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
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 7, 2015
Ryerson Holding Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
001-34735
(Commission
File Number)
26-1251524
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
227 West Monroe St., 27th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
(312) 292-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(d) On August 7, 2015, Court D. Carruthers was elected to the board of directors (the “Board”) of Ryerson Holding Corporation (the “Company”). The Board elected to increase the size of the Board from six to seven members and appointed Mr. Carruthers to fill the vacancy. Mr. Carruthers will serve as a Class I director, with an initial term expiring at the Company’s 2018 annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Carruthers was also appointed to the Board’s audit committee in place of Ms. Mary Ann Sigler.
Mr. Carruthers spent the previous 13 years with W.W. Grainger, Inc. (“Grainger”), a broad-line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products. He served Grainger as Senior Vice President and Group President, Americas, from 2013 until July 2015; as Senior Vice President and President, Grainger U.S., from 2012 until 2013; as President, Grainger International, from 2009 until 2012; and as Senior Vice President of Grainger, from 2007 until 2009.
Mr. Carruthers will receive cash compensation for his service as a director and for Board committee service in accordance with the Company’s previously disclosed director compensation program for independent directors. The Company expects to enter into the Company’s standard director indemnification agreement with Mr. Carruthers.
On August 7, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Carruthers to the Board. A copy of the press release has been filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (d) | Exhibits |
The following exhibit is being filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K:
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated August 7, 2015. |
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: August 7, 2015
| RYERSON HOLDING CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Mark S. Silver | |
| Name: | Mark S. Silver | |
| Title: | Vice President, Managing Counsel and Secretary | |
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated August 7, 2015. | |
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