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                                                                     Exhibit 4.4

                             METAL MANAGEMENT, INC
                        MANAGEMENT EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

                           SERIES C WARRANT AGREEMENT

         SERIES C WARRANT AGREEMENT, (this "Agreement"), is by and among METAL
MANAGEMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and ____________ (the
"Participant").

         WHEREAS, the Company maintains the Metal Management, Inc. Management
Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), which is incorporated into and forms a part
of this Agreement, and the Participant has been selected by the committee
administering the Plan (the "Committee") to receive a Series C Warrant;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the covenants of
the parties set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, the parties hereby agree as follows:

         Section 1. Terms of Award.  The following terms used in this Agreement
shall have the meanings set forth in this paragraph 1:

                  (a) The "Participant" is [_____________].

                  (b) The "Grant Date" is the [___________].

                  (c) The number of "Warrant Shares" is [_________] shares of
Stock.

                  (d) The "Exercise Price" is $12.00 per share.

         Other terms used in this Agreement are defined pursuant to Paragraph
11, the Plan or as defined elsewhere in this Agreement.

         Section 2. Award and Exercise Price. This Agreement specifies the terms
of the Warrant (the "Warrant") granted to the Participant to purchase the number
of Warrant Shares of Stock at the Exercise Price per share as set forth in
paragraph 1. The Warrant is not intended to constitute an "incentive stock
option" as that term is used in Code section 422.

         Section 3. Transfers and Exchanges of Warrants and Warrant Shares.

                  (a) Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in this
paragraph 3, the Warrant is not transferable other than as designated by the
Participant by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and during the
Participant's life, may be exercised only by the Participant.


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         Section 4. Duration and Exercise of Warrants.

                  (a) Date of Exercise. Subject to the limitations of this
Agreement, each Installment of Warrant Shares of the Warrant shall be
exercisable on and after the Vesting Date for such Installment as described in
the following schedule (but only if the Date of Termination has not occurred
before the Vesting Date):

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                                                               VESTING DATE
                                                              APPLICABLE TO
                        INSTALLMENT                            INSTALLMENT
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1/3 of Warrant Shares                    the Grant Date
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1/3 of Warrant Shares                    1st anniversary of the Grant Date
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1/3 of Warrant Shares                    1st anniversary of the Grant Date
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4, the Warrant shall
become fully vested and exercisable upon a Change in Control that occurs on or
before the Date of Termination.

The Warrant may be exercised on or after the Date of Termination only as to that
portion of the Covered Shares for which it was exercisable immediately prior to
the Date of Termination, or became exercisable upon the Date of Termination. The
Warrant evidenced by this Agreement shall be exercisable, either as an entirety
or, from time to time, for a portion of the number of Warrant Shares evidenced
by such Warrant.

                  (b) Expiration. The Warrant shall not be exercisable after the
Company's close of business on the last business day that occurs prior to the
Expiration Date. The "Expiration Date" shall be the earliest to occur of:

                           (i) the seven-year anniversary of the Grant Date.

                           (ii) if the Date of Termination occurs by reason of
death, the one-year anniversary of such Date of Termination; or

                           (iii) if the Date of Termination occurs for reasons
other than death, the 90-day anniversary of such Date of Termination.

                  (c) Method of Exercise and Payment of Exercise Price. Subject
to Sections 5, 8 and 10, upon the exercise of this Warrant, with the Form of
Election to Purchase attached thereto duly filled in and signed, to the Company
at its office at 500 North Dearborn Street, Suite 600, Chicago, Illinois 60610,
Attention: Chief Financial Officer, and upon payment of the Exercise Price
multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares then issuable upon exercise of the
Warrants being exercised in lawful money of the United States of America, the
Company shall promptly issue and cause to be delivered to or upon the written
order of the Participant, and in such name or names as Participant may
designate, one or more certificates for the Warrant Shares issued upon such
exercise of such Warrants.



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         The "Date of Exercise" of any Warrant means the date on which the
Company shall have received (i) the Form of Election to Purchase appropriately
completed and duly signed, and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price for such
Warrant.

         Section 5. Withholding.  All deliveries and distributions under this
Agreement are subject to withholding of all applicable taxes.  The Company will
pay all transfer and stock issuance taxes as may be attributable to the issuance
of the Warrant and the Warrant Shares.

         Section 6. Reservation, Listing and Issuance of Warrant Shares.

                  (a) Available Warrant Shares. The Company will at all times
have authorized, and reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights,
for the purpose of enabling it to satisfy any obligation to issue Warrant Shares
upon the exercise of the Warrants, the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon
exercise of all Warrants covered by this Agreement.

                  (b) Adjustments Below Par. Before taking any action which
could cause an adjustment pursuant to Section 7 reducing the Exercise Price
below the then par value (if any) of the Warrant Shares, the Company will take
any corporate action which may be necessary in order that the Company may
validly and legally issue at the Exercise Price as so adjusted Warrant Shares
that are fully paid and non-assessable.

                  (c) Warrant Shares Duly Authorized. The Company covenants that
all Warrant Shares will, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, be (i) duly authorized, fully paid and non-assessable, and (ii) free
from all taxes with respect to the issuance thereof and from all adverse claims,
liens, charges and security interests created by the Company.

         Section 7. Adjustments of Price and Number of Warrant Shares.

                  (a) Adjustment of Number of Warrant Shares Issuable. Upon each
adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to this Section 7, the Participant
shall be entitled to purchase, at the Exercise Price in effect after such
adjustment, a number of Warrant Shares equal to the amount obtained by
multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by
the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of such Warrant immediately
prior to such adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the Exercise Price
resulting from such adjustment.

                  (b) Adjustment of Price upon Issuance of Common Stock. If and
whenever after the date hereof, the Company shall issue or sell any shares of
Common Stock for a consideration per share less than 95% of the Market Price (as
hereinafter defined) at the time of such issue or sale, then forthwith upon such
issue or sale, the Exercise Price shall be reduced to the price determined as
follows: by multiplying the then existing Exercise Price by a fraction (A) the
numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock Deemed
Outstanding immediately prior to such issue or sale plus the number of shares of
Common Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of
Common Stock so to be offered would purchase at the then current Market Price
(or 95% of the then current Market Price if the issue or sale is pursuant to a
private placement and no underwriter is involved) and (b) the denominator of



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which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock Deemed Outstanding plus the
number of additional shares of Common Stock to be offered for issue or sale.

                  (c) Additional Adjustments.  For the purposes of subsection
(b) of this Section, the following clauses shall also be applicable:

                           (i) Issuance of Rights or Options. If at any time the
Company shall grant (whether directly or by assumption in a merger in which the
Company is the surviving Company or otherwise) any rights to subscribe for or to
purchase, or any options for the purchase of, Common Stock or any stock or
securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (such convertible
or exchangeable stock or securities being herein called "Convertible
Securities") whether or not such rights or options or the right to convert or
exchange any such Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the
price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such
rights or options or upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities
(determined as provided below) shall be less than 95% of the Market Price in
effect immediately prior to the time of the granting of such rights or options,
then the total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of such rights or options or upon conversion or exchange of the total
maximum amount of such Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such
rights or options shall (as of the date of granting of such rights or options)
be deemed to have been issued for such price per share, and the Exercise Price
shall be adjusted in accordance with Section 7(b). Except as provided in clause
(iii) of this subsection, no further adjustments of any Exercise Price shall be
made upon the actual issue of such Common Stock or of such Convertible
Securities upon exercise of such rights or options or upon the actual issue of
such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
For the purposes of this clause (i), the price per share for which Common Stock
is issuable upon the exercise of any such rights or options or upon conversion
or exchange of any such Convertible Securities shall be determined by dividing
(A) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Company as
consideration for the granting of such rights or options, plus the minimum
aggregate amount of additional consideration payable to the Company upon the
exercise of all such rights or options, plus, in the case of such rights or
options which relate to Convertible Securities, the minimum aggregate amount of
additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue or sale of such
Convertible Securities and upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by (B) the
total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
such rights or options or upon conversion or exchange of all such Convertible
Securities issuable upon the exercise of such rights or options.

                           (ii) Issuance of Convertible Securities. If the
Company shall issue (whether directly or by assumption in a merger in which the
Company is the surviving corporation or otherwise) or sell any Convertible
Security, whether or not the rights to exchange or convert thereunder are
immediately exercisable, and the price per share for which Common Stock is
issuable upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities (determined
as provided below) shall be less than 95% of the Market Price in effect
immediately prior to the time of such issue or sale, then the total maximum
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or exchange of all
such Convertible Securities shall (as of the date of the issue or sale of such
Convertible Securities) be deemed to have been issued for such price per share,
and the




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Exercise Price shall be adjusted in accordance with Section 7(b), provided that
(A) except as provided in clause (iii) of this subsection, no further
adjustments of any Exercise Price shall be made upon the actual issue of such
Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, and (B)
if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise
of any rights to subscribe for or to purchase or any option to purchase any such
Convertible Securities for which adjustments of any Exercise Price have been or
are to be made pursuant to other provisions of this subsection (c), no further
adjustment of any Exercise Price shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.
For the purposes of this clause (ii), the price per share for which Common Stock
is issuable upon conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities shall be
determined by dividing (C) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by
the Company as consideration for the issue or sale of such Convertible
Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if
any, payable to the Company upon the conversion or exchange thereof, by (D) the
total maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or
exchange of all such Convertible Securities.

                           (iii) Readjustments. If the purchase price provided
for in any rights or options referred to in clause (i) above, or the additional
consideration, if any, payable upon the conversion or exchange of Convertible
Securities referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, or the rate at which any
Convertible Securities referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above are convertible
into or exchangeable for Common Stock, shall be reduced, then the Exercise Price
in effect at the time of such event shall forthwith be readjusted to the
Exercise Price which would have been in effect at such time had such rights,
options or Convertible Securities then outstanding provided for such reduced
purchase price, additional consideration or conversion rate, as the case may be,
at the time initially granted, issued or sold. On the expiration of any such
option or right or the termination of any such right to convert or exchange such
Convertible Securities, the Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable
pursuant hereto then in effect shall be readjusted to the Exercise Price and
number of Warrant Shares which would have been in effect at the time of such
expiration or termination had such warrant, right, option or Convertible
Security never been issued, and the shares of Common Stock issuable thereunder
shall no longer be Common Stock Deemed Outstanding.

                           (iv) Consideration for Stock. If any shares of Common
Stock or Convertible Securities or any rights or options to purchase any such
Common Stock or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for cash, the
consideration received therefor shall be deemed to be the amount received by the
Company therefor, without deduction therefrom of any expenses incurred or any
underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed by the Company in
connection therewith. If any shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities or
any rights or options to purchase any such Common Stock or Convertible
Securities shall be issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the
amount of the consideration other than cash received by the Company shall be
deemed to be the fair value of such consideration as determined reasonably and
in good faith by the board of directors of the Company, without deduction of any
expenses incurred or any underwriting commissions or concessions paid or allowed
by the Company in connection therewith. If the Company shall declare or pay a
dividend or make any other distribution upon any stock of the Company payable in
Common Stock, Convertible Securities or options, warrants or rights to purchase
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the securities issuable in payment of such dividend or distribution shall be
deemed to have been issued or sold without consideration. If any shares of
Common Stock or Convertible Securities or any rights or options to purchase such
shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities shall be issued in connection
with any merger or consolidation in which the Company is the surviving
corporation (other than any consolidation or merger in which the previously
outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed into or
exchanged for the stock or other securities of another corporation), the amount
of consideration therefor shall be deemed to be the fair value as determined
reasonably and in good faith by the board of directors of the Company or such
portion of the assets and business of the non-surviving corporation as such
board may reasonably and in good faith determine to be attributable to such
shares of Common Stock, Convertible Securities, rights or options, as the case
may be. In the event of any consolidation or merger of the Company in which the
Company is not the surviving corporation or in which the previously outstanding
shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be changed into or exchanged for the
stock or other securities of another entity or in the event of any sale of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company for stock or other securities
of any entity, the Company shall be deemed to have issued a number of shares of
its Common Stock for stock or securities or other property of such entity
computed on the basis of the actual exchange ratio on which the transaction was
predicated and for a consideration equal to the fair market value on the date of
such transaction of all such stock or securities or other property of such
entity, and if any such calculation results in adjustment of the Exercise Price
in accordance with Section 7(b), the determination of the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such
merger, consolidation or sale, for purposes of Section 7(e), shall be made after
giving effect to such adjustment of the Exercise Price.

                           (v) Record Date. If the Company shall take a record
of the Participants of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to
receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock or in
Convertible Securities or (B) to rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any
options for the purchase of, Common Stock or Convertible Securities, then such
record date shall be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of
Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such
dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of
such right, as the case may be.

                           (vi) Treasury Shares. The number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or
for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be
considered an issue or sale of Common Stock for the purposes of this Section 7.

                           (vii) Subdivision or Combination of Stock. If the
Company shall at any time subdivide (whether by stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization or otherwise) the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a
greater number of shares or pay a dividend or make a distribution to
Participants of Common Stock in the form of Common Stock, the Exercise Price in
effect immediately prior to such subdivision, payment or distribution shall be
proportionately reduced; conversely, if the outstanding shares of Common Stock
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number of shares (whether by reverse stock split or otherwise), the Exercise
Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately
increased.

                           (viii) Adjustments for Consolidation, Merger, Sale of
Assets, Reorganization, etc. If the Company (i) consolidates with or merges into
any other entity and is not the continuing or surviving corporation of such
consolidation or merger, or (ii) permits any other entity to consolidate with or
merge into the Company and the Company is the continuing or surviving
corporation but, in connection with such consolidation or merger, the Common
Stock is changed into or exchanged for stock or other securities of any other
corporation or cash or any other assets, or (iii) transfers all or substantially
all of its properties and assets to any other entity, or (iv) effects a
recapitalization, capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital
stock of the Company in such a way that Participants of Common Stock shall be
entitled to receive stock, securities, cash or assets with respect to or in
exchange for Common Stock (each of the transactions referred to in the foregoing
clauses (i) through (iv) being an "Organic Change"), then, and in each such
case, proper provision shall be made in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Participant so that, upon the basis and upon the terms and
in the manner provided in this subsection (e), the Participant, upon the
exercise of each Warrant at any time after the consummation of such Organic
Change, shall be entitled to receive (at the aggregate Exercise Price in effect
for all Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to such
consummation as adjusted to the time of such transaction), in lieu of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon such exercise prior to such consummation, the stock
and other securities, cash and assets to which such Participant would have been
entitled upon such consummation if such Participant had so exercised such vested
Warrant immediately prior thereto (subject to adjustments subsequent to such
corporate action as nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments provided
for in this Section 7).

                  (d) Notice of Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of any Exercise
Price, then and in each such case the Company shall promptly deliver a notice to
the Participants, which notice shall state the Market Price, if any adjustment
depends upon a determination of Market Price, and the Exercise Price resulting
from such adjustment and the increase or decrease, if any, in the number of
shares purchasable at such price upon the exercise of each Warrant, setting
forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which
such calculation is based.

                  (e) Other Notices.  In case at any time:

                           (i) the Company shall declare any cash dividend on
its Common Stock;

                           (ii) the Company shall pay any dividend payable in
stock upon its Common Stock or make any distribution (other than regular cash
dividends) to the Participants of its Common Stock;

                           (iii) the Company shall offer for subscription pro
rata to the Participants of its Common Stock any additional shares of stock of
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                           (iv) the Company shall authorize to all Participants
of its Common Stock the distribution of evidence of its indebtedness or assets
(other than cash dividends or cash distributions payable out of earnings or
earned surplus or dividends payable in Common Stock);

                           (v) there shall be any Organic Change;

                           (vi) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors,
or winding up of the Company; or

                           (vii) the Company proposes to take any other action
or an event occurs which would require an adjustment of the Exercise Price
pursuant to subsection (i) of this Section 7;

then, in any one or more of said cases, the Company shall give written notice,
addressed to the Participant at the address as shown on the books of the
Company, of (1) the date on which the books of the Company shall close or a
record shall be taken for such dividend, distribution or subscription rights, or
(2) the date (or, if not then known, a reasonable approximation thereof by the
Company) on which such Organic Change or other action or event, as the case may
be, shall take place (or, in the case of clause (vi) above, the date on which
the relevant action or event took place). Such notice shall also specify (or, if
not then known, reasonably approximate) the date as of which the Participants of
Common Stock of record shall participate in such dividends, distribution or
subscription rights, or shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for
securities or other property deliverable upon such Organic Change, dissolution,
liquidation, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, winding up, or
other action or event, as the case may be. Such written notice shall be given at
least twenty days prior to the action in question and not less than twenty days
prior to the record date or the date on which the Company's transfer books are
closed in respect thereto; provided, that no advance notice need be given of any
event or action specified in clause (vi) above, but the Company shall give
notice of such event as promptly thereafter as practicable.

                  (f) Certain Exceptions to Antidilution Protection.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7, there shall be no
adjustment to the Exercise Price or to the number of Warrant Shares issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants: (i) upon any exercise of the Other Warrants in
accordance with the terms thereof in effect on the Original Issuance Date and
all warrants issued upon the partial exercise, transfer or division of, or in
substitution for, any such warrants, or any adjustment to the number of shares
issuable under the Other Warrants pursuant to the terms thereof as in effect on
the Original Issuance Date; (ii) upon the sale or issuance of Common Stock
pursuant to any employee discount stock purchase plan or stock option plan
adopted by the Company from time to time and approved by the Company's
shareholders; or (iii) upon the issuance of any other securities as contemplated
by the Plan, including the new Common Stock (as described therein).

                  (g) Other Securities. If at any time, as a result of an
adjustment made pursuant to this Section 7, any Participant of Warrants shall
become entitled to purchase any securities of the Company other than shares of
Common Stock, the number or amount of such other securities so purchasable and
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to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the
provisions contained in this Section 7 hereof.

         Section 8. No Stock Rights. No Participant of any Warrant, as such,
shall be entitled to vote or be deemed the Participant of Common Stock or any
other securities of the Company which may at any time be issuable on the
exercise thereof, nor shall anything contained herein be construed to confer
upon the Participant, as such, the rights of a stockholder of the Company or the
right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to
stockholders at any meeting thereof, or give or withhold consent to any
corporate action or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting
stockholders (except as provided herein), or to receive dividends (except as
provided herein) or subscription rights or otherwise, until the Date of Exercise
of the Warrants shall have occurred.

         Section 9. Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to
issue fractional shares of its Common Stock upon exercise of any Warrant or to
distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares of its Common Stock. As
to any fractional share of Common Stock which the Participant would otherwise be
entitled to subscribe for from the Company upon such exercise, the Company shall
purchase from the Participant such unissued fractional share at a price equal to
an amount calculated by multiplying such fractional share (calculated to the
nearest 1/100th of a share) by the then-Market Price determined in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement. Payment of such amount shall be made in cash
or by check payable to the order of the Participant upon such exercise.

         Section 10. No Registration under Securities Act. Neither the Warrants
nor the Warrant Shares have been registered under the Securities Act, but they
have been issued pursuant to a valid exemption from the Securities Act pursuant
to Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code.

         Section 11. Certain Definitions.  The following terms have the meanings
set forth below:

                  "Affiliate" of any Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control
with such Person.

                  "BR Person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership,
an association, a trust or other entity or organization, including a government
or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

                  "Common Stock" is defined in the second paragraph hereof.

                  "Common Stock Deemed Outstanding" means, at any given time,
(x) the number of shares of Common Stock actually outstanding at such time, plus
(y) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to any outstanding
Convertible Securities, or rights or options to purchase Common Stock or
Convertible Securities but only to the extent such Convertible Securities,
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                  "Company" is defined in the first paragraph hereof.

                  "Convertible Securities" is defined in Section 8(c)(i).

                  "Date of Exercise" is defined in Section 4(e).

                  "Date of Termination" means the first day occurring on or
after the Grant Date on which the Participant is not employed by the company or
any Subsidiary, regardless of the reason for the termination of employment;
provided that a termination of employment shall not be deemed to occur by reason
of a transfer of the Participant between the Company and a Subsidiary or between
two Subsidiaries; and further provided that the Participant's employment shall
not be considered terminated while the Participant is on a leave of absence from
the Company or a Subsidiary approved by the Participant's employer. If, as a
result of a sale or other transaction, the Participant's employer ceases to be a
Subsidiary (and the Participant's employer is or becomes an entity that is
separate from the Company), and the Participant is not, at the end of the 30-day
period following the transaction, employed by the Company or an entity that is
then a Subsidiary, then the occurrence of such transaction shall be treated as
the Participant's Date of Termination caused by the Participant being discharged
by the employer.

                  "Exercise Price" is defined in Section 1 hereof.

                  "In the Money" means, as to any Convertible Securities or
rights or options to purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities at any
time, that such Convertible Securities, rights or options have a conversion
price, exercise price or similar price per share of Common Stock that is less
than the Market Price as of the date of determination.

                  "Market Price" (which term may be used interchangeably with
"Fair Market Value") shall mean the average of the daily closing prices per
share of the Common Stock for the ten consecutive trading days immediately
preceding the day as of which "Market Price" is being determined (exclusive of
"ex-dividend" and similar dates) provided, however, that (i) Market Price shall
be the closing price per share of the Common Stock of the Company on the date of
issuance with respect to the issuance of options or warrants to purchase Common
Stock of the Company issued to directors, officers or employees of the Company
and (ii) Market Price shall be the closing price per share of the Common Stock
of the Company on the date the underwriting agreement is executed with respect
to any bona fide underwritten public offering of the Common Stock of the Company
involving net cash proceeds to the Company of at least $1,000,000. The closing
price for each day shall be the last sale price regular way or, in case no such
sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices
regular way, in either case on the principal national securities exchange on
which the shares are listed or admitted to trading, or if the shares are not so
listed or admitted to trading, on the National Market System or SmallCap System
of NASDAQ or, if prices for the shares are not quoted on such National Market
System, the average of the highest reported bid and lowest reported asked prices
as furnished by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. through
NASDAQ or through a similar organization if NASDAQ is no longer reporting such
information. If shares of the Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading
on any exchange or quoted through NASDAQ or any similar organization, the
"Market Price" shall be deemed to be the fair value thereof determined in




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good faith by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm
selected by the Company as of a date which is within 30 days of the date as of
which the determination is to be made (the fees and expenses of such independent
certified public accountants and independent investment banking firm to be paid
by the Company).

                  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if the
Company shall issue any shares of Common Stock or Convertible Securities or
rights or options to purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities in
connection with the acquisition by the Company of the stock or assets of any
other corporation or the merger of any other corporation into the Company, the
Market Price shall be determined in the manner described in this definition as
of the date the number of shares of Common Stock, Convertible Securities (or in
the case of Convertible Securities other than stock, the aggregate principal
amount of Convertible Securities), rights, warrants or options was determined
(as set forth in a written agreement between the Company and the other party to
the transaction) rather than on the date of issuance of such shares of Common
Stock, Convertible Securities, rights or options.

                  "Organic Change" is defined in Section 8(e).

                  "Original Issuance Date" with respect to Series B Warrants,
means the Effective Date, and with respect to Series C Warrants, means the Grant
Date of such Warrants.

                  "Other Warrants" shall mean (i) the Series A Warrants to
purchase 750,000 shares at an exercise price determined in accordance with the
BR Plan, and (ii) the Series B Warrants to purchase 1,000,000 shares at an
exercise price of $6.50 per share, as issued pursuant to the Management Equity
Incentive Plan and as contemplated by the BR Plan.

                  "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

                  "Warrant" is defined in the second paragraph hereof.

                  "Warrant Share" means the Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of the Warrants.

         Section 12. Miscellaneous.

                  (a) Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed in all
respects by the internal laws of the State of Delaware.

                  (b) Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, together with the Plan,
constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties
with regard to the subject matter hereof.

                  (c) Amendment. The Company may from time to time supplement or
amend this Agreement without the approval of the Participants in order to cure
any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein which
may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any
other provisions in regard to matters or questions




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arising hereunder which the Company may deem necessary or desirable and which
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Participants.

                  (d) Notices, etc. Each notice, demand, request, request for
approval, consent, approval, disapproval, designation or other communication
(each of the foregoing being referred to herein as a notice) required or desired
to be given or made under this Agreement shall be in writing (except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement), and shall be effective and deemed to have
been received when delivered in person, when sent by fax with receipt
acknowledged, five (5) days after having been mailed by certified or registered
United States mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or the next
business day after having been sent by a nationally recognized overnight mail or
courier service, receipt requested. Notices shall be addressed as follows: (x)
if to Participant, at such address or fax number as such Participant shall have
furnished the Company in writing, or (y) if to the Company, at the address or
fax number of its principal executive offices set forth below its signature
hereon or at such other address or fax number as the Company shall have
furnished to the Participant. Any notice or other communication required to be
given hereunder to a Participant in connection with a registration may instead
be given to the designated representative of such Participant.

                  (e) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which may be executed by fewer than all of the parties
hereto, each of which shall be enforceable against the parties actually
executing such counterparts, and all of which together shall constitute one
instrument.

                  (f) Severability. In the event that any provision of this
Agreement becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
illegal, unenforceable or void, this Agreement shall continue in full force and
effect without said provision.

                  (g) Captions.  Captions are for descriptive purposes only and
shall not control or alter the meaning of this Agreement as set forth in the
text.

                  (h) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding
upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Whether or
not any express assignment has been made in this Agreement, the provisions of
this Agreement that are for the Participant, shall be enforceable by the
Participants estate, as the case may be.

                  (i) Remedies. The Company and Participant acknowledge that
there would be no adequate remedy at law if any Person fails to perform any of
its obligations hereunder, and accordingly agree that the Company and
Participant, in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled at law
or in equity, shall be entitled to compel specific performance of the
obligations of another party under this Agreement in accordance with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement in any court of the United States or any State
thereof having jurisdiction.


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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.



                                    METAL MANAGEMENT, INC.


                                    By:___________________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:

                                    500 North Dearborn Street, Suite 405
                                    Chicago, Illinois 60610

                                    Attention: Chief Financial Officer
                                    Facsimile: (312) 645-0714


                                    [PARTICIPANT]


                                    By:___________________________________
                                          Name:

                                    [ADDRESS]
                                    [ADDRESS]




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                          FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE

(To be executed by the Participant if such Participant desires to exercise
Warrants)

To Metal Management, Inc.:

                  The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise
____________ Warrants, and to purchase thereunder, ________ shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of said Warrants and delivery of $___________ (in
cash as provided for in the Warrant Agreement) and any applicable taxes payable
by the undersigned pursuant to such Warrant.

                  The undersigned requests that certificates for such
shares be issued in the name of _____________________________.



PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL
SECURITY OR TAX
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

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(Please print name and address)


Dated:  ______________, _____                By:________________________________
                                                      Name:


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