---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-055711"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTUS"
cik: "0001598428"
company_name: "Metallus Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T10:10:22.120312+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Metallus shareholders elect directors, ratify auditor, approve executive compensation at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- Four Class I directors elected to three-year terms: Mary Ellen Baker, Jamy P. Rankin, Ronald A. Rice, Michael S. Williams.
- Class II director Melissa M. Miller elected to a one-year term expiring at the 2025 annual meeting.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2024: 38,019,013 for, 349,382 against, 36,213 abstain.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 31,799,759 for, 246,963 against, 470,463 abstain.
- Broker non-votes of 5,887,422 on director elections and 5,887,423 on say-on-pay.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-055711
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTUS
- cik: 0001598428
- company_name: Metallus Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598428/000095017024055711/0000950170-24-055711-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598428/000095017024055711/mtus-20240507.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Metallus Inc. shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2024-05-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-07
  source text: Proposal 3 - Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 31,799,759 246,963 470,463 5,887,423
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598428/000095017024055711/0000950170-24-055711-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Metallus Inc. shareholders approved Election of four Class I directors, each to hold office for a three-year term expiring at the 2027 annual meeting, and election of one Class II director to hold office for a one-year term (the remaining term for that class of directors) expiring at the 2025 annual meeting at the 2024-05-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-07
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of four Class I directors, each to hold office for a three-year term expiring at the 2027 annual meeting, and election of one Class II director to hold office for a one-year term (the remaining term for that class of directors) expiring at the 2025 annual meeting Class I Nominees For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Mary Ellen Baker 32,239,350 277,836 5,887,422 Jamy P. Rankin 32,273,959 243,227 5,887,422 Ronald A. Rice 26,871,947 5,645,239 5,887,422 Michael S. Williams 32,372,944 144,242 5,887,422 Class II Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Melissa M. Miller 32,355,355 161,831 5,887,422
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598428/000095017024055711/0000950170-24-055711-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Metallus Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 at the 2024-05-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-07
  source text: Proposal 2 - Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's Independent auditor for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 For Against Abstain 38,019,013 349,382 36,213
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598428/000095017024055711/0000950170-24-055711-index.htm

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