Case KG Doc 4819 Filed 02/24/15 Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE.

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1 Case KG Doc 4819 Filed 02/24/15 Page 1 of 5 IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE In re: NEWPAGE CORPORATION, et al., 1 Reorganized Debtors. Chapter 11 Case No (KG) (Jointly Administered) PIRINATE CONSULTING GROUP LLC, AS LITIGATION TRUSTEE OF THE NP CREDITOR LITIGATION TRUST, v. PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANTS LISTED BELOW. STATUS REPORT ON OPEN ADVERSARY PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED BY PAUL HASTINGS LLP AND YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP ON BEHALF OF LITIGATION TRUSTEE WITH TOTAL AMOUNT IN CONTROVERSY GREATER THAN $75, The Reorganized Debtors in these Chapter 11 cases, along with the last four digits of each Reorganized Debtor s federal tax identification number, as applicable, are: Chillicothe Paper Inc. (6154), Escanaba Paper Company (5598), Luke Paper Company (6265), NewPage Canadian Sales LLC (5384), NewPage Consolidated Papers Inc. (8330), NewPage Corporation (6156), NewPage Energy Services LLC (1838), NewPage Group Inc. (2465), NewPage Holding Corporation (6158), NewPage Port Hawkesbury Holding LLC (8330), NewPage Wisconsin System Inc. (3332), Rumford Paper Company (0427), Upland Resources, Inc. (2996), and Wickliffe Paper Company LLC (8293). The Reorganized Debtors corporate headquarters is located at 8540 Gander Creek Drive, Miamisburg, OH This status report only applies to those adversary proceedings commenced by Paul Hastings LLP and Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP on behalf of the Litigation Trustee.

2 Case KG Doc 4819 Filed 02/24/15 Page 2 of 5 Defendant Name(s) (Wave I) HHP Inc Maryland Department of the Environment Defendant Name(s) (Wave II) BASF Corporation C. R. Meyer & Sons Co Cascades Sonoco Inc. and Cascades Conversion, Inc. (d/b/a Cascades Sonoco Kingsey Falls Division) Celtic International, LLC DuPont Titanium Technologies, Inc Akzo Nobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals Inc. (f/k/a Eka Chemicals Inc.) Erco Worldwide, a Division of Superior Plus LP Kretz Truck Brokerage LLC RGL Specialty Services LLC Springfield Terminal Railway Co Styron LLC WM Recycle America, LLC Andritz Inc., Andritz Iggesund Tools Inc. (f/k/a Iggesund Tools Inc.), Andritz Separation Inc., Andritz Kusters Inc., Andritz Ltd., Andritz Ltee., Andritz Pulp & Paper, Andritz Pulp & Paper Services, Andritz Environment & Process, and Andritz Visant Corporation Defendant Name(s) (Wave III) Kadant Black Clawson Kadant Johnson Inc Kadant Solutions Division Occidental Chemical Corp Ashland Inc. (d/b/a Ashland Chemical Inc.) Hercules, Incorporated (d/b/a Ashland Hercules Water Technologies) Plaintiff files the attached status report providing a status of the above-referenced open adversary proceedings in accordance with the Order Establishing Streamline Procedures Governing Adversary Proceedings with Total Amount in Controversy Greater than $75,000 Commenced by Litigation Trustee Pursuant to Sections 502, 547 and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code [Main Case Docket No. 4405], and in preparation for the March 2, 2015 status conference. 2

3 Case KG Doc 4819 Filed 02/24/15 Page 3 of 5 Dated: February 24, 2015 YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP /s/ M. Blake Cleary M. Blake Cleary (No. 3614) Andrew L. Magaziner (No. 5426) Rodney Square 1000 North King Street Wilmington, DE Telephone: (302) Fax: (302) and- PAUL HASTINGS LLP Luc A. Despins Robert E. Winter Christopher Fong th Street, NW Washington, DC Telephone: (202) Co-Counsel to PIRINATE Consulting Group LLC, As Litigation Trustee of The NP Creditor Litigation Trust 3

4 Case KG Doc 4819 Filed 02/24/15 Page 4 of 5 STATUS F ANSWERS FILED AND DISCOVERY/DISCLOSURES ARE UNDERWAY Defendant Name(s) Status (expected date of completion of discovery) Maryland Department of the Environment February 25, 2015 (conclusion of expert discovery) Akzo Nobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals Inc. (f/k/a Eka Chemicals Inc.) June 2, 2015 (non-expert BASF Corporation May 22, 2015 (non-expert Cascades Sonoco Inc. and Cascades Conversion Inc. (d/b/a Cascades Sonoco Kingsey Falls April 13, 2015 (non-expert Division) DuPont Titanium Technologies, Inc days after filing of Mediator s Report (non-expert Erco Worldwide, a Division of Superior Plus LP Springfield Terminal Railway Co April 15, 2015 (non-expert Styron LLC March 16, 2015 (non-expert WM Recycle America, LLC February 13, 2015 (non-expert Kadant Black Clawson Kadant Johnson Inc Kadant Solutions Division Occidental Chemical Corp Ashland Inc. (d/b/a Ashland Chemical Inc.) Hercules, Incorporated (d/b/a Ashland Hercules Water Technologies) days after filing of Mediator s Report to complete depositions of fact witnesses. 120 days after filing of Mediator s Report (expert discovery deadline) 120 days after filing of Mediator s Report (expert discovery deadline)

5 Case KG Doc 4819 Filed 02/24/15 Page 5 of 5 STATUS G MEDIATOR HAS BEEN SELECTED/APPOINTED Defendant Name(s) HHP Inc C. R. Meyer & Sons Co Kretz Truck Brokerage LLC Celtic International, LLC RGL Specialty Services LLC Andritz Inc., Andritz Iggesund Tools Inc. (f/k/a Iggesund Tools Inc.), Andritz Separation Inc., Andritz Kusters Inc., Andritz Ltd., Andritz Ltee., Andritz Pulp & Paper, Andritz Pulp & Paper Services, Andritz Environment & Process, and Andritz Visant Corporation