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<STREET1>55 EAST CAMPERDOWN WAY
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 10-Q</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Mark One)
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    <TD><B>QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></TD>
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THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2008</B>
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    <TD><B>TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 12%"><B>FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TO&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 001-08712</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>BOWATER
INCORPORATED</B></div>
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<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 0pt; width: 100%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">62-0721803</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">1155 Metcalfe Street, Suite&nbsp;800; Montr&#233;al, Qu&#233;bec; Canada H3B 5H2<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(514)&nbsp;875-2160<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code)</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1)&nbsp;has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12&nbsp;months (or for
such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)&nbsp;has been
subject to the filing requirements for at least the past
90&nbsp;days.&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;No&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>
<TABLE width="100%" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><TR valign="top"><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD><TD valign="top" align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD><TD align="center" valign="top">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right" valign="top">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act).&nbsp;Yes&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;No&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Bowater Incorporated is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AbitibiBowater Inc., and there is no market
for the registrant&#146;s common stock. As of July&nbsp;31, 2008, 56,288,059 shares of the registrant&#146;s
common stock were outstanding.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Bowater Incorporated meets the conditions set forth in, and is filing this form with the reduced
disclosure format prescribed by, General Instructions H (1)(a) and (b)&nbsp;of Form 10-Q.</B>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Item&nbsp;1. Financial Statements:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#103">Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Six
Months Ended June&nbsp;30, 2008 and 2007</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#104">Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at June&nbsp;30, 2008 and December&nbsp;31, 2007</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#105">Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended
June&nbsp;30, 2008 and 2007</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#106">Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">4</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#107">Forward-Looking Statements</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">12</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#108">Item&nbsp;2. Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">12</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#109">Item&nbsp;4T. Controls and Procedures</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">17</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#110">PART II OTHER INFORMATION</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#111">Item&nbsp;1. Legal Proceedings</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">18</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#112">Item&nbsp;1A. Risk Factors</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">18</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#113">Item&nbsp;6. Exhibits</A></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">19</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#114">SIGNATURES</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">20</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>BOWATER INCORPORATED<BR>
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS<BR>
(Unaudited, in millions)</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>June 30,</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>June 30,</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>2008</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">2007</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Sales</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>844</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">798</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>1,670</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,570</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Costs and expenses:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Cost of sales, excluding depreciation, amortization
and cost of timber harvested</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>656</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">639</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><b>1,292</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,240</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Depreciation, amortization and cost of timber harvested</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>65</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">80</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><b>143</b></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">160</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Distribution costs</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>77</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">83</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><b>160</b></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">158</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Selling and administrative expenses</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>31</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">46</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><b>78</b></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">95</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Closure costs and related charges</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>5</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><b>13</b></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Net gain on disposition of assets</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(17</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(65</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><b>(40</b></TD>
    <TD nowrap><b>)</b></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(123</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Operating income</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>27</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">15</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><b>24</b></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">40</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Equity in loss of Abitibi-Consolidated Inc.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(33</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><b>(68</b></TD>
    <TD nowrap><b>)</b></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Interest income</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>12</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><b>14</b></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Interest expense</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(52</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(48</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><b>(103</b></TD>
    <TD nowrap><b>)</b></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(95</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Other income (expense), net</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(3</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(15</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><b>4</b></TD>
    <TD nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(22</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="17" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Loss before income taxes and minority interests</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(49</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(46</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><b>(129</b></TD>
    <TD nowrap><b>)</b></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(73</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Income tax provision</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(13</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(19</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><b>(17</b></TD>
    <TD nowrap><b>)</b></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(20</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Minority interests, net of tax</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(1</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><b>1</b></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(5</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="17" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Net loss</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(63</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">(63</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><b>(145</b></TD>
    <TD nowrap><b>)</b></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">(98</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="17" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>BOWATER INCORPORATED<BR>
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS<BR>
(Unaudited, in millions)</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="76%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>June 30,</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">December 31,</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>2008</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">2007</TD>
</TR>

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<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Assets</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Current assets:</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Cash and cash equivalents</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>91</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right">63</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Accounts receivable, net</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>&nbsp;432</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">462</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Accounts
receivable from affiliates</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>&nbsp;91</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Inventories, net</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>&nbsp;325</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">377</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Assets held for sale</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>178</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">6</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Other current assets</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>53</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">53</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Total current assets</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>1,170</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">961</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Fixed assets, net</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>1,863</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2,584</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Goodwill</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>407</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">591</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Investment in Abitibi-Consolidated Inc.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>176</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">237</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Other assets</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>253</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">246</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Total assets</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>3,869</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right">4,619</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Liabilities and shareholder&#146;s equity</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Current liabilities:</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Accounts payable and accrued liabilities</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>396</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right">464</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Short-term bank debt</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>&nbsp;305</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">205</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Current installments of long-term debt</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>13</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">21</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Liabilities
associated with assets held for sale</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>12</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Total current liabilities</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>726</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">690</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Long-term debt, net of current installments</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>2,220</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2,242</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Other long-term liabilities</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>506</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">421</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Deferred income taxes</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>248</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">365</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Minority interests in subsidiaries</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>77</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">80</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Commitments and contingencies</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Shareholder&#146;s equity:</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Common stock, $1 par value. 56.3 shares at June
30, 2008 and December&nbsp;31, 2007</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>56</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">56</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Exchangeable shares, no par value. 4.9 shares at
June&nbsp;30, 2008 and 5.1 shares at December&nbsp;31, 2007</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>241</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">276</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Additional paid-in capital</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>1,334</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,207</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Note
receivable from AbitibiBowater Inc.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(650</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Deficit</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(759</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(600</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Accumulated other comprehensive loss</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(130</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(118</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Total shareholder&#146;s equity</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>92</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">821</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Total liabilities and shareholder&#146;s equity</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>3,869</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right">4,619</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS<BR>
(Unaudited, in millions)</B>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="76%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><B>Six Months Ended</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>June 30,</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>2008</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">2007</TD>
</TR>

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<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Net cash used for operating activities</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>

    <TD align="right"><B>(63</B></TD>
    <TD align="left">)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">(56</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Cash flows from investing activities:</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Cash invested in fixed assets, timber and timberlands</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(29</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(51</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Dispositions of assets, including timber and timberlands</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>50</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">147</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Direct acquisition costs related to the merger with
Abitibi-Consolidated Inc.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>&#151;</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(12</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Net cash provided by investing activities</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>21</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">84</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Cash flows from financing activities:</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Cash dividends</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>&#151;</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(23</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Short-term financing, net</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>101</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Payments of long-term debt</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(20</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(15</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Payments of credit facility fees</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(11</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>70</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(38</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Net increase (decrease)&nbsp;in cash and cash equivalents</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>28</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(10</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Cash and cash equivalents:</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Beginning of year</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>63</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">99</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">End of period</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>91</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right">89</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements</B>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>1.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Organization and Basis of Presentation</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3"><B>Basis of Presentation</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Bowater
Incorporated and its subsidiaries (&#147;Bowater,&#148; also referred to as the &#147;Company,&#148; &#147;we&#148; or &#147;our&#148;). On
October&nbsp;29, 2007, we combined with Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. (&#147;Abitibi&#148;) in a merger of equals
(the &#147;Combination&#148;). As a result of the Combination, we and Abitibi each became a wholly-owned
subsidiary of AbitibiBowater Inc. (&#147;AbitibiBowater&#148;) and we became an 18% shareholder of
Abitibi. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and have
been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;SEC&#148;). Accordingly, certain information and disclosures normally included in financial
statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles have been
condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In our opinion, these condensed
consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring
adjustments) necessary to present fairly the results of our operations for the periods
presented. The results of the interim period ended June&nbsp;30, 2008 are not necessarily indicative
of the results to be expected for the full year. These unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial
statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2007, filed on April&nbsp;14, 2008. Certain
prior-year amounts in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements have been reclassified to conform to the 2008 presentation.</TD>
</TR>


<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3"><B>Note Contribution and Spin-off During the Second Quarter of 2008</B></TD>
</TR>


<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">On May&nbsp;15, 2008, we transferred the ownership interest we held in our wholly-owned subsidiary
Bowater Newsprint South LLC (&#147;Newsprint South&#148;) to AbitibiBowater (the &#147;Spin-off&#148;). Newsprint
South, now a direct and wholly-owned subsidiary of AbitibiBowater, owns and operates the Coosa
Pines, Alabama and Grenada, Mississippi mills, as well as the Westover, Alabama sawmill. The
Spin-off was completed to fulfill the requirement of our bank lenders, under our U.S. and Canadian
credit facilities, that we transfer the Coosa Pines and Grenada mills to AbitibiBowater.
We charged the distribution of our $569&nbsp;million investment in
Newsprint South to additional paid-in-capital. (See Note 6, &#147;Note Contribution and Spin-off
During the Second Quarter of 2008&#148;).
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">On May 12, 2008, AbitibiBowater
contributed to Bowater, as additional paid-in-capital, a 12.5% promissory note in
the amount of $650&nbsp;million due June&nbsp;30, 2013, executed by AbitibiBowater in favor of Bowater.
Interest on the note is due semi-annually and is recorded in interest income on our Consolidated
Statements of Operations. This note is guaranteed by Newsprint South
and certain of its subsidiaries. Since the note receivable is
due from our parent, AbitibiBowater, it has been classified as a
separate caption in
shareholder&#146;s equity. Subsequent repayments of the note by
AbitibiBowater will result in a reduction of the note, which will
result in an increase in shareholder&#146;s equity.
</TD>
</TR>



<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">As a result of the Spin-off, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein do not
reflect the financial position or results of operations of our former Coosa Pines, Grenada and
Westover mills after May&nbsp;15, 2008.
</TD>
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements</B>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3"><B>Impact of Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncement</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">In September&nbsp;2006, the FASB issued Statement No.&nbsp;158, &#147;Employers&#146; Accounting for Defined Benefit
Pension and Other Postretirement Plans&#148; (&#147;SFAS 158&#148;). SFAS 158&#146;s measurement date provisions
are effective for fiscal years ending after December&nbsp;15, 2008.
Prior to the adoption of SFAS 158, a measurement date of September
30, 2007 was used for all of our plans. SFAS 158 requires us to use a December&nbsp;31 measurement
date. We have elected to use the 15-month transition method to determine the amount of the
adjustment to our opening deficit balance and opening accumulated other comprehensive
loss balance on January&nbsp;1, 2008. The adjustment increased our opening deficit by $6
million, net of taxes of $2&nbsp;million, and increased our opening accumulated other comprehensive
loss by $11&nbsp;million, net of taxes of $1&nbsp;million. The increase to our accumulated other
comprehensive loss primarily represents the additional net actuarial
loss that arose from settlement and curtailment events in the fourth
quarter of 2007.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3"><B>New Accounting Pronouncements</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">In March&nbsp;2008, the FASB issued Statement No.&nbsp;161, &#147;Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities&#148; (&#147;SFAS 161&#148;). This Statement changes the disclosure requirements for
derivative instruments and hedging activities, requiring us to provide enhanced disclosures
about (a)&nbsp;how and why we use derivative instruments, (b)&nbsp;how derivative instruments and related
hedged items are accounted for under Statement No.&nbsp;133, &#147;Accounting for Derivative Instruments
and Hedging Activities&#148; and (c)&nbsp;how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect our
financial position, financial performance and cash flows. SFAS 161 is effective for fiscal
years beginning after November&nbsp;15, 2008. We do not expect the adoption of this accounting
guidance to impact our results of operations or financial position.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">In April&nbsp;2008, the FASB issued Staff Position No.&nbsp;FAS 142-3, &#147;Determination of the Useful Life
of Intangible Assets&#148; (&#147;FSP FAS 142-3&#148;). This Staff Position amends the factors that should be
considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a
recognized intangible asset under FASB Statement No.&nbsp;142, &#147;Goodwill and Other Intangible
Assets.&#148; This new guidance also provides additional disclosure requirements related to
recognized intangible assets. FSP FAS 142-3 is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December&nbsp;15, 2008. Early adoption is prohibited. We do not expect the adoption of this
accounting guidance to impact our results of operations or financial position.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">In May&nbsp;2008, the FASB issued Statement No.&nbsp;162, &#147;Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles&#148; (&#147;SFAS 162&#148;). This Statement identifies the sources of accounting principles and
the framework for selecting the principles to be used in the preparation of financial statements
of nongovernmental entities that are presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles (&#147;GAAP&#148;) in the United States. SFAS 162 is effective 60&nbsp;days following the
Securities and Exchange Commission&#146;s approval of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
amendments to AU Section&nbsp;411, &#147;The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity With Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles.&#148; We do not expect the adoption of this accounting guidance to
impact our results of operations or financial position.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">In June&nbsp;2008, the EITF reached a consensus in Issue No.&nbsp;08-3, &#147;Accounting by Lessees for
Nonrefundable Maintenance Deposits&#148; (&#147;EITF 08-3&#148;). This issue addresses the accounting for
nonrefundable maintenance deposits paid by the lessee to the lessor. EITF 08-3 is effective for
fiscal years beginning after December&nbsp;15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years.
Earlier application is not permitted. We have not determined the impact of adoption of this
accounting guidance on our results of operations or financial position.</TD>
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements</B>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>2.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Inventories, Net</B></TD>
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    <TD width="76%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>June 30,</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">December 31,</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><I>(Unaudited, in millions)</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>2008</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">2007</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">At lower of cost or market:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Raw materials and work in process</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>54</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">77</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Finished goods</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>&nbsp;128</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">143</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Mill stores and other supplies</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>&nbsp;157</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">171</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>&nbsp;339</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">391</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Excess of current cost over LIFO inventory value</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(14</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(14</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>325</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">&nbsp;377</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>3.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Short-Term Debt</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">As of June&nbsp;30, 2008, available borrowings under our bank credit facilities were as follows:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Commitment</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Termination</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Weighted Average</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><I>(Unaudited, in millions)</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Commitment</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Outstanding</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Available</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Date</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Interest Rate</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(2)</B></SUP></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">U.S. credit facility</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">415</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">270</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">60</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">05/11</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">6.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap>%</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Canadian credit facility</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">144</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">35</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">76</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">06/09</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">6.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap>%</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">559</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">305</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">136</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The commitment available under each of these revolving bank credit facilities
is subject to collateral requirements and covenant restrictions as
described below, and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, filed on April
14, 2008, and in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2008,
filed on May&nbsp;15, 2008, and is reduced by outstanding letters of credit of $70&nbsp;million
for the U.S. credit facility and $32&nbsp;million for the Canadian
credit facility. Commitment fees for unused portions of our U.S. and
Canadian credit facilities are 50 and 25 basis points, respectively.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Borrowings under the bank credit facilities incur interest based, at our option,
on specified market interest rates plus a margin.</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">Bowater&#146;s U.S. credit agreement is guaranteed by certain
of the U.S. wholly-owned subsidiaries of Bowater and
Newsprint South, and is secured by (i)&nbsp;liens on the inventory, accounts receivable and deposit
accounts of Bowater, Newsprint South and their
subsidiaries that are guarantors (ii)&nbsp;pledges of 65% of the stock of certain of our
foreign subsidiaries, (iii)&nbsp;pledges of the stock of our U.S. subsidiaries that do not own
mills or converting facilities and (iv) pledges of the stock of the
subsidiaries of Newsprint South. Availability under the U.S. credit facility is limited to 75%
of the net consolidated book value of the accounts receivable and inventory, excluding Bowater
Canadian Forest Products Inc. (&#147;BCFPI&#148;) and its subsidiaries.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">BCFPI&#146;s Canadian credit agreement is secured by liens on the inventory, accounts receivable
and deposit accounts of BCFPI and is guaranteed by Bowater, Newsprint South and certain of their wholly-owned
subsidiaries and certain Canadian subsidiaries of BCFPI. Availability under the Canadian credit facility is limited to
60% of the net book value of the accounts receivable and inventory of BCFPI and its
subsidiaries.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3"><B><I>Amendments to Bank Credit Facilities</I></B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">For a more complete discussion of our U.S. credit facility, our Canadian credit facility, as
well as certain amendments to our bank credit facilities entered into on November&nbsp;2, 2007,
February&nbsp;25, 2008 and March&nbsp;31, 2008, reference is made to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, filed on April&nbsp;14, 2008,
and for additional amendments to these credit
facilities entered into on April&nbsp;30, 2008, reference is made to our Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2008, filed on May&nbsp;15, 2008.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>BOWATER INCORPORATED<BR>
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements</B>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">During the second quarter of 2008, AbitibiBowater, Bowater and certain subsidiaries and
affiliates of Bowater entered into further amendments to our U.S. and Canadian credit facilities
which required the spin-off of Newsprint South to AbitibiBowater by
Bowater to grant the lenders first-ranking mortgages on our former Coosa Pines and Grenada
mill assets under the U.S. and Canadian credit
agreements and imposed additional reporting obligations on Bowater. The Canadian credit
facility was further amended principally to (i)&nbsp;extend the maturity date of the Canadian credit
facility from May&nbsp;28, 2008 to June&nbsp;5, 2009, (ii)&nbsp;impose additional reporting obligations on
BCFPI and implement more extensive eligibility criteria for the assets that may be used in
determining the borrowing base under our Canadian credit facility (thereby reducing the funds
available under our Canadian credit facility) and (iii)&nbsp;reduce the aggregate commitment for all
of the lenders party to our Canadian credit facility from $165&nbsp;million to $144&nbsp;million.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">During the first six months of 2008, we incurred fees of $11&nbsp;million associated with the
amendments to our bank credit facilities, which are being amortized to interest expense over the
term of the facilities.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">Our U.S. credit facility permits us to send distributions to AbitibiBowater to service interest
on its convertible debt provided that no default exists under the facility at the time of such
payment and we are in pro forma compliance with the facility&#146;s financial covenants at the time
of such payment. The lenders under our credit facilities have implemented a more traditional,
more restrictive borrowing base, using more extensive eligibility criteria and imposing
additional reporting obligations. We are not obligated to comply with the additional
requirements regarding reporting or the more restrictive borrowing base until November&nbsp;15,
2008.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">In addition, we may make dividends and distributions to
AbitibiBowater sufficient to pay (1)&nbsp;taxes attributable to us and our subsidiaries, and (2)&nbsp;up
to $10&nbsp;million more than 50% of certain AbitibiBowater&#146;s annual overhead expenses, such as
accounting and auditing costs, director fees, director and officer insurance premiums, franchise
taxes, transfer agent fees, and legal and other expenses connected to AbitibiBowater&#146;s status as
a public company. Overhead expenses do not include management fees, salaries, bonuses, or debt
service.</TD>
</TR>


<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">On August&nbsp;7, 2008, we amended our U.S. and Canadian credit facilities to, among other things,
reduce the required interest coverage ratio for the fiscal quarter ending June&nbsp;30, 2008. These
amendments were effective as of June&nbsp;29, 2008. Without these amendments, we would have been in
violation of the interest coverage ratio covenants under our credit facilities for the second
quarter.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>4.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">The components of &#147;Accumulated other comprehensive loss&#148; in the Condensed Consolidated Balance
Sheets are as follows:</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="76%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>June 30,</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">December 31,</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><I>(Unaudited, in millions)</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>2008</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">2007</TD>
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    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Unamortized prior service costs <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>1</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Unamortized actuarial losses <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(150</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(135</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Foreign currency translation <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>20</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">19</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Unrecognized loss on hedging transactions <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(4)</SUP></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(1</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(2</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(130</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">(118</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>BOWATER INCORPORATED<BR>
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements</B>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Net of deferred tax provision of $14 million at June&nbsp;30, 2008 and $13&nbsp;million at
December&nbsp;31, 2007. Net of minority interest of $2&nbsp;million as of June&nbsp;30, 2008 and
December&nbsp;31, 2007.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Net of deferred tax benefit of $69 million and $67&nbsp;million at June&nbsp;30, 2008 and
December&nbsp;31, 2007, respectively.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>No tax effect is recorded for foreign currency translation since the foreign net assets
translated are deemed indefinitely invested.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 3pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">

    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Net of deferred tax benefit of $1 million as of June&nbsp;30, 2008 and December&nbsp;31, 2007.</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3">Our comprehensive loss, which includes our net loss and the changes in our accumulated other
comprehensive loss, is $63 million and $146&nbsp;million for the three and six months ended June
30, 2008, respectively, and $69 million and $100 million for the three and six months ended
June&nbsp;30, 2007, respectively.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>5.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Pension and Other Postretirement Expense</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">The components of net periodic benefit costs relating to our pension and other postretirement
benefit plans (&#147;OPEB plans&#148;) (prior to the charges to
Newsprint South&nbsp;&#151; see Note&nbsp;7, &#147;Transactions with
Related Parties&#148;) are as follows for the three and six months ended June&nbsp;30, 2008 and
2007:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">Pension Plans:</TD>
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    <TD width="52%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><B>Three Months Ended</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><B>Six Months Ended</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>June 30,</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>June 30,</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><I>(Unaudited, in millions)</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>2008</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">2007</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>2008</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">2007</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Components of net periodic benefit cost<B>:</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Service cost</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>7</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">9</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>13</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">18</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Interest cost</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>34</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">32</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>69</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">62</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Expected return on plan assets</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(39</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(33</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(79</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(65</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Amortization of prior service cost</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>1</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>2</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Recognized net actuarial loss</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>2</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">7</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>4</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">14</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Special termination benefits</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>&#151;</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>&#151;</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Curtailments and settlements</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>&#151;</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>&#151;</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">7</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="17" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Net periodic benefit cost</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>5</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">22</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>9</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">42</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="17" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">OPEB Plans:</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="52%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><B>Three Months Ended</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><B>Six Months Ended</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>June 30,</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>June 30,</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><I>(Unaudited, in millions)</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>2008</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">2007</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>2008</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">2007</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Components of net periodic benefit cost<B>:</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Service cost</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>1</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>1</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Interest cost</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>4</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>7</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">6</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Amortization of prior service credit</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(3</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(6</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(6</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Recognized net actuarial loss</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>1</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>3</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Curtailments and settlements</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>1</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>1</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="17" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Net periodic benefit cost</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>4</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">2</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>6</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="17" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>BOWATER INCORPORATED<BR>
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements</B>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3"><I>Events Impacting Net Periodic Benefit Cost for the Three and Six Months Ended June&nbsp;30, 2008</I></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">In June&nbsp;2008, the cumulative number of employees terminated as a result of the Combination
became significant, triggering a curtailment. As a result, a curtailment loss of $1&nbsp;million is
included in the net periodic benefit cost of our OPEB plans during the three and six months
ended June&nbsp;30, 2008.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3"><I>Events Impacting Net Periodic Benefit Cost for the Three and Six Months Ended June&nbsp;30, 2007</I></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">In December&nbsp;2006, January&nbsp;2007 and March&nbsp;2007, certain employees received lump-sum payouts
from two of our retirement pension plans. Accordingly, settlement losses of $1&nbsp;million and
$6&nbsp;million were included in the net periodic benefit cost of our pension plans during the
three and six months ended June&nbsp;30, 2007, respectively.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">In February&nbsp;2007, as a result of a mill-wide restructuring of our Thunder Bay, Ontario facility,
157 jobs were eliminated. As a result, a curtailment loss of $1&nbsp;million and special termination
benefits of $4&nbsp;million were included in the net periodic benefit cost of our pension plans
during the three and six months ended June&nbsp;30, 2007. This event also resulted in a settlement
loss at the time the benefits were paid.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">In October&nbsp;2006, we approved changes to our OPEB plan for our U.S. salaried employees.
Benefits for employees were either eliminated or reduced depending on whether the employee
met certain age and years of service criteria. As a result, a curtailment gain of $3
million was included in the net periodic benefit cost of our OPEB plans during the six
months ended June&nbsp;30, 2007.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>6.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Note Contribution and Spin-off During the Second Quarter of 2008</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">On May&nbsp;12, 2008, AbitibiBowater contributed
to Bowater, as additional paid-in-capital, a 12.5% promissory note in the amount of
$650&nbsp;million due June&nbsp;30, 2013, executed by AbitibiBowater in favor of Bowater. Interest on the
note is due semi-annually and is recorded in interest income on our Consolidated Statements of
Operations. This note is guaranteed by Newsprint South and certain of its
subsidiaries. Since the note receivable is due from our
parent, AbitibiBowater, it has been classified as a separate caption
in shareholder&#146;s equity. Subsequent repayments of the note by
AbitibiBowater will result in a reduction of the note, which will
result in an increase in shareholder&#146;s equity. Prior to May&nbsp;15, 2008,
Newsprint South was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bowater. Subsequently on May&nbsp;15, 2008, Newsprint
South became a direct subsidiary of AbitibiBowater as a result of the Spin-off (see Note 1,
&#147;Organization and Basis of Presentation&#148;).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">The impact on the additional paid-in-capital
account in shareholder&#146;s equity, resulting from the note
contributed and investment distributed in the Spin-off, was as follows:</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">

<TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><i>(Unaudited,
in millions)</i></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="5" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Note contributed</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Note receivable &#151; AbitibiBowater</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>650</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="5" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Total note contributed</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>650</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Investment
distributed</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Current assets</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>68</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Fixed assets</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>503</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Goodwill</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>184</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Current liabilities</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(47</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Long-term debt</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(5</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Other long-term
liabilities</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(3</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Deferred taxes</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(131</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="5" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Bowater&#146;s investment in Newsprint South</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>569</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="5" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Net increase
in additional paid-in-capital account in shareholder&#146;s equity</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>81</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="5" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Review of Long-lived Assets (Including Goodwill)</B>
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    <TD colspan="3">We considered the Spin-off a &#147;triggering event&#148; requiring review of Newsprint South&#146;s long-lived
assets for recoverability. The cash flows of the Grenada paper mill, the Coosa Pines paper mill
and the Westover sawmill are each at the lowest level for which we are able to identify separate
cash flows that are largely independent of cash flows associated with other assets groups.
Reference is made to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, filed
April&nbsp;14, 2008, for details about assumptions used in the testing of our long-lived assets for
impairment. Our testing indicated that the long-lived assets of Newsprint South are recoverable,
and that no impairment existed immediately before the Spin-off. The
asset impairment was based on a comparison of the book values of
Newsprint South to the fair value of the Newsprint South assets
transferred. This asset impairment analysis also included an
allocation of goodwill as discussed below.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">The Spin-off was also considered a &#147;triggering event&#148; requiring review of our goodwill to determine
if an impairment test was needed immediately before the Spin-off (i.e., whether we considered it
likely that the fair value of our goodwill was impaired). We have two reporting units with
goodwill allocated to them: the Newsprint reporting unit and the Specialty Papers reporting unit.
Our Grenada paper mill and a portion of our Coosa Pines paper mill were components of the Newsprint
reporting unit. The Westover sawmill was not a component of a reporting unit with allocated
goodwill. Upon review of the facts, we concluded that it was not likely that the fair value of our
Newsprint reporting unit had fallen below its carrying value just prior to the Spin-off; thus, no
test for impairment was performed.
</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">Since the Spin-off comprised a portion of a reporting unit that constitutes a business, a portion
of the goodwill in the Newsprint reporting unit was allocated to the components that were included
in the Spin-off based on the fair value of the newsprint operations of the Grenada and Coosa Pines
paper mills relative to the fair value of the other components of the Newsprint reporting unit that
will remain with Bowater. The allocation of goodwill to the components included in the Spin-off is
as follows:</TD>
</TR>
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements</B>
</DIV>


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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="5" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD><I>(Unaudited, in millions)</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Allocation of</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Goodwill as of</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Components of Newsprint Reporting Unit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>May 15, 2008</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD colspan="5" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Components included in the Spin-off</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>184</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Other components that will remain with Bowater</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>342</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="5" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>526</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="5" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">Immediately after the Spin-off, we evaluated our Newsprint reporting unit, consisting of the
remaining components, for impairment. Reference is made to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, filed April&nbsp;14, 2008, for details about assumptions used in the
testing of our goodwill for impairment. No significant changes to those assumptions were needed
for this interim test. Our test indicated that there was no impairment of the $342&nbsp;million
remaining goodwill immediately following the Spin-off.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>7.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Transactions with Related Parties</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">On January&nbsp;1, 2008, we began providing certain corporate administrative services on behalf of
AbitibiBowater and certain of its subsidiaries (referred to as &#147;Affiliates&#148;) including legal,
finance, tax, risk management, IT, executive management, payroll and employee benefits. As such,
we have charged a portion of our general and administrative expenses to our Affiliates and recorded this
charge as a reduction of our costs, based on specific identification or on an appropriate
allocation key (e.g., sales, purchases, headcount, etc.) determined by the type of expense or
department. During the three and six months ended June&nbsp;30, 2008,
we charged our Affiliates
approximately $4&nbsp;million and $7&nbsp;million, respectively, for certain corporate administrative
expenses that we incurred on their behalf, net of expenses our
Affiliates incurred on our behalf.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">We maintain a centralized domestic sales force. We buy products from our Affiliates at the same
price we sell those products to third party customers. In order to compensate us for these
services, we charge our Affiliates and our subsidiaries a service fee equal to 120% of our selling
costs based on the value of the products acquired from them. The fees charged to our wholly-owned
subsidiaries are eliminated in consolidation. During the three and six months ended June&nbsp;30, 2008,
we charged our Affiliates $2&nbsp;million and $3&nbsp;million,
respectively, for these services.</TD>
</TR>


<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">Since the Spin-off, from May&nbsp;15, 2008 through June&nbsp;30, 2008, goods in the amount of $72&nbsp;million
were purchased from Newsprint South, now an Affiliate. Additionally, during the six months ended
June&nbsp;30, 2008, we sold $14&nbsp;million of wood products to, and
purchased $13 million of recycled
fiber from, our Abitibi Affiliates at market prices. These transactions were made in the normal
course of business and have been recorded at the exchanged amounts.</TD>
</TR>


<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">We sponsor a number of defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans
covering our employees and employees of Newsprint South. Since the Spin-off, we have charged
Newsprint South for pension and other postretirement benefit costs based on an actuarial
determination of the current service cost associated with its employees. This charge of less than
$1&nbsp;million for both the three and six months ended June&nbsp;30, 2008 is recorded as a reduction to our
pension benefit costs.</TD>
</TR>


<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">We maintain a number of share-based compensation programs that provided for grants of stock
options, restricted stock units and deferred stock units to our directors, officers and certain key
employees (as well as certain key employees of Newsprint South). After the Combination with
Abitibi, any new grants of share-based awards are made through AbitibiBowater&#146;s plans. Since
the Spin-off, we have charged Newsprint South for share-based compensation based on the fair value
of the unvested awards granted to its employees. This charge of less
than $1&nbsp;million for both the three
and six months ended June&nbsp;30, 2008 is recorded as a reduction to our share-based compensation
costs.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">For the three months ended June&nbsp;30, 2008, we
recorded $11&nbsp;million of interest income on the note receivable
from AbitibiBowater.</TD>
</TR>


<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>8.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Commitments and Contingencies</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">We are involved in various legal proceedings relating to contracts, commercial disputes, taxes,
environmental issues, employment and workers&#146; compensation claims and other matters. We
periodically review the status of these proceedings with both inside and outside counsel.
Although the final outcome of any of these matters is subject to many variables and cannot be
predicted with any degree of certainty, we establish reserves for a matter when we believe an
adverse outcome is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. We believe that the
ultimate disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on our financial
condition, but it could have a material adverse effect on the results of operations in a given
quarter or the year.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">There have been no material developments to the legal proceedings described in our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, filed on April&nbsp;14, 2008, as updated in our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2008, filed on May&nbsp;15, 2008.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>9.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Off-Balance Sheet Debt Guarantees</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">In connection with Bowater&#146;s 1999 land sale and note monetization, we guarantee 25% of the
outstanding investor notes principal balance of Timber Note Holdings LLC, one of our Qualified
Special Purpose Entities (QSPEs). Bowater guarantees approximately $5&nbsp;million of the investor
notes&#146; principal balance at June&nbsp;30, 2008. This guarantee is proportionately reduced by annual
principal repayments on the investor notes (annual minimum repayments of $2&nbsp;million) through
2008. The remaining investor notes&#146; principal amount is to be repaid in 2009. Timber Note
Holdings LLC has assets of approximately $24&nbsp;million and obligations of approximately $22
million, which include the investor notes. Bowater would be required to perform on the guarantee
if the QSPE were to default on the investor notes or if there were a default on the notes
receivable, neither of which has ever occurred.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">On April&nbsp;1, 2008, AbitibiBowater consummated a private sale of $350&nbsp;million of 8% convertible
notes due April&nbsp;15, 2013 (&#147;the Convertible Notes&#148;) to Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited and certain of its designated subsidiaries. The Convertible Notes bear interest at a rate of 8%
per annum (10% per annum if payment of</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>BOWATER INCORPORATED<BR>
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements</B>
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    <TD colspan="3">interest is made through the issuance of additional
convertible notes as &#147;pay in kind&#148;). We provided a full and unconditional guarantee of the
payment of principal and interest on the Convertible Notes. Our guarantee ranks equally in
right of payment with all of our existing and future senior indebtedness.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>10.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Segment Information</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">We manage our business based on the products that we manufacture and sell to external customers.
Our reportable segments are newsprint, coated papers, specialty papers, market pulp and lumber.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">None of the income or loss items following
&#147;Operating income (loss)&#148; in our Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations are allocated to our segments, since those items are
reviewed separately by management. For the same reason, impairments, employee termination
costs, gains on dispositions of assets and other discretionary charges or credits are not
allocated to the segments. Share-based compensation expense is, however, allocated to our
segments. We also allocate depreciation expense to our segments, although the related fixed
assets are not allocated to segment assets.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">Only assets which are identifiable by segment and reviewed by our management are allocated to
segment assets. Allocated assets include goodwill and finished goods inventory. All other assets
are not identifiable by segment and are included in &#147;Corporate and Other.&#148;
</TD>
</TR>




<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3">The following tables summarize information about segment sales and operating income (loss)&nbsp;for
the three and six months ended June&nbsp;30, 2008 and 2007:</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Coated</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Specialty</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Market</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Corporate</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Consolidated</B></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><I>(Unaudited, in millions)</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Newsprint</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Papers</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Papers</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Pulp</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Lumber</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>and Other</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Total</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Sales</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Second Quarter</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>2008</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>303</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>167</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>166</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>153</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>54</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>1</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>844</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Second Quarter</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2007</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">313</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">129</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">151</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">138</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">64</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">798</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Year to date</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>2008</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>606</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>336</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>320</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>304</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>103</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>1</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>1,670</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Year to date</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2007</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">616</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">258</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">292</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">271</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">127</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">6</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,570</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD colspan="33" align="left"><B>Operating&nbsp;income (loss)</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Second Quarter</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>2008</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(4</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>35</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(5</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>19</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(3</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(15</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>27</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Second Quarter</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2007</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(11</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">4</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(11</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">18</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(7</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">22</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">15</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Year to date</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>2008</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(28</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>69</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(5</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>49</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(21</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(40</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>24</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Year to date</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">2007</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(16</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">13</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(19</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">37</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(21</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">46</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">40</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD colspan="33" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
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    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&#147;Corporate and Other&#148; operating&nbsp;income (loss) includes a net gain from
disposition of assets of $17&nbsp;million and $65&nbsp;million for the three months ended
June&nbsp;30, 2008 and 2007, respectively, and $40&nbsp;million and $123&nbsp;million for the six
months ended June&nbsp;30, 2008 and 2007, respectively, and closure
costs and related charges of $5 million and $13 million for the
three and six months ended June&nbsp;30, 2008, respectively.</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD colspan="3">The following table summarizes information about segment assets as of June&nbsp;30, 2008 and December
31, 2007:</TD>
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</TABLE>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="76%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>June 30,</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">December 31,</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><I>(Unaudited, in millions)</I></TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>2008</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">2007</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Newsprint</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>384</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">587</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Coated papers</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>26</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">15</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Specialty papers</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>96</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">99</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Market pulp</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>19</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">21</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Lumber</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>10</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">14</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Corporate and other</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>3,334</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3,883</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>3,869</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,619</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>BOWATER INCORPORATED</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left">
<A name="107"></A>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Statements in this report that are not reported financial results or other historical information
are &#147;forward-looking statements&#148; within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. They include, for example, statements relating to our plans to achieve operational
improvements and efficiencies, including, among other things, reducing costs and increasing export
shipments, our ability to implement newsprint price increases, our ability to realize synergies
from the combination with Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. (&#147;Abitibi&#148;), the anticipated timing and
progress of integration efforts related to the combination, our ability to meet our debt reduction
target (including the success of our program to sell non-core assets, consolidate operations and
the success of other actions aimed at reducing our debt), our ability to renew and comply with the
requirements of our credit facilities, our ability to maintain and improve customer service levels,
and our assessment of market conditions, anticipated future financial performance and our business
outlook generally. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking
terminology such as the words &#147;will,&#148; &#147;could,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;anticipate&#148; and other
terms with similar meaning indicating possible future events or potential impact on our business.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are
not guarantees of future performance. These statements are based on management&#146;s current
assumptions, beliefs and expectations, all of which involve a number of business risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to, our ability to reduce newsprint and specialty papers capacity as
quickly as anticipated, our ability to obtain timely contributions to our cost reduction
initiatives from our unionized and salaried employees, the continued strength of the Canadian
dollar against the U.S. dollar, industry conditions generally and further growth in alternative
media, actions of competitors, the demand for higher margin coated and uncoated mechanical paper,
our ability to realize announced price increases, the costs of raw materials such as energy,
chemicals and fiber, our ability to service our increased debt and
refinancing risk. In addition, with respect to forward-looking statements relating to the
combination with Abitibi, the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ
materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements: the risk that the businesses
will not be integrated successfully or that the improved financial performance, product quality and
product development will not be achieved; the risk that other combinations within the industry or
other factors may limit our ability to improve our competitive position; the risk that the cost
savings and other expected synergies from the combination may not be fully realized or may take
longer to realize than expected; and disruption from the transaction making it more difficult to
maintain relationships with customers, employees or suppliers. Additional risk factors that could
cause actual results to differ from forward-looking statements are enumerated in Part&nbsp;I, Item&nbsp;1A.
&#147;Risk Factors&#148; in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, filed on
April&nbsp;14, 2008. All forward-looking statements in this report are expressly qualified by
information contained in this report and in our other filings with the SEC. Bowater
disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(Abbreviated pursuant to General Instructions H(1)(a) and (b)&nbsp;of Form&nbsp;10-Q.)
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis includes the accounts of Bowater Incorporated and
subsidiaries (&#147;Bowater,&#148; also referred to as &#147;the Company&#148;, &#147;we&#148; or &#147;our&#148;). On October&nbsp;29, 2007,
we combined with Abitibi in a merger of equals (the &#147;Combination&#148;). As a result of the
Combination, we and Abitibi each became a wholly-owned subsidiary of AbitibiBowater
Inc. (&#147;AbitibiBowater&#148;), and we became an 18% shareholder of Abitibi.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This discussion should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to, the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes appearing in Item&nbsp;1 of this
Form 10-Q.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Note Contribution and Spin-off During the Second Quarter of 2008</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On May&nbsp;15, 2008, we transferred the ownership interest we held in our wholly-owned subsidiary
Bowater Newsprint South LLC (&#147;Newsprint South&#148;) to AbitibiBowater (the &#147;Spin-off&#148;). Newsprint
South, now a direct and wholly-owned subsidiary of AbitibiBowater, owns and operates the Coosa
Pines, Alabama and Grenada, Mississippi mills, as well as the Westover, Alabama sawmill. The
Spin-off was completed to fulfill the requirement of our bank lenders, under our U.S. and Canadian
credit facilities, that we transfer the Coosa Pines and Grenada mills to AbitibiBowater.
We charged the distribution of our $569&nbsp;million investment in
Newsprint South to additional paid-in-capital. (See Note 6, &#147;Note Contribution and Spin-off
During the Second Quarter of 2008&#148;).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On May 12,
2008, AbitibiBowater contributed to Bowater,
as additional paid-in-capital, a 12.5% promissory note in
the amount of $650&nbsp;million due June&nbsp;30, 2013, executed by AbitibiBowater in favor of Bowater.
Interest on the note is due semi-annually and is recorded in interest income on our Consolidated
Statements of Operations. This note is guaranteed by Newsprint South
and certain of its subsidiaries. Since the note receivable is
due from our parent, AbitibiBowater, it has been classified as a
separate caption in shareholder&#146;s equity. Subsequent repayments
of the note by AbitibiBowater will result in a reduction of the note,
which will result in an increase in shareholder&#146;s equity.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As a
result of the Spin-off, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included herein do not
reflect the financial position or results of operations of our former Coosa Pines, Grenada and
Westover mills after May&nbsp;15, 2008.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Business and Financial Review</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="64%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="10" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B>Six Months Ended June 30,</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><I>(Unaudited, in millions)</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>2008</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">2007</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Change</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Sales</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>1,670</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,570</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>100</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Operating income</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>24</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">40</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(16</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Net loss</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(145</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(98</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>(47</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap><B>)</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left">Significant items that improved (lowered)&nbsp;operating income:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Product pricing</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">392</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Shipment volume</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(292</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:45px; text-indent:-15px">Change in sales</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">100</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Change in cost of sales and
depreciation, amortization and
cost of timber harvested</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(35</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Change in distribution costs</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(2</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Change in selling and
administrative expenses</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">17</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Change in closure costs and
related charges</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(13</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Change in net gain on disposition
of assets</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(83</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Change in operating income</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(16</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD colspan="9" align="left">Other significant items that improved (lowered)&nbsp;net income:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Change in interest expense</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(8</TD>
    <TD>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Change in interest income</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">10</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Change in equity in loss of Abitibi</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">(68</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Change in other income (expense)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">26</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Change in income tax provision</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Change in minority interests, net
of tax</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">6</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Change in net loss</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">(47</TD>
    <TD nowrap>)</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD colspan="13" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Six months ended June&nbsp;30, 2008 versus June&nbsp;30, 2007</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>Sales</I>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Sales increased in the first six months of 2008 as compared to the same period of 2007 due
primarily to higher transaction prices for newsprint, coated papers, specialty papers, and market
pulp and increased shipments of coated papers, partially offset by lower
transaction prices and shipments of lumber.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Operating income</I>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Operating
income in the first six months of 2008 decreased compared to the same period of 2007 due
to changes in costs as listed in the table above and discussed below.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Manufacturing Costs</I>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Our
manufacturing costs were higher in the first six months of 2008 as compared to the first six
months of 2007 resulting primarily from increased costs for fiber and
wood ($45&nbsp;million), energy ($23&nbsp;million), chemicals
($15&nbsp;million) and unfavorable currency exchange
($57&nbsp;million), partially offset by lower costs for labor and benefits ($45&nbsp;million),
maintenance repairs ($17&nbsp;million) and lower
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">volumes ($17&nbsp;million).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Distribution costs</I>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Our distribution costs were slightly higher in the first six months of 2008 as compared to the
first six months of 2007, despite a significant reduction in shipments year over year. Distribution
costs per ton in 2008 were significantly higher as a result of our market mix of domestic versus
export shipments, higher fuel charges by our carriers and the destination of customers.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Net gain on disposition of assets</I>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Our net gain on disposition of assets relates primarily to land sales. The decrease is due to
lower levels of land and other asset sales in the first six months of
2008 compared to the first six
months of 2007.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Net loss</I>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In
addition to the decrease in operating income as noted above, the
increase in our net loss was also the result of a number of other
factors described below.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The change
in our equity in the loss of Abitibi for the first six months of 2008
($68&nbsp;million) arises because of
our ownership interest that was acquired as a result of the Combination.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Our interest income increased in the first six months of 2008 compared to the same period of 2007
primarily due to interest earned on a note receivable from
AbitibiBowater.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Our
interest expense increased primarily due to borrowings during the
first six months of 2008 under our short-term credit facilities,
which bear interest at a floating interest rate.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Our other
income (expense), net, improved primarily due to foreign exchange
gains resulting from our Canadian dollar denominated debt obligations.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Our effective tax rate, which resulted from the recording of a tax provision on a pre-tax loss for
the first six months of 2008 was (13%) compared to a tax provision on a pre-tax loss of (27%) in the
same period of 2007. Most of our operations outside of the United
States have continued to experience operating
losses. Consequently, income tax benefits and tax credits were offset by tax charges to increase
our tax valuation allowance.
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Liquidity</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">During the second quarter of 2008,
AbitibiBowater, Bowater and certain subsidiaries and affiliates
of Bowater entered into further amendments to our U.S. and Canadian credit facilities which
required the Spin-off of Newsprint South to AbitibiBowater by Bowater
to grant the lenders first-ranking mortgages on our former Coosa Pines and Grenada mill assets
under the U.S. and Canadian credit agreements and imposed additional reporting obligations on
Bowater. The transfer of Newsprint South out of the Bowater consolidated group will impact Bowater&#146;s results
of operations going forward, decreasing their revenues and costs. We
believe the impact on our results of operations will be substantially
offset by the interest payments we receive on the 12.5% promissory
note in the amount of $650&nbsp;million contributed to us by
AbitibiBowater. In addition, we are exploring the possibility,
subject to market conditions, of obtaining additional financing
during the fourth quarter of 2008 to provide additional liquidity
support. However, no assurance can be made that we will be able to
obtain such financing or that it will be available on terms that are
acceptable to us.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Canadian credit facility was further
amended principally to (i)&nbsp;extend the maturity date of the Canadian credit facility from May&nbsp;28,
2008 to June&nbsp;5, 2009, (ii)&nbsp;impose additional reporting obligations on BCFPI and implement more
extensive eligibility criteria for the assets that may be used in determining the borrowing base
under our Canadian credit facility (thereby reducing the funds available under our Canadian credit
facility) and (iii)&nbsp;reduce the aggregate commitment for all of the lenders party to our Canadian
credit facility from $165&nbsp;million to $144&nbsp;million.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On August&nbsp;7, 2008, we amended our U.S.
and Canadian credit facilities to, among other things,
reduce the required interest coverage ratio for the fiscal quarter ending June&nbsp;30, 2008. These
amendments were effective as of June&nbsp;29, 2008. Without these amendments, we would have been in
violation of the interest coverage ratio covenants under our credit facilities for the second
quarter.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">For a more complete discussion of our U.S.
credit facility, our Canadian credit facility, as well
as certain amendments to our bank credit facilities entered into on November&nbsp;2, 2007, February&nbsp;25,
2008 and March&nbsp;31, 2008, reference is made to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2007, filed on April&nbsp;14, 2008, and for
additional amendments to these credit facilities entered
into on April&nbsp;30, 2008, reference is made to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March&nbsp;31, 2008, filed on May&nbsp;15, 2008.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">We expect
to be in compliance with the covenants under our U.S. and Canadian
credit facilities through June&nbsp;30,
2009.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As of June&nbsp;30, 2008, availability under our U.S. and Canadian bank credit facilities was $60
million and $76&nbsp;million, respectively. Bowater&#146;s next significant maturity of long-term debt is
its $248&nbsp;million, 9% debentures due August&nbsp;2009 (as well as the Bowater Canadian credit facility
which expires on June&nbsp;5, 2009). As discussed above, on
May&nbsp;15, 2008, Bowater transferred the common stock of
Newsprint South that it held to AbitibiBowater. The Spin-off provides
AbitibiBowater the ability to enter into asset-backed loans utilizing the Coosa Pines and Grenada
mill assets.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On April&nbsp;1, 2008, we provided a full and unconditional guarantee of the payment of principal and
interest on $350&nbsp;million of face amount of unregistered convertible
notes issued by AbitibiBowater on the same date. See Note 9, &#147;Off-Balance Sheet Debt
Guarantees&#148; to our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Item&nbsp;1 of this Form 10-Q for a
further discussion of this guarantee.
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left">
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 12pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;4T.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Controls and Procedures.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">We have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and
procedures, as defined in Rules&nbsp;13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
of June&nbsp;30, 2008. Based on that evaluation, the President and Vice President and Treasurer
concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such date in recording,
processing, summarizing, and timely reporting information required to be disclosed in our reports
to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(b)&nbsp;Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In connection with the evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, there were no
changes during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably
likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left">
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PART II &#151; OTHER INFORMATION</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left">
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;1.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Legal Proceedings.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">We are involved in various legal proceedings relating to contracts, commercial disputes, taxes,
environmental issues, employment and workers&#146; compensation claims and other matters. We
periodically review the status of these proceedings with both inside and outside counsel. Although
the final outcome of any of these matters is subject to many variables and cannot be predicted with
any degree of certainty, we establish reserves for a matter when we believe an adverse outcome is
probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. We believe that the ultimate disposition of
these matters will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, but it could have
a material adverse effect on the results of operations in any given quarter or year.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">There have been no material developments to the legal proceedings described in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, filed on April&nbsp;14, 2008, as updated in our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2008, filed on May&nbsp;15, 2008.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left">
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-top: 12pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; background: transparent; color: #000000">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;1A.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Risk Factors.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">There are no material changes to the Risk Factors previously disclosed under Part&nbsp;I, Item&nbsp;1A. &#147;Risk
Factors&#148; in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007, filed on April&nbsp;14,
2008.
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left">
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</DIV>

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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Exhibits.</B></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</DIV>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">8% Senior Convertible Notes due 2013 Indenture, dated April&nbsp;1, 2008, by and among
AbitibiBowater Inc., Bowater Incorporated and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated
April&nbsp;1, 2008, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-08712).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Fifth Amendment, dated as of April&nbsp;30, 2008, to the Credit Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;31, 2006
by and among Bowater Incorporated, certain subsidiaries of Bowater party thereto,
AbitibiBowater Inc., the Lenders and the Canadian Lenders party thereto and Wachovia Bank,
National Association, as administrative agent for the Lenders party thereto (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended March&nbsp;31, 2008 filed on May&nbsp;15, 2008, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-08712).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Fifth Amendment, dated as of April&nbsp;30, 2008, to the Credit Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;31, 2006
by and among Bowater Canadian Forest Products Inc., Bowater Incorporated, certain subsidiaries
and affiliates of Bowater party thereto, AbitibiBowater Inc., the Lenders and the U.S. Lenders
party thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent for the Lenders party
thereto (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2008 filed on May&nbsp;15, 2008, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-08712).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Seventh Amendment, dated as of June&nbsp;6, 2008, to the Credit Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;31, 2006
by and among Bowater Canadian Forest Products Inc., Bowater Incorporated, certain subsidiaries
and affiliates of Bowater party thereto, AbitibiBowater Inc., the Lenders and the U.S. Lenders
party thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent for the Lenders party
thereto (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K dated June&nbsp;6, 2008, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-08712).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Seventh Amendment, dated as of August&nbsp;7, 2008, to the Credit Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;31,
2006 by and among Bowater Incorporated, certain subsidiaries of Bowater party thereto,
AbitibiBowater Inc., the Lenders and the Canadian Lenders party thereto and Wachovia Bank,
National Association, as administrative agent for the Lenders party thereto (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.17 to AbitibiBowater Inc.&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the
quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2008 filed on August&nbsp;11, 2008, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-33776).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Ninth Amendment, dated as of August&nbsp;7, 2008, to the Credit Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;31, 2006
by and among Bowater Canadian Forest Products Inc., Bowater Incorporated, certain subsidiaries
and affiliates of Bowater party thereto, AbitibiBowater Inc., the Lenders and the U.S. Lenders
party thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent for the Lenders party
thereto (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.18 to AbitibiBowater Inc.&#146;s Quarterly
Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2008 filed on August&nbsp;11, 2008, SEC File No.
001-33776).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">31.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certification of President Pursuant to Section&nbsp;302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">31.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certification of Vice President and
Treasurer Pursuant to Section&nbsp;302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">SIGNATURES
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused
this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">BOWATER INCORPORATED<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ William G. Harvey
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">William G. Harvey&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Director, Vice President and Treasurer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Joseph B. Johnson
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Joseph B. Johnson&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Vice President and Controller&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Dated:
August&nbsp;22, 2008
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>BOWATER INCORPORATED</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</U>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">8% Senior Convertible Notes due 2013 Indenture, dated April&nbsp;1, 2008, by and among
AbitibiBowater Inc., Bowater Incorporated and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated
April&nbsp;1, 2008, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-08712).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Fifth Amendment, dated as of April&nbsp;30, 2008, to the Credit Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;31, 2006
by and among Bowater Incorporated, certain subsidiaries of Bowater party thereto,
AbitibiBowater Inc., the Lenders and the Canadian Lenders party thereto and Wachovia Bank,
National Association, as administrative agent for the Lenders party thereto (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended March&nbsp;31, 2008 filed on May&nbsp;15, 2008, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-08712).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Fifth Amendment, dated as of April&nbsp;30, 2008, to the Credit Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;31, 2006
by and among Bowater Canadian Forest Products Inc., Bowater Incorporated, certain subsidiaries
and affiliates of Bowater party thereto, AbitibiBowater Inc., the Lenders and the U.S. Lenders
party thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent for the Lenders party
thereto (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2008 filed on May&nbsp;15, 2008, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-08712).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Seventh Amendment, dated as of June&nbsp;6, 2008, to the Credit Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;31, 2006
by and among Bowater Canadian Forest Products Inc., Bowater Incorporated, certain subsidiaries
and affiliates of Bowater party thereto, AbitibiBowater Inc., the Lenders and the U.S. Lenders
party thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent for the Lenders party
thereto (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K dated June&nbsp;6, 2008, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-08712).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Seventh Amendment, dated as of August&nbsp;7, 2008, to the Credit Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;31,
2006 by and among Bowater Incorporated, certain subsidiaries of Bowater party thereto,
AbitibiBowater Inc., the Lenders and the Canadian Lenders party thereto and Wachovia Bank,
National Association, as administrative agent for the Lenders party thereto (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.17 to AbitibiBowater Inc.&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the
quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2008 filed on August&nbsp;11, 2008, SEC File No.&nbsp;001-33776).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Ninth Amendment, dated as of August&nbsp;7, 2008, to the Credit Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;31, 2006
by and among Bowater Canadian Forest Products Inc., Bowater Incorporated, certain subsidiaries
and affiliates of Bowater party thereto, AbitibiBowater Inc., the Lenders and the U.S. Lenders
party thereto and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as administrative agent for the Lenders party
thereto (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.18 to AbitibiBowater Inc.&#146;s Quarterly
Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2008 filed on August&nbsp;11, 2008, SEC File No.
001-33776).</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">31.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certification of President Pursuant to Section&nbsp;302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">31.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certification of Vice President and
Treasurer Pursuant to Section&nbsp;302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;31.1</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Certification</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">I, David J. Paterson, certify that:
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30,
2008 of BOWATER INCORPORATED;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registrant&#146;s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant&#146;s disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrant&#146;s most recent fiscal quarter (the
registrant&#146;s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant&#146;s internal control
over financial reporting; and</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">5.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registrant&#146;s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant&#146;s auditors and the
audit committee of the registrant&#146;s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
the registrant&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Date:
August&nbsp;22, 2008
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">David J. Paterson<BR>
President</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;31.2</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Certification</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">I, William G. Harvey, certify that:
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30,
2008 of BOWATER INCORPORATED;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in
this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of
operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registrant&#146;s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant&#146;s disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
evaluation; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the registrant&#146;s most recent fiscal quarter (the
registrant&#146;s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant&#146;s internal control
over financial reporting; and</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">5.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registrant&#146;s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant&#146;s auditors and the
audit committee of the registrant&#146;s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
the registrant&#146;s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the registrant&#146;s internal control over financial reporting.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Date:
August&nbsp;22, 2008
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">William G. Harvey<BR>
Vice President and Treasurer</TD>
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