AK STEEL HOLDING CORPORATION (NYSE:AKS) Files An 8-K Other Events

Item8.01

On March16, 2017, AK Steel Holding Corporation (the Company)
issued a press release announcing that AK Steel Corporation, its
wholly-owned subsidiary (AK Steel), commenced an offer to
purchase (the Tender Offer) for cash any and all of the
$529.8million outstanding principal amount of its 7.625% senior
notes due 2020 (CUSIP C001546 AL4) (the Notes). The Tender Offer
is being made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in the Offer to Purchase dated March16, 2017, and a related
Letter of Transmittal and Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, which
set forth the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer in full
detail. Holders who validly tender their Notes at or prior to
5:00 p.m.New York City time on March22, 2017 (the Expiration
Date) will be eligible to receive the purchase price of $1,021.25
per $1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered. Tendering holders
will also receive accrued and unpaid interest from the last
applicable interest payment date to, but not including, the
settlement date of the Tender Offer.

AK Steel expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion,
subject to applicable law, to terminate the Tender Offer at any
time prior to the Expiration Date. The Tender Offer is subject to
the satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Offer to
Purchase.

A copy of the Companys press release is attached as Exhibit99.1
to this Current Report on Form8-K and is incorporated into this
Item8.01 by reference.

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About AK STEEL HOLDING CORPORATION (NYSE:AKS)

AK Steel Holding Corporation is an integrated producer of flat-rolled carbon, stainless and electrical steels and tubular products through its subsidiary, AK Steel Corporation (AK Steel). The Company operates approximately eight steelmaking and finishing plants, over two coke plants and approximately two tube manufacturing plants across states, which include Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. These operations produce flat-rolled carbon, specialty stainless and electrical steels that it sells in sheet and strip form, and carbon and stainless steel that it finishes into welded steel tubing. The Company also produces metallurgical coal through its subsidiary, AK Coal Resources, Inc. (AK Coal). In addition, the Company operates trading companies in Mexico and Europe that buy and sell steel and steel products and other materials. It sells flat-rolled carbon steel products, consisting of coated, cold-rolled, and hot-rolled carbon steel products.

AK STEEL HOLDING CORPORATION (NYSE:AKS) Recent Trading Information

AK STEEL HOLDING CORPORATION (NYSE:AKS) closed its last trading session 00.00 at 8.38 with 14,983,354 shares trading hands.