---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-233410"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001381531"
company_name: "Domtar CORP"
filed_at: "2023-09-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T20:40:28.743082+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Domtar indefinitely idles Espanola mill; $85M pre-tax charge, 450 employees affected

## Summary
- Indefinitely idling pulp and paper mill in Espanola, Ontario for >1 year; reduces annual pulp production by ~280,000 metric tons and paper by ~69,000 tons.
- Approximately 450 employees affected; pulp shutdown early October, paper machines early November.
- Expects aggregate pre-tax charge of ~$85M: $32M non-cash (equipment write-off), $31M cash (severance), $22M other closure costs.
- Mill idled due to ongoing operating losses and high costs; company will assist employees per collective agreement and legislation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-233410
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001381531
- company_name: Domtar CORP
- filed_at: 2023-09-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.05, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1381531/000119312523233410/0001193125-23-233410-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1381531/000119312523233410/d513834d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-233410
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-233410.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-233410.txt

## Key facts
- Restructurings & Charges
  Domtar CORP announced a restructuring with charges of approximately $85 million affecting Espanola pulp and paper mill (approximately 450 employees).
  - Type: restructuring
  - Charge: approximately $85 million
  - Affected area: Espanola pulp and paper mill
  - Headcount: approximately 450 employees
  source text: pulp and paper mill are expected to be incurred largely in the third quarter of 2023. The closure is expected to result in an aggregate pre-tax earnings charge of approximately $85 million, of which an estimated $32 million are non-cash charges related to the write-off of the carrying amount of the equipment, related spare parts and inventory obsolescence, an
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1381531/000119312523233410/0001193125-23-233410-index.htm

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