MONTREAL , QC, and GREENVILLE, SC, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and Bowater Incorporated will release third quarter 2007 results before the stock markets open on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 .

Management will host a conference call and question-and-answer session to discuss earnings that day at 10:00 a.m. Eastern. Participants will include John W. Weaver, President and Chief Executive Officer of Abitibi-Consolidated as well as David Paterson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bowater.

    Who:               Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and Bowater Incorporated

    What:              Third Quarter 2007 Results

    When:              Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern

    Conference Call:   Dial 1-866-898-9626 or 514-868-1042 fifteen minutes
                       before the beginning of the call

    Webcast:           A live webcast of the quarterly results conference
                       call may be accessed through the Company's website at
                       www.abitibibowater.com under 'Webcasts &                       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.

    About AbitibiBowater

AbitibiBowater produces a wide range of newsprint and commercial printing papers, market pulp and wood products. Following the required divestiture agreed to with the U.S. Department of Justice, AbitibiBowater will own or operate 31 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 80 countries, the Company is 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.

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