secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NPK International Inc. (NPKI)
CIK:        0000071829
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-04-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000071829-23-000033
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Newpark Resources GC Earle departing April 30; Celeste Frugé named successor
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- E. Chipman Earle will depart as VP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary effective April 30, 2023.
- Departure part of restructuring to resize support functions and reduce G&A expenses.
- Earle will receive severance benefits per U.S. Executive Severance Plan, subject to 12-month non-compete and non-solicitation covenants.
- Celeste Frugé, currently Deputy General Counsel, appointed VP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary effective May 1, 2023.
- Frugé has been with Newpark since April 2008, most recently as Deputy General Counsel since February 2020.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71829/000007182923000033/0000071829-23-000033-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/71829/000007182923000033/nr-20230403.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000071829-23-000033

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