Newpark Resources Sets 2010 Annual Meeting Date

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Newpark Resources, Inc. (NYSE: NR) today announced that its Board of Directors set the date of the Company's 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  The meeting will be held on Thursday, June 10, 2010 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.

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