Item 1. (a) Name of Issuer
The name of the issuer is Newpark Resources Inc. (the “Company”).
Item 1. (b) Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices
The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 9320 Lakeside Boulevard, Suite 100, The Woodlands, Texas 77381.
Item 2. (a) Name of Person Filing
This statement is filed by:
| | (i) | The Conversant Opportunity Master Fund LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“Opportunity Master”); |
| | (ii) | Conversant GP Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Conversant GP”), which serves as the general partner of Opportunity Master; |
| | (iii) | Conversant Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Conversant Capital”), which serves as the investment manager to Opportunity Master; and |
| | (iv) | Michael Simanovsky, an individual, who serves as sole managing member of Conversant GP and Conversant Capital. |
Opportunity Master, Conversant GP, Conversant Capital, and Mr. Simanovsky are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Reporting Persons.” Any disclosures herein with respect to persons other than the Reporting Persons are made on information and belief after making inquiry to the appropriate party.
The Reporting Persons are filing this statement jointly with respect to the same securities as contemplated by Rule 13d-1(k)(1), not as members of a group.
The principal business address for each of the Reporting Persons is 25 Deforest Avenue, 3rd Floor, Summit, New Jersey 07901.
Item 2. (c) Citizenship
Opportunity Master is organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Conversant GP and Conversant Capital are organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Mr. Simanovsky is a citizen of the United States of America.
Item 2. (d) Title of Class of Securities
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”).
Item 2. (e) CUSIP Number
The CUSIP number for the Common Stock is 651718504.
Item 3. If This Statement is Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a:
Not Applicable.
Item 4. Ownership
The information in Items 5 through 9 and Item 11 on the cover pages to this Schedule 13G is hereby incorporated by reference.
The percentages used herein are calculated based upon 86,812,902 shares of Common Stock as of July 31, 2023 as represented in the Company's 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on August 2, 2023.
Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person
Not Applicable.
| Item 7. | Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company |
The information in Items 2 and 4 is hereby incorporated by reference.
Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group
Not Applicable.
Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group
Not Applicable.
Item 10. Certification
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: October 13, 2023
| | CONVERSANT OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND LP | |
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| | By: | Conversant GP Holdings LLC
/s/ Michael Simanovsky | |
| | | Name: Michael Simanovsky | |
| | | Title: Managing Member
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| | CONVERSANT GP HOLDINGS LLC | |
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| | By: | /s/ Michael Simanovsky | |
| | | Name: Michael Simanovsky | |
| | | Title: Managing Member | |
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| | By: | /s/ Michael Simanovsky | |
| | | Name: Michael Simanovsky | |
| | | Title: Managing Member | |
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| | By: | /s/ Michael Simanovsky | |
| | | Michael Simanovsky | |
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Exhibit 99.1
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(k)
The undersigned acknowledge and agree that the foregoing statement on Schedule 13G in respect of the Common Stock of Newpark Resources Inc. is filed on behalf of each of the undersigned and that all subsequent amendments to this statement on Schedule 13G may be filed on behalf of each of the undersigned without the necessity of filing additional joint filing agreements. The undersigned acknowledge that each shall be responsible for the timely filing of such amendments, and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning him or it contained herein or therein, but shall not be responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning the others, except to the extent that he or it knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.
EXECUTED October 13, 2023
