---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-045501"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DWSN"
cik: "0000799165"
company_name: "DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL CO"
filed_at: "2022-04-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T07:46:38.705764+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Appoints Albert S. Conly and Jose Carlos Fernandes to board of directors

## Summary
- Albert S. Conly and Jose Carlos Fernandes appointed to Board effective April 12, 2022.
- Conly and Fernandes join Audit Committee; Conly qualifies as audit committee financial expert.
- Conly and Bradley appointed to Compensation Committee (Bradley chair); Krylov and Wilks to Nominating Committee (Krylov chair).
- Both directors are independent under SEC and Nasdaq rules; no family relationships or arrangements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-045501
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DWSN
- cik: 0000799165
- company_name: DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL CO
- filed_at: 2022-04-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000110465922045501/0001104659-22-045501-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000110465922045501/tm2212638d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-045501
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-045501.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-045501.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jose Carlos Fernandes was appointed as Director at DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 12, 2022, Albert S. Conly and Jose Carlos Fernandes were appointed to the board of directors (the “Board”) of Dawson Geophysical Company (the “Company”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000110465922045501/0001104659-22-045501-index.htm
- Executive change
  Albert S. Conly was appointed as Director at DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 12, 2022, Albert S. Conly and Jose Carlos Fernandes were appointed to the board of directors (the “Board”) of Dawson Geophysical Company (the “Company”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000110465922045501/0001104659-22-045501-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.