Billerud Americas (VRS) 10-Q 2019 Q3 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(b) UNDER SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AND

SECTION 1350 OF CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18 OF UNITED STATES CODE

In connection with the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Verso Corporation (the “Company”) for the quarter ended September 30, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Leslie T. Lederer, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of

operations of the Company.

Date: November 12, 2019

/s/ Leslie T. Lederer

Leslie T. Lederer
Interim Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

A signed original of this statement has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the SEC or its staff upon request.