CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORP
10-Q, 1999-05-17
PAPER MILLS
Previous: CENTRAL MAINE POWER CO, 10-Q, 1999-05-17
Next: CHAMPION PARTS INC, 10-Q, 1999-05-17



<PAGE>
 
                      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                   March 31, 1999
                                 ---------------------------------------------

                                              OR

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

    For the transition period from                    to
                                    -------------------------------------------

Commission File Number                           1-3053
                       --------------------------------------------------------

                      Champion International Corporation
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                New York                                   13-1427390
- --------------------------------------------       ---------------------------
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
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
             (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 April 30, 1999
- -----------------------------------        -------------------------------------
  Common stock, $.50 par value                           95,737,185
<PAGE>
 
                         PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
                         -----------------------------

Item 1.  Financial Statements.
- ------------------------------

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

<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                                                                                       Three Months Ended
                                                                                            March 31,
                                                                              -------------------------------------
                                                                                    1999                1998
                                                                              -----------------   -----------------
<S>                                                                           <C>                   <C> 
  Net Sales                                                                           $1,274.6            $1,477.0

  Costs and Expenses
        Cost of products sold                                                          1,130.5             1,292.5
        Selling, general and administrative expenses                                      83.6                93.9
        Interest and debt expenses                                                        62.8                67.4
        Other (income) expense - net (Note 2)                                            (43.1)               (1.9)
                                                                              -----------------   -----------------
  Total costs and expenses                                                             1,233.8             1,451.9

  Income Before Income Taxes                                                              40.8                25.1

  Income Taxes (Benefit)                                                                  (0.8)                6.1
                                                                              -----------------   -----------------

  Net Income                                                                              41.6              $ 19.0
                                                                              =================   =================


  Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding                                             95.6                96.1
                                                                              =================   =================

  Earnings Per Common Share (Exhibit 11):
        Basic                                                                            $ .44               $ .20
                                                                              =================   =================
        Diluted                                                                          $ .43               $ .20
                                                                              =================   =================

  Cash dividends declared                                                                $ .05               $ .05
                                                                              =================   =================


                      The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
</TABLE> 
                                       2
<PAGE>
 
              CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
                           (in millions of dollars)

<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                                                                                            March 31,         December 31,
                                                                                              1999                1998
            ASSETS:                                                                        (unaudited)
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
<S>                                                                                     <C>                     <C> 
            Current Assets:
              Cash and cash equivalents                                                          $ 247.6             $ 300.4
              Receivables - net                                                                    531.2               520.5
              Inventories                                                                          532.8               503.5
              Prepaid expenses                                                                      24.4                27.5
              Deferred income taxes                                                                 85.2                86.6
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
                 Total Current Assets                                                            1,421.2             1,438.5
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------

            Timber and timberlands, at cost - less cost of timber harvested                      2,341.3             2,430.4
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
            Property, plant and equipment, at cost                                               8,461.5             8,585.3
              Less - Accumulated depreciation                                                    4,384.4             4,356.5
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
                                                                                                 4,077.1             4,228.8
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------

            Other assets and deferred charges                                                      646.8               742.2
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
                      Total Assets                                                              $8,486.4            $8,839.9
                                                                                        =================   =================

            LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
            Current Liabilities:
              Current installments of long-term debt                                             $ 225.5             $ 228.0
              Short-term borrowings                                                                 88.5                89.8
              Accounts payable and accrued liabilities                                             695.9               720.3
              Income taxes                                                                           5.2                10.4
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
                 Total Current Liabilities                                                       1,015.1             1,048.5
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------

            Long-term debt                                                                       2,843.4             2,947.5
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
            Other liabilities                                                                      779.4               786.8
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
            Deferred income taxes                                                                  940.1               961.2
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------

            Shareholders' Equity:
              Capital Shares:
                  Common (111,097,179 and 111,025,755, shares issued at
                       March 31, 1999 and December 31, 1998,
                        respectively)                                                               55.5                55.5
                  Capital surplus                                                                1,708.7             1,705.5
              Retained Earnings                                                                  2,265.2             2,228.4
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
                                                                                                 4,029.4             3,989.4
              Treasury shares, at cost                                                            (689.7)             (689.7)
              Accumulated other comprehensive income                                              (431.3)             (203.8)
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
                 Total Shareholders' Equity                                                      2,908.4             3,095.9
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
                      Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity                                $8,486.4            $8,839.9
                                                                                        =================   =================

                        The accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements are an integral part of this statement.
</TABLE> 
                                       3
<PAGE>
 
              CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
                      CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS (unaudited)
                           (in millions of dollars)


<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                                                                                                 Three Months Ended
                                                                                                      March 31,
                                                                                        -------------------------------------
                                                                                              1999                1998
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
<S>                                                                                     <C>                     <C> 
            Cash flows from operating activities:
            Net income (loss)                                                                     $ 41.6              $ 19.0
            Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash
                  provided by operating activities:
                  Depreciation expense                                                              91.8               107.8
                  Cost of timber harvested                                                          21.0                22.3
                  Net gain on sale of assets                                                        (2.3)               (1.9)
                  Brazilian foreign currency transaction (gain) loss                               (38.6)                0.1
                  Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions
                      and divestitures:
                        Receivables                                                                (39.8)               (3.5)
                        Inventories                                                                (42.2)              (38.4)
                        Prepaid expenses                                                             0.1                (2.1)
                        Accounts payable and accrued liabilities                                     7.3               (36.8)
                        Income taxes payable                                                         0.2                (7.2)
                        Other liabilities                                                           (8.1)                6.4
                        Deferred income taxes                                                       (8.4)                3.7
                  All other - net                                                                    4.0                 4.9
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
            Net cash provided by operating activities                                               26.6                74.3
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
            Cash flows from investing activities:
                  Expenditures for property, plant and equipment                                   (41.7)              (62.9)
                  Timber and timberlands expenditures                                              (28.1)              (29.3)
                  Acquisitions of timberlands and mills (Note 3)                                       -               (58.0)
                  Purchase of investments                                                              -                (4.8)
                  Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment
                      and timber and timberlands                                                     4.5                 5.6
                  All other - net                                                                   (0.4)                2.3
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
            Net cash used in investing activities                                                  (65.7)             (147.1)
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
            Cash flows from financing activities:
                  Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt                                          25.4               353.3
                  Payments of current installments of long-term
                     debt and long-term debt                                                       (31.2)             (390.6)
                  Cash dividends paid                                                               (4.8)               (4.8)
                  All other - net                                                                   (3.1)               (4.3)
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
            Net cash used in financing activities                                                  (13.7)              (46.4)
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
            Decrease in cash and cash equivalents                                                  (52.8)             (119.2)
            Cash and Cash Equivalents:
            Beginning of period                                                                    300.4               275.0
                                                                                        -----------------   -----------------
            End of period                                                                        $ 247.6             $ 155.8
                                                                                        =================   =================
            Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
                  Cash paid during the period for:
                      Interest (net of capitalized amounts)                                       $ 44.7              $ 58.7
                      Income taxes (net of refunds)                                                  7.4                 9.5


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

</TABLE> 
                                       4
<PAGE>
 
              CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

                                March 31, 1999


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 a normal recurring nature. Certain amounts for 1998 have been reclassified to
conform to the current year's presentation.


Note 2.

Other income (expense) - net for the three months ended March 31, 1999 includes
a net foreign currency transaction gain of $38.6 million for the company's
Brazilian operations.


Note 3.

In 1998, the company's Brazilian subsidiary acquired Inpacel and its forestry
affiliate for $75 million, before netting $17 million of cash and cash
equivalents owned by Inpacel. At the time of its acquisition, Inpacel had
outstanding debt of $277 million and $55 million of other liabilities. The
acquisition was accounted for as a purchase.


Note 4.

The company occasionally enters into forward exchange contracts to hedge certain
assets that are denominated in foreign currencies. At March 31, 1999, the
company had no significant forward exchange contracts outstanding. The company
does not hold financial instruments for trading purposes.


Note 5.

On October 7, 1997, the company approved a plan to maximize total shareholder
return by focusing on strategic businesses, increasing profitability and
improving financial discipline. As part of this plan, the company has divested
and will divest several non-strategic product segments and approximately 354,000
acres of timberlands. The profit-improvement program includes a reduction in the
company's world-wide workforce in the businesses remaining after the
divestitures by 11%, or approximately 2,000 positions, by the end of 1999. In
the fourth quarter of 1997, the company recorded a pre-tax charge of $891
million ($552 million after-tax, or $5.76 per share) in connection with this
plan. In the fourth quarter of 1998, the company recorded a pre-tax charge of
$80 million ($49 million after-tax, or $.52 per share) to recognize additional
costs associated with the divestiture of the non-strategic product segments.




                                       5
<PAGE>
 
              CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)


 Through March 31, 1999, the company had reduced its world-wide workforce in the
 businesses which are not part of the planned divestitures (excluding positions
 added as the result of acquisitions in Canada, Brazil and Maine) by 1,751
 positions.

 In 1998, the company sold its newsprint business, including related working
 capital, its Texas recycling centers and its Belvidere, Illinois tray plant for
 a total of $481.5 million. In December 1998, the company agreed to sell
 approximately 300,000 acres of timberlands in the northeast to the Conservation
 Fund for $76.2 million. The transaction is expected to close in mid-1999. In
 May 1999, the Company agreed to sell its mill in Deferiet, New York to The
 Deferiet Paper Company. The transaction is expected to close in the second
 quarter of 1999. On May 14 1999, the company sold its mill in Canton, North
 Carolina and its liquid packaging business to Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc.
 for $200 million, consisting of $170 million in cash and a $30 million note.
 The agreement also provides the opportunity for the company to receive an
 additional contingency payment in the future. The company is continuing to
 actively pursue the sale of its mill in Hamilton, Ohio. In addition, the
 company has offered for sale approximately 54,000 acres of timberlands in North
 Carolina and Tennessee.

 Results of operations for the product segments divested and to be divested are
as follows.

<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                                                                                       Three Months Ended
                                                                                           March 31,
                                                                              -------------------------------------
 (in millions of dollars)                                                           1999                1998
 -------------------------------------------------------                      -----------------   -----------------
<S>                                                                             <C>                     <C> 
 Net sales                                                                             $ 184.5             $ 327.7
 Costs and expenses                                                                      189.5               327.3
                                                                              -----------------   -----------------

 Income (loss) from operations                                                          $ (5.0)              $ 0.4
                                                                              =================   =================

</TABLE> 
 The consolidated balance sheet includes the following amounts related to the
 product segments to be divested, net of the asset impairment provision:
<TABLE> 

 March 31,                                                                          1999
 -------------------------------------------------------                      -----------------
 (in millions of dollars)
<S>                                                                             <C> 
 Current assets                                                                        $ 178.3
 Long-term assets (primarily property, plant
        and equipment)                                                                   728.1
 Current liabilities                                                                     (52.6)
 Long-term liabilities                                                                    (0.6)
                                                                              -----------------

 Net assets                                                                            $ 853.2
                                                                              =================
</TABLE> 
                                       6
<PAGE>
 
              CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)


  First quarter 1999 activity of the remaining reserves and liabilities
  associated with the provision for restructuring is as follows:

<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                                                                                     Asset
                                                                Balance at         Retirements         Balance at
                                                               December 31,         and Cash            March 31,
  (in millions of dollars)                                         1998             Payments              1999
  -------------------------------------------------------   ----------------   -----------------   -----------------
<S>                                                             <C>             <C>                     <C> 
  Reserve for asset impairment                                      $ 569.0              $ (0.3)            $ 568.7
  Liabilities                                                          92.5                (4.6)               87.9
                                                            ----------------   -----------------   -----------------

                                                                    $ 661.5              $ (4.9)            $ 656.6
                                                            ================   =================   =================
</TABLE> 

  Note 6.

  Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130 requires the disclosure of
  comprehensive income to reflect changes in equity that result from
  transactions and economic events from nonowner sources. Comprehensive income
  for the periods presented below included foreign currency translation items
  associated with the company's Brazilian and Canadian operations. There was no
  tax expense or tax benefit associated with the foreign currency translation
  items, other than the cumulative tax effect described below.

  Comprehensive income (unaudited)
<TABLE> 

                                                                                        Three Months Ended
  (in millions of dollars)                                                                   March 31,
  -------------------------------------------------------                      -------------------------------------
                                                                                     1999                1998
                                                                               -----------------   -----------------
<S>                                                                             <C>                     <C> 
  Net income                                                                             $ 41.6              $ 19.0
  Foreign currency translation
    adjustments:
        Cumulative tax effect of
          changing the functional
          currency for Brazilian
          operations to the Brazilian Real                                                    -               (51.5)

        Other foreign currency
          translation adjustments                                                        (227.5)              (13.7)
                                                                               -----------------   -----------------

  Net foreign currency translation
    adjustment                                                                           (227.5)              (65.2)
                                                                               -----------------   -----------------

  Comprehensive loss                                                                    $(185.9)            $ (46.2)
                                                                               =================   =================

</TABLE> 


                                       7
<PAGE>
 
              CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)


  Note 7.

  In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of
  Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments
  and Hedging Activities". The Statement, which will be effective for the
  company beginning in the fiscal year 2000, establishes accounting and
  reporting standards requiring that every derivative instrument be recorded in
  the balance sheet as either an asset or a liability measured at its fair
  value. The Statement requires that changes in each derivative's fair value be
  recognized in earnings unless specific hedge accounting criteria are met.

  The company has not yet quantified the anticipated impact on the financial
  statements of adopting the Statement. However, given the current level of the
  company's derivative and hedging activities, the impact is not expected to be
  material.


  Note 8.

  Information about the company's operations in different businesses is as
  follows:

<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                                                                                        Three Months Ended
                                                                                             March 31,
                                                                               -------------------------------------
  (in millions of dollars)                                                           1999                1998
  -------------------------------------------------------                      -----------------   -----------------
<S>                                                                             <C>                     <C> 
  Net Sales to Unaffiliated Customers
        Pulp and Paper
                North America                                                           $ 711.3             $ 929.7
                Brazil                                                                     85.6               107.0
                Distribution                                                              199.6               217.5
                                                                               -----------------   -----------------
                Total Pulp and Paper                                                      996.5             1,254.2
                                                                               -----------------   -----------------

        Wood Products                                                                     278.1               222.8
                                                                               -----------------   -----------------

        Total                                                                         $ 1,274.6           $ 1,477.0
                                                                               =================   =================


  Intersegment Sales
        Pulp and Paper
                North America                                                            $ 33.8              $ 37.2
                Brazil                                                                      4.4                 6.2
                Distribution                                                                3.2                 2.0
                                                                               -----------------   -----------------
                Total Pulp and Paper                                                       41.4                45.4
                                                                               -----------------   -----------------

        Wood Products                                                                     111.7               138.5
                                                                               -----------------   -----------------

        Total                                                                           $ 153.1             $ 183.9
                                                                               =================   =================

</TABLE> 
                                       8
<PAGE>
 
              CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                                                                                       Three Months Ended
                                                                                            March 31,
                                                                              -------------------------------------
 (in millions of dollars)                                                           1999                1998
 -------------------------------------------------------                      -----------------   -----------------
<S>                                                                         <C>                   <C> 
 Income From Operations
       Pulp and Paper
               North America                                                           $ (10.7)             $ 62.0
               Brazil                                                                     32.1                22.1
               Distribution                                                                6.1                 5.2
                                                                              -----------------   -----------------
               Total Pulp and Paper                                                       27.5                89.3
                                                                              -----------------   -----------------

       Wood Products                                                                      42.4                14.3
                                                                              -----------------   -----------------

       General Corporate Expense                                                          (9.4)              (13.0)
                                                                              -----------------   -----------------

       Total                                                                            $ 60.5              $ 90.6
                                                                              =================   =================

</TABLE> 
                                       9
<PAGE>
 
              CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES


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

Results of Operations
- ---------------------

Overall Quarterly Results

The company reported net income in the first quarter of 1999 of $42 million or
43 cents per diluted share. Results included earnings of $39 million or 40 cents
per share reflecting the impact of the devaluation of the Brazilian currency on
U.S. dollar-denominated investments held by the company's Brazilian operations.
Excluding this special item, first quarter net income of $3 million or three
cents per share compared to net income of $19 million or 20 cents per share for
the first quarter of 1998. In the fourth quarter of 1998, net income was $12
million or 13 cents per share, excluding special items, which consisted of a
charge related to the additional costs associated with the divestiture of the
company's non-strategic product segments and a benefit resulting from the
reversal of reserves that were no longer required. Including these special
items, the net loss was $7 million or seven cents per share in the fourth
quarter of 1998. As discussed below, excluding special items, the decline from
the first quarter of 1998 was principally due to lower overall operating income
in the paper segments, which more than offset higher operating income in the
wood products segment, lower selling, general and administrative expenses and
lower interest expense. The decline from last quarter was mainly due to lower
overall operating income in the paper segments and, excluding special items,
lower other (income) expense - net, which more than offset higher operating
income in the wood products segment.

Significant Income Statement Changes

Net sales of $1.27 billion decreased from $1.48 billion last year and $1.34
billion last quarter. Gross profit was $144 million, compared to $184 million
last year and $152 million last quarter. Pre-tax income of $2 million before a
special item declined from $25 million a year ago and $7 million, before the
impact of special items, last quarter. The declines in net sales, gross profit
and pre-tax income from the year-ago quarter were mainly due to (i) the June
1998 sale of the company's newsprint business, (ii) lower prices for pulp and
most of the company's paper grades and (iii) market-related outages at the
company's groundwood papers mills, all of which more than offset higher plywood
prices and increased shipments of lumber and plywood. The declines in gross
profit and pre-tax income from last quarter were primarily the result of lower
prices for coated and uncoated groundwood papers and the market-related outages
at the company's groundwood papers mills, which more than offset higher prices
for lumber and plywood. Compared to last quarter, net sales declined primarily
due to lower prices for coated and uncoated groundwood papers and the impact on
domestic sales of the company's Brazilian subsidiary, Champion Papel e Celulose
Ltda. ("CPC"), due to the devaluation of the Real.

The aggregate cost of products sold declined from last year and last quarter.
The decline from last year was principally due to lower paper shipments
resulting from the sale of the company's newsprint


                                      10
<PAGE>
 
business and lower manufacturing costs in Brazil due to the devaluation of the
Real. The decline from last quarter was mainly due to lower manufacturing costs
in Brazil and North America.

Selling, general and administrative expenses declined from last year and last
quarter. The declines were primarily due to corporate and sales staff reductions
resulting from the company's profit-improvement program as well as the impact of
stock price fluctuations on the value of stock appreciation rights and other
stock-based compensation.

Interest and debt expense decreased from last year and last quarter. The
decrease from last year was principally due to lower domestic debt, which was
partially offset by higher average outstanding foreign debt. The decline from
last quarter was primarily due to lower debt for the company's Brazilian
operations due to the devaluation of the Real.

Other (income) expense - net included a net foreign currency transaction gain of
$39 million for the company's Brazilian operations. Excluding this item, other
(income) expense - net was approximately even with last year and down from last
quarter. The decline from last quarter was mainly due to lower interest income
and lower gains from the dispositions of fixed assets and timberlands.

The income tax benefit for the first quarter of 1999 reflected the impact of the
$39 million net foreign currency transaction gain, which is not taxable, and the
mix of earnings from the company's operations in North America and Brazil. The
tax rate applicable to North American operations is higher than the Brazilian
tax rate.

Pulp, Paper and Distribution

Each of the company's North American and Brazilian pulp and paper segments and
its distribution segment is discussed separately below. For these segments in
the aggregate, first quarter operating income of $28 million compared with $89
million a year ago and $43 million in the fourth quarter of last year. The
principal reasons for the decline from the prior periods are discussed above
under "Significant Income Statement Changes." Total paper, packaging and pulp
shipments of approximately 1.3 million tons in the first quarter declined from
1.5 million tons in the year-ago quarter and were approximately even with last
quarter. The decline from the year-ago quarter was principally due to the sale
of the company's newsprint business in June 1998.

North American Pulp and Paper Segment

The North American pulp and paper segment consists of the company's domestic
pulp and paper operations, excluding its distribution business, as well as the
softwood market pulp operations at the company's Canadian subsidiary, Weldwood
of Canada Limited ("Weldwood").

The operating loss for the company's North American pulp and paper segment of
$11 million represented a significant decline from the operating income of $62
million a year ago and $6 million last quarter. Total North American paper,
packaging and pulp shipments of approximately 1.2 million tons decreased from
1.4 million tons last year and were approximately even with last quarter.

                                      11
<PAGE>
 
A summary of shipments and prices of the company's major U.S. paper products is
as follows:

<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                                                              Shipments
                                                      (Thousands of Short Tons)                       Average Price Per Ton
                                                --------------------------------------      ----------------------------------------
                                                  1st Qtr     4th Qtr      1st Qtr            1st Qtr       4th Qtr      1st Qtr
Product                                            1999         1998         1998               1999         1998          1998
- -------                                            ----         ----         ----               ----         ----          ----
<S>                                             <C>          <C>          <C>                   <C>         <C>           <C> 
Uncoated Free Sheet                                     371          397          350               $587          $584         $725
Coated Free Sheet                                       147          139          138               $855          $856         $965
Coated Groundwood                                       170          186          186               $835          $876         $931
Uncoated Groundwood                                      50           65          100               $698          $735         $643
Kraft Paper & Linerboard                                133          119          128               $344          $339         $398
</TABLE> 

The mills in the domestic coated papers business are in Bucksport, Maine;
Quinnesec, Michigan; and Sartell, Minnesota. Pulp sales at Quinnesec and
uncoated groundwood papers produced at Sartell also are included in the results
of this business. Operating income for the domestic coated papers business
declined significantly from last year and last quarter. The declines were
primarily due to lower prices for coated groundwood papers, pulp and, compared
to the year-ago quarter, coated free sheet papers. In order to bring inventory
levels for coated papers in balance with business conditions, the company took
market-related downtime at all of its groundwood papers mills during the first
quarter, eliminating approximately 15,000 tons of production. A maintenance
outage is scheduled at the Quinnesec pulp mill in the second quarter. Prices for
coated groundwood and free sheet papers continued to decline early in the second
quarter.

The mills in the domestic uncoated papers business are in Pensacola, Florida and
Courtland, Alabama. Pulp sales at Pensacola and Courtland and coated free sheet
papers sales at Courtland also are included in the results of this business. The
operating loss for the domestic uncoated papers business represented a
significant decline from the operating income of last year, and was
approximately even with last quarter. The decline from last year was mainly due
to lower prices for uncoated and coated free sheet papers and pulp.

Linerboard and kraft papers are produced at the Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
mill. Operating income for the kraft papers business decreased from last year,
but improved from the operating loss of last quarter. The decline from last year
was principally due to lower prices for kraft papers and linerboard. The
improvement from last quarter was due to a scheduled capital improvement and
maintenance outage last quarter and higher shipments this quarter. A price
increase for certain linerboard grades was implemented on March 1.

The pulp and paper operations to be divested by the company as of March 31, 1999
included the mills at Canton, North Carolina, including the liquid packaging
business; Deferiet, New York; and Hamilton, Ohio. For these operations, the
operating loss was larger than the operating loss of last year, which included
the newsprint business



                                      12
<PAGE>
 
which was sold in June 1998, and was approximately even with last quarter. The
larger operating loss compared to the year-ago quarter was primarily due to
lower prices for uncoated free sheet and coated groundwood papers, market-
related downtime at Deferiet and the operating profit at the newsprint business
last year. Maintenance outages are scheduled at Deferiet in the second quarter.

As described below, the company has agreed to sell the Deferiet mill and on May
14, 1999, the company sold the Canton mill and the liquid packaging business.
The Deferiet mill has an annual capacity of 230,000 tons of groundwood papers.
The Canton mill and the liquid packaging business have an annual capacity of
245,000 tons of uncoated free sheet papers and 269,000 tons of bleached board.

Weldwood's market pulp operations consist of its mill in Hinton, Alberta and a
50% interest in a joint venture pulp mill in Quesnel, British Columbia. The
operating loss for these operations was approximately even with the year-ago
quarter and was larger than the operating loss last quarter. The larger loss
compared to last quarter was mainly due to higher manufacturing costs for
northern bleached softwood kraft ("NBSK") pulp, partially offset by higher
shipments. The Hinton pulp mill was shut down due to a two-week strike, which
ended on April 5, eliminating approximately 14,500 tons of NBSK pulp production
during the first quarter and approximately 10,000 tons in the second quarter.
The average price for NBSK pulp was (U.S.) $323 per ton in the first quarter of
1999, down from $360 per ton in the first quarter of 1998 and $325 per ton in
the fourth quarter of 1998. Shipments of 168,000 tons increased from 144,000
tons last year and 147,000 tons last quarter. Maintenance outages are scheduled
at both pulp mills in the second quarter.

Brazilian Pulp and Paper Segment

In January 1999, the government of Brazil ceased its efforts to control the rate
of devaluation of the Brazilian currency, the Real, and allowed the exchange
rate for the Real to float freely. As a result, the Real devalued 30% against
the U.S. dollar in the first quarter of 1999. This devaluation reduced the
overall cost of manufacturing, thereby improving the competitive position, for
exports by CPC. At any given time exports account for between 34% and 60% of
CPC's sales. However, the devaluation reduced the domestic selling prices on a
U.S. dollar basis. As a result, the effect of the devaluation on CPC's operating
income was not significant. In March and April, the Real strengthened somewhat
relative to the U.S. dollar.

The Brazilian pulp and paper segment consists primarily of the pulp and paper
operations of CPC. In addition, the segment includes CPC's wood-related
operations. Operating income of $32 million improved from $22 million last year
but declined from $34 million last quarter. The improvement from the first
quarter of 1998 was principally due to higher operating income of Inpacel, which
was acquired at the end of January 1998, and lower manufacturing costs primarily
due to the devaluation of the Real. The decline from the prior quarter was
mainly due to lower domestic prices. Compared to last quarter, exports increased
from 34% to 42% of sales. The overall average price for uncoated free sheet
papers was $542 per ton in the first quarter, compared to $697 per ton last year
and $715 per ton last quarter. The average price for coated groundwood papers at
Inpacel was $650 per ton, compared to $871 per ton last



                                      13
<PAGE>
 
year and $789 per ton last quarter. Uncoated free sheet papers shipments of
98,000 tons were even with last year and declined from 103,000 tons last
quarter. Coated groundwood papers shipments of 48,000 tons increased from 30,000
tons last year and 44,000 tons last quarter.

Distribution Segment

For the company's distribution segment, income from operations of $6 million
improved from $5 million last year and $3 million last quarter. The improvement
from last quarter was principally due to sales rebates received this quarter.

Wood Products Segment

A summary of shipments and prices of the company's major wood products is as
follows:
<TABLE> 
<CAPTION>                
                                                              Shipments                                  Price Per Unit
                                                --------------------------------------      ----------------------------------------
                                                  1st Qtr     4th Qtr      1st Qtr            1st Qtr       4th Qtr      1st Qtr
Product                                            1999         1998         1998               1999         1998          1998
- -------                                            ----         ----         ----               ----         ----          ----
<S>                                             <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>             <C> 
U.S.
   Lumber - MMBF                                        119          112          108               $328          $308         $331
   Softwood Plywood - MMSF 3/8"                         229          246          222               $267          $242         $223

Canada
   Lumber - MMBF                                        229          248          196               $281          $269         $293
   Softwood Plywood - MMSF 3/8"                          98          100           67               $238          $229         $216
</TABLE> 

For the company's wood products segment, which includes the wood-related
operations of Weldwood, income from operations of $42 million improved from $14
million in the first quarter of 1998 and $23 million in the fourth quarter of
1998. The improvement from the year-ago quarter was due to higher plywood prices
and increased shipments of lumber and plywood. The improvement from last quarter
was due to higher lumber and plywood prices and lower lumber and plywood
manufacturing costs in the United States.

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
(including intracompany transfers) for CPC and Weldwood for the first quarter of
1999 were (U.S.) $89 million and (U.S.) $160 million, accounting for 7% and 13%,
respectively, of consolidated net sales of the company. Excluding the foreign
currency transaction gain of $39 million, pre-tax income and net income of CPC
for the first quarter of 1999 were $25 million and $18 million, respectively.
Pre-tax income and net income of Weldwood for the first quarter of 1999 were $4
million and $2 million, respectively. The pre-tax income and net income of CPC
and Weldwood for the first quarter of 1999 accounted for all of the company's
pre-tax and net income.



                                      14
<PAGE>
 
Labor Contracts

At Weldwood, a new labor contract is in effect at the Hinton, Alberta pulp mill
and wood products plant. The contract expires in May 2003.


Financial Condition
- -------------------

General

The company's current ratio was 1.4 to 1 at March 31, 1999 and year-end 1998.
Total debt to total capitalization was 45% at March 31, 1999 and year-end 1998.

Significant Balance Sheet Changes

The 30% devaluation of the Brazilian currency relative to the U.S. dollar was
the main reason for the decreases in timber and timberlands - net, property,
plant and equipment-net, other assets and deferred charges, long-term debt and
shareholders' equity. The net effect of foreign currency fluctuations relative
to the U.S. dollar was a $228 million increase in the cumulative translation
adjustment from December 31, 1998 in the accumulated other comprehensive income
component of shareholders' equity. The increase in inventories was primarily due
to decreased shipments of uncoated free sheet and coated and uncoated groundwood
papers, reflecting weak markets, as well as a seasonal log inventory buildup in
Canada.

For a discussion of changes in long-term debt (including current installments),
short-term borrowings and cash and cash equivalents, see below.

Cash Flows Statement - General

1999
- ----
In the first three months of 1999, 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 financing activities
(principally debt payments and cash dividends). The difference was financed
through the use of cash and cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents
decreased by $53 million in the first three months to a total of $248 million,
$163 million of which was held by the company's Brazilian and Canadian
subsidiaries. In the first three months, net debt payments were $6 million. 
Long-term debt (including current installments) and short-term borrowings in the
aggregate decreased by $108 million, mainly due to the impact of devaluation on
the debt of the company's Brazilian subsidiary.

1998
- ----
In the first three months of 1998, 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
Inpacel) and financing activities (principally debt payments and cash
dividends). The difference was financed through the use of cash and cash
equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents decreased by $119 million to a total of
$156 million.

                                      15
<PAGE>
 
Cash Flows Statement - Operating Activities

For the first three months, net cash provided by operating activities of $27
million decreased from $74 million a year ago. The decrease was primarily due to
lower net income, excluding the Brazilian foreign currency transaction gain, a
higher increase in receivables and decreases in other liabilities and deferred
income taxes, partially offset by an increase in accounts payable and accrued
liabilities.

Cash Flows Statement - Investing Activities

For the first three months, net cash used in investing activities of $66 million
decreased from $147 million a year ago. The decrease was mainly due to lower
capital expenditures this year and the acquisition of Inpacel last year.

Cash Flows Statement - Financing Activities

For the first three months, net cash used in financing activities of $14 million
decreased from $46 million last year. The decrease was principally due to lower
net payments of long-term debt.

At March 31, 1999 and December 31, 1998, the company had no U.S. commercial
paper, current maturities of long-term debt and other short-term obligations
classified as long-term debt. At March 31, 1999 and December 31, 1998, no notes
were outstanding under the company's U.S. bank lines of credit. Domestically, at
March 31, 1999, the company had unused bank lines of credit of $1.1 billion. At
March 31, 1999, Weldwood had unused bank lines of credit of (U.S.) $42 million.

The annual principal payment requirements under the terms of all long-term
agreements for the period from April 1 through December 31, 1999 are $225
million and for the years 2000 through 2003 are $282 million, $229 million, $29
million and $26 million, respectively.

Divestiture Program

In December 1998, the company agreed to sell approximately 300,000 acres of
timberlands in the northeast to the Conservation Fund for $76.2 million. The
transaction is expected to close in mid-1999. In May 1999, the company agreed to
sell its mill in Deferiet, New York to The Deferiet Paper Company. The
transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 1999. On May 14 1999,
the company sold its mill in Canton, North Carolina and its liquid
packaging business to Blue Ridge Paper Products Inc. for $200 million,
consisting of $170 million in cash and a $30 million note. The agreement also
provides the opportunity for the company to receive an additional contingency
payment in the future. The company is continuing to actively pursue the sale of
its mill in Hamilton, Ohio. In addition, the company has offered for sale
approximately 54,000 acres of timberlands in North Carolina and Tennessee.




                                      16
<PAGE>
 
Year 2000 Computer Issue
- ------------------------

The company, as well as its customers and suppliers and the financial
institutions and governmental entities with which it deals (collectively, "Third
Parties"), utilize information systems that will be affected by the date change
to the year 2000. Many of these systems, if not modified or replaced, will be
unable to properly recognize and process date-sensitive information before, on
and after January 1, 2000.

State of Readiness

In early 1996, the company organized a Year 2000 project team to assess the
impact of the Year 2000 issue on its operations, develop plans to address the
issue and implement compliance. The project team developed a company-wide, Year
2000 remediation plan which consists of a five-step process with respect to the
company's own systems: (1) planning; (2) inventory (identification of systems
that require reprogramming or replacement); (3) analysis (assessment of risks,
identification of where failures may occur and development of solutions); (4)
programming (remediation and/or replacement of non-compliant systems); and (5)
testing. The project team also developed plans to seek information regarding and
to assess the Year 2000 compliance status and remediation efforts of major Third
Parties.

The company's information systems consist of business-information systems and
process-control systems. The business-information systems support financial and
administrative processes such as order entry, payroll, accounts payable and
accounts receivable. The process-control systems are used primarily in
manufacturing operations; they include information-technology systems as well as
embedded technology, such as chips embedded in various machine components.

With respect to the business-information systems, the planning, inventory,
analysis and programming stages are completed and the testing stage is
substantially completed. The company expects to finish testing by mid-1999.

With respect to the process-control systems, the planning and inventory stages
are completed and the analysis and programming stages are substantially
completed. The company expects to complete those stages and conduct and finish
testing by mid-1999. This schedule assumes timely assistance by the vendors of
certain process-control systems in the remediation of such systems. The vendors
of those systems that are essential to the company's operations have provided or
agreed to provide such assistance.

The Year 2000 issue also will impact the information systems of Third Parties.
The company, through meetings in some cases and written requests in others, is
in the process of seeking to ascertain and assess the progress of major Third
Parties in identifying and addressing problems with respect to the Year 2000
issue. Many of these Third Parties have indicated that they expect to
successfully address the issue in timely fashion. Some others, however, have not
yet provided information regarding their state of readiness or have provided
responses deemed unsatisfactory by the company. The company will continue to
seek and to assess information regarding Year 2000 compliance by major Third
Parties.



                                      17
<PAGE>
 
No significant information technology projects have been deferred as a result of
the company's Year 2000 program.

Estimated Cost of Remediation

The company currently estimates total expenditures of approximately $20 million,
of which approximately $13 million had been expended as of March 31, 1999, to
make the required Year 2000 modifications and replacements to its own systems.
Approximately two-thirds of the estimated total cost is associated with the
remediation and replacement of process-control systems. All modification and
maintenance costs, including costs to replace embedded technology that does not
significantly extend the life or improve the performance of the related asset,
are expensed as incurred. Costs to purchase new hardware and software and to
replace embedded technology that does significantly extend the life or improve
the performance of the related asset are capitalized and depreciated over the
assets' useful lives. All of these costs are being funded through internal cash
flow. The estimated total cost does not include any expenditures that may be
incurred in connection with the implementation of contingency plans, discussed
below.

Most Reasonably Likely Worst-Case Scenario

The company currently believes that it will be able to modify or replace its own
affected systems in timely fashion so as to minimize detrimental effects on its
operations, subject to timely assistance by the vendors of certain process-
control systems. The company has received written assurances regarding Year 2000
compliance from some, but not all, Third Parties with respect to their own
systems and is not in a position to reliably predict whether Third Parties will
experience remediation problems. If the company or major Third Parties fail to
successfully address the Year 2000 issue, there could be a material adverse
impact on the business and results of operations of the company. For example,
while the company self-generates approximately 55% of its electrical power
requirements, it purchases the balance from outside sources. If the electrical
power grid is disrupted as the result of Year 2000 systems failures, the company
expects to curtail production until the grid is restored.

The company has not determined the most reasonably likely worst-case scenario
that would result from any failure by the company or Third Parties to resolve
the Year 2000 issue. The company is considering this matter in connection with
its development of contingency plans, discussed below. However, such a scenario
could include a temporary curtailment or cessation of manufacturing operations
at one or more of the company's facilities, with a resulting loss of production;
safety and environmental exposures; a temporary inability on the part of the
company to process orders and deliver finished products to customers on a timely
basis; and, in the event of Year 2000 disruptions in the operations of the
company's customers, increased inventory and receivable levels. If these various
events were to occur, they would result in lower sales, earnings and cash flows.
However, failure to meet critical milestones identified in company plans would
provide advance notice and steps would be taken to prevent injuries to employees
and others, to prevent environmental contamination and to minimize the loss of
production.




                                      18
<PAGE>
 
Contingency Plans

The company is in the process of developing contingency plans to address and
mitigate the potential risks associated with the most reasonably likely worst-
case scenario, and expects to have such plans in place by mid-1999. Such plans
may include, among other things, seeking alternative sources of supply,
stockpiling raw materials and increasing inventory levels.

                                    *  *  *

The company's Year 2000 program is an ongoing process. Estimates of remediation
costs and completion dates as well as projections of the possible effects of any
non-compliance are subject to change.


Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------

The company's financial market risk arises from fluctuations in interest rates
and foreign currencies. Most of the company's debt obligations are at fixed
interest rates. Consequently, a 10% change in market interest rates would not
have a material effect on the company's pre-tax earnings or cash flows. The
company has no material sensitivity to changes in foreign currency exchange
rates on its derivative financial instrument position. The company does not hold
financial instruments for trading purposes.


Forward-Looking Statements
- --------------------------

Certain statements in this report that are neither reported financial results
nor other historical information are forward-looking statements. Such forward-
looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to
the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and company plans
and objectives to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking
statements. Such risks and uncertainties are discussed in the company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the disclosure in this report
concerning the Year 2000 computer issue includes estimates of remediation costs
and completion dates, projections of the possible effects of any non-compliance,
possible contingency plans and other statements that are based on the company's
current estimate of future events. All of these statements constitute forward-
looking statements and are subject to risks and uncertainties including, but not
limited to, the ability of the company to identify and remediate on a timely
basis Year 2000 issues that affect its own systems; the availability of
resources including, in particular, timely assistance by the vendors of certain
process-control systems; and the ability of the company's suppliers and
customers and other third parties with which it deals to identify and remediate
on a timely basis Year 2000 issues that affect their systems.



                                      19
<PAGE>
 
                          PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

              CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES


Item 2.  Changes in Securities and Use of Proceeds.
- ---------------------------------------------------

  (a)          The company's By-Laws were amended on February 18, 1999 to change
               the date by which the holders of Common Stock must submit
               director nominations and business proposals for any annual
               meeting of shareholders. In general, such submissions must be
               received by the company not less than 120 days before the date
               which is the anniversary of the date the company's proxy
               statement was released to shareholders in connection with the
               previous year's annual meeting. Reference is made to Section 9 of
               Article I of the By-Laws, annexed hereto as Exhibit 3.1, the full
               provisions of which govern.


 Item 6.  Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.
 ------------------------------------------

  (a)          See exhibit index following the signature page.

  (b)          No reports on Form 8-K were filed during the quarter for which
               this report is filed.




                                      20
<PAGE>
 
                                  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
                                        ----------------------------------
                                                   (Registrant)





  Date:      May 14, 1999                       /s/ John M. Nimons
         ----------------------         -------------------------------------
                                                   (Signature)

                                        John M. Nimons
                                        Vice President and Controller






  Date:      May 14, 1999                     /s/ Kenwood C. Nichols
         ----------------------         -------------------------------------
                                                   (Signature)

                                        Kenwood C. Nichols
                                        Vice Chairman and Executive Officer






                                      21
<PAGE>
 
                                 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, as amended to and including February 18,
              1999.

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

 27 -         Financial Data Schedule (unaudited).




                                      22

<PAGE>
 
                                                                     EXHIBIT 3.1

By-Laws

CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

(As amended to and including February 18, 1999)

                                                                            Page
                                                                            ----

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. Notice of Shareholder Nominations of Directors and Shareholder-
                   Proposed Business at Annual Meetings

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
<PAGE>
 
                                                                            Page
                                                                            ----

Article III. Officers
Section  1. Number, Qualification, Election and Term of Office                8
Section  2. Resignation
Section  3. Removal
Section  4. Vacancies
Section  5. Chief Executive Officer
Section  6. Chairman of the Board
Section  7. Vice Chairmen
Section  8. President
Section  9. Vice Presidents
Section 10. Secretary
Section 11. Treasurer
Section 12. Other Officers
Section 13. Salaries
Section 14. Sureties and Bonds

Article IV. Shares of Stocks                                                 10
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                                                         11

Article VI. Right to Inspect Books                                           12

Article VII. Execution of Instruments                                        12
Section  1. Execution of Instruments
Section  2. Proxies

Article VIII. Fiscal Year                                                    12

Article IX. Corporate Seal                                                   12

Article X. Offices                                                           13
Section  1. Office of the Corporation
Section  2. Other Offices

Article XI. Amendments                                                       13

Article XII. Interpretation                                                  13
<PAGE>
 
By-Laws of Champion International Corporation

(As amended to and including February 18, 1999)

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 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 a Vice
Chairman or the President, and shall be called by the Chairman of the Board or a
Vice  Chairman 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.






                                       1
<PAGE>
 
Section 5. Quorum:
(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 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

                                       2
<PAGE>
 
shareholders,  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.   Notice   of    Shareholder    Nominations    of   Directors   and
Shareholder-Proposed  Business  at Annual  Meetings:  At any  annual  meeting of
shareholders,  only persons who are  nominated  or business  that is proposed in
accordance with the  requirements  set forth in this Section 9 shall be eligible
for election as directors or considered for action by shareholders.  Nominations
of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made
or  business  may be  proposed  at a meeting  of  shareholders  (a) by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors or (b) by any shareholder of the Corporation
entitled  to  vote at the  meeting  who  complies  with  the  notice  and  other
requirements set forth in this Section 9. Such nominations or business proposals
by a  shareholder  shall be made  pursuant  to timely  notice in  writing to the
Secretary of the Corporation and such business  proposals must, under applicable
law, be proper matters for  shareholder  action.  To be timely,  a shareholder's
notice must be received at the principal  executive  offices of the  Corporation
not less than 120 days before the date which is the  anniversary of the date the
Corporation's  proxy  statement was released to  shareholders in connection with
the previous year's annual meeting;  provided,  however, that if the date of the
applicable  annual  meeting has been  changed by more than 30 days from the date
which is the anniversary of the date of the previous year's annual meeting, such
notice must be so received not less than the later of 90 days before the date of
the applicable  annual meeting or the 15th day following the day on which notice
or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is first mailed or made by
the Corporation. In no event shall the adjournment of an annual meeting commence
a new time period for the giving of a shareholder's notice as described above.

Such  shareholder's  notice  shall  set forth  (a) as to each  person  whom such
shareholder  proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director,  all
information  relating  to  such  person  that is  required  to be  disclosed  in
solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in
each case  pursuant  to  Regulation  14A (or any  successor  thereto)  under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including such
person's  written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and
to serving as a  director  if  elected;  (b) as to any other  business  that the
shareholder  proposes to bring before the meeting,  a brief  description of such
business and any material  interest in such business of such  shareholder and of
the beneficial  owner, if any, on whose behalf such proposal is made; and (c) as
to the shareholder  giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose
behalf the  nomination  or  proposal  is made,  (i) the name and address of such
shareholder,  as  they  appear  on the  Corporation's  books,  and  of any  such
beneficial  owner,  and (ii) the class and  number of shares of the  Corporation
which are owned  beneficially  and of  record by such  shareholder  and any such
beneficial owner.



                                       3
<PAGE>
 
No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation and no
business  shall be  conducted  at an annual  meeting of  shareholders  except in
accordance  with the  requirements  set forth in this Section 9. The Chairman of
the meeting shall,  if the facts  warrant,  determine and declare to the meeting
that a nomination or proposal was not made in accordance  with the provisions of
this  Section 9 and,  if he  should so  determine,  he shall so  declare  to the
meeting and the defective nomination or proposal shall be disregarded.

In addition to the foregoing requirements of this Section 9, a shareholder shall
comply with all  applicable  requirements  of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations  thereunder with respect to director  nominations and other business
that the shareholder proposes to introduce at an annual meeting. Nothing in this
Section 9 shall be deemed to affect any rights  (a) of  shareholders  to request
inclusion of proposals in the  Corporation's  proxy  statement  pursuant to Rule
14a-8 (or any successor  thererto) under the Exchange Act, or (b) of the holders
of any series of Preference Stock of the Corporation to elect directors pursuant
to the provisions of the Corporation's  Restated Certificate of Incorporation or
of such series of Preference Stock.

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 shareholders. All classes shall be as nearly 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.



                                       4
<PAGE>
 
(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 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  shareholders  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
shareholders immediately following his seventieth birthday.

Section 2. Vacancies:
Any vacancy in the Board of Directors, occurring by reason of the death,
resignation, 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  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.





                                       5
<PAGE>
 
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 a Vice  Chairman or by the  President or by any
two or  more  directors  at 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  commencement,  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,  one of the Vice Chairmen (determined on the basis of seniority in such
office) or, in the absence of all of the Vice Chairmen, the President or, in the
absence  of all of them,  a  chairman  chosen  by the  directors  present  shall
preside.



                                       6
<PAGE>
 
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:
(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,  a Vice  Chairman,  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.  Participation
by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.






                                       7
<PAGE>
 
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, each Vice Chairman 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 the 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,  a Vice  Chairman,  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  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.



                                       8
<PAGE>
 
Section 7. Vice Chairmen:
The Vice Chairmen shall have such powers and shall  discharge such duties as are
generally  incident  to the  office  of Vice  Chairman.  In the  absence  of the
Chairman  of the Board,  one of the Vice  Chairmen  (determined  on the basis of
seniority in such office) shall preside at meetings of the  shareholders  and at
meetings  of the  Board  of  Directors.  Each  Vice  Chairman  shall  have  such
additional  powers and duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the
Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.

Section 8. 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 and all of the Vice Chairmen,  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 9. Vice Presidents:
The Vice  Presidents  shall have such 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, a
Vice Chairman or the President.

Section 10. 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, a Vice Chairman 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 11. 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


                                       9
<PAGE>
 
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  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,  a Vice Chairman 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 12. Other Officers:
Each other  officer  shall have such  powers and  discharge  such  duties as are
prescribed by law or as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Board of
Directors or by the Chairman of the Board or a Vice Chairman or the President of
the Corporation.

Section 13. Salaries:
No officer shall be prevented from receiving a salary or any other  compensation
by reason of the fact that he is also a director of the Corporation.

Section 14. Sureties and Bonds:
In case the Board of  Directors  shall so  require,  any officer or agent of the
Corporation  shall  execute to the  Corporation 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 a Vice Chairman or 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


                                      10
<PAGE>
 
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 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
certificates 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
shareholders  may be  expressed  for any purpose  without a meeting,  or the day
fixed for the payment of any dividend or the distribution 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  as the  Board  of  Directors  may
determine.




                                      11
<PAGE>
 
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
obligations  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,  consents,  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,  a Vice  Chairman  or the  President  or by such  other
officers,  agents or employees of the Corporation,  or any of them, as from time
to time may be  determined by the Board of Directors,  provided,  however,  that
authority to sign, execute, verify, acknowledge and deliver any contracts of, or
other documents and instruments  requiring  execution by, the Corporation 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 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, a Vice Chairman,  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.



                                      12
<PAGE>
 
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  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 Corporation 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.










                                      13

<PAGE>
 
                                                                      EXHIBIT 11

              CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

              Calculation of Basic Earnings Per Common Share and
                 Diluted Earnings Per Common Share (unaudited)
                        (in millions, except per share)
<TABLE> 
<CAPTION> 
                                                                                       Three Months Ended
                                                                                             March 31,
                                                                               -------------------------------------
                                                                                     1999                1998
                                                                               -----------------   -----------------
<S>                                                                             <C>                     <C> 
   Basic earnings per common share (1):
     Net income applicable to common stock                                               $ 41.6              $ 19.0
                                                                               =================   =================


     Average number of common shares outstanding                                           95.6                96.1
                                                                               =================   =================


     Basic earnings per common share                                                      $ .44               $ .20
                                                                               =================   =================

   Diluted earnings per common share: (1, 2):
     Net income applicable to common stock                                               $ 41.6              $ 19.0
                                                                               =================   =================

     Average number of common shares outstanding                                           95.6                96.1

     Add common share effect, assuming conversion
       of potentially dilutive securities                                                    .6                  .9
                                                                               -----------------   -----------------
     Average number of common shares outstanding
       on a diluted basis                                                                  96.2                97.0
                                                                               =================   =================

     Diluted earnings per common share                                                    $ .43               $ .20
                                                                               =================   =================
</TABLE> 

  NOTES:
  ------------------------

  (1)   Basic earnings per common share is computed by dividing net income
        applicable to common stockholders by the average number of common shares
        outstanding. The computation of dilutive earnings per common share
        assumes that the average number of common shares outstanding is
        increased by dilutive common share equivalents.
        
  (2)   Potentially dilutive securities at March 31, 1999 included shares
        issuable pursuant to certain stock-based compensation arrangements.
        These securities included 319,500 shares issuable upon the vesting of
        the restricted share units as well as 155,000 shares issuable upon the
        exercise of stock options calculated using the treasury stock method.

<TABLE> <S> <C>

<PAGE>
<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1999 AND
THE CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS OF MARCH 31, 1999 AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS
ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
</LEGEND>
       
<S>                             <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   3-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1999
<PERIOD-START>                             JAN-01-1999
<PERIOD-END>                               MAR-31-1999
<CASH>                                             248
<SECURITIES>                                         0
<RECEIVABLES>                                      548
<ALLOWANCES>                                        17
<INVENTORY>                                        533
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                                 1,421
<PP&E>                                          10,803
<DEPRECIATION>                                   4,384
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                   8,486
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                            1,015
<BONDS>                                          2,843
                                0
                                          0
<COMMON>                                            56
<OTHER-SE>                                       2,853
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                     8,486
<SALES>                                          1,275
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                                 1,275
<CGS>                                            1,131
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                    1,131
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                     0
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                     0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                  63
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                     41
<INCOME-TAX>                                        (1)
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                                 42
<DISCONTINUED>                                       0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                      0
<CHANGES>                                            0
<NET-INCOME>                                        42
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                      .44
<EPS-DILUTED>                                      .43
        

</TABLE>


© 2022 IncJournal is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission