Company: ZEUS
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-009843
Chunk: 2

Company: OLYMPIC STEEL INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 2
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| EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION                           |   35 |
| RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS                                     |   35 |
| AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT                                         |   36 |
| INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM                  |   37 |
| PROPOSAL TWO                                                   |   37 |
| PROPOSAL THREE                                                 |   38 |
| INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE                                     |   39 |
| OTHER MATTERS                                                  |   39 |
| SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS                                          |   39 |
| ANNUAL REPORT                                                  |   39 |
| SHAREHOLDERS SHARING THE SAME ADDRESS                          |   39 |
| IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS |   40 |

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

2025 ANNUAL MEETING

May 2, 2025

THE PROXY AND SOLICITATION</div>

This Proxy Statement is being mailed on or about March 28, 2025 to the shareholders of Olympic Steel, Inc., which is referred to as the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us,” in connection with the solicitation by the Company’s Board of Directors, which is referred to as the Board, of the enclosed form of proxy for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which is referred to as the Annual Meeting, to be held on May 2, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. EST in a virtual meeting format only, via webcast, at meetnow.global/MPWVZU9. Pursuant to Title XVII, Chapter 1701 of the Ohio Revised Code, any shareholder signing and returning the enclosed proxy has the power to revoke it by giving notice of such revocation to the Company in writing or at the Annual Meeting before any vote with respect to the matters set forth therein is taken. The representation in person or by proxy of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company, which we refer to as the Common Stock, entitled to vote is necessary to provide a quorum at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted in determining whether a quorum has been achieved.

The Company will bear the expense of preparing, printing and mailing this Proxy Statement. Although