Bowater Incorporated CFO to Speak at Investor Conference

Interested parties can access a live audio webcast and obtain acopy of the presentation on Bowater's website at www.bowater.com. Areplay of the presentation will be available on the company's websitewithin 24 hours of the presentation, and will be available untilOctober 14, 2005.

Bowater Incorporated, headquartered in Greenville, SC, is aleading producer of newsprint and coated mechanical papers. Inaddition, the company makes uncoated mechanical papers, bleached kraftpulp and lumber products. The company has 12 pulp and paper mills inthe United States, Canada and South Korea and 12 North Americansawmills that produce softwood lumber. Bowater also operates twofacilities that convert a mechanical base sheet to coated products.Bowater's operations are supported by approximately 1.4 million acresof timberlands owned or leased in the United States and Canada and 30million acres of timber cutting rights in Canada. Bowater is one ofthe world's largest consumers of recycled newspapers and magazines.Bowater common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, thePacific Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. A special class ofstock exchangeable into Bowater common stock is listed on the TorontoStock Exchange (TSX: BWX).