---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000071829-22-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NPKI"
cik: "0000071829"
company_name: "NPK International Inc."
filed_at: "2022-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T01:45:27.556417+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Newpark appoints Young and Meer as independent directors under Radoff cooperation

## Summary
- Board expanded from seven to nine directors; Young and Meer appointed effective March 1, 2022.
- Appointments follow February 17, 2022 cooperation agreement with Bradley L. Radoff.
- Donald Young is managing member of Race Rock Group and former CEO of Hoover Ferguson.
- Claudia Meer brings cleantech/energy transition experience, ex-CIO of AlphaStruxure and CEO of Dalkia U.S.
- Both directors deemed independent under NYSE standards; will stand for election at 2022 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000071829-22-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NPKI
- cik: 0000071829
- company_name: NPK International Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71829/000007182922000018/0000071829-22-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71829/000007182922000018/nr-20220228.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000071829-22-000018
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000071829-22-000018.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000071829-22-000018.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Claudia Meer was appointed as Director at NPK International Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 28, 2022, the Board elected to increase the size of the Board further from eight directors to nine directors effective March 1, 2022 and appointed Ms. Claudia Meer to fill the resulting vacancy.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71829/000007182922000018/0000071829-22-000018-index.htm
- Executive change
  Donald Young was appointed as Director at NPK International Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) increased the size of the Board from seven directors to eight directors effective March 1, 2022 and appointed Donald Young to the Board to fill the resulting vacancy.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71829/000007182922000018/0000071829-22-000018-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.