Resolute Forest Products
Resolute to Present at the Imperial Capital Global Opportunities Conference

MONTREAL, Sept. 14, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Resolute Forest Products Inc. (NYSE: RFP) (TSX: RFP) today announced that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jo-Ann Longworth will speak at Imperial Capital's 6th Annual Global Opportunities Conference in New York City on Wednesday, September 19, at 1:00pm (Eastern).

Date: Wednesday September 19, 2012

Time: 1:00pm - 1:30pm (Eastern)

Live webcast: http://wsw.com/webcast/imperial11/rfp/

Presentation: A link to the presentation will be provided under "Presentations and Webcasts" in the "Investors" section of www.resolutefp.com the day of the event.

Replay: A replay of the webcast will be available on the Company's website for 365 days following the event.

About Resolute Forest Products
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 21 pulp and paper mills and 22 wood products facilities in the United States, Canada and South Korea. Marketing its products in more than 90 countries, Resolute has third-party certified 100% of its managed woodlands to sustainable forest management standards. The shares of Resolute Forest Products trade under the stock symbol RFP on both the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Resolute and other member companies of the Forest Products Association of Canada, as well as a number of environmental organizations, are partners in the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement. The group works to identify solutions to conservation issues that meet the goal of balancing equally the three pillars of sustainability linked to human activities: environmental, social and economic. Resolute is also a member of the World Wildlife Fund's Climate Savers program, in which businesses establish ambitious targets to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions and work aggressively toward achieving them.

SOURCE: RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS INC.

For further information:

Investors        
Rémi G. Lalonde
Vice President, Investor Relations
514 394-2345
ir@resolutefp.com 

Media and Others
Seth Kursman
Vice President, Corporate Communications, Sustainability and Government Affairs
514 394-2398
seth.kursman@resolutefp.com