MATERION Corp 10-K

Item 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures The Company carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with participation of the Company's management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2023 pursuant to Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act). Based on that evaluation, management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, concluded that disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of December 31, 2023. b) Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting The Report of Management on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm thereon are set forth in Item 8 of this Form 10-K and are incorporated herein by reference. c) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rules 13a-15(d) and 15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act that occurred during the three months ended December 31, 2023 that have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Item 9B. OTHER INFORMATION During the quarter ended December 31, 2023, no director or officer (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act) of the Company adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” (as each term is defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K). Item 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS Not applicable. 77 PART III Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE The information under “Election of Directors” in Materion Corporation's Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (Proxy Statement), to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A, is incorporated herein by reference. A listing of executive officers, their ages, positions, and offices held over the past five years, is as follows: Name Age Positions and Offices Held Jugal K. Vijayvargiya 55 President and Chief Executive Officer (March 2017-Present); President Delphi Electronics and Safety, a global technology solutions provider to the automotive and transportation sectors (prior to March 2017) Shelly M. Chadwick 52 Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (November 2020-Present); Vice President Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at The Timken Company, a world leader in engineered bearings and power transmission products (November 2016-November 2020) Gregory R. Chemnitz 66 Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary The information required by Item 10 with respect to directors, the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board of Directors, and Audit and Risk Committee financial experts is incorporated herein by reference from the section entitled “Corporate Governance; Committees of the Board of Directors — Audit and Risk Committee” and “Audit and Risk Committee Expert, Financial Literacy and Independence” in the Proxy Statement. We have adopted a Policy Statement on Significant Corporate Governance Issues and a Code of Conduct Policy that applies to our chief executive officer and senior financial officers, including the principal financial and accounting officer, controller, and other persons performing similar functions, in compliance with applicable New York Stock Exchange and Securities and Exchange Commission requirements. The aforementioned materials and any amendments thereto, along with the charters of the Audit and Risk, Nominating, Governance, and Corporate Social Responsibility, and Compensation and Human Capital Committees of our Board of Directors, which also comply with applicable requirements, are available on our website at http://materion.com , and copies are also available upon request by any shareholder to Secretary, Materion Corporation, 6070 Parkland Boulevard, Mayfield Heights, Ohio 44124. Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Incorporated by reference from the sections of the Proxy Statement entitled “Executive Compensation” and “2023 Compensation of Non-Employee Directors." 78 Item 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS The information required under Item 12 regarding security ownership is incorporated by reference from the section of the Proxy Statement entitled “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management." The information required by Item 12 regarding securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans is incorporated by reference from the section of the Proxy Statement entitled "Equity Compensation Plan Information." Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE Incorporated by reference from the sections of the Proxy Statement entitled “Related Party Transactions” and “Corporate Governance; Committees of the Board of Directors — Director Independence.” Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES Incorporated by reference from the section of the Proxy Statement entitled “Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.” 79 PART IV Item 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES (a) 1. Financial Statements and Supplemental Information See Index to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Form 10-K. (a) 2. Financial Statement Schedules The following consolidated financial information for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 is submitted herewith: Schedule II — Valuation and qualifying accounts. All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under the related instructions or are inapplicable, and therefore have been omitted. (a) 3. Exhibits All documents referenced below were filed pursuant to the Exchange Act by Materion Corporation, file number 001-15885, unless otherwise noted. 2.1 Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2021, by and among Materion Corporation, HCST Hungary Holding Vagyonkezelő Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság, H.C. Starck Group GmbH and Opus HoldCo S.à r.l. (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to Materion’s Form 8-K filed on November 1, 2021), incorporated herein by reference 3.1 Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Materion Corporation (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended on June 27, 2014), incorporated herein by reference. 3.2 Amended and Restated Code of Regulations (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 27, 2014), incorporated herein by reference. 4.1 Description of Materion Corporation Common Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019), incorporated herein by reference. 4.2 Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, by and among Materion Corporation, Materion Netherlands B.V., the other foreign borrowers party thereto from time to time, the financial institutions party thereto from time to time as lenders, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and Bank of America, N.A., as co-syndication agents, KeyBank National Association, as documentation agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and BofA Securities, Inc., as joint bookrunners and joint lead arrangers (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's 8-K filed on November 1, 2021), incorporated herein by reference. 4.3 Amendment No. 1 dated as of January 13, 2023 to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 27, 2021, by and among Materion Corporation (the “Company”), Materion Netherlands B.V. (the “Dutch Borrower” and, together with the Company, the “Borrowers”), the financial institutions listed on the signature pages hereof and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), under that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 27, 2021 by and among the Company, the Dutch Borrower, the other Foreign Subsidiary Borrowers from time to time party thereto (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's 10-K filed on February 16, 2023) incorporated herein by reference. 10.1 Metals Consignment Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2022 , among Materion Corporation, certain of its subsidiaries and Bank of Montreal (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 8-K Filed on August 15, 2022), incorporated herein by reference. 10.2 The Bank of Nova Scotia Consignment Agreement with Materion Advanced Materials Germany GMBH dated as of February 28, 2017 (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on March 1, 2017), incorporated herein by reference. 10.3 Form of Indemnification Agreement entered into by the Company and its executive officers (filed as Exhibit 10a to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008), incorporated herein by reference. 10.4 Form of Indemnification Agreement entered into by the Company and its directors (filed as Exhibit 10b to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008), incorporated herein by reference. 10.5* Amended and Restated Form of Severance Agreement for Executive Officers (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 27, 2008), incorporated herein by reference. 80 10.6* Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Severance Agreement, dated May 4, 2011 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 1, 2011), incorporated herein by reference. 10.7* Amended and Restated Form of Severance Agreement for Key Employees (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 27, 2008), incorporated herein by reference. 10.8* Form of Severance Agreement for Key Employees (filed as Exhibit 10f to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015), incorporated herein by reference. 10.9* Severance Agreement for Jugal Vijayvargiya dated as of March 3, 2017 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on March 3, 2017), incorporated herein by reference. 10.10* CEO Offer Letter for Jugal Vijayvargiya dated as of March 1, 2017 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on March 3, 2017), incorporated herein by reference. 10.11* Severance Agreement for Shelly M. Chadwick dated as of December 15, 2020 (filed as Exhibit 10.11 to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020), incorporated herein by reference. 10.12* CFO Offer Letter for Shelly M. Chadwick dated as of October 24, 2020 (filed as Exhibit 10.12 to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020), incorporated herein by reference. 10.13* Form of Trust Agreement between the Company and Key Trust Company of Ohio, N.A. (formerly Ameritrust Company National Association) on behalf of the Company’s executive officers (filed as Exhibit 10e to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994), incorporated herein by reference. 10.14* Materion and Subsidiaries Management Incentive Plan for the 2021 Plan Year (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 2, 2021), incorporated herein by reference. 10.15* Materion and Subsidiaries Management Incentive Plan for the 2022 Plan Year (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 1, 2022), incorporated herein by reference. 10.16* Materion and Subsidiaries Management Incentive Plan for the 2023 Plan Year (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2023), incorporated herein by reference. 10.17* Materion Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated as of May 3, 2017) (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-217633), incorporated herein by reference. 10.18* Form of 2020 Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Stock-Settled) under the Materion Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 3, 2017), covering grants made in 2020 (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 27, 2020), incorporated herein by reference. 10.19* Form of 2021 Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Stock-Settled) under the Materion Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 3, 2017), covering grants made in 2021 (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 2, 2021), incorporated herein by reference. 10.20* Form of 2022 Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Stock-Settled) under the Materion Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 3, 2017), covering grants made in 2022 (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 1, 2022), incorporated herein by reference. 10.21* Form of 2023 Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Stock-Settled) under the Materion Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 3, 2017), covering grants made in 2023 (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2023), incorporated herein by reference. 10.22* Form of 2020 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units Agreement under the Materion Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 3, 2017), covering grants made in 2020 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 27, 2020), incorporated herein by reference. 10.23* Form of 2021 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units Agreement under the Materion Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 3, 2017), covering grants made in 2021 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 2, 2021), incorporated herein by reference. 10.24* Form of 2022 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Materion Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 3, 2017), covering grants made in 2022 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 1, 2022), incorporated herein by reference. 81 10.25* Form of 202 3 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Materion Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 3, 2017), covering grants made in 2023 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2023), incorporated herein by reference. 10.26* Form of 2010 Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.34 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009), incorporated herein by reference. 10.27* Form of 2016 Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10ad to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015), incorporated herein by reference. 10.28* Form of 2020 Appreciation Rights Agreement under the Materion Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 3, 2017), covering grants made in 2020 (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 27, 2020), incorporated herein by reference. 10.29* Form of 2021 Appreciation Rights Agreement under the Materion Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 3, 2017), covering grants made in 2021 (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended April 2, 2021), incorporated herein by reference. 10.30* Form of 2023 Appreciation Rights Agreement under the Materion Corporation 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated as of May 3, 2017), covering grants made in 2023* (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2023), incorporated herein by reference. 10.31* Materion Corporation Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on September 19, 2011), incorporated herein by reference. 10.32* Amendment No. 1 to the Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan (filed as Exhibit 10al to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012), incorporated herein by reference. 10.33* Amendment No. 2 to the Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan (filed as Exhibit 10ah to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013), incorporated herein by reference. 10.34* Materion Corporation 2006 Non-employee Director Equity Plan (as Amended and Restated as of May 3, 2017) (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-217618), incorporated herein by reference. 10.35* Form of 2020 Non-Employee Directors Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 26, 2020), incorporated herein by reference. 10.36* Amended and Restated Executive Deferred Compensation Plan II (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 28, 2008), incorporated herein by reference. 10.37* Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Executive Deferred Compensation Plan II (filed as Exhibit 10bf to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008), incorporated herein by reference. 10.38* Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Executive Deferred Compensation Plan II (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 3, 2009), incorporated herein by reference. 10.39* Amendment No. 3 to the Amended and Restated Executive Deferred Compensation Plan II , dated July 6, 2011 (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 1, 2011), incorporated herein by reference. 10.40* Materion Corporation Restoration & Deferred Compensation Plan, dated March 4, 2015 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on March 10, 2015), incorporated herein by reference. 10.41* Trust Agreement between the Company and Fidelity Investments dated September 26, 2006 for certain deferred compensation plans for Non-employee Directors of the Company (filed as Exhibit 99.4 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on September 29, 2006), incorporated herein by reference. 10.42* Trust Agreement between the Company and Fidelity Management Trust Company, dated June 25, 2009 relating to the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan II (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 3, 2009), incorporated herein by reference. (21)# Subsidiaries of the Registrant . (23.1)# Consent of Ernst & Young LLP . (24)# Powers of Attorney . (31.1)# Certification of Chief Executive Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) . (31.2)# Certification of Chief Financial Officer required by Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) . (32)# Certifications of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 . 82 (95)# Mine Safety Disclosure Pursuant to Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2023. (97)# Materion Corporation Compensation Clawback Policy, effective October 2, 2023. (101.INS)# Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. (101.SCH)# Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. (101.CAL)# Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. (101.DEF)# Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. (101.LAB)# Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. (101.PRE)# Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. (104)# Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in the Exhibit 101 attachments) * Denotes a compensatory plan or arrangement. # Filed or furnished herewith. 83 Item 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY None. 84 SIGNATURES 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. MATERION CORPORATION By: /s/ Jugal K. Vijayvargiya Jugal K. Vijayvargiya President and Chief Executive Officer Date: February 15, 2024 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 dates indicated. /s/ Jugal K. Vijayvargiya President and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) February 15, 2024 Jugal K. Vijayvargiya /s/ Shelly M. Chadwick Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) February 15, 2024 Shelly M. Chadwick * Director February 15, 2024 Vinod M. Khilnani * Director February 15, 2024 Emily M. Liggett * Director February 15, 2024 Robert J. Phillippy * Director February 15, 2024 Patrick Prevost * Director February 15, 2024 N. Mohan Reddy * Director February 15, 2024 Craig S. Shular * Director February 15, 2024 Darlene J. S. Solomon * Director February 15, 2024 Robert B. Toth * Shelly M. Chadwick, by signing her name hereto, does sign and execute this report on behalf of each of the above-named officers and directors of Materion Corporation, pursuant to Powers of Attorney executed by each such officer and director filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By: /s/ Shelly M. Chadwick Shelly M. Chadwick February 15, 2024 Attorney-in-Fact 85 Materion Corporation and Subsidiaries Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts (Thousands) Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets: 2023 2022 2021 Balance at Beginning of Period $ 4,935 $ 4,957 $ 14,134 Additions: Charged to Costs and Expenses (1) 2,069 373 497 Charged to Other Accounts(3) 56 — 1,019 Deductions (2) $ ( 1,089 ) $ ( 395 ) $ ( 10,693 ) Balance at End of Period $ 5,971 $ 4,935 $ 4,957 (1) Increase in valuation allowance is recorded as a component of the provision for income taxes. (2) 2021 includes a $ 6.9 million valuation allowance reversal in the fourth quarter of 2021 and a $ 3.8 million balance sheet impact to deferred taxes. (3) Change in foreign currency exchange rates and acquired reserves. 86