A (TSX) ABY (NYSE) MONTREAL, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a dividend payment to shareholders of record on November 7, 2005, amounting to 2.5 cents per common share, payable on December 1, 2005. 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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