---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000071829-22-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NPKI"
cik: "0000071829"
company_name: "NPK International Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T09:57:32.741683+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Newpark Resources director G. Stephen Finley to retire from board in May 2022

## Summary
- Finley, a director since 2007, will not stand for re-election at the May 2022 Annual Meeting.
- Board size will be reduced from nine to eight directors upon Finley's retirement.
- Finley served as Audit Committee Chairman from 2009 to 2021; retirement not due to any disagreement.
- Chairman Anthony J. Best thanked Finley for 15 years of contributions, including debt reduction and utility sector expansion.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000071829-22-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NPKI
- cik: 0000071829
- company_name: NPK International Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71829/000007182922000028/0000071829-22-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71829/000007182922000028/nr-20220404.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000071829-22-000028
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000071829-22-000028.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000071829-22-000028.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  G. Stephen Finley departed as Director at NPK International Inc..
  - Action: intends to retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: G. Stephen Finley informed the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Newpark Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) on April 4, 2022 that he does not intend to stand for re-election at the Company's next Annual General Meeting of Stockholders in May 2022 (the “Annual Meeting”), but instead he intends to retire from the Board, effective at the conclusion of the Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71829/000007182922000028/0000071829-22-000028-index.htm

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