Russel Metals Announces 2021 Annual Meeting Voting Results

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On May 5, 2021, Russel Metals Inc. held its annual meeting, representing 46.50% of issued common shares. Shareholders approved the election of all nominee directors with high voting approval: Linh J. Austin (99.44%), John M. Clark (97.54%), and others. The 'say on pay' resolution received 91.15% approval, alongside the appointment of Deloitte LLP as auditors. Russel Metals is a leading North American metals distribution company, operating in metals service centers, energy products, and steel distribution.

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• Shareholders approved the election of all nominee directors with high percentages, indicating strong support.
• The 'say on pay' resolution was approved with 91.15% of votes in favor.
• Appointment of Deloitte LLP as auditors was also approved.

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• None.

TORONTO, May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Russel Metals Inc. (TSX: RUS) announces voting results from its 2021 annual meeting of shareholders held on May 5, 2021. A total of 28,965,917 common shares were represented at the meeting in person or by proxy, representing 46.50% of the 62,295,441 issued and outstanding common shares as of the record date on March 19, 2021.

Shareholders voted in favour of the election of each nominee director as follows:

Nominee	Votes For	Percentage For	Votes Withheld	Percentage Withheld
Linh J. Austin	28,460,870	99.44%	159,436	0.56%
John M. Clark	27,917,032	97.54%	703,274	2.46%
James F. Dinning	27,517,222	96.15%	1,103,084	3.85%
Brian R. Hedges	28,083,382	98.12%	536,924	1.88%
Cynthia Johnston	28,494,596	99.56%	125,710	0.44%
Alice D. Laberge	27,599,722	96.43%	1,020,584	3.57%
William M. O'Reilly	27,655,242	96.63%	965,064	3.37%
Roger D. Paiva	28,486,244	99.53%	134,062	0.47%
John G. Reid	28,091,430	98.15%	528,876	1.85%
Annie Thabet	28,515,101	99.63%	105,205	0.37%
John R. Tulloch	28,252,867	98.72%	367,439	1.28%

The Company's advisory "say on pay" resolution was also approved with 91.15% of the votes cast in favour of the resolution. In addition, the resolution appointing Deloitte LLP as auditors of the Company was approved.

About Russel Metals Inc.
Russel Metals is one of the largest metals distribution companies in North America. It carries on business in three segments: metals service centers, energy products and steel distributors. Its network of metals service centers carries an extensive line of metal products in a wide range of sizes, shapes and specifications, including carbon hot rolled and cold finished steel, pipe and tubular products, stainless steel, aluminum and other non-ferrous specialty metals. Its energy products operations carry a specialized product line focused on the needs of energy industry customers. Its steel distributors operations act as master distributors selling steel in large volumes to other steel service centers and large equipment manufacturers mainly on an "as is" basis.

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SOURCE Russel Metals Inc.