RYERSON HOLDING CORPORATION (a Delaware corporation) [ ] Shares of Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share [FORM OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT]Purchase Agreement • April 26th, 2010 • Ryerson Holding Corp • Wholesale-metals service centers & offices • New York
Ryerson Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the persons listed in Schedule B hereto (the “Selling Shareholders”), confirm their respective agreements with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Merrill Lynch and UBS Securities LLC (“UBS Securities”) are acting as Representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect to (i) the sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective numbers of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) set forth in Schedule A hereto and (ii) the grant by the Selling Shareholders to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof
