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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Keith Busse

70 2012 Chairman of the Board

Mark Millett

53 2012 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director; President, Chief Operating Officer of OmniSource Corp.

Theresa Wagler

42 2008 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Richard Teets

57 2008 President and COO - Steel Operations, Executive Vice President - Steelmaking, Director

Russell Rinn

55 2011 Executive Vice President - Metals Recycling; President and Chief Operating Officer of OmniSource Corporation

John Nolan

2013 Vice President - Product Development

James Marcuccilli

62 2011 Lead Independent Director

John Bates

69 1993 Director

Frank Byrne

60 2005 Independent Director

Traci Dolan

54 2012 Independent Director

Paul Edgerley

57 2002 Independent Director

Jurgen Kolb

70 1996 Independent Director

Gabriel Shaheen

59 2009 Independent Director

James Trethewey

68 2012 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Keith Busse

Mr. Keith E. Busse is Chairman of the Board of Steel Dynamics Inc. Prior to his retirement on December 31, 2011, Mr. Busse had been the company Chief Executive Officer since inception. Mr. Busse also, from 1993 until May 2007, was the company President, at which time he became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to 1993, for a period of twenty-one years, Mr. Busse worked for Nucor Corporation in various capacities, including general manager of its Vulcraft subsidiary in St. Joe, Indiana. In 1986, Mr. Busse was appointed by Nucor to be the general manager of and to head the construction and operation of the world's first flat rolled steel mini-mill utilizing thin-slab-casting steel technology at Crawfordsville, Indiana. Mr. Busse holds an undergraduate degree in accounting from International Business College and a degree in business finance from St. Francis College (now the University of St. Francis). He also holds a master's degree in business administration from Indiana University. Mr. Busse was named Steelmaker of the Year in 2005 by the Association of Iron and Steel Technology and was named by Business Week Magazine as one of the Top 10 entrepreneurs in the United States. He is also a director of Tower Financial Corporation and Accuride Corporation, both of them publicly held companies.

Mark Millett

Mr. Mark D. Millett is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Steel Dynamics, Inc. and President and COO of OmniSource Corporation. He is a co-founder of the Company and a director since inception, was appointed the company President and Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2012. Prior to that, from April 2011, Mr. Millett served as the company President and Chief Operating Officer and, from June 2008 to April 2011, the company Executive Vice President of Metals Recycling and Ferrous Resources and President and Chief Operating Officer of OmniSource Corporation. In that role, he was responsible for the Company's metallic resources platform, including all ferrous and non-ferrous metals recycling operations as well as the Company's ironmaking initiatives—Iron Dynamics and Mesabi Nugget. In 2008 and 2009, Mr. Millett led the design, construction and eventual start-up in January 2010, of the world's first commercial ironmaking facility utilizing the ITmk3® iron production technology. From 1998 to 2007, Mr. Millett managed the Company's Flat Roll Division at Butler, Indiana, including the hot mill, cold mill, and coating facilities. Between 1993 and 1996, Mr. Millett was responsible for the design, construction and start-up operation of the Company's flat rolled, melting and casting operations. A metallurgist by training, Mr. Millett from 1981 to 1985 served as chief metallurgist for Nucor Corporation's Darlington, South Carolina, division, charged with developing the world's first commercially viable thin-slab-casting process as the manager of that project at Nucor's Hazelett facility. In 1987, Mr. Millett was given the responsibility by Nucor for the design, construction, staffing, and operation of the melting and casting facility at Nucor's world's-first thin-slab casting facility at Crawfordsville, Indiana. Mr. Millett holds a bachelor's degree in metallurgy from the University of Surrey in England, which he obtained in 1981.

Theresa Wagler

Richard Teets

Mr. Richard P. Teets, Jr., is Director of Steel Dynamics Inc., Executive Vice President for Steelmaking and President and Chief Operating Officer of Steel Operations of Steel Dynamics Inc., since August 1, 2008. He is a co-founder of the Company and a director since inception. In August 2008, Mr. Teets was appointed Executive Vice President for Steelmaking and President and Chief Operating Officer of Steel Operations and is now responsible for all of the Company's steelmaking operations, including the Flat Roll Division, Structural and Rail Division, Engineered Bar Products Division, Roanoke Bar Division, The Techs, and Steel of West Virginia Inc. In April 2007, Mr. Teets became an Executive Vice President overseeing the Company's four long-products steelmaking divisions and the steel fabricating business, New Millennium Building Systems. In 1998, Mr. Teets initiated the planning for construction of the Company's structural-steel mill at Columbia City, Indiana. From 1998 to 2007, he managed the construction, start-up and operation of the structural mill and was responsible for its commercial success and growth. From 1993 to early 1996, Mr. Teets was responsible for the planning and construction of the Company's pioneering flat rolled steel mill in Butler, Indiana, as well as its subsequent construction of a cold rolled facility, after which he became Vice President and General Manager of Rolling and Finishing at the flat roll mill. Thereafter, in 1991, he assumed responsibility for Nucor's Crawfordsville, Indiana cold-rolling and finishing operations. Mr. Teets holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Lafayette College, which he obtained in 1977, and a master's degree in business administration from Duquesne University in 1982.

Russell Rinn

Mr. Russell B. Rinn is Executive Vice President of Metals Recycling of Steel Dynamics Inc., and President and Chief Operating Officer of OmniSource Corporation. He is also appointed as the President and Chief Operating Officer of OmniSource Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. He has over 30 years of experience in metals recycling and steel making. Most recently, he was Executive Vice President of Commercial Metals Company (CMC) and President of CMC's Americas Division. In that capacity, at the market's peak, he was responsible for an $8 billion in revenue and 11,000-employee division consisting of 50 metals recycling locations, 5 steel mills, 1 copper tube mill, 81 steel fabrication and warehouse locations, 42 concrete related products sites, and 1 global steel trading organization. Rinn, a graduate of Stanford University's Graduate School of Business' Executive Program and the Management Development Program of the University of Michigan Business School, has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Finance, Marketing and Business Administration from Texas Lutheran University.

John Nolan

Mr. John Nolan has been appointed as Vice President - Product Development of Steel Dynamics, Inc. A metallurgist by training, John has served in a variety of technical, operational and commercial positions within the steel industry and the company, since his graduation from Lafayette College in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Metallurgical Engineering. He is also a graduate of the Executive Development Programs at Northwestern University and the Harvard School of Business. Prior to assuming leadership of the Structural and Rail Division in 2007, where he oversaw the Division's expansion from a single mill to two, John served from 1997 to 2007 as the Company's Vice President of Sales and Marketing for all steel products, and, prior to that as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at the Company's flat rolled facility at Butler, Indiana.

James Marcuccilli

Mr. James C. Marcuccilli is Lead Independent Director of Steel Dynamics, Inc. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of STAR Financial Bank, a regional bank based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, since 1997. Mr. Marcuccilli serves as a director of STAR Financial Group, Inc., the holding company parent of STAR Financial Bank, as well as a director of STAR Financial Bank. Prior to that, Mr. Marcuccilli had responsibility for oversight of nine of Star's financial institutions throughout Indiana. He has also had management experience in the transportation (1965-2002) and Ready-Mix and Aggregates business (1968-2007). Mr. Marcuccilli has served as chairman of the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership from 2008-2009 and is a board member of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (2004 to present). Mr. Marcuccilli holds a bachelor's degree in business finance from the University of Notre Dame (1973).

John Bates

Mr. John C. Bates is Director of Steel Dynamics, Inc. He is the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Heidtman, which he joined in 1963, and for which he has served as its President and Chief Executive Officer and a director since 1969. Heidtman is a steel service center, with plants located throughout the Midwest and Eastern United States, serving the automotive, heavy truck, construction, metal building, pipe and tube and various other OEM product suppliers with hot rolled, cold rolled and various coated products. Heidtman is the company customer for the company steel products.

Frank Byrne

Dr. Frank D. Byrne, M.D., is Independent Director of Steel Dynamics, Inc. He is currently (since July 2004) President of St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center in Madison, Wisconsin. Previously, he served eight years with Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as its Medical Director (1994-1995), President (1995-2002) and Executive Vice President of Parkview Health Systems between 2002 and 2004. Prior to that, Dr. Byrne practiced pulmonary and critical care medicine in Fort Wayne. Dr. Byrne holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Notre Dame (1974), a doctor of medicine degree from S.U.N.Y. Downstate Medical Center (1977) and a degree in medical management from Carnegie Mellon University in 1999.

Traci Dolan

Ms. Traci M. Dolan has been appointed as Independent Director of Steel Dynamics, Inc., effective August 16, 2012. She serves as Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary of ExactTarget, Inc. (NYSE: ET), a global cross-channel interactive marketing software-as-a-service company. She joined ExactTarget in 2004 as the company's principal financial officer responsible for all financial and administrative functions, including the company's financial and strategic planning, accounting, tax and treasury functions among other responsibilities. In her current role, which she has held since July 2011, she is responsible for the company's human resources, executive compensation, legal and corporate governance, real estate, risk management and shareholder relations. Prior to joining ExactTarget, Ms. Dolan served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance and Administration, Secretary and Treasurer of Made2Manage Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ), which she joined in March 2000. From 1995 to 2000, Ms. Dolan was with Macmillan Publishing, USA where she held various financial and operating positions including Vice President of Finance and Operations, and before that, Controller and Vice President of Finance. She began her career at Coopers & Lybrand progressing to the role of audit manager. Ms. Dolan currently serves on the board of Central Indiana Community Foundation and the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association (Visit Indy) and is a member of the Board of Visitors of the Kelly School of Business Indiana University (Indianapolis Campus). She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from Indiana University (1981).

Paul Edgerley

Mr. Paul B. Edgerley is Independent Director of Steel Dynamics, Inc., since 2002. He has been Managing Director of Bain Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity firm since 1990. From 1988 to 1990, he served as a principal of that firm. Prior to joining Bain Capital Partners, LLC, Mr. Edgerley spent five years at Bain and Company, Inc., where he worked as a consultant and a manager in its health care information services, retail, and automotive industries. Prior to that, Mr. Edgerley served as a certified public accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell & Company. Mr. Edgerley holds a bachelor's degree from Kansas State University (1978), with emphasis on accounting, and a master's in business administration degree from Harvard Business School, which he obtained in 1983. He is a director of Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc. and Sensata Technologies, both of them publicly held companies.

Jurgen Kolb

Dr. Jurgen Kolb is Independent Director of Steel Dynamics Inc. He is currently retired, served for fifteen years (1986-2001) as a member of Salzgitter, AG's Management Board, including responsibility as Director of Sales and Executive Vice President and Chairman of Salzgitter's world-wide Trading, Warehousing and Steel Service Center activities. Salzgitter, AG is a German steelmaker. Dr. Kolb has served in numerous capacities within the German, European and World Steel Federation and regularly consults with both private and publicly traded steel and other industrial companies and private equity firms internationally. Dr. Kolb holds degrees from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany (1967) and from the Ruhr-University in Bochum, Germany (1976).

Gabriel Shaheen

Mr. Gabriel L. Shaheen is Independent Director of Steel Dynamics, Inc. From 2000 to the present, has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a principal of GLS Capital Ventures, LLC and partner of NxtStar Ventures, LLC, both of them providing private advisory services to both start-up and existing life insurance, annuity insurance and other financial services organizations, as well as to entities that serve such organizations. From January 1998 through December 1999, Mr. Shaheen served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, with responsibility for all of Lincoln's life and annuity operations throughout the United States. Prior to that, from November 1996 through January 1998, he served as Managing Director of Lincoln UK, Lincoln National Corporation's British subsidiary, and from May 1994 through November 1996, served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lincoln National's reinsurance business and companies, including life and health, worldwide. Mr. Shaheen is an actuary by profession, having received his bachelor's degree in actuarial math from the University of Michigan in 1976 and a master's degree in actuarial science from the University of Michigan in 1977. Mr. Shaheen serves as Chairman of the board of directors of Horace Mann Educators Corp., a public company.

James Trethewey

Mr. James A. Trethewey has been appointed as Independent Director of Steel Dynamics, Inc., effective August 16, 2012. He currently retired, has had a forty year career in the iron ore and coal mining industry, thirty-five of which he spent with Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. Mr. Trethewey's responsibilities at Cliffs encompassed both domestic and international business affairs, most recently as Senior Vice President of Business Development, where he was involved in the conversion of the company from its former principal identity as a domestic iron ore mine management company to an international merchant company focused on iron and steel-related products such as metallurgical coal. Earlier, as Cliffs' Vice President, Administration from 1997 to 2000, Mr. Trethewey was responsible for information technology, purchasing, safety, environmental affairs and energy management, and before that he served as Cliffs' Vice President Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. Mr. Trethewey is currently a partner and Chief Executive Officer of DJD Investments, Cleveland, Ohio, a real estate management company. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Michigan Technological University (1967) and a master's degree in business administration from Wallace College (1981).

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Keith Busse

8,786,110

Mark Millett

1,952,720

Theresa Wagler

1,103,620

Richard Teets

1,837,330

Russell Rinn

1,226,850

John Nolan

710,290

James Marcuccilli

--

John Bates

--

Frank Byrne

--

Traci Dolan

--

Paul Edgerley

--

Jurgen Kolb

--

Gabriel Shaheen

--

James Trethewey

--
As Of 30 Dec 2012

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Keith Busse

38,556 571,660

Mark Millett

38,182 620,091

Theresa Wagler

4,240 11,448

Richard Teets

38,182 628,401

Russell Rinn

0 0

John Nolan

58,927 311,752

James Marcuccilli

0 0

John Bates

0 0

Frank Byrne

0 0

Traci Dolan

0 0

Paul Edgerley

0 0

Jurgen Kolb

0 0

Gabriel Shaheen

0 0

James Trethewey

0 0
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