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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Sawyer Kenneth D   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Verso Corp [VRS] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP - HR & Comm (Last) (First) (Middle) 8540 GANDER CREEK DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/22/2018 (Street) MIAMISBURG, OH 45342 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Class A Common Stock 02/22/2018   A   14,819 (1) A $ 0 63,110 (2) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Sawyer Kenneth D 8540 GANDER CREEK DRIVE MIAMISBURG, OH 45342			SVP - HR & Comm

Signatures

/s/ St. John Daugherty, as Attorney-in-Fact		02/26/2018
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Consists of 14,819 Stock Units. Each Stock Unit represents the right, subject to vesting, to receive one share of Class A Common Stock. The Stock Units will vest as follows: (a) 7,409 Stock Units will vest on January 1, 2021; and (b) 7,410 Stock Units will vest on January 1, 2022. The reported Stock Units do not include 14,819 Stock Units that will vest on or about January 1, 2021, if certain performance objectives established by the issuer have been met.
(2)	Consists of: (i) the 14,819 Stock Units described in footnote (1); (ii) 1,483 shares of Class A Common Stock; (iii) 4,435 Stock Units vesting in two substantially equal installments beginning on July 28, 2018; (iv) 21,186 Stock Units that will vest on January 1, 2020; and (v) 21,187 Stock Units that will vest on January 1, 2021. The reported Stock Units do not include: (a) 42,373 Stock Units that will vest on or about January 1, 2020, if certain performance objectives which have been established by the issuer have been met; and (b) the 14,819 Stock Units that will vest on or about January 1, 2021, if certain performance objectives established by the issuer have been met, as described in footnote (1).

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