Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
OnNovember 15, 2022 , the Board of Directors ofNewpark Resources, Inc. (the "Company") adopted and approved, effective immediately, the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the "Amended and Restated Bylaws") in order to, among other things:
•eliminate the requirement to have a stockholder list available for inspection at the stockholder meeting;
•update the procedural mechanics with respect to adjourned meetings of stockholders;
•update the procedures and requirements with respect to the stockholders' right to act by written consent in lieu of a meeting;
•enhance the procedural mechanics and disclosure requirements relating to business proposals submitted and director nominations made by stockholders, including by requiring:
•certain additional background information regarding the proposing stockholders, proposed nominees or business and other persons related to such matter;
•representations as to whether such stockholder intends or is part of a group which intends to deliver, in the same manner required of the Company under the Exchange Act, a proxy statement or form of proxy to holders of shares representing, in the case of nominations, at least 67% of the voting power of the Company's outstanding stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, or in the case of other business, at least the percentage of the voting power of the Company's outstanding stock required to approve or adopt such proposal; and
•with respect to nominations, a representation that, immediately after soliciting the required percentage of stockholders described above, the stockholder submitting such matter will provide the Company with documents demonstrating that the necessary steps have been taken to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of the required percentage of the voting power of the Company's stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors;
•require that a stockholder directly or indirectly soliciting proxies from other stockholders use a proxy card color other than white; and
•opt out of Section 116 of the General Corporation Law of theState of Delaware by requiring that certain notices and other information or documents provided by stockholders to the Company pursuant to the Amended and Restated Bylaws must be delivered in writing.
The Amended and Restated Bylaws also incorporate various other updates and technical, clarifying and conforming changes.
The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated by reference herein. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description 3.1 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Newpark
15, 2022. 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as
Inline XBRL and contained in
Exhibit 101)
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