UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): April 19, 2018

Commercial Metals Company

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(214) 689-4300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Purchase Agreement

On April 19, 2018, Commercial Metals Company (the “Company”) entered into a purchase agreement, dated April 19, 2018 (the “Purchase Agreement”), with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the several initial purchasers named therein, to issue and sell $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.750% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and to persons outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.

The Purchase Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company and customary closing conditions. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to indemnify the initial purchasers of the Notes against certain liabilities.

The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibits 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On April 19, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Notes.

A copy of the press release announcing the pricing of the Notes is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of the Notes in any jurisdiction in which such offering, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.    

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.