Resolute Forest Products Shareholders Approve Company Name Change
AbitibiBowater Inc., Montreal, Que., Canada, doing business as Resolute Forest Products, this past week held its annual general meeting of stockholders in Charlotte, N.C., USA. At the meeting, shareholders approved a resolution to amend the company's certificate of incorporation to immediately change its legal corporate name to Resolute Forest Products Inc.
As part of the change, stockholders also agreed to change the company's common stock ticker symbol from ABH to RFP on both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). Any impact this legal entity name transition may have for Resolute's customers and business partners will be communicated directly to these parties over the coming days.
Other resolutions approved at the annual stockholder meeting, include:
- Election of eight directors for 2012: Richard B. Evans, Richard D. Falconer, Richard Garneau, Jeffrey A. Hearn, Bradley P. Martin, Alain Rhéaume, Michael S. Rousseau, and David H. Wilkins
- Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2012 fiscal year.
Resolute Forest Products produces newsprint, commercial printing papers, market pulp, and wood products. The company owns or operates 21 pulp and paper mills and 23 wood products facilities in the U.S., Canada, and South Korea.
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