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EX-10.57

EXHIBIT 10.57

AMENDMENT TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT

     THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT, dated May 10, 2006, between Bowater
Incorporated (the “Corporation”) and David J. Paterson (the “Executive”) is hereby amended as
follows:

     1. It is agreed that the transaction by which the Corporation became a subsidiary of
AbitibiBowater Inc. did not constitute a Change in Control, and that henceforth the definition of
Change in Control shall be interpreted as if AbitibiBowater Inc. were the Corporation.

     2. A new paragraph (v) is added at the end of Section 1 to read as follows:

	 	“(v)	 	The phrase ‘termination of employment’ or ‘employment is terminated’ (whether
or not capitalized) shall mean a separation from service as defined in Section 409A of
the Internal Revenue Code (the ‘Code’), any reference to the Executive’s employment
being terminated shall mean that the Executive has incurred a separation from service
as so defined, and any reference to the effective date of a termination shall mean the
date on which the Executive has incurred a separation from service.”

     3. Section 4(b) is amended by deleting the second to the last paragraph (“Unless otherwise
required in the next paragraph . . .”) and amending the last paragraph to read as follows:

	 	 	 	“Amounts payable pursuant to subsections (b)(i)-(vi), shall be made in a lump sum not
later than ten (10) business days following the Executive’s Termination Date, except
as otherwise provided below. If the Executive is a ‘designated employee,’ as defined
in Section 409A of the Code, on the date on which he incurs a termination of
employment, then payment shall be deferred until the first business day that is more
than six months after the Executive has incurred a termination of employment (such
six month period being hereinafter referred to as the ‘409A Deferral Period’). If
the Executive dies during the 409A Deferral Period, the payment shall be made
instead, within ten (10) business days following his death, to the person designated
by the Executive in writing, or if no such person is designated, to the Executive’s
estate. The benefits the Executive is entitled to receive pursuant to subsections
(b)(i)-(vi) shall be a substitute for any salary or severance payments or benefits
under the provisions of any Employment Agreement then in effect (the ‘other
severance’), and if the other severance constitutes deferred compensation subject to
Section 409A of the Code, the applicable payment provided in subsections (b)(i)-(vi)
shall be paid in accordance with the same schedule of payments provided for the other
severance for which it serves as a substitute, to the extent the payment provided in
subsection (b)(i)-(vi) does not exceed the other severance, except that no such
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	 	 	 	until the end of the 409A Deferral Period; provided that this
sentence shall not apply if the Executive’s employment is terminated not more than
two years following a Change in Control that also constitutes a ‘change in control
event’ with respect to the Executive as defined in Section 409A of the Code. In
addition, and regardless of whether the preceding sentence applies, no payments of other severance that are subject to
Section 409A of the Code shall be paid during the 409A Deferral Period (and for
purposes of such determination each installment of other severance that is payable in
installments shall be treated as a separate payment), and all such payments that
would otherwise have been paid during the 409A Deferral Period shall be accumulated
and paid in a lump sum on the first business day after the end of the 409A Deferral
Period. Each employment or other agreement providing for payment of other severance
is hereby deemed amended in accordance with the preceding sentence.”

     4.       Section 4(b)(vii) is amended by replacing the last sentence with the following sentence:

	 	 	 	“If and to the extent that the benefit described in this paragraph is not or cannot
be provided under any plan, program, or arrangement of the Corporation, or without
the benefits provided thereunder being taxable to the Executive, the Corporation
shall either, at its election, procure an insurance policy on substantially similar
terms and conditions for the Executive and the Executive’s spouse or surviving spouse
and dependents, or pay Executive an additional amount of severance pay for each month
during which such coverage is in effect equal to the amount of tax that is imposed on
the value of such coverage (plus the tax imposed on such additional severance pay),
which amount shall be withheld to satisfy the tax obligation; and”

     5.       Section 4(b)(viii) is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

	 	 	 	“The Corporation shall pay for or provide the Executive with reasonable individual
out-placement assistance as offered by a member firm of the Association of
Out-Placement Consulting Firms; provided that such assistance shall be provided not
later than the end of the second year following the year in which the termination of
employment occurs and, if reimbursed by the Corporation rather than paid directly,
shall be reimbursed not later than the end of the year following the year in which
the expense is incurred.”

     6.       A new sentence is added to the end of the last paragraph of Section 5 to read as follows:

	 	 	 	“Anything else contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment to the
Executive pursuant to this Section 5 shall be paid not later than the end of the year
following the year in which the applicable tax is paid by the Executive; provided
that this sentence is included solely to satisfy the requirements of Section 409A of
the Code and shall not be construed to permit the Corporation to 

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	 	 	 	make any payment
later than the date on which it would otherwise have been required to be paid.”

     7.       A new sentence is added to the end of Section 10 to read as follows:

	 	 	 	“Anything else contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment to the
Executive pursuant to this Section 10 shall be paid not later than the end of the
year following the year in which the reimbursable expense is paid by the Executive;
provided that this sentence is included solely to satisfy the requirements of Section
409A of the Code and shall not be construed to permit the Corporation to make any
payment later than the date on which it would otherwise have been required to be
paid.”

     8.       A new sentence is added to the end of Section 15 to read as follows:

	 	 	 	“This Agreement is also intended to comply with all requirements of Section 409A of
the Code with respect to any amount payable to the Executive that constitutes
deferred compensation subject to Section 409A and, to the maximum extent permitted by
law, the terms of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner that the
Executive is not subject to additions to tax imposed by Section 409A; provided that
nothing contained herein shall be construed to require the Corporation to reimburse
the Executive for any such additions to tax.”

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed this 22nd day
of December, 2008.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BOWATER INCORPORATED

 	 
	 	By /s/ Jacques P. Vachon
 	 
	 	Name:  	Jacques P. Vachon 	 
	 	Title:  	Vice President and Secretary 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	                 /s/ David J. Paterson
 	 
	 	Name:  	David J. Paterson 	 
	 	 	 
	 

3EX-10.58

EXHIBIT
10.58

AMENDMENT TO

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT

     THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT, dated February 1, 2005, between Bowater
Incorporated (the “Corporation”) and William G. Harvey (the “Executive”) is hereby amended as
follows:

     1. It is agreed that the transaction by which the Corporation became a subsidiary of
AbitibiBowater Inc. did not constitute a Change in Control, and that henceforth the definition of
Change in Control shall be interpreted as if AbitibiBowater Inc. were the Corporation.

     2. A new paragraph (v) is added at the end of Section 1 to read as follows:

	 	“(v)	 	‘Termination of employment’ (whether or not capitalized) shall mean a
separation from service as defined in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code (the
‘Code’), any reference to the Executive’s employment being terminated shall mean that
the Executive has incurred a separation from service as so defined, and
(notwithstanding any contrary provision in Section 1(u)) any reference to the
‘Termination Date’ or to effective date of a termination shall mean the date on which
the Executive has incurred a separation from service.”
	 
	 	3.	 	The last sentence of Section 4(b)(vii) is amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
	 
	 	 	 	“If and to the extent that the benefit described in this paragraph is not or cannot
be provided under any plan, program, or arrangement of the Corporation, or without
the benefits provided thereunder being taxable to the Executive, the Corporation
shall either, at its election, procure an insurance policy on substantially similar
terms and conditions for the Executive and the Executive’s spouse or surviving
spouse and dependents, or pay Executive an additional amount of severance pay for
each month during which such coverage is in effect equal to the amount of tax that
is imposed on the value of such coverage (plus the tax imposed on such additional
severance pay), which amount shall be withheld to satisfy the tax obligation; and”
	 
	 	4.	 	Section 4(b)(viii) is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

	 	“(viii)	 	The Corporation shall pay for or provide the Executive with individual
out-placement assistance as offered by a member firm of the Association of
Out-Placement Consulting Firms, at a total cost not to exceed $20,000; provided
that such assistance shall be provided not later than the end of the second
year following the year in which the termination of employment occurs and, if
reimbursed by the Corporation rather than paid directly, shall be reimbursed
not later than the end of the year following the year in which the expense is
incurred.”

 

 

	 	5.	 	The last paragraph of Section 4(b) is amended to read as follows:
	 
	 	 	 	“The sum of the amounts set forth in subsections (b)(i) through (vi) shall be paid
to the Executive in a lump sum not later than ten (10) business days following the
effective date of the termination; provided that if the Executive is a ‘designated
employee,’ as defined in Section 409A of the Code, on the date on which he incurs a
termination of employment, then payment of the amounts in subsections (b)(ii)
through (vi) shall be deferred until the first business day that is more than six
months after the Executive has incurred a termination of employment (such six month
period being hereinafter referred to as the ‘409A Deferral Period’). If the
Executive dies during the 409A Deferral Period, the payment shall be made instead,
within ten (10) business days following his death, to the person designated by the
Executive in writing, or if no such person is designated to the Executive’s estate.
If any of the amounts payable pursuant to subsections (b)(ii)-(vi) are a substitute
for any salary continuation or severance payments or benefits under the provisions
of any Employment Agreement then in effect (the ‘other severance’), and if the other
severance constitutes deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code, the
applicable payment provided in subsection (b)(ii)-(vi) shall be paid in accordance
with the same schedule of payments provided for the other severance for which it
serves as a substitute, to the extent the payment provided in subsection
(b)(ii)-(vi) does not exceed the other severance, except that no such payment shall
be made until the end of the 409A Deferral Period; provided that this sentence shall
not apply if the Executive’s employment is terminated not more than two years
following a Change in Control that also constitutes a ‘change in control event’ with
respect to the Executive as defined in Section 409A of the Code. In addition, and
regardless of whether the preceding sentence applies, no payments of other severance
that are subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be paid during the 409A Deferral
Period (and for purposes of such determination each installment of other severance
that is payable in installments shall be treated as a separate payment), and all
such payments that would otherwise have been paid during the 409A Deferral Period
shall be accumulated and paid in a lump sum on the first business day after the end
of the 409A Deferral Period. Each employment or other agreement providing for
payment of other severance is hereby deemed amended in accordance with the preceding
sentence.”
	 
	 	6.	 	A new sentence is added to the end of Section 5 to read as follows:
	 
	 	 	 	“Anything else contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment to the
Executive pursuant to this Section 5 shall be paid not later than the end of the
year following the year in which the applicable tax is paid by the Executive;
provided that this sentence is included solely to satisfy the requirements of
Section 409A of the Code and shall not be construed to permit the Corporation to
make any payment later than the date on which it would otherwise have been required
to be paid.”
	 
	 	7.	 	Section 6 is deleted in its entirety.

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	 	8.	 	Section 7 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
	 
	 	 	 	“The time and form of payment for receipt of amounts to which the Executive is
entitled under the non-Statutory retirement plan is governed by the terms of such
plan.”
	 
	 	9	 	A new sentence is added to the end of Section 11 to read as follows:
	 
	 	 	 	“Anything else contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment to the
Executive pursuant to this Section 11 shall be paid not later than the end of the
year following the year in which the reimbursable expense is paid by the Executive;
provided that this sentence is included solely to satisfy the requirements of
Section 409A of the Code and shall not be construed to permit the Corporation to
make any payment later than the date on which it would otherwise have been required
to be paid.”
	 
	 	10.	 	A new sentence is added to the end of Section 16 to read as follows:
	 
	 	 	 	“This Agreement is also intended to comply with all requirements of Section 409A of
the Code with respect to any amount payable to the Executive that constitutes
deferred compensation subject to Section 409A and, to the maximum extent permitted
by law, the terms of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner that the
Executive is not subject to additions to tax imposed by Section 409A; provided that
nothing contained herein shall be construed to require the Corporation to reimburse
the Executive for any such additions to tax.”

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                     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed this 19th day
of December, 2008.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	BOWATER INCORPORATED	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By /s/ Jacques P. Vachon
 

Name: Jacques P. Vachon
	 	 
	 

	 	Title: Vice President and Secretary	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ William G. Harvey	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name: William G. Harvey	 	 

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