Exhibit 99.1
Ryerson Holding Corporation Announces Secondary Offering of 3.5 Million Shares of Common Stock by its Principal Shareholder and a Concurrent Stock Repurchase
CHICAGO – May 10, 2022 - Ryerson Holding Corporation (NYSE: RYI) (the “Company” or “Ryerson”), announced today that its principal shareholder, an affiliate of Platinum Equity LLC (the “Selling Stockholder”) has commenced a secondary offering of 3,500,000 shares of its common stock (the “Offering”) pursuant to a shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Selling Stockholder will receive all of the net proceeds from this Offering. The Company is not offering any shares of its common stock in the Offering and will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares offered by the Selling Stockholder.
In addition, the Company announced that it has entered into a share repurchase agreement with the Selling Stockholder pursuant to which the Company intends to separately repurchase shares of the Company’s common stock for an aggregate purchase price of about $47.7 million directly from the Selling Stockholder (the “Share Repurchase”). The Company expects to fund the Share Repurchase with cash on hand. The Share Repurchase is expected to be consummated concurrently with the closing of the Offering. Although the Share Repurchase will be conditioned upon, among other things, the closing of the Offering, the closing of the Offering will not be conditioned upon the closing of the Share Repurchase.
J.P. Morgan is acting as the sole underwriter for the Offering.
A shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (including a prospectus) relating to these securities has been filed with and declared effective by the SEC. The Offering is being made solely by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the Offering may also be obtained by contacting: J.P. Morgan, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, by telephone: 1-866-803-9204, or by emailing: prospectus-eg_fi@jpmchase.com.
This press release is for informational purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Ryerson
Ryerson is a leading value-added processor and distributor of industrial metals, with operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and China. Founded in 1842, Ryerson has around 4,000 employees in approximately 100 locations.
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