Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Updates Corporate Governance Practices and Strengthens Role of Independent Lead Director

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

announced today that its Board of Directors has updated its Principles of Corporate Governance and strengthened the role of its independent Lead Director. In its first meeting following Reliance's Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors recommended that the Principles of Corporate Governance be updated to enhance the independent Lead Director's role. This recommendation was in response to the significant number of shareholders' votes in favor of the shareholder proposal presented, but defeated, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The independent Lead Director presides at quarterly and executive meetings of the independent directors. The Board of Directors approved the following changes to the Principles of Corporate Governance to formalize many other practices that were already in place: