AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 31, 2002
REGISTRATION NO. 333-61232
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BOWATER INCORPORATED
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
DELAWARE
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(State of Incorporation)
62-0721803
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(IRS Employer Identification Number)
55 E. CAMPERDOWN WAY
P.O. BOX 1028
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA 29602
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
BOWATER INCORPORATED/COATED PAPERS AND PULP
DIVISION HOURLY EMPLOYEES' SAVINGS PLAN
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(Full Title of the Plan)
ANTHONY H. BARASH, ESQUIRE
SR. VICE PRESIDENT-CORPORATE AFFAIRS, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY
BOWATER INCORPORATED
55 E. CAMPERDOWN WAY, P.O. BOX 1028,
GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA 29602
(864) 271-7733
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(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
This Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement No. 333-61232
shall become effective automatically upon the date of filing in accordance with
Section 8(a) of the Securities Act and Rules 456 and 464 promulgated thereunder.
TERMINATION OF OFFERING
Bowater Incorporated (the "Registrant") has registered 600,000 shares
of the Registrant's Common Stock, $1.00 par value ("Common Stock") on Form S-8
(Registration No. 333-02989) relating to the Bowater Incorporated/Coated Papers
and Pulp Division Hourly Employees' Savings Plan (the "Plan"). Pursuant to Form
S-8 (General Instruction E) (Registration Nos. 333-41475, 333-84171 and
333-61232), the Registrant increased the number of shares available for issuance
under the Plan by registering an additional 4,900,000 total shares. Therefore,
the Registrant has registered an aggregate number of 5,500,000 shares for
issuance under the Plan.
Effective as of December 31, 2001, the Registrant merged the Plan into
and with the Bowater Incorporated Savings Plan (formerly named the Bowater
Incorporated Salaried Employees' Savings Plan) (the "BI Savings Plan") pursuant
to its amendment authority under the Plan, and participants in the Plan became
participants in the BI Savings Plan.
In connection with this merger, the Registrant hereby removes from
registration by means of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 any of the
securities previously registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering. Simultaneously with the filing of this Amendment, the Registrant has
carried over to the BI Savings Plan 1,577,533 shares of Common Stock and
Participation Interests remaining as of the termination of the offering under
the Plan by filing a Form S-8 (General Instruction E) for the BI Savings Plan.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
The Registrant and the Plan hereby files the following exhibit as part
of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-61232.
No: Exhibit:
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4.1 Bowater Incorporated/Coated Papers and Pulp Division
Hourly Employees' Savings Plan, As Amended and Restated
Effective as of January 1, 1997.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the city of Greenville, state of South Carolina, on May 30,
2002.
BOWATER INCORPORATED
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Arnold M. Nemirow
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Arnold M. Nemirow
Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Amendment has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
/s/ Arnold M. Nemirow
------------------------------- Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive May 30, 2002
Arnold M. Nemirow Officer (principal executive officer)
/s/ David G. Maffucci
------------------------------- Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer May 30, 2002
David G. Maffucci (principal financial officer)
/s/ Michael F. Nocito
------------------------------- Vice President and Controller May 30, 2002
Michael F. Nocito (principal accounting officer)
* Director May 30, 2002
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Francis J. Aguilar
* Director May 30, 2002
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Richard Barth
* Director May 30, 2002
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Cinda A. Hallman
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
* Director May 30, 2002
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Charles J. Howard
* Director May 30, 2002
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James L. Pate
* Director May 30, 2002
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John A. Rolls
* Director May 30, 2002
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Arthur R. Sawchuk
*Anthony H. Barash, by signing his name hereto, does sign this document
on behalf of the persons indicated above pursuant to powers of attorney duly
executed by such persons, which were filed by the Registrant and the Plan on
Form S-8 (General Instruction E) (Registration No. 333-61232), and are hereby
incorporated by reference.
By: /s/ Anthony H. Barash
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Anthony H. Barash,
Attorney-in-Fact
The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the trustees (or other persons who administer the Plan) have duly caused this
Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the city of Greenville, state of South Carolina, on May 30, 2002.
BOWATER INCORPORATED/COATED PAPERS AND
PULP DIVISION HOURLY EMPLOYEES' SAVINGS
PLAN
(Plan)
By: /s/ Aaron Whitlock
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Aaron Whitlock,
Plan Administrator