{"url_path":"/sec/stld/8-k/2026-05-08/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-08","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022671/0001104659-26-057616-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-057616","cik":"0001022671","ticker":"STLD","issuer_name":"STEEL DYNAMICS INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022671/0001104659-26-057616-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001022671","primary_entity_name":"STEEL DYNAMICS INC"},"word_count":320,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"** **\n\n**Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**\n\n \n\nSteel Dynamics, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual\nMeeting of Shareholders on May 6, 2026. Of the 144,722,225 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of the record date on\nMarch 16, 2026, 130,419,078 shares were present, in person or by proxy, thus constituting a quorum of 90.12% of the total shares\noutstanding and entitled to vote.\n\n \n\nAt the meeting, shareholders elected all seven of the directors nominated\nby the Board of Directors, to serve for a term of one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified; ratified the appointment\nof Ernst & Young LLP independent registered public accounting firm as the Company’s auditors for the year ending December 31,\n2026; approved, by an advisory vote, named executive officer compensation for 2025; and did not approve the shareholder proposal titled\n“Avoid Political Spending Brand Damage.”\n\n \n\nSet forth below are the final share voting results for each of the\nproposals.\n\n \n\n(1)Election of seven (7) director nominees for a one-year term and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.\n\n \n\nDirector \nVotes For \nVotes Against \nAbstentions \nBroker Non-Votes\n\nMark D. Millett \n116,027,736 \n5,978,063 \n161,954 \n8,251,325\n\nSheree L. Bargabos \n116,771,490 \n355,036 \n5,041,227 \n8,251,325\n\nKenneth W. Cornew \n115,794,933 \n6,208,223 \n164,597 \n8,251,325\n\nTraci M. Dolan \n118,508,096 \n3,497,857 \n161,800 \n8,251,325\n\nJennifer L. Hamann \n120,988,788 \n936,891 \n242,074 \n8,251,325\n\nBradley S. Seaman \n111,695,629 \n9,405,652 \n1,066,472 \n8,251,325\n\nLuis M. Sierra \n114,999,638 \n2,105,844 \n5,062,271 \n8,251,325\n\n \n\n(2)Proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP independent registered public accounting firm as the Company’s\nauditors for the year ending December 31, 2026.\n\n \n\nVotes For \nVotes Against \nAbstentions \nBroker Non-Votes\n\n120,147,443 \n10,078,447 \n193,188 \n-\n\n \n\n(3)Proposal to approve, by an advisory vote, named executive officer compensation for 2025.\n\n \n\nVotes For \nVotes Against \nAbstentions \nBroker Non-Votes\n\n114,604,654 \n7,138,942 \n424,157 \n8,251,325\n\n \n\n(4)Shareholder proposal titled “Avoid Political Spending Brand Damage.”\n\n \n\nVotes For \nVotes Against \nAbstentions \nBroker Non-Votes\n\n47,896,886 \n73,898,052 \n372,815 \n8,251,325"}