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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NO. 333-00587
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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BOWATER INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 62-0721803
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) Identification No.)
55 EAST CAMPERDOWN WAY, P.O. BOX 1028
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA 29602
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
GREAT NORTHERN PAPER, INC. SAVINGS
AND CAPITAL GROWTH PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES
(Full title of the Plan)
Wendy C. Shiba, Esquire
Secretary and Assistant General Counsel
Bowater Incorporated
55 East Camperdown Way, P.O. Box 1028
Greenville, South Carolina 29602
(Name and address of agent for service)
(864) 271-7733
(Telephone number, including area code of agent for service)
Bowater Incorporated hereby amends the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (Registration No. 333-00587) (the "Registration Statement") to terminate
the registration because all securities registered thereunder have been sold.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.
333-00587) to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Greenville, State of South Carolina, on the 20th
day of May, 1996.
BOWATER INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Arnold M. Nemirow
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Arnold M. Nemirow
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No. 333-00587) has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated on the 20th day of May, 1996.
Signature Title
/s/ Arnold M. Nemirow President, Chief Executive Officer and
- - ---------------------------- Chairman of the Board of Directors
Arnold M. Nemirow (principal executive officer)
/s/ David G. Mafucci Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
- - ---------------------------- Treasurer (principal financial officer)
David G. Maffucci
/s/ Michael F. Nocito Vice President - Controller (principal accounting
- - ---------------------------- officer)
Michael F. Nocito
* Director
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Francis J. Aguilar
* Director
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Hugh D. Aycock
* Director
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Richard Barth
* Director
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Kenneth M. Curtis
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* Director
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H. Gordon MacNeill
* Director
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Donald R. Melville
Director
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James L. Pate
* Director
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John A. Rolls
* Wendy C. Shiba, by signing his/her name hereto, does sign this document
on behalf of the persons indicated above pursuant to powers of attorney
duly executed by such persons.
By: /s/ Wendy C. Shiba
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Wendy C. Shiba
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Attorney-in-Fact
THE PLAN. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the Trustee (or other persons who administer the Great Northern Paper, Inc.
Savings and Capital Growth Plan for Salaried Employees) has duly caused this
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(Registration No. 333-00587) to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Greenville, State of South Carolina,
on the 20th day of May, 1996.
GREAT NORTHERN PAPER, INC. SAVINGS AND
CAPITAL GROWTH PLAN FOR SALARIED
EMPLOYEES
By: /s/ Aaron B. Whitlock
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Aaron B. Whitlock
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Plan Administrator
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EXHIBIT INDEX
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement.
Exhibit Number Description
24 Powers of Attorney authorizing the signing of
the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement and amendments thereto on behalf of the
Registrant's directors is filed herewith.
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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors of Bowater Incorporated, hereby severally
constitute Ecton R. Manning, David G. Maffucci and Wendy C. Shiba, and each of
them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power of substitution, to
sign for us and in our names in the capacities listed below, (1) Registration
Statements on Form S-8 pertaining to the Bowater Incorporated Salaried
Employees' Savings Plan (the "Bowater Plan") and the Great Northern Paper, Inc.
Savings and Capital Growth Plan (the "GNP Plan") any and all amendments to such
Registration Statements and (2) a Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the Bowater Plan (Registration Statement No.
333-00555) and a Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 pertaining to the GNP Plan (Registration Statement No. 333-00587), and any
and all amendments to such Registration Statements, and generally to do all such
things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as directors to enable
Bowater Incorporated to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission and
all requirements of any other applicable law or regulation, hereby ratifying and
confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of
them, to such Registration Statement and Post-Effective Amendment and any and
all amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments.
Signatures Title Date
/s/ Anthony P. Gammie Director and November 15, 1995
- - ---------------------------- Chairman of the Board
Anthony P. Gammie
/s/ Francis J. Aguilar Director November 15, 1995
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Francis J. Aguilar
/s/ Hugh D. Aycock Director November 15, 1995
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Hugh D. Aycock
/s/ Richard Barth Director November 15, 1995
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Richard Barth
/s/ Kenneth M. Curtis Director November 15, 1995
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Kenneth M. Curtis
/s/ H. Gordon MacNeill Director November 15, 1995
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H. Gordon MacNeill
/s/ Donald R. Melville Director November 15, 1995
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Donald R. Melville
/s/ John A. Rolls Director November 15, 1995
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John A. Rolls
