Company: DXPE
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001020710-25-000087
Chunk: 27

Company: DXP ENTERPRISES INC
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 27
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 Chairman of the Audit Committee, or if unavailable, to the other members of the Audit Committee.

#### COMMITTEES AND MEETINGS OF THE BOARD

#### Committees
The Board appoints committees to help carry out its duties. The Board has the following standing committees: Audit, Compensation, IT and Cybersecurity and Nominating and Corporate Governance. The following table sets forth the committees of the Board and their members as of the date of this proxy statement, as well as the number of meetings each committee held during 2024:

| Director                        |     | Audit Committee |     | Compensation Committee |     | Nomination/Corporate Governance Committee |     | IT/Cybersecurity  Committee |
| David Little                    |     |               — |     |                      — |     |                                         — |     |                           — |
| Kent Yee                        |     |               — |     |                      — |     |                                         — |     |                           — |
| Timothy Halter                  |     |               ü |     |                      ü |     |                                         ü |     |                           † |
| David Patton                    |     |               ü |     |                      † |     |                                         ü |     |                           ü |
| Joseph R. Mannes                |     |               † |     |                      ü |     |                                         ü |     |                           ü |
| Karen Hoffman                   |     |               ü |     |                      ü |     |                                         † |     |                           ü |
| Number of meetings held in 2024 |     |               4 |     |                      4 |     |                                         4 |     |                           2 |

† - Denotes chair

#### DXP ENTERPRISES, INC. 2025 PROXY STATEMENT29

### COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
We use a combination of cash and equity-based compensation to attract and retain qualified candidates to serve on the Board. In setting director compensation, the Board and the Compensation Committee are guided by the following principles:

• compensation should fairly pay directors for work required in a company of our size and scope, and differentiate among directors where appropriate to reflect different levels of responsibilities;

• a significant portion of the total compensation should be paid in stock-based awards to align directors' interest with the long-term interests of our shareholders; and

• the structure of the compensation program should be simple and transparent.

Director’s Fees . During 2024, each of our independent directors received a fee of $13,750 for each quarterly board meeting. Our directors who are