Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ:CENX) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ:CENX) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the Annual Meeting) was
held on June 19, 2017. A total of 78,307,035 shares of the
Company’s common stock were present or represented by proxy at the
meeting, representing approximately 90% of the shares outstanding
and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, thus providing a
quorum.
The number of votes cast for, against or withheld, as well as
abstentions and broker non-votes, as applicable, with respect to
each proposal considered at the Annual Meeting is as follows:
Proposal No. 1: Election of Jarl Berntzen, Michael Bless, Errol
Glasser, Daniel Goldberg and Terence Wilkinson to the Company’s
Board of Directors
The Company’s stockholders elected Mr. Berntzen, Mr. Bless, Mr.
Glasser, Mr. Goldberg and Mr. Wilkinson to serve on the Company’s
Board of Directors for a one year term expiring at our annual
meeting in 2018 by the votes indicated below.

Director Nominee

Votes For

Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Jarl Berntzen
71,631,055
792,836
5,883,144
Michael Bless
71,875,095
548,796
5,883,144
Errol Glasser
71,710,580
713,311
5,883,144
Daniel Goldberg
71,853,513
570,378
5,883,144
Terence Wilkinson
67,559,280
4,864,611
5,883,144
Proposal No. 2: Ratification of Appointment of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm
The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte Touche LLP as
the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 was approved by the votes
indicated below. There were no broker non-votes on this proposal.

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes
77,897,723
397,082
12,230
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Proposal No. 3: Advisory vote on the compensation of executive
officers
The allocation of votes for the non-binding advisory vote to
approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers
(say on pay) was a follows:

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes
72,228,074
147,927
47,890
5,883,144
Proposal No. 4: Advisory vote on the frequency of the advisory vote
on the compensation of Company’s named executive officers
The allocation of votes for the non-binding advisory vote on the
frequency of future say on pay advisory votes was as follows:

1 Year

2 Years

3 Years

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes
64,468,877
17,078
7,917,860
20,076
5,883,144
In accordance with the recommendation of the Companys stockholders,
the Company will hold a non-binding advisory vote on the
compensation of its named executive officers every year until the
next required stockholder vote on the frequency of say on pay
votes, which will be held no later than the 2023 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders.
For more information regarding Proposals 1 through 4, please refer
to the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2017.


About Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ:CENX)

Century Aluminum Company (Century) is a holding company, which is a producer of primary aluminum and operates aluminum reduction facilities, or smelters, in the United States and Iceland. The Company operates through primary aluminum segment. Its primary aluminum facilities produce standard grade primary aluminum products. Its annual primary aluminum production capacity is approximately 1,013,000 tons per year (tpy). Its principal subsidiaries are Century Kentucky, Inc. (CAKY), Nordural ehf (Nordural), Century Aluminum Sebree LLC (Century Sebree), Century Aluminum of South Carolina (CASC) and Century Aluminum of West Virginia, Inc. (Century of West Virginia). Its CAKY operates a primary aluminum reduction facility in Hawesville, Kentucky (Hawesville). Nordural Grundartangi ehf, a subsidiary of Nordural, operates a primary aluminum reduction facility in Grundartangi, Iceland (Grundartangi). Its Mt. Holly, located in Goose Creek, South Carolina, is a primary aluminum reduction facility.