Company: CENX
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001552781-25-000153
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Company: CENTURY ALUMINUM CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 14
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ized 2024 salary of $ 915,000; target annual incentive of $ 1,052,250 and target LTI grant of $ 3,385,500 for a 
 total Target Value of $5,352,750. Target Value excludes our CEO’s final 2024 installment of his 2021 CEO promotion award as further  
 described herein.                                                                                                                    |

AVERAGE OF 2024 TARGET COMPENSATION FOR NEOs (other than the CEO)

| 2025            
 Proxy Statement | 29 |

Compensation Discussion and Analysis Consideration of “Say-On-Pay” Results At the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders held in June 2024, approximately 85% of the votes cast on the advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s NEOs were voted in favor of the proposal. The Committee believes this affirms our stockholders’ support for the Company’s approach to executive compensation. No changes were made to the compensation program for 2024 in response to this vote result. Our Process for Executive Compensation The Compensation Committee The Committee is responsible for the executive compensation program design and decision-making process for NEO compensation. The Committee regularly reviews the Company’s executive compensation practices, including the methodologies for setting NEO total compensation, the goals of the program and the underlying compensation philosophy. In consultation with its independent executive compensation consultant, the Committee, regularly:

| • | Reviews                                                                              
 market data to evaluate and assess the competitiveness of the Company’s compensation 
 policies compared to the Company’s industry peers and broader market practice;       |

| • | Reviews                                                                     
 the benchmarking peer group and makes proposals for change, when necessary; |

| • | Reviews                                                   
 the Company’s non-employee director compensation program; |

| • | Reviews                                                                         
 performance against the Company’s plans and budgets and considers the degree of 
 achievement of pre-established performance goals;                               |

| • | Reviews                                 
 the individual performance of each NEO; |

| • | Evaluates                                                                
 the Company’s compensation policies to assess compensation-related risk; |

| • | Considers                                                                   
 the results of the advisory “Say-on-Pay” vote of the Company’s stockholders 
 as well as other feedback received throughout the year; and                 |

| • | Exercises                                                                             
 its judgment as to what is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. |

The Committee maintains an annual agenda to help ensure that it discharges its duties in a thoughtful and timely manner. As a general practice, the Committee makes decisions over multiple meetings