AbitibiBowater announces signing of a binding agreement for the sale of its 75% interest in its Ontario hydro assets for cash proceeds of C$300 million
AbitibiBowater announced it has signed a binding agreement for the sale of its 75% indirect interest in ACH Limited Partnership (“ACH LP”) to a consortium formed by a major Canadian institutional investor and a private Canadian renewable energy company (the “Consortium”). ACH LP was established in April 2007 to hold hydroelectric generating assets in Ontario, Canada by the Company’s Abitibi-Consolidated Company of Canada subsidiary (now AbiBow Canada Inc.).