Century Aluminum Company
Ticker: CENX Route 2 South
Exchange: NASDAQ-National Market Ravenswood, West Virginia 26164
Industry: Manufacturing (304) 273-6000

Type of Shares:Common Shares Filing Date:8/8/95
U.S. Shares:8,400,000 Offer Date:3/28/96
Non-U.S. Shares:2,100,000 Filing Range:$15.00 - $18.00
Primary Shares:0 Offer Price:$13.00
Secondary Shares:10,500,000 Gross Spread:$0.78
Offering Amount: $173,250,000 Selling:$0.47
Expenses:$3,750,000 Reallowance:$0.10
Shares Out After:20,000,000
Spin out parent firm: Vialco Holdings Ltd.

ManagerTierPhone
Morgan Stanley & Co. IncorporatedLead Manager (212) 703-4797
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp.Co-manager (212) 504-4525

Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Unaudited
Income
Balance
Sheet
12/31/95 12/31/95
Revenue:$747.98Assets:$538.32
Net Income:$53.51Liabilities:$312.81
EPS:$2.31Equity:$225.51

Note: Dollar amounts are in U.S. millions; Audited figures expressed as full year,
unaudited figures are partial year

Business Description
The Company is a leading North American integrated producer of primary aluminum and a broad range of value-added and specialized flat-rolled sheet and plate aluminum products. The Company's principal subsidiary, Ravenswood Aluminum Corporation, owns and operates a reduction facility and multi-purpose rolling mill, strategically located on the Ohio River in Ravenswood, West Virginia. Ravenswood, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Berkeley Aluminum, Inc., also owns a 26.67% undivided interest in a reduction facility have an aggregate annual capacity of approximately 480 million pounds of primary aluminum, of which approximately 300 million pounds are used by Ravenswood's rolling and plate mills. In 1995, the Company produced 485.8 million pounds of primary aluminum, shipped 562.4 million pounds of sheet and plate aluminum products, and had total net sales of $748.0 million.

Use of Proceeds
Proceeds from the proposed offering will be distributed to selling shareholders.

Last updated: 10/28/96

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