AMENDMENT TO ALERIS HOLDING COMPANY 2010 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

EX-10.5 6 ex105-amendmentto2010equit.htm AMENDMENT TO ALERIS HOLDING COMPANY 2010 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN Ex. 10.5 - Amendment to 2010 Equity Plan

Exhibit 10.5

AMENDMENT TO ALERIS HOLDING COMPANY 2010 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

The Aleris Holding Company 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), is hereby amended effective as of September 15, 2013 (the “Effective Date”) as follows:

1. Amendment. The second sentence of Section 5(a) of the Plan shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“The maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued pursuant to Restricted Stock Units under the Plan is 445,291.”

2. Effect on the Plan. This Amendment shall not constitute a waiver, amendment or modification of any provision of the Plan not expressly referred to herein. Except as expressly amended or modified herein, the provisions of the Plan are and shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed. On and after the Effective Date, each reference in the Plan to “this Plan,” “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” or words of similar import shall mean and be a reference to the Plan as amended hereby. To the extent that a provision of this Amendment conflicts with or differs from a provision of the Plan, such provision of this Amendment shall prevail and govern for all purposes and in all respects.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being authorized by the Board of Directors to execute this Amendment in evidence of the adoption of this Amendment by the Board of Directors, has executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

ALERIS CORPORATION

By: /s/ Christopher R. Clegg

Christopher R. Clegg
Executive Vice President, General Counsel

& Secretary