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): April 11, 2013 (April 9, 2013)

 

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)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

As noted in the Press Release referenced in this report under Item 8.01, Steel Dynamics, Inc. has repaid all of its remaining outstanding 6 ¾% Senior Notes due 2015, effective April 9, 2013.  The 6 ¾% Senior Notes were issued in the original principal amount of $500,000,000, pursuant to an Indenture dated as of April 3, 2007, as supplemented and amended (the “Indenture”), among Steel Dynamics, Inc. as issuer, certain named guarantor parties thereto, and Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, as trustee.  By virtue of Section 8.01(i) of the Indenture, the Company having fully paid all remaining sums payable thereunder, and having delivered all remaining Notes to the Trustee for cancellation, the Company’s obligations under the Indenture have now been terminated.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On April 9, 2013, Steel Dynamics, Inc. issued a press release titled “Steel Dynamics Announces Redemption of Notes.”  The full text of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d )          Exhibits.

 

The following exhibit is furnished with this report:

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		A press release dated April 9, 2013 titled “Steel Dynamics Announces Redemption of Notes.”

 

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: April 11, 2013	By:	Theresa E. Wagler
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

 

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