NEWPARK RESOURCES, INC. Underwriting AgreementNewpark Resources Inc • October 4th, 2010 • Oil & gas field machinery & equipment • New York
Newpark Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”), $150,000,000 principal amount of its 4.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Underwritten Securities”) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional $22,500,000 principal amount of its 4.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Option Securities”) if and to the extent that the Underwriters shall have determined to exercise the option to purchase such 4.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2017 granted to the Underwriters in Section 2 hereof. The Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities are herein referred to as the “Securities”. The Securities will be convertible into shares (the “Underlying Securities”) of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an
