acme-metals.com (2001)

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INFORMATION

Corporate Headquarters
Acme Metals Incorporated
13500 South Perry Avenue
Riverdale, lllinois 60827-1182
Telephone: 708-849-2500

Compact Strip Production facility,
which made the introduction of MiniGrated^TMsteel
a reality and redefined the steel making process.

Annual Meeting
Shareholders are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which will be held at 10:00 a.m. CST, April 23, 1998, at The Regal Knickerbocker Hotel, 163 East Walton Place, Chicago, lllinois. Stock Market Information Acme Metals Incorporated common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AMI and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol AMK. As of March 2, 1998, there were 11,680,164 shares of common stock outstanding, held by 5,100 shareholders of record.

Quarterly Stock Prices

Dividends
No dividends on the common stock have been declared or paid since Acme Metals became a public company. Special payments in 1992 and 1988 reflected the redemption of pre ferred stock purchase rights. In addition, certain covenants on the Company's debt limit its ability to pay future dividends. Shareholder Questions and 1 0-K Offer Shareholders with questions concerning Acme Metals, or requesting a copy of the Company's Form 10-K, should direct inquiries to Joel L. Hawthorne, Director, Investor and Public Relations, Acme Metals Incorporated, phone number 708-841-8383, extension 2266.

Transfer Agent and Registrar
Shareholders with questions concerning the transfer of shares should contact:

First Chicago Trust Company of New York
Shareholder Services
P O. Box 2500
Jersey City, NJ 07303-2500
201 -324-0498 or 800-446-2617

Co-Transfer Agent and Registrar
Montreal Trust Company
151 Front Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2N1
41 6-981 -9633

For information regarding lost stock certificates, duplicate mailings or changes of address, including seasonal changes, please contact First Chicago Trust Company of New York. Hearing-impaired stockholders can communicate with First Chicago Trust Company of New York via a telecommunications device (TDD), phone number 201-222-4955.

Shareholder Communications
Information is mailed to registered shareholders from time to time to keep them informed of the Company's activities and financial status. All such information is available to any person interested in Acme Metals Incorporated. All of Acme Metals' corporate news releases can be accessed here on the ACME Metals' web site.

Quarterly Earnings Releases
Acme Metals Incorporated typically releases earnings announcements on the last Thursday of the month immediately following each quarter end. The Company does not publish quarterly reports, but provides copies of its quarterly earnings news release upon request at the same time this information is pro vided to the news media and the financial community. To receive quarterly earnings releases either via fax or mail, please write to:

Acme Metals Incorporated
Attention: Investor Relations News Release List
13500 South Perry Avenue
Riverdale, IL 60827-1182

Copies of Acme's quarterly earnings releases and other news releases are available from the Company's World Wide Web site on the Internet at This site also contains general information regarding the corporation, its operating subsidiaries and their products and other financial information.

Filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual reports on Form 10-K, are also available from the SEC's World Wide Web site at (http://www.sec.gov.com)

13500 SOUTH PERRY AVENUE, RIVERDALE, ILLINOIS 60827-1182 (708) 849-2500