A. M. CASTLE Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 1, 2017, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of A. M. Castle & Co. (the “Company”) appointed Ed Quinn, 45, as the Company’s Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, effective December 4, 2017. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Quinn served as Director, Transaction & Regulatory Advisory Services at SolomonEdwardsGroup LLC, a strategic consulting firm, from April 2015 to December 2017. Before that, Mr. Quinn served as a Senior Manager for Deloitte Financial Advisory Services from 2006 to 2015.

The Company has entered into an offer letter (the “Offer Letter”) with Mr. Quinn, which provides for an annual base salary of $215,000. Mr. Quinn will also be eligible to participate in the Company’s 2018 Shared Services Incentive Plan to which he will be eligible for a bonus with a target amount of 40% of his base salary, subject to the determination of the Board. The Offer Letter contemplates Mr. Quinn will be eligible to enter into change in control and severance agreements with the Company consistent with those offered to similarly situated employees.

There is no family relationship existing between Mr. Quinn and any executive officer or director of the Company and he has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

The terms of Mr. Quinn’s employment with the Company are set forth in the Offer Letter between the Company and Mr. Quinn, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.02.

(d) Exhibits

*Filed herewith

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About A. M. CASTLE & CO. (OTCMKTS:CASL)

A. M. Castle & Co. is a specialty metals distribution company. The Company operates through two segments: Metal and Plastics. In its Metals segment, the Company focuses on distributing engineered specialty grades and alloys of metals, as well as providing specialized processing services. Its products include alloy, aluminum, nickel, stainless steel, carbon and titanium. Inventories of these products assume various forms, such as plate, sheet, extrusions, round bar, hexagon bar, square and flat bar, tubing and coil. The Company’s Plastics segment includes its subsidiary, Total Plastics, Inc. (TPI). The Plastics segment stocks and distributes a range of plastics in forms that include plate, rod, tube, clear sheet, tape, gaskets and fittings. Processing activities within this segment include cut-to-length, cut-to-shape, bending and forming according to customer specifications. The Company distributes and performs processing on both metals and plastics.