Credit Reference Information Sheet

111 Duke Street, Suite 5000 Montréal, Québec, H3C 2M1 Canada T 514-875-2160 resolutefp.com

Company Overview: Resolute Forest Products is a global leader in the forest products industry with a diverse range of products, including newsprint, commercial printing papers, market pulp and wood products. The Company owns or operates 18 pulp and paper mills and 24 wood products facilities in the United States, Canada and South Korea. Marketing its products in close to 90 countries, Resolute Forest Products has third-party certified 100% of its managed woodlands to sustainable forest management standards. The shares of Resolute Forest Products, formerly doing business as AbitibiBowater, trade under the stock symbol ABH on both the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Type of company: - Public: NYSE (ABH); TSX (ABH) - Incorporated in Delaware; Headquartered in Montreal - Year end: December 31; Auditors: PWC

Ratings: - Moody’s: B1 stable - S&P: BB - stable - Frisk Score: 10 (1 is worst; 10 is best)

D-U-N-S Numbers: - AbitibiBowater Inc.: 24-347-8828 - AbiBow US Inc.: 00-194-6011 - AbiBow Canada Inc.: 24-988-8900

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Financial Information:

SEC Filings: http://www.resolutefp.com/Investors/SEC_Filings/

Financial Reports: http://www.resolutefp.com/Investors/Financial_Reports/

Presentations and Webcasts: http://www.resolutefp.com/Investors/Presentations_and_Webcasts/

Vendor References:

Arkema Applied Industrial Technologies Attn. Ken Blackbun Attn. Carol Eubanks 2000 Market Street, Tel: 770-941-8051 Ext 307 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Fax: 770-745-2659 215-419-7000 [email protected] www.arkemagroup.com

Canadian Bearings Inc. Olin Corporation John D'ambrosio Attn. Pam Borden, Credit Coordinator Credit Manager 490 Stuart Road NE, Cleveland, TN 37317 Tel: 905-670-6726 Tel: 423-336-4399 [email protected] Fax: 423-336 4299 [email protected]

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Sonoco Products Weavexx Attn. Credit Department John Lamont North Second Street Vice President - Stowe.Weavexx Hartsville, SC 29550 [email protected] Fax: 843-383-7929 Fax: 919-556-1063

Wesco Distributions Mark Stevens National Manager Financial Services

Tel: 905-415-9495 x 6141 [email protected]

Banking References :

CANADA: USA: Bank of Montreal Wells Fargo Bank Global Treasury Management Treasury Management Client Services 1501 McGill College Ave., Suite 2800, 1525 West W T Harris Blvd. Montreal, QC Charlotte, NC

Sylvie Decoste: Cedron Spaulding: T: 514-282-5927 T: 800-590-7868 F: 514-282-5877 F: 866-842-0585 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]

Tax IDs:

AbiBow Canada Inc.: Bowater Mersey Paper Company Ltd.: GST/HST: 144272010 RT0001 GST/HST: 100607381 RT0001 QST: 1090138053 TQ0001 VAT (Germany): DE267828211 VAT (Germany): DE815241539 VAT (UK): 975 0512 16 VAT (UK): 975 0495 87

AbiBow US Inc.: Ponderay Newsprint Company: US FEIN: 62-0721803 GST/HST: 894825421RT0001 US FEIN: 91-1279303 Page 3 of 4 - 11/11/11 111 Duke Street, Suite 5000 Montréal, Québec, H3C 2M1 Canada T 514-875-2160 resolutefp.com

Augusta Newsprint Company: Produits Forestiers Mauricie S.E.C. : US FEIN: 58-1460407 GST/HST: 801574351 RT0001 QST: 1214295373 TQ0001

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