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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Delaware
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98-0526415
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. employer identification number)
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111 Robert-Bourassa Boulevard, Suite 5000; Montreal, Quebec; Canada H3C 2M1
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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(514) 875-2160
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(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
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RFP
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New York Stock Exchange
Toronto Stock Exchange
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(Title of class)
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(Trading Symbol)
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(Name of exchange on which registered)
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item 1. Financial Statements:
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
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PART I.
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FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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ITEM 1.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Three Months Ended
March 31, |
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2019
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2018
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Sales
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$
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795
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$
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874
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Costs and expenses:
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Cost of sales, excluding depreciation, amortization and distribution costs
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554
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614
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Depreciation and amortization
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40
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53
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Distribution costs
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100
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116
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Selling, general and administrative expenses
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37
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43
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Operating income
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64
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48
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Interest expense
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(9
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)
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(13
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)
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Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit credits
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12
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13
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Other expense, net
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(4
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(7
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Income before income taxes
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63
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41
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Income tax provision
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(21
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)
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(31
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Net income including noncontrolling interests
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42
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10
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Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
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—
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—
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Net income attributable to Resolute Forest Products Inc.
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$
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42
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$
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10
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Net income per share attributable to Resolute Forest Products Inc. common shareholders:
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Basic
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$
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0.45
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$
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0.11
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Diluted
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0.45
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0.11
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Weighted-average number of Resolute Forest Products Inc. common shares outstanding:
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Basic
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92.4
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91.2
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Diluted
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93.9
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93.0
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Three Months Ended
March 31, |
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2019
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2018
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Net income including noncontrolling interests
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$
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42
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$
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10
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Other comprehensive income:
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Unamortized prior service credits
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Change in unamortized prior service credits
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(3
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)
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(4
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)
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Income tax provision
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—
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—
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Change in unamortized prior service credits, net of tax
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(3
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(4
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Unamortized actuarial losses
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Change in unamortized actuarial losses
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8
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9
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Income tax provision
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(2
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)
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(2
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)
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Change in unamortized actuarial losses, net of tax
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6
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7
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Other comprehensive income, net of tax
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3
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3
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Comprehensive income including noncontrolling interests
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45
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13
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Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests
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—
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—
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Comprehensive income attributable to Resolute Forest Products Inc.
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$
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45
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$
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13
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March 31,
2019 |
December 31,
2018 |
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Assets
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Current assets:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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69
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$
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304
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Accounts receivable, net:
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Trade
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353
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347
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Other
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82
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102
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Inventories, net
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556
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508
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Other current assets
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58
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43
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Total current assets
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1,118
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1,304
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Fixed assets, less accumulated depreciation of $1,538 and $1,498 as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively
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1,492
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1,515
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Amortizable intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of $24 as of both March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
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51
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50
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Deferred income tax assets
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872
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876
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Operating lease right-of-use assets
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63
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—
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Other assets
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206
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190
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Total assets
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$
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3,802
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$
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3,935
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Liabilities and equity
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Current liabilities:
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
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$
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433
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$
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427
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Current portion of long-term debt
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1
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223
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Current portion of operating lease liabilities
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7
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—
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Total current liabilities
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441
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650
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Long-term debt, net of current portion
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422
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422
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Pension and other postretirement benefit obligations
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1,247
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1,257
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Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion
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59
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—
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Other liabilities
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53
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71
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Total liabilities
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2,222
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2,400
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Commitments and contingencies
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Equity:
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Resolute Forest Products Inc. shareholders’ equity:
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Common stock, $0.001 par value. 119.1 shares issued and 91.1 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2019; 118.8 shares issued and 90.8 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2018
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—
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—
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Additional paid-in capital
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3,802
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3,802
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Deficit
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(1,156
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)
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(1,198
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)
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss
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(947
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(950
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)
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Treasury stock at cost, 28.0 shares as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018
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(120
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(120
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Total Resolute Forest Products Inc. shareholders’ equity
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1,579
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1,534
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Noncontrolling interests
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1
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1
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Total equity
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1,580
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1,535
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Total liabilities and equity
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$
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3,802
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$
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3,935
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
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Resolute Forest Products Inc. Shareholders’ Equity
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Common
Stock
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Additional
Paid-In
Capital
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Deficit
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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
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Treasury
Stock
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Non-controlling
Interests
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Total Equity
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Balance as of December 31, 2018
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$
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—
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$
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3,802
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$
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(1,198
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)
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$
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(950
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)
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$
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(120
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$
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1
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$
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1,535
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Net income
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—
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—
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42
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—
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—
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—
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42
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Stock unit awards vested (0.3 shares), net of shares forfeited for employee withholding taxes
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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Other comprehensive income, net of tax
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—
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—
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—
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3
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—
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—
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3
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Balance as of March 31, 2019
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$
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—
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$
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3,802
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$
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(1,156
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)
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$
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(947
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)
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$
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(120
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)
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$
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1
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$
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1,580
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
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Resolute Forest Products Inc. Shareholders’ Equity
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Common
Stock
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Additional
Paid-In
Capital
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Deficit
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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
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Treasury
Stock
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Non-
controlling
Interests
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Total Equity
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Balance as of December 31, 2017
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$
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—
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$
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3,793
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$
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(1,294
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)
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$
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(780
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)
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$
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(120
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)
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$
|
1
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$
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1,600
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Share-based compensation, net of withholding taxes
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—
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3
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—
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—
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—
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—
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3
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Net income
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—
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—
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10
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—
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—
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—
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10
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Stock unit awards vested (0.1 shares), net of shares forfeited for employee withholding taxes
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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Other comprehensive income, net of tax
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—
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—
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—
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3
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|
|
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—
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—
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3
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Balance as of March 31, 2018
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$
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—
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|
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$
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3,796
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$
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(1,284
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)
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$
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(777
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)
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$
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(120
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)
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$
|
1
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$
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1,616
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Three Months Ended
March 31, |
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2019
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2018
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Cash flows from operating activities:
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Net income including noncontrolling interests
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$
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42
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$
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10
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Adjustments to reconcile net income including noncontrolling interests to net cash provided by operating activities:
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Share-based compensation
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2
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3
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Depreciation and amortization
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40
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53
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Reversal of inventory write-downs related to closures
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—
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(1
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)
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Deferred income taxes
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21
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30
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Net pension contributions and other postretirement benefit payments
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(26
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)
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(35
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)
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(Gain) loss on translation of foreign currency denominated deferred income taxes
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(19
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)
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27
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Loss (gain) on translation of foreign currency denominated pension and other postretirement benefit obligations
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20
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(22
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)
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Net planned major maintenance (payments) amortization
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(2
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)
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6
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Changes in working capital:
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Accounts receivable
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6
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19
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Inventories
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(47
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)
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(50
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)
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Other current assets
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(7
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)
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(5
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)
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
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(6
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)
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28
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Other, net
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(1
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)
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(1
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)
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Net cash provided by operating activities
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23
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62
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Cash flows from investing activities:
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Cash invested in fixed assets
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(26
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)
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(25
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)
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Decrease (increase) in countervailing duty cash deposits on supercalendered paper
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1
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(5
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)
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Increase in countervailing and anti-dumping duty cash deposits on softwood lumber
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(14
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)
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(14
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)
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Decrease (increase) in countervailing duty cash deposits on uncoated groundwood paper
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6
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(2
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)
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Net cash used in investing activities
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(33
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)
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(46
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)
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Cash flows from financing activities:
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Net repayments under revolving credit facilities
|
|
—
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(9
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)
|
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Payments of debt
|
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(225
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)
|
|
|
—
|
|
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Payments of financing and credit facility fees
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1
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)
|
|
Cash used in financing activities
|
|
(225
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)
|
|
|
(10
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)
|
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
(1
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)
|
|
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash
|
|
(234
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)
|
|
|
5
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|
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Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash:
|
|
|
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|
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Beginning of period
|
|
345
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|
|
|
49
|
|
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End of period
|
$
|
111
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|
|
$
|
54
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|
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Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash at period end:
|
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|
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|
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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69
|
|
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$
|
13
|
|
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Restricted cash (included in “Other current assets” and “Other assets”)
|
|
42
|
|
|
|
41
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(Unaudited, in millions
)
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Before ASU
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Effect of Change
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As Adjusted
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Amortizable intangible assets, net
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$
|
50
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|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
51
|
|
|
Operating lease right-of-use assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
65
|
|
|
|
65
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|
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Current portion of operating lease liabilities
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
60
|
|
|
|
60
|
|
|
Other liabilities
|
|
71
|
|
|
|
(1
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)
|
|
|
70
|
|
|
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
Unamortized Prior Service Credits
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Unamortized Actuarial Losses
|
Foreign
Currency
Translation
|
Total
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||||||||||||
Balance as of December 31, 2018
|
$
|
28
|
|
|
$
|
(971
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)
|
|
$
|
(7
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)
|
|
$
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(950
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)
|
|
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss
(1)
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|
(3
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)
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
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—
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
Balance as of March 31, 2019
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$
|
25
|
|
|
$
|
(965
|
)
|
|
$
|
(7
|
)
|
|
$
|
(947
|
)
|
|
(1)
|
See the table below for details about these reclassifications.
|
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
Amounts Reclassified From Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
|
Affected Line in the Consolidated Statements of Operations
|
|||
Unamortized Prior Service Credits
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of prior service credits
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
|
Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit credits
(1)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Income tax provision
|
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
|
Net of tax
|
Unamortized Actuarial Losses
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of actuarial losses
|
$
|
8
|
|
|
Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit credits
(1)
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
Income tax provision
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
|
Net of tax
|
Total Reclassifications
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
Net of tax
|
(1)
|
These items are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost related to our pension and other postretirement benefit (or “
OPEB
”) plans summarized in
Note 8, “Employee Benefit Plans
.”
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions, except per share amounts)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Numerator:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Net income attributable to Resolute Forest Products Inc.
|
$
|
42
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
Denominator:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Basic weighted-average number of Resolute Forest Products Inc. common shares outstanding
|
|
92.4
|
|
|
|
91.2
|
|
|
Dilutive impact of nonvested stock unit awards
(1)
|
|
1.5
|
|
|
|
1.8
|
|
|
Diluted weighted-average number of Resolute Forest Products Inc. common shares outstanding
|
|
93.9
|
|
|
|
93.0
|
|
|
Net income per share attributable to Resolute Forest Products Inc. common shareholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Basic
|
$
|
0.45
|
|
|
$
|
0.11
|
|
|
Diluted
|
|
0.45
|
|
|
|
0.11
|
|
|
(1)
|
When we refer to stock unit awards we mean equity-classified restricted stock units, deferred stock units and performance stock units.
|
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
March 31,
2019 |
December 31,
2018 |
||||||
Raw materials
|
$
|
124
|
|
|
$
|
106
|
|
|
Work in process
|
|
41
|
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
Finished goods
|
|
201
|
|
|
|
180
|
|
|
Mill stores and other supplies
|
|
190
|
|
|
|
183
|
|
|
|
$
|
556
|
|
|
$
|
508
|
|
|
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2019 |
|||
Operating lease cost
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
Variable lease cost
(1)
|
|
6
|
|
|
(1)
|
Variable lease cost is determined by the consumption of the underlying asset.
|
(Unaudited)
|
March 31,
2019 |
|||
Weighted-average remaining operating lease term (in years)
|
|
11.7
|
|
|
Weighted-average operating lease discount rate
|
|
4.7
|
%
|
|
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, 2019 |
|||
Operating cash flow payments for operating lease liabilities
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
Operating Leases
|
|||
Years ending December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
2019
|
$
|
8
|
|
|
2020
|
|
10
|
|
|
2021
|
|
8
|
|
|
2022
|
|
8
|
|
|
2023
|
|
7
|
|
|
2024 and thereafter
|
|
45
|
|
|
Total lease payments
|
|
86
|
|
|
Less: imputed interest
|
|
(20
|
)
|
|
Total operating lease liabilities
|
$
|
66
|
|
|
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
March 31,
2019 |
December 31,
2018 |
||||||
Trade accounts payable
|
$
|
303
|
|
|
$
|
299
|
|
|
Accrued compensation
|
|
48
|
|
|
|
66
|
|
|
Accrued interest
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
Pension and other postretirement benefit obligations
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
Accrued provision for former Fibrek Inc. dissenting shareholders
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Income and other taxes payable
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
Deposits
|
|
22
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
Other
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
$
|
433
|
|
|
$
|
427
|
|
|
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
March 31,
2019 |
December 31,
2018 |
||||||
5.875% senior unsecured notes due 2023:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Principal amount
|
$
|
375
|
|
|
$
|
600
|
|
|
Deferred financing costs
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
Unamortized discount
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
Total 5.875% senior unsecured notes due 2023
|
|
370
|
|
|
|
592
|
|
|
Term loan due 2025
|
|
46
|
|
|
|
46
|
|
|
Finance lease obligation
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
Total debt
|
|
423
|
|
|
|
645
|
|
|
Less: Current portion of 5.875% senior unsecured notes due 2023
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(222
|
)
|
|
Less: Current portion of finance lease obligation
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
Long-term debt, net of current portion
|
$
|
422
|
|
|
$
|
422
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Interest cost
|
$
|
45
|
|
|
$
|
48
|
|
|
Expected return on plan assets
|
|
(63
|
)
|
|
|
(67
|
)
|
|
Amortization of actuarial losses
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
Amortization of prior service credits
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
Non-operating pension credits
|
|
(9
|
)
|
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
Service cost
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Interest cost
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
$
|
1
|
|
|
Amortization of actuarial gains
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
Amortization of prior service credits
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
Non-operating other postretirement benefit credits
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
Service cost
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Income before income taxes
|
$
|
63
|
|
|
$
|
41
|
|
|
Income tax provision:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Expected income tax provision
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
|
(9
|
)
|
|
Changes resulting from:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Valuation allowance
(1)
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
Foreign exchange
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
U.S. tax on non-U.S. earnings
(2)
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
Foreign tax rate differences
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
(21
|
)
|
|
$
|
(31
|
)
|
|
(1)
|
Relates to our U.S. operations.
|
(2)
|
Reduced income tax benefits on U.S. losses for the three months ended March 31, 2018.
|
(1)
|
Inter-segment sales of $11 million and $10 million, which are transacted at cost, were excluded from market pulp sales for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
|
(2)
|
The operating results of our Calhoun (Tennessee) tissue operations, previously recorded under “corporate and other,” have been recorded in our tissue segment since April 1, 2018.
|
(3)
|
Wood products sales to our joint ventures, which are transacted at arm’s length negotiated prices, were $5 million and $8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
|
|
|
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
|
||||||||||||||||||||
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
|
||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
Parent
|
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
Non-guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
Consolidating
Adjustments
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||||
Sales
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
672
|
|
|
$
|
597
|
|
|
$
|
(474
|
)
|
|
$
|
795
|
|
|
Costs and expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Cost of sales, excluding depreciation, amortization and distribution costs
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
648
|
|
|
|
371
|
|
|
|
(465
|
)
|
|
|
554
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
40
|
|
|
Distribution costs
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
26
|
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
37
|
|
|
Operating (loss) income
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
|
(21
|
)
|
|
|
95
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
|
64
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
(17
|
)
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
(9
|
)
|
|
Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit credits
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
Other (expense) income, net
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
|
(14
|
)
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
Equity in income of subsidiaries
|
|
68
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(79
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
42
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
96
|
|
|
|
(83
|
)
|
|
|
63
|
|
|
Income tax provision
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(22
|
)
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
(21
|
)
|
|
Net income including noncontrolling interests
|
|
42
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
74
|
|
|
|
(82
|
)
|
|
|
42
|
|
|
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Net income attributable to Resolute Forest Products Inc.
|
$
|
42
|
|
|
$
|
8
|
|
|
$
|
74
|
|
|
$
|
(82
|
)
|
|
$
|
42
|
|
|
Comprehensive income attributable to Resolute Forest Products Inc.
|
$
|
45
|
|
|
$
|
6
|
|
|
$
|
79
|
|
|
$
|
(85
|
)
|
|
$
|
45
|
|
|
|
|
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
|
||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
Parent
|
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
Non-guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
Consolidating
Adjustments
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||||
Sales
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
809
|
|
|
$
|
592
|
|
|
$
|
(527
|
)
|
|
$
|
874
|
|
|
Costs and expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Cost of sales, excluding depreciation, amortization and distribution costs
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
771
|
|
|
|
366
|
|
|
|
(523
|
)
|
|
|
614
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
33
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
53
|
|
|
Distribution costs
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
116
|
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
43
|
|
|
Operating (loss) income
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
|
(38
|
)
|
|
|
93
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
48
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
(23
|
)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit credits
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
|
(16
|
)
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
Equity in income of subsidiaries
|
|
38
|
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(59
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Income (loss) before income taxes
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
94
|
|
|
|
(61
|
)
|
|
|
41
|
|
|
Income tax provision
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(32
|
)
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
(31
|
)
|
|
Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
62
|
|
|
|
(60
|
)
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Net income (loss) attributable to Resolute Forest Products Inc.
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
$
|
(2
|
)
|
|
$
|
62
|
|
|
$
|
(60
|
)
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Resolute Forest Products Inc.
|
$
|
13
|
|
|
$
|
(5
|
)
|
|
$
|
68
|
|
|
$
|
(63
|
)
|
|
$
|
13
|
|
|
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
|
||||||||||||||||||||
As of March 31, 2019
|
||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
Parent
|
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
Non-guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
Consolidating
Adjustments
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||||
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Current assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
62
|
|
|
$
|
7
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
69
|
|
|
Accounts receivable, net
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
298
|
|
|
|
136
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
435
|
|
|
Accounts receivable from affiliates
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
594
|
|
|
|
1,136
|
|
|
|
(1,730
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Inventories, net
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
212
|
|
|
|
361
|
|
|
|
(17
|
)
|
|
|
556
|
|
|
Note, advance and interest receivable from parent
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
433
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(433
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Interest receivable from affiliate
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
35
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
58
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
1,623
|
|
|
|
1,675
|
|
|
|
(2,181
|
)
|
|
|
1,118
|
|
|
Fixed assets, net
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
525
|
|
|
|
967
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1,492
|
|
|
Amortizable intangible assets, net
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
48
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
51
|
|
|
Deferred income tax assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
867
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
872
|
|
|
Operating lease right-of-use assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
|
33
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
63
|
|
|
Notes receivable from parent
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
883
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(883
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Note receivable from affiliate
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
109
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(109
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates
|
|
4,190
|
|
|
|
2,216
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(6,406
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Other assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
139
|
|
|
|
67
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
206
|
|
|
Total assets
|
$
|
4,191
|
|
|
$
|
5,529
|
|
|
$
|
3,657
|
|
|
$
|
(9,575
|
)
|
|
$
|
3,802
|
|
|
Liabilities and equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Current liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
$
|
14
|
|
|
$
|
161
|
|
|
$
|
258
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
433
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
Current portion of operating lease liabilities
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
Accounts payable to affiliates
|
|
603
|
|
|
|
1,172
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1,775
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Note, advance and interest payable to subsidiaries
|
|
433
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(433
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Interest payable to affiliate
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
1,050
|
|
|
|
1,338
|
|
|
|
262
|
|
|
|
(2,209
|
)
|
|
|
441
|
|
|
Long-term debt, net of current portion
|
|
370
|
|
|
|
52
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
422
|
|
|
Notes payable to subsidiaries
|
|
883
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(883
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Note payable to affiliate
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
109
|
|
|
|
(109
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Pension and other postretirement benefit obligations
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
338
|
|
|
|
909
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1,247
|
|
|
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
59
|
|
|
Other liabilities
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
33
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
53
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
2,303
|
|
|
|
1,775
|
|
|
|
1,345
|
|
|
|
(3,201
|
)
|
|
|
2,222
|
|
|
Total equity
|
|
1,888
|
|
|
|
3,754
|
|
|
|
2,312
|
|
|
|
(6,374
|
)
|
|
|
1,580
|
|
|
Total liabilities and equity
|
$
|
4,191
|
|
|
$
|
5,529
|
|
|
$
|
3,657
|
|
|
$
|
(9,575
|
)
|
|
$
|
3,802
|
|
|
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
|
||||||||||||||||||||
As of December 31, 2018
|
||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
Parent
|
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
Non-guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
Consolidating
Adjustments
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||||
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Current assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
301
|
|
|
$
|
3
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
304
|
|
|
Accounts receivable, net
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
301
|
|
|
|
148
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
449
|
|
|
Accounts receivable from affiliates
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
588
|
|
|
|
1,071
|
|
|
|
(1,659
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Inventories, net
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
194
|
|
|
|
327
|
|
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
|
508
|
|
|
Note, advance and interest receivable from parent
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
422
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(422
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Interest receivable from affiliate
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
28
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
43
|
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1,825
|
|
|
|
1,577
|
|
|
|
(2,098
|
)
|
|
|
1,304
|
|
|
Fixed assets, net
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
523
|
|
|
|
992
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1,515
|
|
|
Amortizable intangible assets, net
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
48
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
Deferred income tax assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
872
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
876
|
|
|
Notes receivable from parent
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
657
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(657
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Note receivable from affiliate
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
107
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(107
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates
|
|
4,119
|
|
|
|
2,205
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(6,324
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Other assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
126
|
|
|
|
64
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
190
|
|
|
Total assets
|
$
|
4,119
|
|
|
$
|
5,446
|
|
|
$
|
3,553
|
|
|
$
|
(9,183
|
)
|
|
$
|
3,935
|
|
|
Liabilities and equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Current liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
$
|
7
|
|
|
$
|
170
|
|
|
$
|
250
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
427
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt
|
|
222
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
223
|
|
|
Accounts payable to affiliates
|
|
592
|
|
|
|
1,112
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1,704
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Note, advance and interest payable to subsidiaries
|
|
422
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(422
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Interest payable to affiliate
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
1,243
|
|
|
|
1,283
|
|
|
|
254
|
|
|
|
(2,130
|
)
|
|
|
650
|
|
|
Long-term debt, net of current portion
|
|
370
|
|
|
|
52
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
422
|
|
|
Notes payable to subsidiaries
|
|
657
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(657
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Note payable to affiliate
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
107
|
|
|
|
(107
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Pension and other postretirement benefit obligations
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
342
|
|
|
|
915
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1,257
|
|
|
Other liabilities
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
44
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
71
|
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
2,276
|
|
|
|
1,698
|
|
|
|
1,320
|
|
|
|
(2,894
|
)
|
|
|
2,400
|
|
|
Total equity
|
|
1,843
|
|
|
|
3,748
|
|
|
|
2,233
|
|
|
|
(6,289
|
)
|
|
|
1,535
|
|
|
Total liabilities and equity
|
$
|
4,119
|
|
|
$
|
5,446
|
|
|
$
|
3,553
|
|
|
$
|
(9,183
|
)
|
|
$
|
3,935
|
|
|
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
|
||||||||||||||||||||
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
|
||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
Parent
|
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
Non-guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
Consolidating
Adjustments
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
7
|
|
|
$
|
16
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
23
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Cash invested in fixed assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(14
|
)
|
|
|
(12
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(26
|
)
|
|
Decrease in countervailing duty cash deposits on supercalendered paper
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
Increase in countervailing and anti-dumping duty cash deposits on softwood lumber
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(14
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(14
|
)
|
|
Decrease in countervailing duty cash deposits on uncoated groundwood paper
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
Increase in notes receivable from parent
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(225
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
225
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(246
|
)
|
|
|
(12
|
)
|
|
|
225
|
|
|
|
(33
|
)
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Payments of debt
|
|
(225
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(225
|
)
|
|
Increase in notes payable to subsidiaries
|
|
225
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(225
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Net cash used in financing activities
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(225
|
)
|
|
|
(225
|
)
|
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(239
|
)
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(234
|
)
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Beginning of period
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
306
|
|
|
|
39
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
345
|
|
|
End of period
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
67
|
|
|
$
|
44
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
111
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash at period end:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
62
|
|
|
$
|
7
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
69
|
|
|
Restricted cash
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
37
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
42
|
|
|
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
|
||||||||||||||||||||
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
|
||||||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
Parent
|
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
Non-guarantor
Subsidiaries
|
Consolidating
Adjustments
|
Consolidated
|
|||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
44
|
|
|
$
|
18
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
62
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Cash invested in fixed assets
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(8
|
)
|
|
|
(17
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(25
|
)
|
|
Increase in countervailing duty cash deposits on supercalendered paper
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
Increase in countervailing and anti-dumping duty cash deposits on softwood lumber
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(14
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(14
|
)
|
|
Increase in countervailing duty cash deposits on uncoated groundwood paper
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
Advance to parent
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Cash used in investing activities
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(30
|
)
|
|
|
(17
|
)
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
(46
|
)
|
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net repayments under revolving credit facilities
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(9
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(9
|
)
|
|
Payments of financing and credit facility fees
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
Advance from subsidiary
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Net cash used in financing activities
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(9
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Beginning of period
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
46
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
49
|
|
|
End of period
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
8
|
|
|
$
|
46
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
54
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash at period end:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
8
|
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
13
|
|
|
Restricted cash
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
41
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
41
|
|
|
ITEM 2.
|
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
|
•
|
Competitive cost structure combined with diversified and integrated asset base
|
–
|
large-scale, efficient and cost-effective operations;
|
–
|
access to renewable virgin fiber;
|
–
|
significant internal energy production from cogeneration and hydroelectric facilities;
|
–
|
raw materials for our paper, pulp and cogeneration facilities in Canada, our pellet plant at Thunder Bay (Ontario), as well as our value-added and engineered wood facilities in Quebec provided primarily by our sawmills;
|
–
|
strategically located mills, including economical access to international markets;
|
–
|
competitive selling, general and administrative expenses (or “
SG&A
”) to sales ratio;
|
–
|
ability to optimize staffing across our various operations; and
|
–
|
significant tax assets that help defer cash taxes and provide synergies in the execution of our growth and diversification strategy.
|
•
|
Strong balance sheet
– our low debt, which has favorable pricing and flexibility, combined with strong liquidity levels, provide us with the ability to execute our strategy, particularly the continued transformation to a more profitable and sustainable company for the long term.
|
•
|
Seasoned management team
– our senior management team has many years of experience in the pulp, tissue, wood products, and paper industries. In addition, we have an integrated leadership system focused on increasing our organizational capability by optimizing organizational structure, clarifying each employee’s role and accountabilities, improving the link between compensation and individual performance, and improving our succession planning process.
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2019
|
Operating
Income
(Loss)
|
Net
Income
(Loss)
|
EPS
|
|
|
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions, except per share amounts)
|
||||||||||||
GAAP, as reported
|
$
|
64
|
|
|
$
|
42
|
|
|
$
|
0.45
|
|
|
Adjustments for special items:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Foreign exchange loss
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
0.04
|
|
|
Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit credits
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(12
|
)
|
|
|
(0.13
|
)
|
|
Income tax effect of special items
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
|
(0.04
|
)
|
|
Adjusted for special items
(1)
|
$
|
64
|
|
|
$
|
30
|
|
|
$
|
0.32
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, 2018
|
Operating
Income
(Loss)
|
Net
Income
(Loss)
|
EPS
|
|
|
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions, except per share amounts)
|
||||||||||||
GAAP, as reported
|
$
|
48
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
$
|
0.11
|
|
|
Adjustments for special items:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Foreign exchange loss
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
Reversal of inventory write-downs related to closures
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(0.01
|
)
|
|
Start-up costs
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
0.09
|
|
|
Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit credits
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
|
(0.14
|
)
|
|
Other expense, net
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
0.06
|
|
|
Income tax effect of special items
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
0.06
|
|
|
Adjusted for special items
(1)
|
$
|
55
|
|
|
$
|
17
|
|
|
$
|
0.18
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions, except per share amounts)
|
2019
|
2018
|
||||||
Sales
|
$
|
795
|
|
|
$
|
874
|
|
|
Operating income (loss) per segment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Market pulp
|
|
42
|
|
|
|
33
|
|
|
Tissue
|
|
(8
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
Wood products
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
53
|
|
|
Newsprint
|
|
28
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
Specialty papers
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
Segment total
|
|
83
|
|
|
|
74
|
|
|
Corporate and other
|
|
(19
|
)
|
|
|
(26
|
)
|
|
Operating income
|
|
64
|
|
|
|
48
|
|
|
Net income attributable to Resolute Forest Products Inc.
|
|
42
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
Net income per common share attributable to Resolute Forest Products Inc. common shareholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Basic
|
$
|
0.45
|
|
|
$
|
0.11
|
|
|
Diluted
|
|
0.45
|
|
|
|
0.11
|
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA
(1)
|
$
|
104
|
|
|
$
|
108
|
|
|
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
March 31,
2019 |
December 31,
2018 |
||||||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
$
|
69
|
|
|
$
|
304
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
3,802
|
|
|
|
3,935
|
|
|
(1)
|
Earnings before interest expense, income taxes, and depreciation and amortization (or “
EBITDA
”) and adjusted EBITDA are not financial measures recognized under GAAP. EBITDA is calculated as net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests from the Consolidated Statements of Operations, adjusted for interest expense, income taxes, and depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA means EBITDA, excluding special items, such as foreign exchange gains and losses, inventory write-downs related to closures, start-up costs, non-operating pension and OPEB costs and credits, and other charges or credits. We believe that using non-GAAP measures such as EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA is useful because they are consistent with the indicators management uses internally to measure the Company’s performance and it allows the reader to more easily compare our operations and financial performance from period to period. EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA are internal measures, and therefore may not be comparable to those of other companies. These non-GAAP measures should not be viewed as substitutes to financial measures determined under GAAP.
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Net income including noncontrolling interests
|
$
|
42
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
Income tax provision
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
31
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
40
|
|
|
|
53
|
|
|
EBITDA
|
$
|
112
|
|
|
$
|
107
|
|
|
Foreign exchange loss
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
Reversal of inventory write-downs related to closures
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
Start-up costs
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit credits
|
|
(12
|
)
|
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
Other expense, net
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
104
|
|
|
$
|
108
|
|
|
•
|
higher wood fiber costs ($20 million), mostly due to wood shortages;
|
•
|
an increase in maintenance costs ($12 million), largely scheduled repairs;
|
•
|
higher labor expense ($9 million); and
|
•
|
a rise in recycled fiber prices ($8 million).
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions, except where otherwise stated)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Sales
|
$
|
231
|
|
|
$
|
257
|
|
|
Operating income
(1)
|
|
42
|
|
|
|
33
|
|
|
EBITDA
(2)
|
|
47
|
|
|
|
40
|
|
|
(In thousands of metric tons)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Shipments
|
|
286
|
|
|
|
362
|
|
|
Downtime
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|||||||
(Unaudited, in thousands of metric tons)
|
2019
|
2018
|
||||||
Finished goods inventory
|
|
78
|
|
|
|
91
|
|
|
(1)
|
Net income including noncontrolling interests
is equal to
operating income
in this segment.
|
(2)
|
EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, is reconciled below. For more information on the calculation and reasons we include this measure, see note 1 under “
Results of Operations – Consolidated Results – Selected Financial Information
” above.
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Net income including noncontrolling interests
|
$
|
42
|
|
|
$
|
33
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
EBITDA
|
|
47
|
|
|
|
40
|
|
|
•
|
higher wood fiber costs ($9 million), due to wood shortages;
|
•
|
a rise in recycled fiber prices ($8 million); and
|
•
|
higher maintenance costs ($4 million), mostly planned.
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions, except where otherwise stated)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Sales
|
$
|
39
|
|
|
$
|
22
|
|
|
Operating loss
(1)
|
|
(8
|
)
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
EBITDA
(2)
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(In thousands of short tons)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Shipments
(3)
|
|
24
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
Downtime
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|||||||
(Unaudited, in thousands of short tons)
|
2019
|
2018
|
||||||
Finished goods inventory
(3)
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
(1)
|
Net loss including noncontrolling interests
is equal to
operating loss
in this segment.
|
(2)
|
EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, is reconciled below. For more information on the calculation and reasons we include this measure, see note 1 under “
Results of Operations – Consolidated Results – Selected Financial Information
” above.
|
(3)
|
Tissue converted products, which are measured in cases, are converted to short tons.
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Net loss including noncontrolling interests
|
$
|
(8
|
)
|
|
$
|
(1
|
)
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
EBITDA
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions, except where otherwise stated)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Sales
|
$
|
161
|
|
|
$
|
209
|
|
|
Operating income
(1)
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
53
|
|
|
EBITDA
(2)
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
61
|
|
|
(In millions board feet)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Shipments
(3)
|
|
428
|
|
|
|
455
|
|
|
Downtime
|
|
41
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions board feet)
|
2019
|
2018
|
||||||
Finished goods inventory
(3)
|
|
159
|
|
|
|
140
|
|
|
(1)
|
Net income including noncontrolling interests
is equal to
operating income
in this segment.
|
(2)
|
EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, is reconciled below. For more information on the calculation and reasons we include this measure, see note 1 under “
Results of Operations – Consolidated Results – Selected Financial Information
” above.
|
(3)
|
Includes wood pellets measured by mass, converted to board feet using a density-based conversion ratio.
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Net income including noncontrolling interests
|
$
|
6
|
|
|
$
|
53
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
EBITDA
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
61
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions, except where otherwise stated)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Sales
|
$
|
212
|
|
|
$
|
198
|
|
|
Operating income (loss)
(1)
|
|
28
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
EBITDA
(2)
|
|
35
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
(In thousands of metric tons)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Shipments
|
|
335
|
|
|
|
355
|
|
|
Downtime
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|||||||
(Unaudited, in thousands of metric tons)
|
2019
|
2018
|
||||||
Finished goods inventory
|
|
135
|
|
|
|
93
|
|
|
(1)
|
Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests
is equal to
operating income (loss)
in this segment.
|
(2)
|
EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, is reconciled below. For more information on the calculation and reasons we include this measure, see note 1 under “
Results of Operations – Consolidated Results – Selected Financial Information
” above.
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests
|
$
|
28
|
|
|
$
|
(4
|
)
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
EBITDA
|
|
35
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
•
|
higher maintenance costs ($2 million), mostly due to more planned repairs;
|
•
|
an increase in wood fiber costs ($2 million); and
|
•
|
higher labor costs ($2 million).
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions, except where otherwise stated)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Sales
|
$
|
152
|
|
|
$
|
188
|
|
|
Operating income (loss)
(1)
|
|
15
|
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
EBITDA
(2)
|
|
25
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
(In thousands of short tons)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Shipments
|
|
199
|
|
|
|
279
|
|
|
Downtime
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|||||||
(Unaudited, in thousands of short tons)
|
2019
|
2018
|
||||||
Finished goods inventory
|
|
54
|
|
|
|
68
|
|
|
(1)
|
Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests
is equal to
operating income (loss)
in this segment.
|
(2)
|
EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, is reconciled below. For more information on the calculation and reasons we include this measure, see note 1 under “
Results of Operations – Consolidated Results – Selected Financial Information
” above.
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests
|
$
|
15
|
|
|
$
|
(7
|
)
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
EBITDA
|
|
25
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Cost of sales, excluding depreciation, amortization and distribution costs
|
$
|
(7
|
)
|
|
$
|
(7
|
)
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
(5
|
)
|
|
|
(9
|
)
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
Operating loss
|
$
|
(19
|
)
|
|
$
|
(26
|
)
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
(9
|
)
|
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit credits
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
Other expense, net
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
|
Income tax provision
|
|
(21
|
)
|
|
|
(31
|
)
|
|
Net loss including noncontrolling interests
|
$
|
(41
|
)
|
|
$
|
(64
|
)
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Net loss including noncontrolling interests
|
$
|
(41
|
)
|
|
$
|
(64
|
)
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
Income tax provision
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
31
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
EBITDA
|
$
|
(6
|
)
|
|
$
|
(11
|
)
|
|
Foreign exchange loss
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
Reversal of inventory write-downs related to closures
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
Start-up costs
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit credits
|
|
(12
|
)
|
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
Other expense, net
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA
|
$
|
(14
|
)
|
|
$
|
(10
|
)
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
March 31, |
|||||||
(Unaudited, in millions)
|
2019
|
|
|
2018
|
|
|
||
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
$
|
23
|
|
|
$
|
62
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
(33
|
)
|
|
|
(46
|
)
|
|
Cash used in financing activities
|
|
(225
|
)
|
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash
|
$
|
(234
|
)
|
|
$
|
5
|
|
|
•
|
the full refund of countervailing duty cash deposits on imports of uncoated groundwood paper to the U.S. of $6 million in the current quarter, compared to cash deposits of $2 million made in the year-ago period; and
|
•
|
the refund of the outstanding countervailing duty cash deposits on imports of SC paper to the U.S. of $1 million in the current quarter, compared to cash deposits of $5 million made in the first quarter of 2018.
|
ITEM 3.
|
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
|
ITEM 4.
|
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
|
PART II.
|
OTHER INFORMATION
|
ITEM 1.
|
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
|
ITEM 1A.
|
RISK FACTORS
|
ITEM 6.
|
EXHIBITS
|
Exhibit No.
|
|
Description
|
|
|
|
|
Certification of President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Certification of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Certification of President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Certification of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
|
|
|
101.INS**
|
|
XBRL Instance Document.
|
|
|
|
101.SCH**
|
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
|
|
|
|
101.CAL**
|
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
|
|
|
|
101.LAB**
|
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
|
|
|
|
101.PRE**
|
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
|
|
|
|
101.DEF**
|
|
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
|
**
|
Interactive data files furnished with this Form 10-Q, which represent the following materials from this Form 10-Q formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Statements of Operations, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity, (v) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (vi) the Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.
|
RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS INC.
|
||
|
|
|
By
|
|
/s/ Remi G. Lalonde
|
|
|
Remi G. Lalonde
|
|
|
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
|
|
|
|
By
|
|
/s/ Hugues Dorban
|
|
|
Hugues Dorban
|
|
|
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
|
1.
|
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 2019
of RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS INC.;
|
2.
|
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3.
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
|
4.
|
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a)
|
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
|
b)
|
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
|
c)
|
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and |
d)
|
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting; and |
5.
|
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
|
a)
|
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
|
b)
|
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
|
Date: May 10, 2019
|
|
/s/ Yves Laflamme
|
Yves Laflamme
|
President and Chief Executive Officer
|
1.
|
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 2019
of RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS INC.;
|
2.
|
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3.
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
|
4.
|
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a)
|
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
|
b)
|
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
|
c)
|
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and |
d)
|
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting; and |
5.
|
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
|
a)
|
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
|
b)
|
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
|
Date: May 10, 2019
|
|
/s/ Remi G. Lalonde
|
Remi G. Lalonde
|
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
|
Date: May 10, 2019
|
/s/ Yves Laflamme
|
|
Name: Yves Laflamme
|
|
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
|
Date: May 10, 2019
|
/s/ Remi G. Lalonde
|
|
Name: Remi G. Lalonde
|
|
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
|