Item 5.02.    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On December 3, 2020, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Newpark Resources,
Inc. (the "Company") increased the size of the Board from six members to seven
members and appointed Mr. Michael A. Lewis to fill the vacancy created by the
increase, effective as of January 1, 2021.
Mr. Lewis has over 34 years of electric operations experience. He has served as
Interim President of Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation ("PG&E") since August
2020. He has also served as Senior Vice President, Electric Operations of PG&E
since January 2019. In his current roles, Mr. Lewis oversees all aspects of
PG&E's Electric Operations, including the company's wildfire prevention and
response efforts, longer-term grid resiliency initiatives, system-wide
vegetation management work and emergency preparedness and response efforts. Mr.
Lewis joined PG&E in August 2018 and announced in July 2020 that he plans to
retire on December 31, 2020. From September 2016 to July 2018, Mr. Lewis served
as Duke Energy's Senior Vice President and Chief Distribution Officer,
responsible for distribution operations across six states. From 2008 to 2016,
Mr. Lewis served in increasingly more senior roles in electric transmission and
distribution, including as Chief Transmission Officer at Duke Energy. He holds a
bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Florida and
an MBA from Nova Southeastern University. He attended both the Advanced
Management Program at Duke University and the Finance and Accounting for
Non-Financial Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton
School.
Mr. Lewis will stand for re-election to the Board of Directors at our 2021
Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Board has affirmatively determined that Mr.
Lewis is "independent" as that term is defined by The New York Stock Exchange
listing standards and the standards set forth in the Company's Corporate
Governance Guidelines. Mr. Lewis does not have a material interest in any
transaction that is required to be disclosed under Item 404(a) of Regulation
S-K. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Lewis and any other
person pursuant to which she was selected as a director. Mr. Lewis will serve as
a member of the Company's Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating
and Corporate Governance Committee.
The compensation paid to Mr. Lewis will be consistent with the director
compensation paid to non-employee directors of the Company since April 1, 2020,
as described in the Company's 2020 Proxy Statement, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2020. A copy of the press release announcing
the election of Mr. Lewis to the Board of Directors of the Company is attached
to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No.               Description
99.1                        Press release issued by Newpark Resources, Inc. on     December
                              4    , 2020.
104                       Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as

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                          Exhibit 101)

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