FORM 3
        	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
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                      	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	                      	

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *

Abbate Salvatore A	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY)
4/16/2018 
	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Veritiv Corp [VRTV]	
(Last)        (First)        (Middle)

1000 ABERNATHY ROAD NE, BUILDING 400, SUITE 1700	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director                            _____ 10% Owner
___ X ___ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)
SVP, CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER /	
(Street)

ATLANTA, GA 30328-3091       

(City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person	

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned	
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)	
1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)	3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)	
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares				

Explanation of Responses:	

Remarks:
Power of Attorney attached as Exhibit 24.1	
No securities are beneficially owned.	

Reporting Owners	
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships	
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other	
Abbate Salvatore A
1000 ABERNATHY ROAD NE
BUILDING 400, SUITE 1700
ATLANTA, GA 30328-3091			SVP, CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER		

Signatures		
/s/ Mark W. Hianik, Attorney-in-Fact for Salvatore A. Abbate		4/20/2018	
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.	
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Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints Mark W. Hianik, Elizabeth Patrick and Stephen J. Smith, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and execute, in the name of the undersigned, any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable Veritiv Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company") to assist the undersigned in satisfying his or her obligations under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of an application on Form ID, and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Forms 3, 4 and/or 5 under Section 16, including specifically but without limitation, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned to such documents, and any amendments and supplements thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

/s/ Salvatore A. Abbate                                                 4/17/2018