---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-129525"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DWSN"
cik: "0000799165"
company_name: "DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL CO"
filed_at: "2022-12-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T00:30:13.127630+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Dawson Geophysical shareholders elect directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at annual meeting

## Summary
- All six director nominees elected: Matthew Wilks 16.47M for, Sergei Krylov 369.9K withheld.
- Ratification of RSM US LLP as auditor: 16.77M for, 29.9K against, 1.2K abstain.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 16.70M for, 95.2K against, 5.6K abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-129525
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DWSN
- cik: 0000799165
- company_name: DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL CO
- filed_at: 2022-12-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000110465922129525/0001104659-22-129525-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000110465922129525/tm2233320d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2022-12-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-20
  source text: 1. Proposal to elect a Board of Directors to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. Number of Shares Director Name For Withheld Matthew Wilks 16,471,003 332,182 Bruce Bradley 16,742,961 60,224 Albert Conly 16,743,094 60,091 Jose Carlos Fernandes 16,742,997 60,188 Sergei Krylov 16,433,257 369,928
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000110465922129525/0001104659-22-129525-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL CO shareholders approved Advisory approval of executive compensation at the 2022-12-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-20
  source text: 3. Proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation of the named executive officers. Number of Shares For 16,702,372 Against 95,226 Abstain 5,587
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000110465922129525/0001104659-22-129525-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL CO shareholders approved Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm at the 2022-12-20 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2022-12-20
  source text: 2. Proposal to ratify the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. Number of Shares For 16,772,081 Against 29,862 Abstain 1,242
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000110465922129525/0001104659-22-129525-index.htm

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