Company: DWSN
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001558370-25-006017
Chunk: 27

Company: DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-30
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 27
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’s compensation disclosure rules. This vote is not intended to address any specific item of compensation, but rather the overall compensation of our named executive officers and the philosophy, policies and practices described in this proxy statement. Accordingly, we will ask our shareholders to vote “FOR” the following non-binding resolution at the Annual Meeting:

“RESOLVED, that the shareholders approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement of the Company for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders pursuant to the compensation disclosure rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.”

While your vote on this proposal is advisory and will not be binding on the Company, the Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee, we value the opinion of our shareholders and will take the results of this advisory vote into account when making future decisions regarding our executive compensation program.

Our Board of Directors unanimously recommends that you vote FOR the resolution, on an advisory basis, approving the executive compensation of the named executive officers.

<div align='center'>SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR NEXT ANNUAL MEETING</div>

The next annual meeting of the Company’s shareholders is anticipated to be held on June 16, 2026. Shareholders may submit proposals appropriate for shareholder action at the next annual meeting consistent with the regulations of the SEC. If a shareholder desires to have such proposal included in the Proxy Statement and form of proxy distributed by the Board of Directors with respect to such meeting, the proposal must be received at our principal executive offices, 508 West Wall, Suite 800, Midland, Texas 79701, Attention: Mr. Ian Shaw, Chief Financial Officer, no later than January 1, 2026, and must satisfy the rules and regulations of the SEC as well as the applicable provisions of our Bylaws to be eligible for inclusion in the proxy statement for that meeting. In addition, to comply with the universal proxy rules, shareholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees must provide timely notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act.

In addition, our Bylaws establish advance notice procedures with regard to certain matters, including shareholder proposals not included in our Proxy Statement, to be brought before an annual meeting. In general, our corporate secretary must receive notice of any such proposal not later than January 31, 2026 and must not have been received earlier than March 2, 2026 in order to be considered timely; provided, however, that, if