A (TSX) ABY (NYSE) MONTREAL, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. (TSX: A, NYSE: ABY) Senior Vice-President, Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer Pierre Rougeau will present at the UBS 2005 Global Paper & Forest Products Conference in New York City on Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern). The presentation will be webcast live on Abitibi-Consolidated's web site, and interested parties are invited to listen by using the link provided on the Investor Relations page of the Company web site ( http://www.abitibiconsolidated.com/ ). A copy of the presentation, as well as the audio portion, will be archived on the web site. Abitibi-Consolidated is a leading producer of newsprint and commercial printing papers as well as a major supplier of wood products, serving 70 countries from more than 50 operating facilities. Committed to the sustainable forest management of more than 40 million acres through third- party certification, the Company is also the world's largest recycler of newspapers and magazines, collecting and consuming the equivalent of more than five billion newspapers every year. DATASOURCE: ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED INC. CONTACT: Lorne Gorber, Director, Investor Relations and Financial Communications, (514) 394-2360,

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