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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 7, 2021

 

 

RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-33776   98-0526415
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

Resolute Forest Products Inc.

111 Robert-Bourassa Blvd., Suite 5000

Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 2M1

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (514) 875-2160

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

(Title of class)

 

(Trading
Symbol)

 

(Name of exchange
on which registered)

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share   RFP   New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 


ITEM 8.01

OTHER ITEMS

The employment agreement and the change in control agreement (the “agreements”) between Resolute Forest Products Inc. (the “company”) and Remi G. Lalonde, president and chief executive officer of the company, have been entered into on April 7, 2021. The agreements reflect, in all material aspects, the terms outlined in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 10, 2020, announcing the appointment of Remi G. Lalonde as president and chief executive officer of the company under Item 5.02.

A copy of the agreements is filed as exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 9.01

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

99.1    Executive Employment agreement between Remi G. Lalonde and Resolute Forest Products Inc., dated April 7, 2021.
99.2    Change in Control Agreement between Remi G. Lalonde and Resolute Forest Products Inc., dated April 7, 2021.
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS INC.  
Date: April 9, 2021     By:  

    /s/ Jacques P. Vachon

 
          Name:   Jacques P. Vachon  
          Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer