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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NO. 333-02989
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)
BOWATER INCORPORATED/CAROLINA DIVISION HOURLY EMPLOYEES' SAVINGS PLAN
(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. 333-02989) (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.
333-02989) 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. 333-02989) 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. Maffucci 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 Bowater Incorporated/Carolina
Division Hourly Employees' Savings Plan) has duly caused this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.
333-02989) 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/CAROLINA
DIVISION HOURLY EMPLOYEES' SAVINGS
PLAN
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
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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 Anthony H. Barash, 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) a Registration
Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the Bowater Incorporated, Carolina Division
Hourly Employees' Savings Plan (the "Plan") and any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement and (2) a Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the Plan (Registration Statement No.
333-02989), and any and all amendments to such Registration Statement 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
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/s/ Francis J. Aguilar Director April 24, 1996
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Francis J. Aguilar
/s/ Hugh D. Aycock Director April 24, 1996
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Hugh D. Aycock
Director April 24, 1996
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Richard Barth
/s/ Kenneth M. Curtis Director April 24, 1996
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Kenneth M. Curtis
/s/ H. Gordon MacNeill Director April 24, 1996
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H. Gordon MacNeill
/s/ Donald R. Melville Director April 24, 1996
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Donald R. Melville
/s/ James L. Pate Director April 24, 1996
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James L. Pate
/s/ John A. Rolls Director April 24, 1996
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John A. Rolls
