing of Record Date
 
Article V. Dividends                                              9
 
Article VI. Right to Inspect Books                                9
 
Article VII. Execution of Instruments                             9
Section  1. Execution of Instruments
Section  2. Proxies
 
Article VIII. Fiscal Year                                        10
 
Article IX. Corporate Seal                                       10
 
Article X. Offices                                               10
Section  1. Office of the Corporation
Section  2. Other Offices
 
Article XI. Amendments                                           10
 
Article XII. Interpretation                                      10
 
By-Laws of
Champion
International
Corporation

(As amended to and
including June 4, 1996)

Article I. Meetings of
Shareholders
Section 1. Annual Meetings:
The annual meeting of the shareholders of
the Corporation for the election of directors
and for the transaction of such other
business as may come before the meeting
shall be held on the third Thursday in May
of each year, if not a legal holiday, or, if a
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legal holiday, then on the next succeeding
day not a legal holiday or in all events on
such other day, not a legal holiday, as may
be fixed by the Board of Directors.

Section 2. Special Meetings:
Special meetings of the shareholders or of
the holders of a particular class or series of
stock may be called at any time by the
Chairman of the Board or the President,
and shall be called by the Chairman of the
Board or the President or the Secretary at
the written request of a majority of the
Board of Directors.

Section 3. Place of Meetings:
All meetings of shareholders shall be held at
the principal office of the Corporation in the
City of Stamford, State of Connecticut, or at
such other places as the Board of Directors
may select, or as shall be specified in the
respective notices or waivers of notices of
such meetings.

Section 4. Notice of Meetings:
(a) Written notice of each meeting of
shareholders, whether annual or special,
stating the purpose for which the meeting is
called and the place, date and hour of the
meeting shall be served either personally or
by mail, not less than ten nor more than fifty
days before the meeting, upon each
shareholder of record entitled to vote at such
meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be
directed to each such shareholder at his
address as it appears on the stock books of the
Corporation, unless he shall have previously
filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a
written request that notices intended for him
be mailed to some other address.

(b) Notice of any meeting need not be given to
any shareholder who submits a signed waiver
of notice, in person or by proxy, before or after
the meeting, or who attends a meeting in
person or by proxy, without protesting prior to
the conclusion of the meeting the lack of
notice thereof.


Section 5. Quorum:
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(a) At all meetings of shareholders of the
Corporation there shall be necessary and
sufficient to constitute a quorum for the
transaction of any business the presence in
person or by proxy of shareholders holding of
record shares having in the aggregate a
majority of the total number of votes of all
shares of the Corporation then issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote on such
business at such meeting.

(b) In the absence of a quorum at any annual
or special meeting of shareholders, the
shareholders present in person or by proxy
and entitled to vote thereat or, if no
shareholders entitled to vote are present
in person or by proxy, any officer
authorized to preside at or to act as
secretary of such meeting, may adjourn
the meeting to a time and place
determined by majority vote of the
shareholders present in person or by
proxy, or by such officer, as the case may
be. At any such adjourned meeting at
which a quorum is present any business
may be transacted which might have been
transacted at the meeting as originally
called if a quorum had been present.

Section 6. Voting:
(a) Whenever any corporate action, other
than the election of directors, is to be
taken by vote of the shareholders, it shall
be authorized by the majority of the votes
cast at a meeting of shareholders by the
holders of shares entitled to vote thereon.

(b) At each meeting of shareholders each
holder of record of shares of stock of the
Corporation entitled to vote shall be
entitled to vote the shares of such stock
held by him and registered in his name on
the books of the Corporation at the time of
such meeting unless, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 5 of Article IV of
these by-laws, a date shall have been fixed
as a record date for the determination of
the shareholders entitled to vote.

(c) Each shareholder entitled to vote may
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vote by proxy, provided, however, that the
instrument authorizing such proxy to act
shall have been executed in writing by the
shareholder himself, or by his attorney
thereunto duly authorized in writing. No
proxy shall be valid after the expiration of
eleven months from the date of its
execution unless the person executing it
shall have specified therein the length of
time it is to continue in force.

Section 7. List of Shareholders:
It shall be the duty of the Secretary to
prepare or have prepared before each
meeting of shareholders a complete list of
the shareholders entitled to vote thereat.
Such list shall be produced at such
meeting upon the request thereat or prior
thereto of any shareholder.

Section 8. Inspectors of
Election:
Unless the Board of Directors shall have
made such appointment prior to such
meeting, at each meeting of the
shareholders the chairman of the meeting
may, and at the request of any shareholder
entitled to vote thereat shall, appoint one or
more persons, who need not be share-
holders, to act as inspectors of election at
such meeting. The inspectors so appointed,
before entering on the discharge of their
duties, shall take and subscribe an oath or
affirmation faithfully to execute the duties
of inspectors at such meeting with strict
impartiality and according to the best of
their ability.

Section 9. Advance Notice of
Shareholder Nominations of
Directors:
Only persons who are nominated in
accordance with the following procedures
shall be eligible for election as directors.
Nominations of persons for election to the
Board of Directors of the Corporation may
be made at a meeting of shareholders by or
at the direction of the Board of Directors, by
the Committee on Board Affairs or by any
person appointed by the Board of Directors
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or by any shareholder of the Corporation
entitled to vote for the election of directors
at the meeting who complies with the notice
procedures set forth in this Section 9. Such
nominations by a shareholder shall be
made pursuant to timely notice in writing to
the Secretary of the Corporation. To be
timely, a shareholder's notice shall be
delivered to or mailed and received at the
principal executive offices of the
Corporation not less than 60 days nor more
than 90 days prior to the meeting;
provided, however, that in the event that
the meeting is not to be held on the date set
forth in Section 1 and less than 75 days'
notice of prior public disclosure of the date
of the meeting is given or made to
shareholders, notice by the shareholder to
be timely must be so received not later than
the close of business on the 15th day
following the day on which such notice of
the date of the meeting was mailed or such
public disclosure was made. Such
shareholder's notice to the Secretary shall
set forth (a) as to each person whom the
shareholder proposes to nominate for
election or re-election as a director, (i) the
name, age, business address and residence
address of the person, (ii) the principal
occupation or employment of the person,
(iii) the class and number of shares of
capital stock of the Corporation which are
beneficially owned by the person and (iv)
any other information relating to the
person that is required to be disclosed in
solicitations for proxies for election of
directors pursuant to Rule 14a under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended; and (b) as to the shareholder
giving the notice (i) the name and record
address of the shareholder and (ii) the
class and number of shares of capital
stock of the Corporation which are
beneficially owned by the shareholder.
The Corporation may require any pro-
posed nominee to furnish such other
information as may reasonably be
required by the Corporation to determine
the eligibility of such proposed nominee to
serve as a director of the Corporation. No
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person shall be eligible for election as a
director of the Corporation unless
nominated in accordance with the proce-
dures set forth herein.

The Chairman of the meeting shall, if the
facts warrant, determine and declare to
the meeting that a nomination was not
made in accordance with the foregoing
procedure and, if he should so determine,
he shall so declare to the meeting and the
defective nomination shall be disregarded.

Section 10. Advance Notice of
Shareholder Proposed Business
at Annual Meetings:
At an annual meeting of the shareholders,
only such business shall be conducted as
shall have been properly brought before
the meeting. To be properly brought before
an annual meeting, business must be
specified in the notice of meeting (or any
supplement thereto) given by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors,
otherwise properly brought before the
meeting by or at the direction of the Board
of Directors, or otherwise properly brought
before the meeting by a shareholder. In
addition to any other applicable
requirements, for business to be properly
brought before an annual meeting by a
shareholder, the shareholder must have
given timely notice thereof in writing to the
Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a
shareholder's notice must be delivered to or
mailed and received at the principal
executive offices of the Corporation not less
than 60 days prior to the meeting; provided,
however, that in the event that the meeting
is not to be held on the date set forth in
Section 1 and less than 75 days' notice or
prior public disclosure of the date of the
meeting is given or made to shareholders,
notice by the shareholder to be timely must
be so received not later than the close of
business on the 15th day following the day
on which such notice of the date of the
annual meeting was mailed or such public
disclosure was made. A shareholder's notice
to the Secretary shall set forth as to each
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matter the shareholder proposes to bring
before the annual meeting (i) a brief
description of the business desired to be
brought before the annual meeting, (ii) the
name and record address of the shareholder
proposing such business, (iii) the class and
number of shares of the Corporation which
are beneficially owned by the shareholder,
and (iv) any material interest of the
shareholder in such business.

Notwithstanding anything in the by-laws to
the contrary, no business shall be conducted
at the annual meeting except in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this Section
10, provided, however, that nothing in
this Section 10 shall be deemed to preclude
discussion by any shareholder of any
business properly brought before the annual
meeting in accordance with said procedure.

The Chairman of an annual meeting shall,
if the facts warrant, determine and declare
to the meeting that business was not
properly brought before the meeting in
accordance with the provisions of this
Section 10 and, if he should so determine, he
shall so declare to the meeting and any such
business not properly brought before the
meeting shall not be transacted.

Article II. Board of
Directors
Section 1. Number, Election
and Term of Office:
(a) The number of directors, exclusive of
directors who may be elected pursuant to
paragraph (b) of this Section 1, shall not
be less than nine nor more than twenty;
the exact number shall be fixed from time
to time by resolution of the Board of
Directors adopted by a majority of the
total number of directors which the
Corporation would have if there were no
vacancies.

Directors shall be divided into three
classes with the class expiring at
succeeding annual meetings of share-
holders. All classes shall be as nearly
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equal in number as possible, and no class
shall include less than three directors.

At each annual meeting, directors to
replace those whose terms expire at such
annual meeting shall be elected, each such
director to hold office until the third
succeeding annual meeting and until his
successor is elected and qualified, or until
his death, resignation or removal.

Terms of office of directors are further
subject to the provisions of paragraph (d)
of this Section 1.

Any newly created directorships, or any
decrease in directorships, shall be
apportioned among the three classes of
directors as to make all classes as nearly
equal in number as possible. When the
number of directors is increased by the
Board of Directors any newly created
directorships may be filled by a majority
vote of the directors then in office even
though less than a quorum. There shall be
no classification of the additional
directors until the next annual meeting of
shareholders. No decrease by the Board of
Directors of the number of directors shall
shorten the term of office of any
incumbent director.

(b) In the event that the Preference Stock
of the Corporation shall be entitled at any
annual meeting of shareholders to vote
separately as a single class to elect two
directors pursuant to the Certificate of
Incorporation, the number of directors to be
elected at such annual meeting shall be
increased by two, after any reduction and
reclassification of directors which may be
made prior to or effective at such annual
meeting by the Board of Directors pursuant
to paragraph (a) of this Section 1. The
directors to be so elected by said Preference
Stock shall not be classified. Each director
so elected by said Preference Stock shall
hold office until the annual meeting of
shareholders next succeeding his election
and until his successor, if any, is elected by
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said Preference Stock and qualified, or until
his death, resignation or removal.

(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, the
members of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation shall be elected by a plurality
of the votes cast at a meeting of share-
holders by the holders of shares entitled to
vote in the election.

(d) Except as the Board of Directors may
otherwise provide from time to time, no
person shall be eligible to serve as a
director after the annual meeting of share-
holders immediately following his
seventieth birthday.

Section 2. Vacancies:
Any vacancy in the Board of Directors,
occurring by reason of the death, resigna-
tion, disqualification, removal for cause or
inability to act of any director, shall be
filled by a majority vote of the remaining
directors though less than a quorum. Any
director elected by the Board of Directors to
fill such a vacancy shall hold office until
the annual meeting of shareholders next
succeeding his election and until his
successor is elected and qualified, or until
his death, resignation or removal.

Section 3. Duties and Powers;
Committees:
(a) The business of the Corporation shall be
managed under the direction of the Board of
Directors. The Board of Directors may
exercise all powers of the Corporation
except as herein, in the Certificate of
Incorporation or by statute expressly
conferred upon or reserved to the
shareholders.

(b) The Board of Directors may, by
resolution adopted by a majority of the
total number of directors which the
Corporation would have if there were no
vacancies, designate from its number the
members of an Audit Committee, a Board
Affairs Committee, a Compensation and
Stock Option Committee, a Pension
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Funding and Investment Committee and
one or more other committees, each of
which shall consist of three or more
directors, and each of which shall have
such authority and powers as may from
time to time be delegated to it by
resolution adopted in the same manner.

Section 4. Annual and Regular
Meetings; Notices:
(a) A regular annual meeting of the Board
of Directors shall be held as promptly as
practicable following the annual meeting
of the shareholders at the place of such
annual meeting of shareholders, or at
such other place or time as the Board of
Directors may determine.

(b) The Board of Directors from time to
time may provide by resolution for the
holding of other regular meetings of the
Board of Directors and may fix the time
and place thereof.

(c) Notice of any regular meeting of the
Board of Directors shall not be required to
be given; provided, however, that in case
the Board of Directors shall fix or change
the time or place of any regular meeting,
notice of such action shall be directed to
the residence or usual place of business of
each director who shall not have been
present at the meeting at which such
action was taken, unless such notice shall
be waived in the manner set forth in
paragraph (c) of Section 5 of this Article
II. Such notice may be given by first class
mail if mailed at least five days before the
day of the meeting or may be given by
courier, telex or telephone, facsimile or
any other method of telecommunication at
least 48 hours before the time of the
meeting.

Section 5. Special Meetings;
Notice:
(a) Special meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be held whenever called by
the Chairman of the Board or by the
President or by any two or more directors at
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such time and place as may be specified in
the respective notices or waivers of notice
thereof.

(b) Notice of such special meeting shall
specify the purpose of the meeting, and
shall be directed to each director at his
residence or usual place of business. Such
notice may be given by first class mail if
mailed at least five days before the day of
the meeting or may be given by courier,
telex or telephone, facsimile or any other
method of telecommunication at least 48
hours before the time of the meeting.

(c) Notice of any special meeting shall not
be required to be given to any director who
shall attend such meeting in person without
protesting, prior thereto or at its commence-
ment, the lack of notice to him, or to any
director who shall waive notice of such
meeting in writing or by telex, facsimile or
any other method of telecommunication
whether before or after the time of such
meeting. Notice of any adjourned meeting
need not be given.

Section 6. Chairman:
At all meetings of the Board of Directors the
Chairman of the Board or, in his absence,
the President or, in the absence of both of
them, a chairman chosen by the directors
present shall preside.

Section 7. Quorum:
(a) At all meetings of the Board of Directors
the presence of a majority of the total
number of directors which the Corporation
would have if there were no vacancies shall
be necessary and sufficient to constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business.

(b) A majority of the directors present at the
time and place of any regular or special
meeting, although less than a quorum, may
adjourn the same from time to time without
further notice until a quorum shall be
present.

Section 8. Manner of Acting:
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(a) At all meetings of the Board of
Directors each director present shall have
one vote.

(b) Except as otherwise provided herein,
the vote of a majority of the directors
present at the time of the vote, if a quorum
is present at such time, shall be the act of
the Board of Directors.

Section 9. Resignation:
Any director may resign at any time by
giving written notice to the Board of
Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the
President or the Secretary of the
Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in
such written notice, such resignation shall
take effect upon receipt thereof by the
Board of Directors or by such officer, and
the acceptance of such resignation shall
not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 10. Removal:
Any director may be removed with or
without cause at any time by the vote of
the holders of the respective class or
classes of stock by which such director
was elected, given at a special meeting of
the shareholders of such class or classes
called for the purpose.

Section 11. Compensation of
Certain Directors:
Directors who are not officers or
employees of the Corporation may receive
such compensation for their services, and
allowances for expenses, as the Board of
Directors may fix from time to time.

Section 12. Participation in
Meeting by Telephone or
Similar Equipment:
Any one or more members of the Board of
Directors or any committee thereof may
participate in a meeting of the Board of
Directors or such committee by means of a
conference telephone or similar
communications equipment allowing all
persons participating in the meeting to
hear each other at the same time.
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Participation by such means shall
constitute presence in person at a meeting.

Article III. Officers
Section 1. Number, Qualification,
Election and Term of Office:
(a) The officers of the Corporation shall be
a Chairman of the Board of Directors and\or a
President (one of whom shall be designated
Chief Executive Officer), and one or more
Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer
and such other officers as the Board of
Directors may from time to time determine.
The Chairman of the Board and the
President shall each be and remain a
director of the Corporation during the term
of his office. Any two offices, except the
offices of President and Secretary, may be
held by the same person.

(b) Each officer of the Corporation shall be
elected by the Board of Directors and shall
hold office until the annual meeting of the
Board of Directors next succeeding his
election and until his successor shall have
been elected and qualified or until his death,
resignation or removal.

Section 2. Resignation:
Any officer may resign at any time by
giving written notice of such resignation to
the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the
Board, the President or the Secretary
of the Corporation. Unless otherwise
specified in such written notice, such
resignation shall take effect upon receipt
thereof by the Board of Directors or by such
officer, and the acceptance of such
resignation shall not be necessary to make
it effective.

Section 3. Removal:
Any officer may be removed, either for or
without cause, and a successor elected, by
the Board of Directors.

Section 4. Vacancies:
A vacancy in any office, occurring by
reason of death, resignation, inability to
act, disqualification, removal or any other
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cause, may be filled for the unexpired
portion of the term by the Board of
Directors.

Section 5. Chief Executive
Officer:
The Chief Executive Officer shall serve as
general manager of the property, business
and affairs of the Corporation, its
subsidiaries, affiliates and divisions, and
shall report directly to the Board of
Directors, with all other officers and
personnel reporting directly or indirectly
to him.

Section 6. Chairman of the
Board:
The Chairman of the Board shall preside
at meetings of the shareholders and at
meetings of the Board of Directors, and
shall have such other powers and shall
discharge such other duties as are
generally incident to the office of
Chairman of the Board or as may be
assigned to him from time to time by the
Board of Directors. If the Chairman of the
Board is not the Chief Executive Officer,
he shall have such additional powers and
duties as may be assigned to him from
time to time by the Chief Executive
Officer.

Section 7. President:
The President shall have such powers and
shall discharge such duties as are
generally incident to the office of
President or as may be assigned to him
from time to time by the Board of
Directors. In the absence of the Chairman
of the Board, the President shall preside
at meetings of the shareholders and
at meetings of the Board of Directors. If
the President is not the Chief Executive
Officer, he shall have such additional
powers and duties as may be assigned to
him from time to time by the Chief
Executive Officer.

Section 8. Vice Presidents:
The Vice Presidents shall have such
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powers and shall discharge such duties as
are generally incident to the office of Vice
President. Each Vice President shall have
such other powers and discharge such
other duties as may be assigned to him
from time to time by the Board of
Directors, the Chairman of the Board or
the President.

Section 9. Secretary:
The Secretary shall record the minutes of
the meetings of the shareholders and of the
Board of Directors in books to be kept for
that purpose, and shall perform like duties
for committees appointed by the Board of
Directors when required. He shall give, or
cause to be given, all notices required
pursuant to these by-laws. He shall have
custody of the corporate seal and shall have
authority to affix the same to all
instruments executed and delivered on
behalf of the Corporation, and he shall have
authority to attest the corporate seal when
so affixed. He shall have charge of the
shareholder records, which may be kept by
a transfer agent or agents under his
direction. The Secretary shall have such
other powers and discharge such other
duties as are generally incident to the office
of Secretary or as may be assigned to him
from time to time by the Board of Directors,
the Chairman of the Board or the President.
If there shall be one or more Assistant
Secretaries, each shall, in the absence of the
Secretary, or at his request, have his powers
and discharge his duties.

Section 10. Treasurer:
The Treasurer shall have custody of all
funds and securities of the Corporation,
shall keep full and accurate accounts of
receipts and disbursements in books to be
kept for the purpose and shall deposit all
money and other valuable effects in the
name and to the credit of the Corporation
in such depositories as may be designated
in a manner authorized by the Board of
Directors. He shall borrow, invest and
disburse funds on behalf of the Corporation
as may be authorized by the Board of
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Directors and shall render periodic accounts
of his transactions as Treasurer. The
Treasurer shall have such other powers and
shall discharge such other duties as are
generally incident to the office of Treasurer
or as may be assigned to him from time to
time by the Board of Directors, the
Chairman of the Board or the President. If
there shall be one or more Assistant
Treasurers, each shall, in the absence of the
Treasurer, or at his request, have his powers
and discharge his duties.

Section 11. Other Officers:
Each other officer shall have such powers
and discharge such duties as prescribed
by law, or assigned to him from time to
time by the Board of Directors or by the
Chairman of the Board or the President of
the Corporation.

Section 12. Salaries:
No officer shall be prevented from
receiving a salary or any other compen-
sation by reason of the fact that he is also
a director of the Corporation.

Section 13. Sureties and
Bonds:
In case the Board of Directors shall so
require, any officer or agent of the
Corporation shall execute to the Corpora-
tion a bond in such sum and with such
surety or sureties as the Board of
Directors may direct, conditioned upon the
faithful performance of his duties to the
Corporation, including responsibility for
negligence and for the accounting for all
property, funds or securities of the
Corporation which may come into his
hands.

Article IV. Shares of
Stock
Section 1. Certificates
Representing Shares:
The shares of the Corporation shall be
represented by certificates or shall be
uncertificated shares. Certificates shall be
signed by the Chairman of the Board or
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the President or a Vice President and the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, and
may be sealed with the seal of the
Corporation or a facsimile thereof. The
signatures of the officers upon a
certificate may be facsimiles if the
certificate is countersigned by a transfer
agent or registered by a registrar acting
on behalf of the Corporation. In case any
officer who has signed or whose facsimile
signature has been placed upon a
certificate shall have ceased to be such
officer before such certificate is issued, it
may be issued by the Corporation with the
same effect as if he were such officer at the
date of issue.

Section 2. Lost or Destroyed
Certificates:
The holder of any shares of stock of the
Corporation represented by a certificate
shall immediately notify the Corporation
and its registrar and transfer agent of the
loss or destruction of such certificate. The
Corporation may issue a new certificate in
the place of any certificate theretofore
issued by it alleged to have been lost or
destroyed and the Board of Directors may
require the owner of the lost or destroyed
certificate, or his legal representatives, to
give the Corporation a bond in such sum as
the Board of Directors, or any person
delegated by it, may direct and with such
surety or sureties as may be satisfactory to
the Board of Directors, or any person
delegated by it, to indemnify the
Corporation against any claim that may be
made against it and/or its transfer agent
and/or registrar on account of the alleged
loss or destruction of any such certificate. A
new certificate may be issued without
requiring any bond when, in the judgment
of the Board of Directors, it is proper to do
so.

Section 3. Holders of Record:
The Corporation shall be entitled to treat
the holder of record of any share or shares
of stock as the absolute owner thereof for all
<PAGE>
 
purposes and, accordingly, shall not be
bound to recognize any legal, equitable or
other claim to, or interest in such share or
shares on the part of any other person
whether or not it or they shall have express
or other notice thereof.

Section 4. Regulations:
The Board of Directors may make such
rules and regulations as it may deem
expedient, including the appointment of co-
transfer agents and co-registrars in or
outside of the State of New York,
concerning the issuance, transfer and
registration of shares of stock of the
Corporation either represented by certifi-
cates or uncertificated, and may require all
certificates representing any class of stock
to bear the signature or signatures
of a transfer agent and/or registrar
appointed for such class of stock.

Section 5. Fixing of Record
Date:
The Board of Directors may fix a day (i)
not more than fifty days nor less than ten
days prior to the day of holding any
meeting of shareholders or (ii) not more
than fifty days prior to the last day on
which the consent or dissent of share-
holders may be expressed for any purpose
without a meeting, or the day fixed for the
payment of any dividend or the distribu-
tion of any subscription or other rights or
interests, or the day on which any other
action is to be taken, as a record date for
the determination of the shareholders who
are entitled to notice of and to vote at such
meeting or any adjournment thereof, or
whose consent or dissent is required or
may be expressed for any purpose, or who
are entitled to receive such dividends or
rights or interests or whose identity is to
be determined for the purposes of any
such other action.

Article V. Dividends
Dividends may be declared and paid out
of any funds available therefor as often,
in such amounts and at such time or times
<PAGE>
 
as the Board of Directors may determine.

Article VI. Right to
Inspect Books
The Board of Directors is authorized from
time to time to determine whether and to
what extent, at what time and place, and
under what conditions and regulations,
the books and accounts of the Corporation
or any of them shall be open to the
inspection of any shareholder.

Article VII.
Execution of
Instruments
Section 1. Execution of
Instruments:
Any drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances,
bonds, endorsements, notes or other obliga-
tions or evidences of indebtedness of the
Corporation, and all deeds, mortgages,
indentures, bills of sale, conveyances,
endorsements, assignments, transfers, stock
powers or other instruments of transfer,
contracts, agreements, dividend or other
orders, powers of attorney, waivers, con-
sents, returns, reports, certificates,
demands, notices or documents, and other
instruments of any nature may be signed,
executed, verified, acknowledged and
delivered by the Chairman of the Board, the
President or such other officers, agents or
employees of the Corporation, or any of
them, as from time to time may be deter-
mined by the Board of Directors, provided,
however, that authority to sign, execute,
verify, acknowledge and deliver any con-
tracts of, or other documents and instru-
ments requiring execution by, the Corpora-
tion may be conferred by the Board of
Directors upon any person whether or not
such person be an officer of the Corporation;
and provided further, that such person may
delegate from time to time by instrument in
writing all or any part of such authority to
any other person if authorized so to do by
the Board of Directors.

Section 2. Proxies:
Proxies to vote with respect to shares of
<PAGE>
 
stock of other corporations owned by or
standing in the name of the Corporation
and waivers of notice of meetings of the
shareholders of other corporations, the
stock of which is owned by or stands in the
name of the Corporation, may be executed
and delivered from time to time on behalf of
the Corporation by the Chairman of the
Board, the President, the Secretary or any
other person or persons thereunto
authorized by the Board of Directors.

Article VIII. Fiscal
Year
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall
begin on the 1st day of January and end
on the 31st day of December in each year.

Article IX. Corporate
Seal
The corporate seal shall be circular in
form and shall bear the name of the
Corporation, the words "Corporate Seal"
and words and figures denoting its
organization under the laws of the State
of New York, and the year thereof, and
otherwise shall be in such form as shall be
approved from time to time by the Board
of Directors.

Article X. Offices
Section 1. Office of the
Corporation:
The office of the Corporation (as defined
in Section 102 of the New York Business
Corporation Law) shall be in the Borough
of Manhattan, City and State of New
York.

Section 2. Other Offices:
The Corporation may establish and
maintain one or more offices outside of the
State of New York in such places as the
Board of Directors may from time to time
deem advisable.

Article XI.
Amendments
(a) All by-laws of the Corporation shall be
subject to amendment or repeal, and new
<PAGE>
 
by-laws may be adopted, by the vote of the
shareholders at any annual or special
meeting, the notice or waiver of notice of
which shall have summarized or set forth
in full the proposed amendment.

(b) The Board of Directors shall have
power, by majority vote of the total
number of directors which the Corpora-
tion would have if there were no
vacancies, to adopt, amend and repeal from
time to time by-laws of the Corporation;
provided, however, that the shareholders
may amend or repeal by-laws made by the
Board of Directors and may from time to
time limit or define the right of the Board of
Directors to amend or repeal any by-law or
by-laws adopted by the shareholders.
Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the provisions of paragraph (a) of
Section 1 of Article II and any other
provisions hereof relating to the
classification of directors may be repealed
by the majority vote of the total number of
directors which the Corporation would have
if there were no vacancies or may be
amended or supplemented, by such vote, in
any manner not resulting in a term of office
of directors longer than that provided in
said provisions.

Article XII.
Interpretation
These by-laws are subject and subordinate
to the provisions of applicable law,
including without limitation the Business
Corporation Law of the State of New York,
and the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation, as the same may be in effect
from time to time.

As used in these by-laws, the term
Certificate of Incorporation shall mean the
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation and any amendments thereto.

<PAGE>
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1
 
                                FIRST AMENDMENT

                                    TO THE

                      CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

                    NONQUALIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL SAVINGS PLAN


Pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Champion International Corporation Nonqualified
                               -----------------------------------------------
Supplemental Savings Plan (the "Plan") the Plan is hereby amended as follows:
- -------------------------

    Section 1.12 of the Plan is amended, effective January 1, 1996, to
    read as follows:



                 "1.12. 'Executive' means any employee of an Employer who is
                 classified as Grade 20 to 34 by the Employer (except for any
                 employee classified as Grade 31 or 33 but not administered as
                 Grade 20 to 34) and whose Savings Plan Earnings in any Plan
                 Year exceed the applicable Code section 401(a)(17) Limitation,
                 any Vice President, any other key executive who is Grade 20 or
                 higher, and any other employee designated by the Committee as a
                 member of the select group of management or highly compensated
                 employees eligible for participation in the Plan."


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, on behalf of the Pension and Employee 
Benefits Committee of Champion International Corporation, has executed this 
Amendment as evidence of its adoption at a meeting of said Committee held on 
April 26, 1996, and the Chief Executive Officer of Champion International 
Corporation has subscribed his written approval of this Amendment this 17th day 
of July, 1996.


                                                       /s/ William C. Foster
                                                       ---------------------
                                                       William C. Foster
                                                       Senior Associate Counsel-
                                                       Human Resources


/s/ Andrew C. Sigler
- --------------------
Andrew C. Sigler
Chief Executive Officer










<PAGE>
 
                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2


                               SECOND AMENDMENT

                                    TO THE

                       CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

                      EXECUTIVE LIFE INSURANCE PLAN #700




Pursuant to Section M of the Champion International Corporation Executive Life
                         ------------------------------------------------------
Insurance Plan #700 (the "Plan"), the Plan is hereby amended, effective January 
- -------------------
1, 1996, as follows:

                     FIRST: Section B.4. of the Plan is amended by adding the
                     words "earned during the Plan Year but not yet paid
                     provided that the calculation using such earned bonuses in
                     lieu of paid bonuses for each and every year results in
                     greater earnings for benefit determination purposes" after
                     the words "(except special bonus awards)" wherein they
                     appear.


                     SECOND: Section B.5. of the Plan is amended as follows:

                                "5. 'Employee' means, except as provided in
                                 Section D, an employee of the Company who is a
                                 Vice President or a key executive at the
                                 compensation level of Grade 20 or higher."


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, on behalf of the Pension and Employee 
Benefits Committee of Champion International Corporation, has executed this 
Amendment as evidence of its adoption at a meeting of said Committee held on 
April 26, 1996, and the Chief Executive Officer of Champion International 
Corporation has subscribed his written approval of this Amendment this 17th day
of July, 1996.


                                                      /s/ William C. Foster
                                                      --------------------------
                                                      William C. Foster
                                                      Senior Associate Counsel-
                                                      Human Resources





/s/ Andrew C. Sigler
- --------------------
Andrew C. Sigler
Chief Executive Officer


<PAGE>

                                                                      EXHIBIT 11

              CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

          Calculation of Primary Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share and
          Fully Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share (unaudited)
                       (in thousands, except per share)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           Six Months Ended               Three Months Ended
                                                       ------------------------        ------------------------
                                                                June 30,                        June 30,
                                                       ------------------------        ------------------------
                                                         1996            1995            1996            1995
                                                       --------        --------        --------        --------
<S>                                                    <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>   
Primary earnings (loss) per common share:
  Net Income (Loss)                                    $  99,201       $ 318,758       $  15,552      $ 187,533
  Dividends on Preference Shares                             ---          13,258             ---          6,320
                                                       ----------      ----------      ----------     ----------

  Net Income (Loss) Applicable to Common Stock         $  99,201       $ 305,500       $  15,552      $ 181,213
                                                       ==========      ==========      ==========     ==========


  Average number of common shares outstanding             95,508          93,536          95,511         93,686
                                                       ==========      ==========      ==========     ==========


  Per share                                            $    1.04       $    3.27       $    0.16      $    1.93
                                                       ==========      ==========      ==========     ==========


Fully diluted earnings (loss) per common share:
  Net Income (Loss) Applicable to Common Stock         $  99,201       $ 305,500        $  15,552     $ 181,213

  Add income effect, assuming conversion of
    dilutive convertible securities                          ---          15,106              ---         6,585
                                                       ----------      ----------       ----------    ----------

  Net income (loss) on a fully diluted basis           $  99,201       $ 320,606        $  15,552     $ 187,798
                                                       ==========      ==========       ==========    ==========


  Average number of common shares outstanding             95,508          93,536           95,511        93,686

  Add common share effect, assuming conversion
    of dilutive convertible securities                       ---          11,814              ---        11,419
                                                       ----------      ----------       ----------    ----------
  Average number of common shares outstanding
    on a fully diluted basis                              95,508         105,350           95,511       105,105
                                                       ==========      ==========       ==========    ==========

  Per share                                            $    1.04       $    3.04        $    0.16     $    1.79
                                                       ==========      ==========       ==========    ==========
</TABLE>

NOTE:

(1)     The computation of fully diluted earnings per common share assumes that
        the average number of common shares outstanding during the period is
        increased by the conversion of securities having a dilutive effect, and
        that net income applicable to common stock is increased by dividends and
        after-tax interest on such securities.

(2)     Earnings per share was calculated for each three month and six month
        period on a stand-alone basis. On June 22, 1995, the company purchased
        all 7,894,737 shares of Common Stock that were issued on that date upon
        conversion of the $92.50 Cumulative Convertible Preference Stock, and on
        June 30, 1995, the company purchased an additional 2,000,000 shares of
        Common Stock. As a result of this reduction in the number of shares
        outstanding, the sum of the earnings per share for the first and second
        quarters of 1995 does not equal the earnings per share for the first six
        months of 1995.




<TABLE> <S> <C>

<PAGE>

<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMAITON EXTRACTED FROM THE
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 AND THE
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS OF JUNE 30, 1996 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY
BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
</LEGEND>
<MULTIPLIER> 1,000
       
<S>                             <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   6-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          JUN-30-1996
<PERIOD-END>                               JUN-30-1996
<CASH>                                         322,130
<SECURITIES>                                    53,391
<RECEIVABLES>                                  577,930
<ALLOWANCES>                                    17,716
<INVENTORY>                                    424,467
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                             1,475,874
<PP&E>                                      11,200,840<F1>
<DEPRECIATION>                               3,491,412
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                               9,660,078
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                          971,549
<BONDS>                                      2,862,365
                                0
                                          0
<COMMON>                                        55,145
<OTHER-SE>                                   3,671,001
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                 9,660,078
<SALES>                                      2,977,766
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                             2,977,766
<CGS>                                        2,546,870
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                2,546,870
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                     0
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                     0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                             108,178
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                154,288
<INCOME-TAX>                                    55,087
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                             99,201
<DISCONTINUED>                                       0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                      0
<CHANGES>                                            0
<NET-INCOME>                                    99,201
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                     1.04
<EPS-DILUTED>                                     1.04
<FN>
<F1>Includes timber and timberlands.
</FN>
        

</TABLE>


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