ABH (TSX, NYSE)

MONTREAL, Jan. 7 /CNW Telbec/ - AbitibiBowater will host a management conference call and webcast to discuss the emergence from its financial and operational restructuring at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern) on Friday, January 14, 2011.

Interested parties may listen to the one-hour live conference call by dialing 866 696-5910, and using access code 3276848. A webcast of the call as well as a presentation will be available on AbitibiBowater's website at www.abitibibowater.com.

A replay of the call will be available through January 28, 2011 by dialing 800 408-3053 and using access code 1432588. A replay will also be available on the Company's website.

AbitibiBowater is a global leader in the forest products industry, producing a diverse range of products, including newsprint, commercial printing and packaging papers, market pulp and wood products. The Company owns or operates 18 pulp and paper mills and 24 wood products facilities located in the United States, Canada and South Korea. Marketing its products in more than 70 countries, AbitibiBowater is also among the largest recyclers of old newspapers and magazines in North America, and has third-party certified 100% of its managed woodlands to sustainable forest management standards. AbitibiBowater's shares trade under the stock symbol ABH on both the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange.