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): December 30, 2015

 

 

RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS 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)

 

Resolute Forest Products 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)

 

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On December 30, 2015, Resolute Forest Products Inc. (the “Company”) filed a Notice of Arbitration under the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”) with regards to measures taken by the former provincial government in Nova Scotia and the former federal Government of Canada in support of the Port Hawkesbury paper mill in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. The Company contends those measures discriminated in favor of the Port Hawkesbury mill and resulted, among other damages, in the closing of the Company’s Laurentide mill in October 2014, depriving the Company of its investment in that mill, and the value of other investments, in violation of the Company’s rights under NAFTA as a U.S. investor in Canada. The Company is seeking damages for direct losses of approximately $70 million, consequential damages, and additional costs and relief deemed just and appropriate by an arbitral tribunal.


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.

 

    Resolute Forest Products Inc.
Date: December 30, 2015     By:   /s/ Jacques P. Vachon
    Name:   Jacques P. Vachon
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer