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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on June 19, 2017
CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY | Meeting Information | |||||
Meeting Type: | Annual Meeting | |||||
For holders as of: | April 21, 2017 | |||||
Date: | June 19, 2017 | Time: | 8:00 a.m., CDT | |||
Location: | Belmond Charleston Place Hotel | |||||
205 Meeting Street | ||||||
Charleston, SC | ||||||
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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY 1 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE SUITE 1000 CHICAGO, IL 60606 | ||||||
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Voting Items | ||||||||||
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” EACH OF THE DIRECTOR NOMINEES AND "FOR" PROPOSALS 2 and 3. | ||||||||||
1. | Election of Directors | |||||||||
Nominees: | ||||||||||
01) | JARL BERNTZEN | 04) | DANIEL GOLDBERG | |||||||
02) | MICHAEL BLESS | 05) | TERENCE WILKINSON | |||||||
03) | ERROL GLASSER | |||||||||
2. | Proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017. | |||||||||
3. | Proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers. | |||||||||
4. | Proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the the frequency of holding the advisory vote on the compensation of the named executive officers. | |||||||||