---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-201451"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MTUS"
cik: "0001598428"
company_name: "Metallus Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:19:07.897875+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Metallus shareholders elect three directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- Elected directors Chirekos, Edwards, Wotring to three-year terms expiring 2029; broker non-votes 5.57M.
- Ratified Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor for FY2026 with 38.7M for, 261k against.
- Advisory vote on NEO compensation approved: 32.5M for, 891k against, 73k abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-201451
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MTUS
- cik: 0001598428
- company_name: Metallus Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598428/000119312526201451/0001193125-26-201451-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598428/000119312526201451/mtus-20260430.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 2026-04-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-04-30
  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 32,457,415 890,751 72,795 5,571,446
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598428/000119312526201451/0001193125-26-201451-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, 2026 at the 2026-04-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-04-30
  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, 2026 For Against Abstain 38,714,271 260,980 17,156
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598428/000119312526201451/0001193125-26-201451-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Metallus Inc. shareholders approved Election of three directors, each to hold office for a three-year term expiring at the 2029 annual meeting at the 2026-04-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-04-30
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of three directors, each to hold office for a three-year term expiring at the 2029 annual meeting Class I Nominees For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Nicholas J. Chirekos 32,824,934 596,031 5,571,442 Randall H. Edwards 31,569,605 1,851,360 5,571,442 Randall A. Wotring 28,489,757 4,931,208 5,571,442
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1598428/000119312526201451/0001193125-26-201451-index.htm

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