Company: ZEUS
Filing Date: 2025-10-28
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-253626
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Company: OLYMPIC STEEL INC
Filing Date: 2025-10-28
Form: 425
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 will not be integrated successfully or will be more costly or difficult than expected, or that the proposed transaction may be less accretive than expected; the risk that the cost savings and any other synergies from the proposed transaction may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; the risk that the merger will not provide shareholders with increased earnings potential; the risk that any announcement relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Ryerson’s or Olympic Steel’s common stock; the risk of litigation related to the proposed transaction; the risk that the credit ratings of the combined company or its subsidiaries may be different from what the companies expect; the diversion of management time from ongoing business operations and opportunities as a result of the proposed transaction; the risk of adverse reactions or changes to business or employee relationships, including those resulting from the announcement or completion of the proposed transaction; adverse economic conditions; highly cyclical fluctuations resulting from, among others, seasonality, market uncertainty, and costs of goods sold; each company’s ability to remain competitive and maintain market share in the highly competitive and fragmented metals distribution industry; managing the costs of purchased metals relative to the price at which each company sells its products during periods of rapid price escalation or deflation; customer, supplier and competitor consolidation, bankruptcy or insolvency; the impairment of goodwill that could result from, among other things, volatility in the markets in which each company operates; the impact of geopolitical events; future funding for postretirement employee benefits may require substantial payments from current cash flow; the regulatory and other operational risks associated with our operations located outside of the United States; currency rate fluctuations; the adequacy of each company’s efforts to mitigate cyber security risks and threats; reduced production schedules, layoffs or work stoppages by each company’s own, its suppliers’, or customers’ personnel; any underfunding of certain employee retirement benefit plans and the actual costs exceeding current estimates; prolonged disruption of each company’s processing centers; failure to manage potential conflicts of interest between or among customers or suppliers of each company; unanticipated changes to, or any inability to hire and retain key personnel at either company; currency exchange rate fluctuations; the incurrence of substantial costs of liabilities to comply with, or as a result of, violations of environmental laws; the risk of product liability claims; either company’s indebtedness or covenants in the instruments governing such indebtedness; the influence of a single investor group over either company’s policies and procedures; and other risks inherent in Ryerson’s and Olympic Steel’s businesses