Exhibit 10.2

February 7, 2011

Yves Laflamme

Re: Employment agreement between Yves Laflamme and AbitibiBowater Inc.

Dear Yves,

This letter will serve to confirm your new position of Senior Vice President,
Wood Products, Global Supply chain, Procurement and Information Technology in
the post-emergence AbitibiBowater Inc.

The terms and conditions of your employment are as follows:

 

Location:    Montreal, Quebec, Canada Effective date:    January 17, 2011
Compensation:    Your annual base salary will be US$340,000. Short-Term
Incentive Plan (STIP):    You will be eligible to participate in a short-term
incentive plan for the year 2011 with a target level of 100% of base salary.
Please refer to the documentation enclosed. Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP):   
You will be eligible to participate in the Company’s long-term incentive plan
and to receive grants under such plan, as determined by the Board of Directors
from time to time, at its discretion. For 2011, you will be eligible to an
annual grant equivalent to 125% of your annual base salary. The LTIP plan will
be available shortly.

Other benefits:

As per policy, you will maintain participation in various benefit plans such as
group insurance and vacation.

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Defined Contributions (DC) retirement program for executive employees:

As regards pension benefits, you will maintain your participation in the new
Company’s defined contributions (DC) retirement programs for executive employees
at the following levels of contribution:

 

Employee
Contributions

  

Company Contributions

5% of
eligible earnings*

   20.5% of
eligible earnings

 

* Up to the US compensation limit

At retirement or termination, lump sums will continue to be paid as per the plan
text.

Please refer to the documentation enclosed.

Defined Benefits supplemental executives retirement plan (DB SERP):

Provided you waive all your SERP claims in the creditor protection proceedings,
your SERP benefits accrued up to the date of emergence will be reinstated and
fully recognized in new DB SERP put in place by the Company. As previously
communicated, all defined benefits (DB) available under such new DB SERP have
been frozen as of December 31, 2010. As regards your DB SERP, the Company
intends to pay you such benefits as a lump sum (in two instalments) once you
retire, unless and until these benefits have been secured as further described,
in which case they would be paid in the form of monthly payments. The Company
undertakes to put in place a letter of credit to guarantee a percentage of your
DB SERP benefits corresponding to the weighted average solvency ratio of the
Company’s registered defined benefit pension plans for its Canadian non union
employees (the “Benchmark”) as of December 31, 2010. The percentage of your DB
SERP guaranteed by letter of credit will be revised yearly and will be increased
to reflect improvements to the Benchmark, in line with agreements reached with
Ontario and Québec on pension relief measures.

Mercer will provide shortly an estimation of your DB SERP value as of
December 31st, 2010.

 

Perquisite allowance:    You will also continue to be eligible for a perquisite
allowance of US$12,000 per year as well as a complete annual medical
examination.

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Severance:

You will be covered by the Company’s severance policy for the Chief Executive
Officer and his direct reports. Pursuant to this policy, you will be entitled to
six weeks of eligible pay per year of continuous service, with a minimum of 52
weeks and up to a maximum of 104 weeks. For a period of 12 months following a
“change in control”, the severance pay is available in the event of involuntary
termination or voluntary termination for a “good reason”. The emergence of the
Company from creditor protection and all related transactions will not
constitute a change in control for the purpose of this policy. Please refer to
the documentation enclosed.

Prior agreements:

As previously communicated, all your pre-emergence management agreements with
the Company have been repudiated as of the date of emergence.

We are excited about the outlook of the newly emerged company and look forward
to your continued leadership.

 

/s/ Richard Garneau

Richard Garneau President and Chief Executive Officer

To indicate your acceptance of this employment offer, please sign in the space
provided below and return an original to Julie McMahon by February 14, 2011.

I have read the present employment agreement and hereby accept the terms and
conditions of my employment contract with AbitibiBowater Inc. as described
herein.

 

/s/ Yves Laflamme

      February 14, 2011

Yves Laflamme

   

Enclosures