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Dofasco Announces Board Changes

02/22/2006 -  

Feb. 22, 2006 — Six members of Dofasco Inc.'s Board of Directors have resigned at Arcelor SA's request. The announcement follows the take-up on February 20, 2006 of 88.38% of Dofasco's common shares by Arcelor.

At Arcelor’s request, the Dofasco Board has accepted the resignations of

    • William E. Coyne
    • William A. Etherington
    • Dezso J. Horvath
    • Frank H. Logan
    • Thomas C. O'Neill
    • Brian A. Robbins

These board members have been replaced by six new directors nominated by Arcelor.

These board members have been replaced by six new directors nominated by Arcelor: Michel Wurth, Paul Matthys, Jacques Chabanier, Christophe Cornier, Bruno LeForestier and Gérard Dupouy. They join the remaining members of the previous board: Sylvia D. Chrominska, Roger G. Doe, Brian F. MacNeill, Peter C. Maurice, and Donald A. Pether.

Mr. MacNeill continues as the Chair of the Board.

Dofasco is a leading North American steel solutions provider. Product lines include hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, Extragal(TM), Galvalume(TM) and tinplate flat rolled steels, as well as tubular products, laser-welded blanks and Zyplex(TM), a proprietary laminate. Dofasco's wide range of steel products is sold to customers in the automotive, construction, energy, manufacturing, pipe and tube, appliance, packaging and steel distribution industries.