Company: DXPE
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001020710-25-000087
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Company: DXP ENTERPRISES INC
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form: DEF 14A
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 that any of the nominees will become unavailable for any reason, but if that should occur before the meeting, proxies will be voted for another nominee, or other nominees, to be selected by the Board. In accordance with DXP’s Bylaws and Texas law, a shareholder entitled to vote for the election of directors may withhold authority to vote for certain nominees for directors or may withhold authority to vote for all nominees for directors. The director nominees receiving a plurality of the votes of the holders of shares of Common Stock, Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class, present in person or by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors will be elected directors.

#### DXP ENTERPRISES, INC. 2025 PROXY STATEMENT19
The persons listed below have been nominated for election to fill the six director positions.

| NOMINEE           |     | AGE |     | POSITION                                      |     | SINCE |
| David R. Little   |     |  73 |     | Chairman of the Board, President and CEO      |     |  1996 |
| Kent Yee          |     |  50 |     | Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer |     |  2021 |
| Timothy P. Halter |     |  58 |     | Director                                      |     |  2001 |
| David Patton      |     |  75 |     | Director                                      |     |  2016 |
| Joseph R. Mannes  |     |  66 |     | Director                                      |     |  2020 |
| Karen Hoffman     |     |  46 |     | Director                                      |     |  2021 |

#### Board Recommendation
| ☑Our Board recommends that you vote"FOR"each of or"FOR ALL"the election of the above nominees. |

Information Regarding Board Nominees and Directors

Background of Board Nominees for Director

| DAVID R. LITTLE |

| SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS           |     |                           |
| •  Public company CEO and President |     | •  M&A                    |
| •  Strategy and operations          |     | •  Finance and accounting |
| •  Distribution, manufacturing      |     | •  Human capital          |

Mr. Little has served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of DXP since its organization in 1996 and also has held these positions with SEPCO Industries, Inc.,