{"url_path":"/sec/dxpe/10-k/2026/item-9a","section_key":"item-9a","section_title":"Item 9A Controls and Procedures","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-02-26","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020710/0001628280-26-012382-index.html","accession_number":"0001628280-26-012382","cik":"0001020710","ticker":"DXPE","issuer_name":"DXP ENTERPRISES INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1020710/0001628280-26-012382-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001020710","primary_entity_name":"DXP ENTERPRISES INC"},"word_count":580,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"ITEM 9A. Controls and Procedures\n\nEVALUATION OF DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES\n\nBased on an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”)), which have been designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the Company's reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level as of December 31, 2025.\n\nMANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING\n\nThe Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.\n\nInternal control over financial reporting has inherent limitations. Internal control over financial reporting is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures. Internal control over financial reporting can also be circumvented by collusion or improper management override. Because of such limitations, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process. Therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk.\n\nWe have excluded seven entities from our assessment of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025 because they were acquired by the Company through six purchase business combinations during 2025. These entities, each of which is wholly-owned, comprised, in the aggregate, total assets and total sales excluded from our assessment of internal control over financial reporting of approximately 2% of the related consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025.\n\nUnder the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Company conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting based on the framework established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) as set forth in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013). Based on this evaluation, management concluded that the Company's internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2025.\n\nOur independent registered public accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, has audited the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2025 as stated in their report which appears in Item 8 of this Form 10-K.\n\nCHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING\n\nThere were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 that occurred during the three months ended December 31, 2025, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting."}