NewPage Closes Door on Verso’s Business Combination Proposal

MIAMISBURG, OH—July 3, 2012—NewPage Corp. announced that it has been engaged in a series of discussions with its various constituents, including first lien note holders, second lien note holders and the Unsecured Creditors’ Committee, in an effort to finalize a consensual Chapter 11 plan. Information relating to these discussions has been posted on the NewPage restructuring website.