Company: NINE
Filing Date: 2025-03-06
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-048494
Chunk: 55

Company: Nine Energy Service, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-06
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 55
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 discretion may terminate the Stock Plan at any time with respect to any shares of common stock for which awards have not been granted. The Board also has the right to alter or amend the Stock Plan or any part thereof from time to time; provided that no change in the Stock Plan may be made that would materially impair the rights of a participant without the consent of the participant. In addition, the Board may not, without approval of our stockholders, amend the Stock Plan to increase the aggregate maximum number of shares common stock that may be issued under the Stock Plan, increase the aggregate maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the Stock Plan through incentive stock options, change the class of individuals eligible to receive awards under the Stock Plan or amend or delete the restrictions on the repricing of options.

No Dividends or Dividend Equivalents on Unvested Awards

Any dividend or dividend equivalent credited with respect to an award (except for dividends paid following the grant of an award of unrestricted (i.e., fully vested) shares of Common Stock) shall be subject to restrictions and a risk of forfeiture to the same extent as the award with respect to which such Common Stock or other property has been distributed and shall not be delivered unless and until such award has vested and been earned.

Transferability of Awards

Awards granted under the Stock Plan (other than incentive stock options, which are subject to special rules described above) may not be transferred other than (i) by will or the laws of descent and distribution, (ii) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined by the Code or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or (iii) with the consent of the Committee.

Clawback

Awards granted under the Stock Plan are subject to any written clawback policies that the Company, with the approval of the Board or an authorized committee thereof, may adopt, including any policy adopted to conform to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and rules promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission and that the Company determines should apply to such**

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**Awards. Any such policy may subject Awards granted under the Stock Plan and amounts paid or realized with respect to Awards to reduction, cancelation, forfeiture or recoupment if certain specified events or wrongful conduct occur, including an accounting restatement due to the Company’s material noncompliance with financial reporting regulations or other events or wrongful conduct specified in