AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 31, 2002
REGISTRATION NO. 333-61230
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 SAVINGS PLAN
FOR CERTAIN HOURLY EMPLOYEES
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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. 333-61230 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 450,000 shares of
the Registrant's Common Stock, $1.00 par value ("Common Stock") on Form S-8
(Registration No. 33-16277) relating to the Bowater Incorporated Savings Plan
for Certain Hourly Employees (the "Plan"), formerly named the Bowater
Incorporated Newsprint Division Hourly Employees' Savings Plan, and originally
named the Bowater Southern Hourly Employees Profit Sharing Plan. Pursuant to
Form S-8 (General Instruction E) (Registration Nos. 333-84163 and 333-61230),
the Registrant increased the number of shares available for issuance under the
Plan by registering an additional 300,000 total shares. Therefore, the
Registrant has registered an aggregate number of 750,000 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 17,000 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. 333-61230.
No: Exhibit:
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4.1 Bowater Incorporated Savings Plan for Certain Hourly Employees, As
Amended and Restated Effective 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 May 30, 2002
-------------------------- and Chief Executive Officer
Arnold M. Nemirow (principal executive officer)
/s/ David G. Maffucci Senior Vice President and Chief May 30, 2002
-------------------------- Financial Officer
David G. Maffucci (principal financial officer)
/s/ Michael F. Nocito Vice President and Controller May 30, 2002
-------------------------- (principal accounting officer)
Michael F. Nocito
* 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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Kenneth M. Curtis
* Director May 30, 2002
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Cinda A. Hallman
* 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. 333-61230), 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 SAVINGS
PLAN FOR CERTAIN HOURLY EMPLOYEES
(Plan)
By: /s/ Aaron Whitlock
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Aaron Whitlock,
Plan Administrator