PURCHASE AGREEMENT by and between ABITIBIBOWATER INC. and FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED Dated as of March 24, 2008Purchase Agreement • March 28th, 2008 • Bowater Inc • Paper mills • Delaware
Contract Type FiledMarch 28th, 2008 Company Industry JurisdictionTHIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT (as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”) is made as of March 24, 2008, by and between AbitibiBowater Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 1155 Metcalfe Street, Suite 800, Montreal, Quebec H3B 5H2 (the “Company”), and Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada, with its principal place of business at 95 Wellington Street West, Suite 800, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2N7 (“Purchaser”). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 9.1.