Jerry W. Box joined Newpark's Board of Directors in March 2003. Mr. Box retired as President, Chief Operating Officer and director of Oryx Energy Company in 1999, after more than 30 years in the oil and gas exploration industry. Since June 2005, Mr. Box has served as a director of Cimarex Energy Co., an independent oil and gas exploration and production company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, with principal operations in the Mid-Continent, Gulf Coast, Permian Basin and Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Box serves on the Compensation and Governance Committee of Cimarex. Prior to that, from 1999 until June 2005, Mr. Box served as a director of Magnum Hunter Resources, Inc., an independent exploration and development company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. He also served as Chairman of the Board of Magnum Hunter from October 2004 to June 2005.

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David C. Anderson joined Newpark's Board of Directors in September 2006. Since 2003, Mr. Anderson has been the Chief Executive Officer of Anderson Partners, a firm that he formed which provides senior-level executive search and related management consulting services to corporations and private equity, venture capital and professional services firms. Prior to this, from 1992 to 2003, he served in various management positions for Heidrick & Struggles, Inc., also an executive search firm, including President and Chief Operating Officer from 2001 to 2003. Mr. Anderson also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Heidrick & Struggles from 1996 through 1999, at which time the company completed a successful initial public offering, and he continued as a director after the public offering through 2002.

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G. Stephen Finley joined Newpark's Board of Directors in June 2007. Mr. Finley served as the Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration, and Chief Financial Officer of Baker Hughes Incorporated from April 1999 to his retirement from that company in April 2006. Prior to that, from February 1982 to April 1999, Mr. Finley held various financial and administrative management positions with Baker Hughes. From June 2006 until June 2008, Mr. Finley served as a member of the Board of Directors of Ocean Rig ASA, which was a Norway-based drilling contractor that was listed on the Oslo, Norway stock exchange. He served on that board’s Nominations and Governance Committee and as Chairman of its Audit Committee. Since November 2006, Mr. Finley has served as a member of the Board of Directors, a member of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Compensation Committee of Exterran GP, LLC, which is the general partner of Exterran, L.P., a leading provider of natural gas compression services and products. Mr. Finley also serves on the Board of Directors of a privately held company, Total Safety U.S., Inc., a global provider of integrated safety strategies and solutions for hazardous environments.

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Paul L. Howes joined Newpark's Board of Directors and was appointed as Chief Executive Officer in March 2006. In June 2006, Mr. Howes was appointed as Newparks President. Mr. Howes career has included experience in the defense industry, chemicals and plastics manufacturing, and the packaging industry. Following the sale of his former company in October 2005 until he joined Newparks Board of Directors in March 2006, Mr. Howes was working privately as an inventor while engaging in consulting and private investing activities. From 2002 until October 2005, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Astaris LLC, a primary chemicals company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, with operations in North America, Europe and South America. Prior to this, from 1997 until 2002, he served as Vice President and General Manager, Packaging Division, for Flint Ink Corporation, a global ink company headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan with operations in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America.

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James W. McFarland, Ph.D. joined Newpark's Board of Directors in November 2006. Dr. McFarland is the Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Distinguished Chair in Finance and Professor of Finance and Economics in the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. Dr. McFarland has continuously served as a member of Tulane’s faculty, since joining the university in 1988. He also serves as the Executive Director of the Tulane Energy Institute. Previously, Dr. McFarland was the Dean of the Freeman School from July 1, 1988, through June 30, 2005. Prior to joining the faculty at Tulane, he was the Dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Houston. Dr. McFarland also has served on the faculties of Texas A&M University, the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, the University of Rhode Island, and the University of New Mexico. In addition to his academic appointments, he has worked as a researcher for the University of California Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Presidential Commission on the Nation’s Water Resources. Dr. McFarland serves on the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee of Stewart Enterprises, Inc..

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Gary L. Warren joined Newpark's Board of Directors in December 2005. From October 1999 until his retirement in September 2005, Mr. Warren served as President of the Drilling and Well Services Division and Senior Vice President of Weatherford International Ltd., a provider of mechanical solutions, technology and services for the drilling and production sectors of the oil and gas industry. From June 2006 until September 2008, Mr. Warren served as a director of Horizon North Logistics Inc., a Canadian-based service company which provides a diverse mix of products and services to the oil and gas, mining, forestry and pipeline industries focused primarily on Canada’s northern frontiers and Northwest Territory. Mr. Warren also served on Horizon’s Compensation and Audit Committees until September 2008. Mr. Warren has recently been nominated to serve as a Director of Trican Well Service Ltd, a Calgary-based, publicly traded company that provides pressure pumping and related oil field services.