Company: ZEUS
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-009843
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Company: OLYMPIC STEEL INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: DEF 14A
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 and as Chair of the Compensation Committee.

Richard P. Stovsky,age 66, joined the Board in 2020. Mr. Stovsky retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a professional services organization, in 2018. Mr. Stovsky joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1983 and held positions of increasing responsibility, and served most recently as a Vice Chairman from 2015 to 2018. Mr. Stovsky has served on the Board of Encore Capital Group, Inc., an international specialty finance company providing debt recovery solutions and other related services for consumers across a broad range of financial assets, since 2018 and has served as its Audit Committee Chair since 2019. Mr. Stovsky serves as the Audit Committee Chair and is a member of the Executive Committee of The Cleveland Museum of Art, serves as the Treasurer and as a member of the Executive Committee of The Bluecoats of Cuyahoga County, is Treasurer and a member of the executive committee of the 50 Club of Cleveland, and serves as the Audit Committee Chair and is a current Trustee of the Cleveland Orchestra and Musical Arts Association. In addition, Mr. Stovsky is a Director and Audit Committee Chair of the Cleveland Foundation. Mr. Stovsky’s extensive experience working with public company audit committees, with an understanding of the attributes of high performing audit committees and key success factors for audit committee performance, qualify him to serve as a Director of the Company.

<div align='center'>The Board recommends a vote“FOR”Michael D. Siegal, Arthur F. Anton, Richard T. Marabito, Peter J. Scott, and

Vanessa L. Whiting, for election to the class of directors whose two-year term will expire in 2027.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

BOARD MEETINGS AND COMMITTEES</div>

The Board held four regularly scheduled meetings in 2024. The Board has a standing Audit and Compliance Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee. The Audit and Compliance Committee held four meetings, the Compensation Committee held three meetings, and the Nominating and Governance Committee held one meeting in 2024. The committees receive their authority and assignments from, and report to, the Board.

Each of our Directors attended all of the regularly scheduled meetings of the Board and committees on which he or she served during 2024. In addition to holding regular Board and committee meetings, the Board members and committee members also reviewed and considered matters and documents and communicated