Company: DXPE
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001020710-25-000087
Chunk: 45

Company: DXP ENTERPRISES INC
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 45
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) of the Internal Revenue Code generally disallowed a tax deduction to public corporations for compensation paid in excess of $1,000,000 for any fiscal year to the corporation’s chief executive officer and three other most highly compensated executive officers as of the end of any fiscal year (other than the Chief Financial Officer).

#### Administrative Policies and Practices
In administering the compensation programs of the NEOs, the Compensation Committee meets at least four times a year in conjunction with regularly scheduled Board meetings. The Compensation Committee also meets telephonically to discuss special items (such as the payment of special bonuses). The Compensation Committee members regularly confer with our chief executive officer on matters regarding the compensation of the NEOs, other than the chief executive officer, and other executive officers.

#### DXP ENTERPRISES, INC. 2025 PROXY STATEMENT42

#### Hedging Policy
Our directors and executive officers are prohibited from engaging in speculative transactions in Company securities, such as trading in puts and calls, or selling securities short. See “Corporate Governance and Other Board Matters — Policy Regarding Restricted Transactions” above for more details.

#### Insider Trading Policy
The Company has adopted an Insider Trading Policythat applies to all directors, officers and employees governing the purchase, sale and/or disposition of their securities. It is also the policy of the Company to comply with all applicable securities laws when transacting in its own securities The Insider Trading Policy is included within the Company’s Code of Conduct. See “Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers” above for more details.

#### Clawback Policy
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that, in the event the Company is required to issue a restatement of its financial statements due to material noncompliance with applicable financial reporting requirements, the Board may, among other things, clawback an executive’s incentive compensation for the three-year period preceding the date of the financial restatement which is in excess to what would have been paid if the financial information had been correctly reported as set forth in such restatement. The Corporate Governance Guidelines further provide that, if an individual’s misconduct was a contributing factor to the Company having to restate any of its financial statements or constituted fraud, bribery or other illegal act which adversely affected the Company’s financial position or reputation, then the Board may, in its discretion, clawback all or a portion of an executive’s incentive compensation to the extent such incentive compensation was granted.

In addition, the Board has adopted a clawback policy (the “Clawback Policy”) in order to comply with applicable laws and NASDAQ