SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13E-3

Rule 13e-3 Transaction Statement
Pursuant to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 13e-3
((S) 240.13e-3) thereunder)

MTL Inc.
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(Name of the Issuer)

MTL Inc.
Sombrero Acquisition Corp.
Apollo Investment Fund III, L.P.
Apollo Overseas Partners III, L.P.
Apollo (U.K.) Partners III, L.P.
Apollo Advisors II, L.P.
Elton E. Babbitt
Charles J. O'Brien, Jr.
________________________________________________________________________________
(Name of Person(s) Filing Statement)

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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(Title of Class of Securities)

624903100
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(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Charles J. O'Brien, Jr. Joshua Harris
President and Chief Executive Officer Sombrero Acquisition Corp.
MTL Inc. c/o Apollo Management, L.P.
3108 Central Drive 1301 Avenue of the Americas
Plant City, Florida 33567 New York, New York 10019
(813) 754-4725 (212) 261-4000
Copies to:
William Schifino Michael D. Weiner Morton A. Pierce
Schifino & Fleischer, P.A. Apollo Management, L.P. Dewey Ballantine LLP
One Tampa City Center 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1301 Avenue of the Americas
201 North Franklin Street, Suite 2700 1900 New York, New York 10019-6092
Tampa, Florida 33602 Los Angeles, California 90067 (212) 259-8000
(813) 223-1535 (310) 201-4100

(Name, Addresses And Telephone Numbers Of Persons Authorized To Receive Notices
And Communications On Behalf Of Person(s) Filing Statement)

This statement is filed in connection with (check the appropriate
box):

(a) [x] The filing of solicitation materials or an information
statement subject to Regulation 14A, Regulation 14C, or Rule
13e-3(c) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(b) [ ] The filing of a registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933.
(c) [ ] A tender offer.
(d) [ ] None of the above.

Check the following box if soliciting materials or information
statement referred to in checking box (a)
are preliminary copies: [x]

Calculation of Filing Fee

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Transaction Valuation* Amount Of Filing Fee**
$186,561,582 $37,313
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* For purposes of calculation of fee only. This amount is based
on (i) the conversion of 4,335,546 shares of common stock, par value
$0.01 per share, of MTL Inc. (the "Common Stock") into the right to
receive $40.00 in cash per share and (ii) the payment of an amount,
with respect to options to purchase 534,788 shares of Common Stock,
equal to the difference between the applicable exercise prices and
$40.00 per share of Common Stock.

** The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with
Rule 0-11, equals 1/50 of one percent of the transaction value.

[x] Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was
previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration
statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filings.

Amount Previously Paid: $37,313
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Form or Registration No.: Preliminary Proxy Statement
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Filing Party: MTL Inc.
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Date Filed: March 3, 1998
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This Rule 13e-3 Transaction Statement (the "Statement") relates to the
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of February 10, 1998 (the "Merger
Agreement") by and between Sombrero Acquisition Corp., a Florida Corporation,
("Merger Sub") and MTL Inc., a Florida Corporation ("MTL" or the "Company").
Merger Sub was recently formed by and is wholly-owned by certain affiliates of
Apollo Management, L.P. (the "Apollo Investors"). The Apollo Investors are
Apollo Investment Fund III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Apollo
Overseas Partners III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and Apollo (U.K.)
Partners III, L.P., a limited partnership organized under the laws of the United
Kingdom. Apollo Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership which serves as
the manager of the Apollo Investors, may designate other affiliated funds to
comprise the Apollo Investors prior to the Effective Time (as defined below). In
addition, Merger Sub may issue additional equity interests to certain
institutional investors prior to the Effective Time. Merger Sub was formed for
the purpose of consummating the Merger (as defined below). A copy of the Merger
Agreement is attached as Annex A to the preliminary proxy statement filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission contemporaneously herewith
(including all annexes thereto, the "Proxy Statement"). The Proxy Statement is
attached hereto as Exhibit (d).

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement, at
the Effective Time (as defined below) (i) Merger Sub will be merged into MTL
(the "Merger"), with MTL continuing as the surviving corporation (the "Surviving
Corporation"); (ii) the current directors of MTL will be replaced by the
directors of Merger Sub (and a majority of the directors of the Surviving
Corporation will be designees of the Apollo Investors); (iii) the shares of
common stock of Merger Sub held by the Apollo Investors will be converted into
shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation
(the "Surviving Corporation Common Stock"), representing approximately 85.4% of
the outstanding shares of the Surviving Corporation Common Stock; (iv) certain
officers and employees of MTL will retain existing shares (the "Rollover
Shares") of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, in MTL (the "MTL Common
Stock"), or will purchase shares of common stock of the Surviving Corporation at
the Effective Time, which, together with the Rollover Shares, will represent
approximately 14.6% of the outstanding shares of the Surviving Corporation
Common Stock; and (v) each share of MTL Common Stock outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time (except for the Rollover Shares and treasury shares
held by MTL) will be converted into the right to receive $40.00 per share in
cash. Shares of MTL Common Stock held in the Company's treasury will be
cancelled and retired. The effective time of the Merger will be the date and
time of the filing of the Articles of Merger with the Florida Department of
State in accordance with the Florida Business Corporation Act (the "Effective
Time"), which is scheduled to occur as soon as practicable after the
satisfaction of certain closing conditions.

The following Cross Reference Sheet is supplied pursuant to General
Instruction F to Schedule 13E-3 and shows the location in the Proxy Statement of
the information required to be included in response to the items of this
Statement. The information in the Proxy Statement, a copy of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit (d), is hereby expressly incorporated herein by reference and
the responses to each item in this Statement are qualified in their entirety by
the information contained in the Proxy Statement. Capitalized terms used herein
and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the
Proxy Statement. The Proxy Statement will be completed and, if appropriate,
amended, prior to the time it is first sent or given to shareholders of the
Company. This Statement will be amended to reflect such completion or amendment
of the Proxy Statement.

The filing of this Statement shall not be construed as an admission by the
Company, Elton E. Babbitt, or Charles J. O'Brien, Jr., or by Merger Sub, the
Apollo Investors, Apollo

Advisors II, L.P. (a Delaware limited partnership and the general partner of
each of the Apollo Investors) or any of their affiliates (together, the "Apollo
Entities"), that the Company is "controlled" by the Apollo Entities or that any
of the Apollo Entities is an "affiliate" of the Company within the meaning of
Rule 13e-3 under Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

CROSS REFERENCE SHEET

Item in Schedule 13E-3 Location in Proxy Statement
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Item 1(a) and (b).................... Outside Front Cover Page, "SUMMARY--The Parties to the Merger"
and "The Special Meeting--Record Date, Solicitation and
Revocability of Proxies".

Item 1(c) and (d).................... "SUMMARY--Market Prices; Dividends" and "MARKET PRICES AND
DIVIDENDS".

Item 1(e)............................ Not applicable.

Item 1(f)............................ Not applicable.

Item 2(a) - (d)...................... Outside Front Cover Page, "SUMMARY--The Parties to the Merger",
"MERGER SUB AND THE APOLLO INVESTORS" and "DIRECTORS AND
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION".

Item 2(e) and (f).................... Negative.

Item 2(g)............................ Not applicable.

Item 3(a) and (b).................... "SUMMARY--Reasons for the Merger", "--Recommendation of the
Board", "--Opinion of Financial Advisor", "--Interests of Certain
Persons in the Merger", "--Certain Related Agreements", "SPECIAL
FACTORS--Background of the Transaction", "--Reasons for the
Merger; Recommendation of the Board of Directors", "--Opinion of
BT Alex. Brown, Financial Advisor to MTL", "--Interests of
Certain Persons in the Merger" and "--Certain Related
Agreements".

Item 4(a) and (b).................... Outside Front Cover Page, "SUMMARY --Terms of the Merger",
"--Effective Time", "--Conditions to Consummation of the Merger",
"--Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger",
"--Certain Related Agreements", "--No Solicitation; Fiduciary
Duties", "--Termination; Fees and Expenses", "--No Appraisal
Rights", "SPECIAL FACTORS--Interests of Certain Persons in the
Merger", "--Certain Related Agreements", "CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF
THE MERGER AGREEMENT" and ANNEX A.

Item 5(a)............................ Not applicable.

Item 5(b)............................ Not applicable.

Item 5(c)............................ "SUMMARY--Certain Effects of the Merger", "CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF
THE MERGER AGREEMENT--Board of Directors and Officers of the
Surviving Corporation" and "DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE
SURVIVING CORPORATION".

Item 5(d) - (g)...................... "SUMMARY--Terms of the Merger", "--Certain Effects of the
Merger", "--Market Prices; Dividends", "SPECIAL FACTORS--Certain
Effects of the Merger", "CERTAIN PROVSIONS OF THE MERGER
AGREEMENT--Treatment of Securities in the Merger" and "MARKET
PRICES AND DIVIDENDS".

Item 6(a) (d)....................... "SUMMARY--Financing Arrangements" and "FINANCING OF THE MERGER".

Item 7(a) - (d)...................... Outside Front Cover Page, "SUMMARY--Reasons for the Merger",
"--Recommendation of the Board", "--Opinion of Financial
Advisor", "--Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger",
"--Certain Related Agreements", "--Certain Effects of the
Merger", "--Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Merger", "--No
Appraisal Rights", "SPECIAL FACTORS--Background of the
Transaction", "--Reasons for the Merger; Recommendation of the
Board of Directors", "--Opinion of BT Alex. Brown, Financial
Advisor to MTL", "--Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger",
"--Certain Effects of the Merger", "--Certain Federal Income Tax
Consequences of the Merger", "--No Appraisal Rights", "--Certain
Related Agreements", "CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE MERGER
AGREEMENT--General", "--Treatment of Securities in the Merger"
and "--Payment for Shares".

Item 8(a) - (b)...................... "SUMMARY--Reasons for the Merger", "--Recommendation of the
Board", "SPECIAL FACTORS--Reasons for the Merger; Recommendation
of the Board of Directors".

Item 8(c)............................ "SUMMARY--The Special Meeting", "--Conditions to the Consummation
of the Merger", "THE SPECIAL MEETING--Quorum; Required Vote" and
"CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT--Conditions to the
Consummation of the Merger".

Item 8(d)............................ Negative.

Item 8(e)............................ "SPECIAL FACTORS--Background of the Transaction".

Item 8(f)............................ Not applicable.

Item 9(a) - (c)...................... "SUMMARY--Reasons for the Merger", "--Recommendation of the
Board", "--Opinion of Financial Advisor", "SPECIAL
FACTORS--Background of the Transaction", "--Reasons for the
Merger; Recommendation of the Board of Directors", "--Opinion of
BT Alex. Brown, Financial Advisor to MTL" and ANNEX B.

Item 10(a).......................... "SUMMARY--Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger",
"--Certain Related Agreements", "SPECIAL FACTORS--Interests of
Certain Persons in the Merger", "--Certain Related Agreements" and
"SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT".

Item 10(b).......................... Not applicable.

Item 11.............................. "SUMMARY--Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger",
"--Certain Related Agreements", "SPECIAL FACTORS--Interests of
Certain Persons in the Merger", "--Certain Related Agreements"
and Exhibits (c)(1), (c)(2), (c)(3), (c)(4), (c)(5) and (c)(6)
separately included herewith.

Item 12(a) and (b)................... "SUMMARY--The Special Meeting", "--Recommendation of the Board",
"THE SPECIAL MEETING--Quorum; Required Vote", "SPECIAL
FACTORS--Reasons for the Merger; Recommendation of the Board of
Directors" and "--Interests of Certain Persons in the
Merger--Voting Agreement".

Item 13(a)........................... "SUMMARY--No Appraisal Rights" and "SPECIAL FACTORS--No Appraisal
Rights".

Item 13(b)........................... Not applicable.

Item 13(c)........................... Not applicable.

Item 14(a)........................... "SUMMARY--Selected Historical Consolidated Financial
Information", "SELECTED CONSOLIDATED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL
INFORMATION" and Exhibit (g) separately included herewith.

Item 14(b)........................... Not applicable.

Item 15(a) - (b)..................... "SUMMARY--The Special Meeting" and "THE SPECIAL MEETING--Record
Date; Solicitation and Revocability of Proxies".

Item 16.............................. Preliminary copies of each of the Proxy Statement, Letter to
Shareholders and Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders
separately included herewith as Exhibit (d).

Item 17.............................. Separately included herewith as Exhibits.

ITEM 1. ISSUER AND CLASS OF SECURITIES SUBJECT TO THE TRANSACTION.

(a) and (b) The information set forth on the Outside Front Cover Page and
in "SUMMARY--The Parties to the Merger" and "THE SPECIAL MEETING--Record Date,
Solicitation and Revocability of Proxies" of the Proxy Statement is incorporated
herein by reference.

(c) and (d) The information set forth in "SUMMARY--Market Prices;
Dividends" and "MARKET PRICES AND DIVIDENDS" of the Proxy Statement is
incorporated herein by reference.

(e) Not applicable.

(f) Not applicable.

ITEM 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND.

(a) - (d) This Statement is being filed by Merger Sub, the Apollo
Investors, Apollo Advisors II, L.P. (a Delaware limited partnership and the
general partner of each of the Apollo Investors), Elton E. Babbitt, Charles J.
O'Brien, Jr. and the Company, which is the issuer of the MTL Common Stock, the
class of equity securities to which this Statement relates (collectively the
"Filing Persons"). The information set forth on the Outside Front Cover Page
and in "SUMMARY--The Parties to the Merger", "MERGER SUB AND THE APOLLO
INVESTORS" and "DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE SURVIVING CORPORATION"
of the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

(e) and (f) During the last five years, none of the Filing Persons, nor to
the best of their knowledge any of the officers, directors, control persons or
general partners of the Filing Persons, (i) has been convicted in a criminal
proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (ii) was a
party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent
jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment,
decree or final order enjoining further violations of, or prohibiting activities
subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation of such
laws.

(g) Not applicable.

ITEM 3. PAST CONTACTS, TRANSACTIONS OR NEGOTIATIONS.

(a) and (b) The information set forth in "SUMMARY--Reasons for the Merger",
"--Recommendation of the Board", "--Opinion of Financial Advisor", "--Interests
of Certain Persons in the Merger", "--Certain Related Agreements", "SPECIAL
FACTORS--Background of the Transaction", "--Reasons for the Merger;
Recommendation of the Board of Directors", "--Opinion of BT Alex. Brown,
Financial Advisor to MTL", "--Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger" and "-
- -Certain Related Agreements" of the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by
reference.

Item 4. Terms of the Transaction.

(a) and (b) The information set forth on the Outside Front Cover Page and
in "SUMMARY--Terms of the Merger", "--Effective Time", "--Conditions to
Consummation of the Merger", "--Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger",
"--Certain Related Agreements", "--No Solicitation; Fiduciary Duties",
"--Termination; Fees and Expenses", "--No Appraisal Rights", "SPECIAL FACTORS--
Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger", "--Certain Related Agreements",
"CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT" and ANNEX A of the Proxy Statement
is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 5. PLANS OR PROPOSALS OF THE ISSUER OR AFFILIATE.

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable.

(c) The information set forth in "SUMMARY--Certain Effects of the Merger",
"CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT--Board of Directors and Officers of
the Surviving Corporation" and "DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE SURVIVING
CORPORATION" of the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

(d) - (g) The information set forth in "SUMMARY--Terms of the Merger", "--
Certain Effects of the Merger", "--Market Prices; Dividends", "SPECIAL FACTORS--
Certain Effects of the Merger", "CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT--
Treatment of Securities in the Merger" and "MARKET PRICES AND DIVIDENDS" of the
Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 6. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.

(a) - (d) The information set forth in "SUMMARY--Financing Arrangements"
and "FINANCING OF THE MERGER" of the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by
reference.

ITEM 7. PURPOSE(S), ALTERNATIVES, REASONS AND EFFECTS.

(a) - (d) The information set forth on the Outside Front Cover Page and in
"SUMMARY--Reasons for the Merger", "--Recommendation of the Board", "--Opinion
of Financial Advisor", "--Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger", "--
Certain Related Agreements", "--Certain Effects of the Merger", "--Federal
Income Tax Consequences of the Merger", "--No Appraisal Rights", "SPECIAL
FACTORS--Background of the Transaction", "--Reasons for the Merger;
Recommendation of the Board of Directors", "--Opinion of BT Alex. Brown,
Financial Advisor to MTL", "--Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger", --
Certain Effects of the Merger", "--Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences of
the Merger", "--No Appraisal Rights", "--Certain Related Agreements", "CERTAIN
PROVISIONS OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT--General", "--Treatment of Securities in the
Merger" and "--Payment for Shares" of the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein
by reference.

ITEM 8. FAIRNESS OF THE TRANSACTION.

(a) - (b) The information set forth in "SUMMARY--Reasons for the Merger",
"--Recommendation of the Board" and "SPECIAL FACTORS--Reasons for the Merger;
Recommendation of the Board of Directors" of the Proxy Statement is incorporated
herein by reference.

(c) The information set forth in "SUMMARY--The Special Meeting", "--
Conditions to Consummation of the Merger", "THE SPECIAL MEETING--Quorum;
Required Vote" and "CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE MERGER AGREEMENT--Conditions to
the Consummation of the Merger" of the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by
reference.

(d) Negative.

(e) The information set forth in "SPECIAL FACTORS--Background of the
Transaction" of the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

(f) Not applicable.

ITEM 9. REPORTS, OPINIONS, APPRAISALS AND CERTAIN NEGOTIATIONS.

(a) - (c) The information set forth in "SUMMARY--Reasons for the Merger",
"--Recommendation of the Board", "--Opinion of Financial Advisor", "SPECIAL
FACTORS--Background of the Transaction", "--Reasons for the Merger;
Recommendation of the Board of Directors", "--Opinion of BT Alex. Brown,
Financial Advisor to MTL" and ANNEX B of the Proxy Statement is incorporated
herein by reference.

ITEM 10. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

(a) and (b) The information set forth in "SUMMARY--Interests of Certain
Persons in the Merger", "--Certain Related Agreements", "SPECIAL FACTORS--
Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger", "--Certain Related Agreements" and
"SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT" of the Proxy
Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

(b) Not applicable.

ITEM 11. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS OR UNDERSTANDINGS WITH RESPECT TO THE ISSUER'S
SECURITIES.

The information set forth in "SUMMARY--Interests of Certain Persons in the
Merger", "--Certain Related Agreements", "SPECIAL FACTORS--Interests of Certain
Persons in the Merger" and "--Certain Related Agreements" of the Proxy Statement
is incorporated herein by reference. See also Exhibits (c)(1), (c)(2), (c)(3),
(c)(4), (c)(5) and (c)(6) attached hereto.

ITEM 12. PRESENT INTENTION AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF CERTAIN PERSONS WITH REGARD
TO THE TRANSACTION.

(a) and (b) The information set forth in "SUMMARY--The Special Meeting", "-
- -Recommendation of the Board", "THE SPECIAL MEETING--Quorum; Required Vote",
"SPECIAL FACTORS--Reasons for the Merger; Recommendation of the Board of
Directors" and "--Interests of Certain Persons in the Merger--Voting Agreement"
of the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 13. OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE TRANSACTION.

(a) The information set forth in "SUMMARY--No Appraisal Rights", and
"SPECIAL FACTORS--No Appraisal Rights" of the Proxy Statement is incorporated
herein by reference.

(b) Not applicable.

ITEM 14. FINANCIAL INFORMATION.

(a) The information set forth in "SUMMARY--Selected Historical Consolidated
Financial Information" and "SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
INFORMATION" of the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference. In
addition, the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1997, a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit (g), is incorporated herein by reference.

(b) Not applicable.

ITEM 15. PERSONS AND ASSETS EMPLOYED, RETAINED OR UTILIZED.

(a) and (b) The information set forth in "SUMMARY--The Special Meeting" and
"THE SPECIAL MEETING--Record Date, Solicitation and Revocability of Proxies" of
the Proxy Statement is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 16. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Additional information concerning the Merger is set forth in the
preliminary copies of each of the Proxy Statement, Letter to Shareholders and
Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders which are attached hereto as Exhibit
(d).

ITEM 17. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

(a)(1) Bank Commitment Letter from Bankers Trust Company and Credit Suisse
First Boston ("CSFB") to Merger Sub dated as of February 10, 1998.

(a)(2) Bridge Loan Commitment Letter from Bankers Trust New York
Corporation and CSFB to Merger Sub dated as of February 10, 1998.

(a)(3) Bridge Loan Indemnity Letter, dated as of February 10, 1998, among
Bankers Trust New York Corporation, CSFB and Merger Sub.

(b) Fairness Opinion, dated as of February 10, 1998, delivered by BT Alex.
Brown Incorporated (filed herewith as Annex B to the Proxy Statement, which is
filed as Exhibit (d) hereto).

(c)(1) Merger Agreement (filed herewith as Annex A to the Proxy Statement,
which is filed as Exhibit (d) hereto).

(c)(2) Voting Agreement, dated as of February 10, 1998, between Merger Sub
and Elton E. Babbitt, Gordon Babbitt, Richard Brandewie, Charles J. O'Brien,
Jr., Marvin Sexton, Sean McAvoy Children's Trust, Dale McAvoy Children's Trust,
Kyle McAvoy Children's Trust, Sara Malinowski Children's Trust, Lindsey
Malinowski Children's Trust and Dana Malinowski Children's Trust.

(c)(3) Employment Agreement, dated as of February 10, 1998, by and between
Charles J. O'Brien and Montgomery Tank Lines, Inc., an Illinois Corporation and
a wholly- owned subsidiary of the Company ("Montgomery Tank Lines").

(c)(4) Employment Agreement, dated as of February 10, 1998, by and between
Richard J. Brandewie and Montgomery Tank Lines.

(c)(5) Employment Agreement, dated as of February 10, 1998, by and between
Marvin Sexton and Montgomery Tank Lines.

* (c)(6) Non-Competition Agreement, dated as of February 10, 1998, by and
between MTL Inc. and Elton E. Babbitt.

(d) Preliminary copies of each of the Proxy Statement of the Company,
Letter to Shareholders, Notice of Special Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy
Card.

(e) Not applicable.

(f) None.

(g) The audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.
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* To be filed by amendment.

SIGNATURE

After due inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, the
undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.

Dated: March 3, 1998

MTL INC.

By: /s/ Charles J. O'Brien, Jr.
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Charles J. O'Brien, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Elton E. Babbitt
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Elton E. Babbitt

/s/ Charles J. O'Brien, Jr.
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Charles J. O'Brien, Jr.

SIGNATURE

After due inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, each of the
undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.

Dated: March 3, 1998

SOMBRERO ACQUISITION CORP.