THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Newpark Resources, Inc. (NYSE: NR) today announced that its Board of Directors has set the date of the Company's 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The meeting will be held on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott 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:                  Gregg Piontek, CFO
                               Newpark Resources, Inc.
                               281-362-6800

                               Ken Dennard, Managing Partner
                               DRG&L
                               ksdennard@drg-l.com
                               713-529-6600

SOURCE Newpark Resources, Inc.