FEDERAL WAY, Wash.July 2, 2001--Weyerhaeuser Company today announced that the independent inspectors of election, Independent Voting Services, have issued a preliminary tabulation of the voting results from the 2001 annual meeting of shareholders of Willamette Industries, Inc. According to the inspectors' report, the shareholders of Willamette have elected Weyerhaeuser's slate of nominees, Evelyn Cruz Sroufe, Robert C. Lane and Thomas M. Luthy, to serve on Willamette's Board of Directors. The preliminary report shows that the Weyerhaeuser slate was elected with the support of approximately 51 percent of the total shares voting for either slate. Weyerhaeuser noted that the results are particularly encouraging considering the significant number of shares held by members of the Willamette founding families and other "insiders.'' Based on Weyerhaeuser's analysis, the company believes that more than 75 percent of the "unaffiliated'' Willamette shares voting in the election were voted in favor of the Weyerhaeuser nominees. Steven R. Rogel, Weyerhaeuser chairman, president and chief executive officer, said, "The outcome of this election provides clear direction to Willamette. Willamette's shareholders, the owners of the company, have elected the Weyerhaeuser nominees to encourage Willamette to enter into negotiations with Weyerhaeuser immediately to maximize the value of their investment. "It is time for Weyerhaeuser and Willamette to sit down together and accomplish the objectives of Willamette's shareholders - a prompt, negotiated transaction with Weyerhaeuser to create the premier forest products company headquartered in the Pacific Northwest,'' Rogel added.