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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 the Company has not retained a proxy solicitor to aid in the solicitation of proxies, it may do so in the future if the need arises and does not believe that the cost of any such proxy solicitor will be material. In addition to solicitation of proxies by mail, certain Directors, officers and other employees of the Company, none of whom will receive additional compensation therefor, may solicit proxies by telephone, facsimile, electronic mail or by personal contacts. The Company will request brokers, banks and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to send proxy materials to beneficial owners and will, upon request, reimburse them for their out-of-pocket expenses.

<div align='center'>PURPOSES OF ANNUAL MEETING</div>

The Annual Meeting has been called for the purposes of: (1) electing the following nominees as Directors to the class whose two-year term will expire in 2027: Michael D. Siegal, Arthur F. Anton, Richard T. Marabito, Peter J. Scott and Vanessa L. Whiting; (2) ratifying the selection of Grant Thornton LLP, which is referred to as Grant Thornton, as the Company’s independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2025; (3) approving, on an advisory basis, our named executive officer compensation; and (4) transacting such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any adjournments thereof.

The persons named in the enclosed proxy have been selected by the Board and will vote Common Stock represented by valid proxies. Unless otherwise indicated in the enclosed proxy, they intend to vote “FOR” the election of the Director nominees named herein, “FOR” the ratification of the selection of Grant Thornton as the Company’s independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2025, and “FOR” the approval, on an advisory basis, of our named executive officer compensation.

<div align='center'>ATTENDING THE ANNUAL MEETING</div>

To register for the virtual Annual Meeting, please follow these instructions:

Registered Shareholders: If your shares are registered in your name with the Company’s transfer agent, Computershare, and you wish to attend the online-only virtual Annual Meeting, go to meetnow.global/MPWVZU9.

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Beneficial Shareholders (those holding shares through a stock brokerage account or by a bank or other holder of record): If your shares are held in the name of your broker or