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Form of Independent Director Agreement

 Exhibit 10.36 
  
 INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR AGREEMENT 
  
 THIS INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR AGREEMENT is made effective as of
             (“Agreement”), between NEWPAGE HOLDING CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (“Company”), and                          (“Director”).

  
 WHEREAS, it is essential to the Company to retain and attract as
directors the most capable persons available to serve on the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”); and 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company believes that Director possesses the necessary qualifications and abilities to serve as a director of the Company and to perform the
functions and meet the Company’s needs related to its Board; and 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company’s subsidiary, NewPage Corporation, and Director have previously entered into an Independent Director Agreement dated
                                        
                     (the “Prior Agreement”); 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows: 
  
 1.    Service as Director. Director will serve as a director of the Company and perform all duties
as a director of the Company, including without limitation (1) attending meetings of the Board, (2) serving on one or more committees of the Board (each a “Committee”) and attending meetings of each Committee of
which Director is a member, and (3) using reasonable efforts to promote the business of the Company. The Company currently intends to hold one in-person regular meeting of the Board and each Committee each quarter, together with additional
meetings of the Board and Committees as may be required by the business and affairs of the Company. 
  
 2.    Compensation and Expenses. 
  
 (a)    Retainer.    The Company will pay to Director an annual retainer (the
“Retainer”) comprised of (1) $50,000 for serving on the Board, plus (2) $10,000 for serving on each Committee of which Director is a member, plus (3) $20,000 for serving as chairman of any Committee of which
Director is a member. The Board reserves the right to increase the Retainer from time to time, but may not reduce the Retainer below the amounts stated above. If Director’s service on the Board or any Committee does not begin or end at the
beginning of a calendar year, the Retainer for that year will be prorated on a per diem basis as appropriate to reflect the portion of the year during which services were rendered. 
  
 (b)    Meeting Fees.    The Company will pay to Director a fee of $1,250 for
each formal Board and Committee meeting in which Director participates, either in person or by teleconference (“Meeting Fees”). 
  
 (c)    Expenses.    The Company will reimburse Director for all reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
connection with the performance of Director’s duties under this Agreement (“Expenses”). 

 (d)    Other Benefits.    The Board may from time to time
authorize additional compensation and benefits for Director, including stock options or restricted stock. 
  
 (e)    Payments.    The Company will pay the Retainer in two installments following the close of the second
and fourth quarters of each year. The Company will pay the Meeting Fees earned during the first and second quarters of each year at the end of the second quarter, and Meeting Fees earned during the third and fourth quarters of each year at the end
of the fourth quarter. The Company will pay for Expenses as incurred upon submission of receipts and a request for payment. The Company may withhold from any payment any amount of withholding required by law. 
  
 3.    Termination of Prior
Agreement.    The Prior Agreement is hereby terminated and of no further force or effect. 
  
 4.    Amendments and Waiver.    No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement will be binding
unless executed in writing by both parties. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement on a particular occasion will be deemed or will constitute a waiver of that provision on a subsequent occasion or a waiver of any other provision of this
Agreement. 
  
 5.    Binding
Effect.    This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective successors and assigns. 
  
 6.    Severability.    The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and any
provision of this Agreement that is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or otherwise unenforceable in any respect will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. 
  
 7.    Governing Law.    This
Agreement will be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be performed in that state without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws. 
  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have
executed this Agreement as of the date shown above. 
  

	

  

					
	 NEWPAGE HOLDING CORPORATION
	 	 	  	DIRECTOR:
			
	 By:                                      
                                        
          
	 	 	  	                                      
                                        
                                        
                         
	 Name:
	 	 	  	Name: 
	 Title:
	 	 	  	 
			
	 Date:
	 	 	  	Date:
	 Signed: 
	 	 	  	Signed: 

  

 2Form of Management Lock-up Agreement

 Exhibit 10.39 
 FORM OF 
 NEWPAGE HOLDING CORPORATION 
 MANAGEMENT LOCK-UP AGREEMENT 
 _______________, 2006 
  
 NewPage Holding Corporation 
 Courthouse Plaza, NE 
 Dayton, Ohio 45463 
  

	 	Re:	NewPage Holding Corporation – Management Lock-Up Agreement 

 Dear Sirs: 
 In connection with the public offering of shares of common stock (the “Common
Stock”), par value $.01 per share, of NewPage Holding Corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-133367) originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) on April 18, 2006 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), the undersigned agrees that, commencing on the date that the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC (the “Effective Date”), and
during the period specified below (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock of the Company,
owned directly by the undersigned (including holding as a custodian) as a result of any distribution by Maple Timber Acquisition LLC or Maple Timber Acquisition II LLC (collectively the “Undersigned’s Shares”). This Lock-Up Agreement
shall not apply to any shares of Common Stock of the Company acquired by the undersigned on the open market after the Effective Date or upon the exercise of stock options issued to the undersigned by the Company. 
 The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude the undersigned from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or which
reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of the Undersigned’s Shares even if such Shares would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include
without limitation any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including without limitation any put or call option) with respect to any of the Undersigned’s Shares or with respect to any security that includes, relates to or
derives any significant part of its value from such Shares. 
 The Lock-Up Period will commence on the Effective Date and continue until
May 2, 2010 or until the earlier (i) death of the undersigned, (ii) termination by the Company of the undersigned’s employment with the Company without Cause (as defined below) or on account of the undersigned’s Disability
(as defined below) or (iii) termination by the undersigned of his or 

 
her employment with the Company for Good Reason (as defined below). Following the distribution of Common Stock to the holders of the interests in Maple
Timber Acquisition LLC or Maple Timber Acquisition II LLC, to the extent that during the Lock-Up Period, Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. or any of its affiliates (“Cerberus”), excluding the Company, sells shares of Common Stock, the
undersigned shall be permitted to sell without regard to this Agreement a number of the undersigned’s Shares that is equal to (a) the number of such Shares subject to this Lock-Up Agreement on the Effective Date multiplied by
(b) a fraction, of which the numerator is the number of shares of Common Stock to be sold by Cerberus and the denominator is the total number of shares held by Cerberus on the Effective Date. In addition, the undersigned shall be permitted to
sell that number of the undersigned’s Shares as may be approved by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company from time to time. The remainder of the Undersigned’s Shares shall continue to be subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein. For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “Cause”, “Disability” and “Good Reason” shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Employment Agreement between the
undersigned and the Company or any of its subsidiaries in effect as of the date hereof (the “Employment Agreement”). 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the Undersigned’s Shares (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, provided that the donee or donees thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth
herein or (ii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided that the trustee of the trust agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and
provided further that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value. For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.
Following any distribution of Common Stock in respect of the undersigned’s interest in Maple Timber Acquisition LLC or Maple Timber Acquisition II LLC, except as contemplated by clauses (i) and (ii) above, for the duration of this
Lock-Up Agreement, the undersigned will have, good and marketable title to the Undersigned’s Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and claims whatsoever. 
 The undersigned agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer
of the Undersigned’s Shares to give effect to the restrictions contained herein. 
 The undersigned understands and agrees that this
Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns. 
 This Lock-Up Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but both of which shall be considered one and the same instrument. 
 This Lock-Up Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law
or conflicting provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York to be applied. In furtherance of the foregoing, the internal laws of the
State of New York will control the interpretation and construction of this Lock-Up Agreement, even if under such jurisdiction’s choice of law or conflict of law analysis, the substantive law of some other jurisdiction would ordinarily apply.

 Nothing in this Lock-Up Agreement shall modify, alter, supersede, amend or otherwise affect any agreement or understanding among the
undersigned, Maple Timber 

  

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Acquisition LLC, Maple Timber Acquisition II LLC or the Company with respect to the ownership or transfer of any equity interests of the undersigned in Maple
Timber Acquisition LLC or Maple Timber Acquisition II LLC. 
 This Lock-Up Agreement, the Executive Purchase Agreement by and among Maple
Timber Acquisition LLC, NewPage Investments LLC and the undersigned and the Reorganization Agreement between Maple Timber Acquisition II LLC and the undersigned contain the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to
the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understanding, both written and oral among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. 
  
  

	
	 Very truly yours,
  
  

	 Exact Name of Shareholder
  
  

	 Authorized Signature
  
  

	 Title

  
  

	
	Agreed to and Acknowledged:
	
	 NewPage Holding Corporation

	
	
	 By: _______________________________________

	         Name:

	         Title:

  

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