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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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A Information Required in Proxy Statement
Schedule 14A Information Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the
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| ☒ | Definitive Proxy Statement |

| ☐ | Definitive Additional Materials |

| ☐ | Soliciting Material under § 240.14a-12 |

OLYMPIC STEEL, INC. (Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply):

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<div align='center'>Olympic Steel, Inc., 22901 Millcreek Boulevard, Suite 650, Highland Hills, Ohio 44122 (216) 292-3800</div>

To Our Shareholders:

You are invited to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will be held in virtual meeting format only, via webcast at meetnow.global/MPWVZU9 on May 2, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. EST. We are pleased to enclose the notice of the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, together with a Proxy Statement, a Proxy and an envelope for returning the Proxy.

You are asked to: (1) approve the election of nominees for Director nominated by the Board of Directors; (2) ratify the selection of Olympic Steel, Inc.’s independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2025; and (3) approve, on an advisory basis, our named executive officer compensation. Your Board of Directors unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR” all of the Director nominees nominated by the Board of Directors, “FOR” the ratification of the independent auditors selected