Company: CENX
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001552781-25-000153
Chunk: 84

Company: CENTURY ALUMINUM CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 84
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Director Awards The terms and conditions of any grant to any non-employee Director shall be set forth in an Award Agreement and shall be otherwise subject to this Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, in no event may the aggregate grant date fair value (computed as of the date of grant in accordance with applicable financial accounting rules) of all awards granted to any non-employee Director during any single calendar year, when added to the total cash compensation paid to such director for services rendered as a non-employee Director for such calendar year, exceed $750,000, provided, however, that the limitation that shall apply in any calendar year in which a non-employee Director (i) is initially appointed or elected to the Board, (ii) serves

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on a special committee of the Board, or (iii) serves as lead director or chairperson of the Board shall be $1,000,000 for such non-employee Director. For the avoidance of doubt, any compensation that is deferred by a non-employee Director shall be counted toward this limit for the year in which it was first earned, and not when paid or settled if later. Article 14
Dividends and Dividend Equivalents The Committee shall determine the extent to which a Participant who is granted Restricted Stock shall have the right to receive dividends declared on the Restricted Stock during the Period of Restriction, and the extent to which Participants who receive Restricted Stock Units, Options, SARs, Performance Stock Units, or Other Stock Based Awards shall be granted the right to additional compensation (“dividend equivalents”) based on the dividends declared on Shares that are subject to any Award, to be credited as of dividend payment dates, during the period between the date the Award is granted and the date the Award is exercised, vests or expires, as determined by the Committee. Such dividends or dividend equivalents shall be paid in or converted to cash or additional Shares by such formula and at such time and subject to such limitations as may be determined by the Committee. The crediting of dividends or dividend equivalents shall be subject to the following additional rules and limitations: (a) Any crediting of dividends or dividend equivalents shall be subject to the same restrictions and conditions as the underlying Award and shall only be paid to the extent the Award vests. (b) Dividends or dividend equivalents with respect to any Award subject to the achievement of performance goals shall only be paid to the extent the Award vests and the performance goals are achieved,