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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-208963"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RYZ"
cik: "0001481582"
company_name: "Ryerson Holding Corp"
filed_at: "2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T22:36:40.907783+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ryerson stockholders approve 1.5M share increase in 2014 incentive plan; director Calhoun departs

## Summary
- Stockholders approved Third Amended and Restated 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan, adding 1,500,000 shares and extending expiration to April 29, 2036.
- Kirk K. Calhoun was not re-nominated and ceased as director effective April 30, 2026.
- Stockholders approved charter amendment to permit officer exculpation as allowed by Delaware law.
- All director nominees elected (Kotzubei, Lehner, Norment); KPMG ratified as auditor; say-on-pay passed with 64% support.
- Proposal to amend incentive plan received 31,049,819 votes for, 14,482,704 against; broker non-votes of 2,677,333.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-208963
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RYZ
- cik: 0001481582
- company_name: Ryerson Holding Corp
- filed_at: 2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1481582/000119312526208963/0001193125-26-208963-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1481582/000119312526208963/d149850d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: aa943aa9cd
  claim: Kirk K. Calhoun departed as Director at Ryerson Holding Corp.
  evidence_excerpt: Kirk K. Calhoun was not nominated for re-election to the Board at the Annual Meeting, and effective as of April 30, 2026, he ceased to serve as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1481582/000119312526208963/0001193125-26-208963-index.htm
- claim_id: 2a58fc9bffd4d0385bea4cc82e97d85091b08d03
  claim: Ryerson Holding Corp: Amended and restated certificate of incorporation to provide for officer exculpation as permitted by Delaware law (effective 2026-05-05).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 30, 2026, at the Annual Meeting, upon the recommendation of the Board, the stockholders of the Company approved a proposal to amend and restate the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended and Restated Charter”) to provide for the exculpation of certain of the Company’s officers in specific circumstances, as permitted by Delaware law.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1481582/000119312526208963/0001193125-26-208963-index.htm

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