Bowater Announces Preliminary Fourth Quarter 2000 Financial Results.Business Editors GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2001 Bowater Incorporated (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BOW) announced today that earnings for the fourth quarter are expected to be in the range of $1.00 to $1.10 per diluted share, before unusual net charges of up to $.20 per share. While demand for newsprint and coated paper was strong during the quarter, lower shipments of market pulp and higher operating costs in December, mostly due to unexpected manufacturing problems at certain mills, negatively impacted the financial results for the quarter. The company will provide full details of the financial results in its press release and management conference call scheduled for January 23, 2001. Bowater Incorporated, headquartered in Greenville, SC, is a global leader in newsprint. In addition, the company makes coated and uncoated groundwood papers, bleached kraft pulp and lumber products. The company has nine pulp and paper mills in the United States, Canada and South Korea. The company also owns and operates a coating operation and three sawmills that produce softwood dimension lumber. These operations are supported by 1.8 million acres of timberlands owned or leased in the United States and Canada and over 14 million acres of timber cutting rights in Canada. The company is one of the world's largest consumers of recycled newspapers and magazines. Bowater common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. , U.S. regional exchanges and the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. . A special class of stock exchangeable into Bowater common stock is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : BWX). Statements in this news release that are not reported financial results or other historical information are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. They include, for example, statements about our business outlook, assessment of market conditions, strategies, future plans, future sales, prices for our major products, inventory levels, capital spending capital spending Spending for long-term assets such as factories, equipment, machinery, and buildings that permits the production of more goods and services in future years. and tax rates. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. They are based on management's expectations that involve a number of business risks and uncertainties, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to the forward-looking statements in this news release include those described under the caption "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information" in Bowater's annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 1999, and from time to time, in Bowater's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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