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THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2024-- Newpark Resources, Inc. (NYSE: NR) (“Newpark” or the “Company”) today announced results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024.

SECOND QUARTER 2024 RESULTS
(all comparisons versus the prior year period unless otherwise noted)

• Net income of $8.0 million, or $0.09 per diluted share
• Adjusted Net Income of $10.4 million, or $0.12 per diluted share
• Adjusted EBITDA +18% to $23.4 million
• Adjusted EBITDA margin of 13.1%, +230 basis points
• Total Debt of $58 million, Net Debt of $23 million and Net Leverage of 0.3x as of June 30, 2024

MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY

“We delivered a strong second quarter performance, as Industrial Solutions segment revenue increased nearly 40% on an organic basis versus the prior-year period,” stated Matthew Lanigan, President and CEO of Newpark. “Industrial Solutions revenue growth was supported by a combination of fleet expansion and a continued shift in customer preference from legacy, wood-based mats toward our DURA-BASE composite-based matting system. Product sales increased to an all-time quarterly record in the second quarter, while rental revenue increased 9% versus the prior-year period.

“We remain highly focused on driving performance excellence across all aspects of our organization as we seek to maximize operating leverage and capital efficiency,” continued Lanigan. “In the second quarter, this strategic focus translated to significant year-over-year growth in adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income and free cash flow conversion, while providing us with improved balance sheet optionality to support our capital allocation priorities.

“To that end, our capital allocation strategy continues to prioritize investments in our rental fleet, return of capital through our share repurchase authorization, and opportunistic inorganic growth within both existing and complementary worksite access markets,” noted Lanigan. “We generated free cash flow of $22 million in the second quarter while net leverage declined to 0.3x as of June 30, 2024.

Lanigan continued, “With regard to the Fluids Systems sale process, our entire organization has worked tirelessly on all aspects of diligence and separation planning, with an eye on a mid-year completion. Our international business continues to operate at a very strong level, contributing more than 70% of the segment’s global revenues and on pace for a record year in both EBITDA and returns, however, the natural complexities of the global business are extending the process timeline beyond our targeted dates. While impacting our timing expectations, we remain committed to achieving a resolution to our strategic review process and continue to work diligently to achieve this goal in the third quarter.

“Today, we are reiterating our full-year 2024 financial guidance for our Industrial Solutions segment,” concluded Lanigan. “While the third quarter is typically a seasonally softer period of the year for our business, with activity levels generally below second quarter levels, we remain encouraged by the longer-term demand outlook across our core end-markets, as we continue to expand our market.”

BUSINESS UPDATE

Newpark is engaged in a multi-year business transformation plan designed to drive organic commercial growth within targeted, higher-margin product and rental markets; improve asset optimization and organizational efficiency; and pursue a capital allocation strategy that prioritizes investments in opportunities with superior return profiles, together with a programmatic return of capital program.

During the second quarter 2024, Newpark continued to deliver on its business transformation plan, highlighted by the following (all comparisons versus the prior year period unless otherwise noted):

• Rental demand strengthens in the second quarter 2024. Industrial Solutions revenue from specialty rental increased 9% for the second quarter of 2024, somewhat mitigating a lower contribution from associated services. Total rental and services declined 9%.
• Robust product sales demand. Revenues from product sales achieved a quarterly record $30 million, primarily driven by strong demand from the power transmission sector and project timing.
• Fluids Systems segment continues momentum in international operations. The segment delivered strong international revenue growth in the second quarter of 2024, with international operations contributing 71% of Fluids Systems revenue in the quarter. Newpark’s Eastern Hemisphere revenue increased 2% to $66 million and Canada increased 28% to $13 million.
• Delivered margin expansion. Consolidated gross margin increased 370 basis points year-over-year to 21.7%, benefiting from a higher contribution from Industrial Solutions and improving Fluids Systems fundamentals. Adjusted EBITDA margin improved 230 basis points to 13.1% in the second quarter of 2024. For the quarter, Industrial Solutions segment Adjusted EBITDA margin was 37.1% and Fluids Systems segment Adjusted EBITDA margin was 4.6%.
• Robust return of capital program. In February 2024, the Board of Directors increased the authorization for repurchases of common stock up to $50.0 million. In 2023, Newpark repurchased more than $30 million of its common equity, representing more than 7% of total shares outstanding. No share repurchases were made in the first half of 2024, due to trading blackout restrictions associated with the ongoing Fluids Systems segment sale process.

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

In the second quarter 2024, Newpark generated net income of $8.0 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, on total revenue of $179.0 million, compared to net income of $1.7 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, on total revenue of $183.3 million, in the prior year period.

The Company reported second quarter Adjusted Net Income of $10.4 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, compared to Adjusted Net Income of $6.8 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, in the prior year period. Newpark reported Adjusted EBITDA of $23.4 million in the second quarter of 2024, or 13.1% of total revenue, compared to $19.8 million, or 10.8% of total revenue, in the second quarter of 2023.

The Industrial Solutions segment generated revenues of $66.8 million in the second quarter of 2024, compared to $48.1 million in the prior year period. Segment operating income was $19.4 million in the second quarter, compared to $12.8 million in the prior year period.

The Fluids Systems segment generated revenues of $112.2 million in the second quarter of 2024, compared to $135.2 million in the prior year period. Segment operating income was $2.3 million in the second quarter, compared to $2.0 million in the prior year period. The second quarter 2024 Fluids Systems segment operating income includes $1.1 million in facility exit costs, transaction expenses related to the ongoing Fluids Systems segment sale process, and severance costs. The second quarter 2023 Fluids Systems operating income included $4.9 million in total charges including $2.1 million of net facility exit and severance costs as well as $2.8 million of non-cash impairment charges related to inventory and long-lived assets associated with the exit of certain operations.

Corporate office expenses were $8.4 million in the second quarter of 2024, compared to $8.9 million in the prior year period. The second quarter 2024 corporate office expenses include $1.6 million in transaction expenses related to the ongoing Fluids Systems segment sale process. The second quarter 2023 corporate office expenses included $0.9 million of severance expense associated with restructuring actions as well as $0.8 million of costs related to strategic planning projects.

BALANCE SHEET AND LIQUIDITY

As of June 30, 2024, Newpark had total cash of $35.1 million, substantially all of which resides within our international Fluids Systems subsidiaries, and available liquidity under its ABL credit facility of $74.4 million. At the end of the second quarter, the Company had total Net Debt outstanding of $23 million, or 0.3x its trailing twelve-month Adjusted EBITDA as of June 30, 2024.

Newpark generated $27.6 million of operating cash flow in the second quarter of 2024. Capital investments totaled $6 million, net, in the second quarter of 2024, primarily related to the expansion of Newpark’s composite matting rental fleet.

FINANCIAL GUIDANCE

The following forward-looking guidance reflects the Company’s current expectations and beliefs as of August 5, 2024 and is subject to change. The following statements apply only as of the date of this disclosure and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included elsewhere in this document.

For the full year 2024, Newpark currently anticipates the following:

• Industrial Solutions segment revenue in a range of $230 million to $240 million and segment Adjusted EBITDA in a range of $80 million to $85 million
• Total Industrial Solutions capital expenditures in a range of $30 million to $35 million

SECOND QUARTER 2024 RESULTS CONFERENCE CALL

A conference call will be held Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. ET to review the Company’s financial results and conduct a question-and-answer session.

A webcast of the conference call and accompanying presentation materials will be available in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at https://investor.newpark.com. To listen to a live broadcast, go to the site at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time in order to register, download and install any necessary audio software. Individuals can also participate by teleconference dial-in.

To participate in the live teleconference:

To listen to a replay of the teleconference, which subsequently will be available through August 13, 2024:

ABOUT NEWPARK RESOURCES

Newpark Resources, Inc. is a geographically diversified supplier providing environmentally-sensitive products, as well as rentals and services to a variety of industries, including oil and gas exploration, electrical transmission & distribution, pipeline, renewable energy, petrochemical, construction, and other industries. For more information, visit our website at www.newpark.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements. Words such as “will,” “may,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying them. These statements are not guarantees that our expectations will prove to be correct and involve a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Many factors, including those discussed more fully elsewhere in this release and in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Newpark, particularly its Annual Report on Form 10-K, and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, as well as others, could cause actual plans or results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these statements. These risk factors include, but are not limited to, risks related to our exploration of strategic alternatives for the long-term positioning of our Fluids Systems division, including the ongoing sale process as well as whether any such transaction will be consummated on the anticipated timeline or at all; divestitures; the worldwide oil and natural gas industry; our ability to generate internal growth; economic and market conditions that may impact our customers’ future spending; our customer concentration and reliance on the U.S. exploration and production market; our international operations; the ongoing conflicts in Europe and the Middle East; operating hazards present in the oil and natural gas and utilities industries and substantial liability claims, including catastrophic well incidents; our contracts that can be terminated or downsized by our customers without penalty; our product offering and market expansion; our ability to attract, retain, and develop qualified leaders, key employees, and skilled personnel; expanding our services in the utilities sector, which may require unionized labor; the price and availability of raw materials; inflation; capital investments and business acquisitions; market competition; technological developments and intellectual property; severe weather, natural disasters, and seasonality; public health crises, epidemics, and pandemics; our cost and continued availability of borrowed funds, including noncompliance with debt covenants; environmental laws and regulations; legal compliance; the inherent limitations of insurance coverage; income taxes; cybersecurity incidents or business system disruptions; activist stockholders that may attempt to effect changes at our Company or acquire control over our Company; share repurchases; and our amended and restated bylaws, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain what such stockholders believe to be a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by securities laws. Newpark's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission can be obtained at no charge at www.sec.gov, as well as through our website at www.newpark.com.

Fluids Systems operating income for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2023 included a $2.1 million and $4.4 million, respectively, loss associated with our now exited Gulf of Mexico operations.

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Non-GAAP Reconciliations
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To help understand the Company’s financial performance, the Company has supplemented its financial results that it provides in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) with non-GAAP financial measures. Such financial measures include Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Net Income Per Common Share, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”), Adjusted EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Net Debt, and Net Leverage.

We believe these non-GAAP financial measures are frequently used by investors, securities analysts and other parties in the evaluation of our performance and liquidity with that of other companies in our industry. Management uses these measures to evaluate our operating performance, liquidity and capital structure. In addition, our incentive compensation plan measures performance based on our consolidated EBITDA, along with other factors. The methods we use to produce these non-GAAP financial measures may differ from methods used by other companies. These measures should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income Per Common Share

The following tables reconcile the Company’s net income and net income per common share calculated in accordance with GAAP to the non-GAAP financial measures of Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Net Income Per Common Share:

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EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin

The following table reconciles the Company’s net income calculated in accordance with GAAP to the non-GAAP financial measures of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin:

Free Cash Flow

The following table reconciles the Company’s net cash provided by operating activities calculated in accordance with GAAP to the non-GAAP financial measure of Free Cash Flow:

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EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin

The following tables reconcile the Company’s segment operating income calculated in accordance with GAAP to the non-GAAP financial measures of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted EBITDA Margin: