Miamisburg, Ohio, USA, 06 April 2010 – NewPage Corporation announced today that it will release its first quarter 2010 financial results on 06 May 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 06 May 2010, at 11:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) 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 before the call to register and to download and install any necessary audio software. The call will be available live and stored on the Web site for five weeks.

Analysts and investors 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-free domestic) or 703-925-2533 (international), access code 1413359. The replay will be available starting at 2 p.m. (Eastern Time) on 06 May 2010, and will remain available until midnight on 10 June 2010.

Headquartered in Miamisburg, Ohio, NewPage Corporation is the largest coated paper manufacturer in North America, based on production capacity, with USD 3.1 billion in net sales for the year ended 31 December 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, and Wisconsin in the United States, and in 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.