F1This statement is being filed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("GS Group"), Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs"), PaperCo Investments, L.P. ("PaperCo Investments"), PaperCo Holdings II, L.P. ("PaperCo Holdings"), GS Capital Partners VI Fund, L.P. ("GS Capital"), GS Capital Partners VI Offshore Fund, L.P. ("GS Offshore"), GS Capital Partners VI Parallel, L.P. ("GS Parallel"), GS Capital Partners VI GmbH & Co. KG ("GS Germany"), GS Opportunity Partners, L.P. ("GS Opportunity"), GS Opportunity Partners Offshore, L.P. ("GS Opportunity Offshore"), GS Opportunity Partners Offshore - B, L.P. ("GS Opportunity Offshore B"), GS Opportunity Partners Offshore - C, L.P. ("GS Opportunity Offshore C" and, together with GS Capital, GS Offshore, GS Parallel, GS Germany, GS Opportunity, GS Opportunity Offshore and GS Opportunity Offshore B, the "Limited Partnerships"), (continued in next footnote)
F2GSCP VI Advisors, L.L.C. ("GSCP Advisors"), GSCP VI Offshore Advisors, L.L.C. ("GSCP Offshore Advisors"), GS Advisors VI, L.L.C. ("GS Advisors"), Goldman, Sachs Management GP GmbH ("GS GmbH"), GS Opportunity Advisors, Ltd. ("GS Opportunity Advisors I"), GS Opportunity Advisors, L.L.C. ("GS Opportunity Advisors II" and, together with GSCP Advisors, GSCP Offshore Advisors, GS Advisors, GS GmbH, GS Opportunity Advisors I, the Limited Partnerships, PaperCo Investments, PaperCo Holdings, Goldman Sachs and GS Group, the "Reporting Persons"). Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein, if any.
F3Due to the electronic system's limitation of 10 Reporting Persons per joint filing, this statement is being filed in duplicate.
F4On January 3, 2014, NewPage Holdings Inc. (the "Company"), Verso Paper Corp., currently named Verso Corporation ("Verso") and Verso Merger Sub Inc., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Verso ("Merger Sub") entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, with the Company surviving the merger as an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Verso (the "Merger"). The Merger was consummated on January 7, 2015.
F5Upon closing of the Merger, each share of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock") of the Company was converted into the right to receive merger consideration equal to its pro rata portion of: i) approximately $4 million in cash; ii) $650 million in principal amount of 11.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 to be offered by Verso Paper Holdings LLC and Verso Paper Inc. in connection with the Merger (subject to downward adjustment in certain circumstances in an amount not to exceed $27 million in value); and iii) shares of Verso common stock representing 20% of the number of outstanding Verso shares as of immediately prior to closing of the Merger.
F6As a result of the Merger, as of January 7, 2015, the Reporting Persons ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than 10% of the Common Stock and are therefore no longer subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.