UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 8, 2013

RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

(514) 875-2160

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

ITEM 7.01    REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

On August 8 and 9, 2013, Resolute Forest Products Inc. (the “Company”) distributed from the disputed claim share reserve 1,268,420 shares of common stock for the benefit of unsecured creditors under the plans of reorganization. The remaining 203,791 shares from the disputed claim reserve have been definitively allocated for distribution as follows:

There being no remaining unresolved unsecured claim under the CCAA plan of reorganization, this was the final distribution to unsecured creditors under the plans of reorganization. Distributions from the disputed claim share reserve are not dilutive, as the shares in the reserve have been deemed outstanding since emergence from the creditor protection proceedings.

Of the 1,472,211 shares distributed or allocated on August 8 and 9, 9,497 shares originated from the Chapter 11 disputed claim share reserve. These shares had been definitively allocated under that plan of reorganization to certain unsecured current and former employee creditors in Canada, but their distribution was deferred for administrative convenience.

In this current report, when we refer to “creditor protection proceedings,” we mean the proceedings under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended (or “Chapter 11”), and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), as applicable (or “CCAA”), from which AbitibiBowater Inc. (the Company’s predecessor entity) and all but one of its debtor affiliates successfully emerged on December 9, 2010. We refer to the Chapter 11 debtors’ Second Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code and the CCAA debtors’ CCAA Plan of Reorganization and Compromise, in each case as amended and including all exhibits and supplements thereto, together as the “plans of reorganization”, and individually as the “Chapter 11 plan of reorganization” and the “CCAA plan of reorganization”, respectively. When we refer to “disputed claim share reserve,” we mean the reserve of 23,382,073 shares established under the plans of reorganization for claims that remained in dispute as of the emergence date, from which there have been interim distributions to unsecured creditors as disputed claims were resolved.

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Summary of Distribution by Debtor

This table does not include:

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Summary of Distribution by Public Bond

The table above shows each issuance for which the debtors have made a distribution under the plans of reorganization, and the cumulative total thereof after giving effect to the August 8 and 9 distribution, which included only distributions on account of the CCAA plan of reorganization. For more information on distributions relating to Chapter 11 debtors, see the current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC as of May 22, 2013.

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Concerning the 7.95% notes issued by Bowater Canada Finance Corporation (CUSIP 102175AB2), this table reflects only distributions on account of the guaranty claim against the estate of Resolute US FP Inc. (f/k/a Bowater Incorporated). The table does not reflect any distribution on account of the claim filed against Bowater Incorporated by the estate trustee of Bowater Canada Finance Corporation under section 135 of the Companies Act (Nova Scotia) (the “wind-up claim”). For more information, see the current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC as of November 7, 2012.

The information contained in this current report is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in this report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or any other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing. By filing this report and furnishing the information contained herein the Company makes no admission as to the materiality of any such information.

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SIGNATURES

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

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