Company: ZEUS
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001437749-25-032438
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Company: OLYMPIC STEEL INC
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form: 425
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 could impact the Company’s financial performance and restrict the Company’s ability to operate the Company’s business or execute the Company’s strategies; events or circumstances that could impair or adversely impact the carrying value of any of the Company’s assets; the Company’s ability to pay regular quarterly cash dividends and the amounts and timing of any future dividends; the Company’s ability to repurchase shares of Company common stock and the amounts and timing of repurchases, if any; the Company’s ability to sell shares of Company common stock under the at-the-market equity program; and unanticipated developments that could occur with respect to contingencies such as litigation, arbitration and environmental matters, including any developments that would require any increase in the Company’s costs for such contingencies.

Forward-looking statements are based on the estimates and opinions of management as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K; subsequent events and developments may cause their assessments to change. Neither the Company nor Ryerson undertakes any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law and they specifically disclaim any obligation to do so. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date hereof.

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This communication is being made in respect of a proposed business combination involving the Company and Ryerson. In connection with the proposed Transactions, Ryerson will file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-4 that includes a preliminary proxy statement of the Company and that will also constitute a prospectus of Ryerson. The information in the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus is not complete and may be changed. Ryerson may not sell the common stock referenced in the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus until the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC becomes effective. The preliminary proxy statement/prospectus and this communication are not offers to sell Ryerson securities, are not soliciting an offer to buy Ryerson securities in any state where the offer and sale is not permitted and are not a solicitation of any vote or approval. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to Company Shareholders.

RYERSON AND THE COMPANY URGE INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT