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<CONFORMED-NAME>BOWATER INC
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<STREET1>55 EAST CAMPERDOWN WAY
<STREET2>P O BOX 1028
<CITY>GREENVILLE
<STATE>SC
<ZIP>29601
<PHONE>8642717733
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<b> <font size="4">UNITED STATES  </font>  </b></p>
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 <font size="4">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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 Washington, D.C. 20549</b></p>
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<b> <font size="5">FORM 8-K </font>  </b></p>
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<b> CURRENT REPORT  </b></p>
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 Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934  </b></p>
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<b> Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):&nbsp; March 17, 2009 </b></p>
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<b>
 <font size="6">BOWATER INCORPORATED </font> </b></p>
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 <font size="1">(Exact name of Registrant as
Specified in Charter) </font> </b></p>
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			 001-8712</b></td>
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			<b>62-0721803</b></td>
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			 <font size="1">(State or other
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			<b> <font size="1">Incorporation or
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			<b> <font size="1">Identification
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			<b> <font size="2">Bowater Incorporated </font> </b></p>
			<p align="center" style="margin: 0 0cm"><font size="2"><b>55 East
			Camperdown Way</b></font></p>
			<p align="center" style="margin: 0 0cm"><font size="2"><b>
			Greenville, South Carolina</b></font></td>
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			<font size="2"><b>29602</b></font></td>
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			<font size="2">(864) 271-7733 </font> </b></td>
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			<font size="1">(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 4.5pt"> <font size="2">Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): &nbsp; </font>  </p>
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		<font size="2">Written communications pursuant
		to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </font>  </td>
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		<font size="2">Soliciting material pursuant to
		Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </font>  </td>
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		<font size="2">Pre-commencement communications
		pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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		<font size="2">Pre-commencement communications
		pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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		<b>
		<font size="2">Item 8.01. </font>   </b> </td>
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		<p align="justify"> <b><font size="2">Other Events</font></b></td>
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		<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2">As previously reported on the Form
		8-K filed by Bowater Incorporated (&quot;Bowater&quot;) on March 4, 2009, on
		February 27, 2009, AbitibiBowater Inc. (&quot;AbitibiBowater&quot;),
		Bowater, Bowater Newsprint South LLC (&quot;Newsprint South&quot;), each a wholly owned
		subsidiary of AbitibiBowater, and certain subsidiaries of Bowater and
		Newsprint South, entered into amendments to Bowater's U.S. and Canadian
		credit agreements (as amended, the &quot;Credit Agreements&quot;).&nbsp; As amended,
		the Credit Agreements provide for, among other things, (i) a reduction
		of the outstanding overadvance permitted by the Credit Agreements by
		approximately $15 million and (ii) a reduction of the maximum amount of
		available foreign accounts receivable included in the borrowing base of
		each Credit Agreement by $15 million, with each such reduction to occur
		on March 17, 2009 (the &quot;Reversion Date&quot;).&nbsp; </font></td>
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		<td align="justify"> <font size="2">On March 17, 2009, the parties
		entered into a letter agreement pursuant to which the Reversion Date was
		extended to March 24, 2009.&nbsp; All other material terms and conditions of
		the Credit Agreements remain in full force and effect.</font></td>
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Signature  </b></p>
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<font size="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
l934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. </font> </p>
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		BOWATER INCORPORATED</font> </b></td>
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		<td width="3%"><font size="2">By:</font></td>
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			<font size="2">/s/ William G. Harvey</font></div>
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		<td width="47%"><font size="2">Dated: March 19, 2009</font></td>
		<td width="3%">&nbsp;</td>
		<td width="51%"><font size="2">Name: William G. Harvey</font></td>
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		<font size="2">Title: Senior Vice-President and Treasurer</font></td>
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