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): May 16, 2013

RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

(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):

(a) Resolute Forest Products Inc. (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of the stockholders on May 16, 2013.

(b) The stockholders elected all the director nominees, ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the 2013 fiscal year and adopted a non-binding resolution approving executive compensation.

On May 22, 2013, Resolute Forest Products Inc. (formerly AbitibiBowater Inc., the “Company”) distributed from the disputed claim share reserve 2,055,620 shares of its common stock for the benefit of unsecured creditors under the Chapter 11 plan of reorganization. There being no remaining unresolved unsecured claim under the Chapter 11 plan of reorganization, this was the final distribution to unsecured creditors under that plan of reorganization. There was no distribution to unsecured creditors under the CCAA plan of reorganization and compromise in this distribution; eligible creditors thereunder will receive one or more additional distribution(s) in accordance with the interim distribution provisions of that plan.

Because the aggregate of allowed claims against certain Chapter 11 debtors was resolved for less than was originally reserved when the disputed claim share reserve was established, 276,662 shares were transferred to the Company in connection with the distribution, pursuant to the Chapter 11 plan of reorganization.

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Distributions from the disputed claim share reserve are not dilutive, as the shares in the reserve have been deemed outstanding since emergence from the creditor protection proceedings.

In this current report, when we refer to “creditor protection proceedings,” we mean the proceedings under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended (or “Chapter 11”), and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), as applicable (or “CCAA”), from which AbitibiBowater Inc. and all but one of its debtor affiliates successfully emerged on December 9, 2010. When we refer to “disputed claim share reserve,” or the “reserve,” we mean the reserve of 23,382,073 shares established under the plans of reorganization for claims that remained in dispute as of the emergence date, from which there have been interim distributions to unsecured creditors as disputed claims were resolved.

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Summary of May 22 Distribution by Debtor

This table does not include:

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Summary of May 22, 2013 Distribution by Public Bond

Shares of RFP

common stock

(CUSIP 76117 W 109)

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The table above shows each issuance for which the debtors have made a distribution under the plans of reorganization, and the cumulative total thereof after giving effect to the May 22 distribution, which included only distributions on account of the Chapter 11 plan of reorganization. For more information on distributions relating to CCAA debtors, see the current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC as of November 7, 2012.

Concerning the 7.95% notes issued by Bowater Canada Finance Corporation (CUSIP 102175AB2), this table reflects only distributions on account of the guaranty claim against the estate of Resolute US FP Inc. (f/k/a Bowater Incorporated). The table does not reflect any distribution on account of the claim filed against Bowater Incorporated by the estate trustee of Bowater Canada Finance Corporation under section 135 of the Companies Act (Nova Scotia) (the “wind-up claim”). For more information, see the current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC as of November 7, 2012.

The information contained in this current report is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8–K and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in this report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or any other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing. By filing this report and furnishing the information contained herein the Company makes no admission as to the materiality of any such information.

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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.

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