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Filing Date: 2019-05-20

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 10.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B><I>Execution Version </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECOND AMENDMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECOND AMENDMENT</B>, dated as of May&nbsp;14, 2019 (this &#147;<U>Amendment</U>&#148;), to the Credit Agreement, dated as of May&nbsp;22,
2015 (as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1, dated as of December&nbsp;22, 2017, the &#147;<U>Credit Agreement</U>&#148;), among RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS INC., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), RESOLUTE FP CANADA INC., a Canadian
corporation (&#147;<U>RFP Canada</U>&#148;), each of the other Borrowers and Guarantors party thereto from time to time, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement, as lenders
(the &#147;<U>Lenders</U>&#148;), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as the Administrative Agent under the U.S. Subfacility (in such capacity, the &#147;<U>U.S. Administrative Agent</U>&#148;), a U.S. Issuing Bank and the U.S. Swingline Lender, and BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A. (acting through its Canada Branch), as the Administrative Agent under the Canadian Subfacility (in such capacity, the &#147;<U>Canadian Administrative Agent</U>&#148; and together with the U.S. Administrative Agent, the
&#147;<U>Administrative Agent</U>&#148;), the Canadian Issuing Bank and the Canadian Swingline Lender. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>R <SMALL>E</SMALL>
<SMALL>C</SMALL> <SMALL>I</SMALL> <SMALL>T</SMALL> <SMALL>A</SMALL> <SMALL>L</SMALL> <SMALL>S</SMALL> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, Section&nbsp;13.12 of
the Credit Agreement permits certain amendments to the Credit Agreement with the consent of each of the Lenders affected thereby, the Issuing Banks, the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent, all of the Lenders and all of the Issuing Banks wish to amend the Credit Agreement on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WHEREAS, BofA Securities, Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp. and Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A. are the joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for this Amendment (the &#147;<U>Joint Lead Arrangers</U>&#148;), BMO Capital Markets Corp. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. are the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">co-syndication</FONT>
agents for this Amendment and TD Bank, N.A. and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce are the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">co-documentation</FONT> agents for this Amendment. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;1.
<B><U>Capitalized Terms</U></B>. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;2. <B><U>Amendment</U></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The Credit Agreement is, hereby amended, as of the Second Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), to delete the
stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: <FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" COLOR="#ff0000"><STRIKE>stricken text</STRIKE></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman">) and to add the
double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" COLOR="#0000ff"><U STYLE="border-bottom:1pt double; padding-bottom:1pt">double-underlined text</U></FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman">) as set forth in the pages of the Credit Agreement attached as <U>Exhibit A</U> hereto (the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, the &#147;<U>Amended Credit Agreement</U>&#148;). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) Schedule 1.01C to the Amended Credit Agreement shall be in the form attached as <U>Exhibit B</U> hereto. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Schedule 2.01 to the Amended Credit Agreement shall be in the form
attached as <U>Exhibit C</U> hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d) Exhibit <FONT STYLE="white-s