Company: CENX
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001552781-25-000153
Chunk: 63

Company: CENTURY ALUMINUM CO
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 63
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 the payment of deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code and the time or form of such payment is changed due to a Change in Control, such change in the time or form of payment shall not occur unless the event constituting the Change in Control is also a “change in control event” within the meaning of Code Section 409A and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

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(j) “ Change in Control Protection Period” means (i) the 24-month period beginning on the date any Change in Control occurs and (ii) the 6-month period prior to a Change in Control, if the Participant’s termination (x) was at the request of a third party who had taken steps reasonably calculated or intended to effect a Change in Control or (y) otherwise arose in connection with or in anticipation of the Change in Control. (k) “ Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. For purposes of this Plan, references to sections of the Code shall be deemed to include references to any applicable regulations thereunder and any successor or similar provision, as well as any applicable interpretative guidance issued related thereto. (l) “ Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee designated by the Board to administer all or a portion of this Plan. The members of the Committee shall be appointed from time to time by and shall serve at the discretion of the Board. The Board may take any action under this Plan that would otherwise be the responsibility of the Committee. (m) “ Company” means Century Aluminum Company, a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto as provided in Article 20. (n) “ Director” means any individual who is a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. (o) “ Disability” shall have the meaning set forth in the applicable Award Agreement and, in the absence of such definition in the applicable Award Agreement, the term shall have meaning as set forth in an Other Agreement or Executive Severance Plan as applicable to the Participant which defines “Disability” (or words of similar meaning). (p) “ Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1. (q) “ Employee” means any salaried individual who performs services for and is designated as an employee of the Company, Affiliate and/or Subsidiary on the payroll records thereof. An Employee shall not include any individual during any period he or she is