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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
FORM 10-K
 ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 
 OR

 TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 Commission File Number 001-34474
 CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY

 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

13-3070826
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

One South Wacker Drive
Suite 1000
Chicago, Illinois
(Address of registrant’s principal offices)

60606
(Zip Code)

 Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (312) 696-3101
 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class:

Name of each exchange on which registered:

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

(NASDAQ Global Select Market)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. 

     Yes  

No 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.      Yes  

    No 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act 
of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject 
to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. 

     Yes  

    No 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data 
File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or 
for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). 

     Yes  

    No 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, 
to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in a definitive proxy or information statement incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K 
or any amendment to this Form 10-K.   

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting 
company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer", "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in 
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one)

Large Accelerated
Filer

Accelerated
Filer

Non-Accelerated Filer

Smaller Reporting
Company

Emerging Growth
Company

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). 

     Yes 

    No 

Based upon the closing price of the registrant’s common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on June 30, 2018, the approximate 
aggregate market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $782,000,000.  As of February 14, 
2019, 88,103,440 shares of common stock of the registrant were issued and outstanding.

Documents Incorporated by Reference:
All or a portion of Items 10 through 14 in Part III of this Form 10-K are incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement 
on Schedule 14A for its 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed within 120 days after the close of the fiscal year covered by 
this report on Form 10-K, or if the Registrant’s Schedule 14A is not filed within such period, will be included in an amendment to this Report 
on Form 10-K which will be filed within such 120 day period.

 
 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I

Item 1.

Business

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

Item 2.

Properties

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of 

Equity Securities

Item 6.

Selected Financial Data

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Item 9.

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Item 9B. Other Information

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Item 11. Executive Compensation

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder 
Matters

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence

Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

Signatures

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Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities 

Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to the "safe harbor" created by section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as 
amended (the "Securities Act"), and section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").  
Forward-looking statements are statements about future events and are based on our current expectations.  These forward-
looking statements may be identified by the words "believe," "expect," "target," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "seek," 
"estimate," "potential," "project," "scheduled," "forecast" or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs such as 
"will," "would," "should," "could," "might," or "may."

Forward-looking statements in this Annual Report and in our other reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission 

(the "SEC"), for example, may include statements regarding:

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Future global and local financial and economic conditions;

•  Our assessment of the aluminum market and aluminum prices (including premiums);

•  The future impact of any Section 232 relief, including tariffs or other trade remedies, to Century, on aluminum prices 

or more generally, the extent to which any such remedies may be changed, including through exclusions or 
exemptions, and the duration of any trade remedy;

•  Our ability to procure alumina, carbon products and other raw materials and our assessment of pricing and costs and 

other terms relating thereto;

•  Our assessment of power pricing and our ability to successfully obtain and/or implement long-term competitive 

power arrangements for our operations and projects, including at Mt. Holly; 

•  Our ability to successfully manage transmission issues and market power price risk and to control or reduce power 

costs;

•  Our plans and expectations with respect to the future operation of our smelters and our other operations, including 

any plans and expectations to curtail or restart production at any of our operations;

•  Our intention and ability to bring our Hawesville smelter back to full production and any plans, expectations, costs or 

assumptions with respect thereto;

•  Any future impact of the May 2018 equipment failure at Sebree and related events on our financial and operating 

performance, including our expectations with respect to insurance coverage relating thereto;

• 

Future investments in new technology or other production improvements;

•  Our ability to hire and retain qualified employees for our operations;

•  Our plans and expectations with respect to the sale or other disposition of our 40% interest in BHH;

•  The future financial and operating performance of the Company, its subsidiaries and its projects;

• 

• 

Future inventory, production, sales, cash costs and capital expenditures; 

Future impairment charges or restructuring costs;

•  Our ability to access our existing or future financing arrangements and the terms of any such future financing 

arrangements; 

•  Our ability to refinance or repay debt in the future; 

•  Estimates of our pension and other postretirement liabilities and future payments, property plant and equipment 

impairment, environmental liabilities and other contingent liabilities and contractual commitments;

• 

Future construction investment and development, including our expansion project at our Grundartangi smelter and 
our plans and expectations with respect thereto;

•  The anticipated impact of recent accounting pronouncements or changes in accounting principles;

•  Our anticipated tax liabilities, benefits or refunds including the realization of U.S. and certain foreign deferred tax 

assets and liabilities and the impact of tax reforms in the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions;

•  Our assessment of the ultimate outcome of outstanding litigation and environmental matters and liabilities relating 

thereto; 

•  The impact of any new or changed law, regulations or other action affecting our business, including, without 

limitation, the impact of any trade actions, sanctions or other similar remedies or restrictions implemented by the U.S. 
or foreign governments; 

•  Negotiations with labor unions representing certain of our employees; and

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•  Our future business objectives, plans, strategies and initiatives including our competitive position and prospects.

Where we express an expectation or belief as to future events or results, such expectation or belief is expressed in good 
faith and believed to have a reasonable basis.  However, our forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and 
assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ materially from future results 
expressed, projected or implied by those forward-looking statements.  Important factors that could cause actual results and 
events to differ from those described in such forward-looking statements can be found in the risk factors and forward-looking 
statements cautionary language contained in Item 1A. Risk Factors in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, our Quarterly Reports 
on Form 10-Q and in other filings made with the SEC.  Although we have attempted to identify those material factors that could 
cause actual results or events to differ from those described in such forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that 
could cause actual results or events to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended.  Many of these factors are beyond 
our ability to control or predict.  Given these uncertainties, the reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-
looking statements.  We undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a 
result of new information, future events, or otherwise. 

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PART I

Throughout this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and unless expressly stated otherwise or as the context otherwise requires, 

"Century Aluminum Company," "Century Aluminum," "Century," the "Company," "we," "us," and "our" refer to Century 
Aluminum Company and its subsidiaries.

Item 1.  Business

Overview

Century Aluminum Company is a global producer of primary aluminum and operates aluminum reduction facilities, or 

"smelters," in the United States and Iceland.  Aluminum is an internationally traded commodity, and its price is effectively 
determined on the London Metal Exchange (the "LME"), plus applicable regional and product premiums.  Our primary 
aluminum facilities produce standard-grade and value-added primary aluminum products.  Our current annual production 
capacity is approximately 1,016,000 tonnes per year ("tpy").  We produced approximately 753,000 tonnes of primary aluminum 
in 2018.

In addition to our primary aluminum assets, we own a carbon anode production facility located in the Netherlands 
("Vlissingen") and hold a 40% interest in Baise Haohai Carbon Co., Ltd. ("BHH"), a joint venture that owns and operates a 
carbon anode and cathode facility located in China.  Carbon anodes are consumed in the production of primary aluminum.  
Both BHH and Vlissingen currently supply carbon anodes to our smelter in Grundartangi, Iceland.  Each of our smelters in the 
United States sources anodes from on-site carbon anode production facilities.

We operate our business through one reportable segment, primary aluminum.  Additional information about our segment 

reporting and certain geographic information is available in Note 18. Business Segments to the consolidated financial 
statements included herein.

Century Aluminum Company is a Delaware corporation with our principal executive offices located at One South Wacker 

Drive, Suite 1000, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

Strategic Objective

Our strategic objective is to maximize the financial returns we generate for our stockholders by: (a) optimizing our safety 

and environmental performance; (b) improving the competitiveness of our existing assets by managing costs and improving 
productivity and efficiency; (c) pursuing upstream investment opportunities in bauxite mining, alumina refining and the 
production of other key operating supplies; and (d) expanding our primary aluminum business by improving and investing in 
the facilities we currently own as well as constructing, investing in or acquiring additional capacity. 

Primary Aluminum Facilities

Overview of Facilities

We operate three U.S. aluminum smelters, in Hawesville, Kentucky ("Hawesville"), Robards, Kentucky ("Sebree") and 

Goose Creek, South Carolina ("Mt. Holly"), and one aluminum smelter in Grundartangi, Iceland ("Grundartangi"). 

Grundartangi

The Grundartangi facility, located in Grundartangi, Iceland, is a primary aluminum reduction facility owned and operated 
by our wholly-owned subsidiary, Nordural Grundartangi ehf, and is our most modern facility.  Grundartangi is currently in the 
process of a multi-year expansion project that has brought the annual production capacity from 280,000 tonnes to current 
capacity of 317,000 tonnes (2018 volume) and is expected to ultimately increase annual production capacity to approximately 
325,000 tonnes.  Grundartangi produces standard-grade aluminum ingot and a primary foundry alloy product, which is a value-
added product that is sold at a premium to standard-grade aluminum. 

Hawesville 

Hawesville, located adjacent to the Ohio River near Hawesville, Kentucky, is a primary aluminum reduction facility 
owned and operated by our wholly-owned subsidiary, Century Kentucky, Inc. ("CAKY").  Hawesville has an annual production 
capacity of approximately 250,000 tonnes.  Approximately 60% of Hawesville's capacity was curtailed in the fourth quarter of 
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2015 as a result of significant declines in the LME price for aluminum.  In 2018, we began the process of restarting capacity on 
the three potlines at Hawesville that had been curtailed.  The first of these three lines was restarted in September 2018 and the 
second was restarted in December 2018.  We expect that the third line will be restarted and back in operation during the first 
quarter of 2019.  Each line represents incremental production of approximately 50,000 tonnes per year when fully operational.

Hawesville produces standard-grade and high-purity aluminum that can be cast into sow or delivered directly to nearby 

customers as molten metal.  

Hawesville is our largest U.S. smelter and has the capacity to be the largest producer of high purity primary aluminum in 
North America.  Four of Hawesville's five potlines are capable of producing high purity aluminum which is sold at a premium 
to standard-grade aluminum and is used extensively by the defense industry as well as for aerospace and other applications.  

Sebree 

Sebree, located adjacent to the Green River near Robards, Kentucky, is a primary aluminum reduction facility owned and 

operated by our wholly-owned subsidiary, Century Aluminum Sebree LLC ("Century Sebree"). Sebree has an annual 
production capacity of approximately 220,000 tonnes.  Sebree produces standard-grade aluminum that can be cast into sow and 
value-added products, including billet, that are sold at a premium to standard-grade aluminum or delivered directly to nearby 
customers as molten metal. In May 2018, we temporarily curtailed one potline at Sebree due to an equipment failure. We 
returned the curtailed potline at Sebree back to service during the third quarter of 2018. 

Mt. Holly

Mt. Holly, located in Goose Creek, South Carolina, is a primary aluminum reduction facility owned and operated by our 
wholly-owned subsidiary, Century Aluminum of South Carolina, Inc. ("CASC").  Mt. Holly has an annual production capacity 
of approximately 229,000 tonnes. The Mt. Holly facility is currently operating at approximately 50% of capacity while CASC 
pursues a long-term power solution.  See "Key Production Costs — Electrical Power Supply Agreements" below for further 
discussion of our power arrangements at Mt. Holly.

Mt. Holly produces standard-grade aluminum that is cast into tee bars as well as several value-added products, including 

billet and foundry products.  These value-added primary aluminum products are sold at a premium to standard-grade aluminum. 

Primary Aluminum Production Capacity

Our primary aluminum smelters and their respective capacities are shown in the following table: 

Facility
Grundartangi, Iceland

Hawesville, Kentucky USA

Sebree, Kentucky, USA

Mt. Holly, South Carolina USA

Ownership
Percentage
100%

Operational
1998

100%

100%

100%

1970

1973

1980

Annual 
Production 
Capacity (tpy) (1)
317,000

250,000

220,000

229,000

1,016,000

Actual 2018
Annual
Production
(tpy)
317,000

117,000

204,000

115,000

753,000

(1)  The tonnes per year (tpy) figures in this column reflect an estimate of the facility's total production capacity based on 

plant design, historical operating results and operating efficiencies and does not necessarily represent each facility’s 
maximum production capability.

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Primary Aluminum Shipment Volume

The following table shows our primary aluminum shipment volumes since 2014(1).

(1)  Shipment  volumes  reflect  (i)  our  acquisition  of  the  remaining  interest  in  Mt.  Holly  in  December  2014;  (ii)  the  partial 
curtailment of our Hawesville and Mt. Holly operations during the fourth quarter of 2015; and (iii) increases from the 
Hawesville restart in 2018, offset by lower production due to the temporary potline outage at Sebree. 

Primary Aluminum Projects

Helguvik project 

The Helguvik project is a greenfield project for an aluminum reduction facility in Helguvik, Iceland ("Helguvik" or the 

"Helguvik project"), owned by our wholly-owned subsidiary Nordural Helguvik ehf ("Nordural Helguvik").  The Helguvik 
project site is located approximately 30 miles from the city of Reykjavik, Iceland.  Construction activity and spending on the 
project have remained curtailed since 2008 pending our ability to secure power delivery for the project at competitive prices.  
See "Key Production Costs — Electrical Power Supply Agreements" below for further discussion of our power arrangements at 
Helguvik. 

Carbon Products Facilities

In addition to our primary aluminum assets, we also own a carbon anode production facility located in Vlissingen, the 

Netherlands, and a 40% interest in BHH, a joint venture that owns and operates a carbon anode and cathode facility located in 
the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of south China. 

Vlissingen

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Vlissingen is a carbon anode production facility owned and operated by Century Aluminum Vlissingen B.V.  Vlissingen 

has an annual carbon anode production capacity of 145,000 tonnes.  We acquired Vlissingen in 2012 and restarted the facility in 
late 2013 with an initial carbon anode production capacity of 75,000 tonnes.  In 2015, we completed our project to expand its 
annual production capacity to 145,000 tonnes and we have begun a project to rebuild one of the baking furnaces at Vlissingen 
which is expected to increase annual carbon anode production capacity by an additional 12,000 tonnes per year.  The rebuilt 
baking furnace is expected to be operational before the end of 2019.  Vlissingen currently supplies carbon anodes to our smelter 
in Grundartangi, Iceland.  Each of our smelters in the United States sources anodes from on-site carbon anode production 
facilities.

Baise Haohai Carbon Company, Ltd.

BHH is a carbon anode and cathode facility which commenced operations in 2008.  BHH is operated as a joint venture 
between one of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, which owns a 40% stake in the company, and Guangxi Qiangqiang Carbon Co., 
Ltd., which holds the remaining 60% ownership interest and is the operator of this facility.  The BHH facility has an annual 
carbon anode production capacity of 180,000 tonnes and an annual cathode baking and graphitization capacity of 20,000 
tonnes.  Following the completion of the construction of our second furnace at our carbon anode facility in Vlissingen, 
Netherlands, we made the decision to pursue an exit from this investment.  There is no assurance that we will be successful in 
exiting this investment on terms that are acceptable to us or at all.

Pricing

Pricing for primary aluminum products is typically comprised of three components: (i) the base commodity price which is 

based on quoted prices on the LME and other exchanges, (ii) any regional premium (e.g., the Midwest premium for metal sold 
in the United States and the European Duty Paid premium for metal sold into Europe) and (iii) any product premium. Our 
operating results are highly sensitive to changes in the LME price of primary aluminum and the amount of regional delivery 
and product premiums.  As a result, from time to time, we assess the appropriateness of mitigating the effects of fluctuations in 
the aluminum price through the use of fixed-price commitments, LME-linked supply contracts and financial instruments.  See 
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk for further discussion of how we manage our exposure to 
market risk. 

Customer Base

We have historically derived substantially all of our consolidated net sales from a small number of customers.  For the 
year ended December 31, 2018, we derived approximately 64% of our consolidated sales from Glencore plc and its affiliates 
(together, "Glencore") and approximately 11% of our consolidated sales from Southwire Company ("Southwire"). We currently 
have agreements in place to sell a substantial portion of our 2019 production to these customers.  We expect that the rest of our 
2019 customer base will remain fairly concentrated among a small number of customers under short-term contracts.

Both Glencore and Southwire purchase aluminum produced at our North American smelters at prices based on the LME 

price for primary aluminum plus the Midwest regional premium and any additional market based product premiums.  Glencore 
also purchases aluminum produced at our Grundartangi, Iceland smelter at prices based on the LME plus the European Duty 
Paid premium and any applicable product premiums.  Glencore beneficially owns 42.9% of our outstanding common stock 
(47.2% on a fully diluted basis) and purchases the aluminum we produce for resale. 

Key Production Costs

Alumina, electrical power, calcined petroleum coke and liquid pitch (the key raw materials for carbon anodes), and labor 
are the principal components of our cost of production.  These components together represented over 75% of our cost of goods 
sold for the year ended December 31, 2018.  For a description of certain risks related to our raw materials, supplies and labor, 
see Item 1A. Risk Factors in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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Alumina Supply Agreements

While Century may enter into other purchases of alumina as market conditions change, a summary of our principal 

alumina supply agreements is provided below: 

Supplier

Quantity

Term

Pricing (2)

Gramercy Alumina

Approximately 600,000 tpy

Through December 2019

Variable, API-based

Concord Resources Ltd.

Approximately 120,000 tpy

Through December 2020

LME-linked

Concord Resources Ltd.

Approximately 600,000 tpy

January 2020 through
December 2024

Fixed, LME-linked, and
API-linked components

Glencore (1)

Variable

Through December 2017

Variable, API-based

(1)  Both parties are continuing to operate under the terms of this agreement while we negotiate a new agreement.  Under the 
terms of this agreement, Glencore provides alumina supply for all of Century's requirements net of other contractual 
commitments.  

(2) 

"API" refers to a published alumina price index ("API").

Electrical Power Supply Agreements

The table below summarizes our long-term power supply agreements:

Facility

Supplier

Landsvirkjun

Term

Pricing

Grundartangi

Orkuveita Reykjavíkur ("OR")

Through 2023 - 2036

HS Orka hf ("HS")

Hawesville

Kenergy Corporation ("Kenergy")

Through December 31, 2023

Sebree

Kenergy

Through December 31, 2023

Mt. Holly

South Carolina Public Service Authority

Through December 31, 2020

Variable rate linked to (i) the
LME price for primary
aluminum or (ii) the Nord Pool
power market

Variable rate based on market
prices

Variable rate based on market
prices

Variable rate based in part on a
cost of service charge and in part
on natural gas prices

Helguvik

OR

Approximately 25 years from
the dates of each phase of
power delivery

Variable rate based on the LME
price for primary aluminum

Electrical power represents one of the largest components of our cost of goods sold.  From time to time, we may enter into 

forward contracts or other hedging arrangements to mitigate our electrical power or natural gas price risk.  The paragraphs 
below summarize the sources of power and the long-term power arrangements for each of our operations.

Grundartangi.  Power is currently supplied to Grundartangi from hydroelectric and geothermal sources under long-term 

power purchase agreements with HS, Landsvirkjun and OR at prices indexed to the price of primary aluminum, which provides 
a natural hedge for one of our largest production costs.  Beginning in November of 2019, our contract with Landsvirkjun 
(covering approximately 30% of our current power requirements at Grundartangi) will be priced linked to the market price for 
power in the Nord Pool power market, the trading market for power in the Nordic countries and certain other areas of Europe.  

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We have entered into financial contracts to fix the forward price of approximately 4% of Grundartangi's total power 
requirements for the period from November 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020. 

Grundartangi's power purchase agreements expire on various dates from 2023 through 2036 (subject to extension).  Each 
power purchase agreement contains take-or-pay obligations with respect to a significant percentage of the total committed and 
available power under such agreement. 

Hawesville.  CAKY is party to a power supply arrangement with Kenergy and EDF Trading North America, LLC (“EDF") 

which provides market-based power to the Hawesville smelter.  Under this arrangement, the power companies purchase power 
on the open market and pass it through to Hawesville at Midcontinent Independent System Operator ("MISO") pricing plus 
transmission and other costs.  The power supply arrangement with Kenergy has an effective term through December 2023. The 
arrangement with EDF to act as our market participant with MISO has an effective term through May 2020.  Both of these 
agreements extend automatically year to year thereafter unless a one year notice of termination is given by either party.

Sebree.  Century Sebree is party to a power supply arrangement with Kenergy and EDF which provides market-based 

power to the Sebree smelter.  Similar to the arrangement at Hawesville, the power companies purchase power on the open 
market and pass it through to Sebree at MISO pricing plus transmission and other costs.  The power supply arrangement with 
Kenergy has an effective term through December 2023.  The arrangement with EDF to act as our market participant with MISO 
has an effective term through May 2020.  Both of these agreements extend automatically year to year thereafter unless a one 
year notice of termination is given by either party.

Mt. Holly.  CASC is party to a power agreement with the South Carolina Public Service Authority ("Santee Cooper") for 
power to the Mt. Holly smelter.  Under this contract, 25% of Mt. Holly's electric power requirements is supplied from Santee 
Cooper's generation at cost-of-service based rates. The remaining 75% of Mt. Holly's electric power requirements is supplied 
from third-party generation at rates based on natural gas prices. The agreement with Santee Cooper has a term through 
December 31, 2020 and can be terminated by Mt. Holly on 120 days' notice. The agreement with the other power supplier has a 
term through December 31, 2020 and may be terminated by Mt. Holly on 60 days' notice.

Mt. Holly's inability to access the open market for 100% of its power requirements significantly impacts its ability to be 
competitive in the aluminum industry and puts its continued operation at risk.  As a result of such uncompetitive power prices, 
Mt. Holly has already curtailed 50% of its production capacity.  See Item 1A. Risk Factors. If we are unable to enter into a long 
term, market-based power arrangement for Mt. Holly, we may choose, or be forced, to curtail operations at the plant.

Helguvik.  Nordural Helguvik is party to a power agreement with OR for a portion of Helguvik’s expected power 
requirements to the Helguvik project.  The first stage of power under the OR power purchase agreement (approximately 47.5 
megawatts ("MW")) became available in the fourth quarter of 2011 and is currently being utilized at Grundartangi.  The 
agreement contains certain conditions to OR’s obligations with respect to the remaining phases and OR has alleged that certain 
of these conditions have not been satisfied.  We are in discussions with OR with respect to such conditions and other matters 
pertaining to this agreement.

See Note 15. Commitments and Contingencies to the consolidated financial statements included herein for additional 

information concerning our power arrangements. 

Employees

As of December 31, 2018, we had 2,069 employees.  

Labor Agreements 

The bargaining unit employees at our Grundartangi, Vlissingen, Hawesville and Sebree facilities are represented by labor 

unions, representing 65% of our total workforce.  Our employees at Mt. Holly are not represented by a labor union.

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A summary of our key labor agreements is provided below:

Facility

Organization

Term

Grundartangi

Hawesville

Sebree

Vlissingen

Icelandic labor unions

Through December 31, 2019

USW

USW

FME

Through April 1, 2020

Through October 28, 2023

Through December 1, 2020

Approximately 84% of Grundartangi’s workforce is represented by five labor unions, governed by a labor agreement that 

establishes wages and work rules for covered employees.  The current agreement is effective through December 31, 2019.  

100% of Vlissingen's workforce is represented by the Federation for the Metal and Electrical Industry (the "FME").  The 

FME negotiates working conditions with trade unions on behalf of its members.  The current labor agreement is effective 
through December 1, 2020.

Approximately 57% of our U.S. based workforce is represented by the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, 
Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union ("USW").  CAKY's Hawesville employees 
represented by the USW are under a collective bargaining agreement that expires on April 1, 2020.  Century Sebree's employees 
represented by USW are under a collective bargaining agreement that expires on October 28, 2023. 

Competition

The market for primary aluminum is global, and demand for aluminum varies widely from region to region.  We compete 

with aluminum producers within the U.S. and internationally as well as with producers of alternative materials such as steel, 
copper, carbon fiber, composites, plastic and glass, each of which may be substituted for aluminum in certain applications.  Our 
competitive position depends, in part, on the availability of electricity, alumina and our other key raw materials to our 
operations at competitive prices.  We face global competition from companies who may have access to these key production 
costs at lower prices.  Many of our competitors are also larger than we are and have vertically integrated operations with 
superior cost positions.  As a result, these companies may be better able to withstand reductions in price or other adverse 
industry or economic conditions.

While we face significant competition, we also have several competitive advantages.  We believe our key competitive 

advantages are:

Focus on upstream aluminum business.  We operate principally in the production of primary aluminum.  By concentrating 

our activities in the upstream part of the aluminum industry, we are able to focus our resources on optimizing the cost 
effectiveness of our existing operations, minimizing overhead costs and maintaining a market position where our products are 
ultimately targeted toward a broad range of end uses.

Significant Internal Growth Opportunities.  In 2018, we began the process of restarting capacity on three potlines at 

Hawesville that had been curtailed since the fourth quarter of 2015.  The first of these three lines was restarted in September 
2018 and the second was restarted in December 2018.  We expect that the third line will be restarted and back in operation 
during the first quarter of 2019.  Operating Hawesville at full capacity would allow us to increase our annual production of 
aluminum by approximately 150,000 tonnes from recent levels.  We are also in the process of a multi-year expansion project at 
our Grundartangi smelter that has brought Grundartangi’s annual production capacity from 280,000 tonnes to current capacity 
of 317,000 tonnes (2018 volume) and is expected to ultimately increase annual production capacity to approximately 325,000 
tonnes.

Duty Free Access to our Major Customer Markets.  Our facilities benefit from international and national trade laws and 

regulations.  For example, the European Union imposes import tariffs on primary aluminum from producers outside the 
European Economic Area (the "EEA"), which includes Iceland and the U.S. imposes a 10% tariff on certain primary aluminum 
imports into the United States.  Our U.S. and Icelandic businesses currently access these respective markets duty-free which 
provides us with an advantage over our competitors who sell into these markets under these tariff regimes.

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Close Proximity to our Major Customers.  Our U.S. facilities benefit from the proximity to our U.S. customer base, 

allowing us to capture the Midwest regional premium and providing a competitive advantage in freight costs over our 
competitors.  The proximity to our customers also allows our Hawesville and Sebree plants to deliver a portion of their 
production in molten form, saving casting costs, and providing a competitive advantage over other potential suppliers.  In 
Iceland, our proximity to European markets provides a competitive advantage for Grundartangi, including logistical benefits 
compared to our competitors outside the EEA. 

Access to Competitive Power.  Our Kentucky operations benefit from market-based power contracts that provide 
electricity to these operations at competitive prices.  Currently, all of our power under our power contract for our Grundartangi 
plant is indexed to the price of primary aluminum (and after November 2019, 70% of its power will continue to be indexed to 
the price of primary aluminum), which provides a natural hedge of one of our largest production costs. We continue to seek the 
ability to access the open market for 100% of our power requirements at Mt. Holly. 

  Diverse Value Added Product Portfolio. Our Hawesville plant has the capacity to be the largest producer of high purity 

aluminum in the United States. Four of Hawesville’s five potlines are capable of producing high purity aluminum, which is 
used extensively by the defense industry as well as for certain aerospace applications. We also have the ability across our 
operations to cast a variety of aluminum products, both in terms of shapes and alloys. These high purity and value-added 
primary aluminum products are sold at a premium to standard-grade aluminum.

Sustainability.  Our Grundartangi plant receives 100% of its power requirements from clean hydroelectric and geothermal 

sources, reducing our fossil fuel usage and mitigating the impact of any current or future carbon regulations.

For additional information, see Item 1A. Risk Factors. We may be unable to continue to compete successfully in the 

highly competitive markets in which we operate.

Environmental Matters

We are subject to various environmental laws and regulations in the countries in which we operate.  We have spent, and 

expect to continue to spend, significant amounts for compliance with those laws and regulations.  In addition, some of our past 
manufacturing activities have resulted in environmental consequences that require remedial measures.  Under certain 
environmental laws, which may impose liability regardless of fault, we may be liable for the costs of remediation of 
contaminated property, including our current and formerly owned or operated properties or adjacent areas, or for the 
amelioration of damage to natural resources. We believe, based on currently available information, that our current 
environmental liabilities are not likely to have a material adverse effect on Century.  However, we cannot predict the 
requirements of future environmental laws and future requirements at current or formerly owned or operated properties or 
adjacent areas or the outcome of certain existing litigation to which we are a party.  Such future requirements or events may 
result in unanticipated costs or liabilities that may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations 
or liquidity.  More information concerning our environmental contingencies can be found in Note 15. Commitments and 
Contingencies to the consolidated financial statements included herein.

Intellectual Property

We own or have rights to use a number of intellectual property rights relating to various aspects of our operations.  We do 

not consider our business to be materially dependent on any of these intellectual property rights.

Disclosure Pursuant to Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 

Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (“ITRA”), effective August 10, 2012, 
added a new subsection (r) to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, which requires issuers that file periodic reports with the SEC to 
disclose in their annual and quarterly reports whether, during the reporting period, they or any of their “affiliates” (as defined in 
Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) have knowingly engaged in specified activities or transactions relating to Iran, including 
activities not prohibited by U.S. law and conducted outside the U.S. by non-U.S. affiliates in compliance with applicable laws.  
Issuers must also file a notice with the SEC if any disclosable activity under ITRA has been included in an annual or quarterly 
report. 

Because the SEC defines the term “affiliate” broadly, our largest stockholder may be considered an affiliate of the Company despite 
the fact that the Company has no control over its largest stockholder’s actions or the actions of its affiliates.  As such, pursuant to 
Section 13(r)(1)(D)(iii) of the Exchange Act, the Company hereby discloses the following information provided by our largest 
stockholder regarding transactions or dealings with entities controlled by the Government of Iran (“the GOI”):

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During the year ended December 31, 2018, non-U.S. affiliates of the largest stockholder of the Company (“the 
non-U.S. Stockholder Affiliates”) entered into sales and purchase contracts for agricultural products, metals, 
minerals, and energy products with, or for delivery to or from Iranian entities wholly or majority owned by the 
GOI. The non-U.S. Stockholder Affiliates performed their obligations under the contracts in compliance with 
applicable sanction laws and, where required, with the necessary prior approvals by the relevant governmental 
authorities.

The gross revenue of the non-U.S Stockholder Affiliates related to the contracts did not exceed the value of  
$1,049 million for the year ended December 31, 2018. 

The non-U.S. Stockholder Affiliates do not allocate net profit on a country-by-country or activity-by-activity 
basis, but estimate that the net profit attributable to the contracts would not exceed a small fraction of the gross 
revenue from such contracts. It is not possible to determine accurately the precise net profit attributable to such 
contracts.

The contracts disclosed above do not violate applicable sanctions laws administered by the U.S. Department of 
the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, and are not the subject of any enforcement action under Iran 
sanction laws.

In response to the re-imposition of certain US secondary sanctions, the non-U.S. Stockholder Affiliates wound 
down such activities to the extent necessary to avoid any sanctionable activity after such sanctions took effect. 

The Company and its global subsidiaries had no transactions or activities requiring disclosure under ITRA, nor 
were we involved in the transactions described in this section.  As of the date of this report, the Company is not 
aware of any other activity, transaction or dealing by it or any of its affiliates during the year ended December 
31, 2018 that requires disclosure in this report under Section 13(r) of the Exchange Act.  

Available Information

Additional information about Century may be obtained from our website, which is located at 

www.centuryaluminum.com.  Our website provides access to periodic filings we have made through the EDGAR filing system 
of the SEC, including our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any 
amendments to those reports.  We also make available on our website a copy of our code of ethics that applies to all employees 
and ownership reports filed on Forms 3, 4 and 5 by our directors, executive officers and beneficial owners of more than 10% of 
our outstanding common stock.  Reports that we have filed with the SEC are also available on the SEC website at 
www.sec.gov.  In addition, we will make available free of charge copies of our Forms 10-K, Forms 10-Q and Forms 8-K upon 
request.  Requests for these documents can be made by contacting our Investor Relations Department by mail at: One South 
Wacker Drive, Suite 1000, Chicago, IL 60606, or by phone at: (312) 696-3101.  Information contained in our website is not 
incorporated by reference in, and should not be considered a part of, this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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Item 1A.  Risk Factors

The following describes certain of the risks and uncertainties we face that could materially and adversely affect our 
business, financial condition and results of operation, and cause our future results to differ materially from our current results 
and from those anticipated in our forward-looking statements.  These risk factors should be considered together with the other 
risks and uncertainties described in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of 
Operations and elsewhere herein.  This list of significant risk factors is not all-inclusive or necessarily in order of importance.

Declines in aluminum prices could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of 

operations or cash flows.  

Our operating results depend on the market for primary aluminum which can be volatile and subject to many factors 
beyond our control.  The overall price of primary aluminum consists of three components: (i) the base commodity price, which 
is based on quoted prices on the LME and other exchanges; plus (ii) any regional premium (e.g., the Midwest premium for 
metal sold in the United States and the European Duty Paid premium for metal sold into Europe); plus (iii) any product 
premium.    

The aluminum price is influenced by a number of factors, including global supply-demand balance, inventory levels, 
speculative activities by market participants, production activities by competitors, political and economic conditions, as well as 
production costs in major production regions.  These factors can be highly speculative and difficult to predict which can lead to 
significant volatility in the aluminum price.  The average LME price for aluminum during 2018 was $2,110 per tonne, 
compared to $1,968 per tonne in 2017 and $1,604 per tonne in 2016. During 2018, the average U.S. Midwest premium was 
$420 per tonne, compared to $199 per tonne in 2017 and $169 per tonne in 2016.  During 2018, the average European Duty 
Paid premium was $164 per tonne, compared to $148 per tonne in 2017 and $132 per tonne in 2016. 

Declines in aluminum prices could cause us to curtail production at our operations or take other actions to reduce our cost 
of production, including deferring certain capital expenditures and maintenance costs and implementing workforce reductions.   
For example, as a result of aluminum price declines in 2015, we curtailed production at our Hawesville smelter by 60% and 
have only recently taken steps to restart the curtailed capacity at Hawesville. Declines in aluminum prices could also reduce our 
liquidity by lowering our borrowing availability under our asset-based revolving credit facilities (due to a lower market value of 
our inventory and accounts receivable).  Significant or prolonged declines in aluminum prices (including regional, product and 
other premiums) in the future could result in additional curtailments and additional cost cutting measures.  Any deferred costs 
could ultimately result in higher capital expenditures and maintenance costs than would have been incurred had such costs not 
been deferred and increase the costs to restore production capacity if market forces warrant.  These factors may materially and 
adversely affect our liquidity, the amount of cash flow we have available for our capital expenditures and other operating 
expenses, our ability to access the credit and capital markets and our results of operations.

Excess capacity and over production of aluminum products may continue to materially disrupt world aluminum markets 

causing price deterioration and, in turn, adversely impact our sales, margins and profitability.

World aluminum prices have been significantly depressed in recent years due to large amounts of excess capacity and 
over production in China and other regions.  Significant portions of world aluminum production would not be possible without 
financial and other support from governments and state-owned entities.  This oversupply has caused world aluminum prices to 
be adversely impacted.  Continued over production and the improper export of heavily subsidized aluminum products may 
continue to materially disrupt world aluminum markets resulting in depressed prices and, in turn, materially adversely impact 
our sales, margins and profitability.

Changes in trade laws or regulation may have an adverse effect on our sales margins and profitability.

Our businesses compete in a global marketplace and are subject to international and national trade laws and regulations.  

The breadth of these laws and regulations continues to expand.  For example, both the European Union and the U.S. impose 
import tariffs on primary aluminum from foreign producers.  Our Icelandic and U.S. businesses are currently able to access 
these  respective markets duty-free.  Any change to these import duties, including the granting of exemptions, a reduction in the 
tariff rate or a full repeal of the tariff scheme, would lessen or potentially eliminate the benefit we realize from these tariffs and 
would negatively impact our profitability.   These or other changes in trade laws and regulations could affect the ultimate price 
we receive for our products, the prices and availability of our raw materials or our ability to access certain markets and could 
have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

Increases in our raw material costs and disruptions in our supply adversely affect our business.

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Our business depends upon the adequate supply of alumina, aluminum fluoride, calcined petroleum coke, pitch, carbon 

anodes and cathodes and other materials.  The availability of our raw materials at competitive prices is critical to the 
profitability of our operations and increases in pricing and/or disruptions in our supply could have a material adverse effect on 
our business, financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

For some of these production inputs, such as alumina, coke and pitch, we do not have any internal production and rely on 

a limited number of suppliers for all of our requirements.  Many of our supply agreements are short term or expire in the next 
few years.  There is no assurance that we will be able to renew such agreements at commercially favorable terms, if at all.

Certain of our principal raw materials are commodities for which, at times, availability and pricing can be volatile due to a 

number of factors beyond our control, including general economic conditions, domestic and worldwide demand, labor costs, 
competition, weather conditions, major force majeure events, tariffs, sanctions and currency exchange rates.

The pricing under certain of our current alumina supply contracts is based on a published alumina index.  As a result, our 
cost structure is exposed to market fluctuations and price volatility.  For example, recent external events in the alumina markets 
have caused significant price volatility.  In March 2018, the largest alumina refinery in the western world was forced to curtail 
50% of its production following severe rainfall and concern from government regulators regarding water contamination.  In 
April of 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") implemented sanctions on 
several Russian government officials, individuals and companies, including UC Rusal ("Rusal").  The Rusal sanctions caused 
significant volatility in the marketplace for aluminum and alumina, as many western consumers stopped transacting with Rusal 
in order to ensure compliance with the OFAC sanctions.  OFAC removed the sanctions against Rusal in January 2019.  These 
external events have had a significant adverse effect on our alumina costs.  The alumina index price, for example, averaged 
approximately $473 per tonne in 2018 and reached a high of $710 per tonne in April 2018.  In comparison, the alumina index 
price averaged approximately $354 per tonne for 2017 and $254 per tonne for 2016.  

Because we sell our products based on the LME price for primary aluminum, we are not able to pass on to our customers 

any increased cost of raw material that are not linked to the LME price.  Due to the limited number of suppliers of these 
products, any disruption in supply could drive global price increases for such products and may require us to purchase these 
products on less favorable terms.  In some instances, we may be unable to secure an alternative supply of these materials.  
Continued or additional disruptions in the global market could result in supply shortages or a prolonged period of elevated 
pricing and could impact our ability to operate our smelters which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial 
position, results of operations and liquidity.

Increases in energy costs adversely affect our business.

Electrical power represents one of the largest components of our cost of goods sold. As a result, the availability of 

electricity at competitive prices is critical to the profitability of our operations.

Our Hawesville and Sebree plants receive all of their electricity requirements under market-based electricity contracts, 
and our Mt. Holly plant receives 75% of its electricity requirements under a market-based contract.  Market-based electricity 
contracts expose us to market price volatility and fluctuations driven primarily by coal and natural gas prices and weather-
influenced electric loads without any direct relationship to the price of aluminum.  There can be no assurance that our market-
based power supply arrangements at our Hawesville, Sebree and Mt. Holly plants will result in favorable electricity costs.

Power is currently supplied to Grundartangi from hydroelectric and geothermal sources under long-term power purchase 
agreements with HS, Landsvirkjun and OR at prices indexed to the price of primary aluminum.  Linking the price of power to 
the price of aluminum provides a natural hedge of one of our largest production costs.  Beginning in November 2019, one of 
our contracts (covering approximately 30% percent of our current power requirements at Grundartangi) will be priced linked to 
the market price for power in the Nord Pool power market, which will expose us to market price volatility and fluctuations 
based on the market price for power in the Nordic countries and certain other areas of Europe.  These markets can also fluctuate 
significantly, without any direct relationship to the price of aluminum.

Any increase in our electricity and energy prices could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, 

results of operations and liquidity.

If we are unable to enter into a long term, market-based, power arrangement for Mt. Holly, we may choose, or be 

forced, to further curtail operations at the plant.

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Mt. Holly is currently required to purchase 25% of its power requirements from Santee Cooper's generation at a standard 

cost-based industrial rate, which is the highest rate paid for power by any U.S. smelter and substantially higher than the rate Mt. 
Holly pays for market power.  Mt. Holly's inability to access the open market for 100% of its power requirements significantly 
impacts its ability to be competitive in the aluminum industry.  As a result of such uncompetitive power prices, Mt. Holly has 
curtailed approximately 50% of its production capacity.  We continue to seek the ability to access the open market for 100% of 
our power requirements at Mt. Holly and to pursue every reasonable alternative available to us to achieve this objective.  There 
can be no assurance, however, that we will be successful in these efforts. If we are unable to secure a long term power 
arrangement for 100% of Mt. Holly's power requirements on competitive terms, we may choose, or be forced, to further curtail 
operations at the plant.

Closure of the Mt. Holly facility would impose various costs on us that could have a material adverse effect on our 

business, financial condition, results of operations and liquidity and could cause us to write down the book value of the Mt. 
Holly facility.  In addition, the ongoing uncertainty regarding the future operation of Mt. Holly may damage our relationships 
with our customers, suppliers, employees and other stakeholders and decrease the price we receive for our products, whether or 
not Mt. Holly is ultimately closed.  Such actions and events could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial 
condition, results of operations and liquidity.

Losses caused by disruptions in our supply of power would adversely affect our operations.

We use large amounts of electricity to produce primary aluminum.  Any loss or disruption of the power supply which 

reduces the amperage to our equipment or causes an equipment shutdown would result in a reduction in the volume of molten 
aluminum produced, and prolonged losses of power may result in the hardening or "freezing" of molten aluminum in the pots 
where it is produced, which could require an expensive and time consuming restart process.  

Disruptions in the supply of electrical power to our facilities can be caused by a number of circumstances, including 
unusually high demand, blackouts, equipment or transformer failure, human error, malicious acts, natural disasters or other 
catastrophic events.  Our market-based power supply arrangements further increase the risk that disruptions in the supply of 
electrical power to our domestic operations could occur.  Under these arrangements, we have greater exposure to transmission 
line outages, problems with grid stability and limitations on energy import capability.  An alternative supply of power in the 
event of a disruption may not be feasible.  

Power disruptions have had a material negative impact on our results of operations.  An equipment failure at our Sebree 
smelter in May 2018, for example, caused us to lose power to one of the three potlines at Sebree and forced us to temporarily 
stop production from that potline.  We operate our smelters at close to peak amperage.  Accordingly, even partial failures of 
high voltage equipment could affect our production.  Disruptions in the supply of electrical power that do not result in 
production curtailment could cause us to experience pot instability that could decrease levels of productivity and incur losses.       

We maintain property and business interruption insurance to mitigate losses resulting from catastrophic events, but are 
required to pay significant amounts under the deductible provisions of those insurance policies.  In addition, the coverage under 
those policies may not be sufficient to cover all losses, or may not cover certain events.  Certain of our insurance policies do not 
cover any losses that may be incurred if our suppliers are unable to provide power under certain circumstances.  Certain losses 
or prolonged interruptions in our operations may trigger a default under certain of our outstanding indebtedness and could have 
a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

The restart of production at our Hawesville smelter is subject to certain risks and uncertainties.

During 2018, we began restarting capacity on the three potlines at Hawesville that were curtailed in late 2015.  The 
decision to move forward with the Hawesville restart project was based on certain market assumptions that are subject to risks 
outside of our control, specifically the LME price of aluminum, raw materials and premiums.  Changes in these inputs may 
result in actual costs and returns that materially differ from the estimated costs and returns and our financial position and results 
of operations may be negatively affected as a result.  Changes in these inputs may also make the Hawesville restart project 
uneconomic and we may decide at any time not to continue to fund this investment.   

Operating Hawesville at full capacity is expected to eventually require rebuilding the two potlines that have been in 

continued operation.  There can be no assurance that we will be able to restore Hawesville to full production within our 
projected budget and schedule.  In addition to changes in market assumptions, other unforeseen difficulties could increase the 
cost of the project, delay the project or render the project not feasible.  Any delay in the completion of the project or increased 
costs could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and liquidity.  

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We expect to finance all phases of the Hawesville restart project through operating cash flows and existing cash, but our 

ability to finance the project through cash flows and existing cash could be impacted by our cash position and results of 
operations through the completion of this project.  If we are unable to finance the Hawesville restart project through completion 
in accordance with our projections, it could have an adverse impact on our business, financial position, results of operations and 
liquidity.

Curtailment of aluminum production at our facilities could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial 

position, results of operations and liquidity.

The continued operation of our smelters depends on the market for primary aluminum and our underlying cost of 
production.  Due to significant declines in the aluminum price during 2015, we made the decision to curtail 60% of production 
at our Hawesville smelter.  We are also currently operating our Mt. Holly smelter at 50% capacity as a result of uncompetitive 
power prices.  There can be no assurance that future deterioration in the price of aluminum or increases in our costs of 
production will not result in additional production curtailments at our smelters.

Curtailing production requires us to incur substantial expenses, both at the time of the curtailment and on an ongoing 
basis. Our facilities are subject to contractual and other fixed costs that continue even if we curtail operations at these facilities. 
These costs reduce the cost saving advantages of curtailing unprofitable aluminum production. If we are unable to realize the 
intended cost saving effects of any production curtailment, we may have to seek bankruptcy protection or be forced to divest 
some or all of our assets.  The process of restarting production following curtailment is also expensive and time consuming.  As 
a result, any decision to restart production would likely require market conditions significantly better than the market 
conditions at the time the decision to curtail was made.  Any curtailments of our operations, or actions taken to seek bankruptcy 
protection or divest some or all of our assets, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of 
operations and liquidity.

We may be unable to realize the expected benefits of our capital projects.

From time to time, we undertake strategic capital projects in order to enhance, expand and/or upgrade our 

facilities and operational capabilities.  For instance, within the past several years, we have undertaken major expansions of our 
Grundartangi and Vlissingen facilities.  Our ability to complete these projects and the timing and costs of doing so are subject 
to various risks, many of which are beyond our control.  Additionally, the start-up of operations after such projects have been 
completed is also subject to risk.  Our ability to achieve the anticipated increased revenues or otherwise realize acceptable 
returns on these investments is subject to a variety of market, operational, permitting, and labor-related factors.  Any failure to 
complete these projects, or any delays or failure to achieve the anticipated results from the implementation of any such projects, 
could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

Our failure to maintain satisfactory labor relations could adversely affect our business.

The bargaining unit employees at our Grundartangi, Hawesville, Sebree and Vlissingen facilities are represented by labor 

unions, representing approximately 65% of our total workforce as of December 31, 2018.  Our Grundartangi and Vlissingen 
labor agreements are scheduled to expire on December 31, 2019 and December 1, 2020, respectively.  Our Hawesville and 
Sebree labor agreements are scheduled to expire April 1, 2020 and October 28, 2023, respectively. 

While we are hopeful to reach agreement with the labor unions to renew these agreements on acceptable terms, there is no 

assurance that we will be successful in doing so.  If we fail to maintain satisfactory relations with any labor union representing 
our employees, our labor contracts may not prevent a strike or work stoppage at any of these facilities in the future.  As part of 
any negotiation with a labor union, we may reach agreements with respect to future wages and benefits that may have a 
material adverse effect on our future business, financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.  In addition, negotiations 
could divert management attention or result in strikes, lock-outs or other work stoppages.  Any threatened or actual work 
stoppage in the future or inability to renegotiate our collective bargaining agreements could prevent or significantly impair our 
ability to conduct production operations at our facilities subject to these collective bargaining agreements, which could have a 
material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

Certain of our raw material and services contracts contain "take-or-pay" obligations.

We have obligations under certain contracts to take-or-pay for specified raw materials or services over the term of those 
contracts regardless of our operating requirements.  To the extent that we curtail production at any of our operations, we may 
continue to be obligated to take or pay for goods or services under these contracts as if we were operating at full production, 
which reduces the cost savings advantages of curtailing aluminum production.  Our financial position and results of operations 
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may also be adversely affected by the market price for such materials or services as we will continue to incur costs under these 
contracts to meet or settle our contractual take-or-pay obligations.  If we were unable to use such materials or services in our 
operations or sell them at prices consistent with or greater than our contract costs, we could incur significant losses under these 
contracts.  In addition, these commitments may also limit our ability to take advantage of favorable changes in the market 
prices for such materials and may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and 
liquidity.

We have historically derived substantially all of our revenue from a small number of customers, and we could be 
adversely affected by the loss of a major customer or changes in the business or financial condition of our major customers.

We have historically derived substantially all of our consolidated net sales from a small number of customers.  For the 
year ended December 31, 2018 we derived approximately 75% of our consolidated net sales from two major customers and we 
currently have agreements in place to sell a substantial portion of our 2019 production to these same customers.  We expect that 
the rest of our 2019 customer base will remain fairly concentrated among a small number of customers under short-term 
contracts.

Any material non-payment or non-performance by one of these customers, a significant dispute with one of these 
customers, a significant downturn or deterioration in the business or financial condition of any of these customers, early 
termination of our sales agreement with any of these customers, or any other event significantly negatively impacting the 
contractual relationship with one of these customers could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. If, 
in such an event, we are unable to sell the affected production volume to another customer, or we sell the affected production to 
another customer on terms that are materially less advantageous to us, our revenues could be negatively impacted.

International operations expose us to political, regulatory, currency and other related risks.

We receive a significant portion of our revenues and cash flow from our operations in Iceland.  These operations expose 

us to risks, including unexpected changes in foreign laws and regulations, political and economic instability, challenges in 
managing foreign operations, increased costs to adapt our systems and practices to those used in foreign countries, taxes, export 
duties, currency restrictions and exchange, tariffs and other trade barriers, and the burdens of complying with a wide variety of 
foreign laws and regulations.  Changes in foreign laws and regulations are generally beyond our ability to control, influence or 
predict and future adverse changes in these laws could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results 
of operations and liquidity.

In addition, we may be exposed to fluctuations in currency exchange rates.  As a result, an increase in the value of foreign 

currencies relative to the U.S. dollar could increase the U.S. dollar cost of our operating expenses which are denominated and 
payable in those currencies.  To the extent we explore additional opportunities outside the U.S., our currency risk with respect 
to the Icelandic krona, the euro and other foreign currencies may increase.

Because we own less than a majority of BHH, we cannot exercise complete control over its operations.

We have a joint venture agreement pursuant to which we hold a 40% stake in BHH, a carbon anode and cathode facility 
located in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of south China.  Because we beneficially own less than a majority of the 
ownership interests in BHH, we have limited control of the operations of this facility and we must depend in part on our co-
owner to operate such assets.  Our co-owner may have interests, objectives and incentives with respect to such assets that differ 
from our own and there can be no assurance that BHH will be operated in accordance with our best interests.

We require substantial resources to pay our operating expenses and fund our capital expenditures.

We require substantial resources to pay our operating expenses and fund our capital expenditures.  If we are unable to 

generate funds from our operations to pay our operating expenses and fund our capital expenditures and other obligations, our 
ability to continue to meet these cash requirements in the future could require substantial liquidity and access to sources of 
funds, including from capital and credit markets.

If funding is not available when needed, or is available only on unacceptable terms, we may be unable to respond to 
competitive pressures, take advantage of market opportunities or fund operations, capital expenditure or other obligations, any 
of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

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A deterioration in our financial condition or credit rating could limit our ability to access the credit and capital 
markets on acceptable terms or to enter into hedging and financial transactions, and could adversely affect our financial 
condition and our business relationships.

Our credit rating has been adversely affected by unfavorable market and financial conditions.  Our existing credit rating, 

or any future negative actions the credit agencies may take, could increase our borrowing costs, limiting our ability to access 
the credit and capital markets, and have an adverse effect on our relationships with customers, suppliers and hedging 
counterparties.   An inability to access the credit and capital markets when needed in order to refinance our existing debt or 
raise new debt or equity could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and 
liquidity.

We require significant cash flow to meet our debt service requirements, which increases our vulnerability to adverse 

economic and industry conditions, reduces cash available for other purposes and limits our operational flexibility.

As of December 31, 2018, we had an aggregate of approximately $279.7 million of outstanding debt and we may incur 

additional debt in the future.

The level of our debt could have important consequences, including:

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increasing our vulnerability to adverse economic and industry conditions;
reducing cash flow available for other purposes, including capital expenditures, acquisitions, dividends, working 
capital and other general corporate purposes; and
limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, competitive and other changes in our business and the industry in 
which we operate. 

We have various obligations to make payments in cash, including contractual commitments, pension funding, and certain 

contingent obligations, that will reduce the amount of cash available to make interest payments required on our outstanding 
debt and for other uses.  Our industrial revenue bonds ("IRBs") and any borrowings on our U.S. and Iceland revolving credit 
facilities are at variable interest rates, and future borrowings required to fund working capital at our businesses, capital 
expenditures, acquisitions, or other strategic opportunities may be at variable rates.  An increase in interest rates would increase 
our debt service obligations under these instruments, further limiting cash flow available for other uses.

Our ability to pay interest on and to repay or refinance our debt and to satisfy other commitments will depend upon our 

access to additional sources of liquidity and future operating performance, which is subject to general economic, financial, 
competitive, legislative, regulatory, business and other factors, including market prices for primary aluminum, that are beyond 
our control.  Accordingly, there can be no assurance that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations or that 
future borrowings will be available to us in an amount sufficient to enable us to pay debt service obligations, refinance our 
existing debt or to fund our other liquidity needs.  If we are unable to meet our debt service obligations or fund our other 
liquidity needs, we could attempt to restructure or refinance our debt or seek additional equity or debt capital.  There can be no 
assurance that we would be able to accomplish those actions on satisfactory terms, or at all, and if we are unable to ultimately 
meet our debt service obligations and fund our other liquidity needs, it may have a material adverse effect on our business, 
financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

Despite our substantial level of debt, we may incur more debt, which could exacerbate any or all of the risks described 

above.

We may incur substantial additional debt in the future.  Although the loan and security agreement governing our U.S. 
revolving credit facility and the indenture governing the 7.5% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (the "2021 Notes") limit our 
ability and the ability of certain of our subsidiaries to incur additional debt, these restrictions are subject to a number of 
qualifications and exceptions and, under certain circumstances, debt incurred in compliance with these restrictions could be 
substantial.  In addition, the loan and security agreement governing our U.S. revolving credit facility and the indenture 
governing the 2021 Notes do not prevent us from incurring certain obligations that do not constitute debt as defined in these 
agreements.  To the extent that we incur additional debt or such other obligations, the risks associated with our substantial debt 
described above, including our possible inability to service our debt or other obligations, would increase.

Our debt instruments subject us to covenants and restrictions.

Our existing debt instruments contain various covenants that restrict the way we conduct our business and limit our ability 

to incur debt, pay dividends and engage in transactions such as acquisitions and investments, among other things, which may 

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impair our ability to obtain additional liquidity and grow our business.  Any failure to comply with those covenants would 
likely constitute a breach under such debt instruments which may result in the acceleration of all or a substantial portion of our 
outstanding indebtedness and termination of commitments under our revolving credit facility.  If our indebtedness is 
accelerated, we may be unable to repay the required amounts and our secured lenders could foreclose on any collateral securing 
our secured debt.  Any of the foregoing actions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results 
of operations and liquidity.

We depend upon intercompany transfers from our subsidiaries to meet our debt service obligations.

We are a holding company and conduct all of our operations through our subsidiaries.  As a holding company, our results 
of operations depend on the results of operations of our subsidiaries.  Moreover, our ability to meet our debt service obligations 
depends upon the receipt of intercompany transfers from our subsidiaries.  The ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends or 
make other payments or advances to us will depend on their operating results and will be subject to applicable laws and any 
restrictions or prohibitions on intercompany transfers by those subsidiaries contained in agreements governing the debt  or other 
obligations of such subsidiaries.

The failure of our information technology systems and/or difficulties or delays in implementing new information 

technology systems could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial position.

We depend on our information technology systems to effectively manage significant aspects of our business including, 
without limitation, production process control, metal inventory management, and reporting financial and operational results.  
We are currently in the process of a company-wide deployment of a new enterprise resource planning system.  Deployment of 
new information systems and technologies involves risks and uncertainties.  Any disruptions, delays, or deficiencies in the 
design, implementation, or transition of such systems could result in increased costs, disruptions in our business, and/or 
adversely affect our ability to timely report our financial results.

Our information technology systems may also be vulnerable to damage or interruption from circumstances largely beyond 

our control, including, without limitation, fire, natural disasters, power outages, systems failure, security breaches, and cyber-
attacks, which include viruses, malware, and ransom attacks.  Cybersecurity incidents, in particular, continue to become more 
sophisticated and include, but are not limited to, malicious software, attempts to gain unauthorized access to data and other 
electronic security breaches that could lead to disruptions in systems, unauthorized release of confidential or otherwise 
protected information and the corruption of data.

We have taken measures to minimize the risks related to information technology systems.  However, there is no assurance 

that these measures will be adequate.  Any failure or interruption of our current information technology systems, and/or any 
failure resulting from a transition to new information technology systems, could have a material adverse effect on our business, 
results of operations and financial position.

Climate change legislation or environmental regulations may adversely impact our operations.

Climate change and greenhouse gas emissions have been the subject of significant public and scientific attention in the 
countries in which we operate.  In turn, a number of governments or governmental bodies in these countries have introduced 
legislative and regulatory change in response to the potential impacts of climate change.  These regulations could have a variety 
of adverse effects on our business.  

For example, electricity represents our single largest operating cost and the availability of electricity at competitive prices 
is critical to the profitability of our operations.  Some of the power we purchase in the United States is generated at coal-based 
power plants, which have been, and are likely to continue to be, significantly impacted by these regulations.  Any resulting 
increase in our operating costs could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and 
liquidity.  Even small increases in power prices could have a disproportionate impact on our business if such price increases are 
not supported by then current aluminum prices.  

In addition, as a member of the EEA and a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, Iceland has implemented legislation to abide 

by the Kyoto Protocol and Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament (the "Directive") which establishes a "cap and 
trade" scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading.  Iceland is complying with the Directive by participating in the 
European Union ("EU") Emission Trading System which requires us to purchase carbon dioxide allowances for our 
Grundartangi smelter.  Although we receive approximately 70% of needed emission allowances for the Grundartangi smelter 
free of charge, changes to these regulations, or the implementation of new regulations, could cause our cost of allowances to 
rise or impose other costs.

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The future impact of these or other potential regulatory changes is uncertain and may be either voluntary or legislated and 

may impact our operations directly or indirectly through customers or our supply chain.  We may incur increased capital 
expenditures resulting from compliance with such regulatory changes, increased energy costs, costs associated with a "cap and 
trade" system, increased insurance premiums and deductibles, a change in competitive position relative to industry peers and 
changes to profit or loss arising from increased or decreased demand for goods produced by us and indirectly, from changes in 
cost of goods sold.  For example, "cap and trade" legislation may impose significant additional costs to our power suppliers that 
could lead to significant increases in our energy costs.  In addition, the potential physical impacts of climate change on our 
operations are highly uncertain and will be particular to the geographic circumstances.  These may include changes in rainfall 
patterns, shortages of water or other natural resources, changing sea levels, changing storm patterns and intensities, and 
changing temperature levels.  Any adverse regulatory and physical changes may have a material adverse effect on our business, 
financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

We and our suppliers are subject to a variety of environmental laws and regulations that may have a material adverse 

effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

Our operations may impact the environment and our properties may have environmental contamination, which could 
result in material liabilities to us.  We are obligated to comply with various foreign, federal, state and other environmental laws 
and regulations, including the environmental laws and regulations of the United States, Iceland, China and the EU.  
Environmental laws and regulations may expose us to costs or liabilities relating to our manufacturing operations or property 
ownership.  We incur operating costs and capital expenditures on an ongoing basis to comply with applicable environmental 
laws and regulations.  We also are currently, and may in the future be, responsible for the cleanup of contamination at some of 
our current and former facilities or for the amelioration of damage to natural resources.  Environmental laws may impose 
cleanup liability on owners and occupiers of contaminated property, including past or divested properties, regardless of whether 
the owners or occupiers caused the contamination or whether the activity that resulted in the contamination was lawful at the 
time it was conducted.  Liability may also be imposed on a joint and several basis, such that we may be held responsible for 
more than our share of the contamination or other damages.  

If more stringent compliance or cleanup standards under environmental laws or regulations are imposed, previously 

unknown environmental conditions or damages to natural resources are discovered or alleged, or if contributions from other 
responsible parties with respect to sites for which we have cleanup responsibilities are not available, we may be subject to 
additional liability, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and 
liquidity.  Further, additional environmental matters for which we may be liable may arise in the future at our present sites 
where no problem is currently known, with respect to sites previously owned or operated by us, by related corporate entities or 
by our predecessors, or at sites that we may acquire or operate in the future.  In addition, overall production costs may become 
prohibitively expensive and prevent us from effectively competing in price sensitive markets if future capital expenditures and 
costs for environmental compliance or cleanup are significantly greater than expected.

In addition, many of our key suppliers are subject to environmental laws and regulations that may affect their costs of 
production resulting in an increase in the price of the products that we purchase from them.  For instance, some of the power we 
purchase in the United States is generated at coal-based power plants, which are subject to significant environmental regulation.    
Application of existing and new environmental laws and regulations to us and/or our key suppliers may have a material adverse 
effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

Our operations are subject to a variety of laws that regulate the protection of the health and safety of our 
employees, and changes in health and safety regulation could result in significant costs, which could have a material 
adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

We are subject to various foreign, federal and state laws that regulate the protection of the health and safety of our 
workers.  Changes in existing laws, possible future laws and regulations or more restrictive interpretations of current laws and 
regulations by governmental authorities, could cause additional expense, capital expenditures or impose restrictions on our 
operations.  For example, we are subject to the requirements of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
(“OSHA”).  On January 9, 2017, OSHA published a new standard for workplace exposure to beryllium, contained in alumina. 
The new standard would, among other things, lower the permissible exposure limits and establish new requirements for 
respiratory protection, personal protective clothing and equipment, medical surveillance, hazard communication, and 
recordkeeping, among others.  Companies are required to comply with various elements of the new standard between March 
2018 and March 2020; however, we have filed a petition with the U.S. Court of Appeals to review the final rule and are in 
negotiations with OSHA regarding certain changes to the rule and its application to us.  In the event we are unable to reach an 
agreement with OSHA, we will proceed with our petition challenging the rule.  Compliance with the new standard could 
require significant capital expenditure and would likely increase our production costs.  The ultimate impact, if any, of this new 
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standard will depend on the nature and extent of the final rule as implemented, the cost of and our ability to meet the new 
standard, the potential impact on alumina costs, and other factors.  Failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations that 
regulate the protection of the health and safety of our workers may result in enforcement actions, including orders issued by 
regulatory or judicial authorities causing operations to cease or be curtailed, which may require corrective measures including 
capital expenditures, installation of additional equipment or remedial actions.  Any such penalties, fines, sanctions or 
shutdowns could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Glencore may exercise substantial influence over us, and they may have interests that differ from those of our other 

stockholders.

Glencore beneficially owns approximately 42.9% of our outstanding common stock and all of our outstanding Series A 
Convertible Preferred stock.  In addition, one of our five directors is a Glencore employee.  During the year ended December 
31, 2018, we derived approximately 64% of our consolidated sales from Glencore and we expect to sell a significant portion of 
our production to Glencore in 2019.  Century and Glencore enter into various transactions such as the purchase and sale of 
primary aluminum, purchase and sale of alumina, tolling agreements and certain forward financial contracts.  Because of the 
interests described above, Glencore may have substantial influence over our business, and on the outcome of any matters 
submitted to our stockholders for approval.

In addition, certain decisions concerning our operations or financial structure may present conflicts of interest between 

Glencore and our other stockholders.  For example, Glencore may in the future engage in a wide variety of activities in our 
industry that may result in conflicts of interest with respect to matters affecting us.  Glencore may also make investments in 
businesses that directly or indirectly compete with us, or may pursue acquisition opportunities that may be complementary to 
our business and, as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to us.  

Acquisitions could disrupt our operations and harm our operating results.

We have a history of making acquisitions and we expect to opportunistically seek to make acquisitions in the future.  We are 

subject to numerous risks as a result of our acquisition strategy, including the following:

•  we may spend time and money pursuing acquisitions that do not close;
•  acquired companies may have contingent or unidentified liabilities;
• 
•  we may not achieve the anticipated benefits from our acquisitions.

it may be challenging for us to manage our existing business as we integrate acquired operations; and

We are subject to numerous risks following the consummation of any acquisition, including, for example, that we may 
incur costs and expenses associated with any unidentified or potential liabilities, we may not achieve anticipated revenue and 
cost benefits from the acquisitions and unforeseen difficulties may arise in integrating the acquired operations into our existing 
operations.  Accordingly, our past or future acquisitions might not ultimately improve our competitive position and business 
prospects as anticipated and may subject us to additional liabilities that could have a material adverse effect on our business, 
financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

Our ability to utilize certain net operating loss carryforwards to offset future taxable income may be significantly 

limited if we experience an "ownership change" under the Internal Revenue Code.

As of December 31, 2018, we had federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $1.5 billion which could 

offset future taxable income.  Our ability to utilize our deferred tax assets to offset future federal taxable income may be 
significantly limited if we experience an "ownership change" as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
as amended (the "Code").  In general, an ownership change would occur if our "five-percent shareholders," as defined under the 
Code, collectively increase their ownership in us by more than fifty percentage points over a rolling three-year period.  Future 
transactions in our stock that may not be in our control may cause us to experience such an ownership change and thus limit our 
ability to utilize net operating losses, tax credits and other tax assets to offset future taxable income.

We may be unable to continue to compete successfully in the highly competitive markets in which we operate.

We are engaged in a highly competitive industry.  Aluminum also competes with other materials, such as steel, copper, 
plastics, composite materials and glass, among others, for various applications.  Many of our competitors are larger than we are 
and have greater financial and technical resources than we do.  These larger competitors may be better able to withstand 
reductions in price or other adverse industry or economic conditions.  Similarly, many of our competitors have vertically 
integrated upstream operations with resulting superior cost positions to ours and may be better able to withstand reductions in 
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price or other adverse industry or economic conditions.  If we are not able to compete successfully, our business, financial 
position, results of operations and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected.

Unpredictable events may interrupt our operations, which, may adversely affect our business.

Our operations may be susceptible to unpredictable events, including accidents, transportation and supply interruptions, 

labor disputes, equipment failure, information system breakdowns, natural disasters, dangerous weather conditions, river 
conditions, political unrest and other events.  Operational malfunctions or interruptions at one or more of our facilities could 
result in substantial losses in our production capacity, personal injury or death, damage to our properties or the properties of 
others, monetary losses and potential legal liability.

Iceland, for example, has suffered several natural disasters and extreme weather events, including significant volcanic 

eruptions and earthquakes which can lead to disruption in power transmission or other impacts to our operations.  Insufficient 
rain in Iceland has and could in the future lead to low water levels in the reservoirs which has resulted and may again result in 
curtailments in power which is provided to our Grundartangi, Iceland smelter from hydroelectric and geothermal sources.

We accept delivery of necessary raw materials to our operations using public infrastructure such as river systems and 

seaports.  Deterioration of such infrastructure and/or other adverse conditions could result in transportation delays or 
interruptions and increased costs, as occurred during the third quarter of 2017 when lock closures on the Ohio River impacted 
our alumina supply and forced us to find alternative means to transport alumina to our Kentucky operations at increased cost. 
Any delay in the delivery of raw materials necessary for our production could impact our ability to operate our plants and have 
a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operation.

Future unpredictable events may adversely affect our ability to conduct business and may require substantial capital 
expenditures and operating expenses to remediate damage and restore operations at our production facilities.  Although we 
maintain insurance to mitigate losses resulting from such events, our coverage may not be sufficient to cover all losses, may 
have high deductibles or may not cover certain events at all.  To the extent these losses are not covered by insurance, our 
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be materially and adversely affected.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

We have no unresolved comments from the staff of the SEC.

Item 2. Properties

Our principal executive office is located at 1 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606.  We own and operate 

aluminum smelters in the United States and Iceland.  We also own a carbon anode production facility located in the 
Netherlands and a 40% interest in a carbon anode and cathode facility located in China.  We lease certain of our facilities 
under long-term operating leases, however we do not believe that this fact materially affects the continued use of these 
properties.  We believe all of our facilities are suitable and adequate for our current operations.  Our significant properties are 
listed below.  Additional information about the age, location and productive capacity of our facilities is available in the 
"Overview" section of Item 1. Business.

Facility

Hawesville

Sebree

Mt. Holly
Grundartangi

Helguvik
Vlissingen

Ownership

100% Owned

100% Owned

100% Owned
Facility 100% owned; long-term ground lease

Facility 100% owned; long-term ground lease
Facility 100% owned; long-term ground lease

Chicago Corporate Office

Long-term office lease

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Item 3.  Legal Proceedings

We are a party from time to time in various legal actions arising in the normal course of business, the outcomes of which, 

in the opinion of management, neither individually nor in the aggregate are likely to result in a material adverse effect on our 
financial position, operating results and cash flows.  For information regarding material legal proceedings pending against us at 
December 31, 2018, refer to Note 15. Commitments and Contingencies to the consolidated financial statements included herein. 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

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PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity 
Securities

Market Information

Our common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol: CENX.

Holders

As of February 14, 2019, there were 78 holders of record of our common stock, which does not include the number of 

beneficial owners whose common stock was held in street name or through fiduciaries.

Dividend Information

We  did  not  declare  dividends  on  our  common  stock  in  2018  or  2017.  We  do  not  plan  to  declare  cash  dividends  in  the 

foreseeable future.  Any declaration of dividends is at the discretion of our Board of Directors.

Our U.S. revolving credit facility and the indenture governing our 2021 Notes contain restrictions which limit our ability 

to pay dividends.  Additional information about the terms of our long-term borrowing agreements is available at Note 6. Debt to 
the consolidated financial statements included herein.

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Stock Performance Graph

The following line graph compares Century Aluminum Company’s cumulative total return to stockholders with the 
cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Index and the Morningstar Aluminum Index.  These comparisons assume the investment 
of $100 on December 31, 2013 and the reinvestment of dividends. 

Comparison of Cumulative Total Return to Stockholders from December 31, 2013 through December 31, 2018 

As of December 31,

Century Aluminum Company

Morningstar Aluminum Index

S&P 500 Index

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

$ 100

$ 233

$

100

100

122

114

42

77

115

$

82

95

129

$ 188

$

172

157

70

85

150

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities during the three months ended December 31, 2018 

There were no issuer purchases of equity securities during the three months ended December 31, 2018.  See Item 7. 

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources 
Other Items for a discussion of the current stock repurchase authorization.

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Item 6.  Selected Financial Data

The following table presents selected consolidated financial data for each of the last five fiscal years and should be read in 
conjunction with Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Item 8.  
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data and notes thereto. 

2018

Year Ended December 31,
2015 (2) (6)
2016 (1) (6)
2017 (6)
(dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

2014 (3) (6)

Net sales

Gross profit (loss)

Operating income (loss)

Net income (loss)

Earnings (loss) per share:

Basic

Diluted

Total assets
Total debt (4)
Long-term debt obligations (5)

Other information

Primary aluminum shipments, in tonnes:

Direct

Toll

Average price per tonne:

Direct shipments

Toll shipments

LME

Midwest premium

European Duty Paid premium

$

1,893.2

$

1,589.1

$

(22.9)

(59.0)

(66.2)

131.3

97.2

48.6

1,319.1
(6.1)
(227.9)
(252.4)

38.7
(36.5)
(59.3)

$

1,949.9

$

1,931.0

$

$

(0.76) $

(0.76)

$

0.51

0.51

(2.90) $
(2.90)

(0.68) $
(0.68)

1,537.5

$

1,581.6

$

1,540.3

$

1,752.5

$

2,025.1

279.7

248.6

256.0

248.2

255.5

247.7

255.1

247.3

254.7

246.9

198.4

143.5

126.5

1.31

1.30

749,850

743,198

—

—

687,700

46,125

823,751

98,207

728,377

138,748

$

2,505

$

2,126

$

1,825

$

2,169

$

—

2,110

420

164

—

1,968

199

148

1,172

1,604

169

132

1,374

1,663

279

236

2,333

1,554

1,867

450

424

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

In 2016, the Helguvik project in Iceland was determined to be impaired and charges of $152.2 million were recorded.
In 2015, our Ravenswood smelter was permanently closed. Also, in the fourth quarter of 2015, operations at Hawesville 
and Mt. Holly were partially curtailed.
In December 2014, the remaining interest in Mt. Holly was acquired.
Total debt includes all long-term debt obligations and any debt classified as short-term obligations, net of any debt 
discounts, including current portion of long-term debt, borrowings under our revolving credit facilities and the IRBs.
Long-term debt obligations are all payment obligations under long-term borrowing arrangements, excluding the current 
portion of the long-term debt.

(6)  As adjusted due to the adoption of ASU 2017- 07 "Compensation- Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the 

Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Benefit Cost."

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           Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) provides information that management believes is relevant to an 
assessment and understanding of the consolidated financial condition and results of operations of Century Aluminum Company 
and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Century,” the “Company,” “our” and “we”) and should be read in conjunction with the 
accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary 
Data and in Item 1A. Risk Factors.  This MD&A contains “forward-looking statements” - See “Forward-Looking Statements” 
above.

Overview

We are a global producer of primary aluminum with aluminum reduction facilities, or "smelters," in the United States and 

Iceland.  The key determinants of our results of operations and cash flow from operations are as follows:

• 

• 

the price of primary aluminum, which is based on the LME and other exchanges, plus any regional premiums and 
value-added product premiums;

the cost of goods sold, the principal components of which are electrical power, alumina, carbon products and labor, 
which in aggregate represent more than 75% of our cost of goods sold; and

•  our production volume.

Pricing of aluminum

The overall price of primary aluminum consists of three components: (i) the base commodity price, which is based on 
quoted prices on the LME and other exchanges; plus (ii) any regional premium (e.g., the Midwest premium for metal sold in the 
United States and the European Duty Paid premium for metal sold into Europe); plus (iii) any product premium.  Each of these 
price components has its own drivers and variability.

The aluminum price is influenced by a number of factors, including global supply-demand balance, inventory levels,  
speculative activities by market participants, production activities by competitors and political and economic conditions, as well 
as production costs in major production regions.  These factors can be highly speculative and difficult to predict which can lead 
to significant volatility in the aluminum price.  Increases or decreases in primary aluminum prices result in increases and 
decreases in our revenues (assuming all other factors are unchanged). Information regarding financial contracts is included in 
Note 19. Derivatives. 

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The historic volatility of the price of aluminum is reflected in the chart below:

During 2018, global, macroeconomic conditions, including continued global overcapacity caused by state-sponsored 
subsidy programs, contributed to a 16% decrease in the LME spot price for primary aluminum for the year with a monthly 
average price in May 2018 of $2,291 compared to a monthly average price in December 2018 of $1,931.  The average LME 
price for primary aluminum was $2,110 per tonne in 2018, compared to $1,968 per tonne in 2017, and $1,604 in 2016. During 
2018, the average U.S. Midwest premium was $420 per tonne compared to $199 per tonne in 2017 and $169 per tonne in 2016. 
During 2018, the average European Duty Paid premium was $164 per tonne compared to $148 per tonne in 2017 and $132 per 
tonne in 2016.

Our results generally reflect the average LME price for primary aluminum on a two-month lag basis.

Energy, Key Supplies and Raw Materials

Our operating costs are significantly impacted by changes in the prices of the materials used in the production of 
aluminum, including electrical power, alumina and carbon products.  Because we sell our products based principally on the 
LME price for primary aluminum, regional premiums and value-added product premiums, we cannot pass on increased 
production costs to our customers.  Although we attempt to mitigate the effects of price fluctuations from time to time through 
the use of various fixed-price commitments, financial instruments and also by negotiating LME-based pricing in some of our 
raw materials and electrical power contracts, these efforts also limit our ability to take advantage of favorable changes in the 
market prices for primary aluminum or raw materials and may affect our financial position, results of operations and cash 
flows.

Over the past several years, major alumina suppliers have been systematically moving their alumina sales contracts away 
from LME aluminum-based pricing to published alumina spot or index pricing, thus de-linking the price for alumina from the 
aluminum price.  Reflecting this, the pricing under certain of our alumina supply contracts is based on a published alumina 
index.  As a result, our cost structure is exposed to alumina market fluctuations and price volatility.  Various external events in 
the alumina markets during 2018 caused significant increases in the price of alumina resulting in the ratio of alumina prices to 
aluminum prices to well exceed historical levels.  The alumina index price, for example, averaged approximately $473 per 
tonne in 2018 and reached a high of $710 per tonne in April 2018.  In comparison, the alumina index price averaged 

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approximately $354 per tonne for 2017.  There is typically a one-to-three month lag on cost utilization for alumina and certain 
of our other key raw materials depending on the terms of our contracts, the timing of shipments and inventory levels.

Electrical power represents one of our largest operating costs.  As a result, the availability of reliable electrical power at 
competitive prices is critical to the profitability of our operations.  Currently, our Hawesville and Sebree plants receive all of 
their electricity requirements under market-based power agreements and our Mt. Holly plant receives 75% of its electricity 
requirements under a market-based contract.  Our Grundartangi plant is also currently supplied power at prices linked to the 
LME price for aluminum, however, beginning in November of 2019, approximately 30% of our power requirements at 
Grundartangi will be priced linked to the market price for power in the Nord Pool power market.  Market-based energy prices 
are driven in large part by coal and natural gas prices and weather-influenced electric loads.  In 2018, both coal and natural gas 
prices were relatively low, weather conditions were moderate and the market-based energy prices we realized under these 
agreements were substantially below the cost-based utility rate that the smelters would otherwise have paid. 

Mt. Holly is currently required to purchase 25% of its power requirements from Santee Cooper at a standard cost-based 

industrial rate, which is the highest rate for power paid by any U.S. smelter and substantially higher than the rate Mt. Holly 
pays for market power.  Mt. Holly's inability to access the open market for 100% of its power requirements significantly 
impacts its ability to be competitive in the aluminum industry and puts its continued operation at risk.  As a result of such 
uncompetitive power prices, Mt. Holly has already curtailed 50% of its production capacity.  We continue to seek the ability to 
access the open market for 100% of our power requirements at Mt. Holly but there can be no assurance that we will be 
successful in these efforts.  See Item 1A. Risk Factors. If we are unable to enter into a long-term, market-based, power 
arrangement for Mt. Holly, we may choose, or be forced, to further curtail operations at the plant.

Production/Shipment Volumes

Shipment volume is another key determinant of our financial results.  In normal circumstances, fluctuations in production 

and shipment volumes, other than through acquisitions or expansions, are generally small period over period.  U.S. shipments 
for 2018 reflect increases from the Hawesville restart offset by lower production from the Sebree line loss. The increase in 
Iceland production from 2016 to 2018 reflects our multi-year expansion project.  Any adverse changes in the conditions that 
affect shipment volumes could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and cash flows.  

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the shipment volumes and revenues for primary aluminum shipments:

SHIPMENTS - PRIMARY ALUMINUM(1)

United States

Iceland

Total

Tonnes

Revenue $

Tonnes

Revenue $

Tonnes

Revenue $

(dollars in millions)

2018

2017

2016

428,389

$

425,669

422,139

1,126.4

929.6

799.2

321,461

$

317,529

311,686

752.3

650.7

510.2

749,850

$

743,198

733,825

1,878.7

1,580.3

1,309.4

         (1) Excludes scrap aluminum sales

Results of Operations

The following discussion for the year ended December 31, 2018 reflects the Sebree equipment failure and the 

incremental production from two lines at Hawesville.  Results for the year reflect no change in Mt. Holly and Grundartangi 
production capacities.

Year Ended December 31, 2018 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2017 

Net sales: Net sales for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018 improved $304.1 million compared to the same 

period in 2017, driven by higher price realizations of $265.1 million primarily resulting from increases in the LME and U.S. 
Midwest premium prices for primary aluminum and $39.0 million in volume and product mix year over year.

Gross profit: Gross profit for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018 decreased by $154.2 million compared to the 

same period in 2017, driven primarily by higher alumina and other raw material price realizations of $301.7 million, 

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unfavorable operating expenses of $92.7 million (due to increased production volume at Hawesville, the Sebree equipment 
failure, and lower of cost or net realizable value from increasing alumina prices), and unfavorable power prices of $28.8 
million.  These decreases to gross profit are partially offset by favorable price realizations of the LME and U.S. Midwest 
premium of $265.1 million and net favorable volume and product mix impacts of $3.9 million.

  Selling, general and administrative expenses: Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $4.6 million in 

2018 compared to 2017, due primarily to favorable decreases in stock compensation expense (reflecting our lower stock price) 
and professional fees.

Helguvik (gains) losses: During 2018 and 2017, we extinguished a portion of our contractual commitments associated 
with the construction of the Helguvik project.  Such extinguishment resulted in a gain in 2018 of $4.5 million recognized in 
Helguvik (gains) losses in the consolidated statements of operations compared to a gain of $7.3 million for the year ended 2017. 

Ravenswood (gains) losses: In 2017, the Ravenswood retiree medical class action lawsuit was settled.  As a result, we 
recognized a non-cash gain of $5.5 million in 2017 reflecting the present value discount of the original settlement agreement of 
$23 million which was recorded in 2016 - see Note 15. Commitments and Contingencies.  There were no gains or losses 
recorded for the year ended 2018. 

Net (gain) loss on forward and derivative contracts: In 2018, we recognized gains of $6.3 million primarily related to 

Nord Pool and LME fixed forward financial sales contracts entered into in early 2017 for power consumption starting 
November 2019 through December 2020; the gains were primarily driven by the increase in the Nord Pool price during 2018.  
In 2017, we recorded losses of $16.5 million primarily related to LME fixed forward financial sales contracts that were entered 
into in early 2016 for shipments through December 31, 2017; the losses were driven by the increase in the LME during 2017.

Income tax expense: We have a valuation allowance against all of our U.S. and certain foreign deferred tax assets.  We 
recognized a $0.2 million income tax benefit in 2018 as compared to income tax expense of $7.6 million in 2017. The reduction 
in tax expense year over year primarily relates to a decrease in earnings of certain of our foreign entities.

Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2016

Net sales: Net sales for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017 improved $270.0 million compared to the same 

period in 2016, driven by higher price realizations of $264.5 million primarily resulting from increases in the LME price for 
primary aluminum, an increase due to a shift from toll to direct sales of $24.4 million and an increase in shipment volumes of 
$17.7 million, partially offset by unfavorable product mix and product premiums of $36.6 million reflecting a heavier mix of 
sow and molten product in 2017 compared to 2016 and a decrease in value-added product premiums year over year.

Gross profit: Gross profit for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017 improved $137.4 million compared to the 
same period in 2016, driven primarily by higher price realizations of $264.5 million, favorable operating expenses of $11.4 
million and favorable volume of $1.4 million, partially offset by unfavorable raw material prices of $88.2 million, unfavorable 
power prices of $35.2 million ($19.6 million of which relates to increases in Iceland power prices, which are linked to the 
LME), unfavorable product mix and product premiums of $16.2 million and other of $0.3 million. 

 Selling, general and administrative expenses: Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $5.9 million 
compared to 2016, due primarily to an increase in stock compensation expense of $2.9 million reflecting our higher stock price, 
an increase in professional fees of $2.9 million related to spending on several corporate projects including a multi-year upgrade 
in our enterprise resource planning systems and relocating our IT support group to be closer to a large talent pool and other of 
$0.1 million.

Helguvik (gains) losses: During 2017, we extinguished a portion of our contractual commitments associated with the 

construction of the Helguvik project.  Such extinguishment resulted in a gain of $7.3 million recognized in Helguvik (gains) 
losses in the consolidated statements of operations. 

Ravenswood (gains) losses: In 2017, the Ravenswood retiree medical class action lawsuit was settled. As a result, we 

recognized a non-cash gain of $5.5 million reflecting the present value discount of the original settlement agreement of $23.0 
million which was recorded in 2016 - see Note 15. Commitments and Contingencies. Also in 2016, we recorded an impairment 
charge of $3.8 million based on our agreement to sell our net assets in Ravenswood - see Note 4. Helguvik and Ravenswood 
Gains and (Losses). 

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Net (gain) loss on forward and derivative contracts: In 2017, we recognized losses of $16.5 million primarily related to 

LME fixed forward financial sales contracts that were entered into in early 2016 for shipments through December 31, 2017; the 
losses were driven by the increase in the LME during 2017. In 2016, we recorded gains of $3.5 million primarily related to 
LME fixed forward financial sales contracts that were also entered into in early 2016 for shipments through December 31, 
2016. 

Income tax expense: We have a valuation allowance against all of our U.S. and certain foreign tax assets.  The period to 
period differences in income tax expense are primarily due to the change in earnings of certain of our foreign entities that are 
not subject to a valuation allowance while the entities that are subject to a valuation allowance are unable to recognize a tax 
benefit for their losses.

Liquidity and Capital Resources 

Liquidity

Our principal sources of liquidity are available cash, cash flow from operations and borrowing capacity under our existing 
revolving credit facilities.  We have also raised capital in the past through the public equity and debt markets, and we regularly 
explore various other financing alternatives.  Our principal uses of cash include the funding of operating costs (including post-
retirement benefits), debt service requirements, the funding of capital expenditures, investments in our growth activities and in 
related businesses, working capital and other general corporate requirements.  Although we believe that cash provided from 
operations and financing activities will be adequate to cover our operations and business needs over the next 12 months, 
adverse changes in the price of aluminum or our principal costs of production could materially impact our ability to generate 
and raise cash. For an analysis of risks facing our business see Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Available Cash

Our available cash and cash equivalents balance at December 31, 2018 was $38.9 million compared to $167.2 million at 

December 31, 2017. 

Sources and Uses of Cash 

Our cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities as reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows for 
the twelve months ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 are summarized below:

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

Net cash (used in) investing activities

Net cash provided by financing activities

Change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

Twelve months ended December 31,

2018

2017

2016

(dollars in millions)

$

$

(69.1) $
(82.9)
23.7
(128.3) $

$

51.5
(17.4)
0.4

34.5

$

38.2
(20.9)
—

17.3

Year Ended December 31, 2018 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2017

Net cash used in operating activities for 2018 was $69.1 million, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of 
$51.5 million for 2017.  The increase in net cash used in operating activities was primarily driven by the year-over-year net loss 
compared to net income. 

The increase in net cash used in investing activities was due to higher capital expenditures related to our investment in the 

Hawesville restart project in 2018, compared with proceeds from the sale of our Ravenswood facility received in 2017 that 
partially offset purchases of property, plant and equipment.

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Net cash provided by financing activities increased by $23.3 million during 2018 due to outstanding borrowings on our 

U.S. revolving credit facility.  Borrowings are short term in nature to fund working capital requirements and are repaid on a 
continuous basis. 

Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2016

Net cash provided by operating activities for 2017 was $51.5 million, compared to $38.2 million for 2016.  The increase 
in cash provided by operating activities was driven by an increase in earnings primarily due to higher realized prices year-over-
year, partially offset by cash used to fund increases in working capital due to higher raw material costs and to support an 
increase in trade accounts receivable resulting from longer payment terms as we increased direct sales to customers other than 
Glencore.

Net cash used in investing activities for 2017 was $17.4 million compared to $20.9 million for 2016.  While 2017 capital 

expenditures increased $9.9 million over 2016, this was more than offset by $13.6 million of proceeds received in 2017 from 
the sale of our Ravenswood facility. 

Net cash provided by financing activities for 2017 and 2016 was essentially flat for both years. 

Availability Under Our Credit Facilities

The U.S. revolving credit facility, dated May 2018, provides for borrowings of up to $175.0 million in the aggregate 
including up to $110.0 million under a letter of credit sub-facility, and also includes an uncommitted accordion feature whereby 
borrowers may increase the capacity of the U.S. revolving credit facility by up to $50.0 million, subject to agreement with the 
lenders.  The U.S. revolving credit facility matures on the sooner of May 2023 or six months before the stated maturity of our 
outstanding senior secured notes.  Any letters of credit issued and outstanding under the U.S. revolving credit facility reduce 
our borrowing availability on a dollar-for-dollar basis.

We have also entered into, through our wholly-owned subsidiary Nordural Grundartangi ehf, a $50.0 million revolving 
credit facility, dated November 2013, as amended (the "Iceland revolving credit facility"). The Iceland revolving credit facility 
matures in November 2020.

The availability of funds under our credit facilities is limited by a specified borrowing base consisting of certain accounts 

receivable, inventory and qualified cash deposits which meet the lenders' eligibility criteria.  Restarts of previously curtailed 
operations increase our borrowing base by increasing our accounts receivable and inventory balances; whereas, curtailments of 
production capacity decrease our borrowing base by reducing our accounts receivable and inventory balances.  As of December 
31, 2018, our U.S. revolving credit facility had $23.3 million in borrowings and $44.8 million in letters of credit outstanding.  
Of the outstanding letters of credit, 62% related to our domestic power commitments and the remainder secured certain debt 
and workers’ compensation commitments. 

As of December 31, 2018, our credit facilities had $156.9 million of net availability after consideration of our outstanding 

borrowings and letters of credit.  We may borrow and make repayments under our credit facilities in the ordinary course based 
on a number of factors, including the timing of payments from our customers and payments to our suppliers. 

Our credit facilities contain customary covenants, including restrictions on mergers and acquisitions, indebtedness, 
affiliate transactions, liens, dividends and distributions, dispositions of collateral, investments and prepayments of indebtedness, 
including, a springing financial covenant that requires us to maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio of at least 1.0 to 1.0 any time 
availability under the U.S. revolving credit facility is less than or equal to $17.5 million. Our Icelandic credit facility also 
contains a covenant that requires Grundartangi to maintain a minimum equity ratio.  As of December 31, 2018, we were in 
compliance with all such covenants.

Senior Secured Notes

We have $250 million in 7.5% senior secured notes payable that will mature in June 2021 ("2021 Notes").  Interest on the 

2021 Notes is payable semi-annually.

The indenture governing the 2021 Notes contains customary covenants which may limit our ability, and the ability of 

certain of our subsidiaries, to: (i) incur additional debt; (ii) incur additional liens; (iii) pay dividends or make distributions in 
respect of capital stock; (iv) purchase or redeem capital stock; (v) make investments or certain other restricted payments; 

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(vi) sell assets; (vii) issue or sell stock of certain subsidiaries; (viii) enter into transactions with shareholders or affiliates; and 
(ix) effect a consolidation or merger.

Contingent Commitments

We have a contingent obligation in connection with the “unwind” of a contractual arrangement between CAKY, Big 
Rivers and a third party and the execution of a long-term cost-based power contract with Kenergy, a member of a cooperative of 
Big Rivers, in July 2009.  This contingent obligation consists of the aggregate payments made to Big Rivers by the third party 
on CAKY’s behalf in excess of the agreed upon base amount under the long-term cost-based power contract with Kenergy.  As 
of December 31, 2018, the principal and accrued interest for the contingent obligation was $23.8 million, which was fully offset 
by a derivative asset.  We may be required to make installment payments for the contingent obligation in the future.  These 
payments are contingent based on the LME price of primary aluminum and the level of Hawesville’s operations.  Based on the 
LME forward market at December 31, 2018 and management’s estimate of the LME forward market beyond the quoted market 
period, we have assessed that we will not be required to make payments on the contingent obligation during the term of the 
agreement through 2028.  There can be no assurance that circumstances will not change thus accelerating the timing of such 
payments. 

Employee Benefit Plan Contributions

In 2013, we entered into a settlement agreement with the PBGC regarding an alleged "cessation of operations" at our 
Ravenswood facility.  Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, we agreed to make additional contributions (above any minimum 
required contributions) to our defined benefit pension plans totaling approximately $17.4 million.  Under certain circumstances, 
in periods of lower primary aluminum prices relative to our cost of operations, we are able to defer one or more of these 
payments, but would then be required to provide the PBGC with acceptable security for deferred payments.  We did not make 
any contributions during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016.  We have elected to defer certain payments under 
the PBGC agreement and have provided the PBGC with the appropriate security.  The remaining contributions under this 
agreement are approximately $9.6 million. 

Section 232 Aluminum Tariff

On March 23, 2018, the U.S. implemented a 10% tariff on imported primary aluminum products into the U.S. These 

tariffs are intended to protect U.S. national security by incentivizing the restart of primary aluminum production in the U.S., 
reducing reliance on imports and ensuring that domestic producers, like Century, can supply all the aluminum necessary for 
critical industries and national defense.  In addition to primary aluminum products, the tariffs also cover certain other semi-
finished products.  All imports that directly compete with our products are covered by the tariff, with the exception of imports 
from Australia (which are not subject to a tariff) and Argentina (which are subject to a quota) or imports that receive a product 
exclusion from the Department of Commerce.

Other Items

During 2018, we began restarting production on the three potlines at Hawesville that were curtailed in late 2015.  The first 

of these three lines was restarted in September 2018 and the second was restarted in December 2018.  We expect that the third 
line will be restarted and back in operation during the first quarter of 2019.  Through December 31, 2018, we have invested 
$68.3 million of the anticipated $75.0 million on phase one of the Hawesville restart project.  We project an additional $75.0 
million to rebuild the pots associated with the 100,000 tonnes of production that was not curtailed and the implementation of 
new anode and rodding technology across all production, expected to occur in the future subject to market conditions.  We 
expect to fund all amounts relating to this project through operating cash flows and existing cash.

In May 2018, we temporarily curtailed one potline at our Sebree aluminum smelter due to an equipment failure.  We 

returned the curtailed potline at Sebree back to service during the third quarter. We expect all losses arising from the Sebree 
equipment failure will be covered under our insurance policies, less $7.0 million in deductibles. As of December 31, 2018, we 
received $8.0 million of insurance proceeds which are included in cost of goods sold for the year. 

In 2011, our Board of Directors approved a $60.0 million common stock repurchase program and subsequently increased 
this program by $70.0 million in the first quarter of 2015.  Under the program, Century is authorized to repurchase up to $130.0 
million of our outstanding shares of common stock, from time to time, on the open market at prevailing market prices, in block 
trades or otherwise.  The timing and amount of any shares repurchased will be determined by our management based on its 
evaluation of market conditions, the trading price of our common stock and other factors.  We made no repurchases during the 

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years ended 2018, 2017, and 2016.  As of December 31, 2018, we had $43.7 million remaining under the repurchase program 
authorization.  The repurchase program may be expanded, suspended or discontinued by our Board, in its sole discretion, at any 
time.

In November 2009, Century Aluminum of West Virginia ("CAWV") filed a class action complaint for declaratory 
judgment against the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers 
International Union ("USW"), the USW’s local and certain CAWV retirees, individually and as class representatives ("CAWV 
Retirees"), seeking a declaration of CAWV’s rights to modify/terminate retiree medical benefits.  Later in November 2009, the 
USW and representatives of a retiree class filed a separate suit against CAWV, Century Aluminum Company, Century 
Aluminum Master Welfare Benefit Plan, and various John Does with respect to the foregoing.

On August 18, 2017, the District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia approved a settlement agreement in 
respect of these actions. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, CAWV agreed to make payments into a trust for the 
benefit of the CAWV Retirees in the aggregate amount of $23.0 million over the course of ten years. Upon approval of the 
settlement, we paid $5.0 million to the aforementioned trust in September 2017 and agreed to pay the remaining amounts under 
the settlement agreement in annual increments of $2.0 million for nine years. At December 31, 2018, we had $2.0 million in 
other current liabilities and $9.8 million in other liabilities related to this agreement.

We are a defendant in several actions relating to various aspects of our business.  While it is impossible to predict the 

ultimate disposition of any litigation, we do not believe that any of these lawsuits, either individually or in the aggregate, will 
have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.  See Note 15. Commitments and 
Contingencies to the consolidated financial statements included herein for additional information.

Capital Resources

We intend to finance our future recurring capital expenditures from available cash, cash flow from operations and 

available borrowing capacity under our existing revolving credit facilities.  For major investment projects we would likely seek 
financing from various capital and loan markets, and may potentially pursue the formation of strategic alliances.  We may be 
unable, however, to issue additional debt or equity securities, or enter into other financing arrangements on attractive terms, or 
at all, due to a number of factors including a lack of demand, unfavorable pricing, poor economic conditions, unfavorable 
interest rates, or our financial condition or credit rating at the time.  Future uncertainty in the U.S. and international markets and 
economies may adversely affect our liquidity, our ability to access the debt or capital markets and our financial condition.

Capital expenditures for the year ended December 31, 2018 were $22.7 million, excluding expenditures of $68.3 million 
associated with the restart at Hawesville.  We estimate our total capital spending excluding the Hawesville restart in 2019 will 
be approximately $30.0 million, primarily related to our ongoing maintenance and investment projects at our smelters.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to the 
consolidated financial statements.  The preparation of the financial statements requires that management make judgments, 
assumptions and estimates in applying these accounting policies.  Those judgments are normally based on knowledge and 
experience about past and current events and on assumptions about future events.  Critical accounting estimates require 
management to make assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time of the estimate and a change in these 
estimates may have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.  Significant judgments and estimates 
made by our management include expenses and liabilities related to inventories, pensions and OPEB, deferred tax assets and 
property, plant and equipment.  Our management has discussed the development and selection of these critical accounting 
estimates with the audit committee of our Board of Directors and the Audit Committee has reviewed our disclosure.

Inventories

Our inventories are stated at lower of cost or net realizable value ("NRV").

Our estimate of the market value of our inventories involves establishing a net realizable value for both finished goods 
and the components of inventory that will be converted to finished goods, raw materials and work in process.  This requires 
management to use its judgment when making assumptions about future selling prices and the costs to complete our inventory 
during the period in which it will be sold.

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Our assumptions are subject to inherent uncertainties given the volatility surrounding the market price for primary 
aluminum sales and the market price for our major inputs, alumina and electrical power. In 2018, increasing alumina prices 
resulted in a $36.5 million lower of cost or NRV adjustment. 

Although we believe that the assumptions used to estimate the market value of our inventory are reasonable, actual market 

conditions at the time our inventory is sold may be more or less favorable than management’s current estimates.

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Liabilities

We sponsor several pension and other postretirement benefit plans.  Our liabilities under these defined benefit plans are 

determined using methodologies that involve several actuarial assumptions, the most significant of which are the discount rate, 
health care cost inflation rate and the long-term rate of return on plan assets.  We review our actuarial assumptions on an annual 
basis and make modifications to the assumptions when appropriate.

Discount Rate Selection

We select a discount rate for purposes of measuring obligations under defined benefit plans by matching cash flows 

separately for each plan to the yields on high-quality zero coupon bonds.  We use the Ryan Above Median Yield Curve (the 
"Ryan Curve").  We believe the projected cash flows used to determine the Ryan Curve rate provide a good approximation of 
the timing and amounts of our defined benefit payments under our plans and no adjustment to the Ryan Curve rate has been 
made. 

Weighted Average Discount Rate Assumption for:

Pension plans

OPEB plans

2018

4.39%

4.27%

2017

3.69%

3.66%

A change of a half percentage point in the discount rate for our defined benefit plans would have the following effects on 

our obligations under these plans as of December 31, 2018:

Effect of changes in the discount rates on the Projected Benefit Obligations for:

Pension plans

OPEB plans

Medical Trend Rate

50 basis point
increase

50 basis point
decrease

$

(dollars in millions)
(6.9) $
(5.2)

5.1

5.5

Measurement of our postretirement benefit obligations requires the use of several assumptions about factors that will 

affect the amount and timing of future benefit payments.  The assumed health care cost trend rates are the most critical 
estimates for measurement of the postretirement benefit obligation.  Changes in the health care cost trend rates have a 
significant effect on the amounts reported for the health care benefit obligation.

Medical cost inflation is initially estimated to be 6.7% and 7.4% for pre and post-65 participants, respectively, declining to 

4.5% over twelve years and thereafter.  A one-percentage-point change in the assumed health care cost trend rate would have 
had the following effects in 2018: 

1%
Increase

1%
Decrease

(dollars in millions)

$

$

0.4
10.6

(0.4)
(9.1)

Effect on total of service and interest cost components
Effect on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation

Long-term Rate of Return on Plan Assets Assumption

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Our expected long-term rate of return on plan assets is derived from our asset allocation strategies and anticipated future 
long-term performance of individual asset classes. Our analysis gives consideration to recent plan performance and historical 
returns; however, the assumptions are primarily based on long-term, prospective rates of return.  The weighted average long-
term rate of return on plan assets for our defined benefit pension plans is 7.18% for 2018.

Based on information provided by independent actuaries and other relevant sources, the Company believes that the 
assumptions used to estimate expenses, assets and liabilities of pensions and other postretirement benefits are reasonable; 
however, changes in these assumptions could impact the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Deferred Income Tax Assets

We regularly assess the likelihood that deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income.  To the extent we 

believe that it is more likely than not that a deferred tax asset will not be realized, a valuation allowance is established.  The 
amount of a valuation allowance is based upon our best estimate of our ability to realize the net deferred tax assets.  We have a 
valuation allowance of $552.5 million recorded for all of our U.S. deferred tax assets and a portion of our Icelandic deferred tax 
assets as of December 31, 2018.

Property, Plant and Equipment Impairment

We review our property, plant and equipment for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying 
amount of these assets (asset group) may not be recoverable.  The carrying amount of the assets (asset group) is not recoverable 
if it exceeds the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the assets (asset 
group).  In that case, an impairment loss would be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair 
value of the assets (asset group), with the fair value determined using a discounted cash flow calculation.  These estimates of 
future cash flows include management’s assumptions about the expected use of the assets (asset group), the remaining useful 
life, expenditures to maintain the service potential, market and cost assumptions.

Determination as to whether and how much an asset is impaired involves significant management judgment involving 

highly uncertain matters, including estimating the future sales volumes, future selling prices and costs, alternative uses for the 
asset, and estimated proceeds from the disposal of the asset.

Other Contingencies

We are a defendant in several actions relating to various aspects of our business.  While it is impossible to predict the 

ultimate disposition of any litigation, we do not believe that any of these lawsuits, either individually or in the aggregate, will 
have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.  See Note 15. Commitments and 
Contingencies to the consolidated financial statements included herein for additional information.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards Updates

Information regarding recently issued accounting pronouncements is included in Note 1. Summary of Significant 

Accounting Policies to the consolidated financial statements included herein.

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Contractual Obligations 

In the normal course of business, we have entered into various contractual obligations that will be settled in cash.  These 
obligations consist primarily of long-term debt obligations and purchase obligations.  The expected future cash flows required 
to meet these obligations through the year 2028 are shown in the table below.  More information is available about these 
contractual obligations in the notes to the consolidated financial statements included herein.

Total

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Thereafter

Payments Due by Period

(dollars in millions)

Long-term debt (1)
Estimated interest payments (2)
Operating lease obligations (3)
Purchase obligations (4)
Other long-term liabilities (5)
Total

$

258

$

— $

— $

250

$ — $ — $

47

29

2,490

19

19

3

623

2

19

3

375

10

8

3

324

3

—

3

328

2

—

3

332

2

$ 2,843

$

647

$

407

$

588

$

333

$

337

$

8

1

14

508

—

531

(1)  Long-term debt includes principal repayments on our 2021 Notes and the IRB.  Payments are based on the assumption 
that all outstanding debt instruments will remain outstanding until their respective due dates. For our contingent 
obligation, based on the LME forward market prices for primary aluminum at December 31, 2018 and management's 
estimate of the LME forward market for periods beyond the quoted periods, we have assessed that we will not have any 
payment obligations through the term of the agreement, which expires in 2028. 

(2)  Estimated interest payments on our long-term debt assume that all outstanding debt instruments will remain outstanding 
until their respective due dates.  Our estimated future interest payments for any debt with a variable rate are based on the 
assumption that the December 31, 2018 rate for that debt continues until the respective due date.  We assume that no 
interest payments on the contingent obligation will be paid through the term of agreement, see above.

(3)  Operating leases include long-term leases for land, productive facilities and office space.  
(4)  Purchase obligations include long-term alumina and power contracts, excluding market-based power and raw material 
requirements contracts.  For contracts with LME-based pricing provisions, including our long-term Icelandic power 
contracts, we assumed a LME price using the LME forward curve as of December 31, 2018. 

(5)  Other long-term liabilities include asset retirement obligations.  Asset retirement obligations are primarily estimated 

disposal costs for spent potliner used in the reduction cells of our domestic smelters.

Material Commitments

We also have outstanding commitments related to pension, supplemental executive retirement benefit ("SERB") plans, 

OPEB and workers' compensation obligations.  As of December 31, 2018, estimated future payments related to these 
obligations through the year 2028 amount to approximately $205 million, $17 million, $75 million and $10 million, 
respectively.

Item 7A.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Commodity Price and Raw Material Costs Sensitivities

Aluminum is an internationally traded commodity, and its price is effectively determined on the LME plus any regional 
premium (e.g. the Midwest premium for aluminum sold in the United States and the European Duty Paid premium for metal 
sold into Europe) and any product premiums.  From time to time, we may manage our exposure to fluctuations in the LME 
price of primary aluminum and/or the regional premium through financial instruments designed to protect our downside price 
risk exposure. From time to time, we also enter into financial contracts to offset fixed price sales arrangements with certain of 
our customers (the "fixed for floating swaps").    

We are also exposed to price risk for alumina which is one of the largest components of our cost of goods sold.   Much of 

the alumina we purchase is priced based on a published alumina index.  As a result, our cost structure is exposed to market 
fluctuations and price volatility.  Because we sell our products based principally on the LME price for primary aluminum, 
regional premiums and value-added product premiums, we cannot directly pass on increased production costs to our customers. 
From time to time, we may manage our exposure to fluctuations in our alumina costs by purchasing certain of our alumina 

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requirements under supply contracts with prices tied to the same indices as our aluminum sales contracts (the LME price of 
primary aluminum). 

Market-Based Power Price Sensitivity

Market-Based Electrical Power Agreements

Hawesville and Sebree have market-based electrical power agreements pursuant to which EDF and Kenergy purchase 

electrical power on the open market and pass it through at MISO energy pricing, plus transmission and other costs incurred by 
them.  Seventy-five percent (75%) of Mt. Holly's electric power requirement were supplied at rates based on natural gas prices.  
See Item 1. Business - Key Production Costs - Electrical Power Supply Agreements for additional information about these 
market-based power agreements.

Power is supplied to Grundartangi from hydroelectric and geothermal sources under long-term power purchase 

agreements.  These power purchase agreements, which will expire on various dates from 2023 through 2036 (subject to 
extension), primarily provide power at LME-based variable rates.  However, Grundartangi has agreed to pay for thirty percent 
(30%) of its power from November 1, 2019 through December 31, 2023 at prices linked to the price for power in the Nord Pool 
power market. From time to time, we may manage our exposure to fluctuations in the market price of power through financial 
instruments designed to protect our downside risk exposure. 

Electrical Power Price Sensitivity

With the movement toward market-based power supply agreements, we have increased our electrical power price risk for 

our operations, whether due to fluctuations in the price of power available on the MISO or Nord Pool power markets or the 
price of natural gas.  Power represents one of our largest operating costs, so changes in the price and/or availability of market 
power could significantly impact the profitability and viability of our operations.  Transmission line outages, problems with grid 
stability or limitations on energy import capability could also increase power prices, disrupt production through pot instability 
or force a curtailment of all or part of the production at these facilities.  In addition, indirect factors that lead to power cost 
increases, such as any increasing prices for natural gas or coal, fluctuations in or extremes in weather patterns or new or more 
stringent environmental regulations may severely impact our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity. 

The consumption shown in the table below is at normal capacity levels and does not reflect partial production 

curtailments.

Electrical power price sensitivity by location:

Hawesville

Sebree Mt. Holly Grundartangi

Total

Expected average load (in megawatts ("MW"))

482

385

400

537

1,804

Annual expected electrical power usage (in
megawatt hours ("MWh"))

Annual cost impact of an increase or decrease of
$1 per MWh  (in millions)

$

4,222,320

3,372,600

3,504,000

4,704,120

15,803,040

4.2

$

3.4

$

3.5

$

4.7

$

15.8

Foreign Currency

We are exposed to foreign currency risk due to fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar as compared to the Iceland 

krona ("ISK"), the euro, the Chinese renminbi and other currencies.  Grundartangi’s labor costs, part of its maintenance costs 
and other local services are denominated in ISK and a portion of its anode costs are denominated in euros and Chinese 
renminbi.  We also have deposits denominated in ISK in Icelandic banks, and our estimated payments of Icelandic income taxes 
and any associated refunds are denominated in ISK.  Further, Vlissingen's labor costs, maintenance costs and other local 
services are denominated in euros and our existing Nord Pool power price swaps described above are settled in euros.  As a 
result, an increase or decrease in the value of those currencies relative to the U.S. dollar would affect Grundartangi’s operating 
margins.  

We may manage our exposure by entering into foreign currency forward contracts or option contracts for forecasted 

transactions and projected cash flows for foreign currencies in future periods.  In 2018, we entered into financial contracts to 
hedge the risk of fluctuations associated with the euro under our power price swaps described above (the "FX swaps"). 

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Natural Economic Hedges

Any analysis of our exposure to the commodity price of aluminum should consider the impact of natural hedges provided 

by certain contracts that contain pricing indexed to the LME price for primary aluminum.  In 2018, a substantial portion of 
Grundartangi’s electrical power requirements were indexed to the LME price for primary aluminum and provide a natural 
hedge for a portion of our production.  

Risk Management

Any metals, power, natural gas and foreign currency risk management activities are subject to the control and direction of 

senior management within guidelines established by Century’s Board of Directors.  These activities are regularly reported to 
Century’s Board of Directors.

Fair Values and Sensitivity Analysis

The following tables present the fair value of our derivative asset and liabilities as of year end 2018 and 2017 and the 
effect on the fair value of a hypothetical ten percent (10%) adverse change in the market prices in effect at December 31, 2018 
and 2017. Our risk management activities do not include any trading or speculative transactions. 

Commodity contracts (1)

Foreign exchange contracts (2)
   Total

Commodity contracts (1)

Foreign exchange contracts (2)
   Total

Asset Fair Value
2017

2018

Fair Value with 10%
Adverse Price Change

2018

2017

8.2 $

—

8.2 $

1.7

$

(1.1) $

—

1.7

$

—
(1.1) $

(1.3)

—
(1.3)

Liability Fair Value
2017
2018

Liability Fair Value with
10% Adverse Price Change

2018

2017

2.2 $

0.3

2.5 $

1.2

$

—

1.2

$

5.4 $

1.6

7.0 $

1.8

—

1.8

$

$

$

$

(1) Commodity contracts reflect our outstanding "LME forward financial sales contracts," "MWP forward financial sales 
contracts," "fixed for floating swaps," and "power price swaps."
(2) Foreign exchange contracts reflect our outstanding "FX swaps."

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Item 8.  Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016

Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2018 and 2017

Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 

To the shareholders and the Board of Directors of Century Aluminum Company

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Century Aluminum Company and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of 
December 31, 2018 and 2017, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), shareholders' equity, and cash 
flows, for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial 
statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of 
December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 
2018, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the 
Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated 
Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated February 28, 
2019, expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's 
financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with 
respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to 
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits 
included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and 
performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and 
disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by 
management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis 
for our opinion.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Chicago, Illinois  
February 28, 2019  

We have served as the Company's auditor since 1992.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 

To the shareholders and the Board of Directors of Century Aluminum Company

Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Century Aluminum Company and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of 
December 31, 2018, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring 
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal 
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) 
issued by COSO.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the 
consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018, of the Company and our report dated February 28, 2019, 
expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

Basis for Opinion 

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the 
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying management report on Internal Control over Financial 
Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a 
public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the 
U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain 
reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit 
included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and 
evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we 
considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of 
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting 
principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of 
records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide 
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally 
accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of 
management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized 
acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any 
evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or 
that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Chicago, Illinois 
February 28, 2019  

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in millions, except per share amounts)

NET SALES:

Related parties

Other customers

Total net sales

Cost of goods sold

Gross profit (loss)

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Helguvik (gains) losses

Ravenswood (gains) losses

Other operating expense - net

Operating income (loss)
Interest expense

Interest income

Net gain (loss) on forward and derivative contracts

Other income (expense) - net

Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in earnings of joint ventures

Income tax benefit (expense)

Income (loss) before equity in earnings of joint ventures

Equity in earnings of joint ventures

Net income (loss)

INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE:

Basic

Diluted

Year Ended December 31,

2018

2017*

2016*

$

1,204.5

$

1,198.1

$

1,178.6

688.7

1,893.2

1,916.1
(22.9)
40.2
(4.5)
—

0.4
(59.0)
(22.4)
1.5

6.3

3.0
(70.6)
0.2
(70.4)
4.2
(66.2) $

391.0

1,589.1

1,457.8

131.3

44.8
(7.3)
(5.5)
2.1

97.2
(22.2)
1.4
(16.5)
(4.5)
55.4
(7.6)
47.8

0.8

48.6

$

140.5

1,319.1

1,325.2
(6.1)
38.9

152.2

26.8

3.9
(227.9)
(22.2)
0.8

3.5
(5.1)
(250.9)
(2.8)
(253.7)
1.3
(252.4)

(0.76) $
(0.76) $

0.51

0.51

$

$

(2.90)
(2.90)

$

$

$

* As adjusted due to the adoption of ASU 2017-07 Compensation - Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation 
of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(in millions)

Comprehensive income (loss):

Net income (loss)

Other comprehensive income (loss) before income tax effect:

Net income (loss) on foreign currency cash flow hedges
reclassified as income

Defined benefit plans and other postretirement benefits:

Net gain (loss) arising during the period

Prior service benefit (cost) arising during the period

Amortization of prior service benefit (cost) during the
period

Amortization of net gain (loss) during the period

Other comprehensive income (loss) before income tax effect

Income tax effect

Other comprehensive income (loss)

Total comprehensive income (loss)

Year Ended December 31,

2018

2017

2016

$

(66.2) $

48.6

$

(252.4)

(0.2)

(0.2)

4.3

(6.8)
(0.6)

(7.1)
9.2
(5.5)
(1.5)
(7.0)
(73.2) $

(7.2)
27.4

(4.9)
8.6

23.7
(1.5)
22.2

70.8

$

(9.5)
—

(2.7)
8.2

0.3
(1.5)
(1.2)
(253.6)

$

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in millions)

ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents

Restricted cash

Accounts receivable - net

Due from affiliates

Inventories

Prepaid and other current assets

   Total current assets

Property, plant and equipment - net

Other assets

   TOTAL

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

LIABILITIES:

Accounts payable, trade

Due to affiliates

Accrued and other current liabilities

Accrued employee benefits costs

  Revolving credit facility

Industrial revenue bonds

   Total current liabilities

  Senior notes payable

  Accrued pension benefits costs - less current  portion

  Accrued postretirement benefits costs - less current portion

  Other liabilities

  Deferred taxes

     Total noncurrent liabilities
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 15)

SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

  Preferred stock (Note 7)

  Common stock (Note 7)

  Additional paid-in capital

  Treasury stock, at cost

  Accumulated other comprehensive loss

  Accumulated deficit

     Total shareholders’ equity

     TOTAL

$

$

$

December 31,

2018

2017

38.9

0.8

82.5

22.7

343.8

18.0

506.7

967.3

63.5

$

167.2

0.8

43.1

10.4

317.5

14.7

553.7

971.9

56.0

1,537.5

$

1,581.6

119.4

$

10.3

52.5

11.0

23.3

7.8

224.3

248.6

50.9

101.2

46.0

104.3

551.0

—

0.0

1.0

89.9

20.4

61.4

11.0

—

7.8

190.5

248.2

38.9

113.0

57.9

103.5

561.5

—

0.0

0.9

2,523.0
(86.3)

(98.7)

(1,576.8)
762.2

2,517.4
(86.3)

(91.7)

(1,510.7)
829.6

$

1,537.5

$

1,581.6

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(in millions)

Preferred
stock

Common
stock

Additional
paid-in
capital

Treasury
stock, at
cost

Accumulated
other
comprehensive
loss

Accumulated
deficit

Total
shareholders’
equity

Balance, December 31, 2015

$

0.0

$

0.9

$

2,513.6

$

(86.3) $

(112.7) $

(1,306.8) $

1,008.8

Net loss – 2016

Other comprehensive loss

Share-based compensation

Conversion of preferred stock
to common stock

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

0.0

—

—

1.5

(0.0)

—

—

—

—

—

(252.4)

(252.4)

(1.2)

—

—

—

—

—

(1.2)

1.5

—

Balance, December 31, 2016

$

0.0

$

0.9

$

2,515.1

$

(86.3) $

(113.9) $

(1,559.3) $

756.7

Net income – 2017

Other comprehensive income

Share-based compensation

Conversion of preferred stock
to common stock

—

—

—

—

—

—

0.0

0.0

—

—

2.3

(0.0)

—

—

—

—

—

22.2

—

—

48.6

—

—

—

48.6

22.2

2.3

—

Balance, December 31, 2017

$

0.0

$

0.9

$

2,517.4

$

(86.3) $

(91.7) $

(1,510.7) $

829.6

Net loss – 2018

Other comprehensive loss

Share-based compensation

Conversion of preferred stock
to common stock

—

—

—

—

—

—

0.1

0.0

—

—

5.6

(0.0)

—

—

—

—

—

(66.2)

(66.2)

(7.0)

—

—

—

—

—

(7.0)

5.7

—

Balance, December 31, 2018

$

0.0

$

1.0

$

2,523.0

$

(86.3) $

(98.7) $

(1,576.8) $

762.2

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in millions)

Year Ended December 31,
2017*

2018

2016*

$

(66.2) $

48.6

$

(252.4)

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

Net income (loss)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided 
by (used in) operating activities:

Lower of cost or NRV inventory adjustment
Unrealized (gains) on forward and derivative contracts
Depreciation and amortization
Helguvik (gains) losses
Ravenswood (gains) losses
Other non-cash items - net
Change in operating assets and liabilities:

Accounts receivable - net
Due from affiliates
Inventories
Prepaid and other current assets
Accounts payable, trade
Due to affiliates
Accrued and other current liabilities
Ravenswood retiree legal settlement
Other - net

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

Purchase of property, plant and equipment
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

Net cash (used in) investing activities

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

Borrowings under revolving credit facilities
Repayments under revolving credit facilities
Issuance of common stock

Net cash provided by financing activities

CHANGE IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS, AND 
RESTRICTED CASH
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of year
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of year

Supplemental Cash Flow Information:
Cash paid for:
Interest
Taxes

Non-cash investing activities:

Capital expenditures

$

$

36.5
(6.5)
90.1
(4.5)
—
(13.2)

(39.4)
(12.4)
(62.8)
(0.9)
30.5
(10.1)
(11.1)
(2.0)
2.9
(69.1)

(83.0)
0.1
(82.9)

120.1
(96.8)
0.4
23.7

(128.3)
168.0
39.7

19.7
13.1

8.0

$

$

(1.1)
—
84.2
(7.3)
(5.5)
(6.7)

(30.6)
6.3
(67.5)
7.8
4.7
4.8
14.5
(5.0)
4.3
51.5

(31.8)
14.4
(17.4)

1.3
(1.3)
0.4
0.4

34.5
133.5
168.0

19.5
5.6

0.6

$

$

(0.7)
—
84.8
152.2
3.8
1.8

(3.0)
0.8
0.9
18.3
2.3
7.2
(3.9)
23.0
3.1
38.2

(21.9)
1.0
(20.9)

1.2
(1.2)
—
—

17.3
116.2
133.5

19.5
13.9

3.0

 * As adjusted due to the adoption of ASU 2016-18 "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230) Restricted Cash."

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

 1.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Organization — Century Aluminum Company ("Century Aluminum," "Century," the "Company", "we", "us", "our" or 
"ours") is a holding company, whose principal subsidiaries are Century Kentucky, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, "CAKY"), 
Nordural ehf ("Nordural"), Century Aluminum Sebree LLC ("Century Sebree") and Century Aluminum of South Carolina 
("CASC"). 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").  Century Sebree operates a primary aluminum reduction facility in Robards, Kentucky ("Sebree"). CASC 
operates a primary aluminum reduction facility in Goose Creek, South Carolina ("Mt. Holly").  Nordural Helguvik ehf, a 
subsidiary of Nordural, owns a greenfield primary aluminum project in Helguvik, Iceland ("Helguvik" or the "Helguvik 
project"), construction of which is currently curtailed.

In addition to our primary aluminum assets, our subsidiary, Century Vlissingen, owns and operates a carbon anode 
production facility located in Vlissingen, the Netherlands ("Vlissingen").  We also own a 40% stake in Baise Haohai Carbon 
Co., Ltd. ("BHH"), a joint venture that owns and operates a carbon anode and cathode facility located in the Guangxi Zhuang 
Autonomous Region of south China.   Carbon anodes are used in the production of primary aluminum and both BHH and 
Vlissingen currently supply carbon anodes to Grundartangi.

As of December 31, 2018, Glencore owns 42.9% of Century’s outstanding common stock (47.2% on a fully-diluted basis 

assuming the conversion of all of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock) and all of our outstanding Series A Convertible 
Preferred stock.  See Note 7. Shareholders' Equity for a full description of our outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred stock.  
From time to time Century and Glencore enter into various transactions for the purchase and sale of primary aluminum, 
purchase and sale of alumina, tolling agreements and certain forward financial contracts.  See Note 2. Related Party 
Transactions.

Basis of Presentation — The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Century Aluminum Company and 

our subsidiaries, after elimination of all intercompany transactions and accounts.  Our interest in the BHH joint venture is 
accounted for under the equity method on a one-quarter lag. 

The consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the 

United States ("U.S. GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to 
make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets 
and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting 
period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Revenue recognition — See Note 3. Revenue. 

  Cash and Cash Equivalents — Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of cash, money market funds and short-term 

investments having original maturities of three months or less.  The carrying amount of cash equivalents approximates fair 
value.

Accounts Receivable and Due from Affiliates — These amounts are net of an allowance for uncollectible accounts and 

credit memos of $1.0 at December 31, 2018 and 2017. 

Inventories — Our inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value, using the first-in, first-out ("FIFO") 

and the weighted average cost method.  Due to the nature of our business, our inventory values are subject to market price 
changes and these changes can have a significant impact on cost of goods sold and gross profit in any period. Reductions in net 
realizable value below cost basis at the end of a period will have an impact on our cost of goods sold as this inventory is sold in 
subsequent periods.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Property, Plant and Equipment — Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost.  Additions and improvements are 
capitalized.  Asset and accumulated depreciation accounts are relieved for dispositions with resulting gains or losses included in 
Other income (expense) – net.  Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred.  Depreciation of plant and equipment is 
provided for by the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:

Building and improvements 
Machinery and equipment 
Technology and software 

  10 to 45 years
  5 to 35 years
  3 to 7 years

During 2018, we began restarting the curtailed capacity at our Hawesville facility, which may ultimately involve rebuilding 
all five potlines.  The nature, size and scope of this effort represents a discrete construction project.  All associated costs that meet 
the capitalization criteria will be capitalized as a component of property, plant and equipment. 

Impairment of long-lived assets — We evaluate our property, plant and equipment for potential impairment whenever events 
or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of these assets may not be recoverable.  If deemed unrecoverable, an impairment 
loss would be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the assets.  Impairment evaluation 
and fair value is based on estimates and assumptions that take into account our business plans and a long-term investment horizon.   
See Note 4. Helguvik and Ravenswood Gains and (Losses) for impairment losses recognized in 2016. 

Income Taxes — We account for income taxes using the asset and liability method, whereby deferred income taxes reflect 
the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes 
and the amounts used for income tax purposes.  In evaluating our ability to realize deferred tax assets, we use judgment to 
determine if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized, and if a corresponding 
valuation allowance is required.  

Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits — We sponsor defined benefit pension and OPEB plans for 

certain of our domestic hourly and salaried employees and a supplemental executive retirement benefit plan for certain current 
and former executive officers.  Plan assets and obligations are measured annually or more frequently if there is a re-
measurement event, based on the Company’s measurement date utilizing various actuarial assumptions.  We attribute the 
service costs for the plans over the working lives of plan participants.   The effects of actual results differing from our 
assumptions and the effects of changing assumptions are considered actuarial gains or losses. Actuarial gains or losses are 
recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss).

We contribute to our defined benefit pension plans based upon actuarial and economic assumptions designed to achieve 

adequate funding of the projected benefit obligations and to meet the minimum funding requirements.

Postemployment Benefits — We provide certain postemployment benefits to certain former and inactive employees and 
their dependents during the period following employment, but before retirement.  These benefits include salary continuance, 
supplemental unemployment and disability healthcare.  We recognize the estimated future cost of providing postemployment 
benefits on an accrual basis over the active service life of the employee.

Derivative and Hedging — As a global producer of primary aluminum, our operating results and cash flows from 
operations are subject to risk of fluctuations in the market prices of primary aluminum.  We may from time to time enter into 
financial contracts to manage our exposure to such risk.  Derivative instruments may consist of variable to fixed financial 
contracts and back-to-back fixed to floating arrangements for a portion of our sale of primary aluminum, where we receive 
fixed and pay floating prices from our customers and to counterparties, respectively.  These derivatives are not designated as 
cash flow hedges. 

Derivative and hedging instruments are recorded in prepaid and other current assets, other assets, accrued and other 

current liabilities and other long term liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets at fair value.  We value our derivative and 
hedging instruments using quoted market prices and other significant unobservable inputs. 

We recognize changes in fair value and settlements of derivative instruments in net gain (loss) on forward and derivative 

contracts in the consolidated statements of operations as they occur.  

Foreign Currency – We are exposed to foreign currency risk due to fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar as 
compared to the euro, the Icelandic krona ("ISK") and the Chinese renminbi.  Grundartangi and Vlissingen use the U.S. dollar 
as their functional currency, as contracts for sales and purchases of alumina and power are denominated in U.S. dollar.  BHH 

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

uses the renminbi as its functional currency.  Transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are 
recorded based on exchange rates at the time such transactions arise and any transaction gains and losses are reflected in Other 
income (expense) – net in the consolidated statements of operations. 

Financial Instruments — Receivables, certain life insurance policies, payables, borrowings under revolving credit 

facilities and debt related to industrial revenue bonds ("IRBs") are carried at amounts that approximate fair value.  

Earnings per share — Basic earnings (loss) per share ("EPS") amounts are calculated by dividing earnings (loss) available 

to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding.  Diluted EPS amounts assume the 
issuance of common stock for all potentially dilutive common shares outstanding. Because our capital structure consists of 
common stock and participating convertible preferred stock, we use the two-class method to calculate basic EPS, and 
incorporate the use of such method to determine diluted EPS. 

Our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is a non-cumulative perpetual participating convertible preferred stock with no 

set dividend preferences.  In periods where we report net losses, we do not allocate these losses to the convertible preferred 
stock for the computation of basic or diluted EPS.

Asset Retirement Obligations — We are subject to environmental regulations which create certain legal obligations related 

to the normal operations of our domestic primary aluminum smelter operations.  Our asset retirement obligations ("AROs") 
consist primarily of costs associated with the disposal of spent potliner used in the reduction cells of our domestic facilities.  
AROs are recorded on a discounted basis at the time the obligation is incurred (when the potliner is put in service) and accreted 
over time for the change in the present value of the liability.  We capitalize the asset retirement costs by increasing the carrying 
amount of the related long-lived assets and depreciating these assets over their remaining useful lives. 

Certain conditional asset retirement obligations ("CAROs") relate to the remediation of our primary aluminum facilities 

for hazardous material, such as landfill materials and asbestos which have not been recorded because they have an 
indeterminate settlement date.  CAROs are a legal obligation to perform an asset retirement activity in which the timing and 
(or) method of settlement are conditional on a future event that may or may not be within our control.

Concentrations of Credit Risk — Financial instruments, which potentially expose us to concentrations of credit risk, 
consist principally of trade receivables.  Our limited customer base increases our concentrations of credit risk with respect to 
trade receivables.  We routinely assess the financial strength of our customers and collectability of our trade receivables.

Share-Based Compensation — We measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity 

instruments based on the fair value of the award on the grant date.  We recognize the cost over the period during which an 
employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award.  We issue shares to satisfy the requirements of our share-
based compensation plans.  At this time, we do not plan to issue treasury shares to support our share-based compensation plans, 
but we may in the future.  We award performance units to certain officers and employees.  The performance units may be 
settled in cash or common stock at the discretion of the Board.  We have not issued any stock options since 2009.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards 

In March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 
2017-07 Compensation - Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net 
Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost (“ASU 2017-07”) which requires an entity to report the service cost component of pension 
cost and postretirement benefit cost as compensation expense during the employee's service period. The other components of 
net periodic pension benefit costs and post retirement benefit costs will be presented outside a subtotal of income from 
operations.

Prior to the adoption of ASU 2017-07, pension and OPEB costs were reported as cost of goods sold and selling, general 

and administrative expenses on the Company's consolidated statements of operations. The Company adopted ASU 2017-07 
during 2018, which resulted in the retrospective reclassification of $3.3 million and $6.2 million from operating income (loss) 
to other income (expense) - net on the consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, 
respectively.

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18 "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230) Restricted Cash." The 

Company adopted ASU 2016-18 during 2018. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company's 
consolidated financial statements.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

In February 2016, the FASB” issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” which supersedes the existing guidance on 

accounting for leases in “Leases (Topic 840)”.  The objective of ASU 2016-02 is to provide enhanced transparency and 
comparability among organizations by, among other things, recognizing right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on the balance 
sheet for all leases other than those that meet the definition of short-term leases and disclosing qualitative and quantitative 
information about lease arrangements.  ASU 2016-02 is effective for Century beginning January 1, 2019 and will be adopted 
using a modified retrospective approach.

Through December 31, 2018, we have completed our review of our 2018 leases and contractual agreements that fall 
within the scope of ASU 2016-02.  Based on our assessment completed to date, we expect the adoption of ASU 2016-02 will 
impact the balance sheet with the addition of right-to-use assets and corresponding lease liabilities in the range of $20.0 million 
to $26.0 million for the Company’s operating leases as defined under previous accounting guidance.  We do not anticipate the 
adoption of this standard to have any impact on our cash flows. The Company will elect the package of practical expedients on 
adoption, which will retain the lease identification, classification and initial direct costs for leases that commenced prior to the 
adoption date. Additionally, the Company will elect the recognition exemption which allows the Company to not recognize 
lease assets and lease liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet for leases with an initial term of 12 months or less and to not 
separate associated lease and non-lease components within a contract as permitted by the standards. In conjunction with the 
aforementioned implementation activities, we have continued enhancing our internal processes and controls to capture 
arrangements that are likely to be in scope of the standard upon and post adoption. We continue to monitor modifications, 
clarifications and interpretations undertaken by the FASB and the SEC and changes in our business and new arrangements, 
which may impact our current conclusions.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

2.  Related Party Transactions

The significant related party transactions occurring during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 are 

described below.  We believe all of our transactions with Glencore and BHH were at prices that approximate market.

Glencore ownership

As of December 31, 2018, Glencore plc and its affiliates (together "Glencore") beneficially owned 42.9% of Century’s 

outstanding common stock (47.2% on a fully-diluted basis assuming the conversion of all of the Series A Convertible Preferred 
Stock) and all of our outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred stock.  See Note 7. Shareholders' Equity for a full description 
of our outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred stock.  From time to time Century and Glencore enter into various 
transactions for the purchase and sale of primary aluminum, purchase of alumina, tolling agreements and certain forward 
financial contracts. 

Sales to Glencore

For the year ended December 31, 2018, we derived approximately 64% of our consolidated sales from Glencore.  

Glencore purchases the aluminum we produce for resale.

Glencore purchases aluminum produced at our North American smelters at prices based on the LME plus the Midwest 

regional premium and any additional negotiated product premiums.  Glencore purchases aluminum produced at our 
Grundartangi, Iceland smelter at prices based on the LME plus the European Duty Paid premium and any applicable product 
premiums.

In 2016, we were party to a tolling arrangement with Glencore that provided for delivery of primary aluminum produced 

at Grundartangi. We received tolling fees from Glencore under this tolling agreement based on the LME price for primary 
aluminum plus a portion of the European Duty Paid premium. 

Purchases from Glencore

We purchase a portion of our alumina requirements from Glencore. Alumina purchases from Glencore during 2018 were 

priced based on a published alumina index. 

Transactions with BHH

  We own a 40% stake in BHH and have an agreement to purchase carbon anodes from them for use in our 

manufacturing operations.  We have begun a project to rebuild one of our baking furnaces at Vlissingen, which is expected to 
increase annual carbon anode production capacity by an additional 12,000 tonnes per year.  The rebuilt baking furnace is 
expected to be operational before the end of 2019.  We expect to meet the requirement of carbon anodes at Grundartangi 
through Vlissingen and BHH.

Summary

A summary of the aforementioned significant related party transactions for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 

2016 is as follows:

Net sales to Glencore

Purchases from Glencore

Purchases from BHH

Year Ended December 31,

2018

2017

2016

$

1,204.5

$

1,198.1

$

1,178.6

319.6

28.4

253.0

15.8

231.9

10.1

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

3.  Revenue

On January 1, 2018, we adopted ASC 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” and the related amendments (“ASC 

606”) to contracts not completed as of the adoption date using the modified retrospective method.  Accordingly, the 
comparative information has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect for those 
periods.  The cumulative effect of initially applying this standard was zero.  The adoption of ASC 606 did not result in a change 
to the amount or timing of our revenue recognition.

We disaggregate our revenue by geographical region as follows:

Net Sales

United States

Iceland

Total

2018

Year ended December 31,
2017

2016

$

$

1,138.6

754.6

1,893.2

$

$

938.4

650.7

1,589.1

$

$

808.9

510.2

1,319.1

We enter into contracts to sell primary aluminum to our customers.  Revenue is recognized when our performance 
obligations with our customer are satisfied.  Our obligations under the contracts are satisfied when we transfer control of our 
primary aluminum to our customer which is generally upon shipment or delivery to customer directed locations.  The amount of 
consideration we receive, thus the revenue we recognize, is a function of volume delivered, market price of primary aluminum, 
as determined on the LME, plus regional premiums and any value-added product premiums.

The payment terms and conditions in our contracts vary and are not significant to our revenue.  We complete an appropriate 
credit evaluation for each customer at contract inception.  Customer payments are due in arrears and are recognized as accounts 
receivable - net and due from affiliates in our consolidated balance sheets.  Accounts receivable - net increased $39.4 million 
from December 31, 2017 to December 31, 2018, driven primarily by the increase in direct sales to end users with longer 
payment terms than our related party customer. 

In connection with our sales agreement with Glencore, we invoice Glencore prior to physical shipment of goods for 
substantially all production generated from each of our U.S. domestic smelters. For those sales, revenue is recognized only 
when Glencore has specifically requested such treatment and has made a commitment to purchase the product. The goods must 
be complete, ready for shipment and separated from other inventory with control over the goods passing to Glencore. We must 
retain no further performance obligations. 

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

4.  Helguvik and Ravenswood Gains and (Losses)

Helguvik 

In November 2016, the arbitration panel in the proceedings between Nordural Helguvik ehf and HS concluded that our 
agreement with HS was no longer in force.  We determined that the lack of a power agreement for the entirety of the project 
requirements represented an indicator of impairment associated with the Helguvik project.  

Our analysis of the project indicated the undiscounted cash flows did not exceed the carrying value of the Helguvik project.  

Discounted cash flows were utilized to reduce the carrying value of the Helguvik project to fair value.  We considered future 
development plans for the project, the lack of a power agreement for the entirety of the project requirements and long-term 
forward prices of LME and European Duty Paid premium along with alumina and power costs.  As a result, we recorded an 
impairment loss of $152.2 million representing the net book value of the Helguvik project as of December 31, 2016.

During 2018 and 2017, we extinguished our contractual commitments associated with the construction of the Helguvik 
project.  Such extinguishment resulted in gains of $4.5 million and $7.3 million recognized in Helguvik (gains) losses in the 
consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. 

Ravenswood 

In July 2015, we announced the permanent closure of our Ravenswood, West Virginia aluminum smelter 

("Ravenswood").  Ravenswood had been idled since February 2009.  The decision to permanently close Ravenswood was based 
on the inability to secure a competitive power contract for the smelter, compounded by challenging aluminum market 
conditions largely driven by increased exports of aluminum from China. 

In June 2015, we recorded an impairment charge of $30.9 million to write down the asset values related to Ravenswood. 

Based on an asset purchase agreement for the sale of assets entered into in 2016, we recorded an additional impairment charge 
of $3.8 million, included in Ravenswood (gains) losses in the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended 
December 31, 2016.  In January 2017, we completed our sale of the Ravenswood facility for $13.6 million in net proceeds from 
the buyer.

5.  Fair Value Measurements

We measure certain of our assets and liabilities at fair value.  Fair value represents the price that would be received to sell 

an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  

In general, reporting entities should apply valuation techniques to measure fair value that maximize the use of observable 

inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.  Observable inputs are developed using market data and reflect 
assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability.  Unobservable inputs are developed using the 
best information available about the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability.  

The fair value hierarchy provides transparency regarding the inputs we use to measure fair value.  We categorize each fair 
value measurement in its entirety into the following three levels, based on the lowest level input that is significant to the entire 
measurement:

•  Level 1 Inputs – quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity 

can access at the measurement date.

•  Level 2 Inputs – inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, 

either directly or indirectly.

•  Level 3 Inputs – unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

As of December 31, 2018

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

ASSETS:

Cash equivalents
Trust assets (1)
Surety bonds

     Derivative instruments

TOTAL

LIABILITIES:

Contingent obligation – net (2)
Derivative instruments

TOTAL

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

ASSETS:

Cash equivalents
Trust assets (1)
Surety bonds

Derivative instruments

TOTAL

LIABILITIES:

Contingent obligation – net (2)
Derivative instruments

TOTAL

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

— $

— $

7.5

0.1

2.1

—

9.7

$

$

— $

—

— $

—

—

3.2

3.2

$

— $

2.0

2.0

$

7.5

0.1

2.1

8.2

—

—

5.0

5.0

$

17.9

— $

0.5

0.5

$

—

2.5

2.5

As of December 31, 2017

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

142.8

$

— $

— $

142.8

1.8

1.6

—

—

—

—

146.2

$

— $

—

—

1.7

1.7

1.8

1.6

1.7

$

147.9

— $

—

— $

— $

—

— $

— $

1.2

1.2

$

—

1.2

1.2

(1)  Trust assets are currently invested in money market funds.  These trust assets are held to fund the non-qualified 

supplemental executive pension benefit obligations for certain of our officers.  

(2)  See Note 6 Debt for additional information about the contingent obligation.  

The following section describes the valuation techniques and inputs used for fair value measurements categorized within 

Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy:

Level 2 and Level 3 Fair Value Measurements:

Asset / Liability
LME forward financial
sales contracts

MWP forward financial
sales contracts

Fixed for floating swaps

Power price swaps

FX swaps

Contingent obligation

Level Valuation Techniques
Discounted cash flows

3

Quoted LME forward market, discount rate

Inputs

2

2

3

3

3

Discounted cash flows

Quoted MWP forward market

Discounted cash flows

Quoted LME forward market, quoted MWP forward
market

Discounted cash flows

Quoted Nordpool forward market, discount rate

Discounted cash flows

Euro/USD forward exchange rate, discount rate

Discounted cash flows

Quoted LME forward market, management's
estimates of the LME forward market prices for
periods beyond the quoted periods, management's
estimates of future level of operations

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

6.  Debt

Debt classified as current liabilities:

Hancock County industrial revenue bonds ("IRBs") due April 2028, interest payable quarterly 
(variable interest rates (not to exceed 12%)) (1)
U.S. Revolving Credit Facility (2)
Debt classified as non-current liabilities:

$

7.8

$

23.3

7.8

—

7.5% senior secured notes due June 2021, net of debt discount of $1.4 million and $1.8
million, respectively, interest payable semiannually

248.6

248.2

December 31,

2018

2017

Total
(1)  The IRBs are classified as current liabilities because they are remarketed weekly and could be required to be repaid upon 

256.0

279.7

$

$

demand if there is a failed remarketing.  The IRB interest rate at December 31, 2018 was 1.90%.

(2)  The U.S. revolving credit facility is classified as a current liability because we repay amounts outstanding and re-borrow 
funds based on our working capital requirements. For borrowings that we expect to repay within a month, we generally 
elect to incur interest at a base rate plus applicable margin as defined within the agreement.  The interest rate at 
December 31, 2018 was 5.75%.

U.S. Revolving Credit Facility

General.  We and certain of our direct and indirect domestic subsidiaries have a senior secured revolving credit facility with 
a  syndicate  of  lenders  (the  "U.S.  revolving  credit  facility"). The  U.S.  revolving  credit  facility  provides  for  borrowings  of  up 
to $175.0  million in  the  aggregate,  including  up  to $110.0  million under  a  letter  of  credit  sub-facility,  and  also  includes  an 
uncommitted accordion feature whereby borrowers may increase the capacity of the U.S. revolving credit facility by up to $50.0 
million, subject to agreement with the lenders. 

The U.S. revolving credit facility matures on the sooner of May 2023 or six months before the stated maturity of our 

outstanding senior secured notes.  Any letters of credit issued and outstanding under the U.S. revolving credit facility reduce 
our borrowing availability on a dollar-for-dollar basis.  At December 31, 2018, there were $23.3 million in outstanding 
borrowings under our U.S. revolving credit facility.  Principal payments, if any, are due upon maturity of the U.S. revolving 
credit facility.

Status of our U.S. revolving credit facility:

Credit facility maximum amount

Borrowing availability
Outstanding letters of credit issued

Outstanding borrowings

Borrowing availability, net of outstanding letters of credit and borrowings

December 31, 2018

$

$

175.0

175.0
44.8

23.3

106.9

Borrowing Base.  The availability of funds under the U.S. revolving credit facility is limited by a specified borrowing base 

consisting of the Borrower's accounts receivable and inventory which meet the eligibility criteria.

Guaranty.  The Borrowers' obligations under the U.S. revolving credit facility are guaranteed by certain of our domestic 

subsidiaries and secured by a continuing lien upon and a security interest in all of the Borrowers' accounts receivable, inventory 
and certain bank accounts.  Each Borrower is liable for any and all obligations under the U.S. revolving credit facility on a joint 
and several basis.

Interest Rates and Fees.  Any amounts outstanding under the U.S. revolving credit facility will bear interest at our option 
of either LIBOR or a base rate, plus, in each case, an applicable interest margin.  The applicable interest margin is determined 
based on the average daily availability for the immediately preceding quarter.  In addition, we pay an unused line fee on 

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

undrawn amounts, less the amount of our letters of credit exposure.  For standby letters of credit, we are required to pay a fee 
on the face amount of such letters of credit that varies depending on whether the letter of credit exposure is cash collateralized.

Prepayments.  We can make prepayments of amounts outstanding under the U.S. revolving credit facility, in whole or in 
part, without premium or penalty, subject to standard LIBOR breakage costs, if applicable.  We may be required to apply the 
proceeds from sales of collateral accounts, other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business, to repay amounts 
outstanding under the revolving credit facility and correspondingly reduce the commitments there under.

Covenants.  The U.S. revolving credit facility contains customary covenants, including restrictions on mergers and 
acquisitions, indebtedness, affiliate transactions, liens, dividends and distributions, dispositions of collateral, investments and 
prepayments of indebtedness, as well as a covenant that requires the Borrowers to maintain certain minimum liquidity or 
availability requirements.

Events of Default.  The U.S. revolving credit facility also includes customary events of default, including nonpayment, 
misrepresentation, breach of covenant, bankruptcy, change of ownership, certain judgments and certain cross defaults.  Upon 
the occurrence of an event of default, commitments under the U.S. revolving credit facility may be terminated and amounts 
outstanding may be accelerated and declared immediately due and payable.

Iceland Revolving Credit Facility

General.  Our wholly-owned subsidiary, Nordural Grundartangi ehf ("Grundartangi"), has entered into a $50.0 million 

revolving credit facility agreement with Landsbankinn hf., dated November 2013 as amended.  Under the terms of the Iceland 
revolving credit facility, when Grundartangi borrows funds it will designate a repayment date, which may be any date prior to 
the maturity of the Iceland revolving credit facility.  The Iceland revolving credit facility has a term through November 2020.

Status of our Iceland revolving credit facility:

Credit facility maximum amount

Borrowing availability

Outstanding letters of credit issued

Outstanding borrowings

Borrowing availability, net of outstanding letters of credit and borrowings

December 31, 2018

$

$

50.0

50.0

—

—

50.0

Borrowing Base.  The availability of funds under the Iceland revolving credit facility is limited by a specified borrowing 

base consisting of inventory and accounts receivable of Grundartangi.

Security.  Grundartangi's obligations under the Iceland revolving credit facility are secured by a general bond under which 

Grundartangi's inventory and accounts receivable are pledged to secure full payment of the loan. 

Interest Rates and Fees.  Any amounts outstanding under the Iceland revolving credit facility will bear interest at LIBOR 

plus a margin per annum.

Prepayments.  Any outstanding borrowings may be prepaid without penalty or premium (except incurred breakage costs) 

in whole or in part. 

Covenants.  The Iceland revolving credit facility contains customary covenants, including restrictions on mergers and 
acquisitions, dispositions of assets, compliance with permits, laws and payment of taxes, as well as a covenant that requires 
Grundartangi to maintain a certain minimum equity ratio.

Events of Default.  The Iceland revolving credit facility also includes customary events of default, including nonpayment, 
loss of license, cessation of operations, unlawfulness, breach of covenant, bankruptcy, change of ownership, certain judgments 
and certain cross defaults.  Upon the occurrence of an event of default, commitments under the Iceland revolving credit facility 
may be terminated and amounts outstanding may be accelerated and declared immediately due and payable.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

7.5% Notes due 2021 

General.  In June 2013, we issued $250.0 million of our 7.5% Notes due June 2021 in a private offering exempt from the 
registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The 2021 Notes were issued at a discount and we received 
proceeds of $246.3 million, prior to payment of financing fees and related expenses.  The 2021 Notes bear interest at a rate of 
7.5% per annum on the principal amount, payable semi-annually in arrears in cash on June 1st and December 1st of each year.  
The Notes are senior secured obligations of Century, ranking equally in right of payment with all existing and future senior 
indebtedness of Century, but effectively senior to unsecured debt to the extent of the value of the collateral.  The maturity date 
for the payment of principal is June 2021.

Fair Value.  Fair value for our 2021 Notes, based on the latest trading data available, was $247.9 million and $258.3 
million, as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.  Although we use quoted market prices for identical debt instruments, 
the markets on which they trade are not considered to be active and are therefore considered Level 2 fair value measurements. 

Guaranty.  Our obligations under the 2021 Notes are guaranteed by all of our existing and future domestic restricted 
subsidiaries (the "Guarantor Subsidiaries"), except for foreign owned holding companies and any domestic restricted subsidiary 
that owns no assets other than equity interests or other investments in foreign subsidiaries, which guaranty shall in each case be 
a senior secured obligation of such Guarantor Subsidiaries, ranking equally in right of payment with all existing and future 
senior indebtedness of such Guarantor Subsidiaries but effectively senior to unsecured debt.

Collateral.  Our obligations under the 2021 Notes due and the Guarantor Subsidiaries' obligations under the guarantees 

are secured by a pledge of and lien on (subject to certain exceptions):

 all of our and the Guarantor Subsidiaries' property, plant and equipment;

(i) 
(ii)   all equity interests in domestic subsidiaries directly owned by us and the Guarantor Subsidiaries and 65% of equity 
interests in foreign subsidiaries or foreign holding companies directly owned by us and the Guarantor Subsidiaries;

(iii)  intercompany notes owed by any non-guarantor to us or any Guarantor Subsidiary to us; and
(iv)   proceeds of the foregoing.

Under certain circumstances, we may incur additional debt that also may be secured by liens on the collateral that are 

equal to or have priority over the liens securing the 2021 Notes.  

Redemption Rights.  We may redeem the 2021 Notes, in whole or in part, for 101.875% of the outstanding principal 
amount plus accrued and unpaid interest before June 1, 2019 or for 100% of the outstanding principal amount plus accrued and 
unpaid interest on June 1, 2019 and thereafter.

Upon a change of control (as defined in the indenture governing the 2021 Notes), we will be required to make an offer to 

purchase the 2021 Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the outstanding principal amount of the 2021 Notes on the date of 
the purchase, plus accrued interest to the date of purchase.

Covenants.  The indenture governing the 2021 Notes contains customary covenants which may limit our ability, and the 

ability of certain of our subsidiaries, to: (i) incur additional debt; (ii) incur additional liens; (iii) pay dividends or make 
distributions in respect of capital stock; (iv) purchase or redeem capital stock; (v) make investments or certain other restricted 
payments; (vi) sell assets; (vii) issue or sell stock of certain subsidiaries; (viii) enter into transactions with shareholders or 
affiliates; and (ix) effect a consolidation or merger.

Contingent Obligation

We have a contingent obligation in connection with the “unwind” of a contractual arrangement between CAKY, Big 
Rivers and a third party and the execution of a long-term cost-based power contract with Kenergy, a member of a cooperative of 
Big Rivers, in July 2009.  This contingent obligation consists of the aggregate payments made to Big Rivers by the third party 
on CAKY’s behalf in excess of the agreed upon base amount under the long-term cost-based power contract with Kenergy.  Our 
obligation to make repayments is contingent upon certain operating criteria for Hawesville and the LME price of primary 
aluminum.  When the conditions for repayment are met, and for so long as those conditions continue to be met, we will be 
obligated to make principal and interest payments, in up to 72 monthly payments.  Interest accrues at an annual rate equal to 
10.94% and the term of the agreement is through December 2028.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Based on the LME forward market prices for primary aluminum at December 31, 2018 and management's estimate of the 

LME forward market for periods beyond the quoted periods, we recognized a derivative asset which offsets our contingent 
obligation.  As a result, our net liability decreased and we recognized a gain of $1.4 million for each of the years ended 
December 31, 2018 and 2017.  These amounts are exactly offset by interest expense on the contingent obligation which is 
recorded in interest expense.  In addition, we believe that we will not have any payment obligations for the contingent 
obligation through the term of the agreement, which expires in 2028.  However, future increases in the LME forward market 
may result in a partial or full derecognition of the derivative asset and a corresponding recognition of a loss.

The following table provides information about the balance sheet location and gross amounts offset:

Offsetting of financial instruments and
derivatives

Contingent obligation – principal

Contingent obligation – accrued interest

Contingent obligation – derivative asset

Balance sheet
location

Other liabilities

Other liabilities

Other liabilities

December 31,
2018

December 31,
2017

$

$

(12.9) $
(10.9)
23.8

— $

(12.9)
(9.5)
22.4

—

Industrial Revenue Bonds

As part of the purchase price for our acquisition of the Hawesville facility, we assumed IRBs which were issued in 
connection with the financing of certain solid waste disposal facilities constructed at the Hawesville facility.  The IRBs bear 
interest at a variable rate not to exceed 12% per annum determined weekly based upon prevailing rates for similar bonds in the 
industrial revenue bond market and interest on the IRBs is paid quarterly.  The IRBs are secured by a letter of credit issued 
under our revolving credit facility and mature in April 2028.

7.  Shareholders' Equity

Common Stock

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, we had 195,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 cent par value, authorized under 

our Restated Certificate of Incorporation, of which 95,289,961 shares were issued and 88,103,440 shares were outstanding at 
December 31, 2018; 94,731,298 shares were issued and 87,544,777 shares were outstanding at December 31, 2017.

The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of our common stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, 
the rights of the holders of shares of any series of our preferred stock which are currently outstanding, including our Series A 
Convertible Preferred Stock, or which we may designate and issue in the future.

Preferred Stock

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, we had 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 cent par value per share, 
authorized under our Restated Certificate of Incorporation.  Our Board of Directors may issue preferred stock in one or more 
series and determine for each series the dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights, redemption rights, liquidation 
preferences, sinking fund terms and the number of shares constituting that series, as well as the designation thereof.  Depending 
upon the terms of preferred stock established by our Board of Directors, any or all of the preferred stock could have preference 
over the common stock with respect to dividends and other distributions and upon the liquidation of Century.  In addition, 
issuance of any shares of preferred stock with voting powers may dilute the voting power of the outstanding common stock.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock

Shares Authorized and Outstanding.  In 2008, we issued 160,000 shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred 
Stock.  Glencore holds all of the issued and outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.  At December 31, 2018 and 
December 31, 2017, 71,967 shares and 74,364 were outstanding, respectively. 

The issuance of common stock under our stock incentive programs, debt exchange transactions and any stock offering that 

excludes Glencore participation triggers anti-dilution provisions of the preferred stock agreement and results in the automatic 
conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shares into shares of common stock.  The conversion of preferred to 
common shares is 100 shares of common for each share of preferred stock.  Our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock has a par 
value of $0.01 per share.  

The Common and Preferred Stock Activity table below contains additional information about preferred stock conversions 

during 2018, 2017 and 2016:

Common and Preferred Stock Activity:

(in shares)

Balance as of December 31, 2015

Repurchase of common stock

Conversion of convertible preferred stock

Issuance for share-based compensation plans

Beginning balance as of December 31, 2016

Repurchase of common stock

Conversion of convertible preferred stock

Issuance for share-based compensation plans

Beginning balance as of December 31, 2017

Repurchase of common stock

Conversion of convertible preferred stock

Issuance for share-based compensation plans

Ending balance as of December 31, 2018

Preferred stock
Series A
Convertible

Common stock

Treasury

Outstanding

76,539

7,186,521

87,038,050

—
(914)
—

75,625

—
(1,261)
—

74,364

—
(2,397)
—

71,967

—

—

—

—

91,362

121,485

7,186,521

87,250,897

—

—

—

—

126,098

167,782

7,186,521

87,544,777

—

—

—

—

239,748

318,915

7,186,521

88,103,440

Dividend Rights.  So long as any shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding, we may not pay or 
declare any dividend or make any distribution upon or in respect of our common stock or any other capital stock ranking on a 
parity with or junior to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in respect of dividends or liquidation preference, unless we, at 
the same time, declare and pay a dividend or distribution on the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (a) in an amount 
equal to the amount such holders would receive if they were the holders of the number of shares of our common stock into 
which their shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are convertible as of the record date fixed for such dividend or 
distribution, or (b) in the case of a dividend or distribution on other capital stock ranking on a parity with or junior to the 
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in such amount and in such form as (based on the determination of holders of a majority 
of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock) will preserve, without dilution, the economic position of the Series A Convertible 
Preferred Stock relative to such other capital stock.

Voting Rights.  The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock has no voting rights for the election of directors or on other 
matters where the shares of common stock have voting rights.  However, we may not change the powers, preferences, or rights 
given to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, or authorize, create or issue any additional shares of Series A Convertible 
Preferred Stock without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock 
then outstanding (voting separately as a class).

Liquidation Rights.  Upon any liquidation, dissolution, or winding-up of Century, the holders of shares of Series A 
Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to receive a preferential distribution of $0.01 per share out of the assets available for 
distribution.  In addition, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Century, if our assets are sufficient to make any 
distribution to the holders of the common stock, then the holders of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are also 
entitled to share ratably with the holders of common stock in the distribution of Century’s assets (as though the holders of 

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were holders of that number of shares of common stock into which their shares of Series A 
Convertible Preferred Stock are convertible).  However, the amount of any such distribution will be reduced by the amount of 
the preferential distribution received by the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.

Transfer Restrictions.  Glencore is prohibited from transferring shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to any 

party other than an affiliate who agrees to become bound by certain agreements associated with these shares.

Automatic Conversion.  The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock automatically converts, without any further act of 
Century or any holders of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, into shares of common stock, at a conversion ratio of 100 
shares of common stock for each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, upon the occurrence of any of the following 
automatic conversion events:

• 

• 

If we sell or issue shares of common stock or any other stock that votes generally with our common stock, or the 
occurrence of any other event, including a sale, transfer or other disposition of common stock by Glencore, as a result 
of which the percentage of voting stock held by Glencore decreases, an amount of Series A Convertible Preferred 
Stock will convert to common stock to restore Glencore to its previous ownership percentage;

If shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are transferred to an entity that is not an affiliate of Glencore, such 
shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock will convert to shares of our common stock, provided that such 
transfers may only be made pursuant to an effective registration statement;

•  Upon a sale of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock by Glencore in a Rule 144 transaction in which the shares of 

Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and our common stock issuable upon the conversion thereof are not directed to 
any purchaser, such shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock sold will convert to shares of our common 
stock; and

• 

Immediately prior to and conditioned upon the consummation of a merger, reorganization or consolidation to which 
we are a party or a sale, abandonment, transfer, lease, license, mortgage, exchange or other disposition of all or 
substantially all of our property or assets, in one or a series of transactions where, in any such case, all of our 
common stock would be converted into the right to receive, or exchanged for, cash and/or securities, other than any 
transaction in which the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock will be redeemed.

Optional Conversion.  Glencore has the option to convert the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in a tender offer or 
exchange offer, at the same conversion ratio as above, in which a majority of the outstanding shares of our common stock have 
been tendered by the holders thereof and not duly withdrawn at the expiration time of such tender or exchange offer, so long as 
the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is tendered or exchanged in such offer.

Stock Combinations – Adjustments.  If, at any time while the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is outstanding, Century 

combines outstanding common stock into a smaller number of shares, then the number of shares of common stock issuable on 
conversion of each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock will be decreased in proportion to such decrease in the 
aggregate number of shares of common stock outstanding.

Redemptions or Repurchases of Common Stock.  We may not redeem or repurchase our common stock unless we redeem 
or repurchase, or otherwise make a payment on, a pro-rata number of shares of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.  These 
restrictions do not apply to our open market repurchases or our repurchases pursuant to our employee benefit plans.

Right of Redemption.  The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock will be redeemed by Century if any of the following 

events occur (at a redemption price based on the trading price of our common stock prior to the announcement of such event) 
and Glencore votes its shares of our common stock in opposition to such events:

•  We propose a merger, reorganization or consolidation, sale, abandonment, transfer, lease, license, mortgage, exchange 

or other disposition of all or substantially all of our property or assets where any of our common stock would be 
converted into the right to receive, or exchanged for, assets other than cash and/or securities traded on a national stock 
exchange or that are otherwise readily marketable, or

•  We propose to dissolve and wind up operations and any assets, other than cash and/or securities traded on a national 
stock exchange or that are otherwise readily marketable, are to be distributed to the holders of our common stock.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Stock Repurchase Program

In 2011, our Board of Directors authorized a $60.0 million stock repurchase program and during the first quarter of 2015, 

our Board of Directors increased the size of the program by $70.0 million.  Under the program, Century is authorized to 
repurchase up to $130.0 million of our outstanding shares of common stock, from time to time, on the open market at prevailing 
market prices, in block trades or otherwise.  The timing and amount of any shares repurchased will be determined by our 
management based on its evaluation of market conditions, the trading price of our common stock and other factors.  The stock 
repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time.

Shares of common stock repurchased are recorded at cost as treasury stock and result in a reduction of shareholders’ 
equity in the consolidated balance sheets.  From time to time, treasury shares may be reissued as contributions to our employee 
benefit plans and for the conversion of convertible preferred stock.  When shares are reissued, we use an average cost method 
for determining cost.  The difference between the cost of the shares and the reissuance price is added to or deducted from 
additional paid-in capital.

Through December 31, 2018, we repurchased 7,186,521 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $86.3 
million.  We have made no repurchases since April 2015 and have approximately $43.7 million remaining under the repurchase 
program authorization as of December 31, 2018. 

8.  Inventories

Inventories, at December 31, consist of the following:

Raw materials

Work-in-process

Finished goods

Operating and other supplies

Inventories

9. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment, at December 31, consist of the following:

Land and improvements

Buildings and improvements

Machinery and equipment

Construction in progress

Less accumulated depreciation

Property, plant and equipment - net

2018

2017

$

100.8

$

106.2

49.5

47.3

146.2

$

343.8

$

49.6

40.9

120.8

317.5

2018

2017

$

41.8

$

337.3

1,449.5

46.3

1,874.9
(907.6)
967.3

$

$

41.8

331.7

1,398.7

22.5

1,794.7
(822.8)
971.9

For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, we recorded depreciation and amortization expense of $90.1 

million, $84.2 million, and $84.8 million, respectively.  See Note 4. Helguvik and Ravenswood Gains and (Losses) regarding 
impairment of our Helguvik project.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

10.  Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss ("AOCL")

Components of AOCL

Defined benefit plan liabilities

Unrealized gain (loss) on financial instruments

Other comprehensive loss before income tax effect

Income tax effect(1)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

2018

2017

$

$

(107.3) $
2.5
(104.8)
6.1
(98.7) $

(102.1)
2.7
(99.4)
7.7
(91.7)

(1)  The allocation of the income tax effect to the components of other comprehensive loss is as follows:

Defined benefit plan liabilities

Unrealized loss on financial instruments

2018

2017

$

$

6.6
(0.5)

8.2
(0.5)

The following table summarizes the changes in the accumulated balances for each component of AOCL:

Balance, December 31, 2015

Other comprehensive (loss) before reclassifications

Net amount reclassified to net income (loss)

Balance, December 31, 2016

Other comprehensive income before reclassifications

Net amount reclassified to net income (loss)

Balance, December 31, 2017

Other comprehensive (loss) before reclassifications

Net amount reclassified to net income (loss)

Balance, December 31, 2018

Defined benefit
plan and other
postretirement
liabilities

Unrealized gain
(loss) on
financial
instruments

Total, net of
tax

$

$

(110.7) $
(9.5)
4.0
(116.2)
20.3

2.1
(93.8)
(7.3)
0.4
(100.7) $

(2.0) $
—

4.3

2.3

—
(0.2)
2.1

—

(0.1)

2.0

$

(112.7)
(9.5)
8.3
(113.9)
20.3

1.9
(91.7)
(7.3)
0.3
(98.7)

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Reclassifications out of AOCL were included in the consolidated statements of operations as follows:

AOCL Components
Defined benefit plan and other
postretirement liabilities

Location

2018

2017

2016

Cost of goods sold

$

2.8

$

3.1

$

3.5

Selling, general and administrative
expenses

Other operating expense, net

Income tax expense

Net of tax

Gain (loss) on financial instruments

Cost of goods sold

Helguvik impairment

Income tax benefit

Net of tax

11.  Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits 

Pension Benefits

(1.9)
1.2
(1.6)
0.5

$

(0.2) $
—

0.0
(0.2) $

(0.4)
1.0
(1.6)
2.1

$

(0.2) $
—

0.0
(0.2) $

0.5

1.6
(1.5)
4.1

(0.2)
4.5
(0.0)
4.3

$

$

$

We maintain noncontributory defined benefit pension plans for certain domestic hourly and salaried employees.  For the 
eligible domestic salaried employees, plan benefits are based primarily on years of service and average compensation during 
the later years of employment.  For hourly employees, plan benefits are based primarily on a formula that provides a specific 
benefit for each year of service.  Our funding policy is to contribute amounts based upon actuarial and economic assumptions 
designed to achieve adequate funding of the projected benefit obligations and to meet the minimum funding requirements of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA").  In addition, we maintain the SERB plan for certain current and 
former executive officers, which is frozen to future accruals.

Plan Merger

In 2017, the Century Aluminum Employees Retirement Plan was merged into the CAWV Hourly Employees Pension Plan 
and the resulting plan was renamed the Century Aluminum Consolidated Retirement Plan.  The benefits of the participants from 
the Century Aluminum Employee Retirement Plan were not affected by this merger.

PBGC Settlement

In 2013, we entered into a settlement agreement with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC") regarding an 

alleged "cessation of operations" at our Ravenswood facility.  Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, we would make 
additional contributions (above any minimum required contributions) to our defined benefit pension plans totaling 
approximately $17.4 million over the term of the agreement.  Under certain circumstances, in periods of lower primary 
aluminum prices relative to our cost of operations, we are able to defer one or more of these payments, but would then be 
required to provide the PBGC with acceptable security for deferred payments. We did not make any contributions during the 
years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016.  We have elected to defer certain payments under the PBGC agreement and 
have provided the PBGC with the appropriate security.  The remaining contributions under this agreement are approximately 
$9.6 million.

Other Postretirement Benefits (OPEB)

In addition to providing pension benefits, we provide certain healthcare and life insurance benefits for certain domestic 

retired employees.  We accrue the estimated cost of providing postretirement benefits during the working careers of those 
employees who could become eligible for such benefits when they retire.  We fund these benefits as the retirees submit claims.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Retiree medical welfare changes 

Under the current Hawesville labor agreement, employees who retire during the term of the labor agreement have been 

divided into sub-groups based on attributes such as Medicare eligibility, hire date, age and years of service.  Levels of benefits 
are defined for the sub-groups and range from no substantive change from the benefits provided under the previous labor 
agreement to replacement of the defined retiree medical benefit program with individual health reimbursement accounts for 
each eligible participant.  The health reimbursement accounts will be funded by CAKY based on established rates per hour 
worked by each eligible participant.  Eligible participants will be able to withdraw from their health reimbursement accounts to 
fund their own retiree medical coverage.

During 2017, the Company amended its non-union retiree medical and life insurance benefits to align the Company’s 

benefits with the market and achieve a uniform retiree medical benefit design across the Company’s U.S. locations.  Effective 
January 1, 2018, non-union retiree medical and life insurance benefits are restricted to current participants who meet the 
eligibility criteria as of January 1, 2018.  Additionally, effective January 1, 2019, Century will no longer administer non-union 
retiree medical, prescription drug, dental, or vision benefits and instead will make fixed health reimbursement account 
contributions.  The amendment decreased the projected benefit obligations by approximately $18.8 million and a curtailment 
benefit of $1.4 million was recorded in 2017.

Obligations and Funded Status

The change in benefit obligations and change in plan assets as of December 31 are as follows:

Change in benefit obligation:

Benefit obligation at beginning of year

Service cost

Interest cost

Plan amendments

Actuarial (gain) loss

Medicare Part D

Benefits paid

Benefit obligation at end of year

Change in plan assets:

Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year

Actual return on plan assets

Employer contributions

Medicare Part D subsidy received

Benefits paid

Fair value of assets at end of year

Pension

OPEB

2018

2017

2018

2017

$

344.1

$

328.0

$

120.8

$

133.9

4.3

12.4

0.5
(28.0)
—
(18.9)
314.4

$

4.4

13.3

—

18.5

—
(20.1)
344.1

$

0.2

4.2

0.1
(10.5)
0.3
(6.4)
108.7

$

0.8

5.3
(27.4)
14.7

0.4
(6.9)
120.8  

Pension

OPEB

2018

2017

2018

2017

303.4
(24.6)
1.8

—
(18.9)
261.7

$

276.7

$

— $

45.0

1.8

—
(20.1)
303.4

$

—

6.1

0.3
(6.4)

$

— $

—

—

6.5

0.4
(6.9)
—

$

$

$

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Funded status of plans:

Funded status

Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets:

Non-current assets

Current liabilities
Non-current liabilities

Net amount recognized

Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss
(pre-tax):

Net loss

Prior service cost (benefit)

Total

Pension Plans That Are Not Fully Funded

Pension

OPEB

2018

2017

2018

2017

$

(52.7) $

(40.7)

$

(108.7) $

(120.8)

—
(1.8)
(50.9)
(52.7) $

—
(1.8)
(38.9)
(40.7)

83.7

1.4

85.1

$

$

71.2

1.0

72.2

$

$

$

$

$

$

—
(7.5)
(101.2)
(108.7) $

—
(7.5)
(113.3)
(120.8)

43.9
(21.6)
22.3

$

$

58.4
(28.9)
29.5

At December 31, 2018, the projected benefit obligation, accumulated benefit obligation and fair value of plan assets for 
pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets were $314.4 million, $310.0 million, and $261.7 
million, respectively.

At December 31, 2017, the projected benefit obligation, accumulated benefit obligation and fair value of plan assets for 

pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets were $344.1 million, $339.4 million and $303.4 
million, respectively.

Components of net periodic benefit cost and other amounts recognized in other comprehensive loss:

Net Periodic Benefit Cost:

Service cost

Interest cost

Expected return on plan assets

Amortization of prior service costs

Amortization of net loss

Curtailment (benefit) cost

Net periodic benefit cost

$

Year Ended December 31,

Pension

2018

2017

2016

2018

OPEB

2017

2016

$

4.3

$

4.4

$

4.6

$

0.2

4.2

—
(7.3)
4.0

—

1.2

$

$

0.8

5.3

—
(3.7)
3.9
(1.4)
4.9

$

$

1.0

5.6

—
(2.7)
3.5

—

7.4

12.4

(21.1)

13.3

(19.0)

0.1

5.2

—

0.9

$

0.1

4.7

—

3.5

$

13.9
(18.8)
0.1

4.7

—

4.5

$

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Other changes in Plan Assets and Benefit Obligations Recognized in Other Comprehensive Loss (pre-tax):

Net loss (gain)

Prior service cost (benefit)

Amortization of net loss, including recognition due to
settlement

Amortization of prior service (cost) benefit, including
recognition due to curtailment

Total amount recognized in other comprehensive loss

Net periodic benefit cost

Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and other
comprehensive loss

Year Ended December 31,

Pension

OPEB

2018

2017

2018

2017

$

17.6

$

0.5

(5.2)

(0.1)
12.8

0.9

(7.5)
—

(4.7)

(0.1)
(12.3)
3.5

$

(10.5) $
0.1

(4.0)

7.2
(7.2)
1.2

$

13.7

$

(8.8)

$

(6.0) $

14.7
(27.4)

(3.9)

5.1
(11.5)
4.9

(6.6)  

Amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss expected to be recognized as components of net 
periodic benefit cost during 2019

Amortization of net loss

Amortization of prior service cost (benefit)

Pension

OPEB

$

$

5.9

0.1

3.7
(7.2)

Weighted average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations at December 31:

Discount rate (1)
Rate of compensation increase (2)
Measurement date

Pension

OPEB

2018

4.39%

3%/3.5%

2017

3.69%

3%/4%

2018

4.27%

3%/3.5%

2017

3.66%

3%/4%

12/31/2018

12/31/2017

12/31/2018

12/31/2017

Weighted average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost for the years ended December 31:

2018

Pension

2017

2016

2018

OPEB

2017

2016

Measurement date
Fiscal year end
Discount rate (1)
Rate of compensation increase (2)
Expected return on plan assets (3)

12/31/2017
12/31/2018

12/31/2016
12/31/2017

12/31/2015
12/31/2016

12/31/2017
12/31/2018

12/31/2016
12/31/2017

12/31/2015
12/31/2016

3.69%

3%/4%

7.18%

4.15%

3%/4%

6.82%

4.44%

3%/4%

7.10%

3.66%

3%/4%

—

4.05%

3%/4%

—

4.50%

3%/4%

—

(1)  We use the Ryan Above Median Yield Curve to determine the discount rate.
(2)  For 2018, the rate of compensation increase is 3% per year for the first year and 3.5% per year thereafter.  For 2017, the 
rate of compensation increase is 3% for the first two years and 4% per year thereafter.  For 2016, the rate of compensation 
increase is 3% per year for the first three years and 4% per year thereafter. 

(3)  The rate for each of our defined benefit plans was selected by taking into account our expected asset mix and is based on 

historical performance as well as expected future rates of return on plan assets.

For measurement purposes, medical cost inflation is initially estimated to be 6.7%, and 7.4% for pre and post-65 

participants, respectively, declining to 4.5% over twelve years and continuing thereafter.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Assumed health care cost trend rates have a significant effect on the amounts reported for the health care benefit 

obligations.  A one-percentage-point change in the assumed health care cost trend rate would have had the following effects in 
2018:

Effect on total of service and interest cost

Effect on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation

Benefit Plan Assets

Pension Plan Investment Strategy and Policy

1% Increase

$

0.4

10.6

$

1% Decrease
(0.4)
(9.1)

The Pension Plans’ assets are invested in a prudent manner for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to participants.  

Other objectives are to:

• 

Provide a total return that, over the long term, provides sufficient assets to fund the pension plan liabilities subject to 
a level of risk, contributions and pension expense deemed appropriate by the company.

•  Minimize, where possible, pension expense volatility, and inclusion of liability driven investing as an investment 

strategy when appropriate.  As the funding ratio improves, the objectives will evolve to minimize the funded status 
volatility.

•  Diversify investments within asset classes to reduce the impact of losses in single investments.

The assets of the Pension Plans are invested in compliance with ERISA, as amended, and any subsequent applicable 

regulations and laws.

Performance

Our  performance  objective  is  to  outperform  the  return  of  weighing  passive  investment  alternatives  by  the  policy  target 
allocations after fees at a comparable level of risk.  This investment objective is expected to be achieved over the long term and 
is measured over rolling multi-year periods.  Peer-relative performance comparisons will also be considered especially when 
performance deviates meaningfully from market indexes.  Investment objectives for each asset class are included below.

Asset Allocation Policy 

Asset allocation policy is the principal method for achieving the Pension Plans' investment objectives stated above.  The 

Pension Plans’ weighted average long-term strategic asset allocation policy targets are as follows:

Equities:

U.S. equities

International equities

Fixed income

Pension Plan Asset Allocation

2018
Target

December 31,
2018

December 31,
2017

26%

22%

52%

25%

19%

56%

100%

29%

26%

45%

100%

U.S. and international equities are held for their long-term expected return premium over fixed income investments and 

inflation.  Fixed income is held for diversification relative to equities.

The strategic role of U.S. and international equities is to:

• 

Provide higher expected returns of the major asset classes.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

•  Maintain a diversified exposure within the U.S. and international stock markets through the use of multi-manager 

portfolio strategies.

•  Achieve returns in excess of passive indexes through the use of active investment managers and strategies.

The strategic role of fixed income is to: 

•  Diversify the Pension Plans’ equity exposure by investing in fixed income securities that exhibit a low correlation to 

equities, thereby lowering the overall return volatility of the entire investment portfolio.

•  Maintain a diversified exposure within the U.S. fixed income market through the use of multi-manager portfolio 

strategies.

•  Achieve returns in excess of passive indexes through the use of active investment managers and strategies.

The long-term strategic asset allocation policy is reviewed regularly or whenever significant changes occur to Century’s 

or the Pension Plans' financial position and liabilities.

Fair Value Measurements of Pension Plan assets

The following table sets forth by level the fair value hierarchy our Pension Plans' assets.  These assets are classified in 

their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.  Our assessment of the 
significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment, and may affect the valuation of fair value 
assets and liabilities and the placement within the fair value hierarchy levels.  

Fair Value of Pension Plans’ assets included under the fair value hierarchy:

As of December 31, 2018

Equities:

U.S. equities

International equities

Fixed income

Total

As of December 31, 2017

Equities:

U.S. equities

International equities

Fixed income

Total

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total

$

66.5

49.0

146.2

$

— $

— $

—

—

—

—

$

261.7

$

— $

— $

$

86.5

79.1

137.7

$

— $

— $

—

—

—

—

$

303.3

$

— $

— $

66.5

49.0

146.2

261.7

86.5

79.1

137.7

303.3

Our Pension Plans’ assets are held in certain mutual funds.  The fair value of the mutual funds is based on the Net Asset 

Value ("NAV") which is calculated every business day.  The value of the underlying securities within the mutual funds are 
determined as follows:

•  U.S. listed equities; equity and fixed income options: Last sale price; last bid price if no last sale price;

•  U.S. over-the-counter equities: Official closing price; last bid price if no closing price;

• 

Foreign equities: Official closing price, where available, or last sale price; last bid price if no official closing price; 
and

•  Municipal bonds, US bonds, Eurobonds/foreign bonds: Evaluated bid price; broker quote if no evaluated bid price.

Our other postretirement benefit plans are unfunded.  We fund these benefits as the retirees submit claims.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Pension and OPEB Cash Flows

During 2018 and 2017, we made contributions of approximately $1.8 million and $1.8 million, respectively, to the 

qualified defined benefit and SERB plans we sponsor.

We expect to make the following contributions for 2019:

Expected pension plan contributions

Expected OPEB benefits payments

Estimated Future Benefit Payments

2019

$

1.8

7.5

The following table provides the estimated future benefit payments for the pension and other postretirement benefit plans:

2019

2020
2021

2022

2023

2024 – 2028

Pension
Benefits

OPEB
Benefits

$

$

20.6

20.8
20.9

21.1

21.1

7.5

7.4
7.6

7.6

7.6

100.6

37.0

Participation in Multi-employer Pension Plans

The union-represented employees at Hawesville are part of a United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, 

Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union ("USWA") sponsored multi-employer plan.  Our 
contributions to the plan are determined at a fixed rate per hour worked.  Currently, we do not have any plans to withdraw from 
or curtail participation in this plan.  The risks of participating in a multi-employer plan are different from single-employer plans 
in the following respects:

•  Assets contributed to the multi-employer plan by one employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of 

other participating employers.

• 

• 

If a participating employer stops contributing to the plan, the unfunded obligations of the plan may be borne by the 
remaining participating employers.

If a participating employer chooses to stop participating in a multi-employer plan, the employer may be required to 
pay the plan an amount based on the underfunded status of the plan, referred to as a withdrawal liability.

Century’s participation in the plan for the year ended December 31, 2018, is outlined in the table below.

Fund

EIN / PN

Pension Protection Act Zone Status 2018 (1)

Pension Protection Act Zone Status 2017 (1)

Subject to Financial Improvement/Rehabilitation Plan

Contributions of Century Aluminum 2018
Contributions of Century Aluminum 2017

Contributions of Century Aluminum 2016

Withdrawal from Plan Probable

Surcharge Imposed

Steelworkers Pension Trust

23-6648508/499

Green

Green

No

$1.0
$0.8

$0.8

No

No

Expiration Date of Collective Bargaining Agreement

April 1, 2020

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

(1)  The most recent Pension Protection Act zone status available in 2018 and 2017 is for the plan's year-end December 31, 

2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.  The zone status is based on information that Century received from the plan 
as well as publicly available information per the Department of Labor and is certified by the plan’s actuary.  Among other 
factors, plans in the green zone are at least 80 percent funded.

Century 401(k) Plans

We sponsor a tax-deferred savings plan under which eligible domestic employees may elect to contribute specified 

percentages of their compensation with Century.  We match a portion of participants' contributions to the savings 
plan.  Employee and matching contributions are considered fully vested immediately upon participation in the plan.  Concurrent 
with the 2014 amendment to the Salaried Pension Plan that eliminated future accruals for participants who are under age 50 as 
of January 1, 2015 and closed the plan to new entrants, the Company increased the proportional match of contributions made to 
those affected by the amendment.  The expense related to the plan was $4.4 million, $4.5 million, and  $3.9 million for 2018, 
2017, and 2016, respectively.

12.  Share-based Compensation

Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan.  We award restricted share units and grant qualified incentive and 

nonqualified stock options to our salaried officers, non-employee directors, and other key employees from our Amended and 
Restated Stock Incentive Plan (the "Stock Incentive Plan").  The Stock Incentive Plan has 10,000,000 shares authorized for 
issuance with approximately 4,827,840 shares remaining at December 31, 2018.  Our share-based compensation consists of 
service-based and performance-based share awards that typically vest over a period of three years from the date of grant, 
provided that the recipient is still our employee at the time of vesting.  Our independent non-employee directors receive annual 
grants of service-based share awards that typically vest following 12 months of service.  In the past, we have granted stock 
options that have a term of 10 years and typically vest one-third on the grant date and an additional one-third on the first and 
second anniversary dates of the grant.  Our most recent grant of stock options was in 2009. 

As of December 31, 2018, options to purchase 117,110 shares of common stock and 658,906 service-based share awards 

were outstanding.

A summary of activity under our Stock Incentive Plan during the year ended December 31, 2018 is presented below:

Options

Outstanding at January 1, 2018

Exercised

Forfeited/expired

Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
(years)

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value

Number

$

166,757
(32,147)
(17,500)

11.02
6.55

49.18

Outstanding, fully vested and exercisable at 
December 31, 2018 (1)

117,110

$

6.55

0.34

$

0.1

(1)  As the result of actions in 2011 that were determined to be a "change of control" under the Stock Incentive Plan, all 
options will remain exercisable for their respective remaining term, regardless of whether the awardees remain 
employees of Century.  All of the outstanding options at December 31, 2018 have an exercise price of $6.55 per share and 
expire in May 2019.

Long-Term Incentive Plan.  We also grant annual long-term incentive awards under our Amended and Restated Long-Term 

Incentive Plan (the "LTIP").  The LTIP is designed to provide senior-level employees the opportunity to earn long-term 
incentive awards through the achievement of performance goals and to align compensation with the interests of our 
stockholders. This is achieved by linking compensation to share price appreciation and total stockholder return over a multi-
year period.  Awards made under the LTIP are granted subject to the Stock Incentive Plan to the extent the award is deliverable 
in stock.  We provide two types of LTIP awards: time-vested share units and performance units.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Time-vested share units are stock-settled awards which do not contain any performance-based vesting 

requirements.  Performance units can be settled in cash or stock and vest based on the achievement of pre-determined 
performance metrics at the discretion of the Board.  Our performance unit liability was approximately $2.2 million and $7.5 
million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.  Both the performance units and time-vested share units vest, in their 
entirety, after three years.

Service-based share awards

Outstanding at January 1, 2018

Granted

Vested

Forfeited

Outstanding at December 31, 2018

Number

845,408

295,434
(443,265)
(38,671)
658,906

Service-based share awards

Weighted average per share fair value of service-based share grants
Total intrinsic value of option exercises

Year ended December 31,

2018

2017

2016

$

$

20.21
444

$

8.92
624

7.14
—

Fair Value Measurement of Share-Based Compensation Awards.  We estimate the fair value of each stock option award 

using the Black-Scholes model on the date of grant.  We have not granted any stock options since 2009.  For our service-based 
awards, fair value is equal to the closing stock price on the date of grant.  For our performance-based awards, fair value is equal 
to the closing stock price at each reporting period end.  

The following table summarizes the compensation cost recognized for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 
2016 for all options, service-based and performance-based share awards.  The compensation cost is included as part of selling, 
general and administrative expenses in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Share-based compensation expense reported:

Performance-based share expense

Service-based share expense

Total share-based compensation expense before income tax

Income tax

Total share-based compensation expense, net of income tax

Year ended December 31,

2018

2017

2016

$

$

(0.1) $
3.8

3.7

—

3.7

$

4.0

3.4

7.4

—

7.4

$

$

2.4

2.1

4.5

—

4.5

No share-based compensation cost was capitalized during these periods and there were no significant modifications of 

any share-based awards in 2018, 2017 and 2016.  As of December 31, 2018, we had unrecognized compensation cost of $6.6 
million before taxes.  This cost will be recognized over a weighted average period of two years. 

13.  Earnings (Loss) Per Share

Basic EPS amounts are calculated by dividing net income (loss) allocated to common stockholders by the weighted 
average number of common shares outstanding.  Diluted EPS amounts assume the issuance of common stock for all potentially 
dilutive common shares outstanding.  

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

The following table shows the basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share for 2018, 2017, and 2016:

Net loss

Amount allocated to common stockholders

Basic and Diluted EPS:(1)

Net income

Amount allocated to common stockholders

Basic EPS:

Net income allocated to common stockholders

Effect of dilutive securities:

Share-based compensation

Diluted EPS:

Net loss

Amount allocated to common stockholders

Basic and Diluted EPS:(1)

For the year ended December 31, 2018

Net (Loss)

Shares 
(in millions)

Per Share

(66.2)
100%
(66.2)

87.6

$

(0.76)

For the year ended December 31, 2017

Net Income

Shares 
(in millions)

Per Share

48.6

92%

44.7

44.7

87.3

$

0.51

0.7

88.0

$

0.51

For the year ended December 31, 2016

Net (Loss)

Shares 
(in millions)

Per Share

(252.4)
100%
(252.4)

87.1

$

(2.90)

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Securities excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS (in millions):

2018(1)

2017

2016(1)

Share-based compensation

1.4

0.6

0.9

(1) 

In periods when we report a net loss, all share-based compensation awards are excluded from the calculation of diluted 
weighted average shares outstanding because of their anti-dilutive effect on earnings (loss) per share.

14.  Income Taxes 

On December 22, 2017, the President of the United States signed into law tax reform legislation (informally known as 
the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act” or “Tax Act”)) that made significant changes to various areas of U.S. federal income tax 
law. The Tax Act reduced the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, required companies to pay a one-
time transition tax on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred, created new taxes on certain 
foreign earnings, acceleration of expensing of certain business assets and reductions in the amount of executive pay that could 
qualify as a tax deduction.

 ASC 740 requires us to recognize the effect of the tax law changes in the period of enactment.  However, the SEC staff 

issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 118 which allowed us to record provisional amounts during a measurement period 
which is similar to the measurement period used when accounting for business combinations.  As of December 31, 2017, in 
accordance with SAB 118, the Company made a reasonable estimate of: (i) the one-time transition tax, and (ii) the effects on 
the Company’s existing deferred tax balances.  In the current period, the Company finalized its accounting for the tax effects of 
enactment of the Tax Act and concluded that no material adjustments were required as of December 31, 2018.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

 In January 2018, the FASB released guidance on the accounting for tax on the global intangible low-taxed income 

("GILTI") provisions of the Tax Act.  The GILTI provisions impose a tax on foreign income in excess of a deemed return on 
tangible assets of foreign corporations.  U.S. GAAP allows companies to make an accounting policy election to either treat 
taxes due on future GILTI inclusions in U.S. taxable income as a current-period expense when incurred (“period cost method”) 
or factor such amounts into the measurement of its deferred taxes (“deferred method”). We have elected to use the period cost 
method and the impact was immaterial.

The components of pre-tax book income (loss) consist of the following:

U.S.

Foreign 

Total 

Significant components of income tax expense consist of the following:

Current:

U.S. federal current expense (benefit)

State current expense (benefit)

Foreign current expense

Total current expense (benefit)

Deferred:

U.S. federal deferred benefit

State deferred benefit

Foreign deferred tax expense (benefit)

Total deferred expense (benefit)

Total income tax expense (benefit)

$

$

$

$

Year Ended December 31,

2018

2017

2016

(39.7)
(30.9)
(70.6)

$

$

26.8

28.6

55.4

$

$

(86.6)
(164.3)
(250.9)

Year Ended December 31,
2017

2016

2018

0.0
(1.1)
0.8
(0.3)

(1.6)
—

1.7

0.1
(0.2)

$

$

(0.1)
1.2

12.3

13.4

(2.5)
(0.0)
(3.3)
(5.8)
7.6

$

$

(0.2)
(0.1)
5.7

5.4

(1.6)
—
(1.0)
(2.6)
2.8

A reconciliation of the statutory U.S. Federal income tax rate to the effective income tax rate on income (loss) is as follows:

Federal Statutory Rate

Permanent differences

State taxes, net of Federal benefit

Rate change

Foreign earnings taxed at different rates than U.S.

Valuation allowance

Transition tax

Net operating loss expiration and remeasurement

Changes in uncertain tax reserves

Other

Effective tax rate

2018

2017

2016

21.0%
(25.7)
3.5
(0.6)
11.8

81.2
(13.8)
(75.8)
(1.4)
0.1
0.3%

35.0%
57.5
(6.6)
370.5
(40.5)
(401.4)
—

—

3.8
(4.6)
13.7%

35.0 %
7.7

6.1

(4.2)

(13.5)

(27.5)

—

—

(1.0)

(3.7)
(1.1)%

For the period ending December 31, 2018, the effective tax rate of 0.3% was lower than the statutory US tax rate of 21% 

primarily as a result of the non-recognition of current year domestic and foreign losses.  

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

For the period ending December 31, 2017, the Company’s U.S. deferred tax asset and related valuation allowance 
decreased by $205.2 million as a result of the Act in 2017.  As the U.S. deferred tax asset had a full valuation allowance, this 
change in rate from 35% to 21% had no impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.  The increase in 
permanent differences is a result of tax law changes related to our foreign operations.  The effect of earnings of foreign 
subsidiaries includes the difference between the U.S. statutory rate and local jurisdiction tax rates.

Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and 

liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes.  

The significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31 are as follows: 

Deferred tax assets:

Accrued postretirement benefit cost

Accrued liabilities

Share-based compensation

Goodwill

Net operating losses and tax credits
Foreign basis differences

Ravenswood retiree legal settlement

Other

Total deferred tax assets

Valuation allowance

Net deferred tax assets

Deferred tax liabilities:

Tax over financial statement depreciation

Total deferred tax liabilities

Net deferred tax liability

2018

2017

$

$

$

$

40.3

10.9

2.1

0.4

482.8
13.5

2.4

1.9

554.3
(552.5)
1.8

(103.9)
(103.9)
(102.1)

$

39.4

3.1

1.3

2.0

551.1
13.9

3.1

3.1

617.0
(607.8)
9.2

(109.7)
(109.7)
(100.5)

$

$

$

We regularly assess the likelihood that deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income.  To the extent we 
believe that it is more likely than not that a deferred tax asset will not be realized, a valuation allowance is established.  When a 
valuation allowance is established or increased, an income tax charge is included in the consolidated statement of operations 
and net deferred tax assets are adjusted accordingly.  Future changes in tax laws, statutory tax rates and taxable income levels 
could result in actual realization of the deferred tax assets being materially different from the amounts provided for in the 
consolidated financial statements.  If the actual recovery amount of the deferred tax asset is less than anticipated, we would be 
required to write-off the remaining deferred tax asset and increase the tax provision.

We have a valuation allowance of $552.5 million recorded for all of our U.S. deferred tax assets, and a portion of our Icelandic 
deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2018. The Company is subject to the provisions of ASC 740-10, Income Taxes, which 
requires that the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates be recognized in the period the tax rate change 
was enacted. The overall reduction in deferred tax assets, and the related valuation allowances, are primarily a result of the enactment 
of the Tax Act in 2017 and the expiration of certain NOLs.

The changes in the valuation allowance are as follows:

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Beginning balance, valuation allowance

Remeasurement of deferred tax assets

Release of valuation allowance

Expiration of net operating losses

Other change in valuation allowance

Ending balance, valuation allowance

2018

2017

2016

$

$

607.8
(32.1)
—
(12.3)
(11.0)
552.5

$

$

839.1
(205.2)
—

—
(26.1)
607.8

$

768.8

—
(6.0)
—

76.3

$

839.1

The significant components of our net operating loss carryforwards ("NOLs") are as follows:

Federal (1)
State (2)
Foreign (3)

2018

2017

$

1,470.4

$

2,205.0

398.2

1,514.2

2,480.5

532.6

(1)  The federal NOL begins to expire in 2028. 
(2)  The state NOLs begin to expire in 2027. 
(3)  The Icelandic NOL begins to expire in 2019; the Netherlands NOL begins to expire in 2022.

Our ability to utilize our deferred tax assets to offset future federal taxable income may be significantly limited if we 

experience an "ownership change" as defined in the Code. In general, an ownership change would occur if our "five-percent 
shareholders," as defined under the Code, collectively increase their ownership in us by more than 50 percentage points over a 
rolling three-year period.  Future transactions in our stock that may not be in our control may cause us to experience such an 
ownership change and thus limit our ability to utilize net operating losses, tax credits and other tax assets to offset future 
taxable income.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of gross unrecognized tax positions (excluding interest) is as 

follows:

Balance as of January 1,  

Additions based on tax positions related to the current year

Decreases due to lapse of applicable statute of limitations

Settlements 

Balance as of December 31,

2018

2017

2016

$

$

8.4

$

6.4

$

2.0
(0.9)
—

2.1
(0.1)
—

9.5

$

8.4

$

3.8

2.7
(0.1)
—

6.4

Included in the above balances are tax positions whose tax characterization is highly certain but for which there is 
uncertainty about the timing of tax return inclusion.  Because of the impact of deferred tax accounting, other than interest and 
penalties, the timing would not impact the annual effective tax rate but could accelerate the payment of cash to the taxing 
authority to an earlier period.  The remaining amounts of unrecognized tax positions would affect our effective tax rate if 
recognized.  It is our policy to recognize potential accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax positions in income 
tax expense.

The components of our unrecognized tax positions are as follows:

Highly certain tax positions

Other unrecognized tax benefits

Gross unrecognized tax benefits

 Accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax positions

2018

2017

2016

$

$

$

7.9

1.6

9.5

0.1

$

$

$

8.3

0.1

8.4

0.0

$

$

$

6.3

0.1

6.4

—

We do not expect a significant change in the balance of unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months.

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Century and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, various state and local jurisdictions, 

and several foreign jurisdictions.

Our federal income tax returns have been reviewed by the IRS through 2010.  However, we have NOLs beginning in 2008 

that are available for carryforward to future years.  Under U.S. tax law, NOLs may be adjusted by the IRS until the statute of 
limitations expires for the year in which the NOL is used.  Accordingly, our 2008 and later NOLs may be reviewed until they 
are used or expire.  Material state and local income tax matters have been concluded for years through 2006.  The majority of 
our state returns beginning in 2008 are subject to examination.

Our Icelandic tax returns are subject to examination beginning with the 2013 tax year.

As of December 31, 2018 and 2017 we had income taxes payable of $0.4 million and $12.2 million, respectively.  The 

income taxes payable are included within accrued and other current liabilities in our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

15.  Commitments and Contingencies

Environmental Contingencies

Based upon all available information, we believe our current environmental liabilities do not have, and are not likely to 
have, a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.  However, because of the inherent 
uncertainties in estimating environmental liabilities primarily due to unknown facts and circumstances and changing 
governmental regulations and legal standards regarding liability, there can be no assurance that future capital expenditures and 
costs for environmental compliance at currently or formerly owned or operated properties will not result in liabilities that may 
have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.

It is our policy to accrue for costs associated with environmental assessments and remedial efforts when it becomes 
probable that a liability has been incurred and the costs can be reasonably estimated.  All accrued amounts have been recorded 
without giving effect to any possible future recoveries.  Costs for ongoing environmental compliance, including maintenance 
and monitoring are expensed as incurred. 

Vernon

In July 2006, we were named as a defendant, together with certain affiliates of Alcan Inc., in a lawsuit brought by Alcoa 
Inc. seeking to determine responsibility for certain environmental indemnity obligations related to the sale of a cast aluminum 
plate manufacturing facility located in Vernon, California, which we purchased from Alcoa Inc. in December 1998, and sold to 
Alcan Rolled Products-Ravenswood LLC in July 1999.  The complaint also seeks costs and attorney fees.  The matter was 
stayed by the court in 2008 to allow for the remediation of environmental areas at the site.  On June 30, 2016, the U.S. District 
Court for the District of Delaware ordered the stay lifted and reopened the case. Discovery is expected to be completed in the 
second quarter of 2019, and trial is currently set to begin in the second quarter of 2020. At this stage, we cannot predict the 
ultimate outcome of this action or estimate a range of possible losses related to this matter.

Matters relating to the St. Croix Alumina Refining Facility

We are a party to a United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrative Order on Consent (the "Order") 

pursuant to which certain past and present owners of an alumina refining facility at St. Croix, Virgin Islands (the "St. Croix 
Alumina Refinery") have agreed to carry out a Hydrocarbon Recovery Plan to remove and manage hydrocarbons floating on 
groundwater underlying the facility.  Pursuant to the Hydrocarbon Recovery Plan, recovered hydrocarbons and groundwater are 
delivered to the adjacent petroleum refinery where they are received and managed.  At this time, we are not able to estimate the 
amount of any future potential payments under this indemnification to comply with the Order, but we do not anticipate that any 
such amounts will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or liquidity, regardless of the 
final outcome. 

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

In December 2010, Century was among several defendants named in a lawsuit filed by plaintiffs who either worked, 
resided or owned property in the area downwind from the St. Croix Alumina Refinery.  In March 2011, Century was also named 
a defendant in a nearly identical suit brought by certain additional plaintiffs.  The plaintiffs in both suits allege damages caused 
by the presence of red mud and other particulates coming from the alumina facility and are seeking unspecified monetary 
damages, costs and attorney fees as well as certain injunctive relief.  We tendered indemnity and defense to St. Croix Alumina 
LLC and Alcoa Alumina & Chemical LLC under the terms of an acquisition agreement relating to the facility and have filed 
motions to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims.  In August 2015, the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, Division of St. Croix denied the 
motions to dismiss but ordered all plaintiffs to refile individual complaints. On February 28, 2018, plaintiffs in both cases filed 
a Motion for Voluntary Dismissal of Century without prejudice to refiling.  At this time, it is not possible to predict the ultimate 
outcome of or to estimate a range of possible losses for any of the foregoing actions relating to the St. Croix Alumina Refinery.

Legal Contingencies

In addition to the foregoing matters, we have pending against us or may be subject to various lawsuits, claims and 
proceedings related primarily to employment, commercial, stockholder, safety and health matters.  While the results of such 
litigation matters and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, we believe that the final outcome of such matters will not have 
a material adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.  However, because of the nature and 
inherent uncertainties of litigation, should the outcome of these actions be unfavorable, our business, financial condition, results 
of operations and liquidity could be materially and adversely affected.

In evaluating whether to accrue for losses associated with legal contingencies, it is our policy to take into consideration 

factors such as the facts and circumstances asserted, our historical experience with contingencies of a similar nature, the 
likelihood of our prevailing and the severity of any potential loss.  For some matters, no accrual is established because we have 
assessed our risk of loss to be remote.  Where the risk of loss is probable and the amount of the loss can be reasonably 
estimated, we record an accrual, either on an individual basis or with respect to a group of matters involving similar claims, 
based on the factors set forth above.

When we have assessed that a loss associated with legal contingencies is reasonably possible, we determine if estimates of 

possible losses or ranges of possible losses are in excess of related accrued liabilities, if any.  Based on current knowledge, 
management has ascertained estimates for losses that are reasonably possible and management does not believe that any 
reasonably possible outcomes in excess of our accruals, if any, either individually or in aggregate, would be material to our 
financial condition, results of operations, or liquidity.  We reevaluate and update our assessments and accruals as matters 
progress over time.

Ravenswood Retiree Medical Benefits changes

In November 2009, Century Aluminum of West Virginia ("CAWV") filed a class action complaint for declaratory 
judgment against the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers 
International Union ("USW"), the USW’s local and certain CAWV retirees, individually and as class representatives ("CAWV 
Retirees"), seeking a declaration of CAWV’s rights to modify/terminate retiree medical benefits.  Later in November 2009, the 
USW and representatives of a retiree class filed a separate suit against CAWV, Century Aluminum Company, Century 
Aluminum Master Welfare Benefit Plan, and various John Does with respect to the foregoing. 

On August 18, 2017, the District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia approved a settlement agreement in 
respect of these actions.  Under the terms of the settlement agreement, CAWV agreed to make payments into a trust for the 
benefit of the CAWV Retirees in the aggregate amount of $23.0 million over the course of 10 years.  Upon approval of the 
settlement, we paid $5.0 million to the aforementioned trust in September 2017 and recognized a gain of $5.5 million to arrive 
at the-then net present value of the $12.5 million. CAWV has agreed to pay the remaining amounts under the settlement 
agreement in annual increments of $2.0 million for nine years. As of December 31, 2018, $2.0 million was recorded in other 
current liabilities and $9.8 million was recorded in other liabilities.

PBGC Settlement

In 2013, we entered into a settlement agreement with the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (the "PBGC") regarding 

an alleged "cessation of operations" at our Ravenswood facility.  Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, we agreed to make 
additional contributions (above any minimum required contributions) to our defined benefit pension plans totaling 
approximately $17.4 million.  Under certain circumstances, in periods of lower primary aluminum prices relative to our cost of 
operations, we are able to defer one or more of these payments, provided that we provide the PBGC with acceptable security for 
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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

such deferred payments.  We did not make any contributions during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016.  We 
have elected to defer certain payments under the PBGC agreement and have provided the PBGC with the appropriate security.  
The remaining contributions under this agreement are approximately $9.6 million.

Power Commitments and Contingencies

Hawesville 

Hawesville has a power supply arrangement with Kenergy and EDF Trading North America, LLC (“EDF") which 
provides market-based power to the Hawesville smelter.  Under this arrangement, the power companies purchase power on the 
open market and pass it through to Hawesville at Midcontinent Independent System Operator ("MISO") pricing plus 
transmission and other costs.  The power supply arrangement with Kenergy has an effective term through December 2023.  The 
arrangement with EDF to act as our market participant with MISO has an effective term through May 2020.  Each of these 
agreements provides for automatic extension on a year-to-year basis unless a one year notice is given. 

Sebree 

Sebree has a power supply arrangement with Kenergy and EDF which provides market-based power to the Sebree 
smelter.  Similar to the arrangement at Hawesville, the power companies purchase power on the open market and pass it 
through to Sebree at MISO pricing plus transmission and other costs.  The power supply arrangement with Kenergy has an 
effective term through December 2023.  The arrangement with EDF to act as our market participant with MISO has an effective 
term through May 2020.  Each of these agreements provides for automatic extension on a year-to-year basis unless a one year 
notice is given. 

Mt. Holly 

Mt. Holly has a power supply arrangement pursuant to which 25% of the Mt. Holly load is served from the South 
Carolina Public Service Authority’s ("Santee Cooper") generation at a cost-based industrial rate and 75% of the Mt. Holly load 
is sourced from a supplier that is outside Santee Cooper’s service territory at market prices that are tied to natural gas prices. 
The agreement with Santee Cooper has a term through December 31, 2020 and can be terminated by Mt. Holly on a 120 days' 
notice.  The agreement with the other power supplier has a term through December 31, 2020 and may be terminated by Mt. 
Holly on 60 days' notice. 

Grundartangi 

Grundartangi has power purchase agreements for approximately 525 MW with HS Orka hf ("HS"), Landsvirkjun and 

Orkuveita Reykjavikur ("OR") to provide power to its Grundartangi smelter. These power purchase agreements expire on 
various dates from 2019 through 2036 (subject to extension).  The power purchase agreements with HS and OR both provide 
power at LME-based variable rates for the duration of these agreements. The power purchase agreement with Landsvirkjun for 
161 MW provides power at LME-based variable rates through October 2019 and rates linked to the Nord Pool power market 
from November 2019 through the expiration of the agreement on December 31, 2023.

Helguvik 

Nordural Helguvik ehf ("Helguvik") has a power purchase agreement with OR to provide a portion of the power 

requirements to the Helguvik project. The agreement would provide power at LME-based variable rates and contain take-or-pay 
obligations with respect to a significant percentage of the total committed and available power under such agreement. The first 
phase of power under the OR purchase agreement (approximately 47.5 MW) became available in the fourth quarter of 2011 and 
is currently being utilized at Grundartangi.  The agreement also contains certain conditions to OR’s obligations with respect to 
the remaining phases and OR has alleged that certain of these conditions have not been satisfied.  We are in discussions with 
OR with respect to such conditions and other matters pertaining to this agreement.

Other Commitments and Contingencies

Labor Commitments

The bargaining unit employees at our Grundartangi, Vlissingen, Hawesville and Sebree facilities are represented by labor 

unions, representing approximately 65% of our total workforce.  
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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Approximately 84% of Grundartangi’s work force is represented by five labor unions, governed by a labor agreement 

which is effective through December 31, 2019 that establishes wages and work rules for covered employees.  100% of 
Vlissingen's work force is represented by the Federation for the Metal and Electrical Industry ("FME") by a labor agreement 
that is effective through December 1, 2020.

Approximately 57% of our U.S. based work force is represented by USW.  The labor agreement for Hawesville 
employees is effective through April 1, 2020.  Century Sebree's labor agreement with the USW for its employees is effective 
through October 28, 2023. Mt. Holly employees are not represented by a labor union.

16.  Asset Retirement Obligations 

The reconciliation of the changes in our AROs is presented below:

Beginning balance, ARO liability

Additional ARO liability incurred

ARO liabilities settled
Accretion expense

Revisions in estimated cash flows

Ending balance, ARO liability

Year ended December 31,

2018

2017

$

$

28.5

3.6
(6.5)
1.9
(9.3)
18.2

$

$

35.4

1.4
(9.9)
1.9
(0.3)
28.5

Revisions in estimated cash flows during 2018 were related to a change in estimate of future disposal costs of spent 

potliners.

17.  Quarterly Information (Unaudited)

Financial results by quarter for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 are as follows:

Net sales

Gross profit
(loss)

Net income
(loss)

Net income (loss)
allocated to
common
stockholders

Basic 
earnings (loss) 
per share

Diluted
earnings (loss)
per share

2018

4th Quarter (1)
3rd Quarter (2)
2nd Quarter (3)
1st Quarter

2017

4th Quarter (4)
3rd Quarter

2nd Quarter
1st Quarter (5)

$

$

486.9

481.8

470.0

454.5

433.9

400.6

388.8

365.8

$

(59.3) $

(11.8)

33.7

14.5

47.9

41.4

22.5

16.8

$

$

(65.0) $
(20.3)
19.4
(0.3)

$

35.8

20.8

7.1
(15.1)

(65.0) $
(20.3)
17.9
(0.3)

$

33.0

19.1

6.6
(15.1)

(0.74) $
(0.23)
0.20
(0.00)

$

0.38

0.22

0.08
(0.17)

(0.74)
(0.23)
0.20
(0.00)

0.37

0.22

0.07
(0.17)

(1)  The fourth quarter of 2018 was unfavorably impacted by realization of a lower of cost or net realizable value adjustment 

of $30.6 million. 

(2)  The third quarter of 2018 was favorably impacted by a $4.5 million gain on the extinguishment of the remainder of our 

contractual commitments associated with the construction of the Helguvik project. 

(3)  The second quarter of 2018 reflects our temporary curtailment of one potline at our Sebree aluminum smelter due to an 

equipment failure that was brought back online in the third quarter. 

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

(4)  The fourth quarter of 2017 was favorably impacted by a $7.3 million gain on the extinguishment of a portion of our 

contractual commitments associated with the construction of the Helguvik project.

(5)  The first quarter of 2017 was unfavorably impacted by net losses on forward and derivative contracts of $16.1 million.

18.  Business Segments

Century Aluminum is a producer of primary aluminum, which trades as a global commodity. We are organized as a 
holding company with each of our operating primary aluminum smelters managed and operated as a separate facility reporting 
to our corporate headquarters.  Each of our operating primary aluminum smelters meets the definition of an operating segment.  
We evaluated the similar economic and other characteristics, including nearly identical products, production processes, 
customers and distribution and have aggregated our four operating segments into one reportable segment, primary aluminum, 
based on these factors. In addition, all of our primary aluminum smelters share several key economic factors inherent in their 
common products and production processes. For example, all of our facilities' revenue is based on the LME price for primary 
aluminum. 

A reconciliation of our consolidated assets to the total of primary aluminum segment assets is provided below.

Segment assets (1)
Primary

Corporate, unallocated

Total assets

2018

2017

2016

$

$

1,480.7

56.8

1,537.5

$

$

1,531.0

50.6

1,581.6

$

$

1,493.0

47.3

1,540.3

(1)  Segment assets include accounts receivable, due from affiliates, prepaid and other current assets, inventory, intangible 

assets and property, plant and equipment — net; the remaining assets are unallocated corporate assets.

Geographic information

Included in the consolidated financial statements are the following amounts related to geographic locations:

Net sales:

United States

Iceland

Long-lived assets: (1)
United States

Iceland

Other

2018

2017

2016

$

1,138.6

$

938.4

$

754.6

650.7

$

396.0

$

370.0

$

554.3

76.5

583.0

75.0

808.9

510.2

395.1

625.9

78.7

(1) 

Includes long-lived assets other than financial instruments and deferred taxes.

Major customer information

In 2018, revenues from two customers exceeded 10% of our net sales compared to one customer in 2017 and 2016.  A loss 
of these customers could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.  The net sales related to the customers is as 
follows:

Glencore

Southwire

$

1,204.5

$

1,198.1

$

1,178.6

222.4

77.2

—

78

Year Ended December 31,
2017

2018

2016

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

19.  Derivatives

As of December 31, 2018, we had an open position of 58,106 tonnes related to LME forward financial sales contracts to 
fix the forward LME price.  These contracts are expected to settle monthly, between November 2019 and December 2020.  In 
2018, we also entered into Midwest Premium ("MWP") forward financial sales contracts to fix the forward MWP price.  These 
contracts are expected to settle monthly through December 2019.  As of December 31, 2018, we had an open position of 36,000 
tonnes.

We have financial contracts with various counterparties to offset fixed price sales arrangements with certain of our 
customers (the “fixed for floating swaps”) to remain exposed to the LME price.  As of December 31, 2018, we had open 
positions related to such arrangements of 12,019 tonnes settling at various dates through March 2020.

In 2017, we entered into financial contracts to fix the forward price of approximately 4% of Grundartangi's total power 

requirements for the period November 2019 through December 2020 (the “power price swaps”).  As of December 31, 2018, we 
had an open position of 256,200 MWh related to the power price swaps.  Because the power price swaps are settled in euros, in 
2018 we entered into financial contracts to hedge the risk of fluctuations associated with the euro (the "FX swaps").  As of 
December 31, 2018, we had open positions related to the FX swaps for €2.8 million euros that settle monthly from November 
2019 through December 2020.

The following table sets forth the Company's derivative assets and liabilities that were accounted for at fair value and not 

designated as hedging instruments as of December 31, 2018 and 2017:

Commodity contracts (1)
Foreign exchange contracts (2)
Total

Commodity contracts (1)
Foreign exchange contracts (2)
Total

Asset Fair Value

2018

2017

8.2

—

8.2

$

$

Liability Fair Value

2018

2017

2.2

0.3

2.5

$

$

1.7

—

1.7

1.2

—

1.2

$

$

$

$

(1) Commodity contracts reflect our outstanding LME forward financial sales contracts, MWP forward financial sales 
contracts, fixed for floating swaps, and power price swaps.
(2) Foreign exchange contracts reflect our outstanding FX swaps.

The following table summarizes the net gain (loss) on forward and derivative contracts for the years ended December 

31, 2018, 2017, and 2016:

Year Ended December 31,
2017

2016

2018

Commodity contracts

Foreign exchange contracts
   Total

$

$

6.6

(0.3)
6.3

$

$

(16.5) $
—
(16.5) $

3.5

—
3.5

20.  Condensed Consolidating Financial Information

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CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Our 2021 Notes are guaranteed by each of our material existing and future domestic subsidiaries (The "Guarantor 
Subsidiaries"), except for Nordural US LLC, Century Aluminum Development LLC and Century Aluminum of West Virginia, 
Inc. The Guarantor Subsidiaries are 100% owned by Century.  All guarantees are full and unconditional; all guarantees are joint 
and several.  These notes are not guaranteed by our foreign subsidiaries (such foreign subsidiaries, Nordural US LLC, Century 
Aluminum Development LLC and Century Aluminum of West Virginia, Inc., collectively the "Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries"). 
We allocate corporate expenses or income to our subsidiaries and charge interest on certain intercompany balances. 

The following summarized condensed consolidating statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the twelve months 
ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, condensed consolidating balance sheets as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 
2017 and the condensed consolidating statements of cash flows for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 
2016 present separate results for Century, the Guarantor Subsidiaries, the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, consolidating 
adjustments and total consolidated amounts.

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

For the year ended December 31, 2018

The
Company

Combined
Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Combined
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Consolidating
Adjustments

Total
Consolidated

$

— $

453.6

$

750.9

$

— $

NET SALES:

Related parties

Other customers

Total net sales

Cost of goods sold

Gross profit (loss)

Selling, general and administrative
expenses

Helguvik (gains)

Other operating expense - net

Operating income (loss)

Interest expense

Intercompany Interest

Interest income

Net gain on forward and derivative
contracts

Other income (expense) - net

Income (loss) before income taxes
and equity in earnings of joint
ventures

Income tax (expense) benefit

Income (loss) before equity in
earnings of joint ventures

Equity in earnings (loss) of joint
ventures

Net income (loss)

Other comprehensive income (loss)
before income tax effect

Income tax effect

Other comprehensive income (loss)

—

—

—

—

23.3

—

—

(23.3)

(20.6)

36.3

0.3

1.3

2.1

(3.9)

2.6

(1.3)

(64.9)

(66.2)

(5.5)

(1.5)

(7.0)

3.7

754.6

746.9

7.7

5.3
(4.5)
0.4

6.5
(0.2)
(45.8)
1.2

3.6

2.8

(31.9)
(2.4)

(34.3)

4.2
(30.1)

5.2

—

5.2
(24.9) $

685.0

1,138.6

1,169.2
(30.6)

11.6

—

—
(42.2)
(1.6)
9.5

—

1.4
(1.9)

(34.8)
—

(34.8)

0.6
(34.2)

(24.2)
—
(24.2)
(58.4) $

80

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

64.3

64.3

19.0

—

19.0

83.3

$

1,204.5

688.7

1,893.2

1,916.1
(22.9)

40.2
(4.5)
0.4
(59.0)
(22.4)
—

1.5

6.3

3.0

(70.6)
0.2

(70.4)

4.2
(66.2)

(5.5)
(1.5)
(7.0)
(73.2)

Total comprehensive income (loss)

$

(73.2) $

CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

For the year ended December 31, 2017*

The
Company

Combined
Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Combined
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Consolidating
Adjustments

Total
Consolidated

$

— $

547.5

$

650.6

$

— $

NET SALES:

Related parties

Other customers

Total net sales

Cost of goods sold

Gross profit

Selling, general and administrative
expenses

Helguvik (gains)

Ravenswood (gains)

Other operating expense - net

Operating income (loss)

Interest expense

Intercompany Interest

Interest income

Net gain (loss) on forward and
derivative contracts

Other income (expense) - net

Income (loss) before income taxes
and equity in earnings of joint
ventures

Income tax (expense) benefit

Income (loss) before equity in
earnings of joint ventures

Equity in earnings (loss) of joint
ventures

Net income

Other comprehensive income before
income tax effect

Income tax effect

Other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive income

$

*As adjusted due to the adoption of ASU 2017-07

1,198.1

391.0

1,589.1

1,457.8

131.3

44.8
(7.3)
(5.5)
2.1

97.2
(22.2)
—

1.4

(16.5)
(4.5)

55.4
(7.6)

47.8

0.8

48.6

23.7
(1.5)
22.2

70.8

0.1

650.7

572.3

78.4

4.7
(7.3)
(5.5)
2.1

84.4
(0.2)
(45.9)
0.9

0.5
(5.1)

34.6
(9.0)

25.6

0.8

26.4

1.5

0.0

1.5

$

27.9

$

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(60.4)
(60.4)

(14.2)
0.0
(14.2)
(74.6) $

390.9

938.4

885.5

52.9

12.9

—

—

—

40.0
(1.6)
8.6

—

(17.0)
0.4

30.4

0.9

31.3

2.7

34.0

12.7

—

12.7

46.7

—

—

—

—

27.2

—

—

—

(27.2)

(20.4)

37.3

0.5

—

0.2

(9.6)

0.5

(9.1)

57.7

48.6

23.7

(1.5)

22.2

70.8

$

81

CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

For the year ended December 31, 2016*

The
Company

Combined
Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Combined
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Consolidating
Adjustments

Total
Consolidated

NET SALES:

Related parties

Other customers

Total net sales

Cost of goods sold

Gross profit (loss)

Selling, general and administrative
expenses

Helguvik impairment

Ravenswood losses

Other operating expense - net

Operating income (loss)

Interest expense

Intercompany Interest

Interest income

Net gain on forward and derivative
contracts

Other income (expense) - net

Loss before income taxes and equity
in earnings of joint ventures

Income tax (expense) benefit

Loss before equity in earnings (loss)
of joint ventures

Equity in earnings (loss) of
subsidiaries and joint ventures

Net loss

Other comprehensive income before
income tax effect

Income tax effect

Other comprehensive income (loss)

$

— $

668.5

$

510.1

$

— $

—

—

—

—

19.4

—

—

—

(19.4)

(20.3)

39.2

0.2

—

(0.1)

(0.4)

1.9

140.4

808.9

857.7
(48.8)

9.9

—

—

—
(58.7)
(1.7)
8.1

0.0

3.5
(4.7)

(53.5)
—

0.1

510.2

467.5

42.7

9.6

152.2

26.8

3.9
(149.8)
(0.2)
(47.3)
0.6

—
(0.3)

(197.0)
(4.7)

1.5

(53.5)

(201.7)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(253.9)

(252.4)

0.3

(1.5)

(1.2)

12.5
(41.0)

1.9

—

1.3
(200.4)

5.1

0.0

1.9
(39.1) $

5.1
(195.3) $

241.4

241.4

(7.0)
0.0
(7.0)
234.4

$

1,178.6

140.5

1,319.1

1,325.2
(6.1)

38.9

152.2

26.8

3.9
(227.9)
(22.2)
—

0.8

3.5
(5.1)

(250.9)
(2.8)

(253.7)

1.3
(252.4)

0.3
(1.5)
(1.2)
(253.6)

Total comprehensive loss

$

(253.6) $

*As adjusted due to the adoption of ASU 2017-07

82

CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet

As of December 31, 2018

The
Company

Combined
Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Combined
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Consolidating
Adjustments

Total
Consolidated

$

38.8

$

— $

Cash & cash equivalents

$

Restricted cash

Accounts receivable - net

Due from affiliates

Inventories

Prepaid and other current assets

Total current assets

Property, plant and equipment - net

Investment in subsidiaries

Due from affiliates - long term

Other assets

TOTAL

Accounts payable, trade

Due to affiliates

Accrued and other current liabilities

Accrued employee benefits costs

Revolving credit facility

Industrial revenue bonds

Total current liabilities

Senior notes payable

Accrued pension benefits costs - less
current portion

Accrued postretirement benefits costs -
less current portion

Other liabilities

Due to affiliates - long term

Deferred taxes

Total noncurrent liabilities

Preferred stock

Common stock

Other shareholders' equity

Total shareholders' equity

$

0.1

—

0.5

—

—

6.4

7.0

20.6

668.3

751.7

29.8

0.0

0.8

81.8

13.1

210.7

3.4

309.8

320.7

54.5

517.6

2.1

1,477.4

1,204.7

3.7

—

15.8

1.9

23.3

—

44.7

248.6

23.2

0.7

2.8

395.4

(0.2)

670.5

0.0

1.0

761.2

762.2

84.1

—

22.8

8.3

—

7.8

123.0

—

20.7

98.9

23.5

307.6

1.8

452.5

—

—

629.2

629.2

—

0.2

9.6

133.1

8.2

189.9

626.0

—

7.2

31.6

854.7

31.6

10.3

13.9

0.8

—

—

56.6

—

7.0

1.6

19.7

573.5

102.7

704.5

—

0.1

93.5

93.6

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(722.8)

(1,276.5)

—
(1,999.3)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—
(1,276.5)
—
(1,276.5)
—
(0.1)
(722.7)
(722.8)
(1,999.3) $

38.9

0.8

82.5

22.7

343.8

18.0

506.7

967.3

—

—

63.5

1,537.5

119.4

10.3

52.5

11.0

23.3

7.8

224.3

248.6

50.9

101.2

46.0

—

104.3

551.0

0.0

1.0

761.2

762.2

1,537.5

TOTAL

$

1,477.4

$

1,204.7

$

854.7

$

83

CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet

As of December 31, 2017

Cash & cash equivalents

$

64.3

$

(0.1) $

103.0

$

— $

167.2

The
Company

Combined
Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Combined
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Consolidating
Adjustments

Total
Consolidated

Restricted cash

Accounts receivable - net

Due from affiliates

Inventories

Prepaid and other current assets

Total current assets

Property, plant and equipment - net

Investment in subsidiaries

Due from affiliates - long term

Other assets

TOTAL

Accounts payable, trade

Due to affiliates

Accrued and other current liabilities

Accrued employee benefits costs

Industrial revenue bonds

Total current liabilities

Senior notes payable

Accrued pension benefits costs - less
current portion

Accrued postretirement benefits costs -
less current portion

Other liabilities

Due to affiliates - long term

Deferred taxes

Total noncurrent liabilities

Preferred stock

Common stock

Other shareholders' equity

Total shareholders' equity

—

—

0.1

0.2

3.3

67.9

19.4

751.8

513.3

28.0

1,380.4

6.3

0.4

16.0

1.9

—

24.6

248.2

39.5

0.9

3.5

234.1

—

526.2

0.0

0.9

828.7

829.6

0.8

42.8

10.3

205.1

0.8

259.7

295.8

54.0

349.6

34.1

993.2

51.4

2.6

19.3

8.3

7.8

89.4

—

18.3

110.4

32.0

53.8

1.7

216.2

—

—

687.6

687.6

—

0.3

—

112.2

10.6

226.1

656.7

—

9.4

25.9

918.1

32.2

17.4

26.1

0.8

—

76.5

—

13.1

1.7

22.4

584.4

101.8

723.4

—

0.1

118.1

118.2

TOTAL

$

1,380.4

$

993.2

$

918.1

$

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(805.8)

(872.3)

(32.0)
(1,710.1)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

(32.0)

—

—
(872.3)
—
(904.3)
—
(0.1)
(805.7)
(805.8)
(1,710.1) $

0.8

43.1

10.4

317.5

14.7

553.7

971.9

—

—

56.0

1,581.6

89.9

20.4

61.4

11.0

7.8

190.5

248.2

38.9

113.0

57.9

—

103.5

561.5

0.0

0.9

828.7

829.6

1,581.6

84

CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

For the year ended December 31, 2018

Net cash provided by (used in)
operating activities

Purchase of property, plant and
equipment

Proceeds from sale of property, plant
and equipment

Intercompany transactions

Net cash provided by (used in) investing
activities

Borrowings under revolving credit
facilities

Repayments under revolving credit
facilities

Issuance of common stock

Intercompany transactions

Net cash provided by (used in)
financing activities

CHANGE IN CASH, CASH
EQUIVALENTS, AND RESTRICTED
CASH

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted
cash, beginning of period

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted
cash, end of period

The
Company

Combined
Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Combined
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Consolidating
Adjustments

Total
Consolidated

$

(53.0) $

(19.5) $

3.4

$

— $

(69.1)

(4.4)

(65.1)

(13.5)

—

21.6

17.2

120.1

(96.8)

0.4

(52.1)

(28.4)

(64.2)

64.3

—

54.7

0.1

2.2

(10.4)

(11.2)

—

—

—

30.0

30.0

0.1

0.7

—

—

—
(56.4)

(56.4)

(64.2)

103.0

—

—

(78.5)

(78.5)

—

—

—

78.5

78.5

—

—

(83.0)

0.1

—

(82.9)

120.1

(96.8)
0.4

—

23.7

(128.3)

168.0

$

0.1

$

0.8

$

38.8

$

— $

39.7

85

CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

For the year ended December 31, 2017*

Net cash provided by (used in)
operating activities

Purchase of property, plant and
equipment

Proceeds from sale of property, plant
and equipment

Intercompany transactions

Net cash provided by (used in) investing
activities

Borrowings under revolving credit
facilities

Repayments under revolving credit
facilities
Issuance of common stock

Intercompany transactions

Net cash provided by (used in)
financing activities
CHANGE IN CASH, CASH
EQUIVALENTS, AND RESTRICTED
CASH
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted
cash, beginning of period

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted
cash, end of period

The
Company

Combined
Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Combined
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Consolidating
Adjustments

Total
Consolidated

$

(34.5) $

(7.0) $

96.0

$

(3.0) $

51.5

(10.9)

(8.1)

(12.8)

—

(31.8)

—

75.6

64.7

1.3

(1.3)
0.4

(3.1)

(2.7)

27.5

36.8

0.9

6.2

(1.0)

—

—
—

8.2

8.2

0.2

0.5

13.5
(7.6)

(6.9)

—

—
—
(82.3)

(82.3)

6.8

96.2

—
(74.2)

(74.2)

—

—
—

77.2

77.2

—

—

14.4

—

(17.4)

1.3

(1.3)
0.4

—

0.4

34.5

133.5

$

64.3

$

0.7

$

103.0

$

— $

168.0

*As adjusted due to the adoption of ASU 2016-18. 

86

CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(amounts in millions, except share and per share amounts)

Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows

For the year ended December 31, 2016*

Net cash provided by operating
activities

Purchase of property, plant and
equipment

Proceeds from sale of property, plant
and equipment

Intercompany transactions

Net cash used in investing activities

Borrowings under revolving credit
facilities

Repayments under revolving credit
facilities

Intercompany transactions

Net cash used in financing activities
CHANGE IN CASH, CASH
EQUIVALENTS, AND RESTRICTED
CASH
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted
cash, beginning of period

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted
cash, end of period

The
Company

Combined
Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Combined
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries

Consolidating
Adjustments

Total
Consolidated

$

(63.4) $

19.0

$

82.6

$

— $

38.2

(1.4)

—

27.8

26.4

1.2

(1.2)

15.4

15.4

(21.6)

58.4

(7.8)

—
(15.4)
(23.2)

—

—

7.5

7.5

3.3

(2.8)

(12.7)

1.0
(0.9)
(12.6)

—

—
(34.4)
(34.4)

35.6

60.6

—

—
(11.5)
(11.5)

—

—

11.5

11.5

—

—

(21.9)

1.0

—
(20.9)

1.2

(1.2)
—

—

17.3

116.2

$

36.8

$

0.5

$

96.2

$

— $

133.5

*As adjusted due to the adoption of ASU 2016-18. 

87

Item 9.  Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

Not applicable.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of December 31, 2018, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our 

management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls 
and procedures.  Based upon that evaluation, our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial 
Officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining an adequate system of internal control over financial 

reporting for the Company.  This system is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial 
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting 
principles.  Because of its inherent limitations, a system of internal control over financial reporting can provide only reasonable 
assurance and may not prevent or detect misstatements.  Further, because of changes in conditions, effectiveness of internal 
control over financial reporting may vary over time.  Our system of internal control contains self-monitoring mechanisms, and 
actions are taken to correct deficiencies as they are identified.

As required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the 

system of internal control over financial reporting for the year ended December 31, 2018.  Management’s evaluation was based 
on the framework in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations 
(COSO) of the Treadway Commission.  Based on this evaluation, management concluded that our system of internal control 
over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2018.  The effectiveness of our internal control over financial 
reporting has been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

During the three months ended December 31, 2018, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting 

that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. 

Item 9B. Other Information

None.

88

PART III

Item 10.  Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

This Item is incorporated by reference to our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, which will be filed by May 1, 
2019, or if our proxy statement is not filed by that date, will be included in an amendment to this Report on Form 10-K, which 
will be filed by May 1, 2019.

Item 11.  Executive Compensation

This Item is incorporated by reference to our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, which will be filed by May 1, 
2019, or if our proxy statement is not filed by that date, will be included in an amendment to this Report on Form 10-K, which 
will be filed by May 1, 2019.

Item 12.  Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

This Item is incorporated by reference to our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, which will be filed by May 1, 
2019, or if our proxy statement is not filed by that date, will be included in an amendment to this Report on Form 10-K, which 
will be filed by May 1, 2019.

Item 13.  Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence

This Item is incorporated by reference to our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, which will be filed by May 1, 
2019, or if our proxy statement is not filed by that date, will be included in an amendment to this Report on Form 10-K, which 
will be filed by May 1, 2019.

Item 14.  Principal Accountant Fees and Services

This Item is incorporated by reference to our definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A, which will be filed by May 1, 
2019, or if our proxy statement is not filed by that date, will be included in an amendment to this Report on Form 10-K, which 
will be filed by May 1, 2019.

PART IV

Item 15.  Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

(a) (1) List of Financial Statements

The following consolidated financial statements of Century Aluminum Company and the Independent Auditors’ Reports 

are included in Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K:

Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 

Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

89

Filed
Herewith

(a) (2)  List of financial Statement Schedules

  None.  All required information has been included in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.

(a) (3)  List of Exhibits 

Exhibit Index

Exhibit
Number
3.1

3.2

3.3

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

4.5

10.1

10.2

10.3

10.4

10.5

Description of Exhibit

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of 
Century Aluminum Company.

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Century Aluminum 
Company.

Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Bylaws of 
Century Aluminum Company.

Form of Stock Certificate.

Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of Series 
A Convertible Preferred Stock of Century Aluminum 
Company, dated July 7, 2008.

Indenture for Century Aluminum Company's 7.5% Senior 
Secured Notes due 2021, dated as of June 4, 2013, by and 
among Century Aluminum Company, as issuer and 
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and 
Noteholder Collateral Agent.

First Supplemental Indenture, dated December 18, 2014, for 
Century Aluminum Company's 7.5% Senior Secured Notes 
due 2021, by and among Century Aluminum Company, as 
issuer and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as 
trustee and Noteholder Collateral Agent.

Form of Note for the Indenture for Century Aluminum 
Company's 7.5% Senior Secured Notes due 2021, dated as 
of June 4, 2013, between Century Aluminum Company, as 
issuer, and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee and 
Noteholder Collateral Agent.

Second Lien Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of 
June 4, 2013, by and among Century Aluminum Company, 
the other Grantors (as defined therein) and Wilmington 
Trust, National Association, as collateral agent of the 7.5% 
Senior Secured Notes.

Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of June 4, 2013, by 
and among Century Aluminum Company, the other 
Grantors and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as 
trustee and collateral agent.

Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security 
Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2018, among Century 
Aluminum Company, Century Aluminum of South 
Carolina, Inc., Century Aluminum of Kentucky General 
Partnership, NSA General Partnership and Century 
Aluminum Sebree LCC, as borrowers, and Wells Fargo 
Capital Finance, LLC, as agent and lender.

Revolving Credit Facility, dated November 27, 2013, 
between Nordural Grundartangi ehf, as borrower, and 
Landsbankinn hf.

Amendment to Revolving Credit Facility, dated April 14, 
2016, between Nordural Grundartangi ehf, as borrower, and 
Landsbankinn hf.

Incorporated by Reference

Form File No.
10-Q 001-34474

8-K 001-34474

8-K 001-34474

10-K 001-34474

8-K 000-27918

Filing Date
November 9,
2012

September 18,
2012

December 14,
2015

February 28,
2018
July 8, 2008

8-K 001-34474

June 10, 2013

10-K 001-34474 March 2, 2015

8-K 001-34474

June 10, 2013

8-K 001-34474

June 10, 2013

8-K 001-34474

June 10, 2013

10-Q 001-34474

November 2,
2018

10-K 001-34474 March 14, 2014

8-K 011-34474

April 15, 2016

90

 
 
 
 
10.6

10.7

10.8

10.9

10.10

10.11

10.12

10.13

10.14

10.15

10.16

10.17

10.18

10.19

10.20

10.21

10.22

10.23

Amendment to Revolving Credit Facility, dated December 
15, 2017, between Nordural Grundartangi ehf, as borrower, 
and Landsbankinn hf

Amendment Agreement to General Bond, dated as of 
November 27, 2013, by and between Nordural Grundartangi 
ehf and Landsbankinn hf.

Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2008, by and 
between Century Aluminum Company and Glencore 
Investment Pty Ltd.

Standstill and Governance Agreement, dated as of July 7, 
2008, by and between Century Aluminum Company and 
Glencore AG.

Amendment to Standstill and Governance Agreement, dated 
January 27, 2009, by and between Century Aluminum 
Company and Glencore AG.

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2008, by 
and between Century Aluminum Company and Glencore 
Investment Pty Ltd.

Amended and Restated Aluminum Purchase Agreement, 
dated as of February 23, 2015, by and between Century 
Aluminum Company, NSA General Partnership, Century 
Aluminum Sebree LLC, Century Aluminum of South 
Carolina, Inc., Century Aluminum of West Virginia, Inc. 
and Glencore Ltd.**

Offer Letter, dated July 5, 2018, between Century 
Aluminum and Craig C. Conti
Century Aluminum Company Amended and Restated 
Executive Severance Plan, adopted June 23, 2014.*
Century Aluminum Company Amended and Restated 
Supplemental Retirement Income Benefit Plan.*

First Amendment of the Century Aluminum Company 
Amended and Restated Supplemental Retirement Income 
Benefit Plan.*

Second Amendment of the Century Aluminum Company 
Amended and Restated Supplemental Retirement Income 
Benefit Plan, adopted June 23, 2014.*

Century Aluminum Company Annual Incentive Plan 
(Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2008).*

Century Aluminum Company Amended and Restated 1996 
Stock Incentive Plan.*

Century Aluminum Company Amended and Restated Stock 
Incentive Plan, adopted June 23, 2014.*

Century Aluminum Company Amended and Restated Long-
Term Incentive Plan, adopted March 22, 2016.*

10-K 01134474

February 28,
2018

10-K 001-34474 March 14, 2014

8-K 000-27918

July 8, 2008

8-K 000-27918

July 8, 2008

10-K 001-34474 March 16, 2010

8-K 000-27918

July 8, 2008

10-Q 001-34474

May 1, 2015

8-K

00134474

July 16, 2018

8-K 001-34474

June 27, 2014

10-Q 000-27918 August 10, 2009

10-K 001-34474 March 16, 2010

8-K 001-34474

June 27, 2014

10-K 001-34474 March 2, 2015

8-K 001-34474 March 25, 2013

8-K 001-34474

June 27, 2014

8-K 001-34474 March 24, 2016

Century Aluminum Company Restoration Plan, adopted 
December 8, 2015.*

8-K 001-34474

December 14,
2015

Form of Time-Vesting Performance Share Unit Award 
Agreement.*

8-K 001-34474

June 27, 2014

10.24

Form of Performance Unit Award Agreement.*

8-K 001-34474 March 24, 2016

10.25

Form of Stock Option Agreement - Employee.*

10-K 000-27918 March 16, 2006

10.26

10.27

Form of Amendment No. 1 to the Stock Option Agreement - 
Employee.*

Amended and Restated Non-Employee Directors Stock 
Option Plan.*

10-Q 001-34474 August 9, 2011

8-K 000-27918 August 16, 2005

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10.28

10.29

10.30

Form of Stock Option Agreement - Non-Employee 
Director.*

Form of Independent Non-Employee Director Annual 
Retainer Fee Payment Time-Vesting Performance Share 
Unit Award Agreement.*

Form of Independent Non-Employee Director Annual 
Equity-Grant Time-Vesting Performance Share Unit Award 
Agreement.*

10-K 000-27918 March 16, 2006

10-K 001-34474 March 7, 2016

10-K 001-34474 March 7, 2016

10.31

Form of Indemnification Agreement.*

8-K 001-34474

December 5,
2014

21.1

23.1

24.1

31.1

31.2

32.1

32.2

List of Subsidiaries

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP

Powers of Attorney

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Principal 
Executive Officer

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Principal 
Financial Officer

Section 1350 Certification (pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley 
Section 906) by Principal Executive Officer

Section 1350 Certification (pursuant to Sarbanes-Oxley 
Section 906) by Principal Financial Officer

101.INS XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema

101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase

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101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase

101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

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X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

*

**

Management contract or compensatory plan.

Confidential Information was omitted from this exhibit pursuant to a request for confidential treatment filed
separately with the SEC.

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Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused 

this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

SIGNATURES

Century Aluminum Company

By:

/s/ MICHAEL A. BLESS

Michael A. Bless
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

Dated: February 28, 2019

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  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the 

following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

/s/ MICHAEL A. BLESS

Michael A. Bless

*

Andrew Michelmore

*

Jarl Berntzen

*

Errol Glasser

*

Wilhelm van Jaarsveld

/s/ CRAIG C. CONTI

Craig C. Conti

President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)

February 28, 2019

Chairman

February 28, 2019

Director

Director

Director

February 28, 2019

February 28, 2019

February 28, 2019

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

February 28, 2019

/s/ ELISABETH INDRIANI

Elisabeth Indriani

Global Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)

February 28, 2019

*By: /s/ JESSE E. GARY

Jesse E. Gary, as Attorney-in-fact

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