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) January 19, 2012
Commercial Metals Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| Delaware | 1-4304 | 75-0725338 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 6565 N. MacArthur Blvd. Irving, Texas |
75039 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |
(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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Item 8.01 Other Events.
The board of directors of the Company has determined that if the Rights Agreement, dated July 30, 2011 (the “Rights Agreement”), between the Company and Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., as rights agent, has not been terminated by the Company prior to the Company’s 2013 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2013 Annual Meeting”), the Company will include on the ballot for the 2013 Annual Meeting a precatory proposal with respect to the Rights Agreement.
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.
| COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY | ||||
| Date: January 19, 2012 | ||||
| By: | /s/ Ann J. Bruder | |||
| Name: Title: |
Ann J. Bruder Senior Vice President of Law, Government Affairs and Global Compliance, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |||