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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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 * FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LTD/ CAN   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol AbitibiBowater Inc. [ABH] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) 95 WELLINGTON STREET WEST, SUITE 800 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 04/17/2012 (Street) TORONTO, A6 M5J 2N7 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ 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 (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 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 Common Stock, $0.001 par value ("Common Shares") 04/17/2012   J(1)   955,038 A $ 0 (1) 18,460,789 I See Footnotes (2)

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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 (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

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 (Month/Day/Year)

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

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LTD/ CAN 95 WELLINGTON STREET WEST SUITE 800 TORONTO, A6 M5J 2N7		X
WATSA V PREM ET AL 95 WELLINGTON STREET WEST SUITE 800 TORONTO, A6 M5J 2N7		X
1109519 ONTARIO LTD 95 WELLINGTON STREET WEST SUITE 800 TORONTO, A6 M5J 2N7		X
SIXTY TWO INVESTMENT CO LTD 1600 CATHEDRAL PLACE 925 WEST GEORGIA ST. VANCOUVER, A1 V6C 3L3		X
810679 ONTARIO LTD 95 WELLINGTON STREET WEST SUITE 800 TORONTO, A6 M5J 2N7		X
Federated Insurance CO of Canada 717 PORTAGE AVENUE WINNIPEG, A2 R3C 3C9		X
LOMBARD GENERAL INSURANCE CO OF CANADA 105 ADELAIDE STREET WEST 3RD FLOOR TORONTO, A6 M5H 1P9		X
Lombard Insurance CO 105 ADELAIDE STREET WEST 3RD FLOOR TORONTO, A6 M5H 1P9		X
COMMONWEALTH INSURANCE CO 595 BURRARD STREET SUITE 1500, BOX 49115 BENTALL TOWER III VANCOUVER, A1 V7X 1G4		X
MARKEL INSURANCE CO OF CANADA 55 UNIVERSITY AVENUE SUITE 1500 TORONTO, A6 M5J 2H7		X

Signatures

/s/ V. Prem Watsa, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer		04/19/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ V. Prem Watsa		04/19/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ V. Prem Watsa, President		04/19/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ V. Prem Watsa, President		04/19/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ V. Prem Watsa, President		04/19/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Craig Pinnock, Chief Financial Officer		04/19/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Craig Pinnock, Chief Financial Officer		04/19/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Craig Pinnock, Chief Financial Officer		04/19/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Craig Pinnock, Chief Financial Officer		04/19/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Craig Pinnock, Chief Financial Officer		04/19/2012
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	In connection with the completion of the take-over bid by AbitibiBowater Inc. ("AbitibiBowater") to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Fibrek Inc. ("Fibrek"), the Reporting Persons, as shareholders of Fibrek, received 0.0284 Common Shares (plus Cdn$0.55 in cash) as consideration per Fibrek common share, for an aggregate total of 955,041 Common Shares.
(2)	The Common Shares are held by Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited ("Fairfax"), certain of its subsidiaries and the pension plans of certain subsidiaries of Fairfax, including, following the transactions reported herein, 698,435 Common Shares held by Northbridge Commercial Insurance Corporation, 432,498 Common Shares held by Northbridge Indemnity Insurance Corporation, 175,253 Common Shares held by Federated Insurance Company of Canada, 1,253,325 Common Shares held by Northbridge General Insurance Corporation, 344,477 Northbridge Personal Insurance Corporation, 1,749,215 Common Shares held by TIG Insurance Company, 5,630,638 Common Shares held by Odyssey Reinsurance Company and 744,431 Common Shares held by United States Fire Insurance Company.

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