| FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, October 11, 2005 —Steel Dynamics, Inc.
(NASDAQ:STLD) is pleased to announce that the company and its employees
are donating more than $100,000 to benefit the people displaced by
Hurricane Katrina. This contribution is being made to the Red Cross
Hurricane Katrina Fund.
Soon after Hurricane Katrina struck the gulf states, numerous
customers and suppliers with facilities in the affected region informed
SDI of the hurricane’s damage and destruction. SDI employees responded
with a coordinated effort to raise funds to help victims of the
hurricane, in addition to the personal contributions employees were
making through their churches and other organizations.
“It is very gratifying to see SDI employees stepping up to help other
Americans in need,” said Keith Busse, President and CEO of Steel
Dynamics. “Thousands of people in the gulf states face a very difficult
challenge rebuilding and returning their lives to normalcy. We trust
that our contribution will be of assistance to speed their recovery.”
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