SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC  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): September 28, 2012 (September 28, 2012)

 

STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

7575 West Jefferson Blvd, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46804

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  260-969-3500

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On September 28, 2012, Steel Dynamics, Inc. (the “Company”) terminated and discharged its remaining financial obligations with respect to its remaining outstanding 73/8% Senior Notes due 2012 (the “Notes”) and the related Indenture described in the following paragraph.

 

The Notes were part of an issue in the original principal amount of $700,000,000, pursuant to an Indenture dated as of October 12, 2007, as supplemented and amended (the “Indenture”), among the Company as Issuer, the guarantors party thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). As of September 28, 2012, and following the expiration of two offers to purchase the Notes initiated by the Company on December 27, 2011 and August 2, 2012, pursuant to which Notes in the aggregate principal amounts of $279,720,000 and $62,149,000, respectively, were tendered, $358,131,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes remained outstanding.  These remaining Notes are scheduled to mature November 1, 2012 (the “Maturity Date”).

 

Pursuant to the Indenture, the Company had the right to elect to terminate and discharge its financial obligations under the Indenture and under the Notes by irrevocably depositing with the Trustee the aggregate principal amount of the Notes remaining outstanding, together with accrued interest to the Maturity Date.  Accordingly, the Company has deposited the requisite cash in the amount of $371,337,081 with the Trustee under the terms of an Irrevocable Trust Agreement.  The Trustee will hold the cash in trust until the Maturity Date, at which time it will be paid to the Holders of the Notes in accordance with the requirements of the Indenture.

 

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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 hereto duly authorized.

 

 

		STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.
		/s/Theresa E. Wagler
Date: September 28, 2012	By:	Theresa E. Wagler
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

 

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