Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 3, 2012

 

 

AK STEEL HOLDING CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Commission File No. 1-13696

 

Delaware   31-1401455

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

9227 Centre Pointe Drive  
West Chester, Ohio   45069
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (513) 425-5000

Not Applicable

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

 

 

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):

 

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 3, 2012, AK Steel Holding Corporation (the “Company”) closed the exercise by the underwriters, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of November 14, 2012, among the Company and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as representatives of the underwriters named therein, of their option to purchase 3,300,000 additional shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, counsel to the Company, has issued an opinion to the Company, dated December 3, 2012, regarding the legality of the Common Stock. A copy of the opinion is filed hereto as Exhibit 5. Such opinion is incorporated by reference into the registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-166303) (as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1, filed on November 13, 2012).

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

5    Opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

 

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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.

 

AK STEEL HOLDING CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ David C. Horn

  David C. Horn
  Secretary

Date: December 3, 2012

 

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