Exhibit 10.2 NewPage - Executed ABL Agreement

“Guarantor Subsidiary” means each Guarantor other than Holdings.
“Guaranty” means Article VII of this Agreement.
“Hazardous Materials” means any chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is
prohibited, limited or regulated by any Governmental Authority because of its potential to pose a
hazard to the health and safety of the owners, occupants or any Persons in the vicinity of any
Facility or to the indoor or outdoor environment.
“Hazardous Materials Activity” means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity,
event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials, including the use, manufacture,
possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release,
discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement,
removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any
corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Hedge Agreement” means an Interest Rate Agreement or a Currency Agreement.
“Historical Financial Statements” means as of the Effective Date, (i) the audited financial
statements of Borrower and its subsidiaries, for the immediately preceding three Fiscal Years,
consisting of consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of income,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Years, and (ii) the unaudited financial
statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2012, consisting of a
consolidated balance sheet and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’
equity and cash flows for the nine-month period ending on such date.
“Holdings” means NewPage Investment Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Borrower (including any Foreign
Subsidiary) that has been designated by Borrower as an “Immaterial Subsidiary” for purposes of
this Agreement in a written certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent and executed by an
Authorized Officer of Holdings; provided that at no time shall (A) (i) the Consolidated Total
Assets of any Immaterial Subsidiary (as determined as of the last day of the most recently ended
Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or
5.01(b), as applicable (or prior to the first such delivery, as of December 31, 2012)) equal or
exceed 5% or, together with all other Immaterial Subsidiaries and their Subsidiaries, 10% of the
Consolidated Total Assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries at such date, or (ii) the consolidated
gross revenues of such Subsidiary for the four Fiscal Quarter period ending on the last day of the
most recently ended Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant
to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b), as applicable (or prior to the first such delivery, as of December 31,
2012) equal or exceed 5% or, together with all other Immaterial Subsidiaries and their
Subsidiaries, 10% of the consolidated gross revenues of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such
period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP, or (B) any Immaterial Subsidiary
own any Material Real Estate Asset; provided, that on the Effective Date, Chillicothe Paper Inc.,
NewPage Energy Services LLC, Upland Resources, Inc. and Rumford GIPOP Inc. shall be
Immaterial Subsidiaries.
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