AbitibiBowater Inc.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 05 February 2008 -- (Canada NewsWire) -- AbitibiBowater Inc. will release fourth quarter and 2007 results before the stock markets open (approximately 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time) on 20 February 2008.

Management will host a conference call and question-and-answer session to discuss earnings that day at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Participants will include John W. Weaver, executive chairman; David J. Paterson, president and chief executive officer; and William G. Harvey, senior vice president and chief financial officer.

To access the conference call, dial 1-866-898-9626 or 514-868-1042 at least 15 minutes before the beginning of the call.

A live webcast of the quarterly results conference call may be accessed through the company's website at www.abitibibowater.com under "Webcasts and Presentations" in the "Investors" section. Listeners should allow ample time to access the webcast. A replay of the webcast will be archived on the company's website.

AbitibiBowater produces a wide range of newsprint and commercial printing papers, market pulp, and wood products. It is the eighth largest publicly traded pulp and paper manufacturer in the world. Following the required divestiture agreed to with the U.S. Department of Justice, AbitibiBowater will own or operate 28 pulp and paper facilities and 35 wood products facilities located in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and South Korea. Marketing its products in more than 90 countries, the company is also among the world's largest recyclers of newspapers and magazines, and has more third-party certified sustainable forest land than any other company in the world. The company's shares trade under the stock symbol ABH on the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange.