Edgar Filing: RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

HOFFMAN JAMES DONALD

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO [RS]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Sr. VP, Operations

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

350 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, SUITE 5100

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/02/2015

(Street)

LOS ANGELES, CA 90071

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	03/02/2015		M		3,700	A	⁽¹⁾	17,010 ⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock	03/02/2015		F		1,194	D	$ 57.42	15,816 ⁽²⁾	D
Common Stock								473	I	Held by Trustee of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Common Stock								3,233	I	Held by Trustee of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. 401(k) Plan

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Restricted Stock Units

⁽¹⁾

03/02/2015

3,700

⁽³⁾

Common Stock

3,700

$ 0

0 ⁽⁴⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
HOFFMAN JAMES DONALD 350 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE SUITE 5100 LOS ANGELES, CA 90071			Sr. VP, Operations

Signatures

/s/ James D. Hoffman by William A. Smith II as his Attorney-in-Fact		03/17/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of RS common stock and certain dividend equivalents.
(2)	Includes 3,000 restricted shares subject to vesting over time.
(3)	3,700 restricted stock units subject to performance criteria vested on March 2, 2015.
(4)	In addition, the Reporting Person beneficially owns (i) 20,000 restricted stock units subject to performance and service criteria (with various vesting dates), (ii) 12,500 options to acquire common stock (with an exercise price of $55.73 per share and an expiration date of February 23, 2018), and (iii) 3,143 shares of phantom stock (to be satisfied by a cash payment to the Reporting Person upon the termination of his employment with the Issuer) as of the date of this report.

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