(d) The Board of Directors of Steel Dynamics, Inc. has appointed Gabriel L. Shaheen as a member of the Board. The appointment of Mr. Shaheen brings the total number of directors to eleven. Mr. Shaheen will serve as an independent director, but has not yet been appointed to any Board committee.

Gabe Shaheen, 55, is President and Chief Executive Officer of GLS Capital Ventures, LLC, Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is a principal in NXTSTAR Ventures, LLC, Oak Brook, Illinois. Both firms consult with life insurance companies and other financial services organizations regarding start-up, M&A, and strategic planning activities. Gabe was previously employed for 22 years by The Lincoln National Corporation, where he served in a number of senior executive capacities. These included directing at various times Lincoln's three principal business units, serving as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lincoln National Life Insurance Company; Chairman, President and CEO of Lincoln Re, its reinsurance arm; and Managing Director of Lincoln UK.

Gabe holds a B.A. and Masters Degree in Actuarial Science from the University of Michigan. He has also been a director, since 2007, of Horace Mann Educators Corporation, a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, where he serves as a member of its Audit, Strategic Review and Investments Committees.

On September 25, 2009, Steel Dynamics, Inc. issued a press release captioned "Steel Dynamics Adds Gabriel Shaheen to Board of Directors." A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number                               Description

99.1             A press release dated September 25, 2009, "Steel Dynamics Adds
                 Gabriel Shaheen to Board of Directors."