# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000022444
**File Stem:** 0001193125-23-030086
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 9631
**Document Hash:** cad37e4d087280c3fb95d9d9939dc559
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-23-030086.hdr.sgml**: 20230209

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-23-030086

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 15

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230209

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230209

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230209

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** COMMERCIAL METALS Co
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000022444
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES  ROLLING MILLS (COKE OVENS) [3312]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 750725338
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0831

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-04304
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23606516

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 6565 N. MACARTHUR BLVD., SUITE 800
- **STREET 2:** P O BOX 1046
- **CITY:** IRVING
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75039
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 2146894300

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 6565 N. MACARTHUR BLVD., SUITE 800
- **STREET 2:** PO BOX 1046
- **CITY:** IRVING
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75039

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** COMMERCIAL METALS CO
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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### FORM 8-K

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#### CURRENT REPORT

#### PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

#### OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

#### Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 9, 2023

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## Commercial Metals Company

#### (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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| **Delaware** |
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| **1-4304** | **75-0725338** |
| **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer Identification No.)** |

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| **6565 N. MacArthur Blvd.**<br> **Irving, Texas** | **75039** |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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(214) 689-4300

#### (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

#### Not Applicable

#### (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of each class** | **Name of each exchange**<br> **on which registered** |
| Common Stock, $0.01 par value CMC | New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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| **Item 5.02** | **Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.**  |

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On February 9, 2023, the board of directors (the "**Board**") of Commercial Metals Company (the "**Company**") (i) increased the size of the Board from eight directors to nine directors and (ii) appointed Robert S. Wetherbee to serve as a Class I director of the Company effective as of March 21, 2023. As such, Mr. Wetherbee will stand for re-election at the Company's 2026 annual meeting of stockholders. A copy of the press release announcing the appointment is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Since 2019, Mr. Wetherbee has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of ATI, Inc. ("**ATI**"), a publicly traded global producer of high-performance specialty materials and solutions for the global aerospace and defense markets, and critical applications in electronics, medical and specialty energy. Mr. Wetherbee has also served on the board of directors of ATI since 2019, and was appointed Chairman of ATI's board of directors in May 2021. From 2015 until 2018, Mr. Wetherbee served as Executive Vice President of ATI Flat Rolled Products Group, and prior to that, was the President of ATI Flat Rolled Products. Previously, Mr. Wetherbee served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Minerals Technologies, Inc. and as President of ATI's tungsten business, following a 29-year career with Alcoa Inc.

As compensation for his service on the Board, Mr. Wetherbee will receive the Company's standard compensation for non-employee directors, including equity incentive awards pursuant to the Company's 2013 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, as described in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 22, 2022. Mr. Wetherbee has been appointed to serve on the Compensation Committee and Finance Committee. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Wetherbee and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Wetherbee was named a director of the Company. Except as noted herein, Mr. Wetherbee does not have any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or proposed transaction required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K or Item 5.02(d) of Form 8-K.

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| **Item 9.01** | **Financial Statements and Exhibits.**  |

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(d) Exhibits

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| 99.1 | [Press Release issued by Commercial Metals Company on February 9, 2023.](d438793dex991.htm) |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |

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#### SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|  | **COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY** | **COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY** |
| Date: February 9, 2023 |  |  |
|  | By: | /s/ Jody Absher |
|  | Name: | Jody Absher |
|  | Title: | VP, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**Exhibit 99.1** 

**News Release ![LOGO](g438793g0209033313472.jpg)** 

**COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT S. WETHERBEE TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS** 

**Irving, TX – February 9, 2023** - Commercial Metals Company (NYSE: CMC) today announced that it has named Robert S. Wetherbee to the Board of Directors, effective March 21, 2023.

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| ![LOGO](g438793g0209033313628.jpg) | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mr. Wetherbee brings more than 40 years of professional experience to CMC's Board. He currently serves as the Board Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer of ATI Inc., a global producer of high-performance materials and solutions for the global aerospace and defense markets, and critical applications in electronics, medical, and specialty energy. Prior to being named CEO of ATI in 2019, he held the position of Executive Vice President of ATI's Flat Rolled Products Group. Mr. Wetherbee's professional career has also included key leadership roles in executive, operational, and business development functions at Mineral Technologies, Inc. and Alcoa Inc.<br>"We are pleased to welcome Bob to our Board of Directors," said Barbara R. Smith, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer. "He brings extensive metals and mining industry expertise with a track record of driving strategic transformation in specialty materials. His global perspective gained managing international organizations will benefit our company as we continue to create an unparalleled provider of reinforcement solutions for the domestic and overseas construction markets." |

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Following the retirement of J. David Smith on January 11, 2023, Mr. Wetherbee's appointment will bring the number of directors to nine, eight of whom are independent.

**<u>About Commercial Metals Company</u>**

Commercial Metals Company and its subsidiaries manufacture, recycle and fabricate steel and metal products and provide related materials and services through a network of facilities that includes seven electric arc furnace ("EAF") mini mills, two EAF micro mills, one rerolling mill, steel fabrication and processing plants, construction-related product warehouses and metal recycling facilities in the United States and Poland. Through its Tensar operations, CMC is a leading global provider of innovative ground and soil stabilization solutions selling into more than 80 national markets through two major product lines: Tensar<sup>®</sup> geogrids and Geopier<sup>®</sup> foundation systems.

**Media Contact:** 

Susan Gerber

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