Exhibit 10.2 NewPage - Executed ABL Agreement

EXHIBIT F-1
EFFECTIVE DATE CERTIFICATE
December 21, 2012
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:
1. We are, respectively, the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of
NewPage Investment Company LLC (“Holdings”) and NewPage Corporation (“Borrower”).
2. We have reviewed the terms of Article III of the Credit Agreement, dated as of
December 21, 2012 (as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the
“Credit Agreement”; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used
herein as therein defined), by and among the Borrower, the other Credit Parties party thereto, the
Lenders party thereto from time to time, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Co-Collateral Agent, and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Co-Collateral Agent, and the definitions and provisions contained in such Credit
Agreement relating thereto, and in our opinion we have made, or have caused to be made under
our supervision, such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable us to express an
informed opinion as to the matters referred to herein.
3. Based upon our review and examination described in paragraph 2 above, we
certify, on behalf of Borrower, that as of the date hereof:
(i) the representations and warranties contained in each of the Credit
Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date
(both immediately prior to and after giving effect to the funding of the initial Loans and
Letters of Credit that are issued and/or that are to be outstanding as of the Effective Date)
to the same extent as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such
representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such
representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects on and as of
such earlier date; provided that, in each case, such materiality qualifier shall not be
applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by
materiality in the text thereof; and
(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing or would result from the
consummation of the Transactions to be consummated on the Effective Date that would
constitute an Event of Default or a Default.
4. Attached as Annex A hereto are true and complete (and, where applicable,
executed and/or conformed) copies of each of the Related Agreements and the Confirmation
Order, and we have reviewed the terms of each of such documents and in our opinion we have
made, or have caused to be made under our supervision, such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable us to express an informed opinion as to the matters referred to in
paragraph 3.
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Exhibit F-1