AbitibiBowater Announces New Board of Directors for Restructured Company

Paul Rivett (Toronto, ON) has been a member of the AbitibiBowater board of directors since April 2008. He has been Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited since 2004 and also serves as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Ltd. Mr. Rivett was an attorney at Shearman & Sterling LLP in Toronto, Canada, before joining Fairfax in 2004. Mr. Rivett serves on the boards of Mega Brands Inc. and The Brick Group Income Fund.