Private company

Resolute Forest Products Inc.

American paper mills company, incorporated in Delaware1

In its 2022 annual report the company says: “We are a global leader in the forest products industry with a diverse range of products, including market pulp, tissue, wood products and paper. We own or operate some 40 facilities, as well as power generation assets in the U.S. and Canada. Our common stock trades under the stock symbol “RFP” on both the New York Stock Exchange (or, the “ NYSE ”) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (or, the “ TSX ”).”88 It is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.1

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

  • IndustryPaper Mills1
  • HeadquartersMontreal, Canada1
  • Incorporated inDE2
  • Business address1010 De La Gauchetiere Street West, Suite 400, Montreal, A8 H3B 2N22
  • Filer categoryAccelerated filer2

Financials

From the company’s reports to the SEC. Every number links to the filing it came from.

Key numbers, fiscal 2021

15.9%Operating margin3
8.4%Net margin3
30.9%Revenue growth, 20213
20.3%Return on equity3
$536.0MFree cash flow3

Where the money goes

Where each dollar of revenue went, fiscal 2021

  • Selling, general and admin4¢$158.0M
  • Other costs81¢$3.0B
  • Interest1¢$21.0M
  • Income tax5¢$195.0M
  • Profit8¢$307.0M

Out of $3.7B in revenue.3

Where each dollar of operating cash went, fiscal 2021

  • Capital spending17¢$112.0M
  • Dividends paid12¢$79.0M
  • Share buybacks7¢$48.0M
  • Kept or used elsewhere63¢$409.0M

Out of $648.0M of cash from operations.3

Financial statements

Revenue45673$3.7B in 2021+1% since 2015
0$1.0B$2.0B$3.0B$4.0B2015: $3.6B$3.6B20152016: $3.5B$3.5B2016−3%2017: $3.5B$3.5B2017−1%2018: $3.8B$3.8B2018+7%2019: $2.9B$2.9B2019−22%2020: $2.8B$2.8B2020−4%2021: $3.7B$3.7B2021+31%
Operating income45673$584.0M in 2021
-$250.0M0$250.0M$500.0M$750.0M2015: -$219.0M-$219.0M20152016: -$18.0M-$18.0M2016−92%2017: $42.0M$42.0M20172018: $379.0M$379.0M2018+802%2019: $17.0M$17.0M2019−96%2020: $99.0M$99.0M2020+482%2021: $584.0M$584.0M2021+490%
Net income45673$307.0M in 2021
-$400.0M-$200.0M0$200.0M$400.0M2015: -$257.0M-$257.0M20152016: -$81.0M-$81.0M2016−68%2017: -$84.0M-$84.0M2017+4%2018: $235.0M$235.0M20182019: -$47.0M-$47.0M20192020: $10.0M$10.0M20202021: $307.0M$307.0M2021+2970%
Fiscal year2015201620172018201920202021
Revenue$3.6B4$3.5B5$3.5B6$3.8B7$2.9B3$2.8B3$3.7B3
Cost of revenue$440.0M5$442.0M5$475.0M5
Selling, general and admin$160.0M4$147.0M5$170.0M6$165.0M7$136.0M3$136.0M3$158.0M3
Operating income-$219.0M4-$18.0M5$42.0M6$379.0M7$17.0M3$99.0M3$584.0M3
Interest$41.0M4$38.0M5$49.0M6$47.0M7$31.0M3$34.0M3$21.0M3
Income before tax$504.0M3
Income tax-$1.0M4$19.0M5$84.0M6$152.0M7$58.0M3$51.0M3$195.0M3
Net income-$257.0M4-$81.0M5-$84.0M6$235.0M7-$47.0M3$10.0M3$307.0M3
Earnings per share-$2.784-$0.905-$0.936$2.577-$0.513$0.123$3.873
Earnings per share (diluted)-$2.784-$0.905-$0.936$2.527-$0.513$0.123$3.833
Shares (weighted, basic)79.5M shares3
Shares (weighted, diluted)80.3M shares3

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Corporate structure

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Major holders of Resolute Forest Products Inc.

  • DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP Filed SC 13G/A on Resolute Forest Products Inc., latest Oct 31, 2024 (3 filings since Feb 8, 2022)
  • ACR Alpine Capital Research, LLC Filed SC 13G/A on Resolute Forest Products Inc., latest Feb 8, 2022
  • Resolute Forest Products Inc. Montreal, Canada

Built from major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Resolute Forest Products Inc. reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, before depreciation$3.0B3 Dec 31, 2021$3.0B3 Dec 31, 2020−0.8%
Accumulated depreciation$1.8B3 Dec 31, 2021$1.6B3 Dec 31, 2020+9.2%
Property and equipment, net$1.3B3 Dec 31, 2021$1.4B3 Dec 31, 2020−11.9%
Operating-lease assets (leased space)$54.0M3 Dec 31, 2021$60.0M3 Dec 31, 2020−10.0%

Real estate and locations

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Countries it operates in603 Dec 31, 2021507 Dec 31, 2020+20.0%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents$112.0M3 Dec 31, 2021$113.0M3 Dec 31, 2020−0.9%
Stakes in other companies (equity method)$22.0M3 Dec 31, 2021$14.0M3 Dec 31, 2020+57.1%

Intangibles and goodwill

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Goodwill$31.0M3 Dec 31, 2021$31.0M3 Dec 31, 20200%
Finite-lived intangibles, gross$94.0M3 Dec 31, 2021$96.0M3 Dec 31, 2020−2.1%
Accumulated amortization$37.0M3 Dec 31, 2021$33.0M3 Dec 31, 2020+12.1%
Finite-lived intangibles, net$57.0M3 Dec 31, 2021$63.0M3 Dec 31, 2020−9.5%

Inventory

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Inventory, total$510.0M3 Dec 31, 2021$462.0M3 Dec 31, 2020+10.4%
Raw materials$159.0M3 Dec 31, 2021$132.0M3 Dec 31, 2020+20.5%
Work in process$57.0M3 Dec 31, 2021$46.0M3 Dec 31, 2020+23.9%
Finished goods$148.0M3 Dec 31, 2021$120.0M3 Dec 31, 2020+23.3%
Supplies$146.0M3 Dec 31, 2021$164.0M3 Dec 31, 2020−11.0%

Leadership

Who has led Resolute Forest Products Inc., and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Board members and other officers (50)

Former names

  • AbitibiBowater Inc.Mar 20, 2007 to May 18, 20122

Timeline

  1. Mar 1, 20238-K Entered a material agreement; Ended a material agreement; Completed an acquisition or sale70
  2. Feb 24, 20238-K Executive or director change; Other events71
  3. Feb 14, 20238-K Regulation FD disclosure72
  4. Dec 28, 20228-K Other events73
  5. Nov 3, 20228-K Results of operations74
  6. Oct 31, 20228-K Shareholder vote; Other events75
  7. Oct 27, 20228-K Other events76
  8. Oct 25, 20228-K Other events77
  9. Aug 4, 20228-K Results of operations78
  10. Jul 7, 20228-K Entered a material agreement79
  11. Jul 6, 20228-K Other events80
  12. May 27, 20228-K Shareholder vote81
  13. Nov 17, 2021New chief executive Remi G. Lalonde becomes CEO13
  14. Mar 1, 2018New chief executive Yves Laflamme becomes CEO14
  15. Jan 11, 2011New chief executive Richard Garneau becomes CEO15
  16. Oct 31, 2007New chief executive David J. Paterson becomes CEO16

Calendar

When it reported results

  1. Nov 3, 2022Reported quarterly or annual results74
  2. Aug 4, 2022Reported quarterly or annual results78
  3. May 5, 2022Reported quarterly or annual results82
  4. Mar 1, 2022Reported quarterly or annual results83
  5. Feb 3, 2022Reported quarterly or annual results84
  6. Nov 4, 2021Reported quarterly or annual results85

Upcoming dates from Nasdaq's calendar; past results from the company's 8-K filings (Item 2.02). The full markets calendar

Filings

175 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 1 annual reports, 4 quarterly reports, 22 major events, 126 insider forms, 4 large holders, 18 other. The latest 20:

  1. Oct 31, 2024SC 13G/A SEC SCHEDULE 13G EDGAR
  2. Mar 13, 202315-12G EDGAR
  3. Mar 3, 20234 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR
  4. Mar 3, 20234 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR
  5. Mar 3, 20234 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR
  6. Mar 3, 20234 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR
  7. Mar 3, 20234 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR
  8. Mar 3, 20234 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR
  9. Mar 3, 20234 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR
  10. Mar 3, 20234 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR
  11. Mar 3, 20234 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR
  12. Mar 3, 20234 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR
  13. Mar 3, 20234 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR
  14. Mar 3, 20234 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR
  15. Mar 3, 20234 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR
  16. Mar 3, 20234 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR
  17. Mar 3, 20234 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR
  18. Mar 3, 20234 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR
  19. Mar 3, 20234 OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT EDGAR
  20. Mar 1, 2023S-8 POS EDGAR

The 175 filings since October 2021 can be filtered by form type and year here when JavaScript is on.

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Insider trades

19 open-market trades by officers, directors and large owners since October 2021: 3 buys and 16 sales. Grants, option exercises and gifts are left out.

DateWhoTradeSharesPriceValueFiling
Dec 15, 2022Minguez PatricePresident, Tissue GroupSale47,594$21.02$1.0MForm 4
Dec 2, 2022TREMBLAY Richard JosephSVP, Pulp and Paper OperationsSale9,054$21.01$190.2KForm 4
Dec 2, 2022TREMBLAY Richard JosephSVP, Pulp and Paper OperationsSale10,930$21.16$231.3KForm 4
Dec 2, 2022LAFAVE JOHNSenior Vice PresidentSale16,340$21.10$344.8KForm 4
Dec 2, 2022Ouellet DanielSVP Human ResourcesSale13,200$21.13$278.9KForm 4
Nov 29, 2022Simon HuguesPresident, Wood productsSale3,000$21.02$63.1KForm 4
Nov 28, 2022Simon HuguesPresident, Wood productsSale4,853$21.17$102.7KForm 4
Aug 10, 2022TREMBLAY Richard JosephSVP, Pulp and Paper OperationsSale7,059$20.58$145.3KForm 4
Mar 16, 2022TREMBLAY Richard JosephSVP, Pulp and Paper OperationsSale7,172$14.03$100.6KForm 4
Mar 16, 2022Ouellet DanielSVP Human ResourcesSale316$13.65$4.3KForm 4
Mar 16, 2022LAFAVE JOHNSenior Vice PresidentSale10,340$14.04$145.2KForm 4
Mar 15, 2022Ouellet DanielSVP Human ResourcesSale600$14.03$8.4KForm 4
Mar 15, 2022LAFAVE JOHNSenior Vice PresidentSale7,600$13.77$104.7KForm 4
Mar 14, 2022Ouellet DanielSVP Human ResourcesSale2,500$14.00$35.0KForm 4
Mar 14, 2022TREMBLAY Richard JosephSVP, Pulp and Paper OperationsSale2,400$14.03$33.7KForm 4
Mar 11, 2022LAFAVE JOHNSenior Vice PresidentSale498$13.95$6.9KForm 4
Feb 16, 2022Blanchet SuzanneDirectorBuy13,300$11.83$157.3KForm 4
Feb 16, 2022Blanchet SuzanneDirectorBuy13,300$15.01$199.6KForm 4
Dec 1, 2021Davies DuncanDirectorBuy3,360$11.64$39.1KForm 4

From Forms 4 filed with the SEC.

Major holders

Investors who own more than 5% of the shares must tell the SEC: a 13D if they may seek to influence the company, a 13G if they hold passively.

SEC filer profile

How Resolute Forest Products Inc. is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARResolute Forest Products Inc.1
  • CIK0001393066
  • Employer ID (EIN)98-05264151
  • Filer statusAccelerated filer1
  • Incorporated inDelaware1
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 311
  • Industry code (SIC)2621 Paper Mills1
  • SEC reviewing officeOffice of Manufacturing, Division of Corporation Finance1
  • Business address1010 De La Gauchetiere Street West, Suite 400, Montreal, A8 H3B 2N21
  • Phone514-875-25151
  • Shares outstanding76,811,811 as of Oct 31, 202210
  • Public float$588.0M as of Jun 30, 20213
  • On EDGAR sinceMar 20, 20071
  • Filings1,523 in all: 4 (774), 8-K (272), 425 (77), 3 (70), SC 13G/A (54), 10-Q (46), SC 13G (31), 4/A (25)1
    All 43 form types

    SC 13D/A (17), UPLOAD (16), 10-K (15), CORRESP (13), DEF 14A (13), S-8 POS (10), DEFA14A (9), S-8 (8), 3/A (7), 5 (6), 8-K/A (6), S-4/A (6), NT 10-Q (5), SC 13D (5), EFFECT (4), 10-K/A (3), 424B3 (3), NT 10-K (3), S-3ASR (3), S-4 (3), 11-K (2), 25-NSE (2), ARS (2), PRE 14A (2), 15-12B (1), 15-12G (1), 5/A (1), 8-A12B (1), 8-K12B (1), 8-K12B/A (1), CERTNYS (1), CT ORDER (1), DEFM14A (1), POS AM (1), PREM14A (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (10-K) Mar 1, 2022
    Quarterly report (10-Q) Nov 3, 2022
    Proxy statement (DEF 14A) Apr 14, 2022
    Latest 8-K (8-K) Mar 1, 2023

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