Exhibit 10.2 NewPage - Executed ABL Agreement

EXHIBIT K
INTERCOMPANY NOTE
Note Number: ______
Dated:__________, 201__
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, NEWPAGE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(“Borrower”), NEWPAGE INVESTMENT COMPANY LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“Holdings”), and each subsidiary of Borrower party to the Credit Agreements (as
defined below) (collectively, the “Group Members” and each, a “Group Member”) which is a
party to this subordinated intercompany note (this “Promissory Note”) promises to pay to the
order of such other Group Member as it makes loans to such Group Member (each Group
Member which borrows money pursuant to this Promissory Note is referred to herein as a
“Payor” and each Group Member which makes loans and advances pursuant to this Promissory
Note is referred to herein as a “Payee”), (i) on such dates as may be agreed upon in writing from
time to time by the Payor and Payee and (ii) after the occurrence of and during the continuation
of an Event of Default, on demand, in lawful money as may be agreed upon from time to time by
the relevant Payor and Payee, in immediately available funds and at the appropriate office of the
Payee, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all loans and advances heretofore and hereafter
made by such Payee to such Payor and any other Indebtedness now or hereafter owing by such
Payor to such Payee as shown either on Schedule A attached hereto (and any continuation
thereof) or in the books and records of such Payee. The failure to show any such Indebtedness or
any error in showing such Indebtedness shall not affect the obligations of any Payor hereunder.
This Promissory Note is executed in connection with (i) the Credit and Guaranty
Agreement dated as of [________], 2012 (as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”), by and among Borrower, Holdings,
certain subsidiaries of Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time, BARCLAYS
BANK PLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent (together with its successors and
assigns in such capacity, the “Term Loan Agent”), and the other parties thereto, and (ii) the
Credit Agreement, dated as of [_______], 2012 (as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified, the “Revolving Credit Agreement”, and together with the Term Loan
Credit Agreement each a “Credit Agreement” and collectively, the “Credit Agreements”)
among Borrower, Holdings, certain subsidiaries of Borrower, the lenders party thereto,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent (together with its successors and
assigns in such capacity, the “Revolving Loan Agent”), and the other parties thereto.
Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings, unless
otherwise noted, given such terms in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
Each Payee hereby acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Term Loan Agent may exercise
all rights provided in the Term Loan Credit Agreement and other Credit Documents and (b) the
Revolving Loan Agent may exercise all rights provided in the Revolving Credit Agreement and
the other Credit Documents (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement), in each case, with
respect to this Promissory Note and subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
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EXHIBIT K-1