Monday, February 23, 2009

Newpark Resources Sets 2009 Annual Meeting Date

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Newpark Resources, Inc. (NYSE: NR) today announced that its Board of Directors set the date of the Company's 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. central time at The Marriott Woodlands Waterway Hotel & Conference Center, 1601 Lake Robbins Drive, The Woodlands, Texas.

Newpark Resources, Inc. is a worldwide provider of drilling fluids, temporary worksites and access roads for oilfield and other commercial markets, and environmental waste treatment solutions. For more information, visit our website at www.newpark.com.

    Contacts:  James E. Braun, CFO
               Newpark Resources, Inc.
               281-362-6800

               Ken Dennard, Managing Partner
               Dennard Rupp Gray & Easterly, LLC
               ksdennard@drg-e.com
               713-529-6600

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