AbitibiBowater Announces New Board of Directors for Restructured Company

The designated Non-Executive Chairman of the Board will be Richard B. Evans, continuing AbitibiBowater's current governance practices of having a non-executive serve as Chair and a majority of independent directors.

The following directors will join Richard Evans and David Paterson on the new board:

Pierre Dupuis (Sutton, QC) is a board member of Norbord Inc. and Brookfield Renewable Power Fund. Previously, Mr. Dupuis was Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of Dorel Industries Inc. Prior to his appointment at Dorel, Mr. Dupuis was President and COO of Transcontinental Inc. and a senior executive with Domtar Inc.