Sec Form 4 Filing - GARNEAU RICHARD @ Resolute Forest Products Inc. - 2017-11-13

FORM 4 Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person GARNEAU RICHARD 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Resolute Forest Products Inc. [ RFP] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X __ Director _____ 10% Owner X __ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) President & CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) 111 DUKE STREET, SUITE 5000 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY) 11/13/2017 (Street) MONTREAL, A8H3C 2M1 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) __ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person _____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YY) 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares Restricted Stock Units ( 1 ) 11/13/2017 A 135,062 ( 1 ) ( 1 ) Common Stock 135,062 $ 0 500,071 D Restricted Stock Units ( 2 ) 11/14/2017 D 72,387 ( 3 ) ( 2 ) ( 2 ) Common Stock 72,387 ( 3 ) $ 9 427,684 D

Reporting Owners Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships Director 10% Owner Officer Other GARNEAU RICHARD 111 DUKE STREET SUITE 5000 MONTREAL, A8H3C 2M1 X President & CEO Signatures /s/ Eugene M Fisher-Haydis, as attorney-in-fact 11/16/2017 Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

( 1 )This reporting person was awarded restricted stock units (each an "RSU"), each representing a contingent right to receive one share of Resolute Forest Products Inc. (the "Company") common stock. The RSUs vest in four equal annual installments beginning on November 13, 2016, and may be settled in cash as necessary to ensure that the number of shares of common stock issued to the reporting person do not exceed the annual limits on the maximum number of shares that may be issued to any one participant during any one-calendar-year period pursuant to the Resolute Forest Products Equity Incentive Plan. ( 2 )On November 14, 2016, this reporting person was awarded RSUs, each representing a contingent right to receive one share of Company common stock. The terms of such RSUs provide that they vest in four equal annual instalments, and may be settled in cash as necessary to ensure that the number of shares of common stock issued to the reporting person do not exceed the annual limits on the maximum number of shares that may be issued to any one participant during any one-calendar-year period pursuant to the Resolute Forest Products Equity Incentive Plan. ( 3 )On November 14, 2016, this reporting person was awarded RSUs, each representing a contingent right to receive one share of Company common stock. The terms of such RSUs provide that they vest in four equal annual instalments. As permitted by their terms, the RSUs that vested on November 14, 2017, were settled in cash.

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