secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NPK International Inc. (NPKI)
CIK:        0000071829
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-12-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000071829-22-000187
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Newpark completes sale of Excalibar and Conroe facility for nearly $80M net cash
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- Sold Excalibar industrial mineral grinding assets to Cimbar Resources for $48M base price plus inventory adjustment; also sold Conroe, TX blending facility.
- Combined divestitures expected to generate nearly $80M net cash, including $63M received at closing.
- Proceeds to be used for debt reduction, higher-return investments, and share repurchases.
- Newpark agreed to 4-year non-compete and will buy at least 95% of its U.S. barite from Cimbar.
- Pro forma net cash from Excalibar alone estimated at $59.3M, based on Sept 30 inventory.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71829/000007182922000187/0000071829-22-000187-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71829/000007182922000187/nr-20221130.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000071829-22-000187

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