TO: OWNERS WHO PURCHASED HOUSES OR

TO: OWNERS WHO PURCHASED HOUSES OR

OTHER STRUCTURES AFTER MAY 3, 1999,

WITH LOUISIANA-PACIFIC EXTERIOR INNER-SEAL®

SIDING INSTALLED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1996.

THIS NOTICE MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS.

PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.

If you purchased a home or other qualifying structure in l!he United States before May 3,1999, this Notice does not apply to you. If you acquired a home or other qualifying structure on or after May 3,1999, on which exterior Louisiana-Pacific ("LP") Inner-Seal® Siding was installed prior to January 1,1996, this Notice may apply to you. In addition, if you have already filed a claim on the acquired structure in the LP siding class action settlement (or received an assignment of or any other benefit from another's claim), then this Notice does not apply to you and you may not opt out of this class action settlement - even if your claim has not yet been paid.

If this Notice does apply to you, you may be eligible to opt out of this class action settlement if you wish by filing an Opt Out Request form with the LP Siding Litigation Claims Administrator. If you do opt out of this class action settlement, you will no longer be eligible to receive any benefits under the settlement agreement. You would be permitted, however, to pursue whatever legal remedies may be available to you. LP would then be permitted to assert any and all legal and factual defenses that were previously waived under the settlement agreement. In addition, if you elect to opt out, to the extent that the statutes of limitations and/or repose or any defense of lapse of time have been tolled by operation of law, they will continue to be tolled until ninety (90) days after receipt of your Opt Out Request form or for such longer period as the law may provide without reference to the settlement agreement.

The deadline for filing an Opt Out Request form is June 17, 2002. To request additional information from which you can determine whether you are eligible to opt out of the class action settlement or to request either a Claim Form or an Opt Out Request form, you may write to: LP Siding Litigation Claims Administrator, P.0. Box 3240, Portland, OR 97208-3240. You may also call the Claims Administrator at 1 -800-245-2722. Additional information is also available over the Internet at www.lpsidingclaims.com If you have damaged LP siding that is eligible for compensation under the settlement agreement and desire to file a claim, you must complete a Claim Form and return it to the LP Siding Litigation Claims Administrator postmarked on or before December 31, 2002.