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Filed pursuant to Rule 433
December 6, 2010
Relating to
Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated December 6, 2010 to
Prospectus dated April 26, 2010
Registration Statement No. 333-166303
AK Steel Corporation
Pricing Term Sheet
$150,000,000 7.625% Notes due 2020
     
Issuer:   AK Steel Corporation
Guarantee:
  The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by AK Steel Holding Corporation, the parent of AK Steel Corporation.
 
   
Security Type:
  Senior Notes
 
   
Ratings:*
  Ba3/BB
 
   
Pricing Date:
  December 6, 2010
 
   
Settlement Date:
  December 9, 2010 (T + 3)
 
   
Principal Amount:
  US $150,000,000
 
   
Maturity:
  May 15, 2020
 
   
Benchmark:
  3.500% UST Due 05/15/2020
 
   
Spread to Benchmark:
  486 bps
 
   
Coupon:
  7.625% 
 
   
Price to Public:
  99.375%, plus accrued interest from November 15, 2010
 
   
Yield to Maturity:
  7.718% 
 
   
Interest Payment Dates:
  May 15 and November 15, commencing May 15, 2011

 


 

     
Issuer:   AK Steel Corporation
Optional Redemption:
  The Notes will be redeemable at AK Steel’s option at any time before May 15, 2015 at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of Notes being redeemed plus a “make-whole” premium of the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.
 
   
 
  The Notes will be redeemable at AK Steel’s option, in whole or in part, at any time on and after May 15, 2015 at the redemption price for the Notes (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period commencing on May 15th of the years indicated below:
         
Year   Redemption Price
2015
    103.813 %
2016
    102.542 %
2017
    101.271 %
2018 (and thereafter)
    100.000 %
     
 
  At any time prior to May 15, 2013, AK Steel may redeem up to 35% of the principal amount of the Notes with the proceeds of offerings of AK Holding’s shares of common stock at a redemption price of 107.625% of the principal amount of the notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, if any.
 
   
CUSIP/ISIN:
  001546 AL4 / US001546AL46
 
   
Use of Proceeds:
  We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes.
 
   
Joint Book-Running Managers:
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
UBS Securities LLC
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
 
   
Co-Managers:
  Fifth Third Securities, Inc.
PNC Capital Markets LLC
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
US Bancorp Investments, Inc.

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*   Note: A credit rating of a security is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to review, revision, suspension, reduction or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency.
AK Steel Corporation and AK Steel Holding Corporation have filed a registration statement (including a base prospectus) and a prospectus supplement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus supplement for this offering, the prospectus in that registration statement and any other documents filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by searching the SEC online database (EDGAR) on the SEC web site at http://www.sec.gov. Alternatively, AK Steel Corporation, AK Steel Holding Corporation, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus supplement and prospectus if you request it by calling Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated toll-free at 1-800-294-1322 or Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC toll-free at 1-800-221-1037.
This pricing term sheet supplements the preliminary form of prospectus supplement issued by AK Steel Corporation and AK Steel Holding Corporation on December 6, 2010 relating to its prospectus dated April 26, 2010.
Any disclaimer or other notice that may appear below is not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded. Such disclaimer or notice was automatically generated as a result of this communication being sent by Bloomberg or another email system.
December 6, 2010

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