EXHIBIT 99.1

Contact:	Neenah Paper, Inc.
	Bill McCarthy
	Vice President — Financial Analysis and Investor Relations
	678-518-3278

Neenah Paper Declares Quarterly Dividend

ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA — February 1, 2011 — Neenah Paper, Inc. (NYSE:NP) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 per share on the company’s common stock. The dividend is payable on March 2, 2011 to stockholders of record as of close of business on February 11, 2011.

The company previously announced it was increasing its quarterly dividend effective in 2011 from $0.10 to $0.11 per share in November 2010.

About Neenah Paper, Inc.

Neenah Paper is a leader in premium and performance-based products used in a variety of applications. Its technical products business manufactures a variety of base substrates and applies saturating, coating and other surface treatments to make filtration media, backing and release papers, and other specialty materials for industrial and consumer applications. Neenah also produces premium fine papers for high-end printing and writing needs. Products are marketed under well-known brands such as CLASSIC®, ENVIRONMENT®, CRANE®, KIMDURA®, Gessner®, JET-PRO® SofStretch™ and varitess®. Based in Alpharetta, Georgia, the Company has manufacturing operations in the United States and Germany and sells its products in over 35 countries worldwide. Additional information about Neenah Paper can be found at the company’s web site, www.neenah.com.