NewPage Corporation announced today that it will release its first quarter 2010 financial results on Thursday, May 6, 2010, before the market opens. The news release will be available on the NewPage Web site at www.NewPageCorp.com .

The company will broadcast its first quarter 2010 analyst conference call on Thursday, May 6, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. (ET) with access available through the Internet and telephone. The teleconference is expected to last one hour. Tom Curley, president and chief executive officer, will review operating performance. David J. Prystash, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will review the financial results.

The live conference call and presentation slides may be accessed on the NewPage Web site at www.NewPageCorp.com . Click on the link to the Conference Call and Webcast and follow the instructions to access the Webcast in listen and view mode. Please go to the Web site at least one hour prior to the call to register, download and install any necessary audio software. The call will be available live and stored on the Web site for five weeks.

Analysts and i nvestors may access the call by dialing (866) 244-4629 (toll-free domestic ) or (703) 639-1176 (international), conference ID 1413359. A replay of the call can be accessed via telephone (888) 266-2081 (toll-f ree domestic) or (703) 925-2533 (international), access code 1413359. The replay will be available starting at 2 p.m. (ET) on May 6, 2010, and will remain available until midnight (ET) on June 10, 2010.

About NewPage Corporation

Headquartered in Miamisburg , Ohio , NewPage Corporation is the largest coated paper manufacturer in North America , based on production capacity, with $3.1 billion in net sales for the year ended December 31, 2009 . The company's product portfolio is the broadest in North America and includes coated freesheet, coated groundwood, supercalendered, newsprint and specialty papers. These papers are used for corporate collateral, commercial printing, magazines, catalogs, books, coupons, inserts, newspapers, packaging applications and direct mail advertising.

NewPage owns paper mills in Kentucky , Maine , Maryland , Michigan , Minnesota , Wisconsin and Nova Scotia , Canada . These mills have a total annual production capacity of approximately 4.4 million tons of paper, including approximately 3.2 million tons of coated paper, approximately 1.0 million tons of uncoated paper and approximately 200,000 tons of specialty paper.

For additional information, please visit the company's Web site at www.NewPageCorp.com .

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