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( BW)(BOWATER)(BOW) Bowater to Release First
Quarter 2003 Financial Results on April 29, 2003

    Business Editors
    UK REGULATORY NEWS

   GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2003--

Bowater Incorporated (NYSE: BOW) will release first quarter 2003
financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, April 29, 2003.
   
Bowater will hold a management conference call to discuss these
financial results at 10:00 a.m. EDT, April 29, 2003. The conference
call number is 888-423-3273 or 612-332-0820 (international). The call
will also be broadcast via the Internet. Interested parties may
connect to the Bowater website at www.bowater.com, then follow the
on-screen instructions for access to the call and related information.
A replay of the call will be available from 1:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday,
April 29, through Tuesday, May 6, on the website or by dialing
800-475-6701 or 320-365-3844 (international) and using the access code
681600.
   
Bowater Incorporated, headquartered in Greenville, SC, is a
leading producer of newsprint and coated groundwood papers. In
addition, the company makes uncoated groundwood papers, bleached kraft
pulp and lumber products. The company has 12 pulp and paper mills in
the United States, Canada and South Korea and 12 North American
sawmills that produce softwood and hardwood lumber. Bowater also
operates two facilities that convert a groundwood base sheet to coated
products. Bowater's operations are supported by approximately 1.5
million acres of timberlands owned or leased in the United States and
Canada and 32 million acres of timber cutting rights in Canada.
Bowater is one of the world's largest consumers of recycled newspapers
and magazines. Bowater common stock is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, the Pacific Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. A
special class of stock exchangeable into Bowater common stock is
listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE:BWX).

   Short Name: Bowater Inc
   Category Code: MSC
   Sequence Number: 00004121
   Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20030417T125545+0100

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    CONTACT: Bowater Inc.
             
    KEYWORD: UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL EUROPE
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: FOREST PRODUCTS 
    SOURCE: Bowater Inc.

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