Company: NINE
Filing Date: 2025-03-06
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-048494
Chunk: 47

Company: Nine Energy Service, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-06
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 47
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 stock awards without shareholder approval; |

| • |     | Shares of Common Stock that are subject to options or stock appreciation rights under the Stock Plan will not again be available for issuance if such shares of Common Stock are (a) tendered, withheld or surrendered in payment of the exercise or purchase price of such options or stock appreciation rights or taxes relating to such options or stock appreciation rights, (b) not issued or delivered as a result of the net settlement or net exercise of such options or stock appreciation rights or (c) repurchased on the open market with the proceeds of an option’s exercise price; |

| • |     | Awards assumed by a successor in connection with a Corporate Change will not vest solely as a result of the Corporate Change (unless specifically provided otherwise in an award agreement or any applicable employment agreement or similar agreement); |

| • |     | Awards, including time-based awards, are subject to potential reduction, cancellation or recoupment pursuant to any clawback policy adopted by the Company; |

| • |     | Except as permitted in the grant of Substitute Awards, no discounted options or stock appreciation rights may be granted; and |

| • |     | Dividend and dividend equivalents are subject to restrictions and risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the award with respect to which such dividends or dividend equivalents are accrued and will not be paid unless and until such award has vested. |

Description of the Stock Plan A summary description of the material features of the Stock Plan, as amended to reflect the Amendment, is set forth below. The following summary does not purport to be a complete description of all the provisions of the Stock Plan and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of (i) the Stock Plan, a copy of which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1filed on May 2, 2017, (ii) the First Amendment, which is included as Annex A to the Proxy Statement filed on March 8, 2021, (iii) the Second Amendment, which is included as Annex A to the Proxy Statement filed on March 8, 2023 and (iv) the Third Amendment, which is included with this Proxy Statement as Annex A. 41

Purpose of the Stock Plan The purpose of the Stock Plan is to provide a means through which the Company and its affiliates may attract and retain able persons to serve as directors, consultants or employees of the Company and its affiliates and to provide a means whereby those