Ryerson Holding Corporation (NYSE:RYI) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Ryerson Holding Corporation (NYSE:RYI) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 21, 2018, Ryerson Holding Corporation (the “Corporation”) announced the appointment of John Orth as Executive Vice President – Operations of the Corporation effective January 1, 2019. Mr. Orth will report to the Corporation’s President and Chief Executive Officer in this new position.

Since January 2018, Mr. Orth, 52, has served as Senior Vice President – Operations of the Corporation. Prior to joining the Corporation, since December 2011, Mr. Orth had served in various capacities for Morgan Advanced Materials, a global materials engineering company, including as Global Managing Director (Advanced Ceramics and Metals) from March 2016 to August 2017 and as a Vice President from February 2013 to March 2016. Mr. Orth earned his B.S. (Electrical Engineering) from Vanderbilt University, and he earned his M.S. (Materials Science and Engineering) and his Ph.D. (Materials Science and Engineering) from the University of Texas at Austin.

There are no family relationships between Mr. Orth and any director, executive officer or person nominated or chosen by the Corporation to become a director or executive officer. Additionally, there have been no transactions involving Mr. Orth that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

About Ryerson Holding Corporation (NYSE:RYI)

Ryerson Holding Corporation (Ryerson Holding) is a service center company for carbon and stainless steel, as well as aluminum. The Company processes and distributes a full line of over 70,000 products in stainless steel, aluminum, carbon steel and alloy steels, and a limited line of nickel and red metals in various shapes and forms. It operates in the metal service centers segment. In addition to providing a range of flat and long metals products, it offers various value-added processing and fabrication services, such as sawing, slitting, blanking, cutting to length, leveling, flame cutting, laser cutting, edge trimming, edge rolling, roll forming, tube manufacturing, polishing, shearing, forming, stamping, punching, rolling shell plate to radius and beveling to process materials to a specified thickness, length, width, shape and surface quality pursuant to specific customer orders. It owns, leases or contracts a fleet of tractors and trailers.

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