Company: NINE
Filing Date: 2025-03-06
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-048494
Chunk: 23

Company: Nine Energy Service, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-06
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 23
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 the Nominating, Governance and Compensation Committee. |

Communications with the Board The Board welcomes communications from our stockholders and other interested parties. Stockholders and any other interested parties may send communications to the Board, any committee of the Board, the Chairman of the Board or to any director in particular, by writing to: Nine Energy Service, Inc. 2001 Kirby Drive, Suite 200 Houston, Texas 77019 Attn: General Counsel Stockholders and any other interested parties should mark the envelope containing each communication as “Stockholder Communication with Directors” and clearly identify the intended recipient(s) of the communication. Our General Counsel will review each communication received from stockholders and other interested parties and will forward the communications, as expeditiously as reasonably practicable, to the addressees if: (1) the communication complies with the requirements of any applicable policy adopted by the Board relating to the subject matter of the communication and (2) the communication falls within the scope of matters generally considered by the Board. 19

EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION The tables and narrative disclosure below provide compensation disclosure that satisfies the requirements applicable to smaller reporting companies, as defined in Regulation S-Kpromulgated under the Securities Act. As a smaller reporting company, we are required to provide a Summary Compensation Table, an Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End Table, a Director Compensation Table and limited narrative disclosures. Overview In this section, we provide disclosure relating to the compensation of our Named Executive Officers during 2024. The tables and narrative disclosure below provide compensation information for the following executive officers (collectively, our “Named Executive Officers”):

| • |     | Ann G. Fox, President and Chief Executive Officer |

| • |     | David Crombie, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer |

| • |     | Guy Sirkes, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |

| • |     | Theodore R. Moore, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |

The compensation of our Named Executive Officers consists of a base salary, annual cash bonus opportunities, long-term incentive compensation in the form of equity awards and other benefits, as described below. Our Named Executive Officers are also eligible to receive certain payments and benefits upon a termination of employment under certain circumstances in accordance with the terms of their employment agreements. Role of Compensation Consultants in 2024 Compensation Decisions The Nominating, Governance and Compensation Committee, in overseeing the compensation of our non-employeedirectors and our executive compensation program, employs several analytic tools