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
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 as the Company; (ii) offer similar products and services as the Company; or (iii) serve the same, or similar, industries and end users as the Company. Based on the above criteria, the Committee chose the following companies to comprise the 2024 Industry Peer Group:

| •    Alcoa Corporation | •    Norsk Hydro ASA |

| •    Aluminum Corp. of China Limited | •    United Co Rusal PLC |

Role of the Chief Executive Officer The Committee, comprised entirely of independent directors, annually (i) sets the target compensation of the Company’s CEO including each of the individual elements thereof, and (ii) evaluates the CEO’s performance in light of the specific goals and objectives established for the CEO. The Committee considers the recommendations of the Company’s CEO (other than with respect to his own compensation), together with input provided by its independent executive compensation consultant, in making its determinations regarding executive compensation. The Company’s CEO attends all Committee meetings other than those portions that are held in executive session, and he is not present during voting or deliberations on matters involving his compensation in accordance with the Committee’s charter. Additionally, the Committee’s charter formalizes the working relationship with our CEO and includes the following actions to be taken by the CEO:

| • | Working                                                                               
 with the Committee to provide oversight of Century’s compensation plans and policies, 
 including incentive and equity-based plans;                                           |

| • | Reviewing                                                                               
 with the Committee the respective corporate and individual goals and objectives for the 
 other NEOs relevant to their compensation;                                              |

| • | Providing                                                                               
 the Committee with an evaluation of the performance of the other NEOs in light of their 
 respective corporate and individual goals and objectives; and                           |

| • | Recommending                                                       
 to the Committee the target compensation levels of the other NEOs. |

Role of Compensation Committee Consultant To assist in its review and oversight of the Company’s executive compensation program, the Committee has engaged Frederic W. Cook & Co., Inc. (“FW Cook”) as its independent executive compensation consultant and consulted with FW Cook regularly throughout the year. A representative of FW Cook attended meetings of the Committee and advised the Committee in connection with the design and implementation the Company’s executive compensation program for 2024, including with respect to compensation philosophy, objectives, annual and long-term incentive plan structuring and designs, optimal compensation mix and proposed allocations among fixed and variable, and long-term and short-term, compensation. FW Cook also provided market data to inform target pay decisions, reviewed