Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

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) October 16, 2017 (October 13, 2017)

STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Indiana	0-21719	35-1929476
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer
of incorporation)		Identification No.)

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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

Effective October 13, 2017, Steel Dynamics, Inc. (the “Company”) has repaid all of its remaining outstanding 6.375% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Notes”), at a price of 103.188% of the principal amount of $167,124,000, together with accrued and unpaid interest to October 13, 2017.

The Notes were issued in the original principal amount of $350,000,000, pursuant to an Indenture, as amended and supplemented, dated as of August 16, 2012 (the “Indenture”), among the Company as Issuer, the Initial Subsidiary Guarantors, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.

Pursuant to the Section 8.01 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.

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.