DXP ENTERPRISES INC 10-K

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, operating income, and other financial information for 2024, 2023 and 2022, and identifiable assets at the close of such years 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 Operating Income by Business Segment ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Our total sales have increased from $125 million in 1996 to $1.8 billion in 2024 through a combination of internal growth and business acquisitions. The following table shows, as of the end of the last 10 fiscal years, our consolidated sales; total number of locations; the number of SC facilities, IPS facilities, SCS customer sites; and the corresponding sales and average sales per business segment location: 4 Table of Contents Ten Year Consolidated and Business Segment Summary ($ in millions) 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Sales $ 1,802 $ 1,679 $ 1,481 $ 1,114 $ 1,005 $ 1,265 $ 1,216 $ 1,007 $ 962 $ 1,247 Locations 279 264 275 252 247 244 249 243 245 260 SC sales $ 1,223 $ 1,200 $ 1,041 $ 816 $ 663 $ 762 $ 750 $ 641 $ 621 $ 827 SC facilities 161 161 160 152 158 145 155 165 167 179 Avg. SC sales/facility $ 7.6 $ 7.5 $ 6.5 $ 5.4 $ 4.2 $ 5.3 $ 4.8 $ 3.9 $ 3.7 $ 4.6 IPS sales $ 323 $ 219 $ 199 $ 140 $ 188 $ 304 $ 292 $ 204 $ 187 $ 255 IPS facilities 32 22 20 18 10 10 11 11 11 12 Avg. IPS sales/facility $ 10.1 $ 10.0 $ 9.9 $ 7.8 $ 18.8 $ 30.4 $ 26.5 $ 18.5 $ 17.0 $ 21.3 SCS sales $ 256 $ 260 $ 240 $ 158 $ 155 $ 201 $ 174 $ 161 $ 154 $ 166 SCS customer sites 86 81 95 82 79 89 83 67 67 69 Avg. SCS sales/site $ 3.0 $ 3.2 $ 2.5 $ 1.9 $ 2.0 $ 2.3 $ 2.1 $ 2.4 $ 2.3 $ 2.4 Geographic Reach At December 31, 2024, our operations covered 279 locations including 193 facilities within our SC and IPS segment and 86 customer sites in our SCS segment. Our SC and IPS segment operations include 38 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 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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. 5 Table of Contents Industry Overview The industrial distribution market is highly fragmented. Based on 2023 sales as reported by Industrial Distribution magazine, we were the 17 th 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. The customer also typically will purchase an amount of product inventory for its near term anticipated needs and store those products at its industrial site until the products are 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, assure 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. 6 Table of Contents 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. The 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 the three business segments, our consolidated financial results include corporate and other expenses which includes costs related to our centralized support functions. These costs typically include accounting and finance, information technology, marketing, human resources, legal, inventory management & procurement and other support services, interest expense, and removes inter-company transactions. The following chart represents 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 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ($ in millions) 2024 2023 2022 Sales $ 1,802 $ 1,679 $ 1,481 Operating Income $ 145 $ 139 $ 98 % Margin 8.1 % 8.3 % 6.6 % EBITDA $ 182 $ 170 $ 124 % Margin 10.1 % 10.1 % 8.3 % DXPeople 3,028 2,837 2,675 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 7 Table of Contents Service Centers The 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 represents financial information for the last three years and the key end markets our SC segment currently serves: Service Centers’ Financial Summary and End Markets ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ($ in millions) 2024 2023 2022 Sales $ 1,223 $ 1,200 $ 1,041 Operating Income $ 175 $ 172 $ 132 % Margin 14.3 % 14.3 % 12.7 % EBITDA $ 182 $ 178 $ 135 % Margin 14.9 % 14.8 % 13.0 % SC Employees 1,843 1,723 1,651 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 Service Center segment sales are derived from customer purchase orders for products. Sales are directly solicited from customers by our sales force. The Company's Service Centers facilities are stocked and staffed with knowledgeable sales associates and backed by a centralized customer service team of experienced industry professionals. At December 31, 2024, our Service Centers’ products and services were distributed from 157 service center facilities and 4 distribution centers. The Company's Service Centers 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. The Service Centers segment’s long-lived assets are located in the U.S., Canada and the U.A.E. Approximately 6.1% of the Service Centers segment’s revenues were in Canada and the remainder was virtually 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, 2024, the Service Centers segment had 1,843 employees, all of whom were full-time. 8 Table of Contents Innovative Pumping Solutions The Company's 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. The following chart represents 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 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ($ in millions) 2024 2023 2022 Sales $ 323 $ 219 $ 199 Operating Income $ 54 $ 35 $ 25 % Margin 16.6 % 16.1 % 12.5 % EBITDA $ 58 $ 39 $ 36 % Margin 18.0 % 17.8 % 18.1 % IPS Employees 462 383 337 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Additionally, 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 IPS segment provides a single source for design, engineering, project management and systems design and fabrication for unique customer specifications. Our sales of integrated pump packages, remanufactured pumps or 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. The Company's 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, the Company has acquired the technical expertise to ensure that our pumps and pump packages are built to meet the highest standards. The Company utilizes 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. The Company leverages its MRO product inventories and breadth of authorized products to lower the total cost and maintain the quality of our pump packages. At December 31, 2024, the Innovative Pumping Solutions segment operated out of 32 facilities, 28 of which are located in the U.S. and two in Canada. All of the IPS segment’s long-lived assets are located in the U.S. At December 31, 2024, the IPS segment had 462 employees, all of whom were full-time. 9 Table of Contents Total backlog, representing firm orders for the IPS segment products that have been received and entered into our production systems, was $292.2 million and $138.4 million at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Supply Chain Services The Company's Supply Chain Services (“SCS”) segment manages all or part of its customers’ supply chains, including procurement and inventory management. The following chart represents financial information for the last three years and the key end markets our SCS segment currently serves: Supply Chain Services’ Financial Summary and End Markets ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ($ in millions) 2024 2023 2022 Sales $ 256 $ 260 $ 240 Operating Income $ 22 $ 22 $ 20 % Margin 8.5 % 8.3 % 8.1 % EBITDA $ 22 $ 22 $ 20 % Margin 8.6 % 8.5 % 8.3 % SCS Employees 397 419 409 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ The SCS segment enters into long-term contracts with its customers that can be canceled on little or no notice under certain circumstances. The 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. Our mission is to help our customers become more competitive by reducing their indirect material costs and order cycle time by increasing productivity and by creating enterprise-wide inventory and procurement visibility and control. The Company has 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. The Company takes 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. 10 Table of Contents 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. • SmartSource SM , 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. The Company's SmartSolutions programs listed above help customers to cut product costs, improve supply chain efficiencies and obtain expert technical support. The Company represents 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, the Company takes customers to the source of the products they need. At December 31, 2024, the SCS segment operated supply chain installations in 86 of our customers’ sites. All of the SCS segment’s long-lived assets are in the U.S. and Mexico. The majority of the SCS segment’s 2024 revenues were recognized in the U.S. At December 31, 2024, the SCS segment had 397 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 service and distribution centers stock more than 60,000 SKUs and provide customers with access to more than 1,000,000 items. The Company tailors its inventory and leverages product experts to meet the needs of its local 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 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11 Table of Contents Rotating Equipment . Our rotating equipment products include a full line of centrifugal pumps for transfer and process service applications, such as petrochemicals, refining and crude oil production; rotary gear pumps for low- to- medium pressure service applications, such as pumping lubricating oils and other viscous liquids; plunger and piston pumps for high-pressure service applications such as disposal of produced water and crude oil pipeline service; and air-operated diaphragm pumps. We also provide a large variety of pump accessories. 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. The Company has operations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and the U.A.E. 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 58 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 factory entitled “Risks associated with executing our acquisition strategy.”. In 2024 we completed seven acquisitions for a combined total of $174.9 million. See Note 16 - Business Acquisition s for additional information. Competition Our business is highly competitive. In the Service Centers segment we compete 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. In the Innovative Pumping Solutions segment we compete against a variety of manufacturers, distributors and fabricators, many of which may have greater financial and other resources than we do. In the Supply Chain Services segment, we compete with larger distributors that provide integrated supply programs and outsourcing services, some of which might 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 price in all of our segments. 12 Table of Contents 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 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 The Company employed 3,028 people as of December 31, 2024. The Company is continually investing in its workforce to further talent development, increase employee safety, drive a strong workplace culture, improve compensation and benefits and diversity and inclusion to support our employees’ well-being, and foster their growth and development. Talent Development . The Company's leaders are expected to make great strategic choices, deliver great results, be great talent managers and provide strong leadership. The Company's leaders who have expertise in the Company's business model are the critical factor in translating the potential of the Company's business model into full performance. Because this expertise develops over time and through specific experiences, the Company focuses on developing and promoting its own talent to ensure the Company's sustained business success over the long term. Employee Safety . The safety and well-being of the Company's colleagues around the world has been, and always will be, its top priority. Guided by the Company's Safety Service offering, business and the philosophy that every accident is preventable, the Company strives every day to foster a proactive safety culture. The Company's safety strategy is based on the following core principles: (i) a goal of zero accidents, (ii) shared ownership for safety (business and individual); (iii) proactive approach focused on accident prevention; and (iv) continuous improvement philosophy. Workplace Culture. The Company operates under a balanced centralized and decentralized entrepreneurial culture that is crucial to the Company's performance and is one of the three unique elements of the Company's business model. The Company believes its 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 the Company's core values. 13 Table of Contents Compensation and Benefits. The Company is committed to providing market-competitive compensation and benefits to attract and retain great talent across its business segments. Specific compensation and benefits vary and are based on regional practices. In the U.S., the Company focuses on providing a comprehensive, competitive benefits package that supports the health and wellness, educational endeavors, community involvement and financial stability of its 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: ● Company subsidized health insurance ● 401(k) Plan with Company matching contributions ● Paid time off Diversity and Inclusion. The Company believes it is at its best when it brings together unique perspectives, experiences and ideas. The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity, fair treatment and creating diverse and inclusive workplaces where all the Company's 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 the Company's 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. The Company considers its employee relations to be excellent. Headcount by segment and country are as follows: Business Segment Employees Country Employees Service Centers 1,843 United States 2,796 Innovative Pumping Solutions 462 Canada 221 Supply Chain Services 397 Other (1) 11 Corporate 326 Total Employees 3,028 Total Employees 3,028 (1) Includes employees located in Mexico and the U.A.E. 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 March 10, 2025. All of our executive officers hold office at the pleasure of the Company's Board of Directors. NAME AGE TITLE David R. Little 73 Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer Kent Yee 49 Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer/Secretary Nick Little 43 Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer Chris Gregory 50 Senior Vice President/Chief Information Technology Officer Paz Maestas 45 Senior Vice President/Chief Marketing & Technology Officer David C. Vinson 74 Senior Vice President/Innovative Pumping Solutions John J. Jeffery 57 Senior Vice President/Supply Chain Services David Molero Santos 43 Vice President/Chief Accounting Officer 14 Table of Contents 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 60 transactions including more than $1.8 billion in M&A and $4.5 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 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. David C. Vinson. Mr. Vinson was appointed Senior Vice President/Innovative Pumping Solutions in January 2006. He served as Senior Vice President/Operations of DXP from October 2000 to December 2005. From 1996 until October 2000, Mr. Vinson served as Vice President/Traffic, Logistics and Inventory. Mr. Vinson has served in various capacities with DXP since his employment in 1981. 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. 15 Table of Contents David Molero Santos. Mr. Molero is a certified public accountant and has over 20 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 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified or their earlier resignation or removal. 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; and • Audit Committee Charter • Corporate Sustainability Report