Dofasco Inc. has filed a final short form base shelf prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada.

Under the base shelf prospectus, Dofasco may issue up to a total of $300 million principal amount of medium term notes over the next 25 months. Proceeds from the sale of notes will be used for general corporate and working capital purposes, including the repayment of debt and funding of capital expenditures. Specific terms of any notes that Dofasco may issue will be provided in a supplement to the base shelf prospectus at the time of any offerings.

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.