NEWPARK RESOURCES, INC. (NYSE:NR) Files An 8-K Regulation FD Disclosure

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NEWPARK RESOURCES, INC. (NYSE:NR) Files An 8-K Regulation FD Disclosure

Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.
On November 30, 2016, Newpark Resources, Inc. (the Company)
issued a press release announcing that on November 29, 2016 the
Company had priced its offering, through a Rule 144A private
placement, of $87,500,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.00%
Convertible Senior Notes due 2021 (the Notes). In addition, the
Company granted the underwriters the right to purchase within a
30-day period up to an additional $12,500,000 aggregate principal
amount of Notes. The Company intends to use approximately $84.5
million of the net proceeds from this offering to retire existing
indebtedness and for general corporate purposes. Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner Smith Incorporated are acting as joint
book-running managers for the offering, which is expected to
close on or about December 5, 2016. A copy of the press release
is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the press
release shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section
18 of the Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section, nor shall such information and
exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under
the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in
such a filing.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Description
Exhibit 99.1
Press Release dated November 30, 2016.


About NEWPARK RESOURCES, INC. (NYSE:NR)

Newpark Resources, Inc. is an oil and gas supplier. The Company provides products and services to the oil and gas exploration (E&P) industry. The Company operates its business through two segments: Fluids Systems, and Mats and Integrated Services. The Company’s Fluids Systems segment offers customized solutions, including technical drilling projects involving subsurface conditions, such as horizontal, directional, geologically deep or deep water drilling. It offers drilling fluids solutions to E&P customers in North America; Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA); Latin America, and Asia Pacific. The Mats and Integrated Services segment provides composite mat rentals, well site construction and related site services to oil and gas customers at well, production, transportation and refinery locations in the United States. The Company manufactures DURA-BASE Advanced Composite Mats for use in its rental operations, as well as for third-party sales.

NEWPARK RESOURCES, INC. (NYSE:NR) Recent Trading Information

NEWPARK RESOURCES, INC. (NYSE:NR) closed its last trading session down -0.95 at 6.55 with 4,635,404 shares trading hands.