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     THIS AMENDMENT TO CREDIT FACILITY ("AMENDMENT"), dated as of March 9,
2000, is entered into between LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CANADA LTD. (the "BORROWER"),
as successor to Louisiana-Pacific Acquisition, Inc. and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
(the "LENDER").

                                  RECITALS

     A.  The Borrower and the Lender are party to the letter agreement dated
September 8, 1999 (the "CREDIT FACILITY") pursuant to which the Lender has
extended credit to the Borrower to help finance the acquisition of Le Groupe
Forex, Inc.

     B.  The Borrower has requested that the Lender extend the maturity date
of the Credit Facility and agree to certain other amendments to the Credit
Facility.

     C.  The Lender is willing to extend the maturity date of the Credit
Facility, and to amend the Credit Facility, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Amendment.

     NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

     1.  DEFINED TERMS.  Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms
used herein shall have the meanings, if any, assigned to them in the Credit
Facility.

     2.  AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT FACILITY.

         (a) Section 1(c) of the Credit Facility shall be amended by deleting
    clause (i) in the first paragraph thereof and replacing it with the
    following new clause (i):  "(i) (A) from and including the Closing Date
    through and including March 12, 2000, the Offshore Rate PLUS 0.575%, (B)
    from and including March 13, 2000 through and including June 30, 2000,
    the Offshore Rate PLUS 0.70% and (C) from and including July 1, 2000
    through and including the Maturity Date, the Offshore Rate PLUS 1.00%; or"

         (b) The definition of "Maturity Date" in Exhibit A of the Credit
    Facility shall be amended by deleting such definition in its entirety and
    replacing it with the following new definition:

              "Maturity Date:          September 30, 2000"

     3.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.  The Borrower hereby represents and
warrants as follows:

         (a) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.



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         (b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this
    Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and other
    action and do not and will not require any registration with, consent or
    approval of, notice to or action by, any person (including any
    governmental agency) in order to be effective and enforceable.  This
    Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower.  The
    Credit Facility as amended by this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid
    and binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against it in
    accordance with its respective terms, without defense, counterclaim or
    offset.

         (c) All representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in
    the Credit Facility are true and correct.

         (d) The Borrower is entering into this Amendment on the basis of its
    own investigation and for its own reasons, without reliance upon the
    Lender or any other person.

     4.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Amendment will become effective on the date
upon which the Lender has received from the Borrower a duly executed original
or facsimile of this Amendment, together with a duly executed original or
facsimile Guarantor Acknowledgment and Consent in the form attached hereto.

     5.  RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.  The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that
the execution and delivery by the Lender of this Amendment, shall not be
deemed to create a course of dealing or otherwise obligate the Lender to
forbear or execute similar amendments under the same or similar circumstances
in the future.

     6.  MISCELLANEOUS.

         (a) Except as herein expressly amended, all terms, covenants and
    provisions of the Credit Facility are and shall remain in full force and
    effect and all references therein to such Credit Facility shall
    henceforth refer to the Credit Facility as amended by this Amendment.
    This Amendment shall be deemed incorporated into, and a part of, the
    Credit Facility.

          (b) This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
    of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and
    assigns.  No third party beneficiaries are intended in connection with
    this Amendment.

          (c) This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance
    with the law of the State of California (without regard to principles of
    conflicts of laws).

          (d) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts,
    each of which shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts
    together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.


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          (e) This Amendment, together with the Credit Facility, contains the
    entire and exclusive agreement of the parties hereto with reference to
    the matters discussed herein and therein.  This Amendment supersedes all
    prior drafts and communications with respect thereto.   This Amendment
    may not be amended except in accordance with the provisions of Section
    6(a) of the Credit Facility.

           (f) If any term of provision of this Amendment shall be deemed
    prohibited by or invalid under any applicable law, such provision shall
    be invalidated without affecting the remaining provisions of this
    Amendment or the Credit Facility, respectively.

           (g) Borrower covenants to pay to or reimburse the Lender, upon
    demand, for all costs and expenses (including allocated costs of in-house
    counsel) incurred in connection with the development, preparation,
    negotiation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and any other
    document executed and delivered in connection herewith, including without
    limitation appraisal, audit, search and filing fees incurred in
    connection therewith.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this
Amendment as of the date first above written.

                                      LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CANADA LTD.

                                      By:     /s/ Mark Tobin
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                                      Title:  Assistant Treasurer


                                       BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

                                       By:    /s/ Michael Balok
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                                       Title: Managing Director
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                           GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT
                                  AND CONSENT

     The undersigned, a guarantor with respect to the Borrower's obligations
to the lender under the Credit Facility, hereby (i) acknowledges and consents
to the execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of the foregoing
Amendment to Credit Facility ("AMENDMENT"), and (ii) reaffirms and agrees
that the guaranty to which the undersigned is party and all other documents
and agreements executed and delivered by the undersigned to the Lender in
connection with the Credit Facility are in full force and effect, without
defense, offset or counterclaim.  (Capitalized terms used herein have the
meanings specified in the Amendment.)

                                       LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION

Dated:  9 March 2000                    By:  /s/ Mark Tobin
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