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DXP ENTERPRISES INC (DXPE) Business

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ITEM 1. Business

Company Overview

Founded in 1908, DXP Enterprises, Inc. (together with our subsidiaries, hereinafter referred to as “DXP” or the “Company” or by the terms such as we, our, or us) was incorporated in Texas in 1996 to be the successor to SEPCO Industries, Inc. Since our predecessor company was founded, we have primarily been engaged in the business of distributing maintenance, repair and operating (“MRO”) products, equipment and service to customers in a variety of end markets including the general industrial, energy, food & beverage, chemical, transportation, water and wastewater. The Company is organized into three business segments: Service Centers (“SC”), Innovative Pumping Solutions (“IPS”) and Supply Chain Services (“SCS”). Sales, income from operations, total assets, and other financial information for our business segments are presented in Note 20 – Segment Reporting to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

Summary Sales and Income from Operations by Business Segment

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Our total sales have increased from $125 million in 1996 to $2.0 billion in 2025 through a combination of internal growth and business acquisitions. The following table shows, as of the end of the last 10 fiscal years, our consolidated sales; total number of locations; the number of SC facilities, IPS facilities, SCS customer sites; and the corresponding sales and average sales per business segment location:

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Ten Year Consolidated and Business Segment Summary

($ in millions)20252024(1)2023(1)2022202120202019201820172016
Sales$2,016$1,802$1,679$1,481$1,114$1,005$1,265$1,216$1,007$962
Locations293279264275252247244249243245
SC sales$1,373$1,237$1,215$1,041$816$663$762$750$641$621
SC facilities168161161160152158145155165167
Avg. SC sales/facility$8.2$7.7$7.5$6.5$5.4$4.2$5.3$4.8$3.9$3.7
IPS sales$390$309$204$199$140$188$304$292$204$187
IPS facilities36322220181010111111
Avg. IPS sales/facility$10.8$9.7$9.3$9.9$7.8$18.8$30.4$26.5$18.5$17.0
SCS sales$253$256$260$240$158$155$201$174$161$154
SCS customer sites89868195827989836767
Avg. SCS sales/site$2.8$3.0$3.2$2.5$1.9$2.0$2.3$2.1$2.4$2.3
(1) Certain prior period segment disclosures have been recast. For additional information, please refer to Note 20. Segment Reporting.

Geographic Reach

At December 31, 2025, our operations covered 293 locations including 204 facilities within our SC and IPS segment and 89 customer sites in our SCS segment. Our SC and IPS segment operations include 39 states in the United States (“U.S.”), nine provinces in Canada, one city in the United Arab Emirates (“U.A.E”), one city in India, and one city in Saudi Arabia.

Geographic Footprint

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Our principal executive office is located at 5301 Hollister St., Houston, Texas 77040 and our telephone number is (713) 996-4700. Our website address is www.dxpe.com and emails may be sent to info@dxpe.com. The reference to our website address does not constitute incorporation by reference of the information contained on the website and such information should not be considered part of this report.

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Industry Overview

The industrial distribution market is highly fragmented. Based on 2024 sales as reported by Industrial Distribution magazine, we were the 17th largest distributor of MRO products in the U.S. Most industrial customers currently purchase their industrial supplies through numerous local distribution and supply companies. These distributors generally provide the customer with repair and maintenance services, technical support and application expertise with respect to one product category. Products typically are purchased by the distributor for resale directly from the manufacturer and warehoused at distribution facilities of the distributor until sold to the customer. Customers may also periodically procure products in advance of anticipated near-term demand and or requirements and maintain such inventory at their industrial site until it is used.

We believe that the distribution system for industrial products, as described in the preceding paragraph, creates inefficiencies at both the customer and the distributor levels through excess inventory requirements and duplicative cost structures. To compete more effectively, our customers and other users of MRO products are seeking ways to enhance efficiencies and lower MRO product and procurement costs. In response to this customer desire, three primary trends have emerged in the industrial supply industry:

•Industry Consolidation. Industrial customers have reduced the number of supplier relationships they maintain to lower total purchasing costs, improve inventory management, ensure consistently high levels of customer service and enhance purchasing power. This focus on fewer suppliers has led to consolidation within the fragmented industrial distribution industry.

•Customized Integrated Service. As industrial customers focus on their core manufacturing or other production competencies, they increasingly demand customized integration services, consisting of value-added traditional distribution, supply chain services, modular equipment and repair and maintenance services.

•Single Source, First-Tier Distribution. As industrial customers continue to address cost containment, there is a trend toward reducing the number of suppliers and eliminating multiple tiers of distribution. Therefore, to lower overall costs to the customer, some MRO product distributors are expanding their product coverage to eliminate second-tier distributors and become a “one stop source”.

We believe we have increased our competitive advantage through our traditional fabrication of integrated system pump packages and integrated supply programs, which are designed to address our customers’ specific product and procurement needs. We offer our customers various options for the integration of their supply needs, ranging from serving as a single source of supply for all our specific lines of products and product categories to offering a fully integrated supply package in which we assume procurement and management functions, which can include ownership of inventory, at the customer's location. Our approach to integrated supply allows us to design a program that best fits the needs of the customer. Customers purchasing large quantities of product are able to outsource all or most of those needs to us. For customers with smaller supply needs, we are able to combine our traditional distribution capabilities with our broad product categories and advanced ordering systems to allow the customer to engage in one-stop sourcing without the commitment required under an integrated supply contract.

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Business Segments

The Company is organized into three business segments: Service Centers (“SC”), Innovative Pumping Solutions (“IPS”) and Supply Chain Services (“SCS”). Our segments provide our Chief Executive Officer, who is our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) with a comprehensive financial view of our key businesses. Our segments enable the alignment of strategies and objectives and provide a framework for timely and rational allocation of resources within our businesses. In addition to our three business segments, our consolidated financial results include corporate and other expenses which includes costs related to our centralized support functions.

The following chart and table represent financial information for the last three years and the key end markets we currently serve. See Results of Operations under Item 7. Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for further information on our segments’ financial results.

Consolidated Financial Summary and End Markets

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($ in millions)202520242023
Sales$2,016$1,802$1,679
Income from operations$177$145$139
% Margin8.8%8.1%8.3%
EBITDA$219$182$170
% Margin10.8%10.1%10.1%
DXPeople3,2863,0282,837

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Service Centers

Our Service Centers (“SC”) are engaged in providing MRO products, equipment and services, including technical expertise and logistics capabilities, to a variety of customers serving varied end markets with the ability to provide same day delivery. The following chart and table represent financial information for the last three years and the key end markets our SC segment currently serves:

Service Centers’ Financial Summary and End Markets

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($ in millions)20252024(1)2023(1)
Sales$1,373$1,237$1,215
Income from operations$198$180$177
% Margin14.4%14.6%14.6%
EBITDA$207$185$182
% Margin15.1%15.0%15.0%
SC Employees1,9451,8431,723
(1) Prior period segment disclosures have been recast. For additional information, please refer to Note 20. Segment Reporting.

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We offer our customers a single source of supply on an efficient and competitive basis by being a first-tier distributor that can purchase products directly from manufacturers. As a first-tier distributor, we are able to reduce our customers' costs and improve efficiencies in the supply chain. We offer a wide range of industrial MRO products, equipment, and services through a continuum of customized and efficient MRO solutions. We also provide services such as field safety supervision, in-house and field repair, and predictive maintenance.

A majority of our SC segment sales are derived from customer purchase orders for products. Sales are directly solicited from customers by our sales force. Our SC facilities are stocked and staffed with knowledgeable sales associates and backed by a centralized customer service team of experienced industry professionals. At December 31, 2025, our SC products and services were distributed from 164 service center facilities and 4 distribution centers.

Our SC segment provide a wide range of MRO products in the rotating equipment, bearing, power transmission, hose, fluid power, metal working, industrial supply and safety product, and service categories. We currently serve as a first-tier distributor of more than 1,000,000 items of which more than 60,000 are stock keeping units (SKUs) for use primarily by customers engaged in the oil and gas, general industrial, manufacturing, chemical, food and beverage, refining, water & wastewater, fabrication & construction, and other industries.

SC segment’s long-lived assets are primarily located in the U.S. and Canada. Approximately 5.2% of the SC segment’s revenues were in Canada and the remainder was primarily all in the U.S. Our foreign operations are subject to certain unique risks, which are more fully disclosed in Item 1A “Risk Factors,” “Risks Associated with Legal and Regulatory Matters”.

At December 31, 2025, our SC segment had 1,945 employees, all of whom were full-time.

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Innovative Pumping Solutions

Our Innovative Pumping Solutions (“IPS”) segment provides integrated custom pump skid packages, pump remanufacturing, and manufactures branded private label pumps to meet the capital equipment needs of our global customer base. Our IPS segment also provides a comprehensive suite of products and services to the water and wastewater treatment market in the United States to meet the capital equipment needs of municipalities, and general contractors. The following chart and table represent financial information for the last three years and the key end markets our IPS segment currently serves:

Innovative Pumping Solutions’ Financial Summary and End Markets

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($ in millions)20252024(1)2023(1)
Sales$390$309$204
Income from operations$70$51$32
% Margin16.6%16.6%16.1%
EBITDA$74$55$36
% Margin19.0%17.8%17.6%
IPS Employees541462383
(1) Prior period segment disclosures have been recast. For additional information, please refer to Note 20. Segment Reporting.

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Our IPS segment provides a single source for design, engineering, project management and systems design, and fabrication for unique customer specifications. Our IPS segment provides project solutions and capital equipment to the water and wastewater treatment markets including potable water, bio-solid and residual management and wastewater treatment.

Our sales of integrated custom pump packages, remanufactured pumps, and branded private label pumps are generally derived from customer purchase orders containing the customers’ unique specifications. Sales are directly solicited from customers by our dedicated sales force.

Our engineering staff can design a complete custom pump package to meet our customers’ project specifications. Drafting programs such as SolidWorks and AutoCAD® allow our engineering team to verify the design and layout of packages with our customers prior to the start of fabrication. Finite Elemental Analysis programs such as Cosmos Professional are used to design the package to meet all normal and future loads and forces. This process helps maximize the pump packages’ life and minimizes any impact to the environment.

With over 100 years of fabrication experience, we have acquired the technical expertise to ensure that our pumps and pump packages are built to meet the highest standards. We utilize manufacturer authorized equipment and manufacturer certified personnel. Pump packages require MRO products and original equipment manufacturers’ (OEM) equipment such as pumps, motors, valves, and consumable products such as welding supplies. We also leverage our MRO product inventories and breadth of authorized products to lower the total cost and maintain the quality of our pump packages.

At December 31, 2025, our IPS segment operated out of 36 facilities, 31 of which are located in the U.S., two in Canada, one in the United Arab Emirates (“U.A.E”), one in India, and one in Saudi Arabia. Primarily all of our IPS segment’s long-lived assets are located in the U.S.

At December 31, 2025, our IPS segment had 541 employees, all of whom were full-time.

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Total backlog, representing firm orders for our IPS segment products that have been received and entered into our production systems, was $325.0 million and $292.2 million at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Supply Chain Services

Our Supply Chain Services (“SCS”) segment manages all or part of our customers’ supply chains including procurement and inventory management. Our mission is to help our customers become more competitive by reducing their indirect material costs and order cycle time through increased productivity and enterprise-wide inventory and procurement visibility and control. The following chart and table represent financial information for the last three years and the key end markets our SCS segment currently serves:

Supply Chain Services’ Financial Summary and End Markets

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($ in millions)20252024(1)2023(1)
Sales$253$256$260
Income from operations$22$22$22
% Margin8.5%8.5%8.3%
EBITDA$22$22$22
% Margin8.7%8.6%8.5%
SCS Employees465397419
(1) Prior period segment disclosures have been recast. For additional information, please refer to Note 20. Segment Reporting.

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Our SCS segment enters into long-term contracts with customers that can be canceled on little or no notice under certain circumstances. Our SCS segment provides fully outsourced MRO solutions for sourcing MRO products including, but not limited to, the following: inventory optimization and management; store-room management; transaction consolidation and control; vendor oversight and procurement cost optimization; productivity improvement services; and customized reporting.

We have developed assessment tools and master plan templates aimed at taking cost out of supply chain processes, streamlining operations and boosting productivity. This multi-faceted approach allows us to manage the entire MRO products channel for maximum efficiency and optimal control, which ultimately provides our customers with a low-cost solution.

We take a consultative approach to determine the strengths and opportunities for improvement within a customer’s MRO products supply chain. This assessment determines if and how we can best streamline operations, drive value within the procurement process, and increase control in storeroom management.

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Decades of supply chain inventory management experience and comprehensive research, as well as a thorough understanding of our customers’ businesses and industries have allowed us to design standardized programs that are flexible enough to be fully adaptable to address our customers’ unique MRO products supply chain challenges. These standardized programs include:

•SmartAgreement, a planned, pro-active MRO products procurement solution leveraging DXP’s local Service Centers.

•SmartBuy, DXP’s on-site or centralized MRO procurement solution.

•SmartSourceSM, DXP’s on-site procurement and storeroom management by DXP personnel.

•SmartStore, DXP’s customized e-Catalog solution.

•SmartVend, DXP’s industrial dispensing solution, which allows for inventory-level optimization, user accountability and item usage reduction by an initial 20-40%.

•SmartServ, DXP’s integrated service pump solution. It provides a more efficient way to manage the entire life cycle of pumping systems and rotating equipment.

Our SmartSolutions programs listed above help customers to cut product costs, improve supply chain efficiencies and obtain expert technical support. We represent manufacturers of up to 90% of all the maintenance, repair and operating products of our customers. Unlike many other distributors who buy products from second-tier sources, we take customers to the source of the products they need.

At December 31, 2025, our SCS segment operated supply chain installations in 89 of our customers’ sites.

All of our SCS segment’s long-lived assets are in the U.S. and Canada. Approximately 7.1% of SCS segment’s revenues were in Canada and the remainder was primarily all in the U.S.

At December 31, 2025, our SCS segment had 465 employees, all of whom were full-time.

Products

Most industrial customers currently purchase their MRO products through local or national distribution companies that are focused on single or unique product categories. As a first-tier distributor, our network of SC facilities and distribution centers stock more than 60,000 SKUs and provide over 1,000,000 items to our customers. We tailor our assortment of inventory and leverage product experts to meet the needs of our customers.

Given our breadth of product and our industrial distribution customers’ focus around specific product categories, we have become customer driven experts in the following five key product categories: 1.) rotating equipment; 2.) bearings & power transmission; 3.) industrial supplies; 4.) metal working; and 5.) safety products & services.

Consolidated Sales by Product Category

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Rotating Equipment.

We offer a comprehensive portfolio of rotating equipment and services to support industrial operations across multiple industries and end markets. Our offerings include pumps, compressors, electric motors, mechanical seals, engineered systems, and other ancillary products from leading manufacturers.

In addition to product and equipment distribution, we provide value added services including repair and remanufacturing, engineered fabrication, condition monitoring, and technical support. These capabilities enable our customers to maintain and optimize the performance reliability of their operations throughout the product lifecycle.

Bearings & Power Transmission. Our bearing products include several types of mounted and unmounted bearings for a variety of applications. The power transmission products we distribute include speed reducers, flexible-coupling drives, chain drives, sprockets, gears, conveyors, clutches, brakes and hoses.

Industrial Supplies. We offer a broad range of industrial supplies, such as abrasives, tapes and adhesive products, coatings and lubricants, fasteners, hand tools, janitorial products, pneumatic tools, welding supplies and welding equipment.

Metal Working. Our metal working products include a broad range of cutting tools, abrasives, coolants, gauges, industrial tools and machine shop supplies.

Safety Products & Services. We sell a broad range of safety products including eye and face protection, first aid, hand protection, hazardous material handling, instrumentation and respiratory protection products. Additionally, we provide safety services including hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas protection and safety, specialized and standby fire protection, safety supervision, training, monitoring, equipment rental and consulting. Our safety services include safety supervision, medic services, safety audits, instrument repair and calibration, training, monitoring, equipment rental and consulting.

We acquire our products through numerous OEMs. We are authorized to distribute certain manufacturers' products only in specific geographic areas. All of our distribution authorizations are subject to cancellation by the manufacturer, some upon little or no notice. For the last three fiscal years, no customer accounted for 10% or more of our revenues. Over 90% of our business relates to sales of products. Service revenues are less than 10% of sales.

We have operations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, U.A.E., India, and Saudi Arabia. Information regarding financial data by geographic areas is set forth in Note 19 - Revenue of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Acquisitions

A key component of our growth strategy includes acquiring businesses with complementary and desirable product lines, locations, or customers in order to maintain our leading position as the largest distributor of rotating equipment in North America. Since 2004, we have completed 64 acquisitions. We continue to evaluate opportunities to acquire businesses and companies that complement and enable further investment in our key priority areas. The risks associated with acquisitions are more fully discussed in “Item 1A. Risk Factors.” including the risk factor entitled “Risks associated with executing our acquisition strategy”.

In 2025, we completed six acquisitions for a combined total consideration of $79.2 million. See Note 16 - Business Acquisitions for additional information.

In early 2026, we have completed 3 acquisitions. See Note 22 - Subsequent Events for additional information.

Competition

Our business is highly competitive. Our SC segment competes with a variety of industrial supply distributors, some of which may have greater financial and other resources than we do. Some of our competitors are small enterprises selling to customers in a limited geographic area. We also compete with catalog distributors, large warehouse stores and, to a lesser extent, manufacturers. While certain catalog distributors provide product offerings as broad as ours, these competitors do not offer the product application, technical expertise and after-the-sale services that we provide.

Our IPS segment competes against a variety of manufacturers, distributors, and fabricators, many of which may have greater financial and other resources than we do.

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Our SCS segment competes with larger distributors that provide integrated supply programs and outsourcing services, some of which may be able to supply their products in a more efficient and cost-effective manner than we can provide.

We generally compete on expertise, responsiveness, and pricing in all of our segments.

Insurance

We maintain liability and other insurance that we believe to be customary and generally consistent with industry practice. We retain a portion of the risk for medical claims, general liability, worker’s compensation and property losses. The various deductibles of our insurance policies generally do not exceed $250,000 per occurrence. There are also certain risks for which we do not maintain insurance. There can be no assurance that such insurance will be adequate for the risks involved, that coverage limits will not be exceeded or that such insurance will apply to all liabilities. The occurrence of an adverse claim in excess of the coverage limits that we maintain could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. Additionally, we are partially self-insured for our group health plan, worker’s compensation, auto liability and general liability insurance.

Government Regulation and Environmental Matters

We are subject to various laws and regulations relating to our business and operations and various health and safety regulations including those established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.

Certain of our operations are subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations as well as provincial regulations controlling the discharge of materials into or otherwise relating to the protection of the environment.

Although we believe that we have adequate procedures to comply with applicable discharge and other environmental laws, such laws and regulations could result in costs to remediate releases of regulated substances into the environment or costs to remediate sites to which we sent regulated substances for disposal. In some cases, these laws can impose strict liability for the entire cost of clean-up on any responsible party without regard to negligence or fault and impose liability on us for the conduct of others or conditions others have caused, or for our acts that complied with all applicable requirements when we performed them. New laws have been enacted and regulations are being adopted by various regulatory agencies on a continuing basis and the costs of compliance with these new laws can only be broadly appraised until their implementation becomes more defined.

The risks of accidental contamination or injury from the discharge of controlled or hazardous materials and chemicals cannot be eliminated completely. In the event of such a discharge, we could be held liable for any damages that result and any such liability could have a material adverse effect on us.

We are not currently aware of any environmental situation or violations of government regulations that we believe are likely to have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.

Human Capital

We employed 3,286 people as of December 31, 2025. We are continually investing in our workforce to further talent development, increase employee safety, drive a strong workplace culture, improve compensation and benefits, support our diversity and inclusion efforts to improve our employees’ well-being, and foster our employees’ growth and development.

Talent Development. Our leaders are expected to make great strategic choices, deliver great results, be great talent managers and provide strong leadership. Leaders who have expertise in our business model are the critical factor in translating the potential of our business model into full performance. Because this expertise develops over time and through specific experiences, we focus on developing and promoting our own talent to ensure our sustained business success over the long term.

Employee Safety. The safety and well-being of our colleagues around the world has been, and always will be, our top priority. Guided by our Safety Service offering, business and the philosophy that every accident is preventable, we strive every day to foster a proactive safety culture. Our safety strategy is based on the following core principles:

1.) a goal of zero accidents,

2.) shared ownership for safety (business and individual);

3.) proactive approach focused on accident prevention; and

4.) continuous improvement philosophy.

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Workplace Culture. We operate under a balanced centralized and decentralized entrepreneurial culture that is crucial to our performance and is one of the three unique elements of our business model. We believe our colleagues around the world thrive in this culture, as it allows them to experience significant autonomy, a sense of shared ownership with their colleagues, and a work atmosphere deeply rooted in our core values.

Compensation and Benefits. We are committed to providing market-competitive compensation and benefits to attract and retain great talent across our business segments. Specific compensation and benefits vary and are based on regional practices. In the U.S., we focus on providing a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that supports the health and wellness, educational endeavors, community involvement and financial stability of our colleagues.

Our key human capital measures include employee safety, turnover, absenteeism and production. We frequently benchmark our compensation practices and benefits programs against those of comparable companies and industries and in the geographic areas where our facilities are located. We believe that our compensation and employee benefits are competitive and allow us to attract and retain skilled and unskilled labor throughout our organization. Our notable health, welfare and retirement benefits include:

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Diversity and Inclusion. We believe we are at our best when we bring together unique perspectives, experiences and ideas. We are committed to equal employment opportunity, fair treatment and creating diverse and inclusive workplaces where all of our colleagues can perform to their full potential. We strive to maintain an inclusive environment free from discrimination of any kind, including sexual or other discriminatory harassment. Our employees have multiple avenues available through which inappropriate behavior can be reported, including a confidential hotline. All reports of inappropriate behavior are promptly investigated with appropriate action taken aimed at stopping such behavior.

Labor Relations. None of our U.S. employees are represented by a labor union, while outside the U.S., employees in certain countries are represented by an employee representative organization, such as a union, works council or employee association.

We believe our employees are key to achieving our business objectives. We consider our employee relations to be excellent. Headcount by segment and country are as follows:

Business SegmentEmployeesCountryEmployees
Service Centers1,945United States3,038
Innovative Pumping Solutions541Canada224
Supply Chain Services465Other(1)24
Corporate335Total Employees3,286
Total Employees3,286(1) Includes employees located in Mexico, U.A.E., India, & Saudi Arabia

Executive Officers

The following is a list of the Company's executive officers, their age, positions, and a description of each officer’s business experience as of February 26, 2026. All of our executive officers hold office at the pleasure of the Company's Board of Directors.

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David R. Little74Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Kent Yee50Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer/Secretary
Nick Little44Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer
Chris Gregory51Senior Vice President/Chief Information Technology Officer
Paz Maestas46Senior Vice President/Chief Marketing & Technology Officer
John J. Jeffery58Senior Vice President/Supply Chain Services
David Molero Santos44Vice President/Chief Accounting Officer

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David R. Little. Mr. Little has served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of DXP since its organization in 1996 and also has held these positions with SEPCO Industries, Inc., predecessor to the Company (“SEPCO”), since he acquired a controlling interest in SEPCO in 1986. Mr. Little has been employed by SEPCO since 1975 in various capacities, including Staff Accountant, Controller, Vice President/Finance and President. Mr. Little gives our Board insight and in-depth knowledge of our industry and our specific operations and strategies. He also provides leadership skills and knowledge of our local community and business environment, which he has gained through his long career with DXP and its predecessor companies.

Kent Yee. Mr. Yee was appointed Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer/Secretary in June 2017. Currently, Mr. Yee is responsible for acquisitions, finance, accounting, business integrations, and human resources of DXP. From March 2011 to June 2017, Mr. Yee served as Senior Vice President Corporate Development and led DXP's mergers and acquisitions, business integration, and internal strategic project activities. During March 2011, Mr. Yee joined DXP from Stephens Inc.'s Industrial Distribution and Services team where he served in various positions, including Vice President from August 2005 to February 2011. Prior to Stephens, Mr. Yee was a member of The Home Depot’s Strategic Business Development Group with a primary focus on acquisition activity for HD Supply. Mr. Yee was also an Associate in the Global Syndicated Finance Group at JPMorgan Chase. He has executed over 66 transactions including more than $1.9 billion in M&A and $4.6 billion in financing transactions primarily for change of control deals and numerous industrial and distribution acquisition and sale assignments. He holds a Bachelors of Arts in Urban Planning from Morehouse College and an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business.

Nick Little. Mr. Little was appointed Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer in January 2021. Mr. Little began his career with DXP nearly twenty years ago as an application engineer. During his tenure at DXP, Mr. Little has held various roles of increasing responsibility including outside sales, Director of Operations and more recently as the Regional Vice President of Sales and Operations. As Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Little is responsible for the execution of the strategic direction of the Company and oversees sales, operations, and inventory management & procurement of DXP. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Baylor University.

Chris Gregory. Mr. Gregory was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer in March of 2018. Mr. Gregory joined the Company in August 2006. From December 2014 until January 2018 he served as Vice President of IT Strategic Solutions. Prior to serving as Vice President of IT Strategic Solutions he served in various roles, including application developer, database manager as well as leading the business intelligence and application development departments. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and Computer Information Systems from the University of Houston and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business.

Paz Maestas. Mr. Maestas was appointed Senior Vice President/Chief Marketing and Technology Officer in January 2021. Mr. Maestas has been with DXP since 2002 and leads the Company's e-Commerce and Omni-Channel initiatives. In his over 20 years with DXP, he has served in various roles and most recently as Vice President of Marketing and Operations. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Texas at Austin.

John J. Jeffery. Mr. Jeffery was appointed Senior Vice President of Supply Chain Services in May 2010. He oversees the strategic direction for the Supply Chain Services business unit driving innovative business development initiatives for organizational growth and visibility. He began his career with T.L. Walker, which was later acquired by DXP in 1991. During his tenure with DXP, Mr. Jeffery has served in various significant capacities including branch, area, regional and national sales management as well as sales, marketing, information technology and Service Center vice president roles. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Distribution from Texas A&M University and is also a graduate of the Executive Business Program at Rice University.

David Molero Santos. Mr. Molero is a certified public accountant and has over 25 years of experience in accounting within a public company environment and most recently as a Chief Accounting Officer of another publicly traded company. Prior to DXP, Mr. Molero was the Chief Accounting Officer for AgileThought, Inc., a provider of digital transformation services including organizational transformations, training and certifications, and product management services. He spent over 16 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers serving in various audit and capital markets advisory roles, focused primarily on SEC reporting clients. Mr. Molero is a Certified Public Accountant in Texas and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management from Loyola University in Cordoba (Spain) and a Master’s degree in Audit from the University of Alcala in Madrid (Spain).

All officers of DXP hold office until the regular meeting of the board of directors following the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified or their earlier resignation or removal.

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Available Information

Our internet address is www.dxpe.com and the investor relations section of our website is located at ir.dxpe.com. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended (the “Exchange Act”), are available free of charge through our internet website (www.dxpe.com) as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The SEC maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Additionally, we make the following available free of charge through our internet website ir.dxpe.com:

•DXP Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers;

•DXP Code of Conduct;

•DXP Conflict Minerals Policy;

•DXP Anti-Corruption Policy;

•Compensation Committee Charter;

•Nominating and Governance Committee Charter

•Audit Committee Charter

•Cybersecurity Committee Charter; and

•Corporate Sustainability Report