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( BW)(BOWATER)(BOW) Bowater to Release Second Quarter 2003 Financial
Results on July 24, 2003

    Business Editors
    UK REGULATORY NEWS

    GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2003--

Bowater Incorporated (NYSE: BOW) will release second quarter 2003
financial results before the market opens on Thursday, July 24, 2003.

Bowater will hold a management conference call to discuss these
financial results at 9:00 a.m. EDT, July 24, 2003. The conference call
number is 800-230-1085 or 612-332-0345 (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 Thursday, July 24,
through Tuesday, August 5, on the website or by dialing 800-475-6701
or 320-365-3844 (international) and using the access code 690340.

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 13 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 1.4 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: 00007121
   Time of Receipt (offset from UTC): 20030715T204118+0100

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    CONTACT: Bowater Incorporated 
             Analyst Contact: William G. Harvey, 864-282-9413

    KEYWORD: SOUTH CAROLINA UNITED KINGDOM SOUTH KOREA FRANCE
INTERNATIONAL CANADA ASIA PACIFIC EUROPE
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: FOREST PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING CONFERENCE CALLS
    SOURCE: Bowater Inc

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