Company: SXI
Filing Date: 2025-09-05
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-028442
Chunk: 2

Company: STANDEX INTERNATIONAL CORP/DE/
Filing Date: 2025-09-05
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 2
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 proxy solicitation costs are paid by the Company. In addition to proxy solicitations made by mail, the Company’s directors and officers may solicit proxies in person or by telephone, and, in this regard, the Company has engaged the proxy solicitation firm, Alliance Advisors, to assist in this process.

| Agenda and Voting Recommendations |

| Item | Proposals                               | Board Vote Recommendation |
| 1    | Election of Directors                   | FOR                       |
| 2    | Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation | FOR                       |
| 3    | Ratification of Auditors                | FOR                       |

| How to Vote |

If you hold shares as of the RECORD DATE (August 26, 2025), you can vote your shares using any of the following methods:

| Vote by Internet                                           
 Visitwww.envisionreports.com/sxi.                          |     | Vote by Mail.Complete, sign, date and return your proxy card by mail.                                            |
| Vote by Telephone.Call toll-free to 1-800-652-VOTE (8683). |     | Vote in Person.You may attend the Annual Meeting in person and deliver a completed proxy card or vote by ballot. |

Internet and telephone voting will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, until 1:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on October 21, 2025. You do not need to return your proxy card if you vote by Internet or telephone. See page 68for more details.

2025 Proxy Statement 5

| Board Nominees & Continuing Directors |

|                                                                                    |     |          |            | Committee Memberships |   |      |     |
| Name                                                                               | Age | Years of 
   Tenure |       Term 
 Expiration | A                     | C | N&CG | I&T |
| Thomas E. Chorman Independent                                                      
 Chief Executive Officer, Solar LED Innovations, LLC                                |  71 |       21 |       2025 |                       |   |      |     |
| Andy L. Nemeth Independent                                                         
 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Industries, Inc                      |  56 |       <1 |       2025 |                       |   |      |     |
| Charles H. Cannon, Jr. Independent                                                 
 Former Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, JBT Corporation             |  73 |       21 |       2026 |                       |   |      |     |
| David Dunbar                                                                       
 President and Chief Executive Officer, Standex International Corporation