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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 5, 2012

ABITIBIBOWATER INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Delaware   001-33776   98-0526415

(State or other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

AbitibiBowater Inc.

111 Duke Street, Suite 5000

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  H3C 2M1
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(514) 875-2160

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


ITEM 5.02.    DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

On January 5, 2012, AbitibiBowater Inc., doing business as Resolute Forest Products (the “Company”), and Jo-Ann Longworth, the Company’s senior vice president and chief financial officer, entered into the Company’s standard indemnification agreement for directors and officers, a form of which is filed with this current report on Form 8-K.

ITEM 9.01.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

Exhibit No.

    

Description

  10.1       Form of indemnification agreement for directors and officers of AbitibiBowater Inc.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

ABITIBIBOWATER INC.
By:   /s/ Jacques P. Vachon

Name:

Title:

 

Jacques P. Vachon

Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

Dated: January 11, 2012


INDEX OF EXHIBITS

 

 

Exhibit No.

    

Description

  10.1       Form of indemnification agreement for directors and officers of AbitibiBowater Inc.