Form of Specimen of Common Stock certificate



 Exhibit 4.1 
  

							
		 		 		 	CUSIP [                    ]
				
	NUMBER	 	COMMON STOCK	 	SHARES	 	

 NEWPAGE GROUP INC. 
 Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Delaware 
 THIS CERTIFIES THAT 
 is the record holder of 
 Fully paid and
non-assessable shares of common stock, $0.01 per share, of NEWPAGE GROUP INC. transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof, in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This
Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar. 
 Witness the facsimile seal of the
Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers. 
 CERTIFICATE OF STOCK 
 DATED: 
  

							
	  
	 	 NewPage
 Group Inc. CORPORATE
 SEAL
	 	  

	SECRETARY	 	 	PRESIDENT
		 	 	
		 	 	
		 	 	
			
		 		 	Countersigned and Registered:
				
		 		 		 	Transfer Agent and Registrar
				
		 		 	By:	 	  

		 		 		 	Authorized Signature








 NEWPAGE GROUP INC. 
 The Corporation will furnish without charge to each shareholder who so requests a full statement of the designation, relative rights, preferences and limitations of each class of stock of this Corporation authorized
to be issued; the designation, relative rights, preferences, and limitations of each series thereof so far as the same have been prescribed; and the authority of the Board of Directors of this Corporation to designate and prescribe the relative
rights, preferences and limitations of other series. 
 The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: 
  

											
	TEN COM	  	- as tenants in common	  	  
	 	Custodian	  	  

		  		  	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-	  	        (Cust)	 		  	(Minor)
					
	TEN ENT	  	- as tenants by the entireties	  		 		  	
			
	JT TEN	  	- as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common	  	Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
	  	  	Act	 	  

	  	  		 	(State)


									
	
	Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.


			
		
	 For value received,
	  	hereby sell, assign and transfer unto


									
			
	 PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
	  		  	

 (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE) 
                              shares of the common stock represented by the within
Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint                              Attorney to
transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises. 
  

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 Dated: 
  

			
		 	  

		 	NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE
WHATEVER.
		
		 	  

		 	NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE
WHATEVER.
		
	By:	 	
	THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANK, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS OR CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.	 	

 KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN, MUTILATED OR DESTROYED, THE CORPORATION WILL
REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE. 
  

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