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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 28, 2024
Centrus Energy Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware | 1-14287 | 52-2107911
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

6901 Rockledge Drive, Suite 800
Bethesda, MD 20817
(301) 564-3200
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class | Trading Symbol | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share | LEU | NYSE American

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging Growth Company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On May 28, 2024, Centrus Energy Corp. (the “Company”) entered into a Sixth Amendment to the Section 382 Rights Agreement (the “Sixth Amendment”), which amends the Section 382 Rights Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2016 (the “Rights Agreement”), by and among the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Computershare Inc., as rights agent, as previously amended by (i) the First Amendment to the Section 382 Rights Agreement dated as of February 14, 2017 (the “First Amendment”), (ii) the Second Amendment to the Section 382 Rights Agreement dated as of April 3, 2019 (the “Second Amendment”), (iii) the Third Amendment to the Section 382 Rights Agreement dated as of April 13, 2020 (the “Third Amendment”), (iv) the Fourth Amendment to the Section 382 Rights Agreement dated as of June 16, 2021 (the “Fourth Amendment”) and (v) the Fifth Amendment to the Section 382 Rights Agreement dated as of June 20, 2023 (the “Fifth Amendment”). The Sixth Amendment was approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on May 28, 2024.
The Sixth Amendment makes clarifying changes relating to the definition of “Beneficial Owner”, “beneficially owned” and “Beneficial Ownership” contained in the Rights Agreement.
The foregoing description does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Rights Agreement, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Current Report on Form 8-K on April 7, 2016, the First Amendment, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Current Report on Form 8-K on January 5, 2017, the Second Amendment, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Current Report on Form 8-K on April 4, 2019, the Third Amendment, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Current Report on Form 8-K on April 14, 2020, the Fourth Amendment, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Current Report on Form 8-K on June 16, 2021, the Fifth Amendment, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a Current Report on Form 8-K on June 21, 2023, and the Sixth Amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders
The information set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 3.03 by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No. | Description
4.1 | Sixth Amendment to the Section 382 Rights Agreement, dated as of May 28, 2024, by and among Centrus Energy Corp., Computershare Trust Company N.A. and Computershare Inc.
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL Document)

SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements 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.

|  |  | Centrus Energy Corp. |
Date: | May 28, 2024 | By: | /s/ Kevin J. Harrill |
|  |  | Kevin J. Harrill |
|  |  | Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, |
|  |  | and Treasurer |