Company: SSUP
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001140361-25-031532
Chunk: 63

Company: SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 63
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 addition, individual directors applied his or her own personal business judgment to the process and may have given different weights, ranks or values to different factors. Neither the Transaction Committee nor the Board undertook to make any specific determination as to whether, or to what extent, any factor, or any particular aspect of any factor, supported or did not support its ultimate determination. The Transaction Committee and the Board based their recommendations on the totality of the information presented, including the factors described above. This explanation of the reasoning of the Transaction Committee and the Board and certain information presented in this section is forward-looking in nature and should be read in light of the factors set forth in the section of this proxy statement entitled “ Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Information ,” beginning on page 73 .

Interests of Directors and Executive Officers in the Merger

In considering the recommendation of the Board that you vote “

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” the proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement, you should be aware that our directors and executive officers have interests that may be different from, or in addition to, the interests of Superior stockholders generally. The Transaction Committee and the Board were aware of these interests and considered them, among other matters, at the time they approved the Merger Agreement, and the Transactions contemplated by it, including the Merger, and, in the case of the Board, recommended that Superior’s stockholders adopt the Merger Agreement.

Superior’s non-employee directors for purposes of the discussion below are Timothy C. McQuay, Michael R. Bruynesteyn, Richard J. Giromini, Michael Guo, Paul Humphries, Deven Petito, Keshav Lall and Ellen B. Richstone.

Superior’s executive officers for purposes of the discussion below are Majdi B. Abulaban (Director, President and Chief Executive Officer), Timothy Trenary (Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer – retired, effective September 30, 2024), Michael Dorah (Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer), Parveen Kakar (Senior Vice President, Sales, Engineering, Marketing and Product Development), Daniel Lee (Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer – resigned, effective July 25, 2025), Shane Giebel (Interim Chief Financial Officer – appointed effective July 16, 2025), David Sherbin (Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary), Kevin Burke (Former Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources and Sustainability Officer – resigned