SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* LANIGAN MATTHEW (Last) (First) (Middle) 9320 LAKESIDE BOULEVARD SUITE 100 (Street) THE WOODLANDS TX 77381 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 04/22/2016	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NEWPARK RESOURCES INC [ NR ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) VP and Pres of NMIS	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

No securities are beneficially owned.

	By: Jennifer F Wilson For: Matthew Lanigan	04/25/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY
	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
 hereby constitutes and appoints Mark J. Airola and
Jennifer F. Wilson, signing singly, the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	 execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an
officer and/or director of
Newpark Resources, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4,
and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

	(2)	 do and perform any and all acts
for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any
such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and

	(3)	 take any other action of any type
whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which,
in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any
of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as
of this 22nd day of April, 2016.

                       /s/ Matthew Lanigan
                       Printed Name: Matthew Lanigan