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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-123658"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RS"
cik: "0000861884"
company_name: "RELIANCE, INC."
filed_at: "2021-10-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T22:45:59.101909+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Reliance Steel & Aluminum appoints Frank Dellaquila as independent director; board now 12 members

## Summary
- Frank J. Dellaquila, 64, appointed independent director effective Oct 5, 2021; term expires at 2022 annual meeting.
- Board expanded from 11 to 12 directors; 10 of 12 are independent.
- Dellaquila is SEVP and CFO of Emerson Electric; will serve on Audit Committee as financial expert.
- Director compensation will follow current non-employee director arrangements; indemnification agreement provided.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-123658
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RS
- cik: 0000861884
- company_name: RELIANCE, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-10-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861884/000110465921123658/0001104659-21-123658-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861884/000110465921123658/tm2128958d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-123658
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-123658.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-123658.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Frank J. Dellaquila was appointed as Director at RELIANCE, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On October 6, 2021, Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (the “Company”) announced that it increased the size of its Board of Directors from eleven to twelve directors and appointed Frank J. Dellaquila to serve as an independent director, effective October 5, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/861884/000110465921123658/0001104659-21-123658-index.htm

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