Ameristeel Corporation
Proposed Ticker:AST 5100 W. Lemon Street
Exchange:New York Stock Exchange Tampa, FL 33609
Industry:Manufacturing (SIC Code 3312) (813) 286-8383
# of Employees:1871

Filing Information (This offering has been postponed)
Type of Shares:Class A Common Shares Filing Date:10/10/97
U.S. Shares Filed:0 Filing Price: -
Non-U.S. Shares Filed:0 Offering Amount: $97,750,000
Primary Shares:0 Expenses: -
Secondary Shares:0 Shares Out After:

Primary Underwriting Group
ManagerTierPhone
Goldman, Sachs & Co.Lead Manager (212) 902-5959
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Discover & Co.Co-manager (212) 761-5900

Legal Counsel, Auditor and Registrar
Issuer's Law Firm: Trenam, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye, O'Neill
Bank's Law Firm: Sullivan & Cromwell
Auditor: Arthur Andersen

Selected Financial Data

Dollar amounts in U.S. millions except for per share data
3 Month Ending Financials
Full Year
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Unaudited
Income
Balance
Sheet
3/31/97 6/30/97 6/30/96 6/30/97
Revenue:$617.29$168.36$169.82Assets:$541.89
Net Income:$8.05$8.42$1.95Curr Assets:$192.31
EPS:$0.80$0.83$0.19Liabilities:$382.72
Prior EPS:$0.21$5.08$18.40Curr Liabilities:$77.63
Cash Flow/Oper:-$0.53-$9.42Equity:$159.17
Cash Flow/Fin:-$2.89-$9.37Cash:$3.31
Cash Flow/Inv:-$2.89Working Cap:$114.67

Business Description
The company operates four non-union minimills located in the southeastern U.S. that produce steel concrete reinforcing bars, light structural shapes such as rounds, squares, flats, angles and channels and to a lesser extent wire rods and billets.

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used to repay long term debt, to fund working capital and for general corporate purposes.

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