{"url_path":"/sec/dakt/10-k/2026/item-10","section_key":"item-10","section_title":"Item 10 DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-06-24","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/0001628280-26-045262-index.html","accession_number":"0001628280-26-045262","cik":"0000915779","ticker":"DAKT","issuer_name":"DAKTRONICS INC /SD/","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915779/0001628280-26-045262-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000915779","primary_entity_name":"DAKTRONICS INC /SD/"},"word_count":502,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE\n\nThe information required by this Item 10, with the exception of information relating to the Daktronics, Inc. Insider Trading Policy (the “Insider Trading Policy”) and the Daktronics Global Code of Conduct (the “Code of Conduct”) disclosed below, will be included under the captions “Proposal One – Election of Directors,” “Corporate Governance,” “Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports,” in our definitive proxy statement for our 2026 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”) to be filed within 120 days after our most recent fiscal year-end.\n\nNo material changes have been made to the procedures by which shareholders of the Company may recommend nominees to our Board of Directors since those procedures were disclosed in our proxy statement relating to our 2025 Annual Shareholders' Meeting as previously filed with the SEC.\n\nThe information regarding the Audit Committee, its members, and “Audit Committee Financial Experts” is incorporated by reference to the information to be contained in the Proxy Statement under the caption “Corporate Governance – Committees of the Board.”\n\nWe have adopted insider trading policies and procedures, as required by Item 408(b) of Regulation S‑K, in the form of the Insider Trading Policy, which governs the purchase, sale and other dispositions of the Company’s securities by all of our directors, officers, and employees and their family members. The Insider Trading Policy is designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, as well as Nasdaq rules and regulations. It prohibits our directors, officers, and employees from trading securities of any company, including Daktronics, while in possession of material non-public information, and also prohibits directors, executive officers, and certain specified employees (the “Covered Persons”) from buying, selling, or gifting Daktronics securities even if not in possession of such information during certain trading blackout periods. It also prohibits the Covered Persons from effecting short sales of Daktronics securities and from engaging in hedging transactions and purchasing or selling derivative securities, such as puts and calls, relating to Daktronics securities. The foregoing summary of the Insider Trading Policy does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Insider Trading Policy, which is filed as Exhibit 19 to this Form 10-K.\n\nThe Code of Conduct is written and applies to all employees, officers and directors. Included in the Code of Conduct are ethics provisions that apply to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and all other financial and accounting management employees. A copy of the Code of Conduct can be obtained from our website at www.daktronics.com on the Investor Relations page and will be made available free of charge to any stockholder upon request. Information on or available through our website is not part of this Form 10-K. We intend to disclose any waivers from, or amendments to, the Code of Conduct by posting a description of such waiver or amendment on our Internet website. However, to date, we have not granted a waiver from the Code of Conduct."}