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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-057616"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STLD"
cik: "0001022671"
company_name: "STEEL DYNAMICS INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T19:29:05.888871+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Steel Dynamics declares Q2 dividend of $0.53/share; shareholders reject political spending proposal

## Summary
- Dividend of $0.53 per common share, payable July 10, 2026 to holders of record June 30, 2026.
- All seven director nominees elected; Mark D. Millett received ~116M votes.
- Ernst & Young ratified as auditor for 2026 with 120.1M for votes.
- Say-on-pay advisory for 2025 compensation approved with ~114.6M for votes.
- Shareholder proposal 'Avoid Political Spending Brand Damage' rejected: 47.9M for, 73.9M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-057616
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STLD
- cik: 0001022671
- company_name: STEEL DYNAMICS INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022671/000110465926057616/0001104659-26-057616-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022671/000110465926057616/tm2613966d1_8k.htm

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