UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 15, 2007

USG Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File Number: 1-8864

Delaware		36-3329400
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
550 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois		60661-3676
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code		(312) 436-4000

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Section 2 — Financial Information

Item 2.05     Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.

     In response to current market conditions, the Registrant has launched a comprehensive program to reduce costs that includes a workforce reduction plan that is expected to reduce the Registrant’s and its subsidiaries’ worldwide salaried positions by approximately 10%, or approximately 500 positions.

     The workforce reduction plan is being communicated to salaried employees beginning on May 15, 2007. The first step in the plan is to offer voluntary severance benefits. Employees who volunteer, and are approved by the Registrant, will receive separation benefits that include a lump sum payment based on base salary and length of service, an allowance to continue medical, dental and vision coverage and outplacement services. If a sufficient number of employees do not volunteer, an involuntary separation program will be initiated. It is expected that all affected employees will be informed, and that the separation plan will be completed, by the end of June 2007.

     The Registrant will record charges for termination benefits related to the workforce reduction plan in the current and future fiscal quarters in accordance with FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities. The Registrant estimates these charges will aggregate $8 million to $12 million and that cash expenditures will be incurred in the full amount of the charges.

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.