ABH (NYSE, TSX)

    MONTREAL, Feb. 12 /CNW Telbec/ - AbitibiBowater Inc. President and Chief
Executive Officer David J. Paterson will present at the 2009 Credit Suisse
Global Forest Products Conference in New York on Thursday, February 19, 2009,
at 8:05 a.m. (Eastern).
    A copy of the presentation will be available on AbitibiBowater's web
site. Interested parties are invited to use the link provided under "Webcasts
& Presentations" on the Investors page of www.abitibibowater.com.

    AbitibiBowater produces a wide range of newsprint, commercial printing
papers, market pulp and wood products. It is the eighth largest publicly
traded pulp and paper manufacturer in the world. AbitibiBowater owns or
operates 25 pulp and paper facilities and 30 wood products facilities located
in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and South Korea. Marketing
its products in more than 90 countries, AbitibiBowater is also among the
world's largest recyclers of old newspapers and magazines, 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.