Company: NINE
Filing Date: 2025-03-06
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-048494
Chunk: 45

Company: Nine Energy Service, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-06
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 45
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 stockholders will be asked to approve the Third Amendment (the “Amendment” or the “Third Amendment”) to the Nine Energy Service, Inc. 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective February 28, 2017, as further amended effective March 5, 2021 and as further amended effective March 6, 2023, which we refer to herein as the “Stock Plan,” which Amendment would:

| • |     | increase the number of shares of common stock available for issuance pursuant to equity or equity-based awards granted under the Stock Plan to ensure the Company has an adequate number of shares available in connection with its compensation programs; and |

| • |     | extend the term of the Stock Plan. |

The following summary of the material terms of the Stock Plan, as amended to reflect the Amendment, is qualified by reference to the full text of (i) the Stock Plan, a copy of which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1filed on May 2, 2017, (ii) the First Amendment, which is included as Annex A to the Proxy Statement filed on March 8, 2021 (the “First Amendment”), (iii) the Second Amendment, which is included as Annex A to the Proxy Statement filed on March 8, 2023 (the “Second Amendment”), and (iv) the Third Amendment, which is included with this Proxy Statement as Annex A. Background The use of stock- and cash-based awards under the Stock Plan has been a key component of our compensation program since its original adoption. Our stockholders originally approved the Stock Plan prior to our initial public offering. The Company believes approval of the Amendment will give the Company flexibility to make grants of stock and stock-based awards under the Stock Plan over the next several years in amounts determined appropriate by the Board or the Nominating, Governance and Compensation Committee, which administers the Stock Plan. This timeline is an estimate, and our expected equity grant practices are subject to change in the future. Our equity grant practices could be affected by, among other things, the future price of our common stock, the number of employees employed, including potential new hires, the equity award grant practices and amounts of our peer companies and other competitors, and general industry or market practices. As of February 28, 2025, the closing market price of our common stock was $1.09 per share, as reported on the NYSE